Recent Obituaries

Jun 29, 2018

Carol Tinsley, daughter of the late Calvin and Jewell (Williams) Bennett, was born December 19, 1949, in Lebanon, Missouri, and departed this life June 29, 2018, in Springfield, Missouri. She was 68 years, 6 months, and 10 days of age. Carol was the youngest of eight children and grew up in Competition, Missouri. She was saved and baptized at Porter...

Jun 28, 2018

Evelyn Louise Sutton, daughter of the late Raymond and Ruby (Scott) Peacock, was born December 19, 1942, in Lawrence, Kansas. Evelyn left this world to be with Jesus on June 28, 2018, at her home in West Plains, Missouri. Evelyn married Larry Ray Sutton on March 18, 1959, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at the Lone Star Church. She professed to...

Jun 28, 2018

Laverne T. Rodgers, daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Stark) Taylor, was born November 24, 1920, in Macomb, Missouri, and departed this life June 28, 2018, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the age of 97 years, 7 months, and 4 days. Laverne grew up around Macomb, Missouri, and attended Hickory Flat School. She married Clarence Verlin Rodgers on April 16,...

Jun 26, 2018

Vancel S. Welch was born October 30, 1920, in Norwood, Missouri, to Sherman and Beffie (Caudle) Welch. He departed this life June 26, 2018, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 97 years, 7 months, and 27 days of age. He was united in marriage to Peggy Lynch, and five children were born to this union....

Jun 20, 2018

Cathy Faye Parsons, daughter of the late Oscar Eugene Berry and Jewell (Shelton) Reece, was born September 20, 1953, in Ava, Missouri, and departed this life June 20, 2018, at Texas County Memorial Hospital. She was 64 years and 9 months of age. Cathy married Walter Parsons on May 4, 1971 in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Six children were born to...

Jun 19, 2018

No services are planned. Dotty Mae Reel, daughter of the late Roy and Rethel (Mitchell) Clark, was born November 21, 1934, in Rayborn, Missouri, and departed this life June 19, 2018, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri. She was 83 years, 6 months, and 29 days of age. Dotty was born and raised on a farm near Rayborn....

Jun 17, 2018

Ruth May Bender, daughter of the late Mark and Patricia (McClure) Little, was born May 20, 1956, in Flint, Michigan, and departed this life June 17, 2018, at her home in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 62 years and 28 days of age. She married Kenny Bender on July 13, 1994, in Waynesville, Missouri. Ruth enjoyed life and the people...

Jun 14, 2018

Burnice Pauline (Wren) Northcutt, daughter of the late Ernest and Mary (Varnell) Wren, was born in her family home in Huggins, Missouri, March 14, 1929, and passed from this life June 14, 2018, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. She was 89 years and 3 months of age. Pauline grew up in the Huggins Community and attended Alice...

Jun 11, 2018

No services planned at this time.

Jun 8, 2018

Bernice Peterson, daughter of the late Rev. John Jefferson “J.J.” and Lucy (Crewse) Postlewait, was born June 8, 1928 in Graff, Missouri. She went home to join her heavenly father and many family members and friends on her 90th birthday, June 8, 2018. Bernice was raised in the Number One Community and graduated from Houston High School. Her father was...

Jun 7, 2018

Jacob Junior Fletcher, son of the late Wheeler Arnold and Ora (Fielding) Fletcher, was born October 2, 1930, and departed this life June 7, 2018, at his home in Manes, Missouri. He was 87 years, 7 months, and 18 days of age. Jake was born and raised in Wright County, Missouri, and graduated from Plato High School. He married his...

Jun 4, 2018

Marcella Earlene (Stambaugh) Dennis, daughter of the late Alvin Glen and Thelma Nadean (Halliburton) Stambaugh, was born December 11, 1941, at Hams Prairie, Missouri, and passed away June 4, 2018 at Cox Health Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. She was 76 years, 5 months, and 24 days of age. Earlene and her family moved to Mountain Grove, Missouri, where...

Jun 3, 2018

Ellis Hylton Gass departed this veil of tears, to be united with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, at his home in McPherson, Kansas, on June 3, 2018, surrounded by family and friends. He was born on February 21, 1926, in Ava, Missouri, to Ramie Lee and Eula (Hylton) Gass. His mother passed away when he was 6 years of...

May 27, 2018

Harold Wayne Pearman, son of John and Jewell (Broyles) Pearman, was born June 24, 1951, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He passed away at his home in Colorado Springs, Colorado, May 27, 2018, surrounded by his family. He was 66 years, 11 months, and 3 days of age. Harold graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1969 and went to West...

May 27, 2018

Robert Donald Howerton, son of the late Charlie and Grace (Smallwood) Howerton, was born February 25, 1928, in Mansfield, Missouri, and departed this life May 27, 2018, in Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston, Missouri. He was 90 years, 3 months, and 2 days of age. Robert’s family moved to Raymondville, Missouri, when he was very young. Growing up, Don...

May 24, 2018

Ralph Lester Glover was born October 14, 1930, in Lincoln, Illinois, and passed away May 24, 2018, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. He was 87 years, 7 months, and 10 days “and 9 months” of age. Ralph was one of twelve children born to Ralph Lester and Beulah (Tyler) Glover. Ralph grew up in Hoopeston, Illinois. He served his country in...

May 23, 2018

Judith “Judy” Arlene Robertson, daughter of the late Claude and Pearl (Casebeer) Massey, was born December 28, 1940, in Huggins, Missouri, and departed this life May 23, 2018, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was 77 years, 4 months, and 26 days of age. Judy was raised in the Huggins community and graduated from Houston High School in 1958....

May 21, 2018

Audrey Jane Knight, 80, passed away May 21, 2018, at home in Mountain Grove, with family by her side. She was born November 23, 1937, in Westminster, England, to Thomas and Mabel (Roberts) Hatch. She married the love of her life, Jerry W. Knight, February 9, 1957, in Aschaffenburg, Germany. Audrey traveled the world with Jerry’s military stations. They retired...

May 15, 2018

May 14, 2018

Donnie Edward Bunch, son of the late Omer and Zora (Cunningham) Bunch, was born December 25, 1938, in Roosevelt, Missouri, and departed this life May 14, 2018, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. He was 79 Years, 4 months, and 19 days of age. Donnie graduated from Willow Springs High School in 1958. He married Carolyn Gibbons on September 13,...