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Marjorie Ellen Hickey

Marjorie Ellen Hickey

Dec 16, 2007

Marjorie Ellen Hickey, daughter of the late Vernon and Linna (Wade) Graven, was born on February 8, 1931 in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life on December 16, 2007 in the Missouri Baptist Hospital in Sullivan, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 76 years, 10 months and 8 days of age. Marjorie grew up and attended school in...

Shirley Jean (Kennedy) Curran

Shirley Jean (Kennedy) Curran

Dec 10, 2007

Shirley Jean Curran, daughter of the late Edward and Avis (Jarrett) Kennedy, was born on February 22, 1949 in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life on December 10, 2007 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 58 years, 9 months, and 16 days of age. Shirley grew up in Wright...

'Jim' James Shawn Lynch

'Jim' James Shawn Lynch

Dec 8, 2007

James “Jim” Shawn Lynch, son of Terry Wayne and Sue (Plantz) Lynch, was born on January 24, 1974 in Virginia, Minnesota, and departed this life on December 8, 2007 south of Mtn. Grove, Missouri in Douglas County, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 33 years, 10 months, and 14 days of age. Jim grew up and attended...

Raymond W. Brumley

Raymond W. Brumley

Dec 8, 2007

Raymond W. Brumley, son of the late Roy Elvis and Ella (Farmer) Brumley, was born on September 7, 1917 in Russellville, Kentucky, and departed this life on December 8, 2007 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. He was 90 years, 3 months and 1 day of age. Raymond grew up and attended...

Roel Gonzales

Roel Gonzales

Dec 6, 2007

No Services planned at this time.

Lois Ann Belt

Lois Ann Belt

Dec 5, 2007

Lois Ann Belt, daughter of the late Ernest and Myrtle (Parmenter) Hill, was born on May 25, 1930 in Aurora, Illinois, and departed this life on December 5, 2007 at her daughter’s residence in Mtn. Grove, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 77 years, 6 months, and 10 days of age. Lois grew up in Illinois and had made...

Donald G. Massey

Donald G. Massey

Dec 3, 2007

Donald George Massey, son of the late George and Betty (Carriker) Massey, was born on November 17, 1946 in Arizona, and departed this life on Monday, December 3, 2007, in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness. He was 61 years and 17 days of age. Donald grew up Arizona and California and moved...

Zelma Aileen Young

Zelma Aileen Young

Dec 3, 2007

Zelma Aileen Young was born on Hamilton Creek, near Cabool, Missouri August 17, 1924, and passed away at her home, December 3, 2007, following a long illness, at the age of 83 years, 3 months and 17 days. She was preceded in death by her parents, William Henry Booker and Hetty Carter Booker, along with two sisters, Beatrice and Wilma...

Joe Stepp

Joe Stepp

Dec 1, 2007

Joseph F. Stepp, son of the late Fred and Lela (Hennessee) Stepp, was born on December 8, 1938 in Los Angeles, California, and departed this life on December 1, 2007, at 68 years of age. Joe lived in Los Angeles until the age of eight when he moved to Missouri to their home place in Texas County, Missouri. He attended...

Mae Thompson

Mae Thompson

Nov 26, 2007

Myrtle Mae Thompson, daughter of the late C.C. “Lum” and Mayme (Tetrick) Freeman, was born on September 25, 1920 in Blanche, Missouri, and passed away on November 26, 2007 in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 87 years, 2 months, and 1 day of age. Mae grew up in the Blanche Community and...

Maxine Hopkins

Maxine Hopkins

Nov 23, 2007

Services: Monday, November 26, 2007 in the Southside Baptist Church, Mtn. Grove at 2:00 PM. Visitation: Sunday, November 25, 2007 at the funeral home, from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. Burial: Hillcrest Cemetery Contributions: In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Community Hospice c/o the funeral home. Dorothy Maxine Hopkins, daughter of the late Charles Osborn and America Louella...

Joel Franklin Gittings

Joel Franklin Gittings

Nov 22, 2007

Joel Franklin Gittings, son of the late Arlo Dean Sr. and Cora Frances (Robinson) Gittings, was born on May 11, 1957 in Tecumseh, Michigan, and passed away on November 22, 2007 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness. He was 50 years, 6 months, and 11 days of age. Joel grew up in Michigan...

Richard Ray Campbell

Richard Ray Campbell

Nov 22, 2007

Richard Ray Campbell, son of the late Ralph and Edna (Robinson) Campbell, was born on June 2, 1930 in Oelwein, Iowa, and departed this life on November 22, 2007, in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri following a month long illness. He was 77 years, 5 months, and 20 days of age. Richard grew up in Iowa...

Grace Roberts

Grace Roberts

Nov 19, 2007

Grace Roberts, daughter of the late Patrick and Eliza Ann (Smith) McNally, was born on December 30, 1919 in Trenton, New Jersey, and passed away on November 19, 2007 at her home in Bendavis, Missouri, following a long illness. She was 87 years, 11 months, and 20 days of age. Grace grew up and attended school in Ohio. She was...

Chris Ray

Chris Ray

Nov 17, 2007

Robert Christian “Chris” Ray, son of Charles Larry and Glenda June (Ross) Ray, was born on February 4, 1967 in Kansas City, Missouri, and passed away on November 17, 2007 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. He was 40 years, 9 months, and 13 days of age. Chris grew up...

Mavis Lorine Chasteen

Mavis Lorine Chasteen

Nov 15, 2007

Mavis Lorine (Bowers) Chasteen was born on September 11, 1937 to proud parents, Oris Edward “Si” and Ruby (Philpott) Bowers in Trinidad Colorado and passed away on November 15, 2007 in the St. John’s Regional Health Center in Springfield, Missouri, following a farm accident one month ago. She was 70 years, 2 months, and 4 days of age. She grew...

Elma Ora Barnes

Elma Ora Barnes

Nov 14, 2007

Elma Ora Barnes, daughter of the late John and Mamie (McKee) Baker, was born on May 8, 1925 in Upton, Missouri, and passed away on November 14, 2007 in the Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri, following a short illness. She was 82 years, 6 months, and 6 days of age. Elma grew up and attended school in the...

Geneva Mae Bell

Geneva Mae Bell

Nov 8, 2007

Geneva Mae Bell, daughter of the late James Levi and Velma O. (McDaniel) Hicks, was born on February 26, 1930 in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and passed away on November 8, 2007 in the Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mtn. Grove, Missouri. She was 77 years, 8 months, and 13 days of age. Geneva grew up in Jonesboro and moved to California...

Charlie Delbert Gilley

Charlie Delbert Gilley

Nov 5, 2007

Charlie Delbert Gilley, son of the late John Emmitt and Mary Vertanna (Woody) Gilley, was born on December 2, 1913 in the Goodville Community in eastern Douglas County, Missouri, and departed this life on November 5, 2007 in the Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri, following a long illness, at 93 years of age. Charlie received his elementary education...

Roland Joseph Beauchemin Sr.

Roland Joseph Beauchemin Sr.

Nov 4, 2007

Roland Joseph Beauchemin, Sr., son of late Conrad and Edna (Rochelle) Beauchemin of Richmond, Vermont, was born on October 19, 1946 at his maternal grandparent’s home on the Dugway Road in Richmond, Vermont. He passed away on November 4, 2007 at his residence in Springfield, Missouri following a long illness at 61 years and 16 days of age. As a...