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Carl Rommel
Jul 27, 2013
Carl Vernon Rommel, 82, passed away Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Cedergate in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Rommel was born on August 4, 1930 in Wappapello to Victor Leonard and Violet Lucy Withrow Rommel. They preceded him in death. On October 1, 1949, he married Nadine Powell in Piggott, AR, they were married for 54 years before she passed on...
Shannon Cherie Miller Wilson
Jul 25, 2013
Shannon Cherie Miller Wilson, 42, of Poplar Bluff passed away Thursday, July 25, 2013 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Mrs. Wilson was born April 27, 1971 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Wilson was formerly employed as a youth specialist at Sears Youth Center. She loved...
Frances Elizabeth Baker Loyd
Jul 24, 2013
Frances Elizabeth Loyd, 93, of Union, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, July 24, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Washington, Mo. Mrs. Loyd was born Jan. 8, 1920 in Adkins, Ark. She was a member of Oakhill Freewill Baptist Church in Union, Mo. and was a homemaker. Over the years Mrs. Loyd volunteered as an adopted grandmother...
Lora Virginia Gray
Jul 23, 2013
Lora Virginia Gray, 87, of Belton, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013 at Carnegie Village in Belton. Mrs. Gray was born on Sept. 25, 1925 in Gideon, Mo. to James Edward and Ruby Qualls Hamilton. On March 3, 1947, she married Wylie Eugene Gray in Piggott, Ark. He preceded her in death on Nov....
Joe P Sliger
Jul 23, 2013
Joe Powers Sliger, 77, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, July 23, 2013, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Sliger was born December 13, 1935 in Poplar Bluff, to Ray D. and Allie Pearl Powers Sliger. They preceded him in death. On March 1, 1956, he married Bonnie May Sliger in Hernando, MS. She survives of the home....
Willa Jean Spencer
Jul 21, 2013
Willa Jean Spencer, 90, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, July 21, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Spencer was born June 26, 1923 in Wynn, Ark. She attended Fellowship General Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Mrs. Spencer enjoyed playing cards and bingo. On Dec. 26, 1941 she married James W. Spencer in Doniphan, Mo. He...
Cora Lee Pennington
Jul 21, 2013
Cora Lee Pennington, 81, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday July 21, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Pennington was born August 11, 1931 in Butler County, to Ernest and Bertha Jaco Whitmer, they preceded her in death. On September 7 1948, she married Vernon Pennington, Sr. in Piggott, AR. He died on October 16, 1995. Mrs. Pennington retired...

Helen Marion Sullivan
Jul 19, 2013
Helen M. Sullivan,69, of Williamsville, Mo., passed away Friday, July 19, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. A graveside service and burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mt. Zion Cemetery in Butler County with Rev. Jim Schremp officiating.
Blanche Eulala Adams
Jul 18, 2013
Blanch Eulala Adams, 87, of Wappapello, Mo., formerly of Parma, Mo. passed away Thursday, July 18, 2013 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Adams was born Jan. 31, 1926 in Parma, Mo. During her earlier years she was a ballroom dancer and sang with the singing group, ""Sweet Adelines"". Mrs. Adams later worked in retail sales....
Juanita Willodene Mcginley
Jul 17, 2013
Juanita ""Willodene"" McGinley, 87, of Blue Springs, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff passed away Wednesday, July 17, 2013. Mrs. McGinley was born Sept. 11, 1925 in Qulin, Mo. She was of the Assembly of God faith and had retired in 1993 from the St. Louis School District as an executive secretary. Mrs. McGinley enjoyed spending time with her family...

Betty Marion Short
Jul 16, 2013
Betty Marion Short,89, of Jackson, Mo., passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Ratliff Care Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. A graveside service and burial will be at 1 p.m. Monday at Poplar Bluff City Cemetery with Rev. Jim Schremp officiating.
Mildred L. Darnell
Jul 16, 2013
Mildred L. Darnell, 86, of Williamsville, Mo. passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Darnell was born Aug. 31, 1926 in Campbell, Mo. After graduating from high school she attended Business College in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Darnell was a member of Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church where she also taught Sunday School, and...
Marglie Libla
Jul 15, 2013
Marglie Viola Libla of Poplar Bluff, Mo passed away at 9:58 AM Monday, July 15, 2013 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was born on June 19, 1925 at Marquand, MO to Ernest and Dessie (Cloninger) Thomas. On August 19, 1942 she married the love of her life Clyde in Hiram, MO. They celebrated their 65th...
Joshua Keith Turner
Jul 15, 2013
Joshua Keith Turner, 18, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away Monday, July 15, 2013 in Poplar Bluff. Joshua was born October 4, 1994 in Poplar Bluff to Rhonda Eldridge Lack and Keith Turner. His father preceded him in death. He was of the Baptist faith, and employed at Person and Son Construction in Poplar Bluff. Joshua loved spending time...
Paul Edward Shawan
Jul 13, 2013
Paul Edward Shawan, 82, of Poplar Bluff, passed away at home, Saturday, July 13, 2013. Born November 18, 1930 in Cape Girardeau, to Charles and Myrtle Westover Shawan. Paul married Elizabeth Harris, September 10, 1955 in Illmo, Mo. They had one son, Jeff Shawan of Poplar Bluff. Mr. Shawan worked many years as an Architect for Jablonsky and Associates,...
Ruth Dale Rice
Jul 12, 2013
Ruth Dale Rice, 89, passed away in Lago Vista, TX on July 12, 2013. She was born in Caruthersville, MO, June 16, 1924 to Ira Byrd and Lena Rivers Rice Powell. They preceded her in death. Following her earlier years in Caruthersville, Ruth spent most of the 1940's in rural Doniphan, Mo. In the 1950's, she and her husband,...

Marylou Ring Vail
Jul 12, 2013
Marylou Vail, 92, of Poplar Bluff, MO, died Friday, July 12, 2013 at Cedargate Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Vail was born September 2, 1920 in Paris, TX. She was a retired Sr. High English teacher. Mrs. Vail was a member of the First Baptist Church of Poplar Bluff. On June 6, 1947, she married Austin Bryant Vail...
Baby Girl Lydia Faye Greenwood
Jul 11, 2013
Baby girl Lydia Faye Greenwood, 10 day old daughter of Jessica Allen and Cody Greenwood of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, July 11, 2013 at St. Louis Children's Hospital in St. Louis. Lydia was the granddaughter of Linda and Shane Hanley, of Poplar Bluff, Glenda Allen of Poplar Bluff, and Cindy and Brian Allen of Harville, MO., great- granddaughter...
Erma Aileen Shane
Jul 10, 2013
Erma A. Parker Shane, 88, of Huntington Beach, CA, died Thursday, July 11, 2013 in Huntington Beach. Mrs. Shane was born on August 28, 1924 in Parsons, KS. She was a homemaker, and served many years as a hospital volunteer as well as a volunteer for the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls while her children were young. On...
Dellie Crook
Jul 2, 2013
Dellie Luanne Crook, 92, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, July 2, 2013, at Cedergate Care Center. Mrs. Crook was born March 6, 1921 at Ponder, MO to Soloman and Melissa Niswonger Elliot. She married Drexel H. Crook in Butler Co, on September, 26, 1939, and was a homemaker who loved quilting, sewing and gardening. She was a member...