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Lucille  Francis  Dobbs

Lucille Francis Dobbs

Dec 7, 2022

Lucille Francis Dobbs, 78, passed away on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove Missouri. She was born April 28, 1944, in Davenport, Iowa, to Leroy and Dorothy (Schultze) Lagrange.

Lucille attended and graduated from Central High School. She married Ronnie Dobbs on January 11, 1990, in Ava Missouri, and they shared 32 years of love together. Prior...

Mike Hyde

Mike Hyde

Dec 5, 2022

Michael Eugene Hyde, son of the late Billy and Nadine (Whetstine) Hyde, was born November 24, 1966, and departed this life December 5, 2022, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 56 years and 11 days old.

Mike went to school at Mountain Grove and graduated with the Mountain Grove High School class of 1985. Mike began driving a...

Franklin Eugene Shipman, Jr.

Franklin Eugene Shipman, Jr.

Dec 5, 2022

Franklin Eugene Shipman, Jr. son of Franklin Eugene Shipman, Sr., and Lois Jeanie Burks, was born March 3, 1976, in Albany, Oregon, and departed this life December 5, 2022, in his home near Mansfield, Missouri, at the age of 46 years, 9 months, and 2 days.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Franky is survived by 2 sisters, Kimberly Spell...

Loretta Cornelius

Loretta Cornelius

Dec 4, 2022

Loretta Marie Logan was born June 13, 1942, to Ralph and Ira Margaret (Shuemaker) Logan in Cleburne, Texas. Loretta “Flu” departed from this world on December 4, 2022, in her daughter’s home in rural Seymour after a long battle with heart trouble and dementia at the age of 80 years, 5 months, and 21 days.

Loretta was the oldest of four...

Melissa "Missy" Woods

Melissa "Missy" Woods

Dec 4, 2022

Melissa “Missy” Fay Woods, daughter of Tom and Bonnie Woods, was born on April 2, 1967, and departed this life on Sunday, December 4, 2022, at 55 years, 4 months, 1 week and 6 days.

Missy was preceded in death by her father, Tom Woods Sr, her sister, Marsha Glenn, and her sister-in-law, Brenda Woods.

Missy is survived by her mother, Bonnie...

Walter Fuhrmann Jr

Walter Fuhrmann Jr

Nov 29, 2022

Walter Fuhrmann Jr., 83, of Columbia, Missouri, formerly of Clinton, Iowa, passed away on November 29, 2022, in his home surrounded by his family after bravely fighting a long illness. He was born December 31, 1938, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Walter and Doris Fuhrmann. He was raised and educated in Clinton, graduating from Clinton High School in 1957.

Walter...

Juanita Katheryn Mccormack

Juanita Katheryn Mccormack

Nov 29, 2022

Juanita Katheryn McCormack, daughter of Ben and Orpha Yarger, was born March 5, 1929, in Wright County, Missouri, at her home. She departed this life Tuesday, November 29, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of ninety-three years, eight months, and twenty-four days.

On August 5, 1948, she was united in marriage to Lloyd Eldon McCormack, and to this union, one...

Jane Carter

Jane Carter

Nov 29, 2022

Jane Marie Carter, daughter of the late Elmer and Ruth (Elliott) Dowsey, was born October 9, 1939, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life for her Heavenly home, surrounded by family, November 29, 2022, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 83 years, 1 month, and 21 days of age.

Jane graduated with the Mountain Grove High School...

Alice Luella Vessey

Alice Luella Vessey

Nov 28, 2022

Alice Vessey, daughter of Jerome and Ruth Caswell, was born January 27th 1947, in Colorado Springs, Colorado She departed this life Monday, November 28, 2022, in Winnsboro, Texas, at the age of 75 years, 10 months, and 1day.

On September 14, 1965, she was united in marriage to her high school sweetheart Charles Erwin Vessey, and to this union, three sons...

Aaron Hancock

Aaron Hancock

Nov 28, 2022

Aaron Leland Hancock died peacefully at the University of California-Davis Hospital in Sacramento, California, on Monday evening, November 28, 2022, following a massive stroke, surrounded by his wife, daughters, father, and a few other friends and family. He was 40 years old.

Aaron was born on August 26, 1982, to Timothy Coleman and Sherrie Lynn (Spencer) Hancock in Columbus, Ohio. He...

Shirley White

Shirley White

Nov 26, 2022

Shirley Lavone White, 82, passed away on November 26th, 2022, in Overland Park, Kansas, surrounded by loved ones.

Shirley was born on April 12th, 1940, to Avon and Voil Welton. She excelled at several different jobs throughout her life, including caring for young children in her home, being the head dietician at the senior center of Cabool and Branson, Missouri, and...

Judith  Laswell

Judith Laswell

Nov 24, 2022

Judith Ann Laswell (Rader) was born in Texas County, Missouri, on November 20th, 1945, to Edwin C. and Dorothy M. (Bryant) Rader. She departed this life on November 24th, 2022, in her home in Nolands Point, with her loving husband, Marvin, by her side.

Judy attended school in Mountain Grove, Missouri. In 1966, Judy married Russell “Dean” Agee. A daughter Cynthia...

Butch Willis

Butch Willis

Nov 24, 2022

James Dale “Butch” Willis, son of Dale and Goldie Willis, was born January 21, 1953, in Norfolk, Virginia and departed this life on November 24, 2022, at his home in Macomb, Missouri at the age of 69 years, 10 months, and 3 days.

He was preceded in death by his parents, and brothers, Dan, and Jackie Willis.

Butch is survived by his...

James "Jd" Thompson

James "Jd" Thompson

Nov 24, 2022

James "JD" Thompson, 86, of East Peoria, passed away on Thursday, November 24, 2022, at Grand View Special Care Center in Peoria. He was born on June 24, 1936, in Birdtown, MO, to James O. and Thelma (Grisham) Thompson. He married his wife of 59 years, Pauline Pendergrass, on July 26, 1955; she preceded him in death on September 24,...

Estella Cropper

Estella Cropper

Nov 24, 2022

Estella Dell (Brown) Cropper, daughter of the late Floyd and Essie (Shrable) Brown, was born July 2, 1927, in Gepp, Arkansas, and departed this life November 24, 2022, in Ash Grove, Missouri, at the age of 95 years, 4 months, and 22 days.

On December 20, 1941, she was united in marriage to Auston Ray Cropper and to this union three...

Tom Carmon

Tom Carmon

Nov 19, 2022

Thomas Edward Carmon, son of the late William Ellis and Tennie Lou (Powell) Carmon, was born April 17, 1934, in Union County, Kentucky, and tragically passed away November 19, 2022, in his home near Mountain Grove, Missouri, at the age of 88 years, 7 months, and 2 days.

Tom was united in marriage to Patricia Ann Miller on March 13, 1954....

Jimmy Lawson

Jimmy Lawson

Nov 16, 2022

Jimmy Lawson came to this world on June 15, 1934, in the community of Raybourn, Missouri, delivered by His grandmother and welcomed by his mother, Golda Mae Gaddis Lawson, and father, James A. Lawson. His twin brother, Franklin D. Lawson, did not survive birth. Big sisters, Beatrice (Lawson) Lincoln and May Adele (Lawson) Mayfield, quickly began the process of spoiling...

Charles Curtis

Charles Curtis

Nov 16, 2022

Eugene Charles Curtis, son of the late Owen and Verda (Hensley) Curtis, was born August 15, 1953, and passed away November 16, 2022, at his home near Hartville, Missouri. He was 69 years, 3 months, and 1 day of age.

Charles graduated from Mountain Grove High School, and he spent most of his life working on the dairy farm. He also...

Lola Ellen Gray

Lola Ellen Gray

Nov 15, 2022

Lola Ellen (King) Gray, daughter of the late Richard Wesley and Minni Helena (Miller) King, was born January 6, 1921, in Sanger, California, and passed away November 15, 2022, at Hartville Care Center in Hartville, Missouri. She was 101 years, 10 months, and 9 days of age.

Lola was raised in Douglas County, near Ava, Missouri. She married Frank Theodore Gray...

Russell W. Hutsell

Russell W. Hutsell

Nov 15, 2022

Russell W. Hutsell, age 94, son of Randall Hutsell and Emma Carter Hutsell, was born July 29, 1928, in Wright County, Missouri. He passed away November 15, 2022 at Covenant Village Care Center in Plantation, Florida, with his daughter and son-in-law at his bedside.

Russell was preceded in death by his wife, Geraldine Hutsell; his parents, Randall and Emma Hutsell; and...

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