Obituaries from September 2012

Leslie Spitzer NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Leslie Jay Spitzer, 85, of Naylor, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Spitzer was born Aug. 27, 1927, at Bells, Tenn. He was of the Baptist faith and was a self-employed auto mechanic. He had lived in Ripley County 40 years and previously lived in St. Louis, Mo...

Eva Black Eva Lucille Black, 90, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

Quentin Carl Sappington, 83, of Naylor, Mo., died Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at Ripley County Memorial Hospital in Doniphan, Mo. Mr. Sappington was born Oct. 22, 1928, in Searcy, Ark. He was formerly a resident of Little Rock, Ark. He was a member of the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ. ...

James Jones DEXTER, Mo. -- James E. Jones, 79, of Dexter, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at his home. Mr. Jones was born on Jan. 9, 1933, in Springfield, Mo. He had retires as a supervisor at the Division of Family Services in Bloomfield, Mo. He was a veteran of the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. He was also a member of the Faith Lutheran Church in Dexter...

Clorine Shipman DEXTER, Mo. -- Clorine Shipman, 89, of Dexter, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Shipman was born on Aug. 25, 1923, in Powe, Mo. She was a housewife and affiliated with the Church of Christ...

MALDEN, Mo. -- Roxanna Hagan-White, 40, of Vidor, Texas, died Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012, at Beaumont, Texas. She was born Jan. 19, 1972, in Bowling Green, Ky. She was a lifetime Girl Scout and a certified nurse assistant for Harbor Hospice in Beaumont...

Sally Penrod MALDEN, Mo. -- Meda "Sally" Faye Penrod, 79, of Malden, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at Golden Living Center in Malden. Mrs. Penrod was born Oct. 29, 1932, in Arkansas. Retired, she had worked as a hair stylist. She was a member of the First General Baptist Church in Campbell, Mo...

Rena Anthony Photo Rena Kay Anthony, 42, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Sept. 16, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center after a hard-fought battle with liver cancer. Rena was born on April 1, 1970 at Walter Knox Memorial Hospital in Emmett, Idaho. ...

Leslie Spitzer NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Leslie Jay Spitzer, 85, of Naylor, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Spitzer was born Aug. 27, 1927, at Bells, Tenn. He was of the Baptist faith and was a self-employed auto mechanic. He had lived in Ripley County 40 years and previously lived in St. Louis, Mo...

Eva Black Eva Lucille Black, 90, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff.

Terry Tibbs Terry Shawn Tibbs, 39, of Jacksonville, Ark., formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in Jacksonville. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.