A work by late sculptor Tom Runnels, a native of Bollinger County, Missouri, who spent most of his life practicing his craft at Cat Ranch outside Marble Hill, has been donated by Saint Francis Healthcare System to Poplar Bluff (Missouri) Municipal Library Foundation.
Runnels's piece, titled Gulls, is on permanent loan to Poplar Bluff Municipal Library.
Cletus Eugene "Tom" Runnels, a sculptor for 30 years, died in September 2000 at the age of 67.
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