Recent Obituaries
Bill Robinson
Feb 25, 2021
Billy Emmett Robinson, son of the late Dallas and Velma (Kelley) Robinson, was born December 9, 1937, in Tulare, California, and passed away February 25, 2021, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 83 years, 2 months, and 16 days of age. After Bill was born, his family moved to Norwood, Missouri, where he spent the next few...
Vera Austin
Feb 25, 2021
Vera Lucille Austin was born June 16, 1924, to the late Everett and Audrey (Young) Hutsell in Rayborn, Missouri, and departed this life February 25, 2021, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at the age of 96. Vera graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1941. She then attended Draughon’s Business College in Springfield, Missouri for two years. On June 21, 1944,...
Lana Gail Nelson
Feb 25, 2021
Lana Gail Nelson, daughter of Otis Woods and Sue (Skaggs) Anderson, was born on March 4, 1970 in Peoria, Illinois, and passed away on February 25, 2021 at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 50 years, 11 months, and 21 days old. Lana grew up and attended school in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was united in marriage to...
Lonnie Mccallister
Feb 23, 2021
Lonnie Duane McCallister, son of the late William Earl and Lois Loraine (Woods) McCallister, was born March 28, 1948, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away February 23, 2021, at his home in Mountain Grove. He was 72 years, 10 months, and 26 days of age. Lonnie lived his entire life in Mountain Grove. He graduated from Mountain Grove High...
Barry Cain
Feb 23, 2021
Barry Eugene Cain, son of the late Harold and Bonnie (Reeves) Cain, was born February 9, 1963, in Houston, Missouri. He went to heaven on February 23, 2021, at his home at the age of 58 years, 14 days. Barry grew up in Dunn, Missouri, with his family. He graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1981. Barry started his...
Walter Ahrens
Feb 20, 2021
Walter A. Ahrens, 92, of Lubbock, Texas passed away on February 20, 2021 after a brief illness. He and his twin brother, William, were born to parents, William and Sadie Ahrens, on February 27, 1928, in Waterbury, Connecticut. Walt graduated from Leavenworth High School in Waterbury. He joined the U.S. Army soon after graduation. He graduated in the First Class...
Franklin Lawson
Feb 20, 2021
Franklin D. Lawson was born October 6, 1936, in Rayborn, Missouri, to Joseph Franklin Lawson and Leoma Grace Barr. He went to see our Lord and Savior on February 20, 2021. He was 84 years, 4 months, and 14 days old. Franklin was the last born of five children. He was raised in the Rayborn, Green Mountain area and attended...
Connie Norwood
Feb 18, 2021
Connie Norwood, daughter of the late Hudon and Betty June (Chestnut) Cochran, was born September 30, 1941, in Thomaston, Georgia, and passed away February 18, 2021, at her home in Norwood, Missouri. She was 79 years, 4 months, and 19 days of age. When Connie was nine years old, her family moved to Long Beach, California. She graduated from Huntington...
Cynthia Brickles
Feb 18, 2021
Cynthia Kay Brickles, 58, of Cabool, Missouri, passed away Thursday, February 18, 2021. Cynthia was born in Athens, Ohio, on July 16, 1962, to Delbert Brickles Sr. and Violet Cook. Cynthia was a caregiver and CNA for close to 32 years. In her spare time, she enjoyed spending time with her family, playing board games, and having cook outs. Cynthia...
Mike Bruce
Feb 15, 2021
Michael David Anthony Bruce, the son of the late Charles Ballard Bruce III and Marian Sue Bruce, was born April 28, 1968, in Upland, California, and departed from this life on February 15, 2021, at the age of 52. Mike was one of four children. He spent most of his childhood growing up in California. He enjoyed football, fishing, and...
Richard Halliburton
Feb 13, 2021
Richard Ewing Halliburton, son of the late Ewing and Maude (Green) Halliburton, was born March 22, 1938, in Wright County and departed this life on February 13, 2021, at Cox Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 82 years, 10 months, and 22 days. Richard grew up on a farm in Fowler, Missouri, with his parents and five siblings....
James Hurst
Feb 8, 2021
James William Hurst, son of the late Theodore and Dorthy (Bunch) Hurst, was born September 28, 1934, in Buckhart, Missouri, and departed this life February 8, 2021, at his home near Mountain Grove, Missouri, following a short illness. He was 86 years, 4 months, and 11 days of age. James grew up in the Buckhart community and attended the Hickory...
Shirley Ann Cozort
Feb 7, 2021
Shirley Ann (Hosbein) Cozort, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, departed this life February 7, 2021, at the age of 85 years, 1 month, and 7 days. Shirley was born December 31, 1935 in St. Joseph, Michigan, to Earl and Cordelia (Wetmore) Hosbein. She was one of six children. She had two brothers and one sister who lived to adulthood, and two...
Jerry Armstrong
Feb 4, 2021
Jerry Armstrong went to be with his Lord and Savior on Thursday, February 4, 2021 at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri at the age of 76. He was born September 24, 1944 in Eagleville, Missouri to Orville and Eva Armstrong. Jerry graduated from Eagleville High School. He went on to attend Texas Western College, in El Paso, Texas where...
Jerry Bradley
Feb 2, 2021
Gerald “Jerry” Bradley, 83, of Mountain Grove, Missouri, passed away peacefully in his sleep at home with his wife and great-granddaughter by his side, on Tuesday, February 2, 2021. Jerry was born July 31, 1937, in Arkansas City, Kansas, the eldest son of Raymond Henry and Lillian Lucille (Cook) Bradley. As a young man, Jerry moved to Boulder, Colorado, and...
Elva Lucile Gayman
Feb 1, 2021
Elva Lucile Gayman, daughter of the late Joseph and Grace Vera (Anderson) Evans, was born September 29, 1928, in Des Moines, Iowa, and departed this life February 1, 2021, at Birch Pointe Health and Rehab Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was 92 years, 4 months, and 3 days of age. Lucile was raised in Cheyenne, Wyoming. On May 2, 1949,...
Barbara Bledsoe
Feb 1, 2021
Betty “Barbara” (Gresham) Bledsoe, daughter of the late Henry Hiram and Myrtle Mae (Reynolds) Gresham was born January 14, 1937, in Randlett, Oklahoma, and passed away at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, on February 1, 2021, after illness with pancreatic cancer. She was 84 years and 18 days of age. Barbara married Billy Rolland Bledsoe on January 15, 1955,...
Leon Gray
Jan 30, 2021
Leon Henry Gray passed away January 30, 2021, at the age of 92 at Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri, where he had been living for two years. He was very proud that he had been able to remain living at home in Mountain Grove on his own until he was 90 years old. Leon was born in Hammond, Louisiana,...
Renee Smith
Jan 29, 2021
Renee Louise (Davis) Smith was born September 15, 1955, in Westfield, New York, to Ira and Ruth (Schroder) Davis. She passed away on January 29, 2021. Renee was 65 years, 4 months, and 14 days of age. Renee was preceded in death by her father, Ira Wendell Davis, mother, Ruth Davis Duncan, brother, Russell Davis, and sister, Sharon Davis Tipton....
Jake Spiva
Jan 29, 2021
Jacob Grant Spiva was born June 20, 1984, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away Friday, January 29, 2021, at his home in Springfield, Missouri. He was 36 years, 7 months, and 9 days of age. Jake grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 2003. During his school years, Jake participated in many activities and...
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