Recent Obituaries
Doris I. Wells
Dec 29, 2008
Doris I. Wells, daughter of the late Nils and Hilma Hagberg, was born March 9, 1927 in Manhattan, New York and departed this life on December 29, 2008 in the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. She was 81 years 9 months and 20 days of age. Doris grew up in Long Branch, New Jersey. She raised three children:...
John Alexander Long
Dec 29, 2008
John A. Long, son of the late John Alexander and Angeline Arminda (Carder) Long, was born April 9, 1919 in Wright County, Missouri and departed this life December 29, 2008 in Texas County, Missouri following a short illness. He was 89 years, 8 months and 20 days of age. John was a long time Greene County resident who was united...

Vera Virginia Mann
Dec 27, 2008
Vera Virginia Mann, daughter of the late Charles and Maria Tuttle, was born September 29, 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri and departed this life on December 27, 2008 at her home in Mountain Grove. Vera was raised in the Summersville community. She married Robert Farmer. Five children were born to this union. She later married Harry Mann. Two children were...
John Edward Melton
Dec 27, 2008
John Edward Melton, son of Dale Melton and Fern (Holt) Melton, was born March 19, 1955 in Mountain Grove, Missouri and passed away on December 27, 2008 at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri at 53 years of age. John grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1973. He was the father of...
Gary Eugene Stigall
Dec 20, 2008
Gary Eugene Stigall, son of the late William Elmer and Pansy (Key) Stigall, was born on November 27, 1953 in Springfield, Missouri and departed this life on December 20, 2008 at his home in Mtn. Grove, Missouri following a long illness. He was 55 years and 23 days of age. Gary grew up in Wright County and was united in...
Larry Leroy Baird
Dec 16, 2008
Larry LeRoy Baird, son of the late Albert and Nellie (Decker) Baird, was born on December 14, 1941 in Kechi, Kansas and passed away on December 16, 2008 in the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri, following a short illness. He was 67 years and 2 days of age. Larry grew up in Kansas and attended school in Kechi...
Lois Marie Kelley
Dec 12, 2008
Lois Marie Kelley, 64, of Norwood passed away Friday, December 12, 2008 near Sedalia, Missouri following a long battle with cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. She was born on December 23, 1943 near Macomb, Missouri the daughter of Willard Sr. and Sylvia (Hutson) Pyle. Lois grew up north of Macomb in the Wolf Creek community of Wright County and graduated from...
Berniece Helen Duke
Dec 6, 2008
Berniece Helen Duke, daughter of the late Floyd and Willia (Denton) Baney, was born on March 1, 1933 in Dunn, Missouri and departed this life here on earth on December 6, 2008 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. She was 75 years, 9 months and 5 days of age. Berniece grew up and spent all her...

Jacob C. Baird
Dec 4, 2008
No Services planned at this time. Mr. Baird was cremated. Arrangements under the direction of the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home, Mtn. Grove. Contributions may be made at this link: support.shrinershospitals.org
Bobby Gorman Bennett
Dec 4, 2008
Bobby Gorman Bennett, son of Maney Gorman and Irene (Franklin) Bennett, was born on December 30, 1945 in Macomb, Missouri and departed this life on December 4, 2008 at his home with his family by his side in Norwood, Missouri, following a short illness. He was 62 years of age. Bobby grew up in Macomb and attended school in Mansfield,...
Roland Maynard Clark
Nov 30, 2008
Roland Maynard Clark, son of the late Abrom Theodore and Hazel Geneva (Holt) Clark, was born on July 17, 1933 in Vanzant, Missouri, and departed this life on November 30, 2008 in Rockport, Texas in Arkansas County. He was 75 years, 4 months and 13 days of age. Roland moved from the Vanzant area to Coffeyville, Kansas at the age...
Cynthia Elizabeth Fry
Nov 27, 2008
Cynthia Elizabeth (Allen) Fry was born June 29th, 1951 in Washington, North Carolina to Freeman and Hilda Foreman Allen. Cynthia graduated from Plymouth High School in Plymouth North Carolina in 1969 and attended Free Will Baptist Bible College in Nashville, Tennessee and Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. She married Gary Wayne Fry on May 27th, 1972. Three children...
Irene Richards
Nov 27, 2008
Irene Richards, daughter of the late Otto and Rebecca (Coonts) Keller, was born on August 13, 1933 in Champion, Missouri and departed this life on November 27, 2008 at her home in Kansas City, Missouri. She was 75 years, 3 months and 14 days of age. Irene grew up in the Champion area and attended the Fairview and Mtn. Grove...
Zella Faye Calhoun
Nov 22, 2008
Zella Faye Calhoun, daughter the late Bollen and Anna Isabelle (Phipps) Holloway, was born October 1, 1947 near Lanton, Missouri, and departed this life November 22, 2008, at her home in Norwood, Missouri, at the age of 61 years, 1 month and 21 days. Faye was born and raised in the Lanton, Missouri community and then moved with her family...
Beulah Mae Tate
Nov 20, 2008
Beulah Mae Tate, daughter of the late William Chester and Inez Marie (Garrett) McNeece, was born on June 8, 1923 in Milo, Missouri and departed this life on November 20, 2008 in the Bellevue Nursing Home in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was 85 years 5 months and 12 days of age. Beulah grew up in the Mount Carney and Lynchburg...

Jayden Cole Wilson-Tiggelaar
Nov 20, 2008
Jayden Cole Wilson Tiggelaar, son of John Tiggelaar and Tammy LyNelle Wilson, was born November 19, 2008 at 9:16 p.m. in Springfield, MO. He departed this life on November 19, 2008. He is loved and remember by his parents: Robert Tiggelaar and Tammy Wilson; grandparents: Charlie and Tammy Yorke of Robert Lee, TX and David and Tamar Mansfield, MO; great-grandfather:...
Wilma Sue Wright
Nov 17, 2008
Wilma “Sue” Wright, daughter of the late Wilbert T. and June (Willard) Dake, was born on June 20, 1947 in Norwood, Missouri and departed this life on November 17, 2008 in the St. John’s Regional Health Care Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a short illness. She was 61 years, 4 months and 27 days of age. Sue attended school in...
Cletis Doyne Upshaw
Nov 17, 2008
Cletis D. Upshaw, son of Deward Alsup and Elaine Upshaw and the adopted son of H.A. and Clara Belle Upshaw, was born on March 10, 1929 in Douglas County, Missouri and departed this life on November 17, 2008 at his home in Norwood, Missouri at 79 years of age. Cletis grew up in Douglas County and attended the Denlow School...
Minnie Lee Sutherland
Nov 16, 2008
Minnie Lee Sutherland, daughter of the late Charles and Maude Schuette, was born on January 5, 1913 in Bristow, Oklahoma, and departed this life on November 16, 2008 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri following a long illness. She was 95 years, 10 months and 11 days of age. At the age of thirteen, Minnie moved...
Don W. Raney
Nov 14, 2008
Donald W. Raney, son of the late Clarence A. and Anna Laura (Steinert) Raney, was born on March 27, 1926 on their farm near Norwood, Missouri and departed this life on November 14, 2008 at 82 years of age. Don grew up in the Norwood area and was raised on the same farm as his dad. He attended Norwood School...