Stories from Tuesday, July 16, 2019

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Edna Christine Gordon, 80, of Doniphan, died Sunday, July 14, 2019 at Current River Nursing Center in Doniphan. Visitation will be 10 a.m. Thursday, July 18 in Edwards Funeral Home Chapel. The funeral will follow at noon with Brother Jared Baker officiating. Burial will be in Union Cemetery in Ponder...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Bobby Joe Stain Jr. 47, of Poplar Bluff, died July 2, 2019 in St. Louis. A memorial visitation will be from 2-4 p.m. Saturday July 20 at Living Word Baptist Church, 456 Township Line Road Poplar Bluff. A celebration of life service will begin at 4 p.m. at the church.

City firefighters responded at 4:15 p.m. Monday, July 15, to an alarm at Hefner Furniture & Appliance, 2600 N. Westwood Blvd. It was investigation only. ---

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Melissa R. Coleman, 41, of Doniphan, Mo. died July 12, 2019 in Urbana, Ill. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. - noon Thursday, July 18 Fowler & Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville. The funeral will follow at noon in the funeral home with Rev. Kevin Eudaley officiating. Burial will be in the Cypress Creek Cemetery in Fairdealing, Mo.

GREENVILLE — Wayne County residents will soon benefit from nearly $120,000 in grant money thanks to fines paid by an international company for violating U.S. environmental standards. It is the second county in this area to receive money from the Volkswagen Trust Government Truck Program, which is operated by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Butler County expects to receive approximately $140,000...

A local Missouri State Highway Patrol trooper recently was honored by the Department of Public Safety for his earlier efforts on the scene of a deadly shooting. Cpl. John West was presented with the Department of Public Safety’s Employee of the Month Award for June by patrol Col. Eric Olson and DPS Director Sandy Karsten during a recent ceremony at Troop E Headquarters...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Donald Roy Herrold, III, 44, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday July 15, 2019. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date.

A Poplar Bluff man died of natural causes Monday morning while being housed in the Butler County Justice Center. An autopsy was performed on the body of Donald Ray Herrold III, 44, Tuesday morning by Dr. Russell Deidiker at Farmington, said Butler County Coroner Andy Moore...

BEDFORD, Ind. — Bonnie (Tully) Costin, 100, formerly of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died Monday, July 15, 2019 at StoneBridge Health Campus. Funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Friday, July 19, at First Assembly of God Church in Bedford, Ind., with Pastor Bill McKee officiating. Graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mitchell Cemetery in Mitchell, Ind. The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the church...

BEDFORD, Ind. — Katherine Sue (Costin) Stroud, 66, formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at her residence. Funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Friday, July 19, at the First Assembly Church of God in Bedford, Ind., with Pastor Bill McKee officiating. Graveside service will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mitchell Cemetery in Mitchell, Ind. The family will receive friends from 4-7 p.m. Friday at the church...

Creating a world with words and thoughts started at a young age for Poplar Bluff native Sandra Davis, who now lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is working on the last book of her trilogy “Daughters of Dasheen.” She embarked on her journey at Wheatley School where she received guidance and inspiration. As so often happens, life threw a roadblock in her path but she was able to keep her dream alive...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — William (Bill) Lee Gill, 48, Tampa, Fla., formerly of Neelyville, died Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at Brandon Regional Hospital in Brandon, Fla. Visitation will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, July 18 at Fowler & Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m. Friday, July 19 in the funeral home chapel with Hector Rodriguez officiating. Burial will be in Cochran Cemetery near Harviell, Mo.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Debbie Blackmon, 50, of Poplar Bluff, died July 13, 2019 at her residence. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. Monday July 22 at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. The funeral will follow at noon in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Kenny Thomas officiating.