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Paula Jo Dover
Feb 12, 2007
Paula Jo ""Pooh"" Dover, 41, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2007, at her residence. Mrs. Dover was born Feb. 19, 1965, in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Calvary Community Church, in Poplar Bluff and employed as a home healthcare giver. Mrs. Dover was also a member of the Poplar Bluff Eagles Auxiliary. An enthusiastic sport...

Amanda D. Cole Kingery
Feb 9, 2007
Amanda D. Cole Kingery, 27, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 at her residence. Ms. Kingery was born March 2, 1979, in Pontiac, Mich. A resident of Poplar Bluff most of her life she graduated from Poplar Bluff High school in 1997. Ms. Kingery was a member of the First Liberty Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time...

Marvin Sylvester Moore
Feb 9, 2007
Marvin Sylvester Moore, 86, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, Feb. 9, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Moore was born June 2, 1920, in Hornersville, Mo. He was a member of the First Church of God and a retired Barber. Mr. Moore was also a veteran of the United States Navy, having served during World War...

Lila Irene Dennis
Feb 7, 2007
Lila I. Dennis, 90, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Dennis was born Sept. 5, 1916, in Poynor to the late Willie and May (Pennington) Magruder. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church and a retired L.P.N. at the Lucy Lee Convalescent...

David E. Miller
Feb 7, 2007
David E. Miller, 67, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2007 at St. Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Miller was born March 28, 1939, in Middletown, Ohio. He worked 9 years at Rowe Furniture Co. and operated the Coliseum Fitness Center for 20 years. Mr. Miller was also a veteran of the United States Navy. He...

George M. Sickels
Feb 4, 2007
George Sickels, 80, of Williamsville, died Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff, Mr. Sickels was born Oct. 23, 1926, in Manila, Ark. He was a member of New Oak Hill General Baptist Church and employed for 43 years as an electrician with Hussman Refrigeration, in St. Louis. Mr. Sickels was...

Wilda Jane Chestnut
Feb 3, 2007
Wilda Jane Chestnut, 83, of Poplar Bluff, died February 3, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Chestnut was born October 7, 1923 in Coldwater, Mo. She was a homemaker and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, fishing, and gardening. She was of the Baptist faith. On June 10, 1939 she married Emery Chestnut and he preceded...

Alma V. Gibson Harris
Jan 31, 2007
Alma Vivian (Gibson) Harris, 91, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, Jan. 29, 2007 at the Oakdale Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Harris was born Sept. 15, 1915, in Jonesboro, Ark. to the late Wid and Nora (Kirksey) Gibson. She was a member of the First Church of the Nazarene, and had retired from Caldwell's Cleaners. Mrs. Harris enjoyed...

Bill C. Spell
Jan 31, 2007
Bill Spell, 57, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 near Poplar Bluff as the result of injuries received in an auto accident. Mr. Spell was born May 12, 1949, in Naylor. He was of the Baptist faith and employed at Nordyne as a brazier. Mr. Spell enjoyed hunting and joking with everyone he knew. Survivors include his...

Ruth Riepe
Jan 28, 2007
Ruth Riepe, 84, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Riepe was born April 22, 1922, in Broseley. She was a member of the Poplar Bluff Pentecostal Church and a homemaker. Mrs. Riepe enjoyed her church, spending time with her family and making crafts. On Aug. 13, 1949, she married...

Gladys M. Casey
Jan 26, 2007
Gladys Myron Casey, 95, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, Jan. 26, 2007 at the Manor, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Casey was born Jan. 14, 1912, in Butler County. She was a member of the South Poplar Bluff General Baptist Church and retired from Montgomery Ward, of Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Casey enjoyed spending time with her family, and sewing and...

Patricia R. Owen
Jan 25, 2007
Patricia Ruth Owen, 63, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007 at the Barnes Jewish Hospital, in St. Louis as the result of a pedestrian/auto accident. Mrs. Owen was born June 30, 1943, in Parma. Mo. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a Supervisor for the Missouri Division of Family Services. Mrs. Owen...

Madelene E. Fiske
Jan 24, 2007
Madelene E. Fiske, 71, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007 at the Manor Care Center. Mrs. Fiske was born Nov. 23, 1935, in Piedmont to the late Charles T. and Leona E. (Davis) Kinnamore. She was of the Baptist faith and the office manager for Fiske Plumbing, of Poplar Bluff. An avid outdoors lady, Mrs. Fiske enjoyed...

Thomas F. O'Connor
Jan 24, 2007
Thomas F. O'Connor, 88, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. O'Connor was born in 1918, at Pierce City, Mo. His family moved to Poplar Bluff just after he was born. In his teens he was known as the ""Barn Dance King"" because of the dances he held in the barn at the O'Connor...

Alma Lenore Hendrix
Jan 19, 2007
Alma Lenore Hendrix, 79, of Poplar Bluff, died January 19, 2007 at her residence. Ms Hendrix was born May 25, 1927 in Corning, Ark. to the late Everett Gladstone and Mary Elizabeth (Bounds) Dickison. An orthopedic nurse, Ms. Hendrix retired in 1994. She graduated in 1944 as salutorian of her class and then attended Missouri Baptist School of Nursing....

Charles Guy Tuttle
Jan 18, 2007
Charles Guy Tuttle, 84, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 at the Cedargate Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Tuttle was born July 6, 1922, in Neodesha, Kans. He was of the Baptist faith and had retired as an Electrical Engineer for a major gas company. Mr. Tuttle was also a veteran...

Johnny Dale Brumley
Jan 17, 2007
Johnny Dale Brumley, 42, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Brumley was born Jan. 23, 1964, in St. Louis. A musician, he enjoyed all types of music and playing the guitar. He enjoyed spending time with his children and was an avid motorcyclist. Survivors include two daughters, Alicia Gallamore and Jacqueline Carpenter and...

Rose N. Cacchione
Jan 16, 2007
Rose was born on November 28, 1911 and passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Rose was a resident of Williamsville, Missouri.

Amber Skye Osgood
Jan 16, 2007
Amber Skye Osgood, infant daughter, of Jason D. and Tracey M. (Ethridge) Osgood, of Poplar Bluff was stillborn Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 at the St. Bernard's Medical Center, in Jonesboro, Ark. In addition to her parents, Amber is survived by a sister, Hallie Lynn Osgood; a brother Jacob Tyler Osgood, both of the home; maternal grandparents, Beeler and Glenda...

Joyce Faye Hancock
Jan 15, 2007
Joyce Faye Hancock, 72, of Piedmont, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. Mrs. Hancock was born Jan. 11, 1935, in Poplar Bluff to the late Waverly W. and Ora Bell (Urich) Lane. She was a member of the Full Gospel Assembly of God Church, in Patterson where she served in the Women's Ministries. Mrs. Hancock had previously worked in a...