Recent Obituaries
Dwain Virtue
Aug 6, 2014
Otis Dwain Virtue, son of the late Oley and Thelma (Proe) Virtue, was born on October 11, 1941 in Mountain Grove, Missouri and passed away on August 6, 2014 in Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove at 72 years of age. Dwain attended Dunn School and then finished his schooling in Mountain Grove where he graduated with the class...
Marvin Lester Cravens
Aug 2, 2014
Marvin Lester Cravens, son of the late Grover Cleveland and Maude Etha (Bolian) Cravens, was born on December 4, 1927 in Wright County, Missouri and departed this life on August 2, 2014 in Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 86 years, 7 months, and 29 days of age. Marvin grew up near Hartville and graduated college from Southwest Missouri...
Wayne Eldon Moore
Jul 27, 2014
Wayne Eldon Moore, son of the late Everett and Ermil (Carter) Moore, was born July 19, 1926 at the family farm home west of Mountain Grove, Missouri. He passed away July 27, 2014 in the Center Point Medical Center in Independence, Missouri surrounded by his loving family. He was 88 years and 8 days of age. Visitation: Wednesday, July 30,...
Kelley Ann Whittenburg
Jul 25, 2014
Kelley Ann Garson-Whittenburg was born on June 2, 1971 in Mansfield, Missouri, and departed this life on July 25, 2014 in the Cox South Medical Center of Springfield, Missouri. She was 43 years, 1 month, and 23 days of age.Kelley lived most of her life in Hartville, Missouri. She was a kind and caring person who had many friends. She...
Emma Jean Mitchell
Jul 23, 2014
Mrs. Mitchell has been cremated under the direction of Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home.
Susan Jean Wooton
Jul 22, 2014
Susan Jean Wooton was born to Norman G. Perry and Mary C. Siebert, Dec 1922 in Dormont, PA. She passed away on July 22, 2014 at her home south of Mountain Grove at 91 years of age. Susan began playing the piano at age 5. Her distinguished career started at the age of 13, when she was first requested to...
Eddie 'Kenneth' Northcutt
Jul 19, 2014
Eddie Kenneth Northcutt, son of the late Jack and Anna (Wilsher) Northcutt, was born on May 4, 1929 in Harlingen, Texas and departed this life on July 19, 2014 at the age of 85 years, 2 months, and 15 days. Ken lived with his family on a farm about eight miles from Mountain Grove. He was self-employed and hauled milk...
Violet Lavada Melton
Jul 14, 2014
Violet (Plunk) Melton, was born on March 5, 1927 to the late Arthur Sherman and Vivian (Barr) Plunk and went to Heaven on July 14, 2014 at the Autumn Oaks Caring Center of Mountain Grove, Missouri following a long illness. She was 87 years, 4 months, and 9 days of age. Violet grew up on Little Creek Road, near Mountain...
Elvira Luise Slater
Jul 5, 2014
Elvira Luise Slater was born on December 2, 1944 in Hengersberg, West Germany to Ludwig Schwartz and Anna Jakob and peacefully departed this life on July 5, 2014 at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, surrounded by family. She was 69 years, 7 months, and 3 days of age. Elvira grew up in West Germany and met a U.S. Soldier,...
Kendall Joe Calhoun
Jul 3, 2014
Kendall Joe Calhoun was born October 30, 1960, at Elkhorn, Wisconsin and departed this life on July 3, 2014, at Medical City Hospital, Dallas, Texas, at the age of 53 years and 8 months after a long illness. Kendall was the son of the late Joe Calhoun and Lodema (Owens) Calhoun Mountain Grove, Missouri. Kendall attended Mountain Grove High School....
Lewis Martin Pridemore
Jul 1, 2014
The morning of Tuesday, July 1, 2014, Lewis Martin Pridemore finished his earthly journey at 80 years of age. Services will be held at First Baptist Church, Mountain Grove on Friday, July 11, with Visitation at 4:00 PM and a Celebration of Lewis' Life at 5:00 PM. October 1, 1933, in Ava, Missouri, Theodore and Hazel Fletcher Pridemore were blessed...
Ruth Ella (Wagner) Matthis
Jun 30, 2014
Mrs. Matthis was cremated. No Services are planned at this time. Burial will be at Lonestar Cemetery at a later date.
John Henry Cook
Jun 28, 2014
John Henry Cook, age 50, was born on December 8, 1963 in Iowa City, Iowa and departed this life suddenly on June 28, 2014 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. John entered the military on August 6, 1982 as an Indirect Fire Infantryman and served in that field for 5 years and 2 months. Then he was assigned as a Power Generation...
Ricky Lynn Curtner
Jun 24, 2014
Mr. Curtner was cremated under the direction of the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home. No services have been planned at this time.
Dwight C. Tate
Jun 23, 2014
Dwight Charles Tate, son of the late W.C. Charley and Thelma B. (Oliphant) Tate, was born January 16, 1942, in Bendavis, Missouri, and passed away peacefully June 23, 2014 at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, with his loving wife at his side. Dwight attended school and graduated with the Mtn. Grove High School Class of 1959. He was united...
Dwight Lee Stigall
Jun 20, 2014
Dwight Lee Stigall, son of Sam and Dorothy (Owens) Stigall, was born on November 23, 1952 in Wright County, Missouri and departed this life on June 20, 2014 at his home in Mtn. Grove, Missouri following a long illness. Dwight graduated from Mtn. Grove High School and served his country in the United States Army National Guard and Navy National...
Charles Wesley Mcintyre
Jun 15, 2014
Charles Charlie Westley McIntyre, III, son of the late Charles Westley McIntyre, II, and Betty Ilene (Soteros) McIntyre, was born on February 28, 1948 in Muscatine, Iowa, and departed this life on Sunday, June 15, 2014 in the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri, at 66 years of age. Charlie grew up in Muscatine, Iowa and graduated from Wilton...
Dixie Jane (Forbes) Hutchinson
Jun 14, 2014
Dixie Jane Hutchinson, youngest of ten children, was born to William Burley and Gladys (Campbell) Forbes on May 20, 1940 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, and passed away on June 14, 2014 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, after complications due to Kidney Disease. She was 74 years of age. Dixie grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove and graduated...
Philip Busicco
Jun 14, 2014
Mr. Busicco was cremated under the direction of Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home.
Jerry Lee Graves
Jun 13, 2014
Jerry Lee Graves, son of the late James Robert and Sarah Edith (Davis) Graves, was born on November 11, 1945 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, and passed away on June 13, 2014 at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, at 68 years of age. Graveside Services: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 at 11:00 AM in Thomas Cemetery, Norwood. No Visitation Burial:...