Obituaries
Funeral services for Imagene (Cutbirth) Hughes, 91, will be held at 11 a.m. today, Feb. 11, 2026, at Salem General Baptist Church near Ocie. A visitation will be held before the service, beginning at 10 a.m. that morning. Pastor Russel Matthews will officiate. Burial services will be at Rhoades...
Graveside services for William Myron De Vaul, 79, of Springfield, were held Feb. 7, 2026, at Sims Cemetery in Gainesville.
He died Feb. 4 at his home. He was born Aug. 31, 1946, in Kansas City, Missouri. He will always be remembered as a person with a kind heart and a great love for his cats and...
Funeral services for Nadine Jeannette Barr, 85, of Hartville, were held Feb. 5, 2026, at Little Creek Baptist Church in Hartville with Pastor Matthew DeCocq and Rev. Russell McDaris officiating. Burial was at Little Creek Cemetery in Hartville.
She died Jan. 30 at her home in Hartville. Nadine...
A celebration of life for Marilyn Sue Weaver-Osborn-Lowe, 69, of Willow Springs, was held Feb. 7, 2026, at the Westside Family Life Center in Willow Springs.
She died Jan. 31, in Theodosia after a very long and difficult battle with sarcoma cancer.
Marilyn was born to Melvin (Bud) and Ollie Faye...
Marilyn S. Weaver, 69, of Willow Springs, died on Jan. 31, 2026. Arrangements are pending and details will be published when available. Marilyn recently resided in Theodosia with her daughter, Carrie Adams.
Arrangements under the direction of Always Faithful Memorial Services, West Plains.
George Martin Armstrong, 74, of Springfield, died Friday, Jan. 16, 2026.
He was born prematurely on Sept. 25, 1951, in Trenton, New Jersey, to George H. and Mary A. Armstrong. At birth he received too much oxygen which caused him to go blind. He had limited sight during his youth and took full...
John Royse, 84, died Jan. 13, 2026, at his home in Dora. The family will celebrate the life of John at a later date.
He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on Jan. 6, 1942, to Nicholas Longworth and Alice Virginia (Crabtree) Royse.
John married Carolyn (Brownlee) Royse on July 3, 1963. He was a...
Graveside services for James Leroy King, 73, of Tecumseh, were held Jan. 23, 2026, in the Clear Springs Cemetery near Dawt.
He died suddenly but peacefully at his home on Jan. 21, after a lengthy battle with heart disease.
Jim was born May 3, 1952, in Great Falls, Montana, to Doyle and Ruth Joan...
A celebration of life for Doug Ray Ledbetter, 63, was held Jan. 11, 2026, at The Historical Post Office in West Plains.
He died peacefully at his home on Dec. 22, 2025. He was born on Feb. 26, 1962, in West Plains, to William Jack and Eva Virlene Hall Ledbetter. From the very beginning, Doug’s...
A memorial gathering for Judy Harden, 78, of West Plains, will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026, at the Historic Post Office, located at 204 E. Main in West Plains.
She died Jan. 4. She was born Jan. 12, 1947, in Siloam Springs, Missouri, to Harold and Ora Collins. Judy married...