Obituary Listing

Apr 22, 2020

Loren Dean Carter, 94, passed peacefully on April 22, 2020. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. Born in La Porte, Indiana on January 22,1926 to Wifred and Frona Carter, Dean attended La Porte High School where he proudly played on the state championship basketball team his senior year. Upon graduating, he joined the army and...

Apr 20, 2020

Life is short even when you have been blessed with it for 97 years.  Tina LaVerne Gold after a lifetime of working with medicines and diseases lost her battle with Covid-19 on April 20, 2020. Our hearts are hurting because our love was great – yet those who belong to Jesus Christ have this great confidence – there is...

Apr 19, 2020

Marguerite Alice Price-Flowers, 93, of Springfield, MO passed away at 11:00 PM Sunday April 19, 2020 from heart complications. Marguerite was born November 23, 1926 in Vicksburg, MS to Sam and Marguerite Price.  She graduated from Culkin Academy High School where she was a cheerleader and basketball player.  Marguerite also attended All Saints College on a full scholarship.

Apr 17, 2020

Maxine Edna (Johnson) David, 93 of Chandler, AZ, formerly of Springfield, Missouri, passed away Friday, April 17, 2020 at Chandler Medical Center.

Maxine was born May 31, 1926 in Greenfield, MO to John and Frankie (Quick) Johnson.  She graduated from Greenfield High School, Greenfield, MO in 1945.

She married Robert Bowman in 1946, and they...

Apr 17, 2020

Ronald Eugene (Ron) Belt, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend, began his new life in heaven on Friday April 17th, 2020. He passed peacefully and was surrounded by loved ones as he said goodbye. Ron enjoyed a happy and blessed 91-year life and was regarded by all who knew him as a kind, caring and thoughtful man.

Apr 17, 2020

Jo Ann Buckner of Springfield passed away April 17, 2020, at the age of 90. Jo Ann was born in Sikeston, Missouri, to Joseph Lisle Brown and Corrine Connely Brown. She grew up in St. Joseph before moving to Springfield as a young woman. She went to Central High School and graduated from Drury College, where she was an...

Apr 16, 2020

George Robert Clinkenbeard, 93, of Springfield Missouri, passed away April 16, 2020.  He was born April 13, 1927 in Springfield Missouri to George William and Edna (Wallace) Clinkenbeard; he was the oldest of five children.  His father passed away when George was twelve years old and from that early age he worked several jobs to help his mother raise...

Apr 16, 2020

Tedra Sue Bowers, 76, was born on January 16, 1944, in Joplin Mo. and passed away peacefully at home on April 16, 2020. Tedra was surrounded by her husband Allen Bowers and her family.

Tedra was proceeded in death by her parents Helen Greenlee (Shaffer) and Guy Morgan. Tedra is survived by her husband Allen Bowers and...

Apr 16, 2020

Gloria McCuan

October 04, 1934 - April 16, 2020

Age 85

Gloria was the oldest of 4 girls in the family. She had a joy of living. She loved to travel and often spoke of Hawaii and other beautiful places that she lived. She was married to the love...

Apr 15, 2020

Patricia Lee Skinner Lockhart, age 90, was born in St. Charles, MO in 1929, and died at 6:45 am on Wednesday, April 15, 2020 with little fanfare and no distress. She was a resident of Elfindale Manor for the past 6 years, having previously lived in the Country Club neighborhood of Springfield with the love of her life, Charles,...

Apr 14, 2020

Dottie Jean Gammon, 90 of Springfield, MO passed away at 7:25 AM, Tuesday, April 14, 2020 in Shawnee Mission Advent Health Hospital in Shawnee Mission, KS.

She was born in Lebanon, MO on December 31, 1929 to the late Leonard and Venice O'Dell.  After a few years at William Woods College, she met her husband, Robert E....

Apr 14, 2020

Frances (Teet) Duncan Reynolds, 93 of Springfield, Mo. passed away peacefully on April 14, 2020 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on December 1, 1926 in Muskogee, Oklahoma the daughter of Vera and Louis Duncan. She graduated from Central High School. Attended Hockaday all girls Junior College in Dallas, Texas. Graduating from University of Oklahoma where she...

Apr 13, 2020

No services are planned at this time.  Cremation under the care of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home.

Apr 12, 2020

Norman Leslie Jackson was born to Alberta Denise and Norman Lowell on September 7, 1951 in Canton, Ohio. Norman was the oldest of five children.  Norman attended Hartigan grammar school and Wendell Phillips high school.

Norman was ordained in the ministry in 1983. Norman rededicated his life to Christ on March 1, 2020 at the New Growth...

Apr 12, 2020

Arthur L. White was reunited with his son, Dan and daughter, Dee Ann in heaven on Easter morning, April 12, 2020.  Also proceeding him in death were his parents, Herman and Wilma White, and his sister Faye Myers. Art was born in Glidewell, Missouri, March 1, 1924.

Surviving him are his wife of 68 years, Ruth Ann,...

Apr 10, 2020

Bob Dean never left a joke untold, a stranger unmet, food uneaten, an adult beverage undrained or good times until they were over. His family is amazed he didn't succumb years earlier to his police work, his habit of driving his tractor without brakes or his sense of adventure: "What happens if I try to cross the creek here…how...

Apr 9, 2020

Dale Edward Ball, 82, of Republic, MO passed away Apr. 9, 2020. He was born Feb. 28, 1938 to his parents Harlan and Ida Humbles in Chicago, IL.

Dale will be remembered as a loving husband and caring family man with a gentle spirit, who put his family and church first. Dale performed many acts of kindness...

Apr 7, 2020

Barbara Hinds, 78, of Ozark, Missouri, passed away at 12:20 PM on Tuesday, April 7, 2020, after an 18-month battle with cancer. She was an active member of Briar Street Baptist Church in Springfield.

Barbara was preceded in death by her parents, John Tucker and Eula Watson Tucker,  husband, Darrell Hinds and sister, Judy Lile.

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Apr 6, 2020

Frances "Fran" Lorenz, 88, of Nixa, Missouri, died April 6, 2020 from lymphoma.  Fran was born March 13, 1932 in Adams, Massachusetts to Harvey and Loretta Lanois. While her father was stationed with the United States Army at Fort Monroe, Virginia, she met Frank Lorenz. After a whirlwind romance, she married her soulmate Frank on November 5, 1949. Fran...

Apr 5, 2020

Fred Lee Clayton, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020, at his home in Springfield, MO. He was born June 7, 1929, in Glasco, Cloud County, Kansas on the family farm. His father was also born and raised on the farm purchased by his grandfather in 1880, from the homesteader.

Fred was the oldest child of Frank Lee...