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Two deaths confirmed near Poplar Bluff

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By Heartland News

POPLAR BLUFF, MO (KFVS) - The storms proved deadly in Butler County.

Grover Neeley, 59, and his wife Wanda Neeley, 55, were killed when a tree fell on top of their 2005 Ford Expedition, according to Sergeant Dale Moreland with the Missouri State Highway Patrol

It happened just before 11 a.m. on Highway 53 south of Poplar Bluff.

Strong winds blew the tree over.