Don Harvey Harris
May 16, 2022
Don Harris, 78, of Republic, MO, peacefully passed away on May 16, 2022 surrounded by loved ones at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
Don was born on January 07, 1944 to Orvin and Mildred Harris in Harrison, Arkansas. Don attended Woodruff High School in Peoria and then enlisted in the Army. He served in Korea and received many...
Bettye Sue Lord
May 14, 2022
Bettye Sue Ellis Lord, age 86, of Springfield, MO passed away Saturday, May 14, 2022, in her home, after a prolonged illness. Born in Springfield, TN on August 4, 1935, to Hershel Reeves Ellis and Alma Modene (Nichols) Ellis, Bettye lived in Tennessee until she flew to Germany to marry a soldier she met in church in Clarksville. Billy...
Ida Belle Myer
May 12, 2022
Ida Belle Hamilton Myer April 12, 1928 – May 12, 2022
Ida Belle Myer, age 94, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Thursday, May 12, 2022, at 2:15 AM.
Ida Belle was born in Iola, Kansas on April 12, 1928, to the late Cecil and...
Carol Lynn Hutcherson
May 12, 2022
Carol Lynn Hutcherson was born in Springfield, Missouri, on August 30, 1948, and completed her earthly life at Cox South Hospital, Springfield, Missouri on May 12, 2022. She was preceded in death by her parents, Olive R. Smith and Frank H. Smith. Carol is survived by her significant other, Paul Obermann of Springfield, MO; her son, Keith...
Gary Warren Norman
May 12, 2022
Gary Warren Norman, age 81, died in his home in Nixa, Missouri on Thursday, May 12, 2022. Gary was born in Springfield, Missouri on September 26, 1940, to Charles Warren and Helen (Curtis) Norman, who preceded him in death as did a brother-in-law, Matt Ankrom and several close friends.
Gary is survived by...
Dorothy J. Sweaney
May 10, 2022
Dorothy Jane (Anderson) Sweaney, 90, of Springfield, MO, passed away on Tuesday, May 10th, 2022. She was sweet, loving, generous, funny, silly, and stubborn as a mule. Mom always had a smile, loved to laugh, and had one of the most positive attitudes imaginable - "life is good!" She was the best mom/mother-in-law/grandma/great-grandma, and we all knew that she...
Ruth Ellen Deckard
May 9, 2022
Ruth Ellen Deckard, 87, of Springfield, passed away May 9, 2022. She was born September 8, 1934 to Carl and Katherine (Weber) Dickensheet.
She grew up in eastern Greene County on a dairy farm. Her first job was a hosiery model for Heers Department Store. She married the love of her life, Gerald Deckard, on July 5,...
Barry Stephen Poindexter
May 9, 2022
Barry Poindexter passed away in his home recently. He would have been 72 this next July.
He was preceded in death by his parents Elva Mae Steele Poindexter and Arl W. Poindexter, Jr.
He is survived by his sister, Janice McCaulley of Springfield; nephews Scott McCaulley (Karen) of Branson, Skipper McCaulley and his children Christian,...
Susan Kay Gillham
May 7, 2022
Susan Kay Gillham, 79, of Rogersville, MO passed away Saturday, May 7, 2022 in her home. She was born August 26, 1942 to Wilber and Nola Husted in Springfield.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her two sons, Dan and David Gillham.
She is survived by her husband, Jack Gillham; brother, James...
Al M. Williams
May 5, 2022
Almon Monroe Williams, Jr., 80, Springfield, passed away Thursday, May 5, 2022 in Cox South, with his family at his side. He was born July 8, 1941 in Aurora, MO, the son of Almon Monroe Williams and Maxine Holman Williams.
He attended the University of Missouri and earned a degree from the School of Agriculture and was...
Brenda Fuller
May 5, 2022
Brenda Ann Fuller passed away at home, while surrounded by her family on May 5, 2022 . She was born on December 29, 1949 in Springfield, MO to Dale and Vergie Sissel who, along with her brother Don Sissel, preceded her in death. She is survived by her three children: Jennifer Ann-Marie Burrell and husband Robert, Stephen Matthew Fuller and...
Barbara Jean Salley
May 5, 2022
Our beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother, sister, aunt and friend Barbara Jean (Jackson) Salley passed away unexpectedly on May 5, 2022 at the age of 71.
Barbara was born on May 30, 1950 in Lubbock, TX to Robert and Mildred Jackson.
Barbara loved spending time with her family, especially her three grandsons, and also enjoyed...
Carolyn Jean Morey
May 3, 2022
Carolyn Jean Morey age 91 of Springfield, Missouri passed away at 10:36pm. May 3 rd at Quail Creek nursing facility.
She was born in Edmond, Oklahoma on September 7 th 1930. Carolyn was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Springfield, Missouri.
After her retirement from the French's Corporation...
Coach Bill Harding
May 2, 2022
"Coach" Bill Harding, age 89, passed away on May 2 in Springfield, Missouri. He was born the son of Fay and Frona Harding in Nixa, Missouri, January 4, 1933.
Bill's immediate family had actually been losing him for decades, however. They'd lose him on the way to a table at a restaurant, on the way...
Joyce Scillian
Apr 30, 2022
Joyce Dean Scillian, 92, of Springfield passed peacefully at Cox Medical Center South on the morning of April 30, 2022.
She was born February 21, 1930 in Quanah, TX to W.B. Ferguson and Stella Ann Treadaway. Joyce was united in marriage to S.E. Scillian in Quanah, TX on March 25, 1955. Joyce was preceded in death by husband,...
Iantha Edwards
Apr 29, 2022
Margaret Iantha Edwards passed away on Friday, April 29th in her home. Iantha was born in Leachville, AR on April 14, 1935, the daughter of Samuel Bennett Branum and Clyda May Simpkins. She grew up on a cotton farm in Hornersville, MO. After graduating high school she married Harold Wayne Edwards and spent 30 years traveling the world as an...
James H. Kidd
Apr 29, 2022
James Hearl Kidd, 89, Springfield, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 29, 2022, in his home after a short illness. He was born November 6, 1932, to Hearl and Eva Kidd. James graduated from Saint Agnes High School in 1951. After serving a short stint in the Navy when graduating high school, he began working for the Frisco...
Ronald E. Giedd
Apr 29, 2022
Dr. Ronald Elroy Giedd died peacefully in his sleep at his home in Springfield Missouri on April 29 th 2022 at the age of 86.
Ronald is survived by his wife,...
Peggy Sue Vickers
Apr 29, 2022
Peggy Sue Vickers, age 86, passed away peacefully April 29th, 2022 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri.
Peggy was born in Buena Vista, Mississippi on May 4th, 1935 to Lois Ray and Virgil Kemp. She was married on March 25th, 1965 to Vernon Wayne Vickers. Together, Peggy and Vernon had six children, including Mitch Gunby (Suzanne) of...
