Ernest Poole Jr.

WHITEWATER, Mo. -- Ernest Homer Poole Jr., 66, of Whitewater died Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born June 26, 1935, at Ancell, Mo., son of Ernest Homer and Lillian Mae Gowins Poole. He and Sharon Sue Heuring were married July 22, 1974, at Marble Hill, Mo.

Poole retired as a truck driver with Wetterau Foods in Scott City, Mo. He was a member and past vice president and recording secretary of Teamsters Local 574 in Cape Girardeau. He was formerly of Cape Girardeau and Scott City.

Survivors include his wife; two sons, Roger Poole Sr. of Cape Girardeau, Terry Heuring of Farmington, Mo.; a daughter, Kimberly Poole-Fairley of Cape Girardeau; a sister, Viola Lair of Chaffee, Mo.; eight grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Scott City from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the chapel, with the Rev. Dean Heuring officiating. Burial will be in Union Park Cemetery at Chaffee.