Stories from Monday, March 25, 2019

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Helen Rosalea Menees Evans, 84, died March 18, 2019, at the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff. Born July 28, 1934, in Lilbourn, daughter of the late Arthur Menees and Hattie Adams Christopher, she worked as a hairdresser and bank teller. She was a member of Spoonerville Baptist Church...

YUMA, Ariz. — Alvin Monroe “Pod” Ashley, 69, died March 24, 2019, in Arizona. Born Dec. 26, 1949, son of the late James Lewis and Opal Ruth Williams Ashley, he was a graduate of Charleston, Mo., High School class of 1967. He attended Southeast Missouri Start University before entering the United States Air Force and serving until his retirement in 1992...

POPLAR BLUFF, Mo. — Louis Dean Borders, 83, died March 24, 2019, at The Manor in Poplar Bluff. Born May 2, 1935, in New Madrid County, son of the late Troy E. Borders and Mary Myrtle Marlin, he had lived in Fisk before moving to Poplar Bluff. He had worked as a hat dipper at the Paramount Hat Wear company and attended the Star Community Church near Fisk. He served in the U.S. Army...

SIKESTON — Joel G. Vinson, 77, of Sikeston, died Sunday, March 24, 2019, at Sikeston. He was born April 18, 1941, at Rock Island, Ill., the son of John B. Vinson and the grandson of Samuel R. and Pamie Lou Scott Vinson, who raised him. He was a 1961 graduate of Sikeston High School, and attended Southeast Missouri State University. He cleared and sold farmland, and farmed for some years. He was retired from the Sikeston Power Station...