Stories from Wednesday, April 3, 2019

NORTHSIDE NUTRITION CENTER • Tuesday — Riblet sandwich/bun, seasoned wedges, Calif. blend veg., pineapple slaw, orange; • Wednesday — Chicken parmesan, Italian blend veg., salad, garlic bread, fresh pears; • Thursday — Meatloaf, mashed potatoes/gravy, carrots, apple crisp;...

Vincent ‘Vince’ Maurice Scrimsher, 46, died Sunday, March 31, 2019 in Cape Girardeau Mo. Family will be holding a private memorial gathering.

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Carmela Mae Bryeans, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Tuesday, April 2, 2019 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Friends may call after 10 a.m. until time of service on Saturday, April 6 at the Memorial Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. Funeral service will follow at 10:30 a.m. at the church on Saturday with Rev. Dennis Ward officiating. Burial will be at New Morley Cemetery in Morley, Mo.

George Edward Niswonger and wife, Mable, of Poplar Bluff, will celebrate their 71st wedding anniversary Tuesday, April 16. The couple were married April 16, 1948 in Corning, Ark. for $7.50 by the judge at the courthouse. The couple spent three decades living and working in Illinois before settling into retirement in the Poplar Bluff area...

NEELYVILLE, Mo. — Judith ‘Judy’Ann Hendrix, 52, died Monday, April 1, 2019 in Corning, Ark. Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 6 in the Fowler & Sons Funeral Home in Neelyville with the funeral following at noon. Burial will be in Kinsey Cemetery in Harviell, Mo...

CAMPBELL, Mo. — Michelle Lyn Burnett, 48, of Paragould, Ark., formerly of Campbell, died Tuesday, April 2, 2019 in Little Rock, Ark. Visitation will be from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 6 at the First United Methodist Church in Jonesboro, Ark. The funeral will follow at noon in the church with David ‘Poppy’ Bowman and Dr. Jim Woodall officiating. A graveside service and burial will follow at 3 p.m. at the Woodlawn Cemetery in Campbell with Mr. Randall Baker officiating...

This weekend will be Missouri’s youth turkey season, and hunters are going to have their work cut out for them to find success. The season runs Saturday and Sunday, and, unlike during the regular spring season, youths can hunt all day, from one-half hour before sunrise until sunset...

It’s time again for Poplar Bluff residents to start clearing out closets, basements and garages for the annual Buff up the Bluff event. Citizens will be able to get rid of everything from household items to appliances April 13, during the city-sponsored spring clean up...

GREENVILLE — After serving about 3 1/2 years as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Wayne County, Michael Anderson now has the “bigger office.” Anderson got that bigger office when he was sworn in as the county’s newly elected prosecutor. Anderson said he and former Wayne County Prosecuting Attorney Mike Jackson got along “real good,” so he ran for the position after Jackson chose not to seek re-election...

BLOOMFIELD — Stoddard County commissioners appointed a board member to fill a vacant spot on the Ditch District 1 board Monday morning during their weekly meeting. Greg Mayberry was appointed by the commission to fill the spot on the Ditch District 1 board...