JUANITA ANN McCLURE, 32
Memorial service for Juanita Ann (Long) McClure, 32, of Gainesville, MO will be held on December 23, 2011 at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville, MO with Pastor Gale Wooten officiating. Mrs. McClure died December 18, 2011 in Springfield, MO. Interment of cremains will be at the Hart Cemetery by private family service. A memorial fund in Juanita's name has been set up at Arvest Bank in Mountain Home, AR for her husband and children.
Juanita was born on December 18, 1979, in Mansfield, MO to Stephen and Wanda (Arey) Long. She and her brother Stephen were raised in Gainesville. She was an active and fun-loving child, who never met a stranger. Juanita was an active youth at Mammoth Assembly of God Church and was a powerful and prayerful presence there during her childhood. She was a graduate of Gainesville High School in 1998.
Juanita was an excellent cook, enjoyed serving people, and had worked at many of the area restaurants, with patrons following her. She was a loving Homemaker and was proud of her children and husband. She was always a creative force within her work and home.
She met and married Robert McClure on September 24, 2005 in Pontiac, MO. Her happiest years were spent with her family; Rob, her loving husband and friend, Harmony-her first born daughter, Danny-her only son, and Emily-the youngest daughter. Watching Rob and the kids grow and play was her life's completion.
Juanita is survived by her loving husband, Robert McClure, her three children, Harmony Deann McClure, Daniel Wesley McClure, and Emily Grace McClure; her parents, Stephen D. and Wanda Long, all of Gainesville, and her brother Stephen P. Long of Mountain Home, AR, grandmother, Juanita Arey of Pontiac, uncle David Long of Gainesville, and mother-in-law Judy Goble of Pontiac, sister-in-law Tianna and husband David Piland of Gainesville, brother-in-law Michael Canterbury of Pontiac, and uncle Scott McClure of Pontiac. She leaves behind many uncles, aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews and friends. She was preceded in death by her grandfather, Edward Arey and grandparents, Hurble and Patricia Long.