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Perryville overpowers Saxony Lutheran
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/14)
Perryville junior Brooke Hogard led the Pirates with 10 kills in a 25-16, 25-19 win over the Crusaders.
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U.S. attorney general stepping down
(National News ~ 09/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- Eric Holder, America's first black attorney general and an unflinching champion of civil rights in enforcing the nation's laws, announced his resignation Thursday after leading the Justice Department since the first days of President Barack Obama's term. He is the fourth-longest-serving attorney general in U.S. history...
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Prices at pump heading below $3
(National News ~ 09/26/14)
NEW YORK -- The price of a gallon of gasoline may soon start with a "2" across much the country. Gasoline prices typically decline in autumn, and this year they are being pulled lower by falling global oil prices. By the end of the year, up to 30 states could have an average gasoline price of less than $3 a gallon...
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Presentation talks about 'Gone Girl' effects on Cape
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
A presentation by Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau executive director Chuck Martin and extra and "Gone Girl" committee member Jennifer Icaza-Gast covered everything from the revenue bought into the local economy by "Gone Girl" to the fine details of the shoot...
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SoutheastHEALTH takes steps to address bond downgrade
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
SoutheastHEALTH executives say they have taken steps to move past a billing issue that led to a downgraded bond rating and believe they are moving forward as a stronger organization. A report issued earlier this month by Fitch Ratings downgraded Southeast from BBB+ to BBB-. The ratings shift will not affect patients or employees, executives said...
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Central, Jackson bring seasoned QBs to rivalry
(High School Sports ~ 09/26/14)
When the two senior quarterbacks -- Jackson's Dante Vandeven and Central's Peyton Montgomery -- meet tonight at Tiger Stadium, it won't be the first time they compete against each other.
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Southeast Medical Plaza Opens in Stoddard County
(Submitted Story ~ 09/26/14)
Southeast Medical Plaza in Dexter, Mo., opened its doors to the public with grand-opening ceremonies on Wednesday, Sept. 24, marking completion of the new, 15,000-square-foot medical office building at Southeast Health Center of Stoddard County. More than 300 people toured the medical office building, which adjoins the front of the hospital. It houses 27 examination rooms,a large procedure room, separate adult and pediatric waiting areas, digital X-ray and lab services and a conference room...
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Southeast Hospital Hosts Inpatient Rehab Reunion
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/26/14)
The sixth annual Southeast Hospital Inpatient Rehab Reunion was held on Thursday, Sept. 25, in the Hospital's Harrison Room. The reunion brought together more than 30 Rehab staff and former patients and family members for food, fun and fellowship. Former Rehab patient Laurie Coffin of Malden, Mo., wore a princess crown to the event. She is greeted by Rehab tech Sylvia James (center) and occupational therapist Suzanne Schamburg (right)...
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Belief, faith remain heart of budding organization
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
When Pastor Tommy Weems advised Nolan Weber and his family to "stop hoping, stop wishing and start believing," his father Dean spent the next day with a magic marker, tagging every mirror and pane of glass in the house with the word "believe." "Even the fish tank had it written across there," Dean said. "I wanted that message to be the first thing we all saw when we woke up and the last thing we saw before we went to sleep."...
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Jackson Masonic Lodge Holds Installation
(Submitted Story ~ 09/26/14)
Excelsior Lodge #441 AF & AM of Jackson, MO held its 143rd Annual Installation of Officers on Saturday, September 20, at the Masonic Temple in Jackson. Darryl L. Spurlock, of Jackson, was installed as Master for the 2014-2015 term. Mr. Spurlock is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert L. 'Bud' & Mary Ann Spurlock of Sikeston...
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It Could Be Me, It Could Be You...It Could Be Us
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/26/14)
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Time to Pink Up!
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A big spider web
(Submitted Photo ~ 09/26/14)
A big spider web on one of the bushes''they made a great job!!!
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Take the 'Gone Girl' quote quiz. Can you match these 12 quotes to the people who said them?
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
Readers of Gillian Flynn's novel "Gone Girl" anxiously await the release of director David Fincher's new thriller on Oct 2. Social media outlets are buzzing with guesses as to how the book's many twist and turns will be retold on screen. Not only are fans chattering about this long awaited release, but the cast and crew have quite a lot to say. Can you guess who said what?
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Cape Girardeau County sheriff warns of new phone-call scam
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
The Cape Girardeau County sheriff's office is alerting residents to a phone scam that falsely involved a deputy or a judge. According to a news release, some residents Thursday afternoon said they received phone calls from what appeared to be a Potosi, Missouri, phone number. The callers stated they were either a deputy sheriff with the county sheriff's office and or were acting under the authority of Judge Gary Kamp...
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Data hackers strike Jimmy John's in Cape
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
Free smells apparently weren't enough for the data thieves who helped themselves to payment-card information from Jimmy John's this summer. According to a news release posted on the company's website, Jimmy John's officials discovered a security breach July 30 and hired third-party investigators to look into it...
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Local liaison: Jim Dufek on discomfort & storytelling in Fincher's films
(Entertainment ~ 09/26/14)
Dr. Jim Dufek, professor of mass media at Southeast Missouri State University and de facto local liaison to the "Gone Girl" production team, sat down to discuss his role in the process and dissect some of the cinematic elements that define the work of David Fincher, director of "Gone Girl."...
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Today in History
(National News ~ 09/26/14)
Today is Friday, Sept. 26, the 269th day of 2014. There are 96 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Sept. 26, 1789, Thomas Jefferson was confirmed by the Senate to be the first United States secretary of state; John Jay, the first chief justice; Edmund Randolph, the first attorney general...
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The week that was – but really should never have been
(Column ~ 09/26/14)
Last week started well enough. Autumn temperatures. Rustling leaves. Schoolchildren waiting for buses. University students competing for parking spaces. Hot coffee. Whole-wheat toast. Fresh coffee. Hummingbirds on the feeder outside the kitchen window...
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Get ready for golf in downtown Cape Girardeau
(Editorial ~ 09/26/14)
Golfers and fun-seekers, get ready. Tee time is 1:30 p.m. Sunday. The location: Downtown Cape Girardeau. The First-Ever Ninth Annual Louis J. Lorimier Memorial World-Famous Downtown Golf Tournament will be held this weekend in Cape Girardeau's downtown to raise money for the Red House Interpretive Center...
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Former Cardinals pitcher to share testimony on Sunday
(Editorial ~ 09/26/14)
Many people have a hurt, habit or hang-up. Whether drug dependency, relationship challenges, alcoholism or another category, these are problems that can destroy lives of individuals and families. There are programs, however, that can help people move forward and live a better life. Celebrate Recovery is one of those programs...
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Vada Smart
(Obituary ~ 09/26/14)
Vada Smart, 100, of Cape Girardeau passed away Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014, at Chateau Girardeau. She was born Oct. 7, 1913, in Piggott, Arkansas, to William Holens and Edith Eron Hickman Smart. Vada received a bachelor's degree in education from Southeast Missouri State University and a master's degree from Peabody College in Nashville, Tennessee. ...
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George Pulliam
(Obituary ~ 09/26/14)
PATTON, Mo. -- George Henry Pulliam, 87, of Patton passed away Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014, at his home. He was born May 2, 1927, at Patton, son of Harley Andrew and Mettie Grindstaff Pulliam. He and Elcie Marie Long were married July 4, 1953. George was a line operator at McDonnell Douglas, and later worked in the lumber yard at Pocahontas Lumber. He was a member of Little Whitewater Baptist Church...
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Leola Hotop
(Obituary ~ 09/26/14)
PERRYVILLE, Mo. -- Leola T. Hotop, 92, of Perryville died Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at Perry Oaks Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Perryville. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today and 6:30 to 9:15 a.m. Saturday at Young and Sons Funeral Home...
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Births 9/26/14
(Births ~ 09/26/14)
Daughter to Donald L. Hanebrink Jr. and Shanda L. Steinnerd of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Hospital, 7:36 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2014. Name, Jade Lynne. Weight, 6 pounds, 14 ounces. Second daughter. Ms. Steinnerd is the daughter of Sandy Jones of Jackson and Tim Steinnerd of Leopold, Missouri. She is employed by Regency Management. Hanebrink is the son of Tina Hanebrink and Donald Hanebrink of Cape Girardeau. He is employed by Bella Italia...
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Out of the past 9/26/14
(Out of the Past ~ 09/26/14)
Hundreds of shoppers at Kmart, Art Mart and West Park Mall got an unexpected treat Monday when legendary comedian Red Skelton went on a shopping trip; Skelton, 71, who will be performing his one-man show at the Show Me Center on Saturday, arrived early to get a feel for the community...
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Three from NYC Fire Department who worked at ground zero die on same day
(National News ~ 09/26/14)
NEW YORK -- Three retired firefighters who worked at ground zero have died on the same day from cancer, an illness that many fear might be connected to toxic World Trade Center dust released on Sept. 11, fire officials said Thursday. Lt. Howard Bischoff, 58, and firefighters Robert Leaver, 56, and Daniel Heglund, 58, died within hours of each other Monday...
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Area men jailed on drug charges
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
CHARLESTON, Mo. -- Two Charleston men are in custody after a drug distribution investigation by the Mississippi County Sheriff's Department. Demitiours Andre Moore, 40, and Myron Lamont Andrews, 18, each are charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute, a felony punishable on conviction by five to 15 years in prison...
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Poplar Bluff bypasses insurance bid from region for an outfit overseas
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. -- During Tuesday's City Council meeting, City Manager Heath Kaplan was questioned about his recommendation to accept a higher bid from a health insurance broker. The higher bid was from a firm based overseas. The lower bid was from a locally owned Poplar Bluff financial institution...
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Outreach event at Southeast showcases rape prevention
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
The Campus Violence Prevention Program at Southeast Missouri State University held an outreach Thursday outside Kent Library to mark Rape Abuse and Incest National Network Day. Decorated umbrellas were set up on and near tables that also featured information on the Campus Violence Prevention Program and related subjects...
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Eight injured in bus accident
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
BERTRAND, Mo. -- A Sikeston, Missouri, woman and seven children were injured in a two-vehicle accident involving a school bus Wednesday morning in Mississippi County. The accident occurred at 7 a.m. on Highway 62 in Bertrand, according to the Missouri State Highway Patrol. ...
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Career criminal gets life for 3 killings in 1980s
(National News ~ 09/26/14)
LOS ANGELES -- As Audrey Nelson clawed for her life while being beaten and strangled 25 years ago, she grasped something that finally brought justice for her family Thursday and helped send a serial killer to prison. DNA found under Nelson's fingernails eventually led to Samuel Little, who was sentenced to three consecutive terms of life in prison for the murder of Nelson and two other women during the crack cocaine scourge, when several serial killers preyed on drug users and prostitutes in South Los Angeles.. ...
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Navajo to get $554 million settlement from U.S.
(National News ~ 09/26/14)
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. -- The Navajo Nation is poised to receive $554 million from the federal government over mismanagement of tribal resources in the largest settlement of its kind for an American Indian tribe. Much of the land on the 27,000-square-mile reservation has been leased for farming, grazing, oil and gas development, mining and housing. ...
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Jason Aldean is engaged to Brittany Kerr
(Entertainment ~ 09/26/14)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Country star Jason Aldean and former "American Idol" contestant Brittany Kerr are engaged. The engagement was confirmed Thursday by a publicist for Aldean. Aldean, 37, filed for divorce from his wife, Jessica, last year. Pictures had surfaced of the singer and Kerr appearing to kiss in a Los Angeles bar...
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Rouhani: Extremists endanger civilization
(International News ~ 09/26/14)
UNITED NATIONS -- Iran's president told the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday that moderate leaders in the Middle East must lead the fight against extremists, warning their goal of destroying civilization is generating anti-Muslim hatred and creating fertile ground for further intervention of foreign forces in the region...
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FBI may have identified man in beheadings
(International News ~ 09/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- The FBI director says the U.S. believes it has identified the British-accented masked man in the videos depicting the beheadings of two American journalists and a British aid worker. FBI director James Comey said at the bureau's headquarters Thursday he would not reveal the man's name or nationality...
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Ukraine president certain peace is on way
(International News ~ 09/26/14)
KIEV, Ukraine -- Ukraine's leader said Thursday "the most dangerous part of the war" has passed and that the conflict with pro-Russia separatists in the country's east is on the wane. Artillery fire, however, still rang out in the region's largest city...
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Airstrikes hit ISIS-held oil sites in Syria
(International News ~ 09/26/14)
BEIRUT -- U.S.-led airstrikes targeted Syrian oil installations held by the extremist Islamic State group overnight and early Thursday, killing at least 19 people as more families of militants left their key stronghold, fearing further raids, activists said...
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Judge hears arguments in lawsuit over same-sex ban
(State News ~ 09/26/14)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Missouri doesn't allow first cousins to legally marry, but recognizes such marriages if they were legally performed in other states. The same goes for couples who were too young to wed in Missouri but were allowed to do so elsewhere...
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Families want investigations into deaths by police
(State News ~ 09/26/14)
WASHINGTON -- The parents of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, two black men who died in encounters with white police officers, joined with civil rights leaders Thursday to call for a full federal investigation and charges against those involved in their deaths...
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Ferguson chief apologizes to Brown family
(State News ~ 09/26/14)
ST. LOUIS -- The Missouri police chief whose officer fatally shot an unarmed 18-year-old last month released a video Thursday apologizing to the family and the community, acknowledging Michael Brown's body remained in the street for too long after he was killed...
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Craft beer fest promises to brew up some fun
(Entertainment ~ 09/26/14)
Autumn is famous for shades of amber, brown, orange and yellow -- in beer, that is. Drink to the season at the third annual Cape Girardeau Craft Beer Festival from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday at the SEMO Fair 4-H and Bank of America Show Arena Pavilions at Arena Park...
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Jerry Ford will bring his German band to the festival
(Entertainment ~ 09/26/14)
In keeping with the spirit of the Craft Beer Festival, prominent community figure and local jazz musician Jerry Ford will bring his German band to provide traditional music to set the mood at the festival. He honed his skills as a teenager playing for the area's dinner clubs and their surreptitiously affiliated gambling clubs such as the Purple Crackle and the Colony Club...
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Jackson police report 9/26/14
(Police/Fire Report ~ 09/26/14)
The Jackson Police Department released the following items. Arrests do not imply guilt. DWI Arrests Summonses Theft Miscellaneous...
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Rowing on the river
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
LAURA SIMON ~ lsimon@semissourian.com John Pritchard, left, Chris Gate, center, row as Paddy Broughton works as the coxswain of the Thames skiff after departing the Red Star Access in Cape Girardeau, Thursday morning, Sept. ...
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Regional spelling bee open for registration
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
Registration is open for schools that wish to participate in the sixth annual Southeast Missouri Regional Spelling Bee, set for Feb. 28 at Three Rivers College in Poplar Bluff. Participating schools must complete their registration by Oct. 15 and complete a schoolwide spelling bee before Feb. 6. Students must not be older than age 14 on or before Aug. 31 and cannot have passed beyond the eighth grade on or before Feb. 1...
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State treasurer to visit Central Middle School
(Local News ~ 09/26/14)
State Treasurer Clint Zweifel will speak to students at Central Middle School at 9 a.m. today about the importance of saving for higher education. The school is at 1900 Thilenius St. Zweifel is talking to students across Missouri during September as part of College Savings Month. He also is sponsoring a contest where students have a chance to compete for one of two grand-prize $1,500 MOST 529 accounts. For more information, visit MissouriMost.org...
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Ferguson shooting emerges in county exec TV ads
(State News ~ 09/26/14)
CLAYTON, Mo. -- The two candidates for St. Louis County executive are confronting the fatal Ferguson police shooting in new campaign ads. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported County Councilman Steve Stenger released a TV ad Thursday that urges county residents to "build trust in each other." Ferguson protesters have criticized the Democrat for his ties to county prosecutor Robert McCulloch as a grand jury considers possible criminal charges in the death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. ...
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Ferguson's West Florissant Avenue eyed for upgrade
(State News ~ 09/26/14)
FERGUSON, Mo. -- An area of Ferguson that has been the site of protests and riots is being eyed for an upgrade. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the stretch of West Florissant Avenue was targeted for improvements long before protests began following the Aug. ...
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Powerful quake rattles large portion of Alaska
(National News ~ 09/26/14)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A powerful earthquake shook a large swath of Alaska on Thursday morning, knocking things off shelves and causing people to take cover but bringing no immediate reports of injuries or major damage. The quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2, and it hit at 9:51 a.m. The epicenter was about 80 miles northwest of the state's largest city, where it was strongly felt, the Alaska Earthquake Center said. The quake lingered for at least a minute in some areas...
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Chief: 'No idea' where missing student is
(National News ~ 09/26/14)
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Investigators still have "no idea whatsoever" where a missing University of Virginia student might be despite the arrest of a fugitive who was seen walking off with her, Charlottesville's police chief said Thursday. The search for Hannah Graham has expanded to rural areas outside the college town of 40,000, Chief Timothy Longo said...
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Best Bet 9/26/14: Haunted downtown Cape walking tours
(Entertainment ~ 09/26/14)
A series of downtown Cape Girardeau walking tours kicks off Thursday at the Boardman Pavilion in the Hutson's Fine Furniture parking lot on Main Street. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and shoes to tour the historic downtown area and hear ghost stories. The tour, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., will be repeated Oct. 9, 23, 27, 28, 29 and 30...
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Artifacts 9/26/14
(Entertainment ~ 09/26/14)
The Crisp Museum at the Southeast Missouri State University's River Campus will host "Women's Day of Art" from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday. The workshop will feature easy-to-learn classes based on the theme "Let Yourself Go." Teaching artists, will demonstrate a variety of techniques such as card making, landscapes with paper, painted daisies and spray paint on paper, glass and terra cotta. ...
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River Campus kicks off 12th season of Sundays at Three
(Entertainment ~ 09/26/14)
The Sundays at Three chamber music series at Southeast Missouri State University is reaching greater heights this season by hosting a guest performance by the Delphi Trio, a piano trio that has performed throughout the United States and Canada. The Delphi Trio will perform the first concert of the 12th season of Sundays at Three on Sunday in the Shuck Music Recital Hall at the River Campus...
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Helen Umphenour
(Obituary ~ 09/26/14)
Helen Umphenour, 78, of Wappapello, Missouri, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014, at Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. She was born Jan. 10, 1936, in Illmo, to the late Toy and Icie Webb Walton. She and Barton Umphenour were married Feb. 14, 1987. He preceded her in death June 10, 2006...
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Prayer 9/26/14
(Prayer ~ 09/26/14)
O Lord Jesus, may we forgive others as you forgive us. Amen.
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