Obituaries
Graveside funeral services for Polly Ann Ousley, 84, of Gainesville, will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023, in the Sallee Cemetery. Officiating will be Davin Friend. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, Oct. 24, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel, Gainesville. ...
Entertainer Reathel Bean, 81, died Oct. 4, 2023, in Evanston, Illinois, after a long fight with cancer.
He was born Aug. 27, 1942, in Jefferson City, the son of Floyd and Thelma Luna Bean. He grew up in West Plains and earned a bachelor's degree at Drake University in Iowa.
As a college student...
Julia “Judy” Louise Smart, 78, of Gainesville, died peacefully at home on Oct. 18, 2023. No services are planned at this time.
She was born Aug. 30, 1945, in Hardenville, to Herbert Hadley Harden and Sadie Mae Latham.
On Aug. 8, 1964, Judy married Gene Clifford Smart. They spent 59 years...
A funeral service for Doreen (Wanta) Cronce, 82, formerly of Theodosia, was held Oct. 23, 2023, at Snapp-Bearden Funeral Home and Crematory in Branson. She died Oct. 16. Her husband Miles Cronce, also 82 and formerly of Theodosia, died a year and five days before her, on Oct. 21, 2022.
Miles was...
Diane Bilek, 55, of Theodosia, died in the comfort of her home Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, after an extended illness and resulting complications. There will be no funeral services. Diane will be buried on her own property.
She was born Jan. 12, 1968 in Omaha, Nebraska, but she recently transplanted to...
Funeral services for Nancy Lee Mitchell, 83, of Springfield, were held Oct. 13, 2023, in the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home of Mountain Grove with Rev. Frankie McCune officiating. Special songs were “It Is Well,” “Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere,” and “His Grave Wrote The Song.” Serving as pallbearers were...
A celebration of life for Jeannie Marie (Postlewaite) Looper, 67, of Pontiac, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, at the Grove Square Event Center in Mountain Grove.
Jeannie died on Saturday, Oct. 7, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Nov. 20, 1955, in Springfield, the...
Funeral services for Ruby (Duggins) Anderson, 94, of Gainesville, will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, at the Mammoth Assembly of God Church with Gale Wooten and Ron Felker officiating. Visitation will be held at 10 a.m. prior to the service, also at Mammoth Assembly of God. Burial...
Lois Marie Mattix, 102, of Protem, died Aug. 27, 2023, at Gainesville Health Care Center. At her request she will be cremated and her ashes will be placed by her husband at McDaniel Cemetery in Valley View.
Formerly of Jonesboro, Arkansas, she was the daughter of the late Homer Johnson and Elsie...
Alita Griggs Brown, 86, of West Plains, died Sept. 29, 2023 at Cedar Hurst Nursing of West Plains. Services under the care of Carter Funeral Home Inc. of Thayer. Her granddaughter lives in Ozark County.