Recent Obituaries
Rexie Dobbs
Jan 2, 2017
Rexie (Spradlin) Dobbs was born March 15, 1916, in Randolph County, Arkansas, to Edward and Mandy (Vaughn) Dobbs, and went home to be with the Lord January 2, 2017. She was just 2 months away from her 101st birthday. Nana passed peacefully in her sleep at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri, surrounded by loved ones. Rexie married Hershel Dobbs on February...
Barbara Delcour
Dec 29, 2016
Barbara Delcour, daughter of the late Thomas and Wilma (Davis) Connell, was born on May 15, 1945 in Vancouver, Washington, and departed this life on December 29, 2016 at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 71 years of age. Barbara moved to California and then to Missouri. She married James Dillard in 1963. Three children were born to this...
Dreama Woolard
Dec 25, 2016
Dreama G. Woolard, daughter of the late Robert and Runa (Backus) Tuck, was born on August 19, 1933 in Swiss, West Virginia, and departed this life on December 25, 2016 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri at 83 years of age. Besides her parents, Dreama was preceded in death by three brothers, Raymond, James, and Jackie, and...
Mary Ann Besson
Dec 19, 2016
Mary Ann Besson, daughter of the late Wayne and Wilma (Todd) Casey, was born November 19, 1957 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life on December 19, 2016 at Wilsons Creek Nursing and Rehab facility in Springfield, Missouri at 59 years of age. Mary was raised in Mountain Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1976. She...
Paris Prock
Dec 19, 2016
Paris Ervin Prock, son of the late Hayden and Ruth (Dorris) Prock, was born on July 10, 1928 in Plato, Missouri and departed this life on December 19, 2016, in Springfield Missouri, at 88 years, 5 months, and 9 days. Paris grew up mostly in Missouri and some years in Washington state, where he met and married his life partner,...
Harold W. Lee
Dec 14, 2016
Harold Waltza Lee, son of the late Opha and Mabel (Proctor) Lee, was born September 26, 1927 in Drury, Missouri, and departed this life December 14, 2016 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 89 years, 2 months, and 18 days of age. Harold grew up in Douglas County. He left the area to work the...
James W. Hall, Jr.
Dec 12, 2016
James Worstall Hall, Jr., son of the late James Sr. and Laura (Blair) Hall, was born December 3, 1940, in Little Rock, Arkansas, and passed away at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, December 12, 2016. He was 76 years and 9 days of age. James grew up in Hope, Arkansas. He married Shirley on June 4, 1975, in Phoenix,...
Betty Nielsen
Dec 12, 2016
Betty Joan (Bass) Graham-Nielsen, daughter of the late Duey and Eva (Kearns) Bass, was born October 11, 1932 in Willow Springs, Missouri and passed away December 12, 2016 at the Willow Care Nursing Home, Willow Springs, Missouri, following a long illness. Betty lived in Mountain Grove, Missouri for a large part of her life. She was united in marriage to...
Ronnie Dobbs
Dec 11, 2016
Ronnie Jones Dobbs, son of the late Dee and Sylvia (Willhite) Dobbs, was born September 21, 1938 in Coweta, Oklahoma, and departed this life December 11, 2016 in Springfield, Missouri. He was 78 years, 2 months, and 21 days of age. Ronnie grew up in Sperry, Oklahoma and graduated from Sperry High School. He then attended Northeast Oklahoma Technical College...
Ruby Sullivan
Dec 9, 2016
Ruby Sullivan, daughter of the late Lam, Chu Tong Lay and Lam, Chu Shee, was born October 10, 1937 in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life December 9, 2016 in Springfield, Missouri. She was 79 years, 1 month, and 29 days of age. The family would like to thank her special care givers: Marvin, Amy, Sue, and Chris and...
Mae Moore
Dec 9, 2016
Oral Mae Moore, daughter of the late Ivor and Freda (Taylor) Brooks, was born October 24, 1934 in Peoria, Illinois, and departed this life December 9, 2016 in West Plains, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 82 years, 1 month, and 15 days of age. Mae was united in marriage to Lester A. Moore on October 1, 1951, in...
Maxine (Perkins) Bain
Dec 5, 2016
Maxine Faye (Perkins) Bain, daughter of the late Jackson Robert and Arra Grace (Crisp) Perkins, was born August 26, 1931 in Manes, Missouri, and departed this life December 5, 2016 in Portland, Oregon. Maxine grew up in Manes, Missouri, and went to school in the Perkins School House in Manes. She married Frank Bain. Seven children were born to this...
Russell Borden Cozort
Dec 4, 2016
Russell Borden Cozort, born December 5, 1933, passed from Mountain Grove to Paradise on December 4, 2016. He was born in Wiseman, Arkansas to Velmer Borden and Mabel Lee (Montgomery) Cozort along with a sister and brother. The family moved from Arkansas to Michigan in 1948 to find work. He eventually met Shirley Ann Hosbein while picking strawberries and married...
Hazel Mildred Mccoy
Dec 4, 2016
Hazel Mildred McCoy, daughter of the late Henry and Hazel Marie (Starks) Van De Venter, was born February 4, 1928, in Waterloo, Iowa, and departed this life December 4, 2016, in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center of Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 88 years of age. Mildred was raised in Wright County, Missouri and was a Mountain Grove High School...
Martyn M. Deadmond
Dec 1, 2016
Martyn Myrle Deadmond, son of the late John Jefferson and Bonnie Bale (Peachee) Deadmond, was born April 14, 1925 in Jacksonville, Oregon, and departed this life on December 1, 2016 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 91 years, 7 months, and 17 days of age. Martyn was raised in Jacksonville and later moved to Oklahoma. He married Marie Morrell on...
Jerry Lee Vandivort
Nov 26, 2016
Jerry Lee Vandivort, son of the late Ira and Leona Vandivort, was born on September 25, 1938 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away on November 26, 2016 in Houston, Missouri. He was 78 years, 2 months, and 1 day of age. Jerry attended the Oak Grove one-room school house until the 8th grade, and then he attended and graduated...
Sharon Kathleen Driskell
Nov 22, 2016
Sharon Kathleen Driskell, daughter of the late Roy and Lorene (Estes) Coffman, was born on September 4, 1951 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life on November 22, 2016 at 65 years, 2 months, and 18 days of age. Sharon was raised in Douglas County and spent the majority of her life in that area. She was saved and...
Jonathan J. Roth
Nov 20, 2016
Jonathan Joel Roth, son of the late Harrison Thomas and Genevieve Suzannah (Grubb) Roth, was born on June 3, 1946, in Reading, Pennsylvania and departed this life at Mercy hospital on November 20, 2016. He was 70 years, 5 months and 17 days of age. Jonathan lived just outside Reading, Pennsylvania until 10 years of age. His family moved to...