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Opal Fern (Camden) Cook
Nov 5, 2013
Opal Fern Cook, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Cook was born June 12, 1929, in Pilot Knob, Mo., to Frances Lee and Martha Ann Foster Camden. Opal and her husband, Cloyd had recently celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on Oct. 23, 2013. They were married in St....
Eddie Joseph Tank Tankersley
Nov 1, 2013
Eddie J. ""Tank"" Tankersley, Jr. 60, of Williamsville, Mo., died Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Tankersley was born June 16, 1953 in Blytheville, Ark. He was a member of Agee Fellowship Church in Poplar Bluff and had retired as an industrial electrician. During his earlier years he was an all American...
Terry Duane Wiley
Oct 31, 2013
Terry Duane Wiley, 52, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, Oct. 31, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Wiley was born June 22, 1961 in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Protestant faith and had been disabled since birth. Survivors include two sisters: Brenda Hildrich of Poplar Bluff and Linda Moss (Lee) of Herculaneum, Mo.; and two brothers,...
Robert Wayne Lofting
Oct 30, 2013
""Small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only a few find it."" Matthew 7:14 Robert Wayne Lofting, born Oct. 5, 1950, to Robert and Burcille Lofting, passed away Oct. 30, 2013 at his home in Van Buren, Mo., with his wife, Vicky, and his daughter, Brandy, by his side. Robert acquired many monikers...
Dr. Jarrell D. Holt
Oct 29, 2013
Dr. Jarrell D. Holt, affectionately known to his friends as ""Doc"", died Tuesday October 29, 2013 at Oakdale Care Center after an extended illness. Dr. Holt was the only son of the late James Mac Holt and Ora Essie Woolly, born at Greenbrier, Faulkner County, Arkansas on September 5, 1921. He attended public school at Conway, Arkansas. During Jarrell's...
Lois Jean Vickery
Oct 28, 2013
Lois Jean Vickery, 72, of Mountain Home, AR, went to be with the Lord Monday, October 28, at her home in Poplar Bluff, MO. Mrs. Vickery was born October 12, 1941, in Wardell, Missouri, to parents Hollis and Myrtle Sims Defoe. Lois attended school in Missouri and Michigan and graduated from Benton Harbor Michigan High School. On April 13,...
Sharon Gayle Davis
Oct 27, 2013
Sharon Gayle Davis, 66, of Poplar Bluff passed away, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 at Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Davis was born March 18, 1947 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, and had retired as a teacher with the Poplar Bluff R1 Schools. Mrs. Davis enjoyed spending time with her children,...
Lorene Martin
Oct 27, 2013
Lorene Martin, 84, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 at her residence. Mrs. Martin was born Sept. 19, 1929 in Taylor, Ark. She was of the Baptist faith, and during her younger years she was an active PTA officer supporting her children's teachers by helping plan many events for the children and their families at Baskey...

Richard D. Smith
Oct 26, 2013
Richard D. Smith, 76, of Poplar Bluff passed away Saturday, Oct. 26, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Smith was born Dec. 17, 1926 in Wheeling, WV. He was of the Church of Christ faith, and was a self-employed Truck Driver. Mr. Smith enjoyed spending time with his family and his dog, hunting and fishing. On July 19, 1974, he...
James Hollis
Oct 24, 2013
James Hollis, 54, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Hollis was born Feb. 22, 1959 in Pemiscot County, Mo. He attended Loving Jesus Ministries Church, and had retired after 24 years with the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Hollis enjoyed spending time with his family, watching the St. Louis...
Vera Milla Kinder
Oct 24, 2013
Vera Milla Kinder, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 at Oakdale Care Center. Mrs. Kinder was born April 25, 1924 in Bourbon, Mo. She was a member of Green Forest Church of Christ, and was a homemaker. In her earlier years she worked for Rohr Aircraft in Chula Vista, Calif. during World War II,...
Joyce Ann Wilson
Oct 24, 2013
Joyce Ann Wilson, 87, of Poplar Bluff passed away Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 at Cedargate Phase II in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Wilson was born Feb. 1, 1926 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, and was a member of the Phebean Sunday School Class. Mrs. Wilson was a member of the P.E.O. Chapter D.G.,...
John Carl Guy
Oct 24, 2013
John Carl Guy Sr., 87, of Bunker, MO passed away Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Guy was born Feb. 12, 1926 in Windsor, MO. He was a member of Crossville Southern Baptist Church in Bunker, and had retired from the Ford Dealership in Licking, MO. Mr. Guy was a...

Delbert Wayne Kuchler
Oct 23, 2013
Delbert W. Kuchler, 70, of Poplar Bluff passed away Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Kuchler was born June 8, 1943 in St. Charles, Mo. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army, and was disabled. Survivors include his children: Marsha Smith, Tonya Weiss and Patricia Kuchler all of St. Charles,...
Gary Wayne Hoover
Oct 20, 2013
Gary Wayne Hoover, 70, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, Oct. 20, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Hoover was born Feb. 6, 1943 in Kansas City, Mo. He was a 1961 graduate of Raytown High School in Raytown, Mo. and attended the University of Missouri as well as Central Missouri State College. During his high school...
James E. Belknap
Oct 16, 2013
James E. Belknap passed away on Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. He was 90 years old. James E. Belknap was born January 7, 1923 in Bismarck, Missouri to Elbert and Anna Belknap. His father was killed in a train accident when he was just eleven years old. In 1935, his mother...
Roosevelt Frinces Richard
Oct 15, 2013
2013 at his residence. Mr. Richard was born Aug. 26, 1942 in Clarksdale, Miss. He was an active member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses and was a self- employed contractor. Mr. Richard enjoyed teaching the Bible, reading, playing the saxophone, cooking and was a hobby wine maker. On Oct. 16, 2004, he married Janeane F. Murphy in...
Rollie Almond Browning
Oct 13, 2013
Rollie A. Browning, 89, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Sunday, October 13, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Browning was born in Poplar Bluff on February 11, 1924, to Eddie and Kathryn Burgess Browning. On September 21, 1946, he married Wilma Manon Urich in Pocohontas, Arkansas, she preceded him in death on June 6, 2013. Mr. Browning...
Gilbert Taylor
Oct 12, 2013
Gilbert Taylor, 81, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Taylor was born May 5, 1932, in Boydsville, Arkansas to Jacob and Ruby Taylor, they preceded him in death. He was married to Ava Girtman who preceded him in death. Mr. Taylor graduated from the...
Florence Dale Hoops
Oct 12, 2013
Florence Dale Hoops, 59, of Wappapello, MO, passed away Saturday, October 12, 2013 at her home. Ms. Hoops was born May 16, 1954 in Birmingham, AL, to Allen Alva and Allie Opal Cotton Jernigan. She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker who enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, reading, fishing, cooking, and going to yard sales. She...