Danis Digges
Aug 19, 2016
Danis Digges, 52, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, August 19, 2016 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Digges was born August 30, 1963 in Fort Hood, Texas. He was member of Liberty Full Gospel Church. He worked as a landscaper and enjoyed fishing. Survivors include his daughter, Amber Digges and mother, Rev. Nina Sue Hampton, as...
Linda Jo Jefferson
Aug 17, 2016
Linda Jo "Johnson" Jefferson, 60 of Doniphan, died Wednesday, August 17, 2016 a Mountain View Healthcare in Mtn. view, Missouri. Mrs. Jefferson was born on November 11, 1955 in Fairdealing, Missouri. On May 5, 1972 she married Maj. Tommy Jefferson in Naylor, Missouri. he survives. Mrs. Jefferson was a homemaker and member of Apostolic Faith Tabernacle in Mtn. View where...
Emma Magline Trout
Aug 17, 2016
Emma Magline Trout, 85, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, August 17, 2016 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Trout was born October 23, 1930 in Fisk, Mo. She was a member of Ash Hill General Baptist Church. A homemaker, she enjoyed quilting, genealogy, scrapbooking and antiquing. On August 22, 1947, she married Elmer Trout. He preceded...
Ernest Bennett Jr
Aug 16, 2016
Rev. Ernest Bennett, Jr. 87, died August 16, 2016. He was born May 19, 1929 at Wayne County, Missouri to the late Rev. Earnest Bennett and Bertha (Clubb) Bennett. Bro. Jr. was an ordained General Baptist Minister of the Hopewell Association, preaching for 59 years, pastoring 7 different churches, recently pastoring the Word of Life Church in Poplar Bluff, which...
Carney R. Baxter
Aug 15, 2016
Carney R. Baxter, 92 of Jonesboro, Ar., passed away on Aug. 15, 2016. Mr. Baxter was born on May 12, 1924 in Corning, Ar. He was the foreman of the Composing Room for the State Journal-Register in Springfield, IL. He served as the County Clerk in Curran Township in IL. Mr. Baxter was a member of CWA as a Union...
Tamera Lynn Hickson
Aug 9, 2016
Tamera Lynn Hickson, 56, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, August 9, 2016 in Poplar Bluff. Tamera was born March 8, 1960 in Aurora, Ill. She had worked as a nursing home CNA and enjoyed watching movies and being with family. On January 25, 1996 she married Steven Hickson in Campbell, Mo. He preceded her in death October 24,...
Edna Mae Baker
Jul 30, 2016
Edna Mae Baker, 73, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, July 30, 2016, at The Cedargate in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Baker was born September 19, 1942, in Tulsa Ok., to the late Jim and Amanda Bennett. She had worked as a nurses' aide at Oakdale Caring Center. She was of the Pentecostal faith and enjoyed going to church. Survivors...
Bonnie Marvlee Johnson
Jul 27, 2016
Bonnie Marvlee Johnson, 78, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, July 27, 2016. Mrs. Johnson was born June 27, 1938 in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of Abundant Life Christian Center in Poplar Bluff. A homemaker, she enjoyed crossword puzzles, traveling with her husband and buying and selling antiques. On August 30, 1975 she married Archie Johnson in...
Carolyn Jean Chappell
Jul 15, 2016
Carolyn Jean Chappell, 62, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, July 15, 2016, at her home. She was born July 16, 1953, in St. Louis, Mo. She was of the Pentecostal belief and enjoyed baking, spending time with her family and grandchildren, and her dog, Fiesty. She had worked in sales and maketing. A lung cancer survivor, Carolyn's greatest...
Howard "Eugene" Greer Sr
Jul 9, 2016
Howard "Eugene" Greer Sr., 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, July 9, 2016, at his home. Mr. Greer was born July 31, 1945, in Poplar Bluff. He was of the Baptist faith. He served in the U.S. Army from 1965-1971, during the Vietnam War. He retired from the Poplar Bluff R-1 School system. He is survived by four...
Cloyce "Dean" Bilbrey
Jul 9, 2016
Cloyce "Dean" Bilbrey, 84, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Saturday, July 9, 2016, at his home. He was born May 25, 1932, in Shook, Mo., to the late Earl Bilbrey and Thelma (Childress) Bilbrey. He worked in timber logging and raised cattle. He enjoyed riding horses and running his dogs, and dearly loved his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. On March...
Bobby Joe Hill
Jul 6, 2016
Bobby Joe Hill, 87, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, July 6, 2016, with his family at his side, at the Mark Twain Caring Center in Poplar Bluff. A life-long resident of Poplar Bluff, Bobby was born February 16, 1929 to the late John W. Hill and Grace M. (Robertson) Hill. He retired as a sales clerk from 303...
Bishop James Lee Price
Jul 5, 2016
Bishop James Lee Price, 82, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, July 5, 2016 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Bishop Price was born January 10, 1934 in Hazlehurst, MS to the late Eli and Velma (Brown) Price. Bishop Price was the pastor of The Lively Stone Church of God for over 40 years. He was a United...
Dorothy Eastham
Jul 2, 2016
Dorothy Eastham, 81, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away, Saturday, July 2, 2016 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born May 25, 1935, in Melrose Park, Ill. She was of the Lutheran faith. Mrs. Eastham was active in politics, having served ten years as secretary of the Butler County Republican Center Committee from 1970-1980. She was a...
Billy Ray Jones
Jun 26, 2016
Billy Ray Jones, 83, went home to be with Jesus on June 26, 2016 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center. Mr. Jones, son of John Starkey Jones and Pearl Lee (Cook) Jones, was born June 8, 1933 in Egypt Arkansas. He grew up on a farm and never got away from the soil. He enjoyed growing vegetables and...
Terry Gilmore
Jun 26, 2016
Terry Gene Gilmore, 55, of Corning, Arkansas, passed away June 26, 2016 in Paragould, Arkansas. He was born August 5, 1960, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to Don Gilmore and Norma Rowland. He is survived by; One son Tim Gilmore and wife Kelly, and One daughter Elizabeth Diane Gilmore Bishop both of Doniphan, Missouri. Also surviving is one brother, Jeff Gilmore...
William "Bill" Church
Jun 25, 2016
William "Bill" Edward Church, 54, of Fisk, Mo. passed away Saturday, June 25, 2016 at his home. Mr. Church was born on November 14, 1961 in Rome, NY. He was a member of the Elm Grove Baptist Church and was a Free Mason in Columbus, MS. Survivors include his sister-in-law, Judy McGee and Fiancé, Felipé Lopez of Blue Springs; mother-in-law,...
Gerald Richard Rich
Jun 24, 2016
"Gerald Richard Rich, 72, of Poplar Bluff died Friday, June 24, 2016 at his residence. He was born July 4, 1943 in St Louis, Missouri and raised in Neelyville, Missouri. He was a member of the Temple Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff. He was a retired educator, working for 30 years as a teacher and principal at Neelyville High School....
Jimmy Dale Richmond
Jun 21, 2016
Jimmy Dale Richmond, 64, of Doniphan, Missouri, passed away June 21, 2016 at his residence. He was born August 6, 1951 in Ripley County, Missouri to Elmer Richmond and Lorene Walker Richmond. Jimmy is survived by one son; Mike Richmond of Doniphan, Missouri as well as his mother, Lorene Walker Richmond of Belleville, Illinois; one brother, Elmer Gerald Richmond of...
Gladys M. Rankin
Jun 18, 2016
Gladys M. Rankin, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, June 18, 2016 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born in Ithaca, Michigan March 26, 1933. On July 5, 1957, she married Willis A. Rankin in Lansing, Michigan. He preceded her in death October 26, 1993. To this union a daughter, Madeline F. Sauls was born....
