Obituaries

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Louise Eudora (Cumbie) Smith

Louise Eudora (Cumbie) Smith

Jul 8, 2011

Louise Eudora Smith, daughter of the late Joseph Walker and Laura S. (Drake) Cumbie, was born on January 27, 1924 in Osceda, Arkansas and passed away on July 8, 2011 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri, at 87 years of age. When you hear Louise Smith, you hear of a woman who put her family first....

Gordon Ray Leighter

Gordon Ray Leighter

Jul 8, 2011

Gordon Ray Leighter, son of the late Frank and Viola (Jones) Leighter, was born on May 20, 1919 in Junction City, Kansas and passed away on July 8, 2011 at the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. He was 92 years, 1 month, and 18 days of age. Gordon grew up in the Jackson County area. He married Billie...

Shirley Mae (Parsons) Tool

Shirley Mae (Parsons) Tool

Jul 5, 2011

The Family Will Be Having A Memorial Service: Saturday, July 9, 2011 At 2:00 PM in the Assembly of God Church in Mtn. Grove. Burial: At a later date in Douglas County. Memorial Contributions: Shirley Tool Memorial Fund c/o the funeral home.

Wayne Emerson Bashore

Wayne Emerson Bashore

Jul 5, 2011

No Memorial Service at this time. Mr. Bashore was cremated under the direction of the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home. Burial: At a later date in the Miami Memorial Gardens in Ohio.

Evan Farmer Williams

Evan Farmer Williams

Jul 4, 2011

Evan Farmer Williams, the fourth of eight children born to John and Anna (Upshaw) Williams, was born on December 22, 1918 in Denlow, Missouri. He departed this life on Monday, July 4, 2011 at his friend’s residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following an extended illness. He was 92 years, 6 months and 12 days of age. Evan grew up and...

Shirley Hollis (Hoover) Dennis

Shirley Hollis (Hoover) Dennis

Jul 4, 2011

Shirley Hollis (Hoover) Dennis, daughter of the late Roy J. and Henry Etta (Burton) Hoover, was born on September 2, 1908 in Wauneta, Nebraska, and departed this life on July 4, 2011 in Overland Park, Kansas. She was in her 103rd year. Shirley lived in Bartley, Nebraska before moving with her family to Mountain Grove in the sixth grade. (On...

Trilba B. (Smith) Wheat

Trilba B. (Smith) Wheat

Jun 27, 2011

Trilba B. (Smith) Wheat, daughter of the late Thomas and Winnie (Freeman) Smith, was born on August 27, 1921 in a cabin in Douglas County, Missouri and departed this life on June 27, 2011 in Willow Care Nursing Center in Willow Springs, Missouri. She was 89 years, and 10 months of age. Trilba grew up and attended school in Douglas...

Raymond 'Ray' C. Seymour

Raymond 'Ray' C. Seymour

Jun 20, 2011

Raymond “Ray” Carl Seymour, son of the late Carl and Mary (Crockett) Seymour, was born on April 23, 1935 in Fairfax, Missouri, and departed this life on June 20, 2011, at his residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, surrounded by family. He was 76 years, 1 month, and 27 days of age. Ray grew up in Fairfax, Missouri in Atchison County...

Donald 'Don' Ray Wurner

Donald 'Don' Ray Wurner

Jun 18, 2011

Donald Ray Wurner, was born to John Wurner and Dorothy (Borden) Wurner, on February 26, 1958 in the United States Army Base Hospital in Landstuhl, Germany and passed away on June 18, 2011 in the Hartville Care Center in Hartville, Missouri, following a very short illness. He was 53 years, 3 months and 23 days of age. Donald arrived in...

Talmadge 'Tim' J. Sloan

Talmadge 'Tim' J. Sloan

Jun 18, 2011

Talmadge J. “Tim” Sloan, son of the late Ora Clyde and Rozella (Phipps) Sloan, was born on July 24, 1927 in Oregon County, Missouri and departed this life on June 18, 2011 in Brookhaven Health Care in Springfield, Missouri, following an extended illness. He was 83 years, 10 months and 25 days of age. Tim grew up and attended school...

Amiel Cecil Clark

Amiel Cecil Clark

Jun 15, 2011

He is survived by his loving wife of sixty-three years: Veta Clark of their home; his son: Kirby Clark of Mtn. Grove; one sister: Juanita Armstrong of Mtn. Grove; several nieces; nephews; great-nieces; great-nephews; and other relatives, friends, and neighbors who will sadly miss him.

Heidi O'Donnell

Heidi O'Donnell

Jun 12, 2011

Heidi O’Donnell, daughter of the late Fredrick and Hedwig (Werner) Pfau of Viernheim, Germany, was born on October 1, 1939 in Ludwigshafan, Germany and passed away on June 12, 2011 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was 71 years, 8 months and 11 days of age. Heidi grew up and attended school in Germany. She...

Dorothy Laverne Atchison

Dorothy Laverne Atchison

Jun 10, 2011

Dorothy Laverne Atchison, daughter of the late Orvle and Pearl (Alexander) Atchison, was born on March 29, 1934 in Macomb, Missouri, and departed this life on June 10, 2011 at her residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 77 years, 2 months, and 11 days of age. Dorothy grew up and attended school in Norwood, Missouri...

Thomas 'Tom' Harold Hawley

Thomas 'Tom' Harold Hawley

Jun 8, 2011

Thomas “Tom” Harold Hawley, son of the late Harold Frederick and Marie Clarice (McQuade) Hawley, was born on October 14, 1934 in Aitkin Village, Minnesota, and passed away on June 8, 2011 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. He was 76 years, 7 months, and 24 days of age. Tom grew up and attended school in Minnesota...

Louise Billups

Louise Billups

Jun 6, 2011

Lillian Louise Billups, daughter of the late Barney and Lillian Perry, was born on May 19, 1926 in Malakoff, Texas and departed this life on June 6, 2011 at her residence in Norwood, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 85 years and 17 days of age. Louise grew up and attended school in east Texas. She was united in...

Violet Nadine Barlett

Violet Nadine Barlett

Jun 3, 2011

Violet Nadine Barlett of Sanford, Virginia, formerly of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, went home to be with her Lord and Savior in the ever caring and loving presence of her son, James “Jim” Brown on June 3, 2011 at the Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital in Nassawadox, Virginia. She was 67 years of age. Nadine was born on June 11, 1943 in...

Margie Autry Dowdy

Margie Autry Dowdy

Jun 2, 2011

Margie Autry Dowdy, daughter of the late John Lee and Sarah Louella (McKinney) Taylor, was born on July 30, 1913 in Red Bay, Alabama, and departed this life on June 2, 2011 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. She was 97 years, 10 months and 2 days of age. Autry grew up and attended school in Alabama....

Betty Pauline Music

Betty Pauline Music

May 31, 2011

Betty Pauline Music, daughter of the late Jeff and Margaret (Walters) Music, was born on August 8, 1949 in Eaton Rapids, Michigan and passed away on May 31, 2011 at her residence north of Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a sudden illness. She was 61 years, 9 months and 23 days of age. Betty grew up and attended school in Marshall,...

Veora Mcclure

Veora Mcclure

May 29, 2011

Tiny twins were born on February 19, 1918, in the small community of Bado, Missouri in Texas county. The little boy survived for about an hour and the girl baby who was born second weighed less than 2 pounds and survived for 93 years. There was a very deep snow on that day and the home birth could not be...

Esther Mae (Watson) Davis

Esther Mae (Watson) Davis

May 26, 2011

Born November 30, 1911 in Coldwater, Michigan, Esther Mae (Watson) Davis, daughter of Pete and May Watson went to be with the Lord and her beloved husband, George, on May 26, 2011. At the time of her passing, she resided at the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri. She went to sleep on earth and woke up in Heaven. She...