Joe “Bill” Mahan, 93

Funeral services for Joe "Bill" Mahan, 93, of Theodosia, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville. Visitation will be on Thursday afternoon from 1 p.m. to service time. Burial will be in the Hicks Cemetery north of Theodosia.

He died on Oct. 29, 2024, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield. He was born Nov. 24, 1930, on Shilo Ridge in Ozark County to parents Cally and Myrtle (Brown) Mahan. 

Bill attended all eight years of school at Shilo Schoolhouse. 

He married Juanita Rhodes on July 8, 1950. They were married for 74 years. 

Bill was a farmer for his entire life except for a period in the 1950s when there was a severe drought that prevented him from farming. At that time, Bill and Juanita went to Kansas City where he worked at Armour & Company for a short time. Afterward, they returned to their farm where they built a dairy barn, sold grade A milk and had beef cattle. His grandpa had given him a female pig as a pet when he was a small boy, and it made an impression on Bill's life. As an adult, he was in the hog business and always had pigs for sale until the industry turned and there was no profit to be made. When he got out of the hog business, he felt like he was too old to milk. But he kept and loved having his Black Angus cows.

Bill was a Christian. He confessed and accepted the Lord Jesus as his savior. He was loved dearly by all his family. He was a wonderful husband and father. Bill was the only son and youngest in the family.

Bill leaves behind his wife, Juanita Mahan; their two children: David Mahan and wife Robin, and Yvette Shoemaker and husband Mike; grandchildren: Daniel Mahan, Telea Mahan (Chad Crossland), Abby Mahan, Andrew Adams, Christopher Adams and wife Malissa; great-grandchildren: Heath Dale and wife Shelby, Tatum Mahan, Michael and Cash James; one great-great-grandchild, Haden Dale; three nephews: Harold Clayton, Jimmy Hillhouse and Roger Hillhouse; and many close relatives and friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents and three sisters: Beaulah Mashburn, Alene Clayton and Jean Hillhouse.

 Arrangements are under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Gainesville.