Recent Obituaries

May 14, 2018

Calvin Tony Driskell, son of the late Gomer and Allie (Berry) Driskell, was born March 3, 1961, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life May 14, 2018, at his home in Gentryville, Missouri. He was 57 years, 2 months, and 11 days of age. Calvin was raised and spent his entire life in Gentryville, Missouri. He liked farm life,...

May 11, 2018

Lou Ann Walker, daughter of the late Homer and Helen (Motherwell) Bragg, was born August 4, 1955, in Birmingham, Alabama, and passed away May 11, 2018, at her home in Vanzant, Missouri. She was 62 years, 9 months, and 7 days of age. Lou Ann was raised in a military family and lived in many different places as a child....

May 8, 2018

Larry Dean Cooper, son of the late Fred Jackson and Edna Pearl (Davis) Cooper, was born January 8, 1953, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and departed this life May 8, 2018, at Mercy Hospital, in Springfield, Missouri. He was 65 years and 4 months of age. Larry married Michele Schmaling on May 3, 1986, in Elm Springs, Arkansas. Three daughters were...

May 7, 2018

Edna Elizabeth (Cheves) Snyder, daughter of the late Bernard and Minnie (Crider) Cheves, was born January 23, 1927, in Kansas City, Missouri, and departed this life May 7, 2018, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 91 years, 3 months, and 14 days of age. Edna was united in marriage to Walter C. Snyder on March...

May 6, 2018

Clarence Joe Neuhart, son of the late Wes and Loena Gertrude (Fisher) Neuhart, was born November 23, 1951, in Texas, and departed this life May 6, 2018, in Mansfield, Missouri. He was 66 years, 5 months, and 13 days of age. Joe has done many different things in his life. He has worked at a zoo, and he also enjoyed...

May 6, 2018

Kenneth “Kenny” Gilbert, son of the late George Thomas and Anna Lee (Midwell) Gilbert, was born May 14, 1939, in Russellville, Arkansas, and passed away May 6, 2018, in Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri, at the age of 78 years, 11 months, and 22 days of age. Kenny grew up in California. He joined the United States...

May 3, 2018

Lois Virginia Peel, daughter of the late Everett and Jewell (Willhite) Alumbaugh, was born September 5, 1937, in Rayborn, Missouri, and departed this life May 3, 2018, in Republic, Missouri. She was 80 years, 7 months, and 28 days of age. Lois grew up in Mountain Grove, Missouri. Her family moved to Flint, Michigan in 1954. She graduated from Bendle...

May 2, 2018

James “Jim” Michael Richardson, son of the late Edward and Syrena (Higgins) Richardson, was born March 30, 1954, in Barbourville, Kentucky, and departed this life May 2, 2018, at his home in Norwood, Missouri. He was 64 years, 1 month, and 2 days of age. Jim grew up and went to school in Barbourville, Kentucky. He married Brenda Barlett on...

Apr 28, 2018

Margaret Rose “Peggy” Schoneboom, daughter of the late Frank Luellen and Dorothy Frances (Solomon) Jenne, was born September 20, 1940, in Norfolk, Virginia, and passed away April 28, 2018, in Cox Health, Springfield, Missouri. She was 77 years, 7 months, and 8 days of age. Peggy grew up living in many different places, as her father served in the United...

Apr 26, 2018

Dorlis Bee (Carter) Turner, daughter of the late Elbridge and Marie (Long) Carter, was born September 11, 1935, in Wright County, Missouri, and departed this life April 26, 2018, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Missouri. She was 82 years, 7 months, and 14 days of age. She married Loyd Shaw on June 15, 1951, in Salem, Arkansas. Three...

Apr 24, 2018

Bill J. “Bulldog” Lathrom was born January 26, 1953, in Mountain Grove, Missouri, and passed away on Tuesday, April 24, 2018, at the age of 65 years and 3 months. He was buried at Green Mountain Cemetery, next to his wife, Sherry, and his mother and father, “Granny and Poppy.” Bill lived several years in Lawrence, Kansas, where he played...

Apr 18, 2018

Jimmy Dale Lambdin, son of the late Edger Alfred “Bill” and Elsie Mae (Nichols) Lambdin, was born November 15, 1942, in Cowell, Arkansas, and departed this life April 18, 2018, at his home in Rogersville, Missouri. He was 75 years, 5 months, and 3 days of age. Jimmy graduated from Cabool High School in 1961. He married Mayme Bushong on...

Apr 17, 2018

Johnny William Robertson, son of the late Leroy and Edith (Kelley) Robertson, was born October 17, 1938, in Bendavis, Missouri, and departed this life April 17, 2018, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. He was 79 years and 6 months of age. John married Shirley Patterson in 1956. Four children were born to this union. John was a mechanic and...

Apr 15, 2018

Apr 14, 2018

Frances Hurt, daughter of the late Walter and Martha (Sparks) Bradshaw, was born December 28, 1933, in Norwood, Missouri, and went to her heavenly home April 14, 2018, in Hartville, Missouri. She was 84 years, 3 months, and 17 days of age. Frances grew up in Norwood and was a graduate of Norwood High School, class of 1951. She was...

Apr 14, 2018

Steven Frank Thompson, son of the late Allen LeRoy and Dorothy Mae (Frank) Thompson, was born February 27, 1948, in West Plains, Missouri, and departed this life April 14, 2018, at his home in Mountain Grove. He was 70 years, 1 month, and 18 days of age. Steve started attending school in Teresita, Missouri, then attended Arroll through the 8th...

Apr 10, 2018

Karen Jane Jarrett, daughter of the late John and Pearl (Bohard) Booth, was born November 27, 1943, in Hamilton, Kansas, and departed this life April 10, 2018, in Mountain Grove, Missouri. She was 74 years, 4 months, and 14 days of age. Karen grew up in El Dorado, Kansas, and was a graduate of El Dorado High School. She was...

Apr 9, 2018

Hayden “Leo” Hill was born April 24, 1929 and passed away April 9, 2018, fifteen days prior to his 89th birthday. He was the oldest of four sons born to Hayden Hill and Pauline (Middleton) Hill in Mountain Grove, Missouri. When Leo was 8 years old, his father died and his mother married Richard Moore and Leo gained a step-sister...

Apr 5, 2018

Rebecca Sue Harvey, daughter of Dixie Volner and the late Frank Price, was born April 16, 1973, in Mansfield, Missouri, and departed this life April 5, 2018, at her home in Mansfield, Missouri. She was 44 years, 11 months, and 20 days of age. Rebecca lived most of her life in the Mountain Grove area. She married Jerry Harvey on...

Apr 3, 2018

Paula Faye Bennett, daughter of the late Roy and Golda “Lorene” (Raney) Bennett, was born November 22, 1951, in Norwood, Missouri, and departed this life April 3, 2018, at Cox Health in Springfield, Missouri. She was 66 years, 4 months, and 12 days of age. Paula grew up in Macomb, Missouri. She was a very loving person, always wanting to...