Stories from Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Joyce Ann (Moore) Fiske, 75, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri passed away Saturday, July 23, 2022, at her home. Joyce was born on May 30, 1947, to Lawrence and Edna (Randall) Moore in Poplar Bluff. She married Carl “Eddie” Fiske on May 11, 1988, in Poplar Bluff...

Melba Newman, 70, of Hardin, Kentucky, died Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Hardin. Mrs. Newman was born March 18, 1952, in Fisk, Missouri to the late Buck and Clara Cross. On Nov. 4, 1989, she married James Newman. He survives. Also surviving are four children: Johnny (Sheila) Vaira of Romeoville, Illinois, Vicki (Bryan) Roberts of Hardin, Brian (Sandy) Vaira, of Romeoville, Illinois, and David (Paul) Newman of Aldie, Virginia; seven grandchildren: Breanna, McKenna, Mikayla, Samantha, Kendall, Sammi, and Paige; one great-grandchild: Jayden; three brothers: William Cross of Hometown, Illinois, Ernie Cross of Evansville, Indiana, and Verlan Cross of Cabot, Arkansas; and one sister: Dorothy Curnutte of Dexter, Kentucky.. ...

The Pleasant Hill Quilters Group is putting fabric scraps and pillowcases to good use by sewing clothes for children across Africa in their latest charitable endeavor. Little Dresses for Africa is a nonprofit which takes handmade dresses shipped from across the world and delivers them to kids in need, as well as funding schools, wells and other projects. ...

FosterAdopt Connect is searching for sponsors to host its inaugural golf tournament Saturday, Sept. 17, at Ozark Ridge Golf Course to help foster and adoptive children. The first event is named the Eric Simmons Golf Tournament as a way to "honor the Simmons family for their willingness and desire to adopt a child,” said FosterAdopt Connect Branch Director Mary Haldeman. “Eric Simmons died during a time he and his wife were getting ready to pursue adopting a child.”...

Carl Gene Jones, son of the late Melbern James Jones and Geraldine (Baker) Jones, was born July 10, 1942 in Fremont, Missouri and departed this life on July 18, 2022. In addition to his parents, Carl was preceded in death by three sisters, Melba (1937) and Lavonne (1945) of the home and Kathryn Jones-Terry of Poplar Bluff, Missouri (October 2011). Carl’s brothers, Mel, Jr. of Van Buren passed July 2019 and James “Jim” of Willow Springs, passed in October 2020...

The Neelyville R-IV School District board Thursday, July 21, reviewed a safety plan for the Hillview and Neelyville campuses, accepted a gas bid and tabled repair bids. In other actions, the student handbook was updated, a tax levy hearing set and employees were hired...

Beverly Zamzow-Ramshur, 60, of Piedmont, Missouri, died July 24, 2022, at her residence. Visitation is at 5 p.m., Friday, July 29, at Ruegg Funeral Home, Piedmont Chapel. Funeral service is at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 30, also in the Piedmont Chapel with burial following in Masonic Cemetery, Piedmont...

Miracle-Ear is celebrating 30 years of helping people hear the world around them. Miracle-Ear has been servicing the citizens of Poplar Bluff at the current N. Westwood location for four years now, but for several years the business functioned out of the Kniebert Clinic office...

Twin Rivers Has recognized three outstanding teachers for Teacher of the Year 2022. Mary Mary Ezernack serves students as a seventh and eighth-grade science teacher at Fisk. “I started my career as an educator about 21 years ago,” said Ezernack, She got her start working for the University of Mo extension office as a youth educator and 4-H Developmental Assistant.”...