Obituaries
Memorial services for Opal Marie McCollum Bearden, 94, of Gainesville, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at the First Christian Church in Gainesville with the Rev. Bobby Jo Wade officiating. A reception for friends and family will follow the service at the church. Opal died Jan. 5...
Leaford "Lee" Burnett, 86 years plus 1 day, passed away peacefully Monday January 7, 2024, at the Gainesville Health Care Center in Gainesville, Missouri, after a long battle with dementia and diabetes and a short battle with cancer. Knowing the inevitable, he chose to be cremated when the time...
Susan Ann Earnhart Babb, 72, of Tecumseh, died Jan. 3, 2024, surrounded by loved ones after a long battle with cancer. No service is planned, as she requested.
She was born in 1951, to Dorothy and George Earnhart in Atlanta, Georgia.
Susan, known affectionately as "Nana," embraced the joys and...
Funeral services for Vicki Lynn Cooper, 69, of Caulfield, were held Jan. 8, 2024, in the Rose Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Burial was at Amy Cemetery.
Ms. Cooper died at 3:47 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
She was born July 12, 1954,...
Funeral services for Rayford Leon Welch, 80, of Ava, were held Jan. 8, 2024, in the Clinkingbeard Chapel in Ava. Burial was at the Hicks Cemetery in Theodosia with full military honors by the Troy Herd American Legion #112 and U.S. Army detail.
He died Jan. 5, at Gainesville Healthcare Center....
Funeral services for Bonnie May Lakey, 90, of Ava, were held Dec. 29, 2023, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Ava with burial following in the Denlow Cemetery.
She died Dec. 26, 2023, at Texas County Memorial Hospital in Houston with her family by her side.
Bonnie was born Feb. 20, 1933, in...
Phyllis Diane Bruffett, 66, formerly of Thornfield, died Dec. 24, 2023, at Ava Place. Cremation services are being conducted by Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Ava. Memorial services will be determined at a later date.
Phyllis was born Sept. 6, 1957, in Moline, Illinois, to Bearl Harvey Sr. and...
Gene Schofield, 89, of Sparta, died Dec. 14, 2023, from heart failure. He was born Aug. 29, 1934, in Bushyhead, Oklahoma, to the late Ulys and Mabel Schofield.
His early years spent in Isabella were filled with the warmth of family life, and he carried these values throughout his existence.
Gene...
Carol E. McClendon, 86, of Gainesville, died Dec. 28, 2023, at the Gainesville Healthcare Center. No local services are planned at this time.
She was born Sept. 10, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois, to Jacob and Bertha (Fredericksen) Gordon.
Carol grew up in Geneva, Illinois, and graduated from Geneva...
Graveside services for Jerry Edward Owens, 79, of Springfield, were held Dec. 28, 2023, in Center Point Cemetery in Gainesville.
Jerry died Dec. 22, 2023. He was born Feb. 26, 1944, in Gainesville, to Donnie (Breeding) and Fred Owens.
He attended Rosedale High School in Kansas City, Kansas....