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Graveside services for Elener Arlene Maine, 89, of Bakersfield, were held Dec. 12, 2017, at Mount Pleasant Cemetery near Udall. Mrs. Maine died Dec. 9 at South Fork River Therapy and Living in Salem, Arkansas.
She was born June 22, 1928, in Almartha, the daughter of Ewing and Maudie Hammons Fry. ...
The family of Herbert Taft Wyman Jr. gathered to celebrate his life Dec. 9, 2017, in the home of his son, Robert Wyman in Overland Park, Kansas. Mr. Wyman died of complications from Alzheimer’s disease on Nov. 30 at the Kansas City Hospice Center in Overland Park
He was born Dec. 1, 1929, in Kansas...
Funeral services for Sean “Wade” Kelley, 17, of Dora, were held Dec. 9, 2017, at West Plains High School. Wade died Dec. 4 in West Plains.
He was born May 13, 2000, in West Plains, the son of Sean Earl and Krystal Fay Adams Kelley. He was a senior at West Plains High School, where he attended auto...
Private services will be held for Mary Beth Roberts, 76, of Pontiac, who died Dec. 9, 2017, at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas. A celebration of her life will be held at a later date.
She was born Nov 11, 1941, in Peoria, Illinois, the daughter of Dale D. and Esther...
Ozark County News
Dec. 9, 1897
James Guilliams, who is in jail on a charge of burglary, came near causing a conflagration in town last Thursday by trying to burn his way to freedom. The jail is made of logs, and the walls are double.
Last Thursday, while passing through the alley, Hugh Layton...
Editor’s note: Gainesville-area resident Joe Dolecki will celebrate his 100th birthday from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, at The Center in Gainesville. Everyone is invited to the party. This story about Joe’s first 100 years is based on information provided by Yolanda Dolecki, his wife of 69 years...
John and Sarah Donley of Gainesville are the parents of a baby girl, Addie LeAnn Donley, born Oct. 25, 2017, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She weighed 3 pounds 8 ounces and was 16.5 inches long.
Maternal grandparents are Dennis Prock of Springfield and Susan Smidt of Gainesville. Paternal...
Ozark County News
Dec. 7, 1899
Noah Hawkins, an old citizen of this county who went to the Indian Territory about two months ago to locate, is among us again and occupies the residence east of the school building.
Noah, like many of us, has drunk of the waters of Lick Creek too often to attempt to...
Ozark County native Lena Ledbetter Hobbs, now living in Dallas, Texas, celebrated her 89th birthday Monday by enjoying gifts of chocolate, a fresh-flower bouquet and a party balloon followed by a meal with her daughter, Anita Hobbs Horton, at her favorite Mexican restaurant. The waiters “swooned...
Funeral services for Catherine Jeanette Muhm, 86, of St. Louis, formerly of Theodosia, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, at Alexander White Mullen Funeral Home in St. Ann. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be at Mount Lebanon Cemetery near St. Ann. Mrs. Muhm...