Obituaries

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Willard 'Bill' Brackett

Willard 'Bill' Brackett

Oct 13, 2014

Willard "Bill" Dean Brackett, son of the late Virgil Alonzo and Lucy Belle (Reece) Brackett, was born on May 11, 1930 in Fannin County, Texas and departed this life on October 13, 2014 at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 84 years, 5 months, and 2 days of age. Bill was united in marriage to Faye Hallman on...

Mary Ann Hicks

Mary Ann Hicks

Oct 11, 2014

Mary Ann (Reser) Hicks, daughter of the late Velan Alexander and Clora (Newberry) Reser, was born on December 22, 1925 in Ava, Missouri, and departed this life on October 11, 2014 in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri. She was 88 years, 9 months and 19 days of age. She grew up in the Ava-Mansfield area, living through the...

Charles 'Charlie' Harry Ray

Charles 'Charlie' Harry Ray

Oct 8, 2014

Charles Charlie Harry Ray, son of the late Guss and Eva (Kirkpatrick) Ray, was born on October 22, 1917 in Diehlstadt, Missouri and departed this life on October 8, 2014 in Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri at 96 years of age. Charlie graduated high school in Diehlstadt, Missouri. He married Catholine Burton on July 4, 1934 in...

Edward August Lunsford

Edward August Lunsford

Oct 7, 2014

No public services planned at this time.

Lester George Cantrell

Lester George Cantrell

Oct 5, 2014

Lester George Cantrell, son of the late Lester Bert and Catherine Evelyn (Morse) Cantrell, was born on October 2, 1943 in Manes, Missouri, and departed this life on October 5, 2014 at his home in Mountain Grove. He was 71 years and 3 days of age. Lester grew up in Manes, Missouri. He later married Mary Jo Leach, and three...

Gerald Egbert Stillwell

Gerald Egbert Stillwell

Oct 5, 2014

Gerald Egbert Stillwell, son of the late William and Elsie (Gregor) Stillwell, was born on July 17, 1929 in Fresno, California, and went home to the Lord on October 5, 2014. He was 85 years, 2 months, and 18 days of age. Gerald attended Johnsons Country School through the 8th grade. He joined the Navy on October 14, 1948 and...

Doyne Lester Emery

Doyne Lester Emery

Sep 28, 2014

Doyne Lester Emery, son of the late Everette Lester and Clora (Smith) Emery, was born on March 2, 1926 in Pitcher, Oklahoma, and departed this life on September 28, 2014 in the Kabul Nursing Home, Cabool, Missouri. He was 88 years of age. In 1950, Doyne was united in marriage to Maxine McCulley. Two sons were born to this union....

Ross Andrew Ellis

Ross Andrew Ellis

Sep 26, 2014

Ross Andrew Ellis, son of the late Earl Clayton and Bessie Lee (Hutsell) Ellis was born on Septemer 24, 1922 in Dawson, Missouri, and passed away on September 26, 2014 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri at 92 years of age. Ross grew up in the Dawson community and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1940....

Junior E. Millsap

Junior E. Millsap

Sep 26, 2014

Junior Elice Millsap, son of the late Samp and Myrtle Millsap, began his life on October 23, 1927 in Mansfield, Missouri. Surrounded by loving family, he went home to be with the Lord for eternity on September 26, 2014. Junior grew up in Mansfield, where he met the love of his life, Evelyn Moles. Junior began his career with MoDOT...

Vera June Sellars

Vera June Sellars

Sep 22, 2014

Vera June Sellars moved to Heaven on September 22, 2014 to be with her loving Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at 94 years of age. She was born on July 9, 1920 in Mountain Grove, Missouri to Charlie and Stella (Odel) Turner. Vera grew up in the Mountain Grove area where she met and married Frank Sellars on April 9,...

Pauline Emalee Thompson

Pauline Emalee Thompson

Sep 21, 2014

Visitation: Thursday, September 25, 2014 from 10:00-11:00 AM in the Craig-Hurtt Chapel Funeral Service: Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 11:00 AM in the Craig-Hurtt Chapel. Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery, Mountain Grove, Missouri Memorial Contributions: Wounded Warrior Project c/o the funeral home. Obituaty: Pauline E. Thompson, daughter of the late Edward and Nola (Freeman) Pendergrass, was born on October 17, 1937 in...

Larry Dean Prock

Larry Dean Prock

Sep 21, 2014

Larry Dean Prock, son of Nina (Hutsell) and the late Bryan Prock, was born on August 27, 1952, in Pasco, Washington and departed this life on September 21, 2014 in the Willard Walker Hospice Home in Fayetteville, Arkansas, following a short battle with liver cancer. In 1957, Larry and his family moved to Lynchburg, Missouri. He attended school in Plato,...

Theodore 'Pete' Reginald Liska

Theodore 'Pete' Reginald Liska

Sep 19, 2014

Theodore Reginald Pete Liska, 76, son of the late George and Emma Kathryn (Skelton) Liska, was born April 20, 1938 in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and went to be with the Lord on Friday, September 19, 2014 at the Jordan Creek Nursing and Rehab Facility in Springfield, Missouri. Pete was saved and baptized at an early age. He worked as a...

Wava Geraldine Kelley

Wava Geraldine Kelley

Sep 19, 2014

Wava Heard was born, the ninth of ten children, to Jim and Maudie Heard, on June 9th, 1926, and departed this life on September 19th, 2014 . After a six week courtship, Wava married Rex Kelley on July 16, 1943. They had 59 wonderful years together, before Rex passed away in May 2002. To this union three children were born:...

Abhc Charles G. Burrow Usn (Ret)

Abhc Charles G. Burrow Usn (Ret)

Sep 16, 2014

ABHC Charles Grady Burrow USN (RET), son of the late Charley and Mary (Carpenter) Burrow, was born on October 21, 1932 in Lake City, Arkansas and departed this life on September 16, 2014 at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri. He was 81 years of age. Charles Chuck was born and raised in Lake City, Arkansas. Chuck joined the...

James 'Wes' Wessley Mcgowan

James 'Wes' Wessley Mcgowan

Sep 12, 2014

James Wessley McGowan was born February 24, 1933 on the family farm near Bendavis, MO, to the late Hayward and Ollie McGowan. He passed away in his home, September 12, 2014 after a long battle with lung disease. He lived 81 years, 6 months and 19 days. Wes grew up on the family farm near Bendavis where he learned the...

Kahden Skylar Allen Mcgraw

Kahden Skylar Allen Mcgraw

Sep 9, 2014

Kahden Skylar Allen McGraw, son of Devin and Delaine (Schroeder) McGraw, was born July 18, 2014 at Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. On September 9, 2014, at St. Louis Childrens Hospital, Heaven gained the most beautiful angel and Baby K earned his wings. He was seven and one-half weeks old. The specialist said there was no hope for Kahden....

Bernard R. Mccarty

Bernard R. Mccarty

Sep 7, 2014

Bernard Rheuben McCarty, son of the late Vernon Gaither and Erma (Sloan) McCarty, was born on May 5, 1924 in Vanzant, Missouri, and departed this life on Sunday, September 7, 2014 at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 90 years of age. Bernard was a World War II veteran and served with the United States Coast...

Frances Madalene Tool

Frances Madalene Tool

Sep 7, 2014

Frances Madalene Tool, daughter of the late Henry Gordon and Minnie Lea (Ferguson) McNairn, was born on September 27, 1925 at her parents home in Izard County, Arkansas, and went home to the Lord following health complications associated with a lengthy hospital stay. At the time of her passing she was living in Blue Springs, Missouri, near family. She was...

Carolyn Elaine Randall

Carolyn Elaine Randall

Sep 6, 2014

Carolyn Elaine Hannemann was born Feb 4, 1949 in Finschaffen, Papua New Guinea, the daughter of a Lutheran missionary, Herbert R. Hannemann, and his wife Olinda Martin. Carolyn spent her summers with her parents in the highlands of New Guinea among the native people, and like other mission children she attended boarding school in Australia. The family later returned to...