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Grace Catherine Fondren
Feb 26, 2014
Grace Catherine Fondren, 93, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at Oakdale Care Center. Mrs. Fondren was born September 6, 1920 in Doniphan, MO, to the late Charlie and Lucy Mae (Collins) Wells. On August 12, 1940, she married Clarence Fondren in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in death on November 17, 2004. Mrs. Fondren was...
John Monroe Evans
Feb 24, 2014
John Monroe Evans, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014 at Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Evans, who had been disabled since birth, was born April 18,1947 in Poplar Bluff to the late Woodrow and Mildred (Shoat) Evans. He was a member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Evans enjoyed spending...
Esther Louise Ayers
Feb 17, 2014
Esther Louise Ayers, 84, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, February 17, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Ayers was born January 30, 1930 in Clarkton, Mo, to the late Garnett Green and Lala Mae Bell (Robinson) Gray. On January 27, 1947, she married Rev. Arlon Ayers in Piggott, AR, he preceded her in death in 2000. Mrs. Ayers was...
Nathan Leon Stout
Feb 15, 2014
Nathan Leon Stout, 71, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Stout was born Jan. 26, 1943 in Harviell, Mo. to Dorothy (Gower) Stout Moore and the late Wilborn ""Shorty"" Stout. He was a member of Bluff City Apostolic Worship Center, and had retired in 2011 after...
Mable Rodgers
Feb 15, 2014
Mable Rodgers, 94, of St. Louis Mo, passed away Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Christian Hospital Northeast, in St. Louis. She had moved from Poplar Bluff seven years ago to be near her family. She was born July 3, 1919 in Lepanto, AR, to the late Tommie and Anna Mae (Jones) Hendricks. On December 16, 1936, she married Theoplis...
Milton Roy Taylor
Feb 15, 2014
Milton Roy Taylor, Sr., 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo passed away on Saturday, February 15, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Taylor was born on December 15, 1937 in Malden, MO to the late Johnny and Ruth (Duncan) Taylor. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy who proudly served aboard the USS Hawk and had retired...

Nicky Lynn Miles
Feb 13, 2014
Nicky Lynn Miles, 61, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at the Kansas City Hospice House, in Kansas City, MO. Mr. Miles was born Jan. 30, 1953 in Poplar Bluff to the late Howard and Alice Coffel Webb. He was of the Christian faith and had retired from the Union Pacific Railroad where he worked as...
Lebern Lee Eugene Cummings
Feb 11, 2014
Lebern ""Lee"" Eugene Cummings, 85, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Cummings was born in Tupelo, MS on August 28, 1928, to the late Mosby C. and Katie Mills Cummings. On August 13, 1976, he and Doris Evelyn Lindsay were married in Poplar Bluff, she survives of the home. Mr....
Jewell G. Botkin
Feb 10, 2014
Jewell G. Botkin, 86, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, February 10, 2014, at her home. Mrs. Botkin was born July 28, 1927, to Elbert and Mary Mae Hosea McLesky. They preceded her in death, along with her husband Jesse Lee Botkin who died on March 5, 1985. Mrs. Botkin was of the Christian faith and enjoyed spending time...

Mary Judith Hill
Feb 8, 2014
Mary Judith Hill, 61, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday February 8, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Hill was born in Detroit, MI on October 30, 1952 to Robert and Grace Wagner Siewert. They preceded her in death. She was of the catholic faith and a homemaker who enjoyed writing. She is survived by two daughters; Danielle...
Leonard Wesley Gage
Feb 8, 2014
Leonard Wesley Gage, 61, of Greenville, passed away Saturday, February 8, 2014 at his home. Mr. Gage was born April 9, 1952 in St. Louis, MO to James Franklin and Mary Lucille Garrett Gage. They preceded him in death. On November 24, 1994 he married Theresa M. Lindsay in Grandin, Mo. She survives of the home, along with a...

James Jack Roy Walters
Feb 6, 2014
James ""Jack"" Roy Walters, 86, of Wappapello, Mo., formerly of St. Louis, Mo. died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014 at Charlevoix Healthcare Center in St. Charles, Mo. Mr. Walters was born April 28, 1927 to the late George W. and Fannie (Hibdon) Walters. He was of the Baptist faith and had retired as a teamster worker for Madison Warehouse, Inc....
James Jim Garland White
Feb 4, 2014
James ""Jim"" G. White, 80, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. White was born Oct. 10, 1933 in Bloomington, Ill. to the late Dillard and Inez White. He moved to Poplar Bluff in 1974 and was a retired farmer and an independent truck driver. Mr. White attended Westwood Baptist...
Alma F. Ward Million
Feb 2, 2014
Alma F. Ward Million, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 at Bethesda Dilworth Memorial Home in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Million was born Oct. 27, 1928 in Waverly, Tenn. to the late A.R. and Della E. Warren Trull. She was a member of Fellowship General Baptist Church and was a member of the Poplar Bluff...
Robert Mitchell Dockery
Feb 2, 2014
Robert Mitchell Dockery, 69, of Broseley, MO died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Dockery was born May 14, 1944 to the late Marion E. and Geraldine Bynum Dockery. He was of the Baptist faith and was a farmer. Mr. Dockery enjoyed spending time with his family, being outdoors, bass fishing and hunting, On...
Donald Wayne Casselberry
Jan 29, 2014
Donald Wayne Casselberry, 74, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014, at his home. Donald was born March 5, 1939 in Campbell, Mo to the late Eugene and Lois Lucille Crawford Casselberry. On February 22, 1959 Donald and Gloria Brady were married in Clarkton, MO. She survives of the home. Donald retired from Arvin in Dexter,...
Herschel Allan Vernon
Jan 27, 2014
Herschel Allan Vernon, 57 of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Monday, January 27, 2014 at his residence. Mr. Vernon was born January 25, 1957 at Poplar Bluff to the late Herschel and Anna B. Upton Vernon. On March 12, 1977 he and Beverly Elayne White were married in Fisk, MO. She survives of the home. Mr. Vernon was a...
Floyd Calvin Howe
Jan 24, 2014
Floyd Calvin Howe, 85, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Howe was born April 13, 1928, in Lafe, AR, to the late Emsley and Balcus Hyde Howe. On February 16, 1950 he married Ruby Bell in Indiana, she preceded him in death on January 29, 1976. He married Marvella...
Rose Metz Mcdaniel
Jan 24, 2014
Rose (Rozella Jane) Metz McDaniel, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and special friend, died Friday morning, January 24, 2014 at the Mark Twain Caring Center. Rose, the fourth of seven children of L.T. and Columbia Martin Metz, was born on February 1, 1920, in Poplar Bluff. Rose was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and Southeast Missouri State Teachers'...
James Henry Shields
Jan 21, 2014
James Henry Shields II, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Shields was born March 8, 1943, in Poplar Bluff to the late James Henry and Jessie Mae Wooldridge Shields. On March 27, 1965, he married JoAnn Brannan at Poplar Bluff, she survives of the home. Mr. Shields...