Obituaries

Henry Dewayne Miller

Feb 6, 2017

Henry D. Miller, 54, of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

Henry, the son of the late Jewel Miller and Franchell Ellis Turner, was born Feb. 19, 1962 in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Protestant faith and was a cook....

Joyce M. Owens

Feb 6, 2017

Joyce M. Owens, 71, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, Feb. 6, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Owens, the daughter of the late Ralph and Mildred Crider Smith, was born Aug. 22, 1945 in Poplar Bluff. She attended South Poplar Bluff General Baptist Church. Mrs. Owens retired from The Manor Nursing Home as a...

Kathryn H. Landers

Feb 3, 2017

Kathryn H. Landers, 86, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday Feb. 3, 2017 at her residence.

Mrs. Landers, the daughter of the late Henry and Elizabeth (Todd) Hart was born Oct. 29, 1930 in Morehouse, Mo. She attended Fellowship General Baptist church and was a retired medical secretary for Doctors Hospital. She enjoyed spending...

Eva Jones

Feb 2, 2017

On February 2, 2017 Eva Jean Jones completed her journey here on earth to be with our Heavenly Father.

Eva was born Oct. 5, 1935 to Wayne and Edna Yeager Vernon. She was a member of the Catholic Church. Eva was a member of the K.C. Ette in which she was voted K.C. Ette of...

Barbara J. Priest

Feb 1, 2017

Barbara Jean Priest, 74, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wed., Feb. 1, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Priest, the daughter of the late Miller and Therma Simmering Berry, was born Feb. 27, 1942 in Neelyville, Mo. She was a member of Good Hope United Methodist Church and had retired from the...

George T. Jackson

Feb 1, 2017

George T. Jackson, 93, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Jackson, the son of the late Charles N. and Roxie Stout Jackson, was born Nov. 17, 1923 in Poynor, Mo. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Poplar Bluff and was...

Jewell E. Hale

Jan 29, 2017

Jewel E. Hale, concluded her life on Sunday, January 29, 2017 at Cedargate Healthcare in Poplar Bluff at the wonderful age of 100.

Mrs. Jewel E. Hale was born August 20, 1916 in Ackerman, Mississippi to Vanderbilt and Luelvia Miller Clark.

She attended Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Poplar Bluff but was a...

Sally Featherston Boyd

Jan 29, 2017

Sally Louise Featherston Boyd, 69, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Sunday Jan. 29, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Boyd, the daughter of the late Charles Henry and Ellen Inez O’Brien Featherston, was born Sept. 27, 1947 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She was a member of the First Christian Church in Poplar...

Bobby Lee Brannum

Jan 28, 2017

Bobby Lee Brannum, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2017 at Westwood Hills Health and Rehab Center in Poplar Bluff.

Mr. Brannum, the son of the late David and Mildred Findley Brannum, was born March 9, 1931 in Poplar Bluff. He was a member of the First Christian Church in Poplar...

Margie A. Chatman

Jan 26, 2017

Margie A. Fox Chatman, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away peacefully with the Lord and loved ones by her side Thursday, Jan. 26, 2017 at The Manor in Poplar Bluff.

Mrs. Chatman, the daughter of the late James Franklin and Ellen Baxter Fox, was born Sept. 13, 1933 in Pocahontas, Ark. She was a...

Richard L. Dodge

Jan 25, 2017

Richard Lee Dodge, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017 at his residence.

Mr. Dodge was born Nov. 11, 1933 in Odis, Colo. He was a member of New Home General Baptist Church and had retired after proudly serving 20 years in the U.S. Air Force. He later retired from John...

Joyce Jean Livesay

Jan 25, 2017

Joyce Jean Livesay, 80, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff.

Mrs. Livesay, the daughter of the late Clifford and Anna Green Crawford, was born April 22, 1936 in Rector, Ark. She was a longtime member of Grace United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff, where...

Charles Lee Harris

Jan 24, 2017

Charles Lee Harris, 80 of Poplar Bluff, MO, was called home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, January 24, 2017, at his home surrounded by his family and friends. Mr. Harris, the son of the late C.P. and Louise Harris, was born on March 19, 1936 in Illmo, MO. He graduated from Illmo-Scott City High School and...

Naomi M. Gosnell

Jan 21, 2017

Naomi M. Gosnell, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 at The Manor Care Center.

Mrs. Gosnell, the daughter of the late William and Bessie Place Porter, was born February 19, 1922 in Risco, Mo. She was a 1940 graduate of Risco High School. Mrs. Gosnell previously retired from the O’dells...

Gordon Leon Long

Jan 20, 2017

Gordon L. Long, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, Jan. 20, 2017 at his residence surrounded by his family.

Mr. Long, the son of the late Elmer and Addie Bell Ball Long, was born March 23, 1946 in Trumann, Ark. He served with the Arkansas National Guard from 1964 to 1970 and had...

Laura Luvenice Chatman

Jan 11, 2017

Laura Luvenice Chatman, age 96, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff.

Mrs. Chatman, daughter of the late Joseph and Louibbie Tooley Sisson, was born April 26, 1920 at Cabool, Mo. The family moved to Poplar Bluff when she was seven years old. During a tent revival held...

William Glen Brunelle

Jan 6, 2017

William G. Brunelle, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, Jan. 6, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Mr. Brunelle, the son of the late Bernard Joseph and Rose Charlotte (Steele) Brunelle, was born Aug. 17, 1933 in Green Bay, Wisc. He had retired from the U.S. Air Force where he proudly served...

Julia Lorine Parshall

Jan 4, 2017

Julia L. Parshall, 84 of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday Jan. 4, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

Mrs. Parshall, the daughter of the late Henry and Annie (Grissic) Tanner, was born Nov. 24, 1932 in El Paso Texas. She was a member of New Home General Baptist Church. Mrs. Parshall worked for the...

Marylou Dinkins

Jan 1, 2017

MaryLou Dinkins was born Aug. 11, 1937 in Winger, Minn. and passed away January 1, 2017 at her home in Wappapello, Mo. after a lengthy battle with cancer. After retirement, MaryLou lived in Stonewall and Keatchie, La. before returning to Wappapello in 2014 to the home where she raised five children. MaryLou is survived by son, Ronnie Dinkins of...

Catherine Arrendale Sheets Holland

Dec 31, 2016

Catherine Arrendale Sheets Holland, much loved wife, mother, grandmother and friend, 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, Dec. 31, 2016 in Poplar Bluff surrounded by her family after a sudden battle with cancer.

Catherine was born on Feb. 20, 1941, in Kansas City, Mo., to Edward Tucker Sheets and Catherine Arrendale Sheets. Born...