| | Obituaries | | | | | Friday, September 05 | | Vernon K. Francis Vernon Francis, son of the late Joe Francis and Mable Joseph Francis, was born on Nov. 27, 1932, at Frisco, and died at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, at the age of 70. Mr. Francis was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Frisco, a retired farmer, a veteran o ... [Read full story] | | Harold Gene Belcher, Sr. Rev. Harold Gene Belcher, Sr., 78, of Poplar Bluff, died Thursday, Sept. 4, 2003, at Three Rivers Healthcare, North Campus, in Poplar Bluff. He had been in declining health for the past six months. Visitation is tentatively scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, 2003, at Cotrell Funeral Chap ... [Read full story] | | Vernon K. Francis Vernon Francis, son of the late Joe Francis and Mable Joseph Francis, was born on Nov. 27, 1932, at Frisco, and died at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, at the age of 70. Mr. Francis was a member of the Church of the Brethren in Frisco, a retired farmer, a veteran o ... [Read full story] | | Lena Stroud Lena Mildred Baker Stroud, daughter of the late John Baker and Elizabeth Breedlove Baker, was born on April 1, 1919, at Jasper, Ark., and died in the Three Rivers Healthcare North Campus at Poplar Bluff on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, at the age of 84. Mrs. Stroud was a member of the Assembly of God C ... [Read full story] | | Calvin Stroup Calvin Stroup, son of the late William A. Stroup and Cynthia Bell Daniels Stroup, was born near Puxico on March 16, 1925, and passed away at his home near Puxico, on Aug. 31., 2003, at the age of 78. Mr. Stroup had lived in the Kinder and Puxico areas all of his life. He was a retired farmer and wa ... [Read full story] | | | More Headlines | Kenneth Dale Melton | Lisa Lynn Ayers | | |