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Irene Anthony Kuehle
Dec 11, 2007
Irene Anthony Kuehle, 86, of Puxico, formerly of Sikeston, died Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2007 at the Beverly Nursing and Rehab Center, in Puxico. She had been in declining health since 1999. Mrs. Kuehle was born June 11, 1921, in Advance. Having spent most of her adult life in Sikeston, she was a long-standing member of First United Methodist Church,...

Woodrow George Bolen
Dec 9, 2007
Woodrow George Bolen, Sr., 90, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, December 9, 2007 at the Mark Twain Caring Center. Mr. Bolen was born October 2, 1917 in Truman, Ark. He was a mill worker for Himmelberger-Harrison in Morehouse from Dec. 5, 1945 until his retirement. Mr. Bolen was a member of the Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Sikeston and...

Wilma Ruth Jones
Dec 6, 2007
Wilma Ruth Jones, 82, of Neelyville, died Thursday, December 6, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Jones was born March 27, 1925 in Harviell, Mo to the late Joseph Hess and Nannie Pearl (Clemons) Cochran. She was a homemaker and a retired beautician at Tessie Mae's Beauty Shop. A member of the Southern Fellowship Baptist Church, Mrs. Jones enjoyed quilting...

Lee Bethel
Dec 4, 2007
Lee Bethel, 90, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Bethel was born Feb. 21, 1917, in Helendale, North Dakota to the late Charles and Ruby (Johnson) Bethel. He was a member of First Baptist Church, and had retired as owner and operator of B & H Auto Electric, in Poplar Bluff, Sikeston and...

Harry Lee Spink
Dec 3, 2007
Harry Lee Spink, 46, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, December 3, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Spink was born October 31, 1961 in Mt. Clements, Michigan. He was Crossing Guard at the Mark Twain Kindergarten School and a member of the First Baptist Church. Surviving are two sisters, Lori Tapley of Denton, Tex; Judy Aycock of Amarillo, Tex; and...

Woodrow W. Mosley
Dec 3, 2007
Woodrow Wilson ""Woody"" Mosley, 86, of Westland, Mich. passed away Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Mosley was born March 9, 1921, in Butler County. He was of the Baptist faith, and had retired as an iron worker. Mr. Mosley was a member of the Iron Workers Union, in Mich. for 50 years, and was a veteran...

Ella Mae Selvidge
Dec 1, 2007
Ella Mae ""Bobbie"" Selvidge, 80, of Poplar Bluff passed away Saturday, Dec. 1, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Selvidge was born Aug. 7, 1927, in Poplar Bluff. She was of the Baptist faith and a homemaker. Mrs. Selvidge was also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, of Tampa, Fla. She enjoyed spending...

Fred Dunn
Nov 24, 2007
John Fredrick ""Fred"" Dunn, 85, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Dunn was born Aug. 25, 1922, in Pomona, Mo., to the late Jacob Morris and Emma Agnes (Webb) Dunn. He was a member of the Highland Church of Christ, and had retired as a building contractor. Mr....

Arkie M. Wilbur
Nov 21, 2007
Arkie M. Wilbur, 93, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Jackson, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wilbur was born Feb. 7, 1914, in Salem, Ark. She was a member of First Christian Church, where she was a member of the Gleaners Sunday School Class. Mrs. Wilbur had retired as an English...

Hazel R. Righter
Nov 21, 2007
Hazel R. Righter, 88, of St. James, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 at the Missouri Veteran's Home, in St. James. Mrs. Righter was born April 14, 1919, in Fall River, Mass. She was of the Episcopal faith, and had retired as a registered nurse with the United States Navy and Army. Mrs. Righter began her military career in Jan....

Bobbie Gene Fry
Nov 19, 2007
Bobbie Gene Fry, 80, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Cardwell and St. Charles, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 at The Cedargate Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Fry was born Sept. 13, 1927, in Cardwell, Mo. He was member of the Highland Drive Church of Christ, and had retired as a building inspector and carpenter. Mr. Fry was a...

Reba Mae Alsup
Nov 18, 2007
Reba Mae Alsup, 79, of Williamsville, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Alsup was born Sept. 14, 1928, in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, and was a homemaker. On July 19, 1947, she married William Louis Alsup, in Piggott, Ark. He preceded her...

Maudie M. Maddux
Nov 12, 2007
Maudie M. Maddux, 100 years of age, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Maddux was born Feb. 19, 1907, in Piggott, Ark. She was of the Baptist faith and attended services until she was disabled. Mrs. Maddux worked at Lucy Lee Hospital and her love for children led her to work at the Diagnostic Clinic. She...

Inez Proffer
Nov 11, 2007
Inez ""Me Maw"" Proffer, 97, of Poplar Bluff went home to be with her Lord Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. Mrs. Proffer was born April 16, 1910, in Ellsinore, Mo. She was a long time resident of Poplar Bluff, and was a member of the Collins Chapel General Baptist Church. She taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, and was...

Virginia Louise Jehnzen
Nov 11, 2007
Virginia Louise Jehnzen, 82, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007 at Poplar Bluff Regional Service. Miss Jehnzen was born Feb. 2, 1925, in Detroit, Mich. She was a member of First Church of God, in Poplar Bluff, and began her working career as a Registered Nurse, in Pontiac, Mich. Four years later she began a career with...

Cheche Ann Hastings
Nov 11, 2007
Cheche Ann Hastings, 68, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007 at her residence. Ms. Hastings was born June 29, 1939, in Harviell. She attended elementary thru 8th grade at Harviell Schools, 3 years at Minden High School, in Minden, La. and one year at Christian School, in Tulsa, Okla. Ms. Hastings was of the Protestant faith, and...

Betty Lou Ramsey Willoughby
Nov 8, 2007
Betty Lou Ramsey Willoughby, 73, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Naylor, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 at Mark Twain Caring Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Willoughby was born July 20, 1934, in Tribune, Mo. She was a member of First Baptist Church, in Poplar Bluff, and had retired as a sales tax auditor for Missouri Department of Revenue. Mrs....

Elwain L. Walker
Nov 7, 2007
Elwain Lejeune Walker, 79, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 at Mark Twain Caring Center, in Poplar Bluff after an illness of ten years. Mrs. Walker was born Feb. 15, 1928, in Hendrickson to Alfred and Ilah (Pace) Hillis. She graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in May, 1945 and began her 44 years of teaching the...

Noel L. Long
Nov 1, 2007
Noel L. Long, 78, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Long was born April 13, 1929, in Elmore, OK. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church, in Poplar Bluff, and had retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of service. Mr. Long was later employed...

Gerald D. Brown
Oct 30, 2007
Gerald D. Brown, 68, of Florissant, formerly of Poplar Bluff died Monday, Oct. 30, 2007 at Christian Hospital Northeast, in St. Louis. Mr. Brown was born Oct. 17, 1939, in Qulin. He was a member of Florissant General Baptist Church, was a retired minister and for the past 20 years had worked as groundskeeper for a private family, in...