Recent Obituaries
Mary Sue Eden-Long
Oct 17, 2022
Mary Sue Dickinson Eden- Long, daughter of Elisha and Mabel (Beeney) Dickinson, was born March 30, 1926 in Hartville, Missouri. She departed this life on October 17, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 96 years, 6 months, and 17 days.
Mary Sue was the eleventh of thirteen children and was raised in Hartville, Missouri, and attended...
Sylvia "Aileen" Cook
Oct 16, 2022
Sylvia Aileen Cook, daughter of Jessie and Lottie (McCormack) Hargus, was born July 31, 1920, in Seymour, Missouri, and passed away peacefully on October 16, 2022, in her home near Seymour at the age of 102 years, 2 months, and 5 days.
On November 20, 1945, she was united in marriage to John Clyde Cook. They shared 64 years together before...
Jason Yarger
Oct 14, 2022
Jason Howard Yarger, son of Howard Eugene and Sandra Kay (Spencer) Yarger, was born January 29, 1980, in Springfield, Missouri, and passed away October 14, 2022, at his home in Seymour, Missouri. He was 42 years, 8 months, and 16 days of age.
Jason grew up and attended school in Seymour, and he graduated from Seymour High School with the class...
Lloyd Freeman
Oct 14, 2022
Lloyd Freeman, son of the late William and Emma (Crisp) Freeman, was born August 14, 1922, at Vanzant, Missouri, and passed away at Nixa, Missouri, at the age of 100 years and 2 months. In 1941, he proudly served his country in the army during World War 2. After returning home, he married the love of his life, Ruth Melton,...
Margaret Smith
Oct 14, 2022
Margaret Belle (Yocum) Smith, daughter of the late Marvin and Oda (Long) Yocum, was born in Mountain Grove, Missouri, on June 5, 1932, and departed this life on October 14, 2022, at the age of 90 at Quail Creek Skilled Nursing in Springfield, Missouri.
Margaret attended Mountain Valley School and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1948. Margaret was crowned...
Tammy Jo Claxton
Oct 13, 2022
Tammy Jo (Miller) Claxton, daughter of Charles Edmond Miller and Vonna Mae (Blankenship) Miller, was born February 2, 1963, in Marshfield, Missouri, and departed this life on October 12, 2022, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri, at the age of 59 years, 8 months, and 12 days.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Eddie and Mae Miller,...
Bobby Borden
Oct 13, 2022
Bobby Lynn Borden, son of the late Robert Bryant and Thelma Ruth (Freeman) Borden, was born September 5, 1950, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and went to his heavenly home October 13, 2022, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 72 years, 1 month, and 8 days of age.
Bobby grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated with the Mountain Grove High School class...
Christopher Thompson
Oct 10, 2022
Christopher Scott Thompson, son of Scott and Sarah Thompson, was born February 21, 1980, in Memphis, Tennessee, and departed this life on October 10, 2022, at 42 years, 7 months, and 19 days of age.
Chris attended school in Hernando, Mississippi, and Kickapoo High School in Springfield, Missouri.
Chris loved to travel and spend time with friends. His greatest love was his...
Frances Smith
Oct 8, 2022
Frances May Smith, daughter of the late Joseph and Alma (Young) Koch, was born April 24,1922, in Billings, Montana, and passed away October 8, 2022, in Hurricane, Utah. She was 100 years, 5 months, and 15 days of age.
Frances grew up in Montana and California. She was united in marriage to Bryce Smith on August 14, 1948, in Reno, Nevada....
Linda Hensley
Oct 7, 2022
Linda Sue (Harley) Hensley, daughter of the late Cecil and Helen (Haskins) Harley, was born May 15, 1946, in Wendell, Idaho, and passed away October 7, 2022, at her home in Hartville, Missouri. She was 76 years, 4 months, and 23 days of age.
Linda grew up and attended school in Wendell, Idaho, until her family moved to Missouri when she...
Doris Lavaughn Miller
Oct 7, 2022
Doris LaVaughn Miller, daughter of Joseph Brown and Nellie (Springer) Brown, was born May 12, 1926, in Galesburg, Kansas, and departed this life on October 7, 2022, in her granddaughters’ home at Macomb, Missouri, at the age of 96 years, 4 months, and 25 days.
She was united in marriage to James Miller on June 12, 1958. He preceded her in...
James Sartor
Oct 6, 2022
James Edwin Sartor, son of the late William D. and Florence Jane (Hovey) Sartor, was born January 2, 1952, in Moline, Illinois, and departed this life October 6, 2022, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 70 years, 9 months, and 4 days of age.
James graduated with the Mountain Grove High School class of 1969. He then served...
Wanda Lawrence
Oct 6, 2022
Wanda Fern (Ray) Lawrence, 92 years, 6 months, and 7 days old, passed away on October 7, 2022, at Glenwood Healthcare Nursing Home in Seymour, Missouri. She had been on Hospice for six weeks.
Wanda was born April 15, 1930, at Anadarko, Oklahoma, to Clarence Elmer and Alta (Buchanan) Ray. As a child she grew up on the farm attending to...
William "Sonny" Van Ness
Oct 3, 2022
William Nathan “Sonny” Van Ness, son of George and Bonnie (Looper) Van Ness, was born March 12, 1941, in Seymour, Missouri, and passed away October 3, 2022, due to a sudden stroke. He was 81 years, 6 months, and 22 days of age.
Sonny married Annie Bell Napier, the love of his life, on October 26, 1963, in Seymour, Missouri, and...
Russel Allen
Oct 2, 2022
Russel Lewis Allen, son of the late Norvell Nels and Norma Rose (Miller) Allen, was born May 9, 1947 at Norwood, Missouri, and passed from this life at his home in Norwood, Missouri, following a long illness, on October 2, 2022. He was 75 years, 4 months, and 14 days of age.
After several moves in his young life, Russel and...
Janice (Colgan) Smikle
Oct 2, 2022
Janice Rosemary (Colgan) Smikle, was born February 18, 1947, to Walter and Juanita Colgan, at their home near Marshfield, Missouri. She departed this life October 2, 2022, at Cox Health Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri. She was 75 years, 7 months, and 14 days of age.
Janice married Darrell Smikle June 7, 1964, on the Smikle farm. They were high school...
Jeneita Fish
Oct 2, 2022
Jeneita Lou (Smith) Fish, daughter of the late Drew and Clara (Wake) Smith, was born November 23, 1941, in Vanzant, Missouri, and departed this life surrounded by family on October 2, 2022, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 80 years, 10 months, and 9 days of age.
Jeneita grew up in a large family. She and her twin sister, Juanita, were...
Alva Maddox
Oct 1, 2022
Alva Barbara Maddox, 90, of Seymour, Missouri, passed away October 1, 2022.
On May 29, 1932, Alva was born to Sam and Helen Koop in Corn, Oklahoma.
On September 10, 1946, Alva married Billy Joe Maddox in Wheeler, Texas. After the couple married, they started working and became young entrepreneurs owning a laundromat and lumberyard. Later, they settled in Seymour, Missouri, where...
Rosemary Gibson
Sep 27, 2022
Rosemary Gibson, daughter of the late Robert Melvin Francis (Reis) Cox, was born December 14, 1948, at St Louis, Missouri, and passed away September 27, 2022, at Willow Care Nursing Home in Willow Springs, Missouri. She was 73 years, 9 months, and 13 days of age.
Rosemary grew up in St. Louis and Hartville, Missouri. She met Theodore Gibson in St....
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