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Jennie L. Combs
Aug 26, 2011
Jennie Lee Combs, 87, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, August 26, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Ms. Combs was retired as a beautician and owner of Valley Plaza Beauty Salon. She was born July 30, 1924 near Doniphan, Mo. and was a member of First Baptist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Sheila Payne of Poplar Bluff, her...
Dennis Ray Neighbors
Aug 25, 2011
Dennis Ray Neighbors, 55, of Wappapello, Mo. died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Neighbors was born Jan. 11, 1956 in St. Louis, Mo. He was a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, and was a longtime member of the Eagle's Lodge and V.F.W. Post 3416 at Wappapello. Mr. Neighbors was also a member of the...
Patsy (Rhodes) Aldridge
Aug 24, 2011
Patsy Rhodes Aldridge, 68, of Poplar Bluff died in her home on Wednesday, August 24, 2011. Mrs. Aldridge was born on January 16, 1943 in Holly Ridge, LA. She had lived in Poplar Bluff for the last 21 years. Mrs. Aldridge was a retired nurse who enjoyed painting, working in her yard and showering love on her animals. On...

Randol Dale Randy Rowe
Aug 20, 2011
Randol Dale ?Randy? Rowe, 55, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2011 at his residence. Mr. Rowe was born Jan. 26, 1956 in Kennett, Mo. He worked as a contractor and superintendent in construction. Mr. Rowe enjoyed spending time with his family and being on current river. On Nov. 17, 2003, he married Denise Ploetze in Poplar Bluff....
Mary Clydeen (Toole) Hofmann
Aug 18, 2011
Mary Clydeen Hofmann, 77, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hofmann was born April 8, 1934 in White Oak, Mo. She was of the Baptist faith, and had retired from Crane Insurance Agency. Mrs. Hofmann enjoyed spending time with her family, fishing, gardening, crocheting, reading, taking care of animals and...
Betty L. (Bradley) Longbottom
Aug 16, 2011
Betty L. Longbottom 77, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Longbottom was born May 27, 1934 in Fagus, Mo. She attended Ellsinore High School in Ellsinore, Mo., where she was crowned basketball Homecoming Queen in 1953. Mrs. Longbottom enjoyed spending time with her family, aerobics, exercising, taking walks with her husband, cooking and...
Willie Mae (Klein) Gill
Aug 15, 2011
Willie Mae Gill, 83, of Harviell, Mo. died Monday, Aug. 15, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Gill was born Feb. 23, 1928 in White Oak, Mo. She was a member of Harviell Baptist Church, and had retired as a department manager for Montgomery Ward Department Store. Mrs. Gill enjoyed spending time with her family, sewing and...
Bessie (Mcalister) Abernathy
Aug 14, 2011
Bessie Abernathy, 80, of Wappapello, Mo. died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Abernathy was born May 16, 1931 in Portageville, Mo. She was a member of Lakeland Assembly of God at Wappapello, and had retired after 30 years with General Motors in Flint, Mich. Mrs. Abernathy enjoyed spending time with her family especially...
Gladys Elizabeth Betty (Wheeler) Stanley
Aug 14, 2011
Gladys E. ?Betty? Stanley, 90, formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Aug. 14, 2011 at Cypress Point in Dexter. Mrs. Stanley was born May 20, 1921 in Knox County, Ind. She was a well-known retired businesswoman in Poplar Bluff for many years. Mrs. Stanley was founder and owner of La Boutique Gift Shop for 20 years; and co-owner and...
Regeania Fay Jeannie (Kiefer) Mcdowell
Aug 13, 2011
Regeania Fay ?Jeannie? McDowell, 59, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Aug. 13, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. McDowell was born Jan. 3, 1952 in Blytheville, Ark. She was an active member of Grace Christian Fellowship Church, and was a homemaker. Mrs. McDowell had previously worked as a supervisor of client care for the Missouri Department of Mental Health Regional...
James William Bill Groves
Aug 12, 2011
James W. ?Bill? Groves, 81, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, Aug. 12, 2011 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Groves was born Jan. 4, 1930 in Sumter, S.C. He had been a dedicated member of the First Church of God since 1940, where he taught Sunday School, worked in and drove a bus for the bus...
Walter F. Thies
Aug 11, 2011
Walter F. Thies, 89, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Thies was born Aug. 29, 1921 in Butler County, Mo. He was an active member of Zion Lutheran Church in Poplar Bluff, and had retired as an agent with State Farm Insurance Company. Mr. Thies was a former...
Frederick Keith Richie
Aug 11, 2011
Frederick Keith Richie, 54, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Mr. Richie was born June 25, 1957 in Poplar Bluff. He was a member of True Believers Missionary Baptist Church, and was employed as a conductor with Union Pacific Railroad. Mr. Richie enjoyed spending time with his family, especially with...
Earl Allan Schenewerk
Aug 10, 2011
Earl Allan Schenewerk, 68, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Schenewerk was born Dec. 30, 1942 in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Baptist faith, and had retired from the U. S. Postal Service. Mr. Schenewerk enjoyed reading. Survivors include two sisters, Pat Lahr of Portland Oregon and Myrna Bernstein...
Marie Louise (Cancienne) Breeden
Aug 10, 2011
Marie Louise (Cancienne) Breeden, 91, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2011 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Breeden was born Nov. 6, 1919 in Labadieville, La. After the death of her father, she and her mother moved to New Orleans where she worked at the naval station and met her future husband. After her...
Joyce Ellen (Kingery) Halter
Aug 8, 2011
Joyce Ellen Halter, 64, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2011 at her residence. Mrs. Halter was born May 26, 1947 in Coon Island, Mo. She was a member of Westwood Baptist Church, and had retired from Doctor?s Hospital. Mrs. Halter enjoyed spending time and talking on the phone with her family and friends, going to Casinos, collecting...
William Coffey Parkey
Aug 8, 2011
Rev. William Coffey Parkey, 80, a well-known and widely respected Pentecostal minister of Poplar Bluff died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Rev. Parkey was born on July 29, 1931 near Paoli, Okla. He graduated from Paoli High School in 1949, and received his bachelor?s degree in History and English from Oklahoma University in 1954....
Halowene Hallie Reynolds Dover
Aug 8, 2011
Halowene ""Hallie"" Dover, 97, of Fredericktown, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff died Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 at Claru Deville Nursing Home in Fredericktown. Mrs. Dover was born Jan. 2, 1914 in Marmaduke, Ark. She attended Highland Drive Church of Christ in Poplar Bluff, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Dover enjoyed quilting, and arts and crafts. On July 22, 1937,...
John Elmore Durham
Aug 6, 2011
John Elmore Durham, of Fredericktown, Missouri, formerly of Poplar Bluff passed away on Saturday, Aug. 6, 2011 at the age of 92. Mr. Durham was born in rural Bollinger County, Mo. on Dec. 26, 1918 to parents, Albert and Alice (Harty) Durham. He attended school in Williamsville, Mo. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army, seeing...
Paul Everett Steele
Aug 3, 2011
Paul Everett Steele II, 69, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Steele was born July 10, 1942 in Poplar Bluff. He graduated from Western Military Academy, and attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Ark. Mr. Steele was of the Baptist faith, and had retired as a heavy equipment operator. He...