Stories from Monday, December 6, 2021

Tammy Jo Ebert, 61, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. She was born Aug. 4, 1960 to Roger Cagle and the late Wilma (Wantland) Cagle. Tammy was a longtime resident of Poplar Bluff. Tammy married Edward Ebert in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1995...

PIEDMONT, Mo. — Betty Lou Kemp, 85, of Mill Spring, passed peacefully to her eternal home in Heaven on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021 at the Clark’s Mountain Nursing Center in Piedmont. She was born at home on Bounds Creek near Silva, Missouri Jan. 11, 1936, the daughter of John Wesley Kiger and Maude Jewell (Malloy) Kiger...

Jimmy Lidell Rayburn, 70, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021 in Mississippi. A Memorial Service will be held at 1 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021 at New Home General Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. A full obituary will be published in the Wednesday edition of the Daily American Republic...

DEXTER — Bruce Lee Fetters, 79, son of the late Norman Bruce Fetters and Evalee Sielert, was born on March 27, 1942, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life Dec. 4, 2021, at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, at the age of 79 years. Mr. Fetters was a Veteran of the United States Navy. He was a former lineman for Ozark Border and a resident of Wappapello, Missouri. He was a member of the American Legion in Dexter, Missouri, and the VFW...

PIEDMONT — Donna Sue Shipley, 71, of Piedmont, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021, at Mercy Hospital Jefferson, Festus, Missouri. Visitation is from 5-8 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 8, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service will follow at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 9, also at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont. Burial will follow at 11:15 a.m., Monday, Dec. 13, at Jefferson Barracks Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri...

The Bluff City Eagles 3730 Aerie and Auxiliary celebrated their 45 years together by sharing donations to a variety of charities at a banquet Saturday night on South Broadway. Grand Aerie trustees John Boyd of Cape Girardeau, Annie Taylor of St. Mary’s, Georgia and Peter Ackers of Folsom, California, thanked the local Aerie and Auxiliary for being “people helping people” as well as their “efforts and dedication.”...

POPLAR BLUFF FIRE DEPARTMENT Firefighters responded at 1:13 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, to Autozone, 335 N. Westwood Blvd., where an exterior neon light caught fire. Firefighters cut the power to the sign and after removing some smoldering insulation, they used a pressurized water can to cool the area where it had burned a hole into the building. Autozone staff were advised to have a sign company make repairs...

The city of Poplar Bluff projects a balanced budget in 2022 that will have room for a 2% employee raise, but does not add positions in areas officials say they are badly needed. The proposed 2022 budget will be voted on by city council at the Dec. 20 council meeting...