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Fred Dunn
Nov 24, 2007
John Fredrick ""Fred"" Dunn, 85, of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Dunn was born Aug. 25, 1922, in Pomona, Mo., to the late Jacob Morris and Emma Agnes (Webb) Dunn. He was a member of the Highland Church of Christ, and had retired as a building contractor. Mr....

Arkie M. Wilbur
Nov 21, 2007
Arkie M. Wilbur, 93, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Jackson, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Wilbur was born Feb. 7, 1914, in Salem, Ark. She was a member of First Christian Church, where she was a member of the Gleaners Sunday School Class. Mrs. Wilbur had retired as an English...

Hazel R. Righter
Nov 21, 2007
Hazel R. Righter, 88, of St. James, died Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007 at the Missouri Veteran's Home, in St. James. Mrs. Righter was born April 14, 1919, in Fall River, Mass. She was of the Episcopal faith, and had retired as a registered nurse with the United States Navy and Army. Mrs. Righter began her military career in Jan....

Bobbie Gene Fry
Nov 19, 2007
Bobbie Gene Fry, 80, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Cardwell and St. Charles, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2007 at The Cedargate Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Fry was born Sept. 13, 1927, in Cardwell, Mo. He was member of the Highland Drive Church of Christ, and had retired as a building inspector and carpenter. Mr. Fry was a...

Reba Mae Alsup
Nov 18, 2007
Reba Mae Alsup, 79, of Williamsville, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007 at Westwood Hills Healthcare Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Alsup was born Sept. 14, 1928, in Poplar Bluff. She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses, and was a homemaker. On July 19, 1947, she married William Louis Alsup, in Piggott, Ark. He preceded her...

Maudie M. Maddux
Nov 12, 2007
Maudie M. Maddux, 100 years of age, died Monday, Nov. 12, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Maddux was born Feb. 19, 1907, in Piggott, Ark. She was of the Baptist faith and attended services until she was disabled. Mrs. Maddux worked at Lucy Lee Hospital and her love for children led her to work at the Diagnostic Clinic. She...

Inez Proffer
Nov 11, 2007
Inez ""Me Maw"" Proffer, 97, of Poplar Bluff went home to be with her Lord Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007. Mrs. Proffer was born April 16, 1910, in Ellsinore, Mo. She was a long time resident of Poplar Bluff, and was a member of the Collins Chapel General Baptist Church. She taught Sunday School, sang in the choir, and was...

Virginia Louise Jehnzen
Nov 11, 2007
Virginia Louise Jehnzen, 82, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007 at Poplar Bluff Regional Service. Miss Jehnzen was born Feb. 2, 1925, in Detroit, Mich. She was a member of First Church of God, in Poplar Bluff, and began her working career as a Registered Nurse, in Pontiac, Mich. Four years later she began a career with...

Cheche Ann Hastings
Nov 11, 2007
Cheche Ann Hastings, 68, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, Nov. 11, 2007 at her residence. Ms. Hastings was born June 29, 1939, in Harviell. She attended elementary thru 8th grade at Harviell Schools, 3 years at Minden High School, in Minden, La. and one year at Christian School, in Tulsa, Okla. Ms. Hastings was of the Protestant faith, and...

Betty Lou Ramsey Willoughby
Nov 8, 2007
Betty Lou Ramsey Willoughby, 73, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Naylor, died Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 at Mark Twain Caring Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Willoughby was born July 20, 1934, in Tribune, Mo. She was a member of First Baptist Church, in Poplar Bluff, and had retired as a sales tax auditor for Missouri Department of Revenue. Mrs....

Elwain L. Walker
Nov 7, 2007
Elwain Lejeune Walker, 79, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007 at Mark Twain Caring Center, in Poplar Bluff after an illness of ten years. Mrs. Walker was born Feb. 15, 1928, in Hendrickson to Alfred and Ilah (Pace) Hillis. She graduated from Poplar Bluff High School in May, 1945 and began her 44 years of teaching the...

Noel L. Long
Nov 1, 2007
Noel L. Long, 78, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. Long was born April 13, 1929, in Elmore, OK. He was a member of Memorial Baptist Church, in Poplar Bluff, and had retired from the United States Air Force after 21 years of service. Mr. Long was later employed...

Gerald D. Brown
Oct 30, 2007
Gerald D. Brown, 68, of Florissant, formerly of Poplar Bluff died Monday, Oct. 30, 2007 at Christian Hospital Northeast, in St. Louis. Mr. Brown was born Oct. 17, 1939, in Qulin. He was a member of Florissant General Baptist Church, was a retired minister and for the past 20 years had worked as groundskeeper for a private family, in...

Patricia D. Smith
Oct 28, 2007
Patricia D. Smith, 62, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2007 at Southeast Missouri Hospital, in Cape Girardeau. Mrs. Smith was born July 14, 1945, in Princeton, Ind. She was of the Baptist faith, and was a homemaker. Mrs. Smith enjoyed spending time with her family, collecting angels, playing Bingo and reading. On March 31, 1964, she married...

Paul Eugene Ketcherside
Oct 27, 2007
Paul Eugene Ketcherside, 60, of Marthasville, Mo., formerly of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 at St. John's Mercy Hospital, in Washington, Mo. Mr. Ketcherside was born July 18, 1947, in St. Louis. He lived in Poplar Bluff from 1950 to 1983 when he moved to the Emmaus Home, in Marthasville. Survivors include one brother, Ernie Ketcherside and...

George H. Jackson
Oct 27, 2007
George H. Jackson, 68, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Doniphan, died Saturday, Oct. 27, 2007 at the St. Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Jackson was born Aug. 26, 1939, in St. Louis to the late George W. and Gladys (Engle) Jackson. He was a self-employed contractor and was of the Baptist faith. Mr. Jackson enjoyed spending time...

Mary Inez Ellsworth
Oct 27, 2007
Mary Inez Ellsworth, 91, of Harviell, died Saturday, October 27, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Ellsworth was born June 9, 1916 in Piggott, Ark. She was retired in 1985 after 20 years of service as an LPN at the John J Pershing Veterans Hospital. She was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Word of Life...

Roy Jacob Schalk
Oct 26, 2007
Roy Jacob Schalk, 90, of Poplar Bluff, died October 26, 2007 at Cedargate Nursing Home. Mr. Schalk was born March 18, 1917 in Poplar Bluff to the late Otto Jacob and Callie (Mossburger) Schalk and was a member of the New Home General Baptist Church. A retired brakeman for the Missouri Pacific Railroad -- Union Pacific Railroad, he was...

Michael Wilson Casey
Oct 22, 2007
Michael Wilson Casey Michael Wilson Casey, 53, of Malibu, CA, died Monday, Oct. 22, 2007 at the Kaiser Permanente Hospital, in Woodland Hills, CA from pancreatic cancer. A native of Kennett, MO, he was a graduate of Paducah Tilghman High School, Paducah, KY, and earned bachelor's and master's degrees from Abilene Christian University, and master's and doctoral degrees from...

Paul D. Morgan
Oct 21, 2007
Paul D. Morgan, 65, of Wappapello, died Sunday, Oct. 21, 2007 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital, in Cape Girardeau. Mr. Morgan was born March 16, 1942, in Gideon and raised in the Web Settlement. He had retired from General Motors Corp., in St. Louis and was a member of the Union for Automobile Workers Local No. 25. Mr. Morgan...