Leanard Tinsley
Jul 6, 2014
Leanard F. TInsley, 51, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Sunday, July 6, 2014. Mr. Tinsley was born October 1, 1962 in Poplar Bluff. He was a carpenter and enjoyed fishing and hunting. Mr. Tinsley is survived by his mother, Ellen (Lewis) Tinsley of Harviell, Mo., two brothers, Tom and Earl Tinsley; two sister-in-laws, Sherry and Penny Tinsley and many...
Lorene Daves
Jul 3, 2014
Lorene Daves, 86, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, July 3, 2014 at Westwood Hills Caring Center. Mrs. Daves was born October 4, 1927 in McGee, Mo., to the late Glenn Wills and Rosie (Richmann) Wills. She was a member of Temple Baptist Church and the SEMO Sportsman Association. A homemaker, she enjoyed doll collecting, flower gardening, attending church...
Ronnie Phelps
Jun 19, 2014
Ronnie Evan Phelps, 69, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Thursday, June 19, 2014, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Mr. Phelps was born July 11, 1944 in Poplar Bluff. He retired from Chrysler and enjoyed fishing, playing cards and cooking. He was of the Baptist faith. He was a beloved dad, son, brother, uncle and friend. On March 13, 1978, he married...
Grover P. Dycus
Jun 17, 2014
Grover P. Dycus, 77, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, June 17, 2014 at his home. Mr. Dycus was born December 29, 1936, in Gatlin, Tenn. to the late Richard Calvin Dycus and Leugenia (Burns) Dycus. He had worked on the river for over 58 years and was a manager and captain. He enjoyed wood working, camping, cooking and...
Richard Towns Sr
Jun 14, 2014
Richard Elwood Towns Sr., 79, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Colorado, passed away Saturday, June 14, 2014, at his home. + Mr. Towns was born November 16, 1934 in Grand Junction, Colo. Dick was a mechanic and painter for Southern Truck. He enjoyed rock hounding and jewelry making. He attended Living Word Baptist Church. On November 21, 1969, he...
Gerry Buffington
Jun 11, 2014
Gerry Daniel Buffington, 47, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Wednesday, June 11, 2014, at his home. He was born October 12, 1966, in Poplar Bluff, to Alta Dunlap Buffington and the late Vernon Buffington. Gerry Dan was a member of First Baptist Church but also attended services at the VA Chapel with good friend Chaplain Bill Hatch, and became close...
Rose Vinson
Jun 10, 2014
Rose Vinson, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Vinson was born August 10, 1943 in Poplar Bluff, to the late Arlie and Elva (Gossett) Robinson. A member of Eagles 3730, she was a homemaker and had been a cook at Tower Restaurant. She enjoyed playing bingo, cooking and animals. Mrs. Vinson...
Gertrude Dillinger
Jun 7, 2014
Gertrude Marguerite Dillinger, 80, of Dexter, Mo., passed away Saturday, June 7, 2014 at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Home in Dexter, Mo. Mrs. Dillinger was born June 9, 1933, at Dudley, Mo, where she spent most of her life before moving to Dexter. She was a homemaker who enjoyed crocheting, cooking, growing flowers and feeding birds and was a...
Billy Dale O'Barr
Jun 5, 2014
Billy Dale O'Barr, 70, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, passed away June 5, 2014 in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. He was born May 5, 1944 at Clarkton, Missouri to the late William Monroe O'Barr and Goldie E. Tune O'Barr Tippit. On August 23, 1975 at Portageville, Missouri he was married to Daile F. Brooks. She survives. Also surviving two...
Elda L. Harlan
Jun 4, 2014
Elda Louise Harlan, 89, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Wednesday, June 4, 2014. Elda was born August 17, 1924 in Neelyville, Mo., to DeWitt and Eva Kittredge. On November 15, 1943, she married James Wesley Harlan. She retired from Three Rivers College cafeteria, as head cook in 1992, where most athletes and staff called her "Mom". Her favorite times...
Bessie M. Perkins
Jun 3, 2014
Bessie M. Perkins, 87, of Poplar Bluff Mo., died Tuesday June 3, 2014 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born December 24, 1926 at Neelyville, Missouri to the late James Lewis and Lydia Jackson. Mrs. Perkins was cook in the Neelyville school system. She enjoyed scratch off tickets, cooking, and going to basketball and softball games. Mrs. Perkins...
Alice R. Minton
Jun 1, 2014
Alice R. Minton, 60, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Sunday, June 1, 2014 at her residence. Mrs. Minton was born November 10, 1953, in St. Louis, Mo.,to the late Vernon and Naomi Zimmer. Mrs. Minton was a homemaker. She was married to Hollis Minton, who survives. Also surviving are children, Scott Zimmer and Corey Bertman; a sister, Robin Arthur;...
Edward Joseph Pirc
May 29, 2014
Our beloved father, grandfather and great-grandfather Edward Pirc, 90,of Neelyville, Mo., passed away at his home on December 20, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. He was born on March 3, 1933 in Neelyville, the younger of two children to parents Anton and Sophie (Susterich) Pirc. Both were Austrian born immigrants of Slovenian Nationality, who along with sister Josephine Hribovsek preceded him...
Virgie A. Diamond
May 27, 2014
Virgie A. Diamond (nee Howard), 102, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at Mark Twain Caring Center. Mrs. Diamond was born April 16, 1912 in Wayne County, Mo. She was the beloved wife of the late Orville E. Diamond for 72 years. She was a member of First Church of God and later attended West Side...
Marie Ledbetter
May 26, 2014
Marie Ledbetter, 83, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, May 26, 2014, at the Oakdale Care Center in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Ledbetter was born October 10, 1930 in Hayti, Mo. She had driven a bus for SMTS and previously for the Carter County Sheltered Workshop. She was married to Byron Vaughn Ledbetter. He survives. Also surviving is a son,...
Kenneth Lee Barker
May 25, 2014
Kenneth Lee Barker, 70, of Springfield, Mo., died Sunday, May 25, 2014 at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. He was born October 17, 1943 In Neelyville, Mo.. he servied in the United States Army. Mr. barke was a steel fabricator. He was well known for his fabrication work, making ornamental gates and putting things together. He is survived...
Colin "Mick" Emmons
May 24, 2014
Colin David "Mick" Emmons, 69, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Saturday, May 24, 2014, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Emmons was born July 29, 1944, in Benton, Mo., to the late Eugene and Mildred (Angle) Emmons. He served in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War and was an electrician and worked at Proctor and...
Frank Sidney Smody
May 24, 2014
Frank Sidney Smody, 59, of Neelyille died Saturday, May 24, 2014, at his home. Mr. Smody, a faithful christian, was born April 8, 1955, in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was a farmer and co-owner of Smody Farms. He enjoyed his family, antique tractors, collecting toy farm equipment and farming. He was a member of the executive board of C.C.S.B.A. Sidney...
Authur Gunells
May 23, 2014
Arthur Lee Gunells, 66, a lifetime resident of Poplar Bluff., passed away Friday, May 23, 2014 at his residence with his close friend and army buddy Bill Gentry at his side. Mr. Gunells was born October 27, 1947, in Poplar Bluff. He had served in the U.S. Army and was a member of the American Legion. He enjoyed going to...
Elsie Priscilla Stout
May 21, 2014
Elsie Priscilla Stout, 86, of Poplar Bluff Mo., died Tuesday, May 20, 2014 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. She was born Oct. 28, 1927 in Potosi, Mo. On March 19, 1948, she married Russell Stout in Piggott, Ark. He died May 3, 2008. Mrs Stout is survived by two daughters; Hazel Wagner and husband, Victor, of Naylor, Mo.,...
