Stories from Wednesday, July 31, 2019

DONIPHAN, Mo. — Carol Ann ‘Kelly’ Persinger, 78, of Doniphan, died Monday, July 29, 2019 in Columbia, Mo. Visitation will be from 1-3 p.m. Friday, August 2 in the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel with a graveside service following at the Doniphan City Cemetery...

FISK, Mo. — Bobby Dean Brown, 50 of Ellington, Mo., died Saturday, July 20, 2019 in Charleston, Mo. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, August 3 at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk.

The Retired Senior Volunteer Program will be hosting a Health Fair for Seniors on Sept. 30 at Twin Towers in Poplar Bluff. Booth space is now available for the event. Please contact Ale Nobles by email at Alejandra.nobles@thecrc.org or Jennifer Rosener by email at Jennifer.rosener@thecrc.org for more information or to register...

Kenneth Guard Jr. and Hayley Eastwood, of Poplar Bluff, announce the birth of their son, Finn Dewayne Guard, born at 10:38 a.m. July 25, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He weighed 7-pounds 13-ounces and was 20.5 inches long. Maternal grandparents are Darrell Eastwood Jr. and Erika Eastwood of Poplar Bluff. Paternal grandparents are Lisa Wilson, Kenneth Guard Sr. and LaDonna Guess, all of Poplar Bluff...

“We wanted this as a way to honor our grandparents,” observes Bob Aslin of Bloomfield. “Our family and where we come from are very important to us. It’s a legacy we are proud of.” On July 30 the Ernest and Eva Aslin Family Farm was recognized as a Missouri Century Farm, in a presentation held during the Stoddard County University of Missouri Extension Council meeting...

FISK, Mo. — Marlene Earls, 80, of Bernie, Mo., died Monday, July 29, 2019 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday, August 1 at White-Sanders Funeral Home in Fisk. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, August 2 in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Gerald Berger officiating. Burial will be in Brown Chapel Cemetery at Broseley.

DONIPHAN — Murder and kidnapping were among the additional charges filed Tuesday against a Doniphan man in connection to the recent death of a man whose body was found in the debris of a burned home. Derek Bunyard, 36, was charged with the Class A felonies of first-degree murder and first-degree kidnapping, the unclassified felony of armed criminal action, Class D felony of second-degree arson and the Class E felony of tampering with physical evidence in connection to the July 21 death of Daniel L. ...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Sandra Murphy, 79, of Poplar Bluff, died July 30, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be from 3-5 p.m. Friday, August 2 at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff.

City firefighters responded at 1:36 p.m. Tuesday, July 30, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel at 316 W. Victor St. According to the report, firefighters assisted in removing a patient from his or her home and loading the patient into a private vehicle for transport to the hospital...

A Poplar Bluff company expects to grow by another 50-60 jobs by the fall following recent remodeling. NewWave Communications recently renovated its building on North Westwood Boulevard, the former home of Municipal Utilities. The work comes with the addition of an expanded call center, according to company officials, who say they hope to be staffed by mid-October...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Jerry Williams, 74, of Poplar Bluff, died Tuesday, July 30, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will begin at 11 a.m., Friday, August 2 at Cotrell Funeral Chapel in Poplar Bluff with funeral services following at noon. Chaplain Gary Watson will officiate. Burial with full military honors will take place at 2 p.m. at Missouri State Veterans Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo.

The Poplar Bluff Community Supervision Center has partnered with Three Rivers College to offer a class for those justice-involved individuals to get training in manufacturing. The partnership comes after the Center, which is a facility of the state Probation and Parole (P&P), was restructuring last year — part of which was about bringing in more community resources...