Alta Mae Filkins, 83 of Springfield, MO went to be with her Lord at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 in Cox South Hospital in Springfield. Alta was a devoted child of God. She blessed us all with many of her gifts over the years and we are truly grateful for the wisdom she shared. She had an intense love for God, church, family, friends and anyone who needed the love of Christ shown them. She was very active in her church and was a retired beautician of fifty-four years. She served in her church over the years but was the happiest working in the nursery with the children as her desire was for children to find and love their God at an early age. What she breathed into people was a priceless treasure that can't be replaced. We are grateful that we know she is with her Lord. She was a member of Walnut Lawn Church of God in Springfield. She was preceded in death by her parents, Earl and Lola Berry and a sister, Bertha Hoyt. She is survived by her husband Derrick Filkins of Springfield; son and wife Gene and Margie Moses of DeSoto, MO; a granddaughter and husband Cyndi and Jim Smetzger of DeSoto, MO; great-granddaughter Carolyn (Cari) Jennett Smetzger of DeSoto, MO; son and wife Derrick L. Filkins and Carol of Indianapolis, IN; daughter and husband Denise and Jim Meyer of Nixa, MO; grandson and wife, James and Melanie Meyer of Rogersville, MO; great-granddaughter Chandler Dee Meyer and great-grandson Wyatt James Meyer of Rogersville, MO; grandson and wife Jeremy and Shield Meyer of Nixa, MO; sister and husband Earline and Dave Long and children of DeSoto, MO; brother and wife Bill and Rita Berry, Paragould, AR; brother and wife Glenwood and Carolyn Berry and children of DeSoto, MO; brother and wife Richard and Barb Berry and children of DeSoto, MO; and daughters and family of Bertha Hoyt. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, February 21, 2010 in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel with the Reverend Wes Drummond officiating. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. the same day in the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Walnut Lawn Church of God and will be distributed to the charities that Alta Mae loved and supported.