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Terry Short
Mar 28, 2020
Terry Short, son of the late Amos W. and Ruth B (Long) Short, was born February 19, 1951, in Peoria, Illinois, and passed away March 28, 2020, at Mercy hospital in Springfield, Missouri. He was 69 years, 1 month, and 9 days of age. Terry grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1969. He...
Jackie Ray Leighty
Mar 23, 2020
Jackie Ray Leighty, passed away March 23, 2020, in the Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri, where he had been a resident the last few years. He was 77 years, 3 months, and 15 days of age. Jackie was born December 8, 1942, to James and Ruth (Skaggs) Leighty in Huggins, Missouri, and grew up on the family farm in...
Dorothy "Dot" Lucille Schober
Mar 17, 2020
Dorothy Lucille Schober, daughter of the late Holly and Florence (Collins) Robinson, was born October 29, 1930, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and passed away March 17, 2020, at Kabul Nursing Home in Cabool, Missouri. She was 89 years, 4 months, and 19 days of age. Dot grew up near Indianapolis. She married Richard Schober on June 11, 1949. Four sons were...
Marilyn Sue Smith
Mar 14, 2020
Marilyn Sue (Boone) Smith, daughter of the late Jim Boone and Dorothy Gore, was born May 19, 1946, in Malden, Missouri, and departed this life March 14, 2020, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 73 years, 9 months, and 26 days of age. Marilyn met the love of her life, Rodney Smith, in 1964. Rodney and Marilyn were united in...
George Delbert Freeman
Mar 12, 2020
Mr. Freeman has been cremated per his wishes. The family will have a memorial graveside service at a later date at: Fairview Cemetery (in Douglas County off of EE Hwy to CR 157, then to CR 164)
Neva Bryant
Mar 10, 2020
Neva Nadine Bryant of Mountain Grove, Missouri, died March 10, 2020. She was born December 10, 1924, in Texas County, Missouri, to Ernest and Bertha (Reaves) Smyer. On September 14, 1945, she married Brodie Bryant, who preceded her in death. She Married Jim Salyer on April 14, 2005. Jim also preceded Neva in death. Neva is survived by three sons...
Joe Hylton
Mar 10, 2020
Joe Hylton was born January 4, 1932, in Norwood, Missouri, to Bert and Elva (Raney) Hylton and departed this life to enjoy a fuller life March 10, 2020. Joe was a resident of Mountain Grove, Missouri, for all of his adult life. He was married to Thelma Rowland at age 19. They soon made Mountain Grove their home. Two boys...
Emma Jean Talbot
Mar 9, 2020
Emma Jean Talbot, daughter of Jackson Davis Hopkins and Georgia Wilson, was born December 14, 1933, in Humboldt, Kansas, and departed this life on March 9, 2020, at Nixa Nursing and Rehab in Nixa, Missouri, at the age of 86years, 2 months, and 26 days. Emma graduated high school from Norwood, Missouri, in 1951. On December 26, 1952, she was...
Wanda Shannon
Mar 4, 2020
Wanda Rosalie Shannon, daughter of Curtis and Betty Wise was born July 21, 1966, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and departed this life at her home in Fordland, Missouri, March 4, 2020. She was 53 years, 7 months, and 14 days of age. Wanda’s entire life was devoted to her family, always putting them first. She loved being with her kids...
Garnet Elaine Grider
Mar 3, 2020
Garnet Elaine Grider was born July 18, 1925, in Parkston, South Dakota. The youngest of three sisters, she was preceded in death by Frances (Fannie) Fergen and Hazel Bestul, and her parents, Clarence and Nora Ida (Turgeon) Benson. Garnet was married to John Driscoll and their union produced two children, Richard John Driscoll and Linda Ann Driscoll. She later married...
Paul Richard Williams
Feb 29, 2020
Paul was born September 23, 1940, in Detroit, Michigan, to Zelma and William “Bill” Williams and raised alongside his two brothers, Bill and Frank. Paul passed away February 29, 2020, at his home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 79 years, 5 months, and 6 days of age. He grew up attending the Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Detroit, and...
Ronnie Dugger
Feb 28, 2020
Ronnie Gene Dugger, son of the late William Wesley and Carlee Belle (Hurt) Dugger, was born June 2, 1935, in Wright County, Missouri . He went to his Heavenly home on February 28, 2020. He was 84 years, 8 months, and 26 days of age. Ronnie grew up in the Owens-Broyles communities. At the age of 20, Ronnie met the...
Patricia Sue Halliburton
Feb 27, 2020
Patricia Sue Halliburton, daughter of the late Webster and Ermydine (Horn) Johnson, was born April 29, 1944, in St. Louis, Missouri, and departed this life February 27, 2020, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 75 years, 9 months, and 29 days of age. Pat grew up in Winfield, Missouri, and graduated from Winfield High School in 1962. She married Carl W....
Janet Johnston
Feb 25, 2020
Janet Delores Johnston, daughter of the late Alfred and Clara Josephine (Young) Borders, was born October 24, 1933, in Yarmouth, Iowa, and departed this life February 25, 2020, at Texas County Memorial Hospital, Houston, Missouri. She was 86 years, 4 months, and 1 day of age. Janet grew up in Iowa and graduated with the Buffalo High School class of...
Laverne Woodward
Feb 23, 2020
LaVerne Dorothy (Hagman) Woodward, daughter of the late Fred and Anna Hagman, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on December 13, 1924. She went to her Heavenly home February 23, 2020. She was 95 years, two months, and 10 days of age. LaVerne was preceded in death by her parents, Fred and Anna Hagman, her husband, Elbert Woodward, two brothers, Clarence...
Gerald "Jerry" Stillwell
Feb 22, 2020
Gerald “Jerry” Allen Stillwell went to be with Jesus February 22, 2020, at his home surrounded by his family at the age of 68. Jerry was born June 22, 1951, to Gerald & Julia Stillwell, at their home on the family farm south of Mountain Grove. As a teenager, he accepted Jesus as his savior and recently had been attending...
Dwayne Allen Allsman
Feb 21, 2020
Dwayne Allsman, son of Martha (Allsman) Arquette, was born December 17, 1968, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away suddenly, February 21, 2020, at his home in Norwood, Missouri. He was 51 years, 2 months, and 4 days of age. He married Paula O’Guin on January 9, 1993. They raised three children together, Matthew, Tracie, and Dwayne. He worked in...
Loretta Faye Mcintosh
Feb 20, 2020
Loretta McIntosh, daughter of the late Willis Lee and Lola (McAdams) Stacy, was born August 29, 1940, in Bradford, Arkansas, and passed away peacefully February 20, 2020, in her son’s home in Macomb, Missouri. She was 79 years, 5 months, and 22 days of age. In 1949, when Loretta was nine, her father was killed in a coal mine accident...
Lynda Joann (Mcconnell) York
Feb 15, 2020
Lynda Joann (McConnell) York, daughter of the late Dalton Thomas and Freda Laverne (Freeman) McConnell, was born April 21, 1947, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away February 15, 2020, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri. She was 72 years young. Lynda grew up in Missouri, Illinois, and California. Lynda and her family returned to Mountain Grove in...
Robert "Bob" E. Adkison
Feb 12, 2020
Robert “Bob” Eugene Adkison was born March 6, 1935, in Pulaski County, Missouri, to Harry and Sylvia Adkison. On February 12, 2020, Bob finished his course at the age of 84 years, 11 months, and 6 days of age. Some of his last words were, “with Jesus Christ, all things work out.” Bob lived on a small farm in what...
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