Stories from Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Shauntae Michelle Kurney, 48, of Arlington, Texas, formerly of Poplar Bluff, died on Sept. 25, 2019 at her residence. Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19 in the chapel at Moore Funeral Service, 1100 Iron Bridge Road, Poplar Bluff. A service celebrating Shauntae’s life will follow at 11 a.m. with Rev. Tommy Robinson officiating...

A Poplar Bluff man appeared in court Monday afternoon on charges he struck a 3-year-old with a pistol. Jordan Lamar Holloway of the 200 block of Euclid made his initial appearance before Associate Circuit Judge C. Wade Pierce and was formally arraigned...

Betty Lou Mast, 86, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Monday, Oct. 7, 2019 at Oakdale Care Center. Visitation will begin at 2:30 p.m. Friday at Cotrell Funeral Chapel with the funeral service following at 3 p.m. Her nephew, Rev. Mike Craig will officiate. Burial will be at Old Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler County.

Poplar Bluff Realty, Inc. was named the winner of the RPAC All Start Office Party during the Missouri Association of Realtors Business Conference last month. Recipients are honored for voluntary contributions made to the Missouri Realtors Political Action Community (RPAC)...

DONIPHAN — Carolan Jean Roundtree Masters, 60, of Ohatchee, Ala. died Saturday, Sept.14, 2019 at her residence. Memorial service will be from noon - 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Edwards Funeral Home Chapel, 606 Walnut Street, Doniphan. Online condolences: www.edwardsfuneralhome.org...

Gary Adams, an employee of the Ozark Border Electric Cooperative in Poplar Bluff, was honored with the A.C. Burrows Award by the Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives (AMEC) at that organization’s annual meeting earlier this month. The award recognizes directors and employees of electric cooperatives for outstanding service to their cooperative, community and service areas...

Hazel P. Tinsley, 93, of Springfield, Mo., died Oct. 5, 2019. There will be a visitation in Springfield on Wednesday, Oct. 9 from 5-7 p.m. at Greenlawn East Funeral Home. A celebration of Hazel’s life will be held at New Life Christian Church United in Poplar Bluff on Friday, Oct. 11. Visitation will be at 1 p.m., service at 2 p.m. and burial to follow.

Colonel Eric T. Olson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, reminds drivers that deer are more active and create hazards for Missouri motorists this time of year. Drivers are reminded that an attempt to avoid striking a deer could result in a more serious crash involving oncoming traffic. ...

MISSOURI STATE HIGHWAY PATROL A 43-year-old De Soto man was injured in a one-vehicle crash at 1:33 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7, on Highway 25, one-half mile north of Aquilla. According to the report, Brian C. Wall was operating a Ingersoll Rand roller when it ran off an embankment and overturned...

VAN BUREN — Rosemary Wilhelmina Brown, 93, of Van Buren, died Oct. 8, 2019 at her residence. Visitation will be from 10-11:45 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12 in the McSpadden Funeral Home in Van Buren. The funeral mass will follow at noon in the Saint George Catholic Church in Van Buren with Father Daniel Hirtz officiating...

DONIPHAN — Ronald Francis Quell, 70, of rural Ripley County, died Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019. A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9 at the First Baptist Church in Doniphan with Bro. Monty Flanigan officiating. Burial will be at a later date in St. Henry’s Cemetery in Averill Park, N.Y...

Alison Bell, the daughter of Gregory and Christy Bell, is in the second grade. She is a student of Mrs. Cindy Robertson. Alison was nominated because she is helpful to her classmates and her teacher. She is eager to make everyone smile. Mrs. Robertson says Alison always makes good choices and show great integrity as a leader. Alison is a WIGS leader and is leading her class in tracking daily goals...

Phil and Di Bounds of Poplar Bluff Family is the best memory we have of Qulin. All the events that used to happen that would bring everyone together were amazing. It allowed people to catch up and relax." Thomas Gray of Qulin "My best memory of Qulin is the work I had done with my father. We worked in agriculture for years in this area."...

MALDEN — Jim Darnell, 89, of Malden, died Tuesday, Oct. 8 at the John J. Pershing VA Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Visitation will be from 10-11 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 10 at the Landess Funeral Chapel in Malden. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m. in the funeral home chapel with Fr. William Hennecke officiating. Burial will be in the Memorial Park Cemetery in Malden...

A former Naylor assistant principal preempted his upcoming bench trial by pleading guilty Tuesday afternoon to sexual assault of a female student on campus in 2015. As part of a plea deal, John Franklin Mullins appeared before Presiding Circuit Judge Michael Pritchett and entered a plea of guilty to the unclassified felony of first-degree sodomy...

The Fisk Fall Harvest Festival is Saturday and planners are expecting a large crowd for the annual celebration. “Come and enjoy a day of games, fellowship, entertainment, crafts and lots of food,” said Fisk City Clerk Melinda Ratley. This is the first year, she along with Raymond Stewart and Fisk alderwomen Bobbette Parsons and Kristi Wilkerson have organized the event...

Oak Grove Elementary was recently awarded a Blue Ribbon from the U.S. Department of Education. However, the Professional Learning Communities leadership team agreed the award came from years of hard work and isn’t the most important thing.