Stories from Friday, February 14, 2020

James W. “Pat” Jones of Campbell, son of the late William Calvin Jones & Nona Sibyl Murray Jones, was born in Russellville, Arkansas on March 17, 1948. James W. “Pat” Jones passed away on Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, at the age of 71...

Faye Delores Miller, 85, of Poplar Bluff, passed away Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020 at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. Faye was born on May 8, 1934 in Lutesville, Mo., the daughter of Herbert and Ethel (Elledge) Crites. On Aug. 22, 1952, she married Robert Ferrell Miller in Essex, Mo. Together they shared more than 60 years of marriage before his passing Aug. 20, 2013...

Wade Vancil of Dexter, son of Doran and Wanda Jones Vancil, was born in Poplar Bluff on November 27, 1965, and passed away at the Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County in Dexter on January 22, 2020, at the age of 54 years, 1 month and 26 days. He had lived in the Dexter area all of his life. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, collecting arrowheads and rock hunting. He was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dexter...

Ray Edward Doerschlen of Bloomfield, son of the late John Ferdinand and Addie Mae Proffer Doerschlen, was born in St. Louis, Missouri on September 3, 1936, and passed away at his home in Bloomfield, on February 5, 2020, at the age of 83 years. Ray had lived in the Bloomfield area the past forty years. He had served 11 years active duty in the U. S. Air Force and was a recruiter for the Army National Guard. He was a member of the V. F. W...