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Tasha Cherie Endsley
Jul 12, 2008
Tasha Cherie Endsley, 23, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, July 12, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Endsley was born Oct. 13, 1984, in Carthage, Mo. She was a member of the First Church of God, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Endsley enjoyed spending time with her children, cleaning, traveling, shopping, exercising, playing volleyball, and boating and sailing. On Aug....
John Lee Griffin
Jul 12, 2008
John Lee Griffin, 54, of Poplar Bluff was found dead Saturday, July 12, 2008 in Butler County. Mr. Griffin was born Aug. 11, 1953, in Poplar Bluff. He of the Baptist faith, and worked as a self-employed construction worker. Mr. Griffin enjoyed raising livestock and being outdoors. Survivors include his daughter, Krista Anthony, of Cape Girardeau; two granddaughters, Kenisha...
Ava C. Nelson
Jul 11, 2008
Ava C. Nelson, 73, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, July 11, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Nelson was born Nov. 27, 1934, in Broseley, Mo., to the late Melvin Benjamin and Mary Adeline (Pedigo) Butts, and was of the Protestant faith. She was a retired secretary for the family owned business, Ozark Beverage Co., and was a past member...
Alvada B. Kegin
Jul 10, 2008
Alvada B. Kegin, 85, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Kegin was born March 7, 1922, in Broseley. She was of the Baptist faith, was a member of the Eastern Star, and had retired as a supervisor for Director Distributing Association, Inc. Mrs. Kegin enjoyed reading, working crossword puzzles, putting puzzles together, sewing,...

Berniece D. Crowell
Jul 9, 2008
Berniece passed away on Wednesday, July 9, 2008. Berniece was a resident of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.
John Marshall Carrier
Jul 8, 2008
John Marshall Carrier, 63, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Carrier, son of the late John William and Bessie Elizabeth (Smith) Carrier, was born April 25, 1945, in Bloomfield. He was a member of Westwood Baptist Church where he had worked with the Job Corps ministry, and had retired in 1997 from John...

John Raymond Loven
Jul 7, 2008
John Raymond Loven, 88, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, July 7, 2008 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Loven was born Dec. 21, 1919 in Downer's Grove, Ill. He had retired as a tool and die maker. On Sept. 4, 1943, he married June E. Strub, in Berwyn, Ill. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Cynthia Beets,...
Olive Leona Godwin
Jul 6, 2008
Olive Leona Godwin, 96, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Godwin was born Oct. 15, 1911, in St. Louis. She was a member of Black Creek Missionary Baptist Church where she served as church secretary and treasurer for many years, and taught Sunday School for 25 years. Mrs. Godwin had...

Verle Shuemate
Jul 6, 2008
Verle Roberta (Boyle) Hampton, 88, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, July 6, 2008 at Oakdale Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Hampton was born May 9, 1920, in Campbell Hill, Ill. She was a past member of the Third Baptist Church, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Hampton enjoyed sewing, cooking and gardening. On Feb. 10, 1941 she married John...
Pearl Parkin
Jul 5, 2008
Pearl (Greer) Parkin, 92, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, July 5, 2008 at The Manor, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Parkin was born May 30, 1916, in Carterville, Ill. She was a member of First Baptist Church; was a member of Oak Grove Homemakers Club; and was a homemaker. Mrs. Parkin enjoyed creating ceramic pieces, sewing, quilting, gardening and working...
Dorothy J. Weisbrod
Jun 29, 2008
Dorothy Jeane Weisbrod, 72, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Weisbrod was born Jan. 19, 1936, in Neelyville to the late Hoover E. and Edith Lorene (Lockwood) Odom. She was a member of Good Hope Methodist Church, and a member of the Missouri Star Quilter's Association. Mrs. Weisbrod received a...
Richard L. Stott
Jun 28, 2008
Richard Lane Stott, 83, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, June 28, 2008 at Mark Twain Caring Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Stott was born Nov. 19, 1924, in Trenton, Tenn. He was a member of the First United Methodist, of Poplar Bluff, and had retired from the business office of Union Pacific Railroad. Mr. Stott enjoyed playing golf, jogging,...
Nancy Joann King
Jun 24, 2008
Nancy JoAnn King, 72, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, June 24, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. King was born April 22, 1936, in Trenton, Mo. She was a member of Second Baptist Church, and had retired as a bookkeeper. Mrs. King also owned and operated a porcelain doll shop. She enjoyed making crafts of all kinds and flower gardening....
Frank Dean Simmons
Jun 23, 2008
Frank Dean Simmons, 56, of Poplar Bluff died unexpectedly Monday, June 23, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Simmons was born on Aug. 21, 1951, in Poplar Bluff. He was a life-long resident of Butler County, attending school at Twin Springs Elementary, and Poplar Bluff High school. Mr. Simmons worked at the Florsheim Shoe Factory until it closed, at which...

Dorothy Marie Gray
Jun 22, 2008
Dorothy Marie Gray, 81, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, June 22, 2008 at Mark Twain caring Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Gray was born Aug. 11, 1926, in Poplar Bluff. She attended New Life Christian Church United, and had retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. She enjoyed working in her yard and shopping. On Feb. 17, 1946, she married...
Richard L. Heidbreder
Jun 20, 2008
Richard Lloyd ""Dick"" Heidbreder, 68, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Corning, Ark. died Friday, June 20, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Heidbreder was born Feb. 15, 1940, in Sioux City, Iowa. He began his career in design and sale of monuments with the Clay County Monument Co. and later had retired as owner and operator of Corning Monument...
Addie Louise
Jun 18, 2008
Addie Louise Wilson Null, 83, of Wappapello died Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at St. Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Null was born Jan. 16, 1925, in Wayne County, near Rabbit Ridge. She was of the Pentecostal faith, and had retired as a nursing home med-tech, in Puxico. She had also worked as a personal home caregiver and...

Rose Marie Barbour
Jun 18, 2008
Rose Marie Hammons Barbour was born on September 1, 1926 to Edgar Garfield and Muriel Leila Hay Hammons at their home in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She died on June 18, 2008. A lifelong resident of Poplar Bluff, she attended school at Mark Twain, Kinyon and Williamson Kennedy Elementary schools and graduated from Poplar Bluff Senior High in May of...
Johnny Lee Hays
Jun 18, 2008
Johnny Lee Hays, 65, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, June 18, 2008 at St. John's Mercy Medical Center, in St. Louis. Mr. Hays was born May 23, 1943, in Qulin, Mo. He attended Qulin United Methodist Church and the First Baptist Church, in Dexter. Mr. Hays had worked for Missouri Department of Transportation, in Qulin where he served as...

Cora Nita Webb Perkins
Jun 14, 2008
Cora Nita Webb Perkins, 73, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, June 14, 2008 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Perkins was born Nov. 30, 1934, in Steel, Mo. She was a member of the Lord's Chapel Church, and had retired as a taxi driver and dispatcher. Survivors include her daughter, Debbie Cottner, of Pontiac, Mich.; two sons, Nick...