Obituaries

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Margie Autry Dowdy

Margie Autry Dowdy

Jun 2, 2011

Margie Autry Dowdy, daughter of the late John Lee and Sarah Louella (McKinney) Taylor, was born on July 30, 1913 in Red Bay, Alabama, and departed this life on June 2, 2011 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. She was 97 years, 10 months and 2 days of age. Autry grew up and attended school in Alabama....

Betty Pauline Music

Betty Pauline Music

May 31, 2011

Betty Pauline Music, daughter of the late Jeff and Margaret (Walters) Music, was born on August 8, 1949 in Eaton Rapids, Michigan and passed away on May 31, 2011 at her residence north of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a sudden illness. She was 61 years, 9 months and 23 days of age. Betty grew up and attended school in Marshall,...

Veora Mcclure

Veora Mcclure

May 29, 2011

Tiny twins were born on February 19, 1918, in the small community of Bado, Missouri in Texas county. The little boy survived for about an hour and the girl baby who was born second weighed less than 2 pounds and survived for 93 years. There was a very deep snow on that day and the home birth could not be...

Esther Mae (Watson) Davis

Esther Mae (Watson) Davis

May 26, 2011

Born November 30, 1911 in Coldwater, Michigan, Esther Mae (Watson) Davis, daughter of Pete and May Watson went to be with the Lord and her beloved husband, George, on May 26, 2011. At the time of her passing, she resided at the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri. She went to sleep on earth and woke up in Heaven. She...

Janice May (Moore) Hicks

Janice May (Moore) Hicks

May 25, 2011

Janice May Hicks, daughter of the late Luther and Cleo (Dugger) Moore was born on June 2, 1953 and entered into Heaven on May 25, 2011. Janice grew up on her parent’s farm outside of Hartville and attended school in Hartville. She was united in marriage to Gary Hicks on March 12, 1971. Together they raised their three children. Janice...

Vina Ellen (Bell) Buckbee

Vina Ellen (Bell) Buckbee

May 23, 2011

Vina Ellen Buckbee, daughter of the late Elza and Julie (Bradshaw) Bell, was born on August 3, 1923 in Bertha, Missouri and departed this life on May 23, 2011 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. She was 87 years, 9 months and 20 days of age. Vina grew up and attended school in the Bertha Community...

Charles Russell Wood

Charles Russell Wood

May 20, 2011

Charles Russell M. Wood was born in Douglas County on November 10, 1934, just a stone’s throw from where he lived his final days. Seventy-seven years ago he entered this world the son of a farmer and teacher, C. N. (Jack) and Eva Bea (Lindesmith) Wood, who have preceded him in passing. He, too, was a farmer and a teacher...

Monte Willard Kemper

Monte Willard Kemper

May 20, 2011

Monte Willard Kemper, son of the late Seth and Lilly Mae (Cross) Kemper, was born on April 25, 1922 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life on May 20, 2011 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. He was 89 years, and 25 days of age. Monte grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove and...

David William Stephens

David William Stephens

May 18, 2011

Mr. Stephens was cremated and no services are planned at this time.

Amy (Edwards) Carter

Amy (Edwards) Carter

May 17, 2011

Amy Carter, age 99 years, 4 months, and 12 days, went home to be with her Lord on May 17, 2011. She was born on the family farm near Mountain Grove to H.T. and Stella (Dennis) Edwards on January 5, 1912. Amy, along with her brother and sisters, attended the Fairview and Blanchard Schools. While attending the Blanchard School, the...

Lanny L. Ellis

Lanny L. Ellis

May 13, 2011

Lanny Loy Ellis, 52, of Graff, Missouri, passed away on May 13, 2011 at St. John’s Regional Medical Center of Springfield, Missouri. He was born on January 24, 1959 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, the son of Loy and Arlene (Parsons) Ellis. Lanny married his best friend, Carol Yeager, of Mountain Grove on November 23, 2005. Lanny was a 1977 graduate...

Max Grayson Keene

Max Grayson Keene

May 10, 2011

Max Grayson Keene, son of the late Frank Raymond and Nell (Burns) Keene, was born on February 11, 1935 in Stoneville, North Carolina, and passed away on May 10, 2011 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. He was 76 years, 2 months and 29 days of age. Max grew up and attended school in North Carolina and...

Robert Jett

Robert Jett

May 6, 2011

Robert Jett, son of Kenneth and Ruby (McCullough) Jett, was born on March 9, 1956 in Litchfield, Illinois and departed this life on May 6, 2011 at his residence south of Norwood, Missouri in Douglas County, following an extended illness. He was 55 years, 1 month and 27 days of age. Robert grew up and attended school in Litchfield and...

Gerald 'Ray' Zieber

Gerald 'Ray' Zieber

May 5, 2011

Gerald Ray Zieber, son of the late Joseph Franklin and Etta Estella (Kirk) Zieber, was born on July 12, 1937 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life on May 5, 2011 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. He was 73 years, 9 months and 23 days of age. Ray grew up and attended school in...

Wilfred Carlyle Gleason

Wilfred Carlyle Gleason

May 5, 2011

Wilfred “Wil” Carlyle Gleason, was born on March 12, 1929 in Wright County, Missouri near Mtn. Grove to Forrest G. and Alice (Tharp) Gleason, the youngest of four children. He departed this life on May 5, 2011 at 82 years, 1 month and 23 days of age. Wilfred attended the Mountain Valley Elementary School near his home, and graduated from...

Mary Maxine Mcintosh

Mary Maxine Mcintosh

May 4, 2011

Mary Maxine McIntosh, daughter of the late George and Flossie (Cole) Cramer, was born on July 10, 1931 in Norwood, Missouri and passed away on May 4, 2011 in the Brookview Nursing Center in Defiance, Ohio. She was 79 years, 8 months and 24 days of age. Maxine grew up and attended school in the Norwood area and graduated from...

Betty Knotts

Betty Knotts

May 4, 2011

Betty A. Knotts, daughter of the late R. Frank and Evelyn M. (Bowers) Knotts, was born on February 26, 1928 in Shell Lake, Wisconsin, and departed this life on May 4, 2011 in the Rocky Ridge Nursing Home in Mansfield, Missouri, at 83 years of age. Frank and Evelyn moved their family to Missouri, settling in the Owens Community in...

Bobbie G. Duvall

Bobbie G. Duvall

May 2, 2011

Bobbie G. Duvall, daughter of the late Fred and Bessie (Short) Morton, was born on August 10, 1919 in Macomb, Missouri and passed away on May 2, 2011 in the Hospice of the Valley in Surprise, Arizona. She was 91 years, 8 months, and 22 days of age. Bobbie grew up and attended school in Missouri. She was united in...

R. 'Joe' Broyles

R. 'Joe' Broyles

Apr 26, 2011

Ruby Joe Broyles, son of the late Freddie K. and Elizabeth (Long) Broyles, was born on August 1, 1943 in Rayborn, Missouri and departed this life on April 26, 2011 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri. He was 67 years, 8 months and 25 days of age. Joe grew up and attended school in Wright County....

Rickey Eugene Mitchell

Rickey Eugene Mitchell

Apr 24, 2011

Rickey Eugene Mitchell, son of Johnnie and Dorothy (Tilman) Mitchell, was born on January 14, 1957 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life on April 24, 2011 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, at 54 years of age. Rickey grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove and graduated from Mtn. Grove High School in 1975....