Recent Obituaries
Jerri Lynn Harker
Apr 24, 2007
Jerri Lynn Harker, daughter of the late Oliver Anthony and Mildred Elaine (Jenkins) Harker, was born on March 29, 1942 in South Bend, Indiana, and departed this life suddenly on April 24, 2007 at her daughter’s residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. She was 65 years and 26 days of age. Jerri lived in Indiana for a short time and moved...
Margaret Louise Recknor
Apr 24, 2007
Margaret Louise Recknor, was born on July 29, 1906 in Creston, Iowa to Guy and Bessie (Pickerill) McCornack. She married her childhood sweetheart, Randall “Butch” Recknor on January 7, 1927 living for a number of years in Creston where their sons, Berton Dean and Robert Bruce were born. They then moved to Morrisonville, Illinois and to Afton, Iowa where their...
Harold Gene Lawson
Apr 17, 2007
Harold Gene Lawson, son of the late Andrew Madison and Dove Lorene (Boykin) Lawson, was born on March 30, 1930 in Graff, Missouri, and departed this life on April 17, 2007 at his residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. He was 77 years and 17 days of age. Harold grew up and attended school in Wright County...
Gretha E. Mcgowan
Apr 15, 2007
Gretha Elverine McGowan, daughter of the late Leonard D. and Cleta Nadine (McCall) Williams, was born on February 18, 1931 in the Fowler Community in Texas County, Missouri, and departed this life on April 15, 2007 in the National Health Care Center in West Plains, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 76 years, 1 month, and 12 days of...
Ruby Jane Cain
Apr 14, 2007
Ruby Jane Cain, daughter of the late Joseph Franklin and Julie B. (Maxey) Hicks, was born on August 27, 1920 in Ada, Oklahoma, and departed this life on April 14, 2007 at her residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 86 years, 7 months, and 18 days of age. Ruby moved from Oklahoma with her family...

Justin N. Rogers
Apr 14, 2007
Justin Nathaniel Rogers, son of Philip and Nicole (Lange) Rogers, was born on February 27, 2007 in Springfield, Missouri and passed away on April 14, 2007 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri. Although he was with us a few short weeks, Justin’s life touched many hearts in a very special way. Having been born fifteen weeks...
Dickie R. Barnett
Apr 1, 2007
Dickie Ray Branett, son of Coy and Ruth (Amos) Barnett, was born on April 13, 1945 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, and passed away on April 1, 2007 at his residence in Mtn. Grove following a long illness, at 61 years of age. Dickie grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove. During high school he played baseball and later in...
Leon Mitchell
Mar 29, 2007
Leon Mitchell, 45, of Hartville, Missouri, a farmer and handyman, passed away on March 29, 2007 at his residence of natural causes. He was born on October 30, 1961 in Cabool, Missouri to Roy and Mary (Burdick) Mitchell. He attended Mtn. Grove High School and was a member of the Little Creek Baptist Church near Hartville. He was united in...
Anna L. Reeves
Mar 24, 2007
Anna Lou Reeves, daughter of the late Sherman and Marie (Bridges) Woodard, was born on June 14, 1944 in Hanford, California, and departed this life on March 24, 2007 in the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri, following an extended illness. She was 62 years, 9 months, and 10 days of age. Anna grew up and attended school in...

Beulah M. Mcclurg
Mar 24, 2007
Graveside Services: Thursday, March 29, 2007 at 3:00 PM at the Hillcrest Cemetery Visitation: Thursday, March 29, 2007 from 1:00 - 3:00 PM in the Craig-Hurtt Chapel
Harrison T. Roth
Mar 23, 2007
Harrison Thomas Roth, son of the late Harry and Florence (Davis) Roth, was born on July 14, 1919 in Oley, Pennsylvania and departed this life on March 23, 2007 at his farm in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a short illness. He was 87 years, 8 months, and 9 days of age. Harrison grew up and attended school in Oley, Pennsylvania...
Roy L. Lawson
Mar 23, 2007
Roy Lee Lawson, son of the late Joe and Oma (Barr) Lawson, was born on February 21, 1929 in Rayborn, Missouri, and passed away on March 23, 2007 in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri, following a long illness. He was 78 years, 1 month, and 2 days of age. Roy grew up and attended school north of Mtn....
Betty Marie Douglass
Mar 22, 2007
Betty Marie Douglass, Mountain Grove, Missouri, was born on July 27, 1923, in Wichita, Kansas, to the late Glen Wilber and Lucerne (Wardrop) Alderson. She became a Christian at age nine and was a lifelong member of the Greenwood Church of the Brethren. She went home to be with the Lord on Thursday, March 22, 2007, after surviving cancer for...
Sam B. Coomer
Mar 22, 2007
Samuel B. “Sam” Coomer, son of the late James Andrew and Laura Belle (Loving)Coomer, was born on November 10, 1915 in Kentucky and passed away on March 22, 2007 in the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri following a long illness. He was 91 years, 4 months, and 12 days of age. Sam grew up and attended school in...
Dorothy Edna Ballard
Mar 20, 2007
Dorothy Edna Ballard, daughter of the late George R. and Nancy Ellen (Jackson) Hoke, was born on September 14, 1913 in Turley, Missouri, and departed this life on March 20, 2007 at her residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 93 years, 6 months, and 6 days of age. Dorothy grew up in the Turley Community...
Bonnie J. Burdette
Mar 16, 2007
Bonnie Jean Burdette, daughter of the late Glen and Martha (Anderson) Miyler, was born on September 22, 1942 in Galesburg, Illinois, and departed this life on March 16, 2007 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a short illness. She was 64 years, 5 months, and 22 days of age. Bonnie grew up and attended school...
Dallas Dale Morse
Mar 15, 2007
Dallas Dale Morse, son of the late John and Letha (Reid) Morse, was born on March 1, 1928 in Durant, Oklahoma, and departed this life on March 15, 2007 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness, at 79 years of age. Dallas grew up and attended school in Durant. He was employed as an...
Earl Duke
Mar 13, 2007
Earl Duke, son of the late Ervin and Bessie (Wimberly) Duke, was born on May 22, 1927 in the Green Mountain Community in Wright County, Missouri and passed away suddenly on March 13, 2007 at his residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. He was 79 years, 9 months, and 19 days of age. Earl grew up in the Green Mountain and...
John Joseph Scarfone
Mar 10, 2007
John Joseph Scarfone, son of the late John and Marie (Giammarino) Scarfone, was born on September 5, 1940 in Port Chester, New York, and passed away on March 10, 2007 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness. He was 66 years, 6 months, and 5 days of age. John grew up and attended...
Melba Juanita Friend
Mar 9, 2007
Melba Juanita Friend, daughter of Derrel and Betty (DeLashmutt) Friend, was born on October 19, 1957 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, and departed this life on March 9, 2007 at her residence in Mtn. Grove, at 49 years of age. Melba grew up and attended school in Mtn. Grove and moved to Springfield, Missouri in the early 1980’s. She spent most...