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Bill C. Spell
Jan 31, 2007
Bill Spell, 57, of Poplar Bluff, died Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007 near Poplar Bluff as the result of injuries received in an auto accident. Mr. Spell was born May 12, 1949, in Naylor. He was of the Baptist faith and employed at Nordyne as a brazier. Mr. Spell enjoyed hunting and joking with everyone he knew. Survivors include his...

Ruth Riepe
Jan 28, 2007
Ruth Riepe, 84, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Jan. 28, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Riepe was born April 22, 1922, in Broseley. She was a member of the Poplar Bluff Pentecostal Church and a homemaker. Mrs. Riepe enjoyed her church, spending time with her family and making crafts. On Aug. 13, 1949, she married...

Gladys M. Casey
Jan 26, 2007
Gladys Myron Casey, 95, of Poplar Bluff, died Friday, Jan. 26, 2007 at the Manor, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Casey was born Jan. 14, 1912, in Butler County. She was a member of the South Poplar Bluff General Baptist Church and retired from Montgomery Ward, of Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Casey enjoyed spending time with her family, and sewing and...

Patricia R. Owen
Jan 25, 2007
Patricia Ruth Owen, 63, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Jan. 25, 2007 at the Barnes Jewish Hospital, in St. Louis as the result of a pedestrian/auto accident. Mrs. Owen was born June 30, 1943, in Parma. Mo. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and a Supervisor for the Missouri Division of Family Services. Mrs. Owen...

Madelene E. Fiske
Jan 24, 2007
Madelene E. Fiske, 71, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007 at the Manor Care Center. Mrs. Fiske was born Nov. 23, 1935, in Piedmont to the late Charles T. and Leona E. (Davis) Kinnamore. She was of the Baptist faith and the office manager for Fiske Plumbing, of Poplar Bluff. An avid outdoors lady, Mrs. Fiske enjoyed...

Thomas F. O'Connor
Jan 24, 2007
Thomas F. O'Connor, 88, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. O'Connor was born in 1918, at Pierce City, Mo. His family moved to Poplar Bluff just after he was born. In his teens he was known as the ""Barn Dance King"" because of the dances he held in the barn at the O'Connor...

Alma Lenore Hendrix
Jan 19, 2007
Alma Lenore Hendrix, 79, of Poplar Bluff, died January 19, 2007 at her residence. Ms Hendrix was born May 25, 1927 in Corning, Ark. to the late Everett Gladstone and Mary Elizabeth (Bounds) Dickison. An orthopedic nurse, Ms. Hendrix retired in 1994. She graduated in 1944 as salutorian of her class and then attended Missouri Baptist School of Nursing....

Charles Guy Tuttle
Jan 18, 2007
Charles Guy Tuttle, 84, of Poplar Bluff, formerly of Pea Ridge, Ark., died Thursday, Jan. 18, 2007 at the Cedargate Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Tuttle was born July 6, 1922, in Neodesha, Kans. He was of the Baptist faith and had retired as an Electrical Engineer for a major gas company. Mr. Tuttle was also a veteran...

Johnny Dale Brumley
Jan 17, 2007
Johnny Dale Brumley, 42, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Brumley was born Jan. 23, 1964, in St. Louis. A musician, he enjoyed all types of music and playing the guitar. He enjoyed spending time with his children and was an avid motorcyclist. Survivors include two daughters, Alicia Gallamore and Jacqueline Carpenter and...

Rose N. Cacchione
Jan 16, 2007
Rose was born on November 28, 1911 and passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2007. Rose was a resident of Williamsville, Missouri.

Amber Skye Osgood
Jan 16, 2007
Amber Skye Osgood, infant daughter, of Jason D. and Tracey M. (Ethridge) Osgood, of Poplar Bluff was stillborn Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 at the St. Bernard's Medical Center, in Jonesboro, Ark. In addition to her parents, Amber is survived by a sister, Hallie Lynn Osgood; a brother Jacob Tyler Osgood, both of the home; maternal grandparents, Beeler and Glenda...

Joyce Faye Hancock
Jan 15, 2007
Joyce Faye Hancock, 72, of Piedmont, died Monday, Jan. 15, 2007. Mrs. Hancock was born Jan. 11, 1935, in Poplar Bluff to the late Waverly W. and Ora Bell (Urich) Lane. She was a member of the Full Gospel Assembly of God Church, in Patterson where she served in the Women's Ministries. Mrs. Hancock had previously worked in a...

Willie James Norman
Jan 13, 2007
Willie James Norman, 74, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007 at the residence of his son. Mr. Norman was born Aug. 25, 1932, in Broseley. He was a member of New Home Baptist Church, in Broseley and a retired mechanic for the Bill Childress Chevrolet Co. Mr. Norman enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening. On Aug. 22, 1964,...

Tonya Marie Raymer
Jan 13, 2007
Tonya Marie Raymer, 54, of Poplar Bluff, died Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007 at her residence. Mrs. Raymer was born Dec. 12, 1952, in Los Angeles, Calif. Attending Three Rivers Community College when she became ill, she had previously worked part-time at the Poplar Bluff Public Library, the Butler County Health Department as a clerk-typist and as an over the...

Alta Mae Metz
Jan 12, 2007
Alta Mae Metz, 89, of Poplar Bluff and a former resident of St. Louis, died Friday, Jan. 12, 2007, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mrs. Metz was born June 29, 1917, in Greenville. She was of the Baptist faith and formerly served for 13 years as a cafeteria supervisor at Barnes Jewish Hospital, in St. Louis. Mrs....

Charles Mcnairy Spencer
Jan 11, 2007
Charles M. Spencer, 69, died Sunday January 7, 2007 at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born March 23, 1937 in Neelyville to Hulen and Daisy (Mansker) Spencer. Mr. Spencer was a 1955 graduate of Poplar Bluff High School and the University of Missouri (Columbia) in 1960 with a degree in Business Administration. He served in the...

Rondal G. Rose
Jan 10, 2007
Rondal G. ""Ron"" Rose, 62, of Greenville, died Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2007 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mr. Rose was born Feb. 1, 1944, in Calwin, West Virginia to the late Wilbur and Elizabeth (Muelle) Rose. He was of the Baptist faith and had retired in 1988 as a Senior Master Sergeant with...

Hershel C. West
Jan 8, 2007
Hershel C. West, 85, of Poplar Bluff, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center. Mr. West was born Dec. 30, 1921, in Hustburg, Tenn. Mr. West was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Poplar Bluff, where he was a member of the Wesleyan Sunday School Class. A retired insurance agent with...

Betty Jean Berry
Jan 7, 2007
Betty Jean Berry, 71, of Poplar Bluff, died Sunday, Jan. 7, 2007 at the Cedargate Care Center, in Poplar Bluff. Mrs. Berry was born Aug. 19, 1935, in Clarkton, Mo. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Berry began her banking career at the Bank of Poplar Bluff, which later became Mercantile Bank, retiring in...

Katheryn Keeney
Jan 6, 2007
Katheryn passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2007. Katheryn was a resident of Poplar Bluff, Missouri.