Obituaries
Funeral services for Jacqueline Sue Evans, 79, of West Plains, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 19, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mt. Zion Cemetery near South...
Funeral services for Leda M. (Howard) Blair, 86, of Elk Creek, will be held at 2 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Visitation will be held from 1 to 2 p.m that day at the funeral home. Burial will be in Ball Cemetery.
She died Dec. 6...
Funeral services for Patricia Ann Whiteside, 79, of West Plains, were held Friday, Dec. 12, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery.
She died Dec. 6 at West Vue Nursing Center. Pat was born July 24, 1946, in West Plains, to...
A memorial service for William “Bill” Havis Pearson, 84, of Ava, was held Dec. 6, 2025. Burial was at the White Hall Church Cemetery in Louisville, Mississippi.
He died Dec. 1, at his home in Ava, surrounded by loved ones.
He was born April 4, 1941, in Columbus, Mississippi, the son of Havis (...
Funeral services for Mona A. Decker, 94, were held Dec. 6, 2025, in the Clinkingbeard Chapel in Ava with burial following in the Ava Cemetery. Pastor Tim Reese of the Ava General Baptist Church officiated.
She died peacefully Dec. 1, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield.
Mona was born June...
Funeral services for Bonnie Ruth Kirkpatrick Ebrite, 91, of Gainesville, were held Dec. 6, 2025, at Smith Chapel Church of Christ. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery where she rests beside her husband, Joe, and son, Kim. Also nearby are the graves of her mother, grandparents, mother- and father...
Funeral services for Ima Jean (Naugle) Robinson, 98, will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, at the Smith Chapel Church of Christ, north of Gainesville. Burial will follow in the Smith Chapel Cemetery.
She died Dec. 2 in Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born on March 24, 1928, in Brixey....
Graveside funeral services for Virgil Albert “VA” Owens, 86, of Gainesville, will be held at 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025, at the Gainesville Cemetery with Halbert Smith officiating.
He died Nov. 19, at Ozarks Healthcare in West Plains. He was born on March 17, 1939, the son of Bee and...
Max Sewick, 92, of Bakersfield, died Nov. 21, 2025. He was born Nov. 11, 1933, in Iowa, where he was also raised.
He married Lorraine M. Drummer, his cherished partner, on Nov. 23, 1953, and together they celebrated 70 years of marriage before her death. This milestone stands as a testament to...
Brad Lee Hayes, 58, of Poplar Grove, Illinois, died on Nov. 15, 2025. He was born on Oct. 17, 1967, in Belvidere to James Woodrow Hayes and Carolyn Louise (Butram) Hayes.
Brad graduated from North Boone High School in 1985 and married the love of his life, Jill, on Sept. 2, 1989. A master...