Remembering Loved Ones in Poplar Bluff

Feb 21, 2017

Elois Watson, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, February 21, 2017 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born March 18, 1927. She was of the Baptist faith and enjoyed sewing and traveling. Her daughter, Ann Fairless and husband, John survive. Those preceding her in death include her parents, Robert Houston Forehand and Bula Mae (Brown)...

Feb 19, 2017

Gary Lynn Kenser, 63, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Sunday February 19, 2017 at the John J Pershing V.A. Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Kenser was born February 24, 1953 in Fairdealing, Mo. He was a member of Green Forest Church of Christ, Grandin Masonic Lodge, Elks Lodge Poplar Bluff, and two years as past commander of the...

Feb 17, 2017

Ethel Lucille Politte, 85, of Poplar Bluff, died on Friday, February 17, 2017. She was born November 8, 1931 in Corning, Ar. to Harry & Edna Mulhollen Johnson. Ms. Politte was a graduate of Neelyville High School where she excelled in academics and basketball. In 1950, she married Raymond Smith and they relocated to St. Louis where she co-owned and...

Feb 16, 2017

Mattie Josephine Odle, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center.

A memorial service will be held at 11a.m. on March 4, 2017 at First United Baptist Church of Farmington, 504 Yale St., Farmington, Mo.

Josephine was born in Marianna, Arkansas to Otto and Pearl Long...

Feb 13, 2017

Dale Lee Sullivan, 67, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, February 13, 2017 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. The son of Luther F. "Sonny" Sullivan and Alma (Shearrer) Sullivan, Dale was born April 19, 1949 in Poplar Bluff. He was a member of New Home General Baptist Church. He had worked as a plumber, served as Fire...

Feb 13, 2017

Cynthia "Cindy" Pearl Chestnut, 65, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away on Feb. 13, 2017 at her residence. Mrs. Chestnut was born on Feb. 18, 1951 in Poplar Bluff, Mo. She worked as a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith. Cynthia enjoyed fishing, flowers and being with her grandchildren. On Sept. 18, 1971, she married Gene Chestnut in Poplar...

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...

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...

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;...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...