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Vera June Sellars

Vera June Sellars

Sep 22, 2014

Vera June Sellars moved to Heaven on September 22, 2014 to be with her loving Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 94 years of age. She was born on July 9, 1920 in Mountain Grove, Missouri to Charlie and Stella (Odel) Turner. Vera grew up in the Mountain Grove area where she met and married Frank Sellars on April 9,...

Pauline Emalee Thompson

Pauline Emalee Thompson

Sep 21, 2014

Visitation: Thursday, September 25, 2014 from 10:00-11:00 AM in the Craig-Hurtt Chapel Funeral Service: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM in the Craig-Hurtt Chapel. Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Mountain Grove, Missouri Memorial Contributions: Wounded Warrior Project c/o the funeral home. Obituaty: Pauline E. Thompson, daughter of the late Edward and Nola (Freeman) Pendergrass, was born on October 17, 1937 in...

Larry Dean Prock

Larry Dean Prock

Sep 21, 2014

Larry Dean Prock, son of Nina (Hutsell) and the late Bryan Prock, was born on August 27, 1952, in Pasco, Washington and departed this life on September 21, 2014 in the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville, Arkansas, following a short battle with liver cancer. In 1957, Larry and his family moved to Lynchburg, Missouri. He attended school in Plato,...

Theodore 'Pete' Reginald Liska

Theodore 'Pete' Reginald Liska

Sep 19, 2014

Theodore Reginald Pete Liska, 76, son of the late George and Emma Kathryn (Skelton) Liska, was born April 20, 1938 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 19, 2014 at the Jordan Creek Nursing and Rehab Facility in Springfield, Missouri. Pete was saved and baptized at an early age. He worked as a...

Wava Geraldine Kelley

Wava Geraldine Kelley

Sep 19, 2014

Wava Heard was born, the ninth of ten children, to Jim and Maudie Heard, on June 9th, 1926, and departed this life on September 19th, 2014 . After a six week courtship, Wava married Rex Kelley on July 16, 1943. They had 59 wonderful years together, before Rex passed away in May 2002. To this union three children were born:...

Abhc Charles G. Burrow Usn (Ret)

Abhc Charles G. Burrow Usn (Ret)

Sep 16, 2014

ABHC Charles Grady Burrow USN (RET), son of the late Charley and Mary (Carpenter) Burrow, was born on October 21, 1932 in Lake City, Arkansas and departed this life on September 16, 2014 at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri. He was 81 years of age. Charles Chuck was born and raised in Lake City, Arkansas. Chuck joined the...

James 'Wes' Wessley Mcgowan

James 'Wes' Wessley Mcgowan

Sep 12, 2014

James Wessley McGowan was born February 24, 1933 on the family farm near Bendavis, MO, to the late Hayward and Ollie McGowan. He passed away in his home, September 12, 2014 after a long battle with lung disease. He lived 81 years, 6 months and 19 days. Wes grew up on the family farm near Bendavis where he learned the...

Kahden Skylar Allen Mcgraw

Kahden Skylar Allen Mcgraw

Sep 9, 2014

Kahden Skylar Allen McGraw, son of Devin and Delaine (Schroeder) McGraw, was born July 18, 2014 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. On September 9, 2014, at St. Louis Childrens Hospital, Heaven gained the most beautiful angel and Baby K earned his wings. He was seven and one-half weeks old. The specialist said there was no hope for Kahden....

Bernard R. Mccarty

Bernard R. Mccarty

Sep 7, 2014

Bernard Rheuben McCarty, son of the late Vernon Gaither and Erma (Sloan) McCarty, was born on May 5, 1924 in Vanzant, Missouri, and departed this life on Sunday, September 7, 2014 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 90 years of age. Bernard was a World War II veteran and served with the United States Coast...

Frances Madalene Tool

Frances Madalene Tool

Sep 7, 2014

Frances Madalene Tool, daughter of the late Henry Gordon and Minnie Lea (Ferguson) McNairn, was born on September 27, 1925 at her parents home in Izard County, Arkansas, and went home to the Lord following health complications associated with a lengthy hospital stay. At the time of her passing she was living in Blue Springs, Missouri, near family. She was...

Carolyn Elaine Randall

Carolyn Elaine Randall

Sep 6, 2014

Carolyn Elaine Hannemann was born Feb 4, 1949 in Finschaffen, Papua New Guinea, the daughter of a Lutheran missionary, Herbert R. Hannemann, and his wife Olinda Martin. Carolyn spent her summers with her parents in the highlands of New Guinea among the native people, and like other mission children she attended boarding school in Australia. The family later returned to...

Leonard Harold Ballard

Leonard Harold Ballard

Sep 4, 2014

Leonard Harold Ballard, son of the late Lawrence G. and Dorothy E. (Hoke) Ballard, was born January 16, 1932 and passed away September 4, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nevada, at 82 years of age. Leonard loved his heavenly Father and was a living example of hard work, generosity and compassion. He was successful beyond his dreams and he shared those...

Ann Frances Moritz

Ann Frances Moritz

Aug 29, 2014

Services Pending Burial: Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Wheat Ridge, Colorado Memorial Contributions: St. Jude Childrens Hospital c/o the funeral home.

Roger L Boykin

Roger L Boykin

Aug 29, 2014

Roger Lee Boykin, son of Don and Zelpha (Wilson) Boykin, was born November 27, 1960 in Cabool, Missouri and departed this life August 29, 2014 at his home near Mountain Grove, Missouri following a long illness. He was 53 years of age. As a young man, Roger loved the outdoors, especially when hunting and fishing. He also enjoyed playing in...

James 'Skip' Clifton Wilson

James 'Skip' Clifton Wilson

Aug 23, 2014

James Skip Clifton Wilson, son of the late Clifton Claude and Anna Elberta (Woody) Wilson, was born March 14, 1941 in Hartville, Missouri and departed this life on August 23, 2014 in his home. He was 73 years old. Skip grew up in Hartville, Missouri where he met Mary Anne Tooley. Skip moved to Kansas and married Mary Anne Tooley...

Wilma 'Willie' Rose Carty

Wilma 'Willie' Rose Carty

Aug 19, 2014

Wilma Rose Willie Carty, one of ten children born to the late Lee and Verna (Hicks) Sympson, was born May 12, 1933 in Grand Island, Nebraska and departed this life on August 19, 2014 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center of Mountain Grove, Missouri, following a short illness. She was 81 years, 3 months, and 7 days of age. Willie...

Martha Davis

Martha Davis

Aug 16, 2014

Martha Lou Davis, daughter of the late Benjamin Harrison and Saloma (Butts) Lee, was born on January 24, 1935 in Houston, Missouri, and departed this life on August 16, 2014 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove. She was 79 years, 6 months, and 23 days of age. Martha married Bob Davis on October 26, 1952, and they lived...

Adam Leigh Caston

Adam Leigh Caston

Aug 15, 2014

Adam Leigh Caston entered this world on July 19, 1987 and departed from it on August 15, 2014 at the age of 27. Adam was preceded in death by his dad: Kendall Joe Reed; and both of his grandmothers: Dollie May Caston and Norma Gayle Reed. Adam leaves this life before his much loved mother: Tracy Leigh Caston; brother: Jared...

Murl Junior Adamson

Murl Junior Adamson

Aug 11, 2014

Murl Junior Adamson, son of the late Ernest Charles CE and Ora (Arnall) Adamson, was born on August 24, 1926 in Hartville, Missouri, and departed this life on August 11, 2014 at Glenwood Healthcare in Seymour, Missouri. He was 87 years, 11 months, and 19 days of age. Murl grew up near Mountain Grove. He married Maxine Hudson in 1945....

Charlene Faye Owens

Charlene Faye Owens

Aug 9, 2014

Charlene Faye Owens, daughter of the late Charlie and Stella (Jones) McIntosh, was born on April 2, 1935 in Mountain Grove, Missouri and departed this life on August 9, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 79 years, 4 months, and 10 days of age. Faye lived in Wright County her entire life. She married Georgie Owens on...