OBITUARIES

Dec 18, 2019

William Richard "Bill" Jordan of Batchelor, Louisiana, son of the late Loy and Mable Irbin Jordan, was born in Morehouse, Missouri on December 22, 1939, and passed away at his home in Batchelor, Louisiana, December 18, 2019, at the age of 79 years, 11 months and 26 days. Bill had been raised in the Morehouse and Essex Communities and had...

Dec 14, 2019

Thomas Allen Crowe, son of the late Cecil and Mildred Patterson Crowe was born August 20, 1928 at Powe, Missouri and passed away at the age of 91, December 14, 2019 at his home in Dexter.

Mr Crowe was united in marriage to Nadine Douglas on September 8, 1950. Mrs. Crowe survives of the home in Dexter. Besides his wife, he...

Dec 8, 2019

Mary Blankinship of Parma, daughter of the late Arthur and Myrtle Gillbreath Neal, was born in Parma, Missouri on October 11, 1931, and passed away at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on December 8, 2019, at the age of 88 years, 1 month and 27 days.

She had lived in Parma all of her life, had worked...

Nov 29, 2019

Penny L. Johnson of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Billy Gene and JoAnn Olive Flecther Jarrell, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on November 11, 1966, passed away at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Missouri on November 29, 2019, at the age of 53 years, 0 months and 18 days.

Penny had lived in Bloomfield all of her...

Nov 20, 2019

Virginia Lee Hampton of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Lloyd and Ruth Mae Bennett Cox, was born in Bloomfield, Missouri on December 5, 1936, and passed away at the Bloomfield Nursing Center in Bloomfield, Missouri on November 20, 2019, at the age of 82 years, 11 months and 15 days.

She moved to Michigan as a young lady and spent many...

Nov 19, 2019

Mike Hess of Dexter, son of Kathryn Imogene Colbert Hess and the late Roy Franklin Hess, was born in Lilbourn, Missouri on November 1, 1960, passed away at his home in Dexter on November 19, 2019, at the age of 59 years and 18 days.

Mike had lived in Parma before moving to Dexter thirty years ago.

On April 5, 2005, he...

Nov 15, 2019

Mary Evelyn Hardin of Bloomfield, daughter of the late Charles Frank and Idalee Walker Rampley, was born near Bell City, Missouri on September 5, 1937, and passed away at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Missouri on November 15, 2019, at the age of 82 years, 2 months and 10 days.

She had lived in Bloomfield most of her life....

Nov 13, 2019

Pauline Brown, formerly of Puxico, Missouri, daughter of the late Finis High and Ethel (Dennis) Lawson, was born October 22, 1934, in Imboden, Arkansas and passed away on November 13, 2019, at the Fountain View Manor in Granite City, Illinois at the age of 85 years and 22 days.

Pauline had lived in St John, MO before moving to Puxico, MO...

Nov 12, 2019

Paul D. Hayes of Essex, son of the late James Leslie "Less" and Flossie Marie Hunt Hayes, was born in Dudley, Missouri on November 2, 1940, passed away at the Cypress Point Skilled Nursing Center in Dexter, Missouri on November 12, 2019, at the age of 79 years and 10 days.

Paul had lived in the Essex area most of his...

Nov 12, 2019

Ethel Reatha Cravens of Parma, daughter of the late Daniel J. and Dora E. Howard Painter, was born in Hartville, Missouri on February 2, 1919, and passed away at the New Madrid Living Center in New Madrid on November 12, 2019, at the age of 100 years, 9 months and 10 days.

She had lived in Parma since 1937. She was...

Nov 9, 2019

Lester "Jimmy" Teets of Dexter, son of the late Lester LeRoy and Pearl Ann Arnett Teets, was born in Swinton, Missouri on January 17, 1930, passed away at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri on November 9, 2019, at the age of 89 years, 9 months and 23 days.

Jimmy had lived in the Dexter area most of his life....

Nov 5, 2019

George Allan Frye of Dexter, son of the late George Sharpe and Myrtle Marie Northsworthy Frye, was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 14, 1954, and passed away at his recent home with his wife in Dexter, November 5, 2019, at the age of 65 years, 2 months and 22 days.

George had lived in Cumberland, Maryland before moving to Missouri in 2006....

Nov 1, 2019

Paula Doublin, 60, of Allen Texas, formerly of Puxico, MO passed away November 1, 2019, in Allen Texas.

Paula was born on July 25, 1959, in Poplar Bluff Missouri, to Jack and Ruth Doublin of Puxico. Upon graduating from Southeast Missouri State University she moved to Texas and started her career with Southwestern Bell Telephone. During her time with them, she...

Oct 2, 2019

Opal Gasser of Arlington, Tennessee, daughter of the late Alonzo and Irene Strong Waldrup, was born in Crowder, Missouri on October 23, 1920, and passed away at the Methodist North Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee on October 2, 2019, at the age of 98 years, 11 months and 9 days.

She had lived in Dudley, where she and her husband were farmers,...

Oct 1, 2019

John B. Stark Barney, son of the late John and Gladys Beer Stark, adopted by the late Anson and Amah Julian Barney, was born in Malden on May 17, 1940, and passed away at NHC Healthcare in Town & Country, Missouri on October 1, 2019, at the age of 79 years, 4 months and 14 days.

John had moved to St....

Sep 20, 2019

John Christopher "Chris" Jenkins of Blytheville, Arkansas, son of Johnny Lee Jenkins and the late Kim Darlene Dodd Morgan, was born in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on May 27, 1974, and passed away at Beaumont Hospital in Trenton, Michigan, September 20, 2019, at the age of 45 years, 3 months and 24 days.

Chris had lived in Dexter most of his life....

Sep 19, 2019

Maxine Daniel of Dexter, daughter of the late Leslie Harrison and Frona Francis Stuart, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on March 24, 1924, and passed away at the Winchester Nursing Center in Bernie on September 19, 2019, at the age of 95 years, 5 months and 26 days.

She had lived in Dexter most of her life. She had worked...

Sep 13, 2019

Arlene Taylor of Poplar Bluff, daughter of the late Earnest Morgan, Sr. and Alma Robinson Morgan, was born in Puxico, Missouri on June 30, 1934, and passed away at the Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis on September 13, 2019, at the age of 85 years, 2 months and 14 days.

She had lived in the Broseley, Qulin and Poplar Bluff areas...

Sep 12, 2019

Sep 12, 2019

Jean Sullivant of Morehouse, daughter of the late Markey W. and Cora Gaston Sullivant, was born in Morehouse, Missouri on December 19, 1927, and passed away at her home in Morehouse on September 12, 2019, at the age of 91 years, 8 months and 23 days.

She had lived in Morehouse most of her life. She was a member of the...