Melba Baldridge

Melba Delores Baldridge, 66, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at the Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mrs. Baldridge was born October 20, 1947 in St. Louis, Mo. She enjoyed playing bingo, crocheting, and playing with her grandchildren. She was of the Baptist faith. She married Gary Baldridge in 2002. He survives. Also surviving include her children, Megan Berry and husband Marc, Jamie Ivy and wife Valerie, Jeramie Ivy and wife, Stacie and Jason Ivy; stepdaughters, Andrea Baldridge and Bettina Blackburn; her father, Ruford Bazzell; two sisters, Carline Robinson and Bernice Borden; brothers, Lonnie Bazzell, Ronnie Bazzell, Emery Bazzell and Dewayne Bazzell; grandchildren, Joshua Ivy, Emmaleigh Ivy, Madison Berry; step-grandchildren, Shawn Blackburn and Alyssa Blackburn, as well as one grandchild on the way. She is preceded in death by her mother, Izetta (Moore) Bazzell. Visitation will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 11, 2014 at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home, in Poplar Bluff, followed by funeral services at 12 noon. Ron Fowler will officiate. Burial will be in the Cochran Cemetery.