Recent Obituaries

May 8, 2021

Thomas Leroy Ratterree, son of the late Levi and Doris Marie (Loughridge) Ratterree, was born September 16, 1954, in Cabool, Missouri, and went home to be with Jesus on May 8, 2021, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 66 years, 7 months, and 22 days of age. Thomas grew up and attended school in Woodbridge, Virginia. He was united in...

Apr 29, 2021

Randy Allen Dodson, son of the late Harold and Hazel (Farr) Dodson, was born September 11, 1967, in Mansfield, Missouri, and departed this life April 29, 2021, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 53 years of age. Randy worked as a landscaper for many years in Norwood, Missouri, for the Plant Place. He was a man of...

Apr 28, 2021

Elenoria Ann Wooldridge, daughter of the late Alfred and Ethel (Price) Clark, was born July 26, 1937, in Vanzant, Missouri, and departed this life April 28, 2021, at her home in Springfield, Missouri. She was 83 years, 9 months, and 2 days of age. Ann grew up and attended school in the Vanzant community. On May 7, 1954, she was...

Apr 28, 2021

Murrell Cleo Clark, son of the late Alfred William and Ethel (Price) Clark, was born on September 5, 1928, in Douglas County, Missouri, and passed away April 28, 2021, at home with family in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 92 years, 7 months, and 23 days of age. Murrell grew up in the Douglas County area. He was drafted in...

Apr 27, 2021

Apr 24, 2021

William “Bill” Mac Page, son of the late William McKinley and Sylvia Cook Page and loving father of five children, was born on January 1, 1931, in Vanzant, Missouri, and went peacefully to his heavenly father on April 24, 2021, at the age of 90 years, 3 months and 23 days. He started his education in a one-room school house...

Apr 22, 2021

Michael Dewayne McIntyre, son of the late Charles McIntyre and Betty (Setoris) Waite, was born September 5, 1951, in Muscatine, Iowa, and departed this life April 22, 2021, at his home in the loving care of his daughter, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 69 years of age. Michael grew up in Davenport, Iowa, and attended Davenport West High School....

Apr 21, 2021

Kelly LeAnn Ross, daughter of the late Floyd and Patricia (Donaldson) Ross, was born April 29, 1969, in Lincoln, Illinois, and passed away April 21, 2021, at her residence in Cabool, Missouri. She was 51 years, 11 months, and 23 days of age. Kelly attended Cabool schools and graduated from Cabool High School with the class of 1987. She worked...

Apr 21, 2021

Stella May Marliere, daughter of the late William and Helen (Clare) Baggs, was born January 22, 1950, in Peoria, Illinois, and departed this life April 21, 2021, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 71 years, 2 months, and 30 days of age. Stella was united in marriage to Ralph Marliere Sr. on February 14, 1971, in Viola,...

Apr 20, 2021

Apr 18, 2021

Evelyn Phronia Bushong, daughter of the late Ivy and Pearl (Baker) Hutchison, was born August 28, 1932, in Vanzant, Missouri, and went peacefully to her heavenly home on April 18, 2021, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 88 years, 7 months, and 21 days of age. Evelyn was united in marriage to Al Bushong on May 18, 1950. They were privileged...

Apr 12, 2021

Connie Renea (Stanley) Avery, was born November 21, 1957, to Henry Otis and Margaret Pearl (Majors) Stanley, in Huntsville, Alabama, and passed away April 12, 2021, in Providence, Rhode Island. She was 63 years, 4 months, and 22 days of age. Renea married John Delbert Avery, Jr. on September 15, 1979, in Huntsville, Alabama. Three daughters were born to this...

Apr 11, 2021

James David Massengale Sr. was born June 22, 1944, in Sanger, Texas, to W.O. “Tom” and Emma Massengale. He passed on April 11, 2021, at 76 years, 9 months, and 20 days of age. He grew up in North Texas and graduated from Era High School in 1962. James met his wife, Shirley Morris, when they were just 2 and...

Apr 9, 2021

Delsie Iola (Tooley) Hastings, daughter of the late Harry James and Pearl (Hicks) Tooley, was born September 4, 1932, in Hartville, Missouri. She left this world for her Heavenly home on April 9, 2021, at the age of 88 years. Delsie married Pete Hastings on March 3, 1951. She was a member of Willow Springs Free Will Baptist Church where...

Apr 7, 2021

Ruth Delores (Lawson) Dunlap was born October 6, 1935, to the late Joseph Franklin Lawson and Leoma Grace (Barr) Lawson. She departed this life to be with our Lord and Savior on April 7, 2021. She was 85 years, 6 months, and 1 day of age. Ruth grew up in the Green Mountain area, one of five children. With the...

Apr 7, 2021

Shirley Emery, daughter of the late John Clyde and Rena Jane (Quick) McCarty, was born November 18, 1943, and passed away April 7, 2021, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at 77 years of age. Shirley attended Vanzant School. She was baptized at the age of ten, also in Vanzant. Shirley married the love of her life, Fred Emery,...

Apr 5, 2021

Beverly Jean (Woolsey) Rader was born in Bakersfield, California, on June 7, 1948, to William George Woolsey and Imogene (Parsons) Woolsey. She passed on April 5, 2021, in Cabool, Missouri, at 72 years, 9 months, and 29 days of age. Beverly loved doll collecting, sewing, singing in the church choir, and spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and...

Apr 4, 2021

William Booth completed his journey in this world on April 4, 2021, at his home outside Mountain Grove, Missouri, where he had been a resident after retiring in 2010 to fulfill his life-long dream of owning a farm. Bill Booth was born on November 8, 1936 in Liberal, Kansas, to Dennis Maxwell Booth and Catherine Mildred Hart. He was the...

Mar 25, 2021

Teddy Wade Turner, son of Thelma Maude (Wade) and Gene Turner, was born on February 6, 1938, in Broyles Community, Missouri, in a dirt floor chicken-coop. Ted graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1955 and then from Southwest Missouri State College through the Army ROTC program in 1959, where he earned a Bachelor Degree in Elementary Education. Ted served...

Mar 23, 2021

Cecil Leroy Branson, son of the late Louie and Opal (Carr) Branson, was born December 26, 1925, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life March 23, 2021, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove. He was 95 years, 2 months, and 29 days of age. Cecil grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High School....