Recent Obituaries
Chester Anderson
Feb 1, 2022
Chester Carl Anderson, son of the late Kenneth Carl and Floreine Pearl (Freeland) Anderson, was born August 10, 1938, in Kansas City, Kansas, and departed this life February 1, 2022, at his home in in Ozarks in Missouri. He was 83 years, 5 months, and 22 days of age. Chester grew up and graduated from high school in Kansas. He...
Marjorie Coleen Sowers
Jan 31, 2022
Marjorie (Margie) Coleen Sowers, 78, of Mansfield, Missouri, passed away Monday, January 31, 2022, at her home surrounded by those she loved and loved her most. She was born May 29, 1943, in Macomb, Missouri, to the late Jessie McIntosh and Tom Hopper. Margie was united in marriage to the love of her life, Walter Ervin Sowers, on September 30,...
Katherine Sue Watson
Jan 31, 2022
Katharine “Sue” Watson was born November 29, 1944, in Springfield, Missouri, to John “Red” Butts and Bonnie Ward Butts. Sue, as she liked to be called, was the oldest of five children. She grew up surrounded by her family and extended family of cousins, aunts, and uncles. She married Jim Watson, on May 31, 1963, and they had one son,...
Vola Sue Nelson
Jan 29, 2022
Vola Sue Nelson, daughter of the late Hugh Clifton and Agnes Irene (Reed) Rogers, was born on the family farm in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life January 29, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove. She was 87 years, 4 months, and 23 days. Vola graduated high school and was united in marriage to Earl Brantley Nelson on...
Hettie (Robinett) Wright
Jan 29, 2022
Born August 21, 1933 outside Hartville, MO, Hettie was the daughter of James G. and Essa P. Robinett. A natural and intuitive teacher, Hettie received a degree in education from what was then Southwest Missouri State College, now Missouri State University. A product of a one-room grade school, Hettie began her teaching career at age 16 as a substitute teacher...
Zena Mae King
Jan 29, 2022
Zena Mae (Graves) King, the only child of Dewey A. and Mae (Miller) Graves, was born December 10, 1926, in Macomb, Missouri. She went to her heavenly home on January 29, 2022, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 95 years, 1 month, and 19 days of age. Zena worked in the healthcare field for many...
Laurie Lee Crawford
Jan 28, 2022
Laurie Lee Crawford was born January 18, 1969, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away January 28, 2022, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri, at 53 years of age. Laurie was raised in the Vanzant community and graduated from Norwood High School in 1987. Laurie was saved as a teenager and was baptized by Rev. JD Williams. She married Tommy Crawford...
Cristal Philpott
Jan 27, 2022
Cristal Lynn Philpott, daughter of Carlos Young and Wanda Lee Pasley was born April 28, 1978, in Springfield, Missouri and departed this life on Thursday, January 27, 2022, in her home in Cabool, Missouri at the age of forty-three years, eight months, and twenty-nine days. On September 18, 1999, she was united in marriage to James Keith Philpott and to...
Ola Lancaster
Jan 27, 2022
Ola Mae (Smith) Lancaster was born December 5, 1930, in Seymour, Texas, to the late Pete and Minnie (Howry) Smith and passed from this life on January 27, 2022, at Jacob's Ladder Home in Springfield, Missouri, at 91 years of age. Ola grew up in Texas and was raised by Al and Mary Higgins and Woody and Juanita Pond. She...
Juanita Moody
Jan 27, 2022
Juanita (Exendine) Moody was born December 29, 1919, to parents, Joseph and Viola (McCutcheon) Exendine, in Tipton, Oklahoma. She passed away at her home in Norwood, Missouri, on January 27, 2022, at 102 years of age. Juanita grew up in Oklahoma. Both of her parents were deaf/mute, and she became fluent in sign language. She didn’t learn how to speak...
Jean (Wakefield) Nickle
Jan 26, 2022
Elizabeth Jean (Wakefield) Nickle, daughter of the late Jacob Amos and Orpha M. (Crawford) Wakefield, was born June 21, 1925, in Hartville, Missouri, and passed away January 26, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 96 years, 7 months, and 5 days of age. Jean was born and raised in Hartville, and she graduated from Hartville High School in 1944. Jean...
Art Gatlin
Jan 25, 2022
Arthur Daniel Gatlin Jr., son of the late Arthur Sr. and Mary (Trefz) Gatlin, was born August 26, 1969, in Kansas City, Missouri, and passed away January 25, 2022, in Prescott, Arkansas. He was 52 years and 5 months of age. Art grew up in the Kansas City area and attended J.C. Harmon High School, and graduated from the CLC...
George Newton Davis
Jan 25, 2022
George Newton Davis, son of the late Julian and Vada (Coday) Davis, was born January 6, 1929, in Mansfield, Missouri, and went home to be with his Lord and Savior on January 25, 2022, in Rogersville, Missouri. He was 93 years and 19 days of age. George grew up in Mansfield and graduated from Mansfield High School in 1947. After...
Matthew Fellers
Jan 25, 2022
Matthew Fellers, son of the late Frank G. Fellers, and Lois Ann (Hill) Belt, was born August 7, 1967, and passed away January 25, 2022, at 54 years of age. Matthew grew up mainly in Fruitland, Idaho. His family moved to Mountain Grove, Missouri when he was 15, Matthew had lived in Mountain Grove for 39 years before his passing....
John Hawthorne
Jan 24, 2022
John Hawthorne was born February 20, 1945, in San Francisco, California, to parents Chester and Leontine (Summers) Hawthorne. He passed on January 24, 2022, in Cabool, Missouri. John was 76 years, 11 months, and 4 days of age. John graduated from Avondale High School in Decatur, Georgia, and then served in the Marines. John married Louise Richards Davis on August...
Evelyn Lawson
Jan 23, 2022
Isabelle Evelyn (Lord) Lawson, formerly of Mountain Grove, died peacefully on January 23, 2022. Evelyn was born October 23, 1922, in Lay, Colorado. She grew up in Baggs, Wyoming as part of a large family. At age 13, after her father’s death, she moved to a local ranch where she was welcomed into the family. She cooked and cleaned for...
Stephen Romines
Jan 23, 2022
Stephen Herbert Romines of Mountain Grove, Mo. died at home on Jan. 23, 2022. He was born on Dec. 31, 1941 to parents Herbert W. Romines and Patricia J. Shannon Romines and lived in Mountain Grove for most of his childhood and youth. Following high school graduation Steve attended Washington University in St. Louis and graduated from the University of...
Daniel Woodard
Jan 23, 2022
Daniel Ivers Woodard, 42 years old, moved to his Heavenly home on January 23, 2022. Daniel was born on July 21, 1979 in Loveland, Colorado, where he was raised and completed high school. He moved to Mountain Grove, Missouri, with his family in 1998 and lived independently for twenty years at McElldo Apartments. In 2018, medical issues necessitated more physical...
Mary Elizabeth Fletcher
Jan 23, 2022
Mary Elizabeth Fletcher, daughter of Billy Dale and Nancy Jane (Adams) Fletcher, was born June 26, 1968, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away January 23, 2022, at her home in Graff, Missouri. She was 53 years, 6 months, and 28 days of age. Mary was preceded in death by her mother, Nancy Jane “Janie” Fletcher, one aunt, Sherley Valtine, and...
Rebecca Gail Rambo
Jan 23, 2022
Rebecca Gail Rambo, daughter of Raymond Dycus and Katherine Adams Dycus, was born November 29, 1966, in Tulare, California and departed this life January 23, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of fifty-five years, one month, and twenty-four days. She was united in marriage to Paul Douglas Rambo on April 29, 1988, and to this union one daughter was...
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