Stories from Tuesday, October 6, 2020

A 60-year-old Advance woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash at 3:14 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, on Highway 25, north of Highway 91, in Stoddard County. According to the report, Remona L. Coffee was operating a northbound 2009 Hyundai Sonata, which was stopped to make a left turn and was struck in the rear by a 2011 Chevrolet Camaro being driven by David L. Fernandez, 40, of Cape Girardeau...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 25-year-old Benton man was injured in a two-vehicle crash at 8:25 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5, on Highway 77, one mile south of Benton, in Scott County. According to the report, Matthew T. Fredwell was operating a 2008 Ford pickup southbound when it turned into the path of a 2000 Freightliner being driven northbound by Randall J. McCollom, 33, of Bloomfield...

City firefighters responded at 1 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, to assist emergency-medical-services personnel at 2049 Greenwood Drive. _ City firefighters responded at 9:05 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, to a report of smoke in the area of Wilson and Hays streets. According to the report, firefighters found a small, unauthorized burn in the back yard of the 1800 Woodrow St. residence occupied by Dylan Powell...

Due to positive COVID-19 tests at the new Pilgrim’s Rest church between Fairdealing and Doniphan, the October 11th meeting of the Fairdealing Cemetery Association will be held at 2 p.m. at Jen’s Diner in Poplar Bluff (mask optional). Jen’s Diner is located at 3933 S Westwood (beside the Butler County Hwy Warehouse/near where the old State Patrol station was on 67)...

Sylvia L. Parsons Ramsey-Rezner, 77, died Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, in Augusta, Georgia. She was the daughter of the late George James Dewey Parsons and Dasey Lee (Campbell) Parsons. She is the mother of Charles and Keith Ramsey. She was a graduate of Southwest Missouri State University and Arkansas State University. She was a professor of speech and director of the learning resource center at Georgia Military College and taught school in Ellsinore before moving to Augusta...

Ruth Lillian Watkins, 90 years young, of Poplar Bluff passed away Sunday, Oct. 4,2020, in Doniphan. She was born May 8, 1930, in Zalma, the daughter of George Washington Slaughter and Elizabeth Smith. She is survived by two sons, Larry Dugger of Zalma, Everett Dugger (Dina) of Rosenburg, Texas; one daughter, Kathy Barrett (Daniel) of Poplar Bluff; grandchildren, Jennifer, Charles, Sherrie, Chelsie, Dana, Matthew, Tina and Sara; and great-grandchildren, Loman, Ian, Adlyn, Jacob and Jullet,...

James Odel Phelps passed away Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at Greenville Nursing and Rehab, at 80 years, 10 months, 21 days. He was born in Coulterville, Illinois, Nov. 10, 1939, to parents Wilford Carl and Wilma Lucille (Lockhart) Phelps-Lewis. James was a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend. He married Louise (Boyer) Dameron on Feb. 14, 1965, and to this union, they were blessed with four beautiful daughters. James married Virginia Ann Hemmerlein on March 21, 1984...

Phillip Lee McKuin, 71, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at his home in Poplar Bluff. Phillip was born on Feb. 9, 1949, to Archie and Lois (Heigle) McKuin in Bernie. He married Debbie (King) McKuin on Oct. 14, 1972, in Campbell...

NEELYVILLE — Ronald Glen Ridge, 66, of Harviell passed away Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center at Poplar Bluff. He was born Aug. 4, 1954, at Dexter, to Vader Ridge and Beulah Lawson. On Oct. 11, 1975, at Poplar Bluff, he was married to Donna Vandover. She survives...

BOLIVAR, Mo. — Robert Lee Callahan, “Bob,” was welcomed into his eternal home by his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Oct. 3, 2020, at the VA Home in Mt. Vernon, Missouri. A gentle, kind man who loved and trusted God, Bob always believed the best in people and served his family, friends and even strangers humbly, generously and graciously...

Bette June Odell, 93, of Poplar Bluff, passed away on Monday, Oct. 5, at her home in Poplar Bluff. Bette was born on Feb. 3, 1927, in Petersburg, Indiana, the daughter of Solomon James and Eliza Ellen (Pearson) Jones. After graduating high school, Bette was employed in Washington, D.C., with the Department of Labor in the labor statistics division...

Missouri is currently celebrating National 4-H Week, and the local 4-H organization has activities dealing with farming and first responders planned for October. Gov. Mike Parson proclaimed Oct. 4-10 National 4-H Week in Missouri, with a goal of serving 10% of Missouri youths by 2025...

Saturday is race day for the sixth annual Badge of Honor Benefit Run. Originally scheduled for early April, the run was one of many events cancelled or postponed earlier this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Everything is the same as far as start time, location, where we start, where we finish,” said Jeff Vitale, race director...

FISK — Roy Wesley Parson, age 66, of Qulin, Missouri, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at his residence. Mr. Parson was born Jan. 16, 1954 in Colwich, Kansas. He loved hunting and fishing. His world revolved around his grandchildren. On Jan. 16, 1984, he married Patricia Donaldson; she survives. ...

FISK — Margaret Ann (Magill-Ellsworth) Vaughn, age 78, of Williamsville, Missouri, died Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Mrs.Vaughn was born Aug. 12, 1942, in Qulin, Missouri, to the late William Howard and Estelle Margaret Vaughn. She enjoyed cooking and traveling. In May of 1979, she married Vernon Ellsworth; he preceded her in death in 2006...

The identity of the man whose body was found in the woods near Wappapello Saturday remains unknown. A hunter out scouting the woods off of County Road 517 Saturday morning found the body of a man authorities believe may have been missing since mid-September...

The city’s annual Buff Up the Bluff event may have gone from a spring clean up to a fall spruce up, but it is still expected to fill more than 20 construction dumpsters with items residents are ready to throw out. The event will be held from 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Saturday at the city leaf disposal site at County Road 604 and South F Street, behind the Twin Towers. Signs will be posted directing residents to the site...