Nora Lewis
Dec 28, 2020
Nora Alice (Stegall) Lewis, 87, formerly of Mount Vernon, Missouri passed peacefully from this earth to eternity on December 28, 2020. She was born March 3, 1933 in Pontotoc, Mississippi to James T. and Inez (Bivens) Stegall.
On June 9, 1957 she married Clarence Melvin Lewis in Pontotoc, Mississippi. They eventually made their home in Fresno, California....
Jack Lee Robinson
Dec 27, 2020
Jack Lee Robinson, 89 of Nixa, Missouri passed away Sunday, December 27, 2020 at 4:00 pm.
He was a retired executive of Ford Motor Company and served in the US Army. He resided in Michigan all his life and graduated from Michigan University.
Jack had a passion for reading and researching various interests and was...
Jane Ross Schneider
Dec 27, 2020
Miss Jane has joined the heavenly marching band.
Jane Ross Schneider died Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020 from complications of Alzheimer's and a fall. She was 94. She was born March 8, 1926 in Lamar, MO to Guy and Goldia Ross. As a child she kept up with her older brother Bob, preferring tree climbing to dolls. She...
Andrew "Jack" Matthews
Dec 26, 2020
Jack was born in a cabin on a mountain in Burnside, KY, July 20, 1925. His parents were the late Rev. A.Z. and Deloris (Jackson) Matthews. After a full life of service as singer, pastor and evangelist for the Christian Church, he departed this life for his eternal home in Springfield, MO, at the age of 95.
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James Donald Williams
Dec 26, 2020
James Donald Williams, 85, of Springfield passed away suddenly on Saturday, December 26, 2020 at home. He was born on December 27, 1934 in Oklahoma City OK. The son of James Charles and Ellen Elizabeth (Nix) Williams.
He married his high school sweetheart Janna Lou Cain on Oct 28, 1955.
Graduated from University of Oklahoma...
Patricia Dean Smith
Dec 26, 2020
Patricia Dean Smith, (Wetherell), passed from this earth on December 26, 2020. She is free of the chains of pain and old age. Patricia was born July 24, 1933 in Kansas City Kansas to loving parents Gene and Mary Wetherell. She had two siblings, Joseph Wetherell, (died as an infant) and her beloved sister Betty Glenn who preceded in...
Ross B. Ausburn
Dec 26, 2020
Ross Buford Ausburn was born on February 27, 1932 in Tulsa, OK to Rube and Katherine Ross Ausburn. He passed peacefully on December 26, 2020 after completing his lifetime journey in preparation to meet his savior.
He graduated from Will Rogers High School, Tulsa, OK in 1950. Ross was a gifted athlete but really excelled at football....
Bobby L. Brown
Dec 25, 2020
Bobby L. Brown passed away on December 25, 2020. He was born July 20, 1934 in Stoutland, MO. He is preceded in death by his parents, Bob and Nora Brown, wife Barbara A. Brown, his son, Bobby S. Brown and three sisters; Ercell Knight, Wanda O'Dell, and Maxine Rogers. He is survived by his children, Pamela Brown of Jenks...
Carolyn Love Sparks
Dec 24, 2020
A visitation honoring Carolyn Marie will be held next Saturday, January 9 th , at her daughter Nicole's house at 6810 East Division St., Springfield, MO, 65802. All are welcome. More details are below.
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It is with deepest bone-cracking sorrow (but blessedly few regrets) that we share that Carolyn Marie Love Sparks, aged 60,...
John "Jack" Tucker, Jr.
Dec 23, 2020
John Reilly Tucker Jr age, 98 of Springfield (formerly St. Louis) passed peacefully December 23, 2020.
Jack graduated from the University of Kansas with a Degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was a WWII Veteran in the Navy and served on the USS Franklin. After the war, Jack started a 40-year career with ALCOA. Jack loved most all...
Phillip Lee Conner
Dec 23, 2020
Phillip Lee Conner of Bixby, Oklahoma, was born April 11, 1950, in Imperial, Nebraska, to Phillip Gordon and Wandaleen (Garrett) Conner. Phil departed this life on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the age of 70. Phil graduated high school from Parkview High School and later graduated from Southwest Missouri State. He joined the U.S. Air Force...
Betty "Jean" Morris
Dec 22, 2020
Betty "Jean" McMillan Morris was born to Earl and Pearl Emrich McMillan, August 12, 1932 in Clay County, Kansas. She passed away from Alzheimer's disease December 22, 2020 in Springfield, Missouri.
Her family moved to a Douglas County, Missouri farm, south of Cabool, when Jean was three to escape the drought and dust storms of Kansas. The...
Stephen R. Michael
Dec 21, 2020
Steve R. Michael, 62, of Strafford, MO passed away December 21, 2020 in his home. Uncle Stevie, as he was fondly called by some of his closest friends and family, was such a loving and fun Uncle to his nephews and nieces. Uncle Stevie always put others' needs in front of his own. He was married to the Love...
Harold Franklin Anderson
Dec 20, 2020
Harold F. "Snake" Anderson, passed away December 20, 2020. He was born March 3, 1953 in Nashville, AR to Helen Trotter and Earmon Anderson, Sr.
He worked at Zenith, Sweetheart Cup and Timken. He served in the U.S. Navy. He enjoyed bingo, playing cards, "westerns," going to Over Easy AA Meetings and his church, Greater Metropolitan Baptist...
Carolyn "Jeep" Helm
Dec 20, 2020
Jeep Helm died December 20, 2020, at 85, having spent the final year of her life contending with pancreatic cancer. She was born Carolyn Eads Wall, in Orange, Texas. While she was still a baby her father nicknamed her "Jeep" after a character in the Popeye comic strip. She loved to fish, and said that her earliest memory, from...
Brenda S. Haney
Dec 20, 2020
Brenda S. Haney (nee Beatty), 72, passed away in Tulsa, OK on Sunday, December 20, 2020. She was born and raised in Springfield, MO and graduated from Northeast Missouri State University (now known as Truman State University). She later went on to spend most of her working career as a computer programmer for both a major insurance company and...
Nancy Elizabeth Lehar
Dec 20, 2020
Memorial services will be held Monday, January 4, 2021 in Gorman-Scharpf Brentwood Chapel. Nancy's memorial slideshow can be viewed here .
Robert "Bobby" Joseph Pickering
Dec 19, 2020
Robert "Bobby" Pickering
Bobby, 62, of Springfield, Missouri passed away at the Springfield Skilled Care Center on December 19, 2020. He attended Hillcrest High School and graduated from Wood River High School in 1977. He was preceded in death by his parents , Lloyd and Rosalie Pickering, one brother Michael, and one sister, Merrie Pickering Gray. He is...
