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Tommy J. Vaughn
Jun 30, 2007
Tommy J. Vaughn, 54, of Ada, Okla., formerly of Poplar Bluff died Saturday, June 30, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Vaughn was born March 9, 1953, in Poplar Bluff and graduated from Poplar Bluff High School. He was affiliated with the First Pentecostal Holiness Church and a veteran of the United States Army having served in Vietnam. He married...

Aileen J. Garrison
Jun 30, 2007
Aileen Josephine Garrison, 94, of Houston, Tex., formerly of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, June 30, 2007 at the Silverado Senior Living Center, in Houston. Mrs. Garrison, daughter of the late Franklin Joshua and Anna (Kurtz) Pigg, was born Nov. 15, 1912, in Chaonia, Mo. She received her Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Arkansas State University, at Jonesboro. Having a...

Nolan G. Hendrickson
Jun 28, 2007
Nolan Glenn ""Buster"" Hendrickson, 86, of Torrance, Calif. died Thursday, June 28, 2007 at his residence, in Torrance. Mr. Hendrickson was born Jan. 21, 1921, in Poplar Bluff where he grew up. He was of the Methodist faith and a retired supervisor for Cal Avitran Aircraft, in Calif. Mr. Hendrickson was a veteran of the United States Air Force...

Tommie D. Harley
Jun 27, 2007
Tommie D. Harley, known to many as ""Tom"", departed this life on Wednesday, June 27, 2007. He was born on March 15, 1913 in Houston MS to Joe Willie and Minnie Leana Harley. He accepted Christ Lord as his personal Savior at an early age. Tom grew up on a farm and learned how to work hard as a...

Osa E. Armstrong
Jun 26, 2007
Osa E. Armstrong, 96, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, June 25, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Armstrong was born Sept. 8, 1910, in Fairdealing. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church and had retired from the Weil-Kelter Garment factory. Mrs. Armstrong enjoyed spending time with her family, making quilts and embroidering. On Dec. 25, 1933, she married...

Lloyd Dale Mcknight
Jun 25, 2007
Lloyd Dale McKnight, 89, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, June 25, 2007 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. McKnight was born March 4, 1918, in Cherryville, Kans. He had retired from the Missouri Natural Gas Co. and was a veteran of the United States Army, having served during World War II. Mr. McKnight...

Elvin A. Anthony
Jun 21, 2007
Elvin A. Anthony, 81, of Poplar Bluff died Thursday, June 21, 2007 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Anthony was born Dec. 6, 1925, in Granite City, Ill. He attended the Southside Assembly of God Church and was a retired Welder for Union Pacific Railroad. Mr. Anthony was a veteran of the United...

Tolman Leroy Brame
Jun 20, 2007
Tolman Leroy Brame, 56, of Poplar Bluff died Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at his residence. Mr. Brame was born July 9, 1950, in Carter County, Ill. He was of the Pentecostal faith and had worked as a general laborer. Mr. Brame enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and hunting and fishing. Survivors include two sisters, Maxine Denney...

Sandra R. Wells
Jun 17, 2007
Sandra Renee ""Sandy"" Wells, 47, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, June 17, 2007 at her residence. Ms. Wells, daughter of the late Clent Wilson and Alfreda J. (Flowers) Proffer, was born March 20, 1960, in Cape Girardeau. She was of the Baptist faith and until her illness had been employed as a lead operator for Titan Plastics. A devoted...

Eva F. Kirk
Jun 17, 2007
Eva F. Kirk, 95, of Patterson, died Sunday, June 17, 2007 at DePaul Hospital, in St. Louis. Mrs. Kirk, daughter of the late Lonzy Lee and O'dessa (Chezem) Duncan, was born Sept. 9, 1911, in Dexter, Mo. She attended Halloran High School District No. 19 before it merged with the Poplar Bluff High Schools. After working for Carter Carburetor,...

Ilene Seawright
Jun 13, 2007
Ilene Seawright, 84, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, June 13, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Seawright was born April 9, 1923, in Johnsons Chapel, Tenn. to the late Wesley and Lou (Steele) Johnson. A homemaker, she was of the Baptist faith and a retired beautician. Mrs. Seawright enjoyed spending time with her family and reading....

Isimodell Mcgowen
Jun 13, 2007
Nora Vernettie Stone, age 98, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday evening, June 12, 2007 at the Mark Twain Caring Center. Mrs. Stone was born January 15, 1909 in Butler County to the late Fred and Alice (Tounzen) Miller. She and her late husband resided many years in Royal Oak, Michigan and were active in the Oak Baptist Church,...

Nora V. Stone
Jun 12, 2007
Nora Vernettie Stone, age 98, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday evening, June 12, 2007 at the Mark Twain Caring Center. Mrs. Stone was born January 15, 1909 in Butler County to the late Fred and Alice (Tounzen) Miller. She and her late husband resided many years in Royal Oak, Michigan and were active in the Oak Baptist Church,...

Tammy J. Copeland
Jun 11, 2007
Tameria ""Tammy"" J. Copeland, 43, of Dexter, died Monday, June 11, 2007 at St. Francis Medical Center, in Cape Girardeau. She had been ill for the past year. Mrs. Copeland was born March 28, 1964, in Poplar Bluff. She attended the Ark of Hope Church, in Dexter and was a homemaker. She was a devoted mother who enjoyed spending...

Earl J. Robinson
Jun 10, 2007
Earl J. Robinson, 90, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, June 10, 2007 at the Oakdale Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Robinson was born May 9, 1917, in Kennett. He was of the Baptist faith and a veteran of the United States Army Air Force. Retired from Mingo Job Corp as a Union Painting Instructor, Mr. Robinson was also...

Evan Fonda Bascombe
Jun 4, 2007
Evan Fonda Bascombe, III, 18, of Poplar Bluff died Monday, June 4, 2007 at Current River, in Ripley County. Evan was born July 29, 1988, in Chicago, Ill. and attended New Salem Baptist Church, in Portageville. An honor graduate of Poplar Bluff High School, Evan played on the Mules basketball team serving as team captain his senior year, and...

Jerry Lee Dicken
Jun 3, 2007
Col. Jerry Lee Dicken, 64, of Poplar Bluff died Sunday, June 3, 2007, at his residence. Col. Dicken was born Nov. 15, 1942, in Butler County and was of the Protestant faith. Graduating from Poplar Bluff High school and the Kansas City School for Auctioneers, he was a retired auctioneer and farmer. Col. Dicken enjoyed spending time with his...

Rachel Lucile Johnson
Jun 1, 2007
Rachel Lucile Johnson, 94, of Poplar Bluff, died June 1, 2007 at the Oakdale Care Center. Mrs. Johnson was born May 21, 1913 in Piggott, Ark. She was retired as an office worker at the Chrysler Plant. A member of the First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, she sang in the Ladies Choir. On May 14, 1931 she was...

Isabelle Katherine Harris
Jun 1, 2007
Isabelle Katherine Harris, 90, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Santa Anna, Calif. died Friday, June 1, 2007 at the Mark Twain Caring Center. Mrs. Harris was born May 15, 1917, in Clarksville, Ark. Moving to Poplar Bluff in 1992, she was a member of Trinity Grace Assembly Church, in Poplar Bluff and retired from the Kerr Glass Factory, in...

Walter Roy Wilhoit
May 30, 2007
Walter Roy Wilhoit, 59, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, May 30, 2007 at his residence after a long illness. Mr. Wilhoit was born Jan. 25, 1948, in Munich, Germany. Moving to Poplar Bluff with his family in 1953, he graduated from Poplar Bluff High School, in 1966 and later from Southeast Missouri State University. Mr. Wilhoit was raised in...