Obituaries

Mable Jackson (05/22/12)
Mable Bradley Jackson, age 97, of Cardwell, Mo., widow of Mr. Floyd Jackson, passed from this life, Saturday May 19, 2012, at the Arkansas Methodist Medical Center in Paragould, Ark. Born Aug. 22, 1914, in Cardwell, she was the daughter of the late Andrew and Lettie Bradley. ...

Wanda Hopson (05/22/12)
Wanda Hopson, of Piggott, Ark., daughter of the late Merk Stanley and Edna MoField Stanley, was born July 18, 1920 in Nimmons, Ark., and departed this life Saturday, May 19, 2012, at Piggott Community Hospital, at the age of 91 years 10 months and 1 day...

Richard Handley (05/22/12)
Richard Handley, 60, of Kennett, passed away today, Tuesday, May 22, 2012, at Kennett. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with McDaniel Funeral Home of Kennett. Online condolences may be made at www.mcdanielfuneralservice.com.

Tina Miller (05/20/12)
Tina Marlene Miller, 41, of Kennett, passed away Wednesday, May 16, 2012, at her residence. Born March 13, 1971, in Avenal, Calif., she was the daughter of Herman Miller and Merlene Aday Pendergrass. Survivors inculde her father, Herman Miller; her mother, Merlene and Terry Pendergrass, of Rector, Ark., and four brothers, Jerry Miller, of Kansas City, Mo., Danny Miller, of Rector, Russell Miller, of Kansas City, Mo., and Kenneth Miller. ...

Laura Foster (05/17/12)
Laura Ann Foster, 79, of Campbell, Mo., passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2012, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Mo. Born Aug. 21, 1932, in Campbell, she was the daughter of the late Claud Telford and Amy Lee Nelson Foster. She graduated from Campbell High School in 1950, and was valedictorian of her class. ...

Theresa Taylor (05/15/12)
Theresa Lynn Taylor, daughter of the late George Taylor and Sue Crayne Taylor, was born June 13, 1964, in Montebello, Calif., and departed this life Sunday, May 13, 2012, at Heritage Nursing Center in Kennett, at the age of 47 years and 11 months. Survivors include her husband, Mark Blakemore; one daughter, Brittni Stanford and husband, Blake; one son, Ty Overstreet and fianc�, Fallon Lawson; granddaughter, Bentley Overstreet; three sisters, Debi Wheeler and husband, Roger, Saundra Taylor and Trisha Taylor, and other relatives and many friends.. ...

Youvonna Kay Stull (05/15/12)
Youvonna Kay Stull, 57, of Manila, Ark., died Friday, May 11, 2012, at the Flo and Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Ark. Mrs. Stull was born Aug. 23, 1954, in Caraway, Ark., to the late Alfred and Martha Boatner Staggs. Mrs. Stull was of the Baptist Faith, loved her grandchildren, camping, and going to Tunica...

Willie Peck (05/15/12)
Willie Peck, 76, of Campbell, Mo., passed away Friday, May 11, 2012, at his residence. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the Landess Funeral Home in Malden, Mo.

Glenda Higgins (05/15/12)
Glenda Higgins, 74, of Arbyrd, Mo., passed away Monday, May 14, 2012, at Jonesboro, Ark. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with McDaniel Funeral Home in Senath, Mo.

Margaret Gamblin (05/15/12)
Margaret Gamblin, 52, of Malden, Mo., passed away Monday, May 14, 2012, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden.

Robert Dickie (05/15/12)
Robert M. Dickie, 89, son of the late Bernie Dickie and Opal Hampton Dickie, was born March 25, 1923 in Bragg City, Mo., and departed this life Sunday, May 13, 2012, at St. Francis Park Assisted Living in Kennett. On July 26, 1946, in Piggott, Ark., he married Frances L. Horton who preceded him in death Jan. 29, 2010. He was also preceded in death by a sister, Hazel Small; a half-sister, Christine Hughes and his step-mother, Flora Dickie...

Hazel Pearson (05/12/12)
Hazel Irene Pearson, 83, of Kennett, Mo., passed away on Friday, May 11, 2012 at NHC Healthcare in Kennett. The daughter of the late Adolph Lippold and Ena Housh Lippold, she was born on January 9, 1929 and was a member of the LPN Association as a nurse at the local hospitals. She was also a member of Elm Grove Baptist Church in Kennett...

Cheryl Holland (05/12/12)
Cheryl Holland, 52, of Malden, Mo., passed away on Friday, May 11, 2012 at her residence in Malden. Funeral Arrangements are incomplete with Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden.

Patsy Martin (05/11/12)
Patsy June Hayes Martin, daughter of the late William Amos Latta and Leona Bearden Latta, was born June 29, 1939, in Pittsburg, Calif., and departed this life Monday, May 7, 2012, at the age of 72. Patsy married Clifton Hayes on May 11, 1957. Clifton preceded her in death on April 15, 1989. On March 20, 2009, Patsy married Ralph E. Martin...

James Alexander (05/10/12)
James Leon Alexander, 85, of Concord, passed away on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at the Carolinas Medical Center - Northeast. Mr. Alexander was a veteran of the U.S. Navy. A memorial service will be held at a later date at Missouri State Veteran's Cemetery in Bloomfield, Mo...

Elwanda Campbell (05/10/12)
Elwanda Beatrice Campbell, age 90, of Festus, Missouri formerly of Risco and Hendrickson, Missouri passed away Friday, May 4, 2012 at Crystal Oaks Skilled Nursing Center in Crystal City, Missouri. She was born November 2, 1921 in Parma, Missouri the daughter of the late Ethel (Reed) Miller and Thomas Miller. ...

Hazel Woodall (05/10/12)
Hazel June Woodall, 64, of Clarkton died Wednesday, May 2, 2012, at Cape Girardeau. She did janitorial services for the Clarkton school system. Born in Gideon on August 30, 1947, she was the daughter of Arthur Russell and Vivian (Sullivan) Russell. On May 2, 1969, in Holcomb she was united in marriage to Ernie Woodall, who preceded her in death on November 26, 2001...

Mack Jones (05/10/12)
Mack Creed Jones, 58, of Malden died Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. He had been a car salesman for approximately 35 years, 11 with Glen Sain of Kennett. He was a member of the Poplar Bluff Masonic Lodge #209 and a member of the Three Rivers Shriner's Club where he had served as past President. He was a member of the Malden Methodist Church...

Bernice McFarland (05/10/12)
Bernice June Dry McFarland, of Hornersville, Mo., passed away Monday, May 7, 2012, at the General Baptist Nursing Home in Piggott, Ark., at the age of 86. Born June 8, 1925, in Newark, Ark., she graduated from Senath High School in 1943, and attended Central Methodist College. ...

Esther Irene Smith (05/09/12)
Esther Irene Smith, daughter of the late Joseph Boram Ford and Mary Jane Robinson Ford, was born April 17, 1924, at Johnson's Island, Mo., and departed this life Monday, May 7, 2012, at the age of 88 years and 20 days. Irene, as she was known to her many friends and family, married Carl L. ...

Ruby J. Peterson (05/09/12)
Ruby J. Peterson, 73, of Peoria Heights, Ill., died Sunday, May 6, 2012, at Morton Terrace Care Center in Morton, Ill. She was born Nov. 12, 1938, in Pine, Mo., to Omer and Thelma Watson Peterson. Surviving are one daughter, Audrey (Ross) Miller of Peoria; one son, Larry Peterson of Seguin, Texas; four grandsons, Alfred, David, Bob and Quinn; two granddaughters, Rebecca and Sohmer; one great-granddaughter, Marley; one brother, Bob Peterson of Kennett; three sisters, Mildred Gilpin of Evansville, Ind., Marie (Sonny) Provance of Malden, Mo., and Eva Campbell of Annada, Mo.. ...

Juanita Diggs (05/09/12)
On May 8, 2012, Mrs. Juanita Diggs, age 92, passed from this mortal sphere to her heavenly home to be with her Lord. She was born on July 6, 1919, in Bernie, Mo. Her life was spent supporting her husband, Eugene Diggs, on their cotton and soybean farm in southeast Missouri. For the last four years she has lived at Sterling House in Maryville, Tenn...

Maria Linda Slavings (05/08/12)
Maria Linda Slavings, 36, of Tallapoosa, Mo., passed away Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Tallapoosa. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden, Mo.

Genevieve Babcock (05/08/12)
Genevieve Babcock, 84, of Malden, Mo., passed away Monday, May 7, 2012, at the Golden Living Center in Malden. Funeral arrangements are incomplete with Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden.

Mack Creed Jones (05/08/12)
Mack Creed Jones, 58, of Malden, Mo., passed away Saturday, May 5, 2012, at Piggott Community Hospital in Piggott, Ark. Born Aug. 17, 1953, in Gideon, Mo., son of Elmer Louis Jones and Emma Lou McAllister Jones, he had been a car salesman for approximately 35 years, 11 years with Glen Sain of Kennett. He was a member of the Poplar Bluff Masonic Lodge No. 209, a member of the Three Rivers Shriner's Club, where he had served as past president, and a member of the Malden Methodist Church...

Celebrity Obituaries

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Bob Boozer
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Robin Gibb
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Donna Summer
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Chuck Brown
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Mary Kennedy
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Carlos Fuentes
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Mitchell Guist
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Donald `Duck' Dunn
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Carroll Shelby
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