Jerry Silkwood
Feb 12, 2017
Jerry Allen Silkwood, 73, of Piedmont, Mo., passed away on Feb. 12, 2017 at the SouthBrook Nursing Center in Farmington, Mo. Mr. Silkwood was born on Sept. 18, 1943 in Coon Island, Mo. He worked as a Router for the Missouri Medal Company and was a member of the First Baptist Church in Piedmont. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, working on...
Jack H. Whiteside
Feb 11, 2017
Jack H. Whiteside, 94, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., former resident of Piggott, Ark., passed away Saturday, February 11, 2017 at his home. Mr. Whiteside was born on September 7, 1922 in Holcomb, Mo., to the late Thales Oscar Whiteside and Minnie Bell (Barnwell) Whiteside. Mr. Whiteside was a member of the Highland Drive Church of Christ in Poplar Bluff and...
Jerry Lee Tillman
Feb 10, 2017
Jerry Lee Tillman, 65, of Doniphan, Missouri passed away February 10, 2017, in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born December 2, 1951 in Granite City, Illinois to Perry Tillman and Alice Borth Tillman. On August 15, 1970 at Doniphan, Missouri, he married Joan Marie Berry. She survives. Also surviving are two sons, James Tillman and Jesse Tillman;...
Charles Lee Sr
Feb 8, 2017
Charles Lee Sr., 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, February 8, 2017 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Visitation will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, February 10, 2017 at Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in Poplar Bluff. Graveside service and interment will follow at 2 p.m. in Memorial Gardens Cemetery with Ron Fowler officiating. Fowler-Sullivan Funeral Home in...
Deborah Kay "Labrot" Goforth
Feb 7, 2017
Deborah Kay Goforth, 61, of Doniphan, Missouri, passed away February 7, 2017 at her residence. She was born January 3, 1956 in St. Louis, Missouri to Gary E. LaBrot and Margorie Bush. She is survived by her children, Gary Edward Goforth Jr., Billie Jo Robinson and Sherry Kay Gallamore; her mother, Marjorie Bush; two brothers, James Randy LaBrot and Gary...
Frank Kelly
Feb 6, 2017
Frank Howard Kelly, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away on February 6, 2017 at the John J. Pershing V.A. Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Kelly was born on February 9, 1932. He worked as an Iron Worker and enjoyed feeding fish in Tony’s Lake and spending time in the outdoors. He was a Veteran of the U.S. Marines...
Ronnie Leroy Hudson
Feb 6, 2017
Ronnie Leroy Hudson, 69, of Pocahontas, Arkansas, passed away February 6, 2017 at his residence. He was born March 31, 1947 to the late Robert Hudson and Marcella Russell Hudson. He is survived by one daughter, Stacy Hudson of Pocahontas and one son, Kevin Hudson also of Pocahontas; two sisters, Brenda Taylor of Rockfield, Ky. and Omhala Snelson of Doniphan,...
Edward "Ray" Blagg
Feb 6, 2017
NEELYVILLE, Mo. - Edward "Ray" Blagg, 64, of Corning, Ark., died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2017, at the VA Medical Center in Memphis, Tenn. Mr. Blagg was born July 16, 1952 in Coon Island, Mo. He was an U.S. Army veteran, having served in Vietnam. His hobbies are restoring old motorcycles, trucks, reading and watching T.V. He enjoyed his grandchildren, looking...
Norma Flow Stark
Feb 4, 2017
Norma Flow Stark, 83, of Naylor, Mo. passed away on Feb. 4, 2017 at her home. Mrs. Stark was born on Sept. 9, 1933 in Pope County, AR. On Aug. 22, 1953 she married Elmer Stark in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He preceded her in death on May. 24, 1995. A graveside service will take place on Feb. 9, 2017 at...
Eva Maxine Maples
Feb 4, 2017
Eva Maxine Maples, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away on February 4, 2017 in AZ. Mrs. Maples was born on August 12, 1935 in Naylor, Mo. She worked as a LPN and enjoyed dancing, quilting, traveling and spending time with her grandchildren. Eva was a member of The Cowboy Church. On August 30, 1951, she married Junior Maple in...
David Lee Sparks
Feb 1, 2017
David Lee Sparks, 73 of Hilliard passed away on Wednesday, February 1, 2017 at his residence. Mr. Sparks was born December 27, 1943 in East St. Louis, IL. He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. He had served in the United States Army. He had worked for McKesson Drugs and was an avid...
Audrey Walker
Feb 1, 2017
Audrey P. Walker, 89, of Fenton, Mo., previously of Harviell, Mo., passed away on Jan. 30, 2017 at the St. Clair Hospital in Fenton. Mrs. Walker was born on July 24, 1927 in Harviell, Mo. She worked as a homemaker and enjoyed quilting, reading, church, spending time with her grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. She was a member of The Fellowship Southern...
James "Jay" Averhart Jr
Jan 27, 2017
James "Jay" Averhart Jr., 71, of Naylor, Mo., died Friday, Jan. 27, 2017 at his home. Mr. Averhart was born Jan. 23, 1946, in Bay, Ark. He worked as an auto mechanic and enjoyed squirrel hunting and training squirrel dogs, cutting grass, and visiting at the Naylor Quick Connection. He was a member of the Pentecostal Church in Success, Ark....
Norma Barnes
Jan 27, 2017
Norma Barnes, 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, January 27, 2017 at the Westwood Hills Healthcare Center. Mrs. Barnes was born February 18, 1941 in Fisk, Mo. She was a member of Bluff City Apostolic Worship Center and retired from the Poplar Bluff School system as a cook. She enjoyed reading, sewing and being with her children and...
Hardy Barker Jr
Jan 26, 2017
Hardy Barker Jr., 85, of Doniphan, Missouri, passed away January 26, 2017 in the John J. Pershing V.A Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. He was born September 14, 1931 at Advance, Missouri to the late Hardy Barker Sr. and Rhoda Hendrickson Barker He was married to Thelma Colleen Barker and she preceded him in death on June 20, 2008....
Frances Elaine Hamilton
Jan 25, 2017
Frances Elaine Hamilton, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, January 25, 2017 at the Oakdale Care Center. Frances was born June 6, 1933 in Gideon, Mo. to Melvin and Millicent Gibson. Both preceded her in death. She was a member of South Poplar Bluff General Baptist Church (where she taught Sunday school for many years), ADK, and Missouri...
Lois Arlene Perryman
Jan 23, 2017
Lois Arlene Perryman, 77, of Ellsinore, Mo., passed away Monday, January 23, 2017 in Poplar Bluff. She was born April 24, 1939 in Port Angeles, Wa. She was a member of Walton Chapel Church and had worked at the Boy’s and Girl’s Club as a cook. She enjoyed puzzles, reading, working in her flowers and she loved hummingbirds. On July...
Gail Rose Colter
Jan 23, 2017
Gail Rose Colter, 68, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, January 23, 2017 in the arms of her daughters, Karman Rose Lucas and Joann Larra Brand at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Gail was born May 18, 1948 in Billings, Montana to Thomas F. Levan and Dorothy J. (VanHoosier) Levan, who preceded her in death in 2009. On October...
Robert Allen "Sonny" Reed
Jan 22, 2017
Robert Allen "Sonny" Reed, 68, of Doniphan, Mo., passed away Sunday, January 22, 2017 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Sonny was born August 19, 1948 in Catron, Mo., son of the late Robert Edward Reed and Helen Marie (Whitaker) Reed. He was a bus mechanic for the Doniphan R-1 School, from which he retired. He greatly enjoyed handling...
Claudetta Littrell
Jan 22, 2017
Claudetta Irene Littrell, 66, of Doniphan passed away on Jan. 21, 2017 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center surrounded by family and friends. Mrs. Littrell was born on Aug. 30, 1950 in Doniphan, Mo. She was retired from S.M.T.S where she worked as a transportation driver for 24 years. She loved reading, being outdoors, camping, church, having friends and...
