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Ruth  Ann Brickell

Ruth Ann Brickell

Dec 14, 2010

Ruth Ann Brickell, 72, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Brickell was born Nov. 25, 1938 in Pittsburgh, Pa. She was an active member of First Baptist Church where she was a member of the Adult Choir, Senior Choir and Rejoice Ladies Ensemble. Mrs. Brickell touched many lives in her teaching career, which...

Martha  Ann Fields

Martha Ann Fields

Dec 10, 2010

Martha Ann Fields, 83, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Fields was born March 11, 1927 in Gideon, Mo. She was a member of New Home General Baptist Church, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Fields enjoyed spending time with her family, sewing and flower gardening. On July 23, 1943 she married Joseph Robert...

Helen Gower

Helen Gower

Dec 10, 2010

Helen Gower, 72, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, Dec. 10, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Gower was born Feb. 24, 1938 in Poplar Bluff. She was of the Southern Baptist faith, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Gower enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and greenhouse gardening. On May 19, 1956, she married James A. Gower in Poplar...

Maude N. Mitchelle Dotson

Maude N. Mitchelle Dotson

Dec 6, 2010

Maude Novella Mitchelle Dotson, 96, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Dotson was born May 27, 1914 in Bloomfield, Mo. She was a Charter member of New Home General Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday School for many years. Mrs. Dotson was a member of the Ladies Aid Group and...

Jessie  M. Baumgardner

Jessie M. Baumgardner

Dec 6, 2010

Jessie May Baumgardner, 98, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 at her son's residence in Enid, Okla. Mrs. Baumgardner was born July 28, 1912 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and had retired as an LPN from Doctor's Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Baumgardner enjoyed quilting and crocheting. She was married to...

Willie Weaver

Willie Weaver

Dec 5, 2010

Willie Weaver, Jr., 81, of Sikeston, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Weaver was born Sept. 29, 1929 in Lepanto, Ark. He was baptized in the Baptist faith, and had retired from I.B.E.W. Local #702. Mr. Weaver enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren and tinkering with cars and motorcycles....

Wylie  Eugene Gray

Wylie Eugene Gray

Nov 26, 2010

Wylie Eugene ""Gene"" Gray, 83, of Belton, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff died Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 at Belton Research Hospital in Belton. Mr. Gray was born July 31, 1927 in Clarkton, Mo. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, and had retired as Commander Sergeant Major with the U.S. Army. Mr. Gray was a...

Paul  V. Drury

Paul V. Drury

Nov 19, 2010

Paul V. Drury, Jr., 90, of Poplar Bluff, died November 19, 2010 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Drury was born December 7, 1919 in Owensboro, Kentucky. He was retired as Parts Manager at Jackson Dodge in Poplar Bluff; was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and had been an active member of the Knights of...

Sue Crum

Sue Crum

Nov 16, 2010

Sue Crum, 78, of Piggott, Ark., formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 at St. Bernard's Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. Mrs. Crum was born Jan. 2, 1932 in Campbell, Mo. She was a member of Fellowship General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, and was a homemaker. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, camping, fishing and dancing at different...

Beatrice  Mae Shelton

Beatrice Mae Shelton

Nov 16, 2010

Beatrice Mae Shelton, 78, of Kansas City, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff and Waynesville, Mo. died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2010 at her residence. Mrs. Shelton was born Nov. 30, 1931 in Steelville, Mo. She was a homemaker, and was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. and D.A.V. Auxiliaries. She enjoyed spending time with her family. On Oct. 12, 1951,...

Imogene Gaultney

Imogene Gaultney

Nov 13, 2010

Imogene Gaultney, 86, of Crystal City, Mo., formerly of Qulin and Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010 at Crystal Oaks Care Center, in Crystal City. Mrs. Gaultney was born Oct. 8, 1924 in Swifton, Mo. She was a member of Living Word Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff and was a homemaker. Mrs. Gaultney enjoyed sewing, quilting, playing dominoes...

Rosie  Elizabeth Hale

Rosie Elizabeth Hale

Nov 12, 2010

Rosie Elizabeth Hale, 89, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, Nov. 12, 2010 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Hale was born Dec. 20, 1920 in Chaonia, Mo. She was of the Baptist faith, and had retired from Doctor's Regional Medical Center as a Central Sterile Technician. Mrs. Hale enjoyed spending time with her family, gardening, canning, cooking, sewing,...

Robert  U. Christian

Robert U. Christian

Nov 11, 2010

Robert U. ""Bob"" Christian, 84, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Christian was born June 19, 1926 in Poplar Bluff. He was a member of Temple Baptist Church, and was a retired Plumbing Inspector for the City of St. Louis. During his early years, Mr. Christian was a...

Peggy  Joan Hovis

Peggy Joan Hovis

Nov 11, 2010

Peggy Joan Hovis, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010 after a 19-month battle with cancer. She went peacefully to meet her Lord at her home. Peggy was born on July 19, 1946 in Cornwall, Mo. to Clyde Oland Guinn and Opal Forsythe Guinn. She was the 6th of 7 children. She married Hollis Hovis on...

William  D. Martin

William D. Martin

Nov 7, 2010

William Donald ""Bill"" Martin, 89, of Fredericktown, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010 at Madison Medical Center in Fredericktown. Mr. Martin was born Oct. 7, 1921 in Poplar Bluff. He was a member of Southside Assembly of God, and had retired after years of owning and operating an auto repair shop. Mr. Martin was a...

Laura  J. Porterfield

Laura J. Porterfield

Nov 6, 2010

Laura J. Porterfield, 92, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Porterfield was born Jan. 10, 1918 in Williamsville, Mo. She was a Charter Member of West Side Church of God, had served as a volunteer for John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. Mrs. Porterfield had retired from the Florsheim Shoe Co. She enjoyed...

Floyd  M. Kester

Floyd M. Kester

Nov 5, 2010

Floyd M. ""Blue"" Kester, 88, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, November 5, 2010 at his residence. Mr. Kester was born August 30, 1922 in Chilton, Mo. and was retired as Maintenance Foreman with the Poplar Bluff City Street Department. He was of the Protestant faith and was an avid deer hunter and also enjoyed fishing. Mr. Kester was a...

Leonard  L. Gowen

Leonard L. Gowen

Nov 4, 2010

Leonard Leon Gowen, 65, of Bonne Terre, Mo., formerly from the Coon Island community south of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010 at the Community Manor in Farmington, Mo. Mr. Gowen was born Nov. 16, 1944 at Coon Island, Mo. and was raised there on the family farm. In 1979, he moved to Lake Timberline near Bonne Terre,...

Helen  Rose Wells

Helen Rose Wells

Nov 2, 2010

Helen Rose Wells, 88, of Qulin died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wells was born Feb. 19, 1922 in Gideon, Mo. She was of the Baptist faith, and had retired from Graham Paper co., in St. Louis. Mrs. Wells enjoyed gardening, growing flowers and listening to country music. On June 23, 1956 she...

Billie  Thomas Griffith

Billie Thomas Griffith

Nov 2, 2010

Billie Thomas Griffith, 84, of Wappapello, died Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Griffith was born March 28, 1926 in Waterloo, Iowa. For a number of years he was a self-employed electrician, and later had retired from Florida Steel Co. as a supervisor. Mr. Griffith was a veteran of the U.S. Navy...

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