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Henry J. Dougherty

Henry J. Dougherty

Dec 21, 2007

Henry J. Dougherty Greenfield, MO Henry "Skip" J. Dougherty the son of Henry S. Dougherty Sr. and Marjore Fields Dougherty was born Jan. 6, 1948 in St. Louis, MO and departed this life Dec. 21, 2007 at the age of 59 years 11 months and 15 days. Henry was a resident of Greenfield, Mo for the past 6 months moving...

Beverly A. Witchey

Beverly A. Witchey

Dec 18, 2007

Beverly Witchey Springfield, MO Beverly A. Witchey the daughter of Kenneth Wilson Robinson and Wanetta Maxine (Redding) Robinson was born Oct. 9, 1940 in Galesburg, IL and departed this life Dec. 18, 2007 at the age of 67 years 2 months and 9 days. Beverly was a resident of Springfield, MO for the past 12 ½ years. Beverly was employed...

Maxine Merritt

Maxine Merritt

Dec 17, 2007

Jimmie Maxine Merritt Ava, MO Jimmie Maxine Merritt the daughter of Jim and Zellar Elliott Engle was born on Jan. 18, 1932 and passed away with her family by her side on Dec. 17, 2007 in her home in Ava, MO at the age of 75 years, 10 months and 29 days. Maxine lived most of her life in Ava....

Frieda Putnam

Frieda Putnam

Dec 15, 2007

Frieda Putnam Thousand Oaks, CA Frieda was born Elfriede Mayer on December 8, 1927 in Munich, Germany. She passed away on December 15, 2007 in Los Robles Hospital, Thousand Oaks, California. Her parents separated when she was two years old and she moved with her mother to Garmisch. Frieda grew up and went to school in Garmisch and Grainau which...

Marjorie Marie Davis

Marjorie Marie Davis

Dec 14, 2007

Marjorie Marie Davis Ava, MO Marjorie Marie Davis the daughter of Harry Fisher and Olive Irene (Garton) Fisher was born Aug. 16, 1928 in Scandia, Kansas and departed this life Dec. 14, 2007 in Cox South Hospital, Springfield, MO at the age of 79 years 3 months and 28 days. Marjorie was a resident of the area for most of...

Lula Duckworth

Lula Duckworth

Dec 10, 2007

LULA M. DUCKWORTH Lula M. Duckworth passed away Monday afternoon, December 10, 2007 at Gainesville Health Care Center. She was 98 years, and 21 days old. Lula was born on November 19, 1909 in Igo, Missouri to Orville Wolfe and Leota (Nooncaster) Wolfe. On September 5, 1926 Lula and Raymond Duckworth were married in Thornfield, Missouri. To this union 7...

Sue Valentine

Sue Valentine

Dec 9, 2007

Sue Valentine Ava, MO Darlene Sue Valentine, daughter of Earl Everett Potter and Opal Roxie Davidson Potter was born on September 2, 1941 in McClurg, MO and passed away at her home with her family by her side on December 9, 2007, Ava, MO. Sue was a resident of Missouri most of her life. She was a Personal Health Care...

Freida Faye Harper

Freida Faye Harper

Dec 8, 2007

Freida Faye Harper Ava, MO Freida Faye Harper, daughter of Claude Yeisley and Neva Dewhirst Yeisley was born on August 25, 1935 in Ava, MO and passed away on December 8, 2007 in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, MO at the age of 72 years, 3 months and 13 days. Faye was a lifelong resident of the Ava community. She was...

Violet Lee (Daniel) Hartley

Violet Lee (Daniel) Hartley

Dec 7, 2007

Violet "Vi" Lee (Daniel) Hartley Ava, MO Violet Lee Hartley, daughter of Arthur Daniel and Eula (Watson) Daniel was born on October 25, 1943 in Wasola, MO and passed away on Dec. 7, 2007 in Springfield, MO at the age of 64 years, 1 month and 12 days. "Vi" was a resident of the Ava community for the past 15...

Norman Britt

Norman Britt

Dec 2, 2007

NORMAN JAMES BRITT SR. Norman James Britt Sr. passed away Sunday, December 2, 2007 at his residence in Gainesville, Missouri. He was 82 years, 2 months, and 9 days old. On September 23, 1925 Norman was born in Mountain Home, Arkansas to Allen and Pearl (Watts) Britt. He proudly served his country in the Navy during World War II, spending...

Trisha Ann (Moore) Bryant

Trisha Ann (Moore) Bryant

Nov 27, 2007

Trish Bryant Springfield, MO Trisha Ann (Moore) Bryant, of Springfield, MO, passed away Tuesday, November 27, 2007 at the age of 37 years, 2 months and 26 days, during the evening in her home from complications associated with Multiple Sclerosis. Trisha was born August 31, 1970 to Elvia Ray and Betty Lou (Epps) Moore, of Ava, MO. She grew up...

Trellis Dewhirst

Trellis Dewhirst

Nov 27, 2007

Trellis Dewhirst the daughter of Joseph Ellison and Joyce (Hailey) Ellison was born May 8, 1909 in Douglas County near Crossroads, Missouri and departed this life Nov. 27, 2007 at the age of 98 years 6 months and 19 days. Trellis Ellison Dewhirst grew up in the Crossroads community and had the privilege of attending the first demonstration school sponsored...

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...

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