Robbie Wayne Bates
May 3, 2008
Robbie Bates passed away Saturday, May 3, 2008 at Tecumseh, Missouri. He was 27 years old. Robbie was a 1999 graduate of Gainesville High School. He leaves behind many friends and loved ones who will miss him. He is survived by his parents Dave and Mary Bates of Gainesville, Missouri; one daughter Kyna Ann-Marie Scott Bates and her mother Christina...
John M. Nix
Apr 23, 2008
John Milton Nix Ava, MO John Milton Nix, the son of John and Lillie Nix was born June 15, 1913 in Unity, IL, and departed this life April 23, 2008 at the age of 94 years 10 months and 8 days. John was a resident of the Ava area and Wasola community for the past 20 years moving here from...
Jimmy Ray Henderson
Apr 23, 2008
Jim Henderson passed away Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at Hospise of the Ozarks Hospice House in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was 71 years old. He was born on March 17, 1937 the son of Carter and Ruth (Gage) Henderson. Jim served in the militaty with the 101st Airborne. He moved to the Ozarks after retiring from Anheiser Busch. He loved...
Cecil Lee Draper
Apr 22, 2008
Cecil Lee Draper passed away on April 22, 2008 at his residence in Gainesville, Missouri. He was 72 years, 8 months, and 6 days old. He was born on August 16, 1935 to John Elrod and Virginia Ruth (Harlinger) Draper in Madisonville, Missouri. In 1943 the Draper family moved from Madisonville to Whittier, California. Cecil attended and graduated from Whittier...
Joanna Cunningham
Apr 8, 2008
Joanna J. Cunningham Formerly of Bradleyville, MO Joanna J. Cunningham, formerly of Bradleyville, MO died April 8, 2008 in De Soto, MO at the age of 94. She was the daughter of Elmer and Grace Dale and was born on December 6, 1913 in Lipscomb, Texas. She was the dear wife of the late Leslie Cunningham; beloved mother to Lynn...
Martha May Holmes
Apr 6, 2008
Martha Holmes passed away Sunday evening, April 6, 2008 at St. John's Regional Health Care Center in Springfield, MO after a short illness. She was 85 years old. She was born Martha May Tripp on September 20, 1922 in Jefferson City, MO the daughter of Clyde Edgar and Matilda Fredericka (Knernschield) Tripp. On March 10, 1943 Martha married Earl Denton...
Beverly Ann Howe-Merrill
Apr 6, 2008
Beverly Ann Howe-Merrill Ava, MO Beverly Ann Howe-Merrill, the daughter of Charles "Bud" Howe and Betty Jane (Lenaburg) Howe, was born September 20, 1960 in Clinton, OK and passed away on April 6, 2008 at the home of her parents in Ava, MO at the age of 47 years, 6 months and 16 days. Beverly lived in Ava from 1960...
Edith Smith
Apr 5, 2008
Edith Smith passed away early Saturday morning, April 5, 2008 at Hospice of the Ozarks Hospice House in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was 79 years old. Edith was born on February 22, 1929 in Elizabeth, Arkansas one of seven children born to Frank and Nellie (Byam) Donley. On July 7, 1952 she married Harla Smith in Elizabeth, and then the...
Meda Warren
Apr 3, 2008
MEDA WARREN Meda Warren passed away Thursday evening, April 3, 2008 in West Plains, Missouri. She was 86 years old. Meda was born February 23, 1922 in Dora, Missouri the daughter of Curtis and Ellen (Dobbs) Mayfield. On June 19, 1940 she married Clyde Warren. To this union one daughter was born, Rosalle, whom the Lord took home as an...
Gale Ursilee Lankford
Mar 29, 2008
Gale Lankford Hermitage, MO Gale Ursilee Lankford, daughter of John Thomas and Barbara Byrd was born on July 13, 1957 in Miami, Florida and passed away on March 29, 2008 in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, MO at the age of 50 years, 8 months and 16 days. Gale was a resident of Hermitage for the past 4 and a half...
Burney Fleetwood
Mar 28, 2008
Burney Fleetwood Squires, MO Burney Fleetwood the son of William Dave Fleetwood and Maggie M. (Hitchock) Fleetwood was born Nov. 11, 1924 at Squires, Missouri and departed this life March 28, 2008 at the age of 83 years 4 months and 17 days. Burney was a life long resident of Squires, Missouri. He was employed as a construction worker and...
Velma Gary
Mar 28, 2008
Velma Gary Republic, MO Velma E. Gary, 97, daughter of Isaac Brown and Margaret Manning Brown was born on April 19, 1910 in Squires, MO and passed away Friday, March 28, 2008 in Christian Health Care, Republic, MO. She is survived by twin sisters, Veda Garland, Republic, MO, Naida Hartley, Ava, MO and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded...
Dave Goodnight
Mar 27, 2008
DAVE GOODNIGHT Dave Goodnight passed away Thursday morning, March 27, 2008 at his residence in Gainesville, MO. He was 53 years old. Dave felt fortunate to have been adopted at birth by a loving Christian family. Dave was the second son of Charles and Louise (Slawson) Goodnight. He was their Christmas gift, having been born on December 21, 1954 in...
James Lee Johnson
Mar 26, 2008
James "Jamie" Lee Johnson Mansfield, MO James Lee Johnson the son of Bradley Lee Johnson and Deloris Kathleen Finch Johnson was born on April 30, 1975 in Springfield, MO and passed away on March 26, 2008 in Gainesville, MO at the age of 32 years, 10 months and 26 days. Jamie was a resident of Mansfield for the past eight...
Evie Wray
Mar 20, 2008
Evie Hope Wray Evie Hope Wray passed away Thursday Evening, March 20, 2008. She was 8 years old and born on February 9, 2000. Evie attended Lutie Elementary School in her hometown of Theodosia, Missouri and was in the second grade. She was one of many siblings from a large, loving family. Evie's brother and partner in crime, JD, worked...
Richard E. Rust
Mar 18, 2008
Richard E. "Dick" Rust Goodhope, MO Richard E. Rust the son of Calvin Rust and Julia O. (Metheny) Rust was born July 14, 1928 in Paducah, KY and departed this life March 18, 2008 at the age of 79 years 8 months and 4 days. Richard was a resident of the Goodhope and Ava area for the past 32 years...
Elaine Watson
Mar 17, 2008
ELAINE WATSON Elaine Watson was called to be with the Lord on March 17, 2008 at the age of 88. She was born Virgie Elaine Oxley January 29, 1920 to the late John and Ora Oxley, and was united in marriage to Roy Watson September 6, 1950. Elaine was blessed with six children, sixteen grandchildren, eighteen great grandchildren, and one...
Geraldine "Gerry" Rettenbach
Mar 16, 2008
GERALDINE "GERRY" RETTENBACH Geraldine "Gerry" Rettenbach passed away Sunday evening, March 16, 2008 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas. She was 75 years old. Gerry was born on September 14, 1932 in Chicago, Illinois the daughter of Jerome and Adeline (Walenty) Bachorz. On September 6, 1952 she married Jack Rettenbach in Justice, Illinois. Gerry worked several years...
Ella R. Hutchison
Mar 15, 2008
Ella R. Hutchison Ava, MO Ella R. Hutchison, daughter of Warren C. Davis and Julia (Burdan) Davis was born on March 1, 1928 in Sweden, MO and went home to be with her Lord on March 15, 2008 in Cox South Hospital, Springfield, MO at the age of 80 years and 14 days. Ella was a resident of the Ava...
Tawnya Lea Van Dyne
Mar 15, 2008
Tawnya Lea Van Dyne was born Oct. 2, 1960 in Ava, MO the daughter of Bud & Wilma (Collins) Hutchison. She graduated from Ava High School in 1978 and lived in the Ava area most of her life. In 1979 she married Rodney Neil Van Dyne of Independence, KS. They lived six years in Sublette, KS where two children, Justin...
