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Charles R. Fiske
Mar 28, 2008
Charles R. ""Sonny"" Fiske, 73, of Poplar Bluff, died March 28, 2008 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Mr. Fiske was born August 12, 1934 in Butler County, Mo. He was a retired Master Plumber at Fiske Plumbing. He was of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the United States Air Force. Mr. Fiske was a member...
Sandra Kay Septer
Mar 27, 2008
Sandra Kay Septer, 59, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at The Cedargate. Mrs. Septer was born Sept. 17, 1948 in Poplar Bluff, and was a homemaker. She enjoyed spending time with her family. Her husband, Phillip Septer preceded her in death on Dec. 25, 1982. Survivors include two daughters, Jennifer Lay, of Dexter and Danielle Septer,...

Stella Anthony Appleby
Mar 27, 2008
Stella Anthony Appleby, 90, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, March 27, 2008 at The Cedargate, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Appleby was born May 7, 1917, in Wayne County. She was a member of Rombauer General Baptist Church, and had retired from Florsheim Shoe Co. Mrs. Appleby enjoyed attending her church and visiting with her friends. On Jan. 27, 1944,...
Robert L. Waggoner
Mar 26, 2008
Robert Leo Waggoner, 89, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at The Cedargate, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Waggoner was born Oct. 5, 1918, in Risco. Mo. to the late H. J. and Ada (Trotter) Waggoner. He was a member of Southside Assembly of God Church and a retired truck driver. Mr. Waggoner was a veteran of the...
Alice Esterlee Miller
Mar 25, 2008
Alice Esterlee Miller, age 100 and 11 months, of New Franklin, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at Golden Hour Retirement Home, in New Franklin. Mrs. Miller was born April 24, 1907, in Tupelo, Miss. She was a member of First Methodist Church and the Wesleyan Circle, and had retired as a seamstress for Saneco...

Alfred E. Sadler
Mar 25, 2008
Alfred E. ""Sonny"" Sadler, 80, of Poplar Bluff passed away Tuesday, March 25, 2008 at John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Sadler was born Feb. 6, 1928, in Poplar Bluff to the late William Shelmar and Hilda Maude (Bedgly) Sadler. He was a member of Northend Holiness Church where he had served as pastor for...
Herman M. Parks
Mar 22, 2008
Herman M. ""Red"" Parks, 82, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, March 22, 2008 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Parks was born May 25, 1925, in Dale, Ark. He was of the Pentecostal faith, and had retired from Missouri Natural Gas Co. and later as a self-employed heating and air conditioning repairman. Mr. Parks was a veteran of...
Ellen E. Inman
Mar 21, 2008
Ellen E. Inman, age 91, of Mena, Ark., formerly of Poplar Bluff died Friday, March 21, 2008 at Mena Regional Hospital. Mrs. Inman was born April 16, 1916 in Naylor, Mo. to the late Clyde and Nora Hamm Hosfelt. She was a member of the First Baptist Church, in Mena, and had retired as an LPN for the former...
Virginia E. Adams Beasley
Mar 18, 2008
Virginia Ethel Adams Beasley, 81, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at The Cedargate, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Beasley was born Jan. 26, 1927, in Harviell, Mo. She attended Twin Springs Baptist Church, and had retired from Swift and Company, in St. Louis. Mrs. Beasley enjoyed visiting with her family, reading and crocheting. On Nov. 5, 1999...
Agnes Elizabeth Catherine Fluech
Mar 17, 2008
Agnes Elizabeth Catherine Stenger Fluech, 87, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, March 17, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Fluech was born Sept. 27, 1920, in Glennonville, Mo. She was an active member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Fluech was very compassionate and caring and enjoyed helping people. She also enjoyed spending time with her...

Leroy Jack Allen
Mar 17, 2008
Jack Allen, Jr., 43, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, March 17, 2008 in Moline, Ill. as the result of an accident. Mr. Allen was born July 18, 1964, in St. Louis. He was of the Pentecostal faith, and was employed with Cole Manufactured Home Co., in Fairdealing. Mr. Allen enjoyed being with family and friends. Survivors include his daughter,...
S. L. Gernstetter
Mar 16, 2008
Dr. S. L. Gernstetter, M.D. Sangwill Leon Gernstetter, 89, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, March 16, 2008 of Mylodysplasia at the Garden View Care Center of Chesterfield, in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Gernstetter was born July 8, 1918, in New York City, New York. He had been a resident of Poplar Bluff for 61 years before relocating to St....
Rufus Eugene Turpin
Mar 12, 2008
Rufus Eugene Turpin, 80, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, March 12, 2008 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Clinic. Mr. Turpin was born July 14, 1927, in Crocker, Mo. He was a member of First Christian Church, and had retired as Chief Warrant Officer from the Missouri National Guard after 37 1/2 years of service. Mr. Turpin was also a...
Mary Magdlene Darby
Mar 10, 2008
Mary M. Darby, 78, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, March 10, 2008 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Darby was born June 25, 1929, in New Madrid County, Mo. She was a homemaker, and enjoyed spending time with her family and embroidering and quilting. In 1950, she married William Daniel Darby. He preceded her in death...
Norma Brummett
Mar 9, 2008
Norma Brummett, 108, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, March 9, 2008 at The Manor, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Brummett was born May 28, 1899, in Bernie. She was a member of the Cathedral Ministries, in Orange Calif., and was a homemaker. During her earlier years she had worked as a welder for the Defense Plant. Mrs. Brummett enjoyed cooking,...
John Scott Curtis
Mar 8, 2008
Scott Curtis, 51, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Murray, Ky. died Saturday, March 8, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Murray was born Oct. 17, 1956, in St. Louis. One of the first of three managers for Briggs and Stratton when it began its operation in 1989, Mr. Curtis served as PERMAC Manager for the past 15 years. He enjoyed...

Joseph Allen Butler
Mar 8, 2008
Joseph Allen Butler, Sr., 57, of Hopewell (Prince George County), Va. passed away Saturday, March 8, 2008 at his residence. Mr. Butler was born Aug. 13, 1950. He served his country and retired from the United States Army in 1990. Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Hye Butler, of Hopewell, Va.; daughter, Pamelea Chambers and husband Michael, of...
Lois I. Edmundson
Mar 6, 2008
Lois I. Edmundson, 73, of Stringtown died Thursday, March 6, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Edmundson was born April 29, 1934, in Campbell, Mo. On April 29, 1955 she married James Lester Edmundson. He survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Diana Bounds and husband Phillip, of Washington, D.C. and Janis Gates and husband Charles, of Poplar Bluff; two grandchildren,...
Linda Rhea Venable
Mar 4, 2008
Linda Rhea Venable, 66, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at her residence. Mrs. Venable was born Nov. 4, 1941, in Naylor. She had retired as a nurse, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Venable enjoyed spending time with her family, sewing and quilting, cross stitching and traveling. On Feb. 26, 1961, she married Charles Richard Venable, in...

Rosetta Marie Stucker
Mar 4, 2008
Rosetta Marie ""Rose"" Stucker, 23, of Poplar Bluff died Tuesday, March 4, 2008, in Carter County as the result of an automobile accident. Rose was born April 26, 1984, in Poplar Bluff. She graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in 2002, and attended Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, nearly completing four years. Rose was employed as a Pharmacy Tech...