Recent Obituaries
Evelyn Shaw
Oct 26, 2017
Evelyn Margaret Shaw, daughter of the late Verda and Golda (Weaver) Smith, was born March 3, 1929, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life October 26, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 88 years, 7 months, and 23 days of age. Evelyn grew up in Mountain Grove. She married John Shaw October 31, 1953 in Mountain...
Dusty James Kincaid
Oct 25, 2017
Dusty James Kincaid was born on July 25, 1980, in Springfield, Missouri, to James Kincaid and Barbara (Davis) Crisp. The words ‘he loved life’ does not even begin to describe him. ‘Bigger than life’ may be a decent start. He was a graduate of Mountain Grove High School, class of 1998. Dusty had a brilliant mind and excelled in areas...
Craig Eugene Hogan
Oct 21, 2017
Craig Eugene Hogan was born in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, on September 1, 1961, to Bobby and Betty (Odom) Hogan. He passed away on October 21, 2017, at Evelyn’s House Hospice in St. Louis, Missouri, after a six month battle with leukemia. He was 56 years, 1 month, and 20 days of age. Craig grew up and attended school in Pocahontas,...
Anthony Lewis Sadler
Oct 21, 2017
Anthony Lewis Sadler, son of Ralph Willard Sadler, the late Sarah Frances (Burris) Sadler, and Jim Sutherland, was born February 9, 1960, in Havre de Grace, Maryland, and passed away October 21, 2017, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 57 years, 8 months, and 12 days of age. Tony was raised in Harford County, Maryland. He married...
Gary Wayne Wyatt
Oct 20, 2017
Gary Wayne Wyatt, son of the late Hewlie and Bessie (Reed) Wyatt, was born August 2, 1935, in Jewell County, Kansas, and departed this life October 20, 2017, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 82 years, 2 months, and 18 days of age. Gary attended school in Superior, Nebraska, and graduated from Superior High School in 1953. He enlisted in the...
Oneeda Smith
Oct 19, 2017
Oneeda Smith, daughter of the late Thomas and Anna (Watkins) Stephens, was born on February 27, 1926, in Garth, Kentucky, and departed this life on October 19, 2017, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 91 years, 7 months, and 22 days of age. Oneeda grew up and attended school in Bosco. She was a coal miner’s daughter and worked for her...
Wilkie Cottengim
Oct 18, 2017
Wilkie Cottengim, son of the late Denver and Pearl (Ridens) Cottengim, was born on December, 9, 1940, in Norwood, Missouri, and passed away October 18, 2017, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 76 years, 10 months, and 9 days of age. Wilkie grew up in Norwood, Missouri. He married Donnasue Royal on October 5, 1963....
Nita Wynell Williams
Oct 18, 2017
Nita Wynell Williams, daughter of the late Howard and Agnes (Klingingsmith) Greenlee, was born on October 12, 1934, and departed this life on October 18, 2017, at her residence in Cabool, Missouri. She was 83 years and 6 days of age. Nita was born in Astoria, Missouri, and was raised in the Graff Community. She graduated in Houston, Missouri, then...
Billy Steven Gragg
Oct 18, 2017
Billy Steven Gragg, son of the late Billy G. and Evalyn (Hutsell) Gragg, was born February 11, 1954, in Kansas City, Missouri, and passed away October 18, 2017, at Cox Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. He was 63 years, 8 months, and 7 days of age. Billy grew up in Kansas City. He moved to the Huggins area with his...
Jimmie Dean Moseley
Oct 15, 2017
Jimmie Dean Moseley, age 85 of Hartville, Missouri, went home to meet his Lord and Savior on October 15, 2017. He was born January 2, 1932, in Graff, Missouri, to James A. “Gus” and Lois (Shelby) Moseley. Jimmie was a 1949 graduate of Mountain Grove High School and was a member of Green Valley Baptist Church. He was drafted into...
Clifford William Pope
Oct 11, 2017
Clifford William Pope was born May 31, 1928, in Mansfield, Missouri, to the late William Calvin and Olevia (Duncan) Pope, and went to be with the Lord October 11, 2017. He was 89 years, 4 months, and 11 days of age. Clifford attended Mansfield School until his family moved to Mountain Grove in 1945. He then graduated from Mountain Grove...
Ronald Hicks
Oct 11, 2017
Ronald Wayne Hicks, son of the late Jesse Thomas and Lorene (Bell) Hicks, was born July 8, 1952 in Springfield, Missouri, and departed this life October 11, 2017, at Mercy in Springfield, Missouri. He was 65 years, 3 months, and 4 days of age. Ronald graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1969. He married Fonda Webb on August 5,...
Virginia Postlewait
Oct 8, 2017
Virginia Lea Postlewait, daughter of the late Arthur and Lulu Matilda (Jackson) McCoy, was born March 6, 1932 in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life October 8, 2017 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center, Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 85 years, 7 months, and 2 days of age. Virginia was raised on a farm in the Embree community and attended...
Dorothy Mae Eickhoff
Oct 6, 2017
Dorothy Mae Eickhoff, daughter of the late Edwin John and Alvina C. (Block) Mixdorf, was born March 20, 1927 in Waterloo, Iowa, and passed from this life October 6, 2017 at Mercy hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 90 years, 6 months, and 16 days of age. Dorothy was raised in Dunkerton, Iowa. She married Karl Eickhoff on April 27,...
Mary Elizabeth "Bunny" Brown
Oct 6, 2017
Mary Elizabeth Brown, age 75, was born October 26, 1941, in Pocahontas, Arkansas, to Basil Johnson and Ruth Evelyn (Witherell) Thompson. She passed away October 6, 2017, from a battle with cancer. Bunny grew up in Pocahontas, Arkansas, and graduated from St. Paul Catholic High School in 1959. She then started Nursing School at St. Joseph School of Nursing in...
Max Lloyd Mcgownd
Oct 5, 2017
Max Lloyd McGownd, 79, passed from this life October, 5, 2017, at Autumn Oaks Nursing Home, Mountain Grove, Missouri. Max was born and raised in the Ben Davis Community in Texas County. He later moved to town with his parents in 1958. Max lived with his parents until their passing. He later lived in group homes until finally moving to...

Eldon Mackey
Oct 5, 2017
Eldon Hugh Mackey was born on November 14, 1938, at Rockbridge, Missouri, in Ozark County, to Ralph and Geneva (Edwards) Mackey. He passed away at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri, on October 5, 2017, at 78 years, 10 months, and 21 days of age. Eldon grew up on the family farm at Rockbridge and engaged in all the...