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Ronald  Edward Robinson, Sr.

Ronald Edward Robinson, Sr.

Oct 12, 2021

Ronald E. Robinson, Sr. earned his wings on Tuesday, October 12, 2021. He was born in Waynesville, Missouri, to Stanley and Dorothy (Brown) Robinson. They raised their family in Richland, Missouri. Ron grew up loving fishing, hunting, and horseback riding. Ron married his best friend, Daisy Ann Williams, on June 19, 1982. This year they celebrated 39 years of marriage....

June Jewel (Johns) Hargus

June Jewel (Johns) Hargus

Oct 12, 2021

June’s sunrise was June 30, 1927, in Finley, Missouri, and her sunset was October 12, 2021, in Riverside, California. June married Lawrence Hargus on February 3, 1946. June lovingly raised five children: Shirley Dills (Bruce), Jerry Hargus, (Judy), David Hargus, (Cindy), CarolynSue Bradley (Kenny) and Sharon Rangel (Ruben). June enjoyed baking/cooking, quilting, and reading. June devotedly served her Lord and...

Grace Butts

Grace Butts

Oct 12, 2021

Grace Elizabeth (Babbitt) Butts, 76, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, was born January 2, 1945, in rural, Cass Township to the late Loren and Evelyn (Mead) Babbitt. She was called to her Heavenly home on Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at Texas County Memorial Hospital with family at her side. On June 2, 1962, she married the love of her life, Elster...

Merle Ward

Merle Ward

Oct 10, 2021

No services are planned at this time.

Kristopher Booth-Jantes

Kristopher Booth-Jantes

Oct 10, 2021

Kristopher Raymond Booth-Jantes, 24, a native of the Pacific Northwest, Seaside/Warrenton, Oregon, has sadly passed on approximately October 10th, 2021. Kris was born on December 6th, 1996, in West Plains, Missouri, to Briean & Chris Booth. They relocated to Oregon when Kristopher was 6 months old. Kristopher gained an additional parent, Francisco Rubén Jantes, in the early part of the...

Anita Kay Bingham

Anita Kay Bingham

Oct 8, 2021

Anita Kay (Fletcher) Bingham passed away at her home in Normal, Illinois, on October 8, 2021. Anita was born on November 7, 1951, in Lebanon, Missouri, to Kirby Richard and E. Arlene (Crismon) Fletcher on a day that also recorded an unusually large amount of snowfall for that time of year, which made it difficult to get to the hospital....

Glenda Sue Palmer

Glenda Sue Palmer

Oct 7, 2021

Glenda Sue Palmer was born September 20, 1946, in Hartville, Missouri, and passed away October 7, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri. Glenda was 75 years of age. Glenda was born and raised in Hartville, Missouri. She graduated with the class of 1964 and then attended college at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar. Glenda later returned to Hartville, where she raised her...

Elster  Butts

Elster Butts

Oct 6, 2021

Elster Butts, 82, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, was born July 15, 1939, in Huggins, Missouri, to the late Ezra and Mildred (Varnell) Butts. He was called to his Heavenly home on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at TCMH with family at his side. On June 2, 1962, he married the love of his life, Grace Babbitt, and they shared 59 years...

Sam Wilson

Sam Wilson

Oct 6, 2021

Samuel Lee Wilson, son of William Henry and Dora Jean (Hartley) Wilson, was born December 17, 1938, in Kansas City, Kansas, and peacefully departed this life October 6, 2021, at his home in Seymour, Missouri. Sam was 82 years wise. Sam was raised in the Kansas City area where he eventually met his sweetheart, Joyce. He wed Joyce Marie Haney...

Randy  Markley

Randy Markley

Oct 5, 2021

Randy Lee Markley, son of John Perry and Lurlene Lois (Ragsdale) Markley, was born on April 16, 1956, at Hot Springs, Arkansas, and passed from this life on October 5, 2021, in Autumn Oaks Caring Center, Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 65 years, 5 months, and 19 days of age. Randy grew up in Michigan and lived there until moving to...

Izaiah Ruiz

Izaiah Ruiz

Oct 3, 2021

Izaiah Isrrael Ruiz, son of Gabriel and Danielle (Dage) Ruiz, was born January 5, 2012, in Houston, Texas, and was tragically taken October 3, 2021, near his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 9 years, 8 months, and 29 days of age. Izaiah loved baseball, football, and any sport he could join. He also loved to play Fortnite with...

Donna Kay Edwards

Donna Kay Edwards

Oct 2, 2021

Donna Kay Edwards, daughter of Robert Edwards and Dessie (Climer) Edwards was born October 15, 1957, in Marshfield, Missouri, and departed this life on October 2, 2021, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of sixty-three years, eleven months, and seventeen days. She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Robby Decker. Donna...

Marjorie Louise (Postlewait) Mccarty

Marjorie Louise (Postlewait) Mccarty

Sep 29, 2021

Marjorie Louise “Marge” (Postlewait) McCarty, daughter of the late Rev. John “JJ” Jefferson and Lucy Jane (Crewse) Postlewait, was born October 19, 1937 in Huggins, Missouri. After several years of declining health, she went to join her heavenly father on September 29, 2021; she is now united with her family and friends that she has missed so much. Marge was...

Rex Moore

Rex Moore

Sep 29, 2021

Rex Allen Moore, son of the late Eugene and Dorothy Moore, was born July 9, 1964, in Hartville, Missouri, and passed away September 29, 2021, at his home outside of Lebanon, Missouri, at 57 years of age. Rex was united in marriage to Edith Matney on October 14, 1983, and two children were born to this union, Jeffrey and Amber....

Joe Quick

Joe Quick

Sep 28, 2021

Joe Howard Quick, son of Al Quick and Barbara Bryan-Holt, was born May 26, 1964, in Springfield, Missouri and departed this life September 28, 2021, in Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 57 years, 4 months, and 2 days. Joe was born in Springfield and raised in Mansfield, where he graduated from Mansfield High School in the Class of 1983....

David Nichols

David Nichols

Sep 28, 2021

David Alan Nichols, age 72, of Sparta, Missouri, passed away September 28, 2021. David was born in Springfield, Missouri, July 7, 1949, to mother Wilma Sophia (Batey) Nichols and father Eual Acy Nichols. David grew up and graduated high school in Miami, Oklahoma. He went to vocational school and then joined the U.S. Navy. He married Donna Janelle Bailey on...

Vina (Nelson) Bass

Vina (Nelson) Bass

Sep 28, 2021

Vina Jane (Nelson) Bass, daughter of the late Ivan and Grace (Hightower) Kelsay, was born September 3, 1940, and passed away September 28, 2021, at 81 years of age. Momma was a member of and attended Emmanuel Baptist Church in Mountain Grove before moving back to Hartville in 2012. Momma loved where she lived at the Gasconade Neighbors. She always...

Velma May Borders

Velma May Borders

Sep 27, 2021

Velma May Borders, daughter of William and Bertha Sizemore Sears, was born November 18, 1933, in Warren County, Missouri, and departed this life on Monday, September 27, 2021, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri, with her family by her side, at the age of eighty-seven years, ten months, and nine days. She was united in marriage to...

Ruth Slayton Edwards

Ruth Slayton Edwards

Sep 27, 2021

Ruth Irene Slayton Edwards, daughter of the late Jake and Connie (Rhoades) Schudy, was born January 5, 1939, in Cold Springs, Missouri, and went to her heavenly home September 27, 2021, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 82 years, 8 months, and 17 days of age. Ruth attended school and graduated with the Ava High School class of 1957. She...

Elizabeth "Liz" Jones

Elizabeth "Liz" Jones

Sep 24, 2021

Elizabeth Ann Jones, daughter, of Norman Ceila Sawyers and Mavis Nadine Cook Sawyers, was born November 18, 1953 in Mansfield, Missouri and departed this life on September 24, 2021 at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson, Mississippi at the age of 67 years, 10 months, and 6 days. On November 18, 1971, she was united in marriage to...