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Millard Thomas Gilliam
Sep 16, 2013
Millard Gilliam died September 16, 2013, two days after celebrating his 92nd birthday. He was born September 14, 1921, to Mansel Edgar and Della Mitchener Gilliam. He grew up on a farm in Butler County and was a lifelong resident of Poplar Bluff, graduating from Poplar Bluff High School in 1940. Like many of his generation, Millard served in...
Fred Eugene Ellis
Sep 11, 2013
Fred E. Ellis of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, September 11, 2013 at his home after a long illness. He was eighty-seven. Mr. Ellis was born on September 10, 1926 here in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. His parents, Virgil E. Ellis and Mahala Johnson Ellis preceded him in death. Fred attended and graduated from Poplar Bluff Senior High School in 1944....
Norman Lee Mckinney
Sep 10, 2013
Norman Lee McKinney, 74, of the Hamtown Community of Butler County passed away, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2013 at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. McKinney was born March 20, 1939 in Poplar Bluff. He grew attending Hamtown Church and had retired as a superintendent for Huffman Engineering in Poplar Bluff. Mr. McKinney enjoyed spending time with his...
Raymond W. Dago Hawkins
Sep 7, 2013
Raymond ""Ray"" W. Hawkins, 87, known by many as 'Dago', of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013 at his daughter's residence. Mr. Hawkins was born Dec. 5, 1925 in Kennett, Mo. He was the first son of Everett and Myrtle (Fry) Hawkins. He was a member of First General Baptist Church and worked many years as...
Leonard Eastwood Jr.
Sep 3, 2013
Leonard Eastwood Jr., 78, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Tuesday, September 3, 2013, at his residence. Mr. Eastwood was born in Poplar Bluff on July 25, 1935 to Leonard and Dorothy Gunter Eastwood. On January 12, 1957, he married Edith Cicek in Germany. She survives of the home. Mr. Eastwood was a member of Little Brushy Missionary Baptist...
Rev. Jerry Wayne Anderson
Sep 2, 2013
Reverend Jerry Wayne Anderson, 57, of Athens, GA, passed away Monday, September 2, 2013 at Athens Regional Hospital. Mr. Anderson was born September 25, 1955 in Poplar Bluff to Phillip J. and Sallie Mae Lewis- Anderson. Thirty-two years ago he married Debbie D. Anderson, and to this union, they had a son Adrian J. Anderson. She survives of the...
George William Baumgardner
Aug 31, 2013
George William Baumgardner, 75, of Columbus GA, passed away Saturday, August 31, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, GA. Mr. Baumgardner was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo, on January 21, 1938, to Charles and Jessie Mae Lucas Baumgardner. He was married to Patsy Jean Gooch. She died on February 17, 2013. Mr. Baumgardner was of the Catholic faith,...
William Ray Crider
Aug 28, 2013
William Ray Crider, 82, of Poplar Bluff passed away Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013 at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Crider was born Aug. 14, 1931 in Poplar Bluff. He was a former active member of South Side Assembly of God where he had also been active in the Jail Ministry. Mr. Crider had retired after 2 years of...
Robert Leonard Layne
Aug 26, 2013
Robert Leonard Layne, 59, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away, Monday, Aug. 26, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Layne was born Jan. 1, 1954 in Poplar Bluff. He was a graduate of Poplar Bluff High School Class of 1971 and attended 2 years of college. Mr. Layne was a member of Good Hope United Methodist Church...
Gladys Lucy Louise Waters
Aug 23, 2013
Gladys Lucy Louise Waters, 82, formerly of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away in Benton, AR at Saline Memorial Hospital, Friday, August 23, 2013. Mrs. Waters was born January 30, 1931 in Pinson, AL to John Wesley and Cora Belle Partain Rice. On November 5, 1951 she married James Andrew Waters at Columbus, MS. He died on May 15, 1997....
John Otho Beard
Aug 23, 2013
John Otho Beard, 94, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Friday, August 23, 2013 at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Beard was born April 25, 1919, in Carrington, MO, to Louis and Elfia Way Beard. On June 1, 1946, he married Caroline Chiles, and later married Betty L. Rooffener in Camdenton, MO, on March 27, 1965. Betty died...
Wanda Lee Tilman
Aug 20, 2013
Wanda Lee Tilman, 84, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Tuesday August 20, 2013 at Westwood Hills Care Center. Mrs.Tilman was born on October 23, 1928, in Marble Hill, MO. On October 28, 1949 she married John Martin Tilman in Marquand, Mo. He died on March 8, 1996. Mrs. Tilman was a member of the First United Methodist Church...
Robert Ferrill Miller
Aug 20, 2013
Robert Ferrell Miller, 82, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away at his home on Tuesday, August 20, 2013. Mr. Miller was born in Macomb, IL on July 15, 1931, to Oscar F. and Vernette Johnson Miller. On August 22, 1952, he married Faye Crites in Essex, MO. She survives of the home. Bob was a member of First United...
Dennis Wayne Hays
Aug 19, 2013
Dennis Wayne Hays, 57, of Wappapello, passed away, Monday, Aug. 19, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Hays was born March 6, 1956 in Paducah, Ky. He was of the Pentecostal faith and was an asphalt worker. Mr. Hays had previously worked for 12 years at Breyers Ice Cream Company in Sikeston, Mo. Mr. Hays enjoyed tinkering with and fixing...
Mariam I. Mumford Bennett
Aug 17, 2013
Mariam I. Bennett, 80, of Doniphan, Mo., passed away Saturday, Aug. 17, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Bennett was born June 21, 1933 in Metropolis, Ill. She was of the Protestant faith and had retired in 2009 as a nurse in the medical office of Dr. James W. Gieselmann. Mrs. Bennett had previously worked at Lucy Lee Hospital. Her...
Birthe Tylla
Aug 16, 2013
Birthe Tylla, 68, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Wisconsin passed away Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Tylla was born Nov. 7, 1944 in Aarhus, Denmark. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and had formerly worked at the Black River Coliseum. Mrs. Tylla loved to spend time with her family and...
Pauline Ruser Alcorn
Aug 16, 2013
Pauline R. Alcorn, 85, of Valley Park, Mo. formerly of Poplar Bluff passed away Friday, Aug. 16, 2013 at Cape Albeon Senior Living Community in Valley Park. Mrs. Alcorn was born Oct. 28, 1927 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Poplar Bluff and was a homemaker. During her earlier years Mrs. Alcorn...
Dorothy Ilene Coleman Dittmer
Aug 15, 2013
Dorothy Ilene Dittmer, 91, of Greenville, MO passed away at her home Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Mrs. Dittmer was born on January 14, 1922, in St. Francis County, MO to Carl McCoy and Elsie Carmen DeBlois Coleman. They preceded her in death. On November 28, 1964, she married Henry Thomas Dittmer. He died on June 13, 2011. Mrs. Dittmer...
Faye L Robb
Aug 14, 2013
Faye L. Robb, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 at her daughter's residence in Greenville, SC. Mrs. Robb was born June 15, 1922 in Acorn, Mo. to Marshall T. and Ina F. Leonard Settles. She was a member of First Christian Church in Poplar Bluff, where she and her husband were active members for...
Mary Jane Jordan Gullette
Aug 13, 2013
Mary Jane Gullette, 86, died Tuesday, August 13, 2013 in Mt. Juliet, TN. Mrs. Gullette was born July 16, 1927 in Doniphan, MO to Frank Edward and Emma Florence Hupe Jordan. She was a member of the Methodist Church. In 1945 she was the Doniphan High School Homecoming Queen. Mrs. Gullette attended William Woods University in Fulton, MO before...
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