Recent Obituaries
Levan Jasper Hanna
Jan 14, 2010
Levan Jasper Hanna, son of the late Samuel Elias and Myrtle Hanna, was born on December 19, 1928 in Ney, Ohio and departed this life on January 14, 2010 in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri at 81 years and 25 days of age. Levan grew up in Ney, Ohio and graduated from Ney High School in 1947. He...
Steve Murr
Jan 1, 2010
Steve Murr, son of the late Elmer and Jewell (McGownd) Murr, was born October 29, 1939 in Texas County and passed away at his home on January 1, 2010 at the age of 70. Steve grew up in the Bendavis community and attended Dunsmore School. He was united in marriage to Janice Reed on June 10, 1986. Together they raised...
Bobby 'Bob' Ryan Chasteen
Dec 27, 2009
Bobby Ryan Chasteen, age 77, of Mountain Grove, passed away Sunday, December 27, 2009 after a courageous eighteen year battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was born December 24, 1932 in Mountain Grove, the son of Elvis and Bertha (Sutton) Chasteen. In 1959, he and Gloriabell Carter were united in marriage. The couple has one daughter, Teresa. Mr. Chasteen was a...
Pauline Holt
Dec 27, 2009
Pauline Holt, daughter of the late Isca Larner and Lindy Bell (Eden) Owens, was born on November 4, 1944 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life on December 27, 2009 in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri at 65 years of age. Pauline grew up and attended school in the Mtn. Grove area. She was united in marriage...
John Alva Hall
Dec 24, 2009
John Alva Hall, son of the late Alva and Dora (Spurlock) Hall, was born October 29, 1926 in Wright County, Missouri and departed this life on December 24, 2009 at the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri at 83 years of age. John was raised in Wright County and attended school in the Cedar Gap community. He served...
Bennie 'Ben' Ray Tate
Dec 20, 2009
Bennie Ray Tate, son of the late Charles and Thelma Tate, was born January 25, 1944 in Mountain Grove, Missouri and departed this life on December 20, 2009. Ben was raised in Mountain Grove, Missouri and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1961. He married Linda Starns on October 28, 1961 in the First Baptist Church in Mountain Grove....
Wanda June Hopkins
Dec 18, 2009
Wanda June Hopkins of Wichita, Kansas, daughter of Nevins Joe and Jessie Faye (Cody) Collins, was born on June 4, 1926 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and went to her Heavenly home on December 18, 2009 at 83 years of age. She was united in marriage to Alva Wayne Hopkins on June 22, 1944 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. June worked many years...
Harvey Leo Perkins
Dec 18, 2009
Harvey Leo Perkins, son of the late Leo Albert and Juanita (Mings) Perkins, was born on November 5, 1964 in Mtn. Grove, Missouri and departed this life suddenly on Friday, December 18, 2009 at his residence north of Mtn. Grove at the age of 45 years. Harvey grew up and attended school in Wright County and graduated from Mtn. Grove...
Hurse 'Smitty' L. Smith
Dec 17, 2009
Hurse “Smitty” Lando Smith, son of the late William Oscar and Johnnie Gertrude (Tipper) Smith, was born on December 23, 1912 in New Prospect, Alabama, and passed away on December 17, 2009 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri following a short illness. He was 96 years, 11 months and 24 days of age. Smitty grew up...
Fern Elizabeth Ballard
Dec 15, 2009
Fern Elizabeth Ballard, age 77, died peacefully in her home at Mountain Grove, Missouri on December 15, 2009. Fern was born in the White Rock community near Houston, Missouri to Elmer and Edna Arthur on April 6, 1932. She graduated from Houston High School and attended SW Missouri College for one year. On December 23, 1951 she married her high...
Wanda Lou Brown
Dec 10, 2009
Wanda Lou Brown, daughter of the late Nova and Flo (Hodgson) Martin, was born on January 28, 1939 in Sycamore, Missouri and departed this life on Thursday, December 10, 2009 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 70 years, 11 months, and 12 days of age. Wanda grew up and attended...

Sherman I. Holt
Dec 8, 2009
Graveside Services: Wednesday, December 9, 2:00 PM in the Lone Star Cemetery. No Formal Visitation Burial: Lone Star Cemetery
Bert Francis Austin
Dec 6, 2009
Bert Francis Austin, son of the late E.S. “Bill” and Lou Etta (Grimes) Austin, was born on March 15, 1918 in Rayborn, Missouri and departed this life on December 6, 2009 in the St. Luke’s Northland Hospital in Smithville, Missouri. He was 91 years, 8 months and 22 days of age. Bert grew up in the Rayborn area and graduated...

Devita Jarrett
Dec 5, 2009
Devita Jarrett, daughter of the late Henry and Mary (Mathews) Garleff, was born on November 24, 1929 in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at her residence in Lombard, Illinois, at 80 years and 11 days of age. Devita grew up and attended school in Downers Grove, Illinois. She was united marriage to Billy Floyd...
Arthur 'Art' Richard Fisher
Dec 2, 2009
Arthur “Art” Richard Fisher, son of the late Howard and Florence (Bergman) Fisher, was born on November 15, 1936 in Chicago, Illinois, and departed this life on December 2, 2009 following a short illness, at 73 years of age. Art grew up and attended school in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of seventeen, he entered the United States Army on...
Sharon K. Hilt
Dec 1, 2009
Sharon Kay Hilt, daughter of the late Jesse Claude and Erma Elaine (Felkins) Burney, was born on September 29, 1943 in Wendell, Idaho, and departed this life on December 1, 2009 at her residence near Norwood, Missouri following a long illness. She was 66 years, 2 months and 1 day of age. Sharon moved with her family at a young...
Ruth Iona Bivens
Nov 29, 2009
Ruth Iona Bivens, daughter of the late Archie G. and Golda Gladys (Bradshaw) Wimer, was born July 16, 1921 in Fort Klamath,Oregon and departed this life on November 29, 2009 at her residence in Seymour, Missouri after a long illness. She was 88 years, 4 months, and 13 days of age. Ruth grew up and attended school in Oregon and...
Genevieve Hoffman
Nov 26, 2009
Genevieve “Jean” Marie Hoffman, daughter of Edwin and Alberta (Hoster) Boyungs, was born on November 3, 1926 in Sterling, Illinois, and departed this life on November 26, 2009 in the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri at 83 years of age. Jean shared many stories of her active childhood of swimming, riding her bicycle around the county, ice skating...
Pauline Francis Campbell
Nov 23, 2009
Pauline Francis Campbell, daughter of the late Delbert and Beulah Faye (McCall) Freeman, was born on January 4, 1933 in Texas County, Missouri and departed this life on November 23, 2009 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri following a short illness. She was 76 years, 10 months and 19 days of age. Pauline grew up in Texas...
Shirley Faye Crego
Nov 21, 2009
Shirley Faye Crego, daughter of the late John and Hilda (Fickert) Holland, was born on May 21, 1939 in Corning, Arkansas, and passed away on November 21, 2009 in The Maples Health and Rehabilitation Center in Springfield, Missouri following a short illness. She was 70 years and 6 months of age. Shirley grew up in Corning, Arkansas and moved to...