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Venita Maxfield
Apr 5, 2013
Venita ""Neen"" Mae Maxfield, 91, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away on her birthday, Friday, April 5, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Maxfield was born on April 5, 1922, in Centralia, IL to George Wesley and Pearl F. Tabor Owens. She married John Harold Maxfield; he preceded her in death in 1976. Mrs. Maxfield was a retired...
Franklin D. Frank Hill
Apr 3, 2013
Franklin D. ""Frank"" Hill, 79, of Poplar Bluff passed away Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Hill was born Jan. 30, 1934 in Mantachie, Miss. He was an active member of First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, where he served as Deacon, Sunday School teacher, and Choir member; and had retired...
Carl Martins Jr.
Apr 1, 2013
Carl John Martins Jr., 86, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Monday, April 1, 2013 at his son's residence, in Foristell, MO. Mr. Martins was born in Poplar Bluff, MO on September 23, 1926, to the late Carl John Sr. and Josephine Jett Martins. On September, 18, 1949 he married Lavon Merrett at Zion Lutheran Church, she preceded him...
Grace N. White
Apr 1, 2013
Grace N. White, 100, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away Monday, April 1, 2013 at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. White was born on May 1, 1912 in Butler County to William and Mollie Hainline Carpenter. Grace was married to William Troy White; he preceded her in death in 1963. She attended the Second Baptist Church in Poplar...
Ralph Thornburgh
Mar 31, 2013
Ralph A. Thornburgh, 75, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away on Sunday March 31, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mr. Thornburgh was born on July 11, 1937 in Gideon, MO to Oscar and Estella Pruitte Thornburgh. He married Abbie Marie Bollinger, whom preceded him in death in 1989. Mr. Thornburgh was a retired logger and farmer. He was...
Margaret Mccoy
Mar 31, 2013
Margaret (Maggie) May McCoy, 95, of Poplar Bluff, MO, passed away Sunday, March 31, 2013 at Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. McCoy was born on June 10, 1917, in Lilbourn, MO to Charles Arthur and Clara Campbell Wright. Margaret was of the Baptist Faith, and had worked as Hostess/ Manager of the Hickory House Restaurant and Motel....
Clarence Edward Jones
Mar 28, 2013
Clarence Edward Jones, 73, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, March 28, 2013 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Mr. Jones was born April 13, 1939 in Cairo, Ill. He was a member of Brown Chapel A.M.E, Church, and had retired as owner and operator of a cleaning service. Mr. Jones was a member of Goldstar Masonic Lodge...
Norma Faith (Cothren) Bettuo
Mar 24, 2013
Norma Faith Bettuo, 82, of Poplar Bluff, MO passed away Sunday March 24, 2013 at Westwood Hills Health and Rehab Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Bettuo was born on August 25, 1930 in Francis, AR to John J. and Linelle Stowe Cothren. She and George Bettuo were married in LaPorte, IN on June 13, 1953. He preceded her in...
Marie Burgin Carpenter
Mar 24, 2013
Marie Carpenter, 92, of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away Sunday, March 24,2013 at her home. Mrs. Carpenter, one of 13 children, was born on January 31, 1921, in Butler County, Mo. to Charlie and Myrtle Wicker Burgin. In August of 1937, she and Jonithan E. Carpenter were married in Butler County. He preceded her in death on Aug. 17,...
Betty Jane Jeffries
Mar 24, 2013
Betty Jane Jeffries, 99 of Poplar Bluff, Mo, passed away Sunday, March 24, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Jeffries was born on Nov. 23, 1913 in Rogersville, Mo to Scottie and Birdie Williams Fraser. They preceded her in death. She and Woodrow Jeffries were married in Lancaster, Mo. on December 20,1934. He preceded her in death on...
Ruth Kanell
Mar 22, 2013
Ruth Elizabeth Kanell, 86, of Poplar Bluff Mo passed away Friday March 22, 2013 at West wood Hill Health Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Ruth was born April 12, 1926 in Malden, Mo. to Ellis A. and Jessie Marie Johnson Burks. Her parents preceded her in death. She married Claudie Kanell in Poplar Bluff, Mo. on July 23, 1945....
Treva Lucille (Clifton) Skiles
Mar 18, 2013
Treva L. Clifton Skiles, 80, of Poplar Bluff passed away Monday, March 18, 2013 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Skiles was born Oct. 6, 1932 in Memphis, Tenn., and was a homemaker. She was a member of First Baptist Church, and attended church services held at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, where she also...
Norma L. (Combs) Goodwin
Mar 17, 2013
Norma Lee Goodwin, 80, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, March 17, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Goodwin was born Sept. 17, 1932 in Leachville, Ark. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, and had retired after 22 years as a cook at O'Neal School cafeteria. Mrs. Goodwin enjoyed spending time with...
Deborah Debbie Janice Mckim (Emerson) Scaggs
Mar 17, 2013
Deborah Janice McKim Scaggs, beloved wife, mother and grandmother, passed away at her home on Sunday, March 17, 2013, surrounded by her family following a long battle with cancer. Debbie was born on July 30, 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Mo., to Frances Stone Emerson and Raymond Emerson, Sr. She was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and was a...
Agnes R. (Berry) Choisser
Mar 16, 2013
Agnes R. Choisser, 94, of Council Bluff, Iowa, formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 at Mercy Hospital in Council Bluff. Mrs. Choisser was born Dec. 3, 1918 in Poplar Bluff. She was of the Methodist faith, and had retired from Bergan-Mercy Hospital in Omaha, Neb. as an L.P.N. Mrs. Choisser was also a member of...
George W. Plumb
Mar 16, 2013
George W. Plumb, 96, resident of Poplar Bluff for over 60 years, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 16, 2013 at The Cedargate in Poplar Bluff George was born on Nov. 30, 1916 in Allenville, Mo. He was a man of great faith, and was a previous member of Third Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, where he was a Sunday...
Harold Glenn Spencer
Mar 16, 2013
Harold Glenn Spencer, 66, of Poplar Bluff passed away Saturday, Mar. 16, 2013 at his residence. Mr. Spencer was born Aug. 17, 1946 in St. Louis, Mo. He was of the Lutheran faith, and had retired in 1997 from John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff as head cook. Mr. Spencer was a veteran of the U.S....
Danny L. Dan Maloney
Mar 16, 2013
Danny Leo ""Dan"" Maloney, 56, of Cape Girardeau, passed away Saturday, March 16, 2013 at St. Francis Medical Center after a long battle with cancer. Dan was born Sept. 22, 1956 in Dexter, Mo. He joined the U.S. Fish and Wildlife in 1989, and became a mail carrier for the US Postal Service in 1994. Dan immensely enjoyed his...
Betty Rosella (Myers) Young
Mar 15, 2013
Betty Rosella Young, 79, of Poplar Bluff passed away Friday, March 15, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Young was born on May 7, 1933 in Stanton, Mo. to William C. and Lucy Nicholas Myers. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and was a retired Riverboat Cook. Betty enjoyed cooking, sewing and taking care of...
Mary Wilma (Jenkins) Scalf
Mar 14, 2013
Mary Wilma Scalf, 91, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Thursday, Mar. 14, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Scalf was born April 21, 1922 in Cuba, Ill. She was a member of the Eagles Lodge and the V.F.W. in Poplar Bluff, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Scalf enjoyed spending time with her family, and her cats. In...

