Obituaries from January 2014

Marton Wilkerson DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Marton Homer Wilkerson, 71, of Doniphan died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at the Southeast Health Center of Ripley County in Doniphan. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral services for Mr. Wilkerson will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Riverton Church. Burial will be at the Riverton Cemetery...

Elmer Underwood BLOOMFIELD, Mo. -- Elmer Underwood, 88, of Bloomfield died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at his home. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield with the funeral following at noon at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Angela Campbell GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Angela Campbell, 38, of Park Hills, Mo., formerly of Wayne County, died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at her residence. Visitation will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Greenville. Funeral services will begin at 2 p.m. also at the chapel. Burial will be in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery in Silva, Mo...

Chad Boxx CORNING, Ark. -- Chad Boxx, 41, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013. Survivors include his wife, Tonja; son, David Moreno; stepdaughter, Shawn; mother, Carol Boxx; and sister and brother-in-law, Tracie and Jimmy Denson. He was a life-long martial arts teacher and student...

Douglas Johnson PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Douglas Alexander Johnson, 68, of Piedmont died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be held at 6 p.m. today at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Masonic rites will be follow at 7 p.m. at the chapel. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday also at the chapel in Piedmont. Burial will be in Yount Memorial Cemetery in Garwood, Mo...

Mildred Pigg Mildred Juanita Pigg, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center. Mrs. Pigg was born April 22, 1922, in Wilson, Ark., to James Lawrence and Mandy Ella Williams Pennington. On Oct. 5, 1937, she married Rev. Leonard Eual Pigg. He preceded her in death on Aug. 23, 1999...

Myris Hanley Myris Evelyn Hanley, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center. Cotrell Funeral Service of Poplar Bluff is in charge of arrangements with no services planned.

Donald Wilfong PUXICO, Mo. -- Donald Ray Wilfong, 73, of Piedmont, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, at his residence. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home with Charlie Robertson and the Rev. Ray Placher officiating. Burial will follow in the Brown Cemetery near Puxico...

Debbie Peppers GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Debbie L. (Allen) Peppers, 52, of Clubb, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, in an automobile accident in Wayne County. Visitation will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Greenville. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the New Prospect Cemetery at Silva, Mo...

Buddy McCain DEXTER, Mo. -- Buddy George McCain, 102, of Morehouse, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, at his residence. Visitation began at 11:30 a.m. today at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral service followed at 12:30 p.m. at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Kenneth Biggs of Dexter officiating. Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston...

Shirley Brigman DEXTER, Mo. -- Shirley Ann Hayes Brigman, 66, of Piedmont, Mo., formerly of Dexter, died Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Services were today at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with the Rev. Dwight Hensley officiating. Burial followed in the Gravel Hill Cemetery...

Louise Stanford KENNETT, Mo. -- Louise Stanford, 88, of Kennett died Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett. Mrs. Stanford was born Oct. 23, 1925, to the late Ralph Risinger and Edith Gray Risinger, in Rombauer, Mo. She was a member of First Calvary General Baptist Church in Kennett...

Keifer Evans DEXTER, Mo. -- Keifer Evans, 90, of Dexter died Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at the Golden Living Center in Dexter. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral service will follow beginning at noon at the funeral home chapel with Travis Quertermous of Dexter officiating. Burial will be in the Harris Cemetery near Maynard, Ark...

Jack Smith DEXTER, Mo. -- Jack Smith, 67, of Dexter died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be held from noon to 2 p.m. today at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral chapel with the Rev. Danny King officiating. Burial will be in the Hagy Cemetery after services...

Linda Dare- Howdeshell Linda Dare-Howdeshell, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Linda was born Feb. 2, 1953, in Poplar Bluff. She was of the Pentecostal faith and was a beautician...

Wendell Warren DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Wendell Warren of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan and will be announced upon completion.

Gerald Massey DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Gerald Massey, 63, of Doniphan, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014 at Southeast Health of Ripley County in Doniphan. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan and will be announced upon completion...

James Beckwith DONIPHAN, Mo. -- James Beckwith of Doniphan, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan and will be announced upon completion...

Joe Albert Tarno DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Joe Albert Tarno, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr. Tarno, son of Odis and Rachel (Jackson) Tarno, was born Jan. 22, 1930, in Kennett, Mo. ...

Dorothy Harlow DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Dorothy Harlow 91, of Doniphan, died Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2013 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Dorothy was born May 22, 1922 in Bowling Green, Mo. She has been a long time resident of Doniphan. She was a home health care giver, and a member of the Emanuel Baptist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her family...

Jack Thomas PALATKA, Fla. -- Jack Thomas, 75, of Palatka passed away peacefully, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013, at Haven Hospice in Palatka. A native of Batesville, Miss., Jack resided in Putnam County since 2003 moving from Lake Wales, Fla. He was a 1957 graduate of Qulin High School and served honorably in the U.S. ...

Terry Watson Sr. PUXICO, Mo. -- Terry Watson Sr., 59, of Puxico died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, in Midlothian, Texas. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 2, at the Morgan Sifford Funeral Home Chapel in Puxico. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Puxico City Cemetery...

Lula Loucks PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Lula Belle Loucks, 77, of Piedmont died Monday, Dec. 30, 2013, in Piedmont. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in the Meador Flatwoods Cemetery near Piedmont...

Tim Jenkins DEXTER, Mo. -- Tim Lee Jenkins, 51, of Hermitage, Tenn., died Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013. Visitation will be from 9-11 a.m. Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted at 11 a.m. Saturday in the funeral chapel. Burial will follow in the Armstead-Dowdy Cemetery...

Linda Nimmo MALDEN, Mo. -- Linda Sue Nimmo, 60, of Clarkton, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at Gideon Care Center. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home chapel with burial following in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...

Burl Ellsworth MALDEN, Mo. -- Burl Alfred Ellsworth, 86, of Gideon, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Gideon Care Center. Visitation will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at Stanfield General Baptist Church in Gideon with the funeral service following at 2 p.m. at the church. Burial will be at Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo. Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden is in charge of arrangements...

Clifford Nelson Clifford Lee Nelson, 73, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Nelson was born March 30, 1940, in Parma, Mo. He was a retired iron steel worker who had served in the United States Army. He enjoyed playing bingo, fishing, hunting and being with his grandchildren...

Paul Clark SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Paul (Buddy) Richard Clark transferred to the Church eternal from the MO Veteran's Home in Mt. Vernon on Jan. 2 at the age of 86. For the last 63 of those years, Buddy has been married to Myra Rutledge Clark who grieves his passing. Three children blessed Bthe marriage and are still living: Karen Davis of Richmond, Va., Gloria Roling of Springfield and Richard Clark of St. Louis, Mo. Ten grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren have bestowed additional blessings...

Louise Waggoner DEXTER, Mo. -- Louise Waggoner, 87, of Dexter died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center at Dexter. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel, followed by the funeral at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating. Burial will be in the Bloomfield Cemetery...

Rev. Jimmy Walker NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Rev. Jimmy D. Walker, 78, of Jacksonville, Ill., died Wednesday morning, Jan. 1, 2014, at Passavant Area Hospital in Jacksonville. A funeral service will be held Wednesday at Harvest Temple United Pentecostal Church in Jacksonville. Visitation will be held from 1-3 p.m. Thursday at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville with a graveside service following at Naylor Memorial Cemetery...

Inita Phillips Inita Phillips, 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Mary Owens MALDEN, Mo. -- Mary B. Owens, 74, of Malden died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation was to begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Landess Funeral Home in Malden, followed by the funeral at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Mark Thrasher and the Rev. James Hamlett officiating. Burial was in the Memorial Park Cemetery at Malden...

Billy Woodall Sr. MALDEN, Mo. -- Billy Howard Woodall Sr., 70, of Wardell, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, in Wardell. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Wednesday at Landess Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Jack Allen officiating. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

Kevin Light Kevin Ray Light, 29, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Dec. 27, 2013, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Kevin was born Dec. 1, 1984, in Poplar Bluff. He is survived by his mother, Alene Porter; grandmother, Patricia Horton; sister, Tricia Nicole Ellis; brother, Bryan Allen Light; three nephews, Dekota Pfaff, Kaydin Light and Izaac Ryan Ellis; one uncle, Danny Tipton; and two aunts, Karen Scott and Vicki Hayes...

Mary Campbell Mary C. Campbell, 81, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, at Mark Twain Care Center. Mrs. Campbell was born Oct. 2, 1932, in Lyon County, Ky., to Thomas Floyd and Reba Lovell Cornell. On Sept. 9, 1975, she married Ralph Campbell in Greenville, Mo...

Anna Willeford Fisk, Mo. -- Anna Willeford, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born Sept. 15, 1928. She had worked at Brenda's Alterations. On April 22, 1948, she married Ernie Willeford. He preceded her in death on Oct. 15, 2008...

Syliva Robinson MALDEN, Mo. -- Sylvia McInturff Robinson, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Malden died Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013 at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. A graveside service and burial were held today, Jan. 8, at the Poplar Bluff City Cemetery...

Thelma Moyers MARBLE HILL, Mo. -- Thelma Elvira Mae Moyers, 76, of Piedmont, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. today at Hutchings Funeral Chapel in Marble Hill. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home at 2 p.m. Thursday with the Rev. Troy Robinson officiating. Burial will follow in McGee Chapel Cemetery near Grassy...

Gary Garver ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Gary L. Garver, 72, of St. Charles, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Gary was born Sept. 10, 1942, in St. Louis, to the late Claude and Nova Garver of Qulin, Mo. He went to Qulin High School and joined the Air Force in October 1960. He was stationed at Eglin AFB, Davis Monthan AFB, Bremerhaven Germany and Darmstadt Germany where he met his future bride. Gary was honorably discharged in December of 1967...

Curtis Bridges Edward James Curtis Bridges, 52, of Couch, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at his residence in rural Oregon County. Mr. Bridges, son of Norman and Ruby (Rutledge) Bridges, was born Nov. 4, 1961, in West Plains, Mo. He had been employed with Missouri Forge in the maintenance department. Mr. Bridges enjoyed hunting, fishing and boating on the Eleven Point River, and he especially loved spending time with his family and friends...

Helen Robinett DEXTER, Mo. -- Helen Robinett, 83, of Dexter died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with the Rev. Dean Williams officiating. Burial will follow at the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter...

Daphna Leonberger FISK, Mo. -- Daphna Evelyn Leonberger, 78, of Dexter, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Born Nov. 24, 1935, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., Mrs. Leonberger graduated from high school in Michigan and later returned to Southern Missouri where she spent the remainder of her life. ...

Inita Phillips Inita Phillips, 76, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Phillips was born May 10, 1937, to Ben and Rose Mosley Wallace, in Monette, Ark., and had two brothers, Norm Wallace and Don Wallace, and one sister, Lou Ellen Wallace...

Nadine Drew QULIN, Mo. -- Nadine Drew, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at her residence. She was born July 17, 1928 at Qulin. On Jan. 20, 1943 she married Floyd Drew. He preceded her in death on Jan. 4, 2008. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and was a member of The First Missionary Baptist Church at Qulin...

Charles Gillenwater PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Charles Frederick Gillenwater, 69, of Piedmont died Friday, Jan. 3, 2014, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Memorial services will be held at a later date with Reugg Funeral Home of Piedmont in charge of arrangements...

Nadine Drew QULIN, Mo. -- Nadine Drew, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at her residence. She was born July 17, 1928 at Qulin. On Jan. 20, 1943 she married Floyd Drew. He preceded her in death on Jan. 4, 2008. She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends and was a member of The First Missionary Baptist Church at Qulin...

Jessie Anthony Jessie L. Anthony, 101, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center in Poplar Bluff. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Irma Coots DEXTER, Mo. -- Irma Janett Coots, 72, of Advance, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will be held from 4-8 p.m. Friday at the First General Baptist Church in Bloomfield, Mo. A going home ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the church with the Rev. Ronnie Stevens officiating. Burial will follow in the Sikeston Memorial Park Cemetery with Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter in charge of arrangements...

Lydia Kindrick ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Lydia Marie "Lit" Kindrick, 76, daughter of the late John Simpson and Mamie Mae (Garrett) Milton, was born Sept. 24, 1937 in Poplar Bluff, Mo., and died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at the Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo...

Melba Baldridge Melba D. Baldridge, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. The funeral service will follow at noon at the funeral home with burial in Cochran Cemetery...

Bro. Dale Grissom DEXTER, Mo. -- Brother Dale Grissom, 86, of Dexter died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at his residence. Bro. Dale, son of the late James Austin Grissom and Alice Magdalene Conwill Grissom, was born July 11, 1927, in Pontotoc, Miss. He was a lifelong resident of Dexter, a minister for Dexter Church of Christ, veteran of the United States Army serving in World War II and a loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather...

Darrell Barnes FISK, Mo. -- Darrell Lynn Barnes, 54, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Born July 22, 1959, at Poplar Bluff, Mr. Barnes had served in the United States Marine Corps. He had worked for the Missouri Department of Transportation for 25 years until retiring in 2010. He enjoyed spending time with family and friends...

Ronald Porter GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Ronald Porter, 58, of Williamsville, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 6, 2014, at his residence. Born April 25, 1955, in Stockton, Calif., Ronald was the son of Burl and Janet (Caywood) Porter. He was a 1974 graduate of Greenville High School and was a veteran having served in the U.S. Army...

Marvin Kelley WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Marvin Paul Kelley, 72, of Wappapello, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at his residence. Visitation will be held from 1-2 p.m. Saturday at Cotrell Funeral Service in Wappapello. The funeral service will follow beginning at 2 p.m...

Michael Payne Jr. DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Michael Barton Payne Jr., 24, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014, in Butler County. A funeral service with full military honors will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Fellowship Southern Baptist Church in Harviell, Mo. Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan is in charge of arrangements...

Marvin Kelley WAPPAPELLO, Mo.--Marvin Paul Kelley, 72, of Wappapello, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Kelley was born Jan. 28, 1941 in Doniphan, Mo. He was a retired self-employed business owner and was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Kelley enjoyed spending time with his family, fishing and hunting...

Dexter Thompson MALDEN, Mo. -- Dexter Robert Thompson, 77, of Parma, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Malden Nursing Center. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. today at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel with burial in Rosewood Cemetery in Malden...

Jessie Anthony Jessie Lavada Anthony, 101, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center. Mrs. Anthony was born June 7, 1912 in Poplar Bluff to Robert M. and Lydia Huskey Sneathern. On Dec. 28, 1929, she married Charles A. Anthony. He died in 1973...

Robert Bailey ELLSINORE, Mo. -- Robert Bailey, 36, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Grandin, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2014, at his residence. Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Saturday at the McSpadden Funeral Home in Ellsinore. The funeral service will follow at 3 p.m. at the funeral home with burial in the McRone Cemetery...

William Murdock William Robert Murdock, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Murdock was born Feb. 7, 1934, in Maynard, Ark. He attended the Church of Christ and retired as a took and die maker for American Can Company. Mr. Murdock was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, serving during the Korean conflict. He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and collecting, trading and reloading guns...

Kathleen Board FISK, Mo. -- Kathleen R. Board, 68, of Wappapello, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk. Condolences: www.whitesandersfuneralhome.com...

Goldie Butler Goldie E. Butler, 69, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, in Poplar Bluff. The family will have a private memorial service at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home. Online condolences: www.fitchhillisfh.com...

Reta Williams VanMatre DEXTER, Mo. -- Reta Williams VanMatre, 78, of Dexter, died Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2014, at her residence. Visitation will be from noon-1 p.m. Sunday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home. Graveside services will follow at 1 p.m. at Chalk Bluff Cemetery in Dexter with the Rev. Jim Hoyt officiating...

Ivogene Walpole DEXTER, Mo. -- Ivogene Coln Walpole, 93, of Dexter, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Dexter. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home with the Rev. Ray Rowland officiating. Burial will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Walter Dunson Walter Cornelius Dunson, 83, of Broseley, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service.

Mildred Jones Mildred Ruth Jones, 83, of Wappapello, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service.

Loyd Matthews Loyd Matthews, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at his home. Funeral arrangements are pending with Cotrell Funeral Service.

Leo Temple PUXICO, Mo. -- Leo Temple, 85, of Wappapello, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are pending with Morgan Sifford Funeral Home of Puxico.

Bennie Mitchell NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Bennie Winston Mitchell, 70, of Harviell, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at his home. Graveside services will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Kinsey Cemetery near Harviell. No visitation is scheduled. Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel of Neelyville is in charge of arrangements...

Agnes Crabtree DEXTER, Mo. -- Agnes D. Crabtree, 75, of Dexter died Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation will begin at noon Monday at Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, with funeral services following at 2 p.m. The Rev. Mike Kohlbaker will officiate. Burial will be in the Morgan Memorial Park Cemetery in Advance, Mo...

Kathleen Board FISK, Mo. -- Kathleen R. Board, 68, of Puxico, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Kathleen was born Dec. 15, 1945. She was a respiratory therapist. On Feb. 14, 1974, she married Bill Board. He survives...

Loyd Matthews Loyd Lee Matthews, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died at his residence Saturday, January 11, 2014. A celebration of life will be held at First Christian Church from 9:30 -11 a.m. Saturday, January 18. Funeral Services with full military honors will follow with Pastor Steve Matthews officiating. Burial will be at Winona, Mo., at Mt. Zion Cemetery at a later date...

Thelma Hartley PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Thelma Hartley, 65, of Vulcan, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at the Jefferson Memorial Hospital in Festus, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the chapel with Bro. Brent Reed officiating. Burial will be in the Mt. View Cemetery at Des Arc, Mo...

Leo Temples PUXICO, Mo. -- Leo Temples, 85, of Wappapello, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Temples was born Feb. 7, 1928, in Stoddard County. He had lived in Wappapello since 1972 and had previously lived in St. ...

Mildred Jones WAPPAPELLO, Mo. -- Mildred Ruth Jones, 83, of Wappapello died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at the Manor in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Jones was born in St. Louis, Mo., on Aug. 9, 1930, to Thomas and Cecilia Pheiffer Keeton. They preceded her in death...

Mary Tolbert MALDEN, Mo. -- Mary Isabell Tolbert, 85, of Gideon, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Gideon Care Center. Visitation will be at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church in Gideon with the funeral following at 1 p.m. at the church. Burial will be in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

John Kinsolving MALDEN, Mo. -- John Floyd Kinsolving, 82, of Gideon, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Gideon Care Center. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at First Baptist Church in Gideon with the memorial service following at the church at 11 a.m...

Ruth Wills GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Ruth Gallamore Wills, 94, of Greenville, formerly of the Wappapello, Mo., area, died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Greenville Nursing and Rehab in Greenville. Visitation will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Greenville with services following at 2 p.m. also at the chapel. Pastor Kenny Burchard will officiate. Burial will follow in Greenville Cemetery...

Loyd Matthews Loyd Lee Matthews, 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Saturday, Jan, 11, 2014, at his residence in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Matthews was born Aug. 14, 1934, in Winona, Mo., to William David and Paris Weaver Matthews. On May 23, 1953, he married LaVerne Myers in Winona. She survives of the home...

Linda Agee HARLEM, Ga. -- Linda Eileen Hillis Agee, 70, entered into rest on Friday, Jan. 10, 2014, at Doctors Hospital in Augusta, Ga. Survivors include one daughter, Rebecca Schuhow of Harlem, Ga.; one grandson, Matthew Moses; one great-granddaughter, Magdalena Moses; and two sisters, Brenda Morrison of Alabama and Regina Boatner of Missouri...

Randall Campbell MALDEN, Mo. -- Randall Lealand Campbell, 48, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. Graveside services began at 11 a.m. today at the Rosewood Cemetery 1st Addition in Malden with James Powell officiating...

Charlie Laxton Sr. PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Charles "Charlie" Laxton Sr., 69, of Mill Spring, Mo., died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith Family Worship Center near Piedmont. Pastor Wayne Street will officiate...

Richard Collier FISK, Mo. -- Richard Paul Collier, 54, of Lake City, Ark., died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at Methodist Central Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Collier was a retired truck driver and had served in the US Army. On Nov. 28, 1998, he married Pamela Ann Winingnear. She survives...

Genevieve Hart NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Genevieve Hart, 90, of Neelyville died Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at 4:45 p.m. at West Vue Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in West Plains, Mo. Mrs. Hart was born May 19, 1923, in Knoble, Ark. She was a homemaker who enjoyed playing the piano, reading and crocheting. She was a member of Mo-Ark Baptist Church where she had served as secretary and treasurer and played piano...

Herbert Lorentz DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Herbert Elibe-Lafayette Lorentz, 84, of Doniphan succumbed to death while surrounded by love on Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014. He was born March 29, 1929, in Annapolis, Mo. Herbert is survived by one sister, Kathleen Neighbors; one brother, Alfred Lorentz; and three daughters, Sharon Lorentz and Zerelda Gaye Lucia, both of Doniphan, and Cynthia Lorentz of Bernie, Mo. ...

Thomas Ray FLAG FISK, Mo. -- Thomas Michael Ray, 61, of Wappapello, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Lakeview Residential Care at Wappapello. Mr. Ray was born Dec. 2, 1952 at Broseley, Mo., and had lived most of his life there. He served in the United States Air Force during the Vietnam War...

Pete Snider DEXTER, Mo. -- Harold E. "Pete" Snider, 88, of Dexter died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, in the Missouri Veterans Home at Cape Girardeau, Mo. A memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. Friday in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with Dr. Steve Easterwood officiating. Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield with full military honors...

Teresa Conner QULIN, Mo. -- Teresa Lynn Conner, 56, of Qulin died Monday, Jan. 13, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Friday at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Qulin. The funeral service will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Adam Mathias officiating. Burial will be at Carrola Cemetery at Oglesville, Mo...

Kenneth Collins DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Kenneth Collins, 73, of Doniphan died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Belleview Cemetery with Pastor Lynn Hamm officiating and Edwards Funeral Home of Doniphan in charge of arrangements...

Sharon Durbin PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Sharon Darlene Johnson Durbin, 70, of Piedmont died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Piedmont. No services are scheduled. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhome.com.

Walter Dunson Walter C. Dunson, 83, of Broseley, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014. Walter was born July 17, 1930, in Jackson, Miss., to Elbe and Mattie (Smith) Dunson. At a young age, he professed his belief in Jesus at Hope Spring Baptist Church in Jackson. Later in life, he became a member of New Home Missionary Baptist Church, where his membership remained until his homegoing...

Jackie Baggett DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Juanita J. (Jackie) Baggett, 81, of Doniphan died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at the Current River Nursing Center in Doniphan. A private burial will be held at the Hunt-White Cemetery in Doniphan with Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan in charge of arrangements...

Harold Duggins SHELBYVILLE, Ill. -- Harold L. "Monk" Duggins, 86, of Shelbyville, Ill., passed away at 11:02 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014 in Shelby Memorial Hospital, Shelbyville. Monk was born April 8, 1927 in Pemiscot County, Mo., the son of William Oliver "Pat" Duggins and Louise Hounihan Duggins...

Shirley Wells DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Shirley J. Silkwood Wells, 79, of Big Pine Key, Fla., and Doniphan entered into eternal peace Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014, at the Arbors in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Shirley was born Sept. 22, 1934, in Bardley, Mo., daughter of Thurlow and Jettie Silkwood (Dale)...

Carlena Jones NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Carlena Jones, 91, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Jones was born Dec. 16, 1922, in Ravenden Springs, Ark. She was a florist and enjoyed fishing, gardening, traveling and outdoor work. She was a member of the Naylor Church of Christ...

Loyce Reed DEXTER, Mo.--Loyce L. Reed, 93, of Dexter died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014 at the Golden Living Center in Dexter. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Elijah Allen officiating. Burial will follow in the Dexter Cemetery...

Rita Vinson Rita Justine Vinson, 94, of Jasper, Ga., died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff.

Samuel Anderson QULIN, Mo. -- Samuel Joe Anderson, 77, of Piggott, Ark., died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at Piggott Community Hospital at Piggott. Mr. Anderson was born Nov. 8, 1936, at Qulin and had lived there all his life. He was a retired construction worker and was of the General Baptist Faith. He also was a member of Four Mile #212 AF and AM at Campbell, Mo...

Dewey Darnell FISK, Mo. -- Dewey R. Darnell, 76, of Wappapello, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk.

Roy Gill CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Roy Gill, 84, of Campbell died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, at General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday at Landess Funeral Chapel in Campbell. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Jared Hancock officiating. Burial will be in the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

Richard Welch GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Richard D. Welch, 60, of Clubb, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Greenville, followed by the funeral at 2 p.m. Burial, with military honors, will be in the Lewis Cemetery at Lodi, Mo...

Mary Leonard NEELYVILLE -- Mary Catherine Leonard, 89, formerly of Naylor, Mo., died Jan. 18, 2014, in the Walnut Street Boarding Home in Doniphan, Mo. She was born Dec. 11, 1924, at Acorn, Mo., to the late Ed and Hattie (Crutchfield) Martin. On Aug. 19, 1942, at Doniphan, Mo., she married Sam H. Leonard. He preceded her in death on Feb. 19, 1985...

Rita Vinson Rita Vinson, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. began in this world as Rita Justine Padgett, the daughter of Nellie Carlisle Padgett and Charles Dewey Padgett. She was born at home in Charleston, Mo., June 10, 1919. She went to be with her heavenly Father on Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014, after a brief stay at Riverways Manor, in Van Buren, Mo...

Aaron Miller GREENVILLE, Mo. -- Aaron L. Miller, 63, of Greenville died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Arrangements are pending at this time with Ruegg Funeral Home of Greenville in charge of arrangements...

Barbara Belt DEXTER, Mo. -- Barbara Payne Belt, 70, of Dexter died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at her residence. Visitation will begin at 5 p.m. Thursday at the Lighthouse Christian Center in Dexter. Memorial services will be follow at the center at 6 p.m. with the Rev. Tim Russell of Dexter officiating. Burial will be at a later date in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements...

Martha Grant CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Martha Grant, 88, of Campbell died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at her residence. Visitation will be from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. Funeral services will follow beginning at 1 p.m. at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Darren Baker officiating. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Campbell...

Fred Richmond FISK, Mo. -- Fred Richmond, 90, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at his residence. Born July 31, 1923, at Riga, Mo., Mr. Richmond had served in the Army during WWII. He retired from Williamsville Stone Co. in 1985. On Nov. 14, 1943, he married Margaret Gilliland. She survives...

Irene Dugan MALDEN, Mo -- Muriel Irene Dugan, 92, of Parma, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at her residence. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Wednesay at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral service will follow beginning at 1 p.m. at the funeral home chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

Dewey Darnell FISK, Mo. -- Dewey Ray Darnell, 76, of Wappapello, MO., died Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. Dewey was born June 15, 1937, at Qulin, Mo., and he was a Korean War veteran who was honored with a Good Conduct Medal and the National Defense Service Medal. He married Mary Snider on June 1, 1957, in Broseley, Mo. They moved to Marion, Ind...

Jesse Middleton PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Jesse C. Middleton, 82, of Jackson, Mo., formerly of Piedmont died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at his residence. Visitation will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Funeral services will follow at 7 p.m. ...

Ida Foster Ida M. Foster, 67, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Hospital. Mrs. Foster was born in Thebes, Ill., on July 19, 1946, to the late Homer and Joyce Stevenson White. In 1966, she married James Allen Foster in Poplar Bluff. He preceded her in death in 1987...

Sally Calvert DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Sally Milum Williamson Calvert, 80, of Piedmont, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at the residence of her sister, Edith Rush, in Doniphan. Mrs. Calvert, daughter of Clifford and Verna (Kennon) Milum, was born Oct. 3, 1933, in Doniphan. She retired from Orscheln Brothers Truck Lines and the Teamsters Union. Mrs. Calvert enjoyed genealogy, traveling and fishing and was a member of the Church of Christ...

James Shields II James Henry Shields II, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Shields was born March 8, 1943, in Poplar Bluff to the late James Henry and Jessie Mae Wooldridge Shields...

William Welsh William Welsh, 56, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2104, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Memorials to Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home, Poplar Bluff. Online condolences: www.fowlersullivanfuneralhome.com

Susan Goller ROGERSVILLE, Mo. -- Susan Diana Goller, 43, of Rogersville, Mo., passed away, Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, in her home following a long illness. She was born Sept. 7, 1970, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. On Sept. 5, 1992, she married Timothy H. Goller...

Ethel Hobbs FISK, Mo. -- Ethel Louise Hobbs, 73, of Dudley, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at her residence. Born Dec. 29, 1940, at Broseley, Mo., Mrs. Hobbs had been a resident of Puxico, Mo., and Dudley most of her life. She attended Puxico High School and was retired from Ingrum Barge Company...

Raymond Asa DEXTER, Mo. -- Raymond Lee Asa, 55, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014, at Poplar Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will then be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with burial following in the Dexter Cemetery...

Jane Shacklee PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Jane Shacklee, 78, of Williamsville, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Arrangements will be announced by Morrison-Worley Funeral Chapel in Piedmont.

Marie Sides DEXTER, Mo. -- Marie Sides, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Sides was born Feb. 23, 1924, in Advance, Mo., to the late Albert and Emma Berry Pixley. She had lived in Dexter until 1966 when she moved to Ellington, Mo. She moved to Poplar Bluff in 1986 and was a member of the First Church of God in Poplar Bluff...

Catherine Holman MALDEN, Mo. -- Catherine M. Holman, 89, of Webster Grove, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, in Webster Grove. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the chapel with burial following at Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

Kenny Smith CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Kenny "Chico" D. Smith, 78, of Seymour, Ind., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Born Feb. 27, 1935, in Pollard, Ark., he was the son of Mearl and Sylvia B. (Bradley) Smith. On June 28, 1994, in Gatlinburg, Tenn., he married Dorothy L. Moore Dixon who survives...

Judy Roberts DEXTER, Mo. -- Judy Roberts, 72, of Dexter died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Southeast Health Center in Dexter. Visitation will be from 1-4 p.m. Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter.

Joyce Sandefer CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Joyce Sandefer, 78, of Hernando, Miss., formerly of Campbell, died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Desoto Health Care Center in Southaven, Miss. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Don Gregory officiating. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Campbell...

Mary Osborn QULIN, Mo. -- Mary F. Osborn, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Osborn was born Oct. 8, 1929, at Jonesboro, Ill. She was a seamstress at Gossard for 17 years. On Sept. 4, 1977, she married Charles D. Osborn. He preceded her in death on Jan. 20, 2011...

Carolyn Dicken NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Carolyn Juanita Dicken, 69, of Harviell, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville. Funeral services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at the chapel with Pastor Jerry Moore officiating. Burial will be at Dicken Cemetery...

Charles Gisi DEXTER, Mo. -- Charles Gisi, 96, of Essex, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Friday at the Risen Church in Dexter. Funeral services will then follow in the Risen Church Sanctuary with the Rev. Joshua Carpenter officiating. Burial will follow in the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield...

Edee Boyd CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Edee Boyd, 91, of Campbell died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Triniti Baptist Hospice House in Colliersville, Tenn. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at Landess Funeral Home in Campbell. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home chapel with the Revs. Martin Carlisle and Dale Rickman officiating. Burial will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Campbell...

Carolyn Dicken NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Carolyn Juanita Dicken, 69, of Harviell, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at 9:30 a.m. at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Dicken was born March 10, 1944, in Parma, Mo. She was a homemaker, who loved children, flowers and traveling. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Harviell, Mo., where she served as treasurer of W.M.U...

Barbara Caffey MALDEN, Mo. -- Barbara Jean Caffey, 79, of Malden, formerly of Risco, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Malden Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be at 8:30 a.m. Thursday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral service will follow at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

Linda Harris CAMPBELL, Mo. -- Linda K. Harris, 63, of Campbell passed away Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. Harris, daughter of Paul and Lillian Shepard Hogan, was born Oct. 17, 1950, in Poplar Bluff. She was a surgical tech with Twin Rivers Regional Medical Center in Kennett, Mo...

Norma Kitchen DEXTER, Mo. -- Norma Jean Kitchen, 75, of Dexter died Monday, Jan. 20, 2014, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter. Visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. in the funeral chapel with the Rev. Barry Winders officiating...

Ada Boyd NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Ada L. Boyd, 67, of Neelyville died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday at Fowler-Sullivan Memorial Chapel in Neelyville. The funeral will follow at the chapel beginning at 1 p.m. Burial will be at Naylor Memorial Cemetery...

Aaron Miller GREENVILLE, Mo.-Aaron L. Miller, 63, of Greenville died Sunday, Jan. 19, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Visitation will be held from 1-2 p.m. Saturday at Highway Missionary Baptist Church, south of Greenville. Memorial services will be held at 2 p.m. also at the church...

Raymond Stallsworth DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Raymond Leroy Stallsworth, 72, of Gatewood, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at his residence in rural Ripley County. Visitation will be held from 5-8 p.m. today at the Edwards Funeral Home in Doniphan. The funeral service will take place at 2 p.m. Friday in the funeral home chapel. A private family burial will be held...

Wilma Miller DEXTER, Mo.--Wilma Pauline Brown Miller, 94, died at her residence in Dexter Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Saturday at the First Christ Church in Dexter. A memorial service will be conducted at 1 p.m. at the First Christ Church in Dexter with Rev. Mike Williams officiating. Burial will follow at a later date at the Park Lawn Cemetery in St. Louis, Mo...

Terry Hoffman FISK, Mo. -- Terry Wayne Hoffman, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Family and friends will gather for a memorial graveside service on Sunday at 2 p.m. at Brown Chapel Cemetery with the Rev. Randy Wallis officiating...

Betty Lou Marler PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Betty Lou Marler, 78, of Piedmont died Thursday, Jan. 23 2014, at her residence. Visitation will be at 9 a.m. for the family and 9:30 a.m. for the public on Saturday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont with the service following at 12:30 p.m...

Doyle Cash DEXTER, Mo. -- Doyle "Patches" Cash, 54, of Advance died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2014, at his residence. Arrangements are being handled by the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home of Dexter.

Billy Summers DEXTER, Mo. -- Billy W. Summers, 71, of Dexter died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, at Golden Living Center in Dexter. Visitation will be from 1-2 p.m. Sunday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. A memorial service will follow at 2 p.m. at the funeral home chapel with Lester Clayton officiating...

Jerry Barnes DEXTER, Mo. -- Jerry Barnes, 69, of Dexter died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2014, in the Saint Francis Medical Center at Cape Girardeau, Mo. Funeral services were Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter with the Rev. Everett Owens officiating. Burial followed in the Chalk Bluff Cemetery...

Clara King MALDEN, Mo. -- Clara King, 85, of Campbell, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, a the General Baptist Nursing Home in Campbell. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the funeral home chapel with Bro. Tony Wood officiating. Burial will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery at Campbell...

Willie McVey Willie Symantha McVey, 97, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at her residence. Mrs. McVey was born Dec. 23, 1916, at Galena, Mo. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Poplar Bluff and retired from the State of Arkansas as a clerk for the Department of Revenue...

Floyd Howe Floyd Calvin Howe, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Howe was born April 13, 1928, in Lafe, Ark., to the late Emsley and Balcus Hyde Howe. On Feb. 16, 1950, he married Ruby Bell in Indiana. She preceded him in death on Jan. 29, 1976...

Henry Hampton PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Henry Hampton of Piedmont died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 at Christian Northeast Hospital Northeast in St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will be at 4:30 p.m. Monday at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home...

Rose McDaniel Rose (Rozella Jane) Metz McDaniel, beloved mother, grandmother, sister and special friend, died Friday morning, Jan. 24, 2014, at the Mark Twain Caring Center. Rose, the fourth of seven children of L.T. and Columbia Martin Metz, was born on Feb. 1, 1920, in Poplar Bluff...

Billy Rhodes DEXTER, Mo. -- Bill V. Rhodes, 75, of Dexter died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at his residence. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Monday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Services follow beginning at noon. Burial will be at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo., following the funeral service...

Lillian Kimes DEXTER, Mo. -- Lillian Dildine Kimes, 84, of Marble Hill, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at the Westwood Hills Nursing Center in Marble Hill. Mrs. Kimes, the daughter of the late Sam B., Sr. and Dillie Mae Fuwell Dildine, was born in Wynne, Ark., on March 20, 1929. ...

Judy Higgins MALDEN, Mo. -- Judy Darlene Higgins, 61, of Clarkton, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will be at 5 p.m. today at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral service will be at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday at the funeral home chapel with burial in Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton...

May Skaggs PIEDMONT, Mo. -- May Scaggs, 44, of Des Arc, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014, at Missouri Baptist Medical Center in St. Louis, Mo. Arrangements are pending with Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Online condolences: www.rueggfuneralhome.com...

Mary Dicken NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Alice Dicken, 60, of Troy, Mo., formerly of Harviell, Mo., died Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Troy. A memorial visitation will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Neelyville. The memorial service will follow at 4 p.m. at the chapel...

Mary Dicken NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Mary Alice Dicken, 60, of Troy, Mo., formerly of Harviell, Mo., died Friday, Dec. 13, 2013, in Troy. A memorial visitation will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Neelyville. The memorial service will follow at 4 p.m. at the chapel...

Leonard Baugh DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Leonard A. Baugh, 74, of Doniphan died at 11:08 p.m. Friday, Jan. 24, 2014. Mr. Baugh, son of Geneva and Loy Baugh, was born Jan. 3, 1940, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. A meat cutter by trade, he managed the meat department at what is present day Harps, for almost 40 years. ...

Hershel Vernon Herschel Allan Vernon, 57, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at his residence. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

Glen Johnson MALDEN, Mo. -- Samuel Glen Johnson, 87, of Malden died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at Malden Nursing and Rehab. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time Thursday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral service will begin 11 a.m. Thursday in the Bradshaw Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens in Kennett, Mo...

James Heiser MALDEN, Mo. -- James L. Heiser, 72, of Campbell, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014, at the Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett, Mo. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Friday at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Teresa Catholic Church in Glennonville, Mo., with Father David Dohogne officiating. Burial will be in the St. Teresa Catholic Cemetery in Glennonville...

Gerald McMonigle NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Gerald McMonigle, 54, of Doniphan, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, at Southeast Health Center in Doniphan. Mr. McMonigle was born Nov. 19, 1959, in St. Louis, Mo., to the late Ray McMonigle and Erma I. Hayes McMonigle. He enjoyed fishing, four-wheeling, firearm target practicing, working in scrap medal and salvage...

Aloyce Barnhill CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Aloyce M. Barnhill, 81, a resident of Poplar Bluff and formerly of East Prairie, died at 5:45 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at the Mark Twain Nursing Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Arrangements are incomplete with the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston...

Wilma McGuire DEXTER, Mo. -- Wilma "Pinkie" A. McGuire, 64, of Essex, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Friday at the Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter. The funeral service will follow at 1 p.m. at the chapel with the Rev. James Malloy of Essex officiating. Burial will be in the Triplett Cemetery near Dexter...

Blake Green MALDEN, Mo -- Michael "Blake" Green, 23, of Cassville, Mo., died Sunday, Jan. 26, 2014. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday Stanfield Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo., with the Rev. Jack Allen officiating. Landess Funeral Home of Malden is in charge of arrangements...

Jerry Wilson PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Jerry Wilson, 71, of Salem, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, at his residence. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Friday also at the funeral home...

Herschel Vernon Herschel A. Vernon, 57 of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at his residence. Mr. Vernon was born Jan. 25, 1957, at Poplar Bluff to the late Herschel and Anna B. Upton Vernon. On March 12, 1977, he and Beverly E. White were married in Fisk, Mo. She survives of the home...

Donald Casselberry Donald Wayne Casselberry, 74, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at his home. Arrangements are pending and will be announced by Cotrell Funeral Service.

Lela Crafton MALDEN, Mo. -- Lela Yvonne Crafton, 86, of Sullivan, Mo., died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at Life Care Center in Sullivan. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Friday at Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden. The funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Bradshaw Chapel with burial in Mt. Gilead Cemetery in Clarkton, Mo...

Bernice Kendrick PIEDMONT, Mo. -- Bernice O. Kendrick, 89, of Des Arc, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at her residence. Visitation will begin at 4 p.m. Friday for the family and public visitation will follow at 5 p.m. at Ruegg Funeral Home in Piedmont. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday also at the chapel...

David Wheeler FLAG DEXTER, Mo. -- David S. Wheeler, 82, of Dexter died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at his residence. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will then be conducted on at noon Saturday in the funeral home with the Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating. Burial will follow in the Dexter Cemetery with full military services...

Aloyce Barnhill Aloyce Mayberry Barnhill, 81, a resident of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. Born March 24, 1932, in the small community of Crane Roost near Qulin, Mo., to the late Julius and Mable Gunnels Mayberry, she was always proud to say she was from "Crane Roost." She was reared in the Qulin area and attended elementary and high school in Qulin. ...

Susan Almond DONIPHAN, Mo. -- Susan Leroux Almond, 66, of Sherwood, Ark., died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at the Baptist Spring Hill Hospital in North Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Almond, daughter of the late Garold Norman and Lydia Belcher (Mackley) Leroux, was born June 30, 1947, in Doniphan. She had been a nurse and the people she served in her profession were of her utmost concern. Mrs. Almond was of the Baptist faith...

Donald Casselberry Donald Wayne Casselberry, 74, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2014, at his home. Donald was born March 5, 1939, in Campbell, Mo., to the late Eugene and Lois Lucille Crawford Casselberry. On Feb. 22, 1959, Donald and Gloria Brady were married in Clarkton, Mo. She survives of the home...

Pollianna Thomasson QULIN, Mo. -- Pollianna Thomasson, 75, of Qulin died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at the General Baptist Nursing Home at Campbell, Mo. Visitation will be at 1 p.m. Friday at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Qulin followed by the funeral service at 2 p.m. in the funeral home chapel with the Rev. Gerald Berger officiating. Burial will be at Qulin Cemetery...

David Wheeler DEXTER, Mo. -- David S. Wheeler, 82, of Dexter died Monday, Jan. 27, 2014, at his residence. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter. Funeral services will then be conducted on at noon Saturday in the funeral home with the Rev. Kenneth Biggs officiating. Burial will follow in the Dexter Cemetery with full military services...

Barbara Shipman NEELYVILLE, Mo. -- Barbara Lou Shipman, 82, of Fairdealing, Mo., passed away Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, at Poplar Bluff, Mo. Barbara was born April 24, 1931, at Idalia, Mo., to the late James Wilson Trotter and Nora Ethel (Tennyson) Trotter...

Jeanette Jones Jeanette J. Jones, 56, of Wappapello, Mo., died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. Jeanette was born July 24, 1957 in St. Louis, Mo., and was a long-time resident of Butler County. She was of the Methodist faith. Jeanette was a bartender and cook, a member of the American Legion 153, VFW 6477 and the Eagles...