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CCA is deeply saddened to report that PCCA
President, respected colleague, and good friend
Larry Libla passed away on November 30 at
Barnes Jewish Hospital North in St. Louis, Mo.
Our thoughts and prayers go out to Larry’s
wife of 39 years Pam, his daughters Anna Whitlow, Christina
Miller, and Alicia Libla, his sons-in-law Jerry Whitlow and
Kurt Miller, his four grandchildren Rylee, Aidan, Addysen,
and Emeri, his mother Marglie, and his entire family.
Larry was born October 9, 1943, in Fredricktown, Mo. He
began his construction career with ElectriCom in Paoli, Ind.,
and in 1972 he and Pam began L&P Contractors. In 1977,
they formed Libla Communications of Poplar Bluff, Mo. Larry
joined PCCA in 1990, was elected to the Board of Directors
in 1998, and served the last six years as an officer of the as-
sociation, becoming president in March 2011.
Anybody who knows Larry knows how he loved to sit with
folks and visit, telling stories that made you laugh so hard
your stomach hurt. That’s surely what those of us on the
PCCA staff remember and will miss so very much. At PCCA
events, he would find a seat near our registration desk or in
the hotel lobby, work on that toothpick, and regale us with
stories about the old days on the job, crazy things that hap-
pened out on a horse trail, and, of course, about his daugh-
ters and grandchildren that he loved so much.
Larry enjoyed the outdoors and was an avid horseman, en-
joying barrel racing and trail riding. He was a member of the
Easy Rider Saddle Club in Illinois and the Elks Lodge. Larry
was an avid supporter of education and beamed with pride
when talking about his daughters’ graduate degrees. He also
served in the Army and Army National Guard for 25 years.
Memorials can be made to Larry W. Libla Memorial Schol-
arship Fund: First Missouri State Bank, 1902 Sunset Drive,
Poplar Bluff, MO 63901.
In Memoriam: Larry Libla