Stories from Friday, March 15, 2019

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. – Saint Francis Healthcare System is pleased to announce that Nurse Practitioner Amy Pennington has joined Kneibert Clinic in Poplar Bluff and Family Nurse Practitioner specializing in pediatrics Lindsay McVey has transitioned from Saint Francis Health Center in Dexter to Kneibert Clinic...

The Poplar Bluff High School Studio Jazz Band, under the direction of Stephen Winters, received the outstanding ensemble performance award out of about a dozen area schools during the Carol Moore Memorial Jazz Festival on Friday, March 1, at Mineral Area College in Park Hills...

The excitement of the auction cry will be combined with fun, food and bidding at Sacred Heart School’s Annual Fiesta Auction to benefit students of all faiths from age 3 to eighth grade. Doors for the Fiesta Auction will open at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, March 30 with dinner, donated by Maya’s Mexican Restaurant, at 6 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Ballroom.

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Beverly Ann Holcomb, 60, of Oxly, Mo., died Thursday, March 14, 2019 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Visitation will be at noon, Sunday, March 17 at Fowler & Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville. The funeral will follow at 2 p.m. in the funeral home with Pastor Richard Mahan officiating. Burial will be in the New Hope Cemetery near Doniphan.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Ronald ‘Ronnie’ Wayne Smith, 54, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. died March 14, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be at 9 a.m.. Monday, March 18 at Fitch-Hillis Funeral Home Chapel. The funeral service will follow at 10 a.m. Burial will be at City Cemetery. Elder Rob Duckett will officiate. Online condolences: www.fitchhillisfh.com

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Mary Lee Berry, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, March 15, 2019 at Westwood Hills Healthcare. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 19 at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Dr. Steve Proctor officiating. Burial will be in Ash Hill Cemetery...

BLOOMFIELD, Mo. — Donnie Ray Mace, 64, of Advance, Mo., died Friday, March 15, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be from 5-8 p.m. Sunday, March 17 at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday, March 18 at the United Methodist Church in Advance with Rev. Jerry Willer of Advance officiating...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Chuck Powell, 51, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, March 9, 2019 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be on Sunday, March 17, 2019 from 2-3:30 p.m. with a Celebration of Life to follow immediately after visitation at 3:30 p.m in the Moore Funeral Service Chapel, Daniel Berkel will be officiating.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. —Dennis Overbey, 64, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died March 14, 2019 in Poplar Bluff. The family will hold a celebration of life at a later date by lucky invitation only. The family requests that in lieu of flowers please make donations to the fund setup for his grandchildren at First Midwest Bank Benefit Fund For Dennis Overbey.

PUXICO, Mo. — Darnell R. Kruel, of Puxico, died Thursday, March 7, 2019 at his residence. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Monday, March 18 at the Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Rev. Jack Hemby officiating...

PUXICO, Mo. — Roger Dale Bowman, of Zalma, Mo., died Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at his residence. Arrangements are pending with Morgan Sifford Funeral Home in Puxico.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Matthew S. Quay, 89, of St. James, Mo., died Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Missouri Veterans Home of St. James. Visitation will be held on Monday, March 18 from 10 a.m. to noon at Moore Funeral Service in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Funeral services will be held on Monday, March 18 at 1 p.m. in the Bloomfield Veterans Cemetery Shelter. Memorials can be made to The Veterans Assistance League 620 North Jefferson St. St. James, MO 65559.

A man was killed Friday evening in a motorcycle accident in rural Butler County. The accident occurred at Highway AA and Highway B, in Broseley, according to Sheriff Mark Dobbs. The driver of the motorcycle was killed in an accident that involved a car, he said...