Remembering Loved Ones in Poplar Bluff
Honoring the Lives of Those We’ve Lost

Debbie Baucom
Oct 23, 2012
Debbie Ann Soens Baucom, age 53, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Baucom was born October 9, 1959 in Poplar Bluff. She had formerly lived at Festus, Mo. for 12 years. She was a member of New Covenant Fellowship church. She was a homemaker and enjoyed raising dogs,...
Christy Kneir
Oct 22, 2012
Christy Lynn Kneir, age 40, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Monday, October 22, 2012 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Kneir was born May 14, 1972, in Poplar Bluff and had previously lived in Maryland and Virginia. She was a member of Grace Christian Fellowship Church. She was a surgical tech at Poplar Bluff Medical Partners. She...
Arthur Hillis
Oct 20, 2012
Arthur Thurman Hillis, age 86, of Poplar Bluff, Mo. passed away Saturday, October 20, 2012 at Westwood Hills Healthcare. Mr. Hillis was born August 12, 1926, in Poplar Bluff and was a life time Butler County resident. He retired as a maintenance supervisor for the city of Poplar Bluff street department. He was of the Baptist faith. He enjoyed hunting,...
Steven Mills
Oct 19, 2012
Steven Mills, age 51, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Friday, October 19, 2012 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Mills was born May 6, 1961, in Montery, California and had spent most of his life in Butler County. He was a cook at the Westwood Hills Country Club and enjoyed playing cross word puzzles, traveling, watching cartoons,...

Richard Geisinger
Oct 18, 2012
Richard Adam Geisinger, age 53, passed away Wednesday, October 17, 2012 at his home in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He is survived by Barbara of the home; four step-daughters, Tina Webb of Alkins, Ar., Selina Pennington of Chaffee, Mo., Jimmie Robison and Jennifer Mosbey, both of Dexter, Mo. No services are planned at this time.
Teddy Dowd
Oct 17, 2012
Teddy Dowd, 61, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012 at his residence. Mr. Dowd was born June 11, 1951, in Poplar Bluff, to parents Theodore and Dorothy (Boyers) Dowd. He was a member of the Eagles #3730. A glass cutter and installer by trade, he enjoyed car racing, golfing, coaching baseball and loved music He is survived...

Fred Lee Porter
Oct 17, 2012
Fred Lee Porter, 66 of Naylor passed away October 17, 2012 at the Missouri Rehab Center in Mt Vernon, Missouri. He was born May 30, 1946 at Poplar Bluff, Missouri to the late Paul Porter and Lona Moore Porter. He was a lifelong resident of the Naylor area. He had served in the United States Marine corps. during the Vietnam...
Kenneth A. Roebuck
Oct 15, 2012
Kenneth Albert Roebuck, 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., went to his Heavenly home Monday, October 15, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Roebuck was born March 30, 1937, in Lawerence, Mass. He had previously lived in Jackson, Mo., and most of his life in Massachusetts. Mr. Roebuck attended Southside Assembly of God. He had worked at Wang Laboratories, a computer manufacturing...
Rev. Cecil Hillis
Oct 15, 2012
Rev. Cecil Eugene Hillis, 81, of Poplar Bluff, went to his Heavenly home Monday, October 15, 2012, at his residence. Mr. Hillis was born April 19, 1931, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., to the late Walter Charles Hillis and Eva Marie (Strange) Hillis. He was a lifetime resident of Butler County. Mr. Hillis was an ordained Southern Baptist Minister and Deacon....

John Riley Ratliff
Oct 13, 2012
John Riley Ratliff passed away Saturday October 13, 2012 at the John J. Pershing V.A. Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. He was 77. Mr. Ratliff was born August 13, 1935 in Kirksville, Missouri. He was a former resident of Casa Grande, Arizona. He was a truck driver and served in the U.S. Army, Airborne Ranger, during the Korean Conflict....
Joyce A. Kinsey
Oct 10, 2012
Joyce Addel Kinsey, age 75, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., formerly of Ripley County, Mo., passed away Wednesday, October 10, 2012, at Westwood Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Mrs. Kinsey was born July 5, 1937, at Chico, California. She was a member of Victory Fellowship Church of God in Fairdealing. Mo. She was employed in home health...
Ken Presson
Oct 8, 2012
Ken Presson, 73, of Aurora, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday morning, Oct. 8, 2012 at Cox Medical Center in Springfield,Mo. Mr. Presson was born December 8, 1938 in Broseley, Mo. He was a retired school administrator. Mr. Presson enjoyed hunting, fishing and time spent with family. He was a member of the Gideons International and Retired Teachers...

Lou Ann Lawrence
Oct 2, 2012
Lou Ann Lawrence, 44 of Doniphan, Mo. passed away October 2, 2012 at her home in Doniphan. She was born April 11, 1968 in Princeton, Indiana to Homer Byrley and the late Frances (Dunham) Byrley. She is survived by, her father Homer Leroy Byrley of Pocahontas, Ark., Four Sons; Joshua Byrley, Jesse Hensley, Jacob Hensley and Jeremy Hensley all of...

Ada Bell Songer
Sep 24, 2012
Ada Bell Songer, 79 of Neelyville, Missouri, Passed away in the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was born January 17, 1933 at Neelylville, Missouri to the late John Green Whitt and Violet Hargate Whitt. She is survived by one son, Vernon Songer of McDougal, Arkansas and two sisters, Betty Becker of Black Jack, Missouri,and Ruby...
Shirley Emma Doty
Sep 21, 2012
Shirley Emma Doty,age 68, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Friday, September 21, 2012, at her residence. Mrs. Doty was born July 8, 1944, in Heflin Alabama. She had lived in Butler County for 53 years. She was a cook for W.E. Sears Youth Center and enjoyed making dolls, collecting butterflies, cooking and crocheting. On September 30, 1960, she was married...
Ronnie Thurman
Sep 18, 2012
Ronnie Eugene Thurman, age 68, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., passed away Tuesday, September 18, 2012 at his home. Mr. Thurman was born November 5, 1943,in Boekerton, MO to parents William Rufus Thurman and Vivian Beauton ( Disher) Thurman. He was also a resident of Portageville, Mo. He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War and was an over...

Leslie Jay Spitzer
Sep 17, 2012
Leslie Jay Spitzer, 85 of Naylor, Missouri, passed away September 17, 2012 in the Poplar Bluff Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouril He was born August 27, 1927 at Bells, Tennessee to the late Will Spitzer and Ruth Russell Spitzer. On October 27, 1978 at Naylor, Missouri he was married to Gloria Marr. She survives. Also surviving is one Son;...
Quentin Carl Sappington
Sep 15, 2012
Quentin Carl Sappington, 83, of Naylor, passed away Sept. 15, 2012 at the Ripley County Memorial Hospital in Doniphan, MO. Mr. Sappington was born Oct. 22, 1928, in Searcy Arkansas. He had formerly lived in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a member of the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He...

Virginia Ann Crossen
Sep 13, 2012
Virginia Ann Crossen, 67, of Neelyville, Missouri was born December 11, 1944 in Neelyville, Mo. to the late Samuel Crossen and Violet Cates Crossen. She is survived by one brother; Sammie Crossen and wife Sharolette. two sisters, Beverly Washburn and Donnia Crossen and husband Dave, Sam Crossen and wife Teri, Master Sgt. USMA Scoot Crossen and wife Jennifer, Kelly Hasty...

Donald Ray Brown
Sep 11, 2012
Donald Ray Brown, 52 of Naylor, Mo. passed away Tuesday, September 11, 2012 in the Heritage Gardens in Senath, Missouri. He was born May 3, 1960 in Corning, Arkansas to the late George Fay Brown and Loretta Jewell Kinkade Brown. He is survived by; one son, Austin Brown of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, one daughter, Kala Brown Caudel and husband Justin...
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