Obituaries from August 2011

Bonnie Chaffin FISK, Mo. - Bonnie J. Chaffin, 55, of Rombauer, Mo., died Sunday, July 31, 2011, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Chaffin was born Jan. 13, 1956, in Davenport, Iowa. She had lived at Rombauer for about 20 years. Mrs. Chaffin was a member of Rombauer General Baptist Church. She had formerly been a teacher and a School Bus Driver. She enjoyed doing genealogy research and crochetting...

Louise Brown PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Louise W. Brown, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at Mark Twain Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements will be announced by Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont, Mo.

Carrie LeBeau DEXTER, Mo. -- Carrie LeBeau, 91, of Dexter, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at her residence. She was born Nov. 12, 1919. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Bettye Sample Bettye Sample, 64, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Arrangements will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Marie Gilbert SUNNYSIDE, WASH. - Melva Marie Gilbert, 83, of Kennewick, Wash., died Wednesday, July 13, 2011, at Life Care Center in Kennewick. Mrs. Gilbert was born on April 3, 1928, in Puxico, Mo. On July 7, 1945 she married John (Jack) Olen Gilbert in Poplar Bluff, Mo. ...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. - Virgle Brake, the son of Thomas Brake and Nancy Miller Brake, was born on Sept. 2, 1914, at Harviell, Mo. He passed away on July 31, 2011. He lived 96 years. On March 8, 1938, he was united in marriage to Helen Dollins in Poplar Bluff, Mo. ...

Lianne Bates PUXICO, Mo. - Lianne Bates, 49, of Wappapello, Mo., formerly of Tulsa, Okla. died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011. Mrs. Bates was born March 8, 1962, in Tulsa. She was married to Robert Bates and he survives. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah Witness in Poplar Bluff. She was a taxidermist. Her hobby was riding horses...

Christine Stephens PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Christine Stephens, 96, of Piedmont, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011, at Piedmont. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Friday in the Ruegg Funeral Home at Piedmont with the funeral service following at 11 a.m. A full obituary will appear in Thursday's newspaper...

Verda Woolverton MALDEN, Mo. -- Verda Mae Woolverton, 97, of Conway, Ark., died Sunday, July 31, 2011, in Salem Nursing Center in Conway. Mrs. Woolverton was born May 21, 1914, in Damascus, Ark. She formerly lived in Gideon, Mo. On July 18, 1934, she married Woodrow Woolverton in Formosa, Ark. He preceded her in death on Jan. 30, 1990...

Joseph Ringstaff VAN BUREN, Mo. -- Joseph Ray Ringstaff, 38, of Houston, Texas, died Sunday, July 31, 2011, in East Houston Regional Medical Center in Houston, Texas from injuries he received in a hit and run motorcycle crash. Mr. Ringstaff was born Sept. 6, 1972, in Silvis, Ill. The former Van Buren, Mo., resident had lived in Houston, Texas, for the past year. He graduated from Van Buren High School in 1992...

Helen Powers LESTERVILLE, Mo. -- Helen Frances Powers, 80, of Lesterville, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, in Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Powers was born Oct. 15, 1930, in Low Wassie, Mo. She was a retired bookkeeper and a member of Lesterville First Baptist Church. She enjoyed genealogy, gardening, reading and playing cards...

Leslie Bailey BLACKFOOT, Idaho -- Leslie Owen Bailey, 65, of Blackfoot, Idaho, died Saturday, July 30, 2011, at Portneuf Regional Medical Center in Pocatello, Idaho, after suffering a major heart attack. Mr. Bailey was born Sept. 1, 1945, in Van Buren, Mo., and was raised there. ...

Alberta Hamm FISK, Mo. -- Alberta Hamm, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Hamm was born Aug. 28, 1916, in Fisk, Mo. She had lived at the Manor for the past five years. She had lived around Fisk and Rombauer most of her life. She was a member of Rombauer General Baptist Church. She was a former Postmaster at Rombauer and had worked at Stucker and Groves. She enjoyed quilting, sewing and taking care of her family...

Patsy Aldridge Patsy Rhodes Aldridge, 68, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 in her home. Mrs. Aldridge was born on Jan. 16, 1943, in Holly Ridge, La. She had lived in Poplar Bluff for the last 21 years. Mrs. Aldridge was a retired nurse who enjoyed painting, working in her yard and showering love on her animals...

Silas Crum PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Silas Benton Crum of Piedmont was stillborn Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home of Piedmont.

Edna Aslin DEXTER, Mo. -- Edna L. Aslin, 83, of Dexter, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. She was born on Sept. 29, 1927, at Clairfield, Tenn. Survivors include her two sons, Tim Aslin of Dexter and Keith Aslin of Barnhart, Mo.; three grandchildren; and one brother, Charles Teague of Hamilton, Ohio...

Helen Richardson MALDEN, Mo. -- Helen Agnes Richardson, 88, of Clarkton, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Richardson was born on April 4, 1923, at Cooter, Mo. She was a member of Lynn Oak General Baptist Church in Clarkton and the Women's Missionary Society...

Cledis Gaultney PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Cledis Lee Gaultney, 65, of Williamsville, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral services are pending with Ruegg Funeral Homes of Piedmont, Mo.

Phillip Jackson Phillip Antonio Jackson, 61, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.

Pearl Cahow DEXTER, Mo. -- Pearl Cahow, 96, of Dexter, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at Advance Nursing Center in Advance, Mo. She was born in Tennessee on March 31, 1915. She had lived in Dexter for the last 40 years. She was of the Baptist Faith...

Bailey Lewis Bailey Lewis, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday Aug. 26, at Claru DeVille Nursing Center in Fredericktown, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

Charles Driskill DEXTER, MO. -- Charles Driskill, 76, of Dexter, Mo, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Ethel Crump DEXTER, Mo. -- Ethel Victoria Crump, 96, of Reed Springs, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at the Table Rock Health Center in Kimberling City, Mo. Mrs. Crump was born Oct. 29, 1914, in Puxico, Mo. She spent many years in the Puxico, Mo., and Dexter, Mo., area before moving to the Branson, Mo. ...

Dennis Neighbors WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Dennis Neighbors, 55, of Wappapello, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

Rita Hunsperger DEXTER, Mo. -- Rita Hunsperger, 73, of Dexter, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. She had lived in Dexter since 1973 when she moved there with her family. She was a member of the Living Water Worship Center in Bloomfield, Mo...

Cledis Gaultney WILLIAMSVILLE, Mo. -- Cledis Lee Gaultney, 65, of Williamsville, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was born Dec. 21, 1945, in Williamsville, Mo., to the late Frank Gaultney and the late Della (Luke) Gaultney. He was a lifelong resident of Williamsville. He was employed in the saw milling industry...

Linda Lawrence DEXTER, Mo. -- Linda Lawrence, 76, of Dexter, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

David D. Gardner NEELYVILLE, Mo. - David D. Gardner, 50, of Neelyville died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will begin at noon Tuesday with the funeral following at 2 p.m. at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville. A complete obituary will appear in Monday's edition of the newspaper...

Jerry Hamilton Jerry D. Hamilton, 52, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Hamilton was retired and a member of First Church of God. He enjoyed sports, the Cardinals, church, and spending time with family and friends...

Charles E. Driskill DEXTER, Mo. -- Charles Driskill, 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Driskill was born on Jan. 14, 1935, in Bragg City, Mo. He was a farmer for many years and a lived in Poplar Bluff, formally of Dexter, Mo...

Hazel Staley BERNIE, Mo. -- Hazel Geneva Martin Staley, 85, of Bernie, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Staley was born in Stidham, Okla., on July 14, 1926, and was a homemaker. On Nov. 24, 1987, she was married to John Staley in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He preceded her in death on July 10, 2001...

Phillip Jackson Phillip Antonio Jackson, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born July 2, 1950, to Dorothy and Maurice Jackson in San Diego, Calif. He graduated from El Companile High School in 1968...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Mitchell Anton Hribovsek, 64, of Naylor, Mo., died Friday Aug. 26, 2010, at his home. Mr. Hribovsek was born Oct. 4, 1946, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He lived in the Naylor-Neelyville, Mo., area all of his life. He was a retired farmer who enjoyed spending time with family and friends and going to the river. Mr. Hribovsek served in the U.S. Army from 1968-1972 and was stationed in Germany...

Bailey Lewis Bailey Lewis, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Claru Deville Nursing Center in Fredericktown, Mo. Mr. Bailey was born May 19, 1929 in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Baptist faith, and had retired as a restaurant chef in Chicago, Ill. Mr. Lewis was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Korea where he was awarded a National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, United Nations Service Medal and two Overseas Bars...

David Calvert David Eugene Calvert, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

Jennie Combs Jennie Lee Combs, 87, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Combs was born July 30, 1924, near Doniphan, Mo. and was a member of First Baptist Church. She was retired as a beautician and owner of Valley Plaza Beauty Salon...

Linda Lawrence DEXTER, Mo. -- Linda Faye Lawrence, 76, of Dexter, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. Mrs. Lawrence was born on Nov. 14, 1934, in Hornersville, Mo. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter and was an educator for 39 years, with 31 of those years in the Richland School District...

WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Dennis Ray Neighbors, 55, of Wappapello, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Neighbors was born Jan. 11, 1956, in St. Louis, Mo. He was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, and was a longtime member of the Eagle's Lodge and V.F.W. Post 3416 at Wappapello. Mr. Neighbors was also a member of the Wappapello Crappie Club. He was self-employed as a long distance truck driver. Mr. Neighbors enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing and deer hunting...

Linda Lawrence DEXTER, Mo. -- Linda Faye Lawrence, 76, of Dexter, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo. Mrs. Lawrence was born on Nov. 14, 1934, in Hornersville, Mo. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter and was an educator for 39 years, with 31 of those years in the Richland School District...

Bailey Lewis Bailey Lewis, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Claru Deville Nursing Center in Fredericktown, Mo. Mr. Bailey was born May 19, 1929 in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Baptist faith, and had retired as a restaurant chef in Chicago, Ill. Mr. Lewis was a veteran of the U.S. Army having served in Korea where he was awarded a National Defense Service Medal, Korean Service Medal with one Bronze Service Star, United Nations Service Medal and two Overseas Bars...

Phillip Jackson Phillip Antonio Jackson, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born July 2, 1950, to Dorothy and Maurice Jackson in San Diego, Calif. He graduated from El Companile High School in 1968...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Mitchell Anton Hribovsek, 64, of Naylor, Mo., died Friday Aug. 26, 2010, at his home. Mr. Hribovsek was born Oct. 4, 1946, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He lived in the Naylor-Neelyville, Mo., area all of his life. He was a retired farmer who enjoyed spending time with family and friends and going to the river. Mr. Hribovsek served in the U.S. Army from 1968-1972 and was stationed in Germany...

Hazel Staley BERNIE, Mo. -- Hazel Geneva Martin Staley, 85, of Bernie, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mrs. Staley was born in Stidham, Okla., on July 14, 1926, and was a homemaker. On Nov. 24, 1987, she was married to John Staley in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He preceded her in death on July 10, 2001...

Charles E. Driskill DEXTER, Mo. -- Charles Driskill, 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Driskill was born on Jan. 14, 1935, in Bragg City, Mo. He was a farmer for many years and a lived in Poplar Bluff, formally of Dexter, Mo...

Maxine Bennett PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Maxine D. Bennett, 92, of Annapolis, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, in Pilot Knob, Mo. Mrs. Bennett was born June 30, 1919, in Vulcan, Mo. She was of the Baptist faith and spent her life as a mother and homemaker. On Dec. 24, 1937, she was married to George Bennett...

Sharon Scott Sharon Kay (Somers) Scott, 63 of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Scott was born June 23, 1948, at Poplar Bluff. She had previously lived in Granite City, Ill. She had been a machinist and a medical transport driver. She enjoyed reading books...

Laura Mason BERNIE, Mo. -- Laura Jo Mason, 73, of Bernie, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at her residence. Mrs. Mason was born in Bernie on Jan. 5, 1938. She was a homemaker. On Feb. 11, 1953, she was married to Delmar Luther Mason in Piggott, Ark. He preceded her in death on April 19, 1997...

Bill Sanders VAN BUREN, Mo. -- William Earl "Bill" Sanders, 78, of Van Buren, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, in the Riverways Manor Nursing Home in Van Buren. Mr. Sanders was born March 19, 1933, in St, Louis, Mo. He served in the U.S. Air Force and was a member of the Mountain Grove VFW. ...

David Couch NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- David Couch, 85, of Fairdealing, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Couch was born June 23, 1926, at Oxly, Mo. He was a member of the Naylor Church of God. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy and served during World War II...

Larry Moore Sr. DEXTER, Mo -- Larry Eugene Moore Sr., 57, of Dexter, Mo., died Sunday Aug. 28, 2011, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Morris was born on Dec. 19, 1953, at St. Louis. He was a self-employed auto mechanic. On Oct. 10, 1975 , he was married to Debra Miller at Dexter. She survives of the home...

Leon McGarrity DEXTER, Mo. -- Leon McGarrity, 90, of Dexter, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter. Mr. McGarrity was on Oct. 26, 1920, born in Bentley, Miss. He and his wife moved to Dexter in 1949 and opened Leons Dexter Queen where they worked until their retirement in 1980. ...

Bill Bowman PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Bill H. Bowman, 73, of Piedmont, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, at Piedmont, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home of Williamsville, Mo.

Willie Lee Cobb BERNIE, Mo. -- Willie Lee Cobb, 71, of Bernie, Mo., died in Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. on Aug. 27, 2011. He was born in Success, Ark. on Feb. 3, 1940 Mr. Cobb was employed by MFA Exchange in Bernie and a member of the Church of God in Parma, Mo...

Ronald Looney PUXICO, Mo. -- Ronald Dean Looney, 62, of Puxico, Mo., died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011, at his residence. He was born Sept. 15, 1948, in Cape Girardeau, Mo. He lived most of his life in Puxico and graduated in the class of 1961. He ran his own lawn care service...

Robert Dover Robert LeRoy Dover, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Dover was born Oct. 23, 1933, in Poplar Bluff and was of the Pentecostal faith. He enjoyed reading his Bible and writing songs...

David Calvert David Eugene Calvert, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at his residence. Mr. Calvert was born March 2, 1950, in Dennison, Ohio. He was of the Baptist faith, and had previously worked at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. ...

David Gardner NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- David D. Gardner, 50, of Neelyville, Mo., died Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Gardner was born Nov. 14, 1960, in Corning, Ark. He was a lifelong Butler County resident. He enjoyed fishing, working on lawn mowers and gardening...

Jerry Stroud Jerry Stroud, also known as "Little Jerry, the Shoe Shine Boy," of Salem, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

Lewis Minton Lewis Ellis "Huey" Minton, 84, of Ellsinore, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Minton was born June 27, 1927, in Butler County, Mo. He was of the Pentecostal faith, and was a retired farmer. He enjoyed being outdoors, cutting wood and working on lawn mowers...

Linda Drever PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Linda L. Drever, 82, of Piedmont, Mo., died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Drever was born Dec. 26, 1928, in Bernie, Mo. Formerly of St. Louis, Mo., where she worked for the Boise-Cascade Company, she had lived in the Piedmont area since 1988. She was a member of Salem Baptist Church in Florissant...

Mammie Bowen Mammie Terria Bowen, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Aug. 29, 2011, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

Maxine Bennett PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Maxine D. Bennett, 92, of Doniphan, Mo., died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, at Pilot Knob, Mo. Funeral services are pending with Ruegg Funeral Homes of Piedmont, Mo.