Stories from Monday, February 21, 2022

Paul Bilbrey, 94, of Williamsville died Feb. 15, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held at 1:30 pm, Saturday, Feb. 26, at Holliday Cemetery, Williamsville. Graveside service will be held at 2 p.m., also at Holliday Cemetery and burial will immediately follow...

David “Gene” Eugene Pennington, 78, of Neelyville, Missouri, passed away, Feb. 19, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born Nov. 22, 1943, at Neelvyille, Missouri, to Arvel Pennington and Lucy “Delaney” Pennington. On Oct. 10, 2020, at Harviell, Missouri, he was married to Pat Fisher. She survives...

Chester Dale Taylor, 75, of Puxico, Missouri, passed away Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Taylor was born Dec. 26, 1946, in Dudley, Missouri. He graduated from Puxico High School in 1964. He served in the Marine Corps during the Vietnam War and was proud to have served his country...

Pansy Lee Eastwood, 78, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, died Saturday, Feb. 19, 2022, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

The National Weather Service of Paducah has issued weather statements for Southeast Missouri and its bordering states for potential flooding, thunderstorms and winter precipitation. Lead forecaster Christ Noles said Southeast Missouri can expect “multiple impacts.” The initial rainfall hits Monday night and will continue through Tuesday, bringing risks of damaging straightline winds and flash floods. ...

The Poplar Bluff R-I School District approved retirements, resignations and new hirings during the closed session of their Feb. 17 meeting. Certified personnel and supplemental duty employees retiring were Debbie Allen, psychological examiner at the Central Office Special Services Department; Patrick Carda, physical education teacher at O’Neal and Oak Grove elementary schools; and Tennessee Dazey, special education teacher at Poplar Bluff Middle School. ...

Randal R. Huff, 71, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Poplar Bluff. Randal was born Oct. 12, 1950, to Orville and Margie Baker Huff in Poplar Bluff. He married Vicki Lenderman on Dec. 25, 1975, in O’Fallon, Missouri. Randal was a member of the United States Air Force and Masonic Lodge Post 230. ...