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Richard Lee Elliott

Richard Lee Elliott

Nov 26, 2007

Richard Lee Elliott, son of Eugene O. Elliott and Letha Mae (Metcalf) Elliott, was born May 9, 1958 in Brushyknob, MO and entered his heavenly Father's Kingdom November 26, 2007 at the age of 49 years, 6 months and 17 days. He was preceded in death by his parents, Letha and Eugene Elliott and one sister, Mary Joann Woodard. He...

Leo Suter

Leo Suter

Nov 23, 2007

Leo Lee Suter 1932-2007 Leo Lee Suter died at his home in Gainesville on November 23, 2007, at age 75. He was born March 24, 1932, in Udall, MO, the son of Foe and Elma (Mishler) Suter. He and Johnalee Crawford were married May 29, 1954 , in Yankton, South Dakota. He served three years in the U.S. Army as...

Dennis Neale Schilling

Dennis Neale Schilling

Nov 22, 2007

Dennis Neale Schilling, son of the late Paul Schilling and Ruby Adams of Phoenix. AZ, was born on July 5. 1938 in Chester. IL. He departed this life on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2007 at his home south of Mountain Grove, MO, following a long battle with Atypical Alzheimer's. He was 69 years. 4 months and 17 days old. Dennis...

Floyd Bowcott

Floyd Bowcott

Nov 20, 2007

Floyd Bowcott the son of William (Bill) Bowcott and Virginia (Phillips) Bowcott was born June 15, 1948 in Illinois and departed this life Nov. 20, 2007 at the age of 59 years 5 months and 5 days. Floyd was a resident of the Ava area most of his life. He was employed with the Douglas County Sheltered Workshop for several...

Murray Samuel Parker

Murray Samuel Parker

Nov 16, 2007

Murray S. Parker Mansfield, MO Murray Samuel Parker, the son of Charles Parker and Lillian Murray Parker, was born Oct. 4, 1924 in Randolph County, MO and departed this life Nov. 16, 2007 at the age of 83 years 1 month and 4 days. Murray was a resident of Mansfield, MO, moving there from Ava, MO in 1989. He was...

Eva Faye Skaggs

Eva Faye Skaggs

Nov 16, 2007

Eva Faye Skaggs the daughter of Robert James Wallace and Sylvia Lorene Breshears Wallace was born May 22, 1941 in Ava, Missouri and departed this life Nov. 16, 2007 at the age of 66 years 5 months and 24 days. Eva was a life long resident of the area. Eva and Cleo Jackson (Jack) Skaggs were united in marriage in...

Wilma Porter Brooks

Wilma Porter Brooks

Nov 14, 2007

Wilma Porter Brooks was born on August 24, 1928 to Charley E. Porter and Elizabeth "Lizzie" Plumb Porter in Squires Missouri. Wilma accepted Jesus into her heart when she was a teenager at Murray Church. She met, and after a whirlwind courtship, married Leo Eldon Brooks on May 18, 1946 in Mtn. Home, Arkansas. To this union was born Treva...

Spike Gargione

Spike Gargione

Nov 12, 2007

SPIKE NATHANIEL GARGIONE Spike Nathaniel Gargione passed away Monday, November 12, 2007 from injuries suffered in an automobile accident on Hwy 14 north of West Plains. Spike was 17 years old. He was born on October 7, 1990 in West Plains, Missouri to Frank Frederick Gargione and Louise (Hathcock) Gargione. A junior at West Plains High School, Spike was a...

Howard Scott French

Howard Scott French

Nov 12, 2007

Howard Scott French Mansfield, Missouri Howard Scott French , son of Frank and Mary (Aborn) French was stillborn Nov. 12, 2007 in Springfield, MO. He was preceded in death by his paternal grandparents, John and June (Lucas) French; maternal grandfather, Scott Aborn and a sister, Rogena Lansdown. Survivors include his parents, Frank French and Mary (Aborn) French of Mansfield, MO,...

Luceil (Bell) Duren

Luceil (Bell) Duren

Nov 9, 2007

Luceil B. Duren Mansfield, MO Luceil Bell Duren, daughter of Orville James and Emily Mefford James was born March 14, 1925 in the Almartha, Missouri and departed this life Nov. 9, 2007 at the age of 82 years 7 months and 25 days. In 1941 Luceil and Cecil "Sig" Duren were united in marriage in Almartha, MO. Luceil and Sig...

Zola Marie Somers

Zola Marie Somers

Nov 7, 2007

Zola Marie Somers Ava, Missouri Zola Marie Somers, the daughter of Harold Graham and Edith (Turner) Graham Percifield, was born Sept. 6, 1936 in Squires, Missouri and departed this life Nov. 7, 2007 at the age of 71 years 2 months and 1 day. Zola was a resident of the Ava area for the past 18 years and had also...

Bobby Joe Miller

Bobby Joe Miller

Nov 6, 2007

Bobby Joe Miller Ava, MO Bobby Joe Miller the son of Hermie Miller and Angie (Workman) Miller was born July 22, 1930 in Silverton, Missouri and departed this life Nov. 6, 2007 in Springfield, MO at the age of 77 years 3 months and 14 days. Joe was a life long resident of the Ava area. Joe owned and operated...

Velva (Hunt) Ellison

Velva (Hunt) Ellison

Nov 4, 2007

Velva (Hunt) Ellison Rogers, Arkansas Velva Izora (Hunt) Ellison, 89, died November 4, 2007 following an extended illness at the Ashley Health Center in Rogers, Arkansas. She was born on August 9, 1918 near Ava, Missouri (Little Beaver area near Arno), in Douglas County, to David Willey Hunt Sr. and Dulcie Ann Huffman Hunt. Velva was a 1939 graduate of...

Neil Gardner

Neil Gardner

Oct 30, 2007

NEIL PLEASANT GARDNER Neil Pleasant Gardner passed away Tuesday, October 30, 2007 at the VA Puget Sound Health Care in Seattle, Washington. He was 73 years, 6 months, and 13 days old. Neil was born on April 17, 1934 in Souder, Missouri to R.O. Gardner and Verna (Prock) Gardner. In 1957 Neil and Wanda Thompson were married in Zillah, Washington,...

Veta Coonts

Veta Coonts

Oct 29, 2007

Veta Coonts Ava, Missouri Veta (Hurst) Coonts passed away peacefully in her sleep on Oct. 29, 2007 at 10:15 P.M. at Heart of the Ozarks Care Center in Ava, MO and is now at home with Jesus. Veta would have been 88 years of age on Nov. 14. Veta was born on Nov. 14, 1919 near Gentryville, MO, the daughter...

Anna Marie Goss

Anna Marie Goss

Oct 28, 2007

Anna Marie (Blakey) Goss Harrisonville, MO Anna Marie Goss, 78, Harrisonville, Mo, formerly of Ava, Mo. Died Sunday, October 28, 2007 at Camden Care Center in Harrisonville, Missouri. Anna was born May 8, 1929 daughter of Ousley Grover and Cleffie Mae (Hennings) Blakey of Rome, MO. She was the third of eight children. Anna grew up in hard times but...

Wesley Brian Willis

Wesley Brian Willis

Oct 25, 2007

Wesley Brian Willis Ava, MO Wesley Brian Willis the son of Leonard Willis and Julia (Grigsby) Willis was born Feb. 26, 1958 in Phoenix, AZ and departed this life Oct. 25, 2007 at the age of 49 years 7 months and 29 days. Wesley was a resident of Ava, MO since l986 moving here from Phoenix, AZ. On March 24,...

Joseph Arthur Corum

Joseph Arthur Corum

Oct 24, 2007

Joseph Arthur Corum Ava, Missouri Joseph Arthur Corum the son of David Arthur Corum and Lorine (Coursey) Corum, was born September 3, 1921 in Searcy, AK, and departed this life October 24, 2007 at the age of 86 years, 1 month, 21 days. Joseph Arthur Corum began his adult life serving his country during World War II. Joe served for...

Earlene Hicks

Earlene Hicks

Oct 23, 2007

EARLENE HICKS Earlene Hicks passed away Tuesday evening, October 23, 2007 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas, at the age of 89 years. She was born on June 22, 1918 in Hardenville, Missouri to Albert Blacksher and Edna (Cole) Blacksher. A life long resident of Ozark County, Earlene was a graduate of Gainesville High School. On October...

Elzada Souder

Elzada Souder

Oct 22, 2007

Elzada Souder Ava, Missouri (formerly of Souder, MO) Elzada Norene Souder, daughter of Lawson Clayborn Curtis and Theda (Arnett) Curtis was born July 27, 1927 in Douglas County, Missouri and departed this life Oct. 22, 2007 at the age of 80 years 2 months and 25 days. Elzada was a resident of Souder, Missouri for most of her life and...

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