A private service for Richard Dean Martin, 63, Vanzant, Missouri, will be held at a later date.
Mr. Martin died at 5:30 a.m., Thursday, May 17, 2012, at his home. He was born February 23, 1949, at Batesville, Arkansas, to John Henry and Monnie Mae Hagler Martin. Mr. Martin was a floor covering installer and loved bass fishing.
He is survived by four brothers, John Martin, Cloudy, Oklahoma, Bill Martin, Dora, Missouri, Dennis Martin, Cloudy, Oklahoma and Ted Martin, Aumsville, Oregon; two sisters, Charlene Parish, Bee Branch, Arkansas and Dorothy Nowlin, Vinita, Oklahoma; best friend, Charley Manning, LaPine, Oregon; special nephew, David White; and many nieces and nephews.
His parents, grandmother, Edna Hagler; five brothers, Delmar, Dale, Don, Eddy and Denver Martin, precede him in death.
Arrangements under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. On line condolences may be expressed at robertsondrago.com.
Graveside services for Leland Duane “Lee” Walters, 79, Crestview, Florida, formerly of West Plains, Missouri, will be at 3:30 p.m., Monday, May 21, 2012, at Elk Creek Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mr. Walters passed away Sunday, May 13, 2012, at Crosswinds Health and Rehab, Greeneville, Florida. He was born March 24, 1933, at Angola, Indiana, to Raymond and Doris Geeting Walters. On August 19, 1960, he was married at Overland, Missouri, to Dorothy Evelyn Huff, who preceded him in death on October 8, 2003. Lee worked for many years as a factory worker in metal manufacturing and moved to Crestview, Florida in 2005. His passion in life was fishing and bowling. Mr. Walters was a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church.
He is survived by his two sons, Mike Walters, wife, Tane, Crestview, Florida and Tim Walters, wife Sally, San Antonio, Texas; one daughter, Lynn Reeves, husband, David, Fort Worth, Texas; four grandchildren, Brandon, Nicholas, Jacob and Megan; and one sister, Francile Stidham, Fremont, Indiana.
His parents, wife, one brother, Dwight Walters and one sister, Lolene Eberly, precede him in death.
Visitation will be from 2:00 until 3:00 p.m., Monday, May 21, 2012, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Crosswinds Health and Rehab, Greenville, Florida or Alzheimer’s Association, and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. On line condolences may be expressed at robertsondrago.com.
Joan Gertrude (Patterson) Smith Lawson went home to be with her Lord on May 11, 2012, at the age of 85. Joan was longtime resident of Mountain View, MO, and worked tirelessly to improve her community. She was born in Coldwater, Kansas, on December 16, 1926, to Ormal Ellis and Josephine Evelyn (Meyer) Patterson.
When she was in high school – she could high jump 6’ 1”. She would have gone to the Olympics but World War II began and they were canceled.
Joan was united in marriage to Albert Glenn Smith on May 30, 1958. They had three children Ormal, Bert, and Evelyn. She worked with Glenn on many projects including establishing and improving local parks. They jointly received the Governor’s Leadership Award in 1974 for their work in the Mountain View Community Betterment program. Glenn preceded her in death January 5, 1982.
On February 19, 1987 Joan married Gene Lawson. She continued improving her community by co-founding the Agape House with Gene. The original shelter opened in Mountain View in 1991. A second shelter, the Phoenix Project, was opened in Texas County, in October, 2004. They celebrated the 20th anniversary of The Agape House on October 8, 2011, and the services provided through that organization had helped over 1700 men, women, and children at that time. She served as the Executive Director until her death.
Joan is survived by her husband, Gene Lawson of the home; her daughter Evelyn and husband Steven, grandchildren, Steven, Stephanie and Ginger, and three great-grandchildren; son Ormal Smith and grandchildren Amy, Jason, Aaron, and Holly, and twelve great-grandchildren; and son Bert and wife, Diane.
Joan is preceded in death by her parents; husband, Glenn; and siblings, Garry, Don, John and Dorrel.
Joan served as mayor of Mountain View, on the City Council, and was a true leader in her town. She was an accomplished musician and played the piano and organ for many years at her church. Joan received many awards in her life for various accomplishments. However, she did not work for awards or accolades. Joan was a true servant of Jesus Christ who worked only to serve Him and to make life better for others.
A memorial service will be Thursday, May 17 at 10:30 AM at Yarber Mortuary.
Ron Jones, 71, of Winona passed away May 14 in Winona.
Funeral services will be at 11 AM Thursday, May 17 at the Winona High School Gym, with interment in Pinelawn Cemetery under the direction of Duncan Funeral Home in Winona.
The family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Wednesday, May 16 at Duncan Funeral Chapel in Winona.
Funeral services for Evelyn “Sue” Gunter, 74, West Plains, Missouri, will be at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, 2012, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Gunter died at 2:15 a.m., Saturday, May 12, 2012, at NHC Healthcare. She was born January 16, 1938, at Eminence, Missouri, to William Albert and Vela Alvus Crowder Conway. Sue graduated from West Plains High School and on June 30, 1956, was married at Hernando, Mississippi, to Sherman Gunter, who preceded her in death on September 1, 1988. Before her retirement, she had worked at Baxter Lab, Mountain Home, Arkansas. She enjoyed flowers and loved her grandkids. Mrs. Gunter was a member of the Church of Christ.
She is survived by eight children, Dianne Collins, companion, Phil Allen, Jr., Pomona, Missouri, Bobbie Collins, Jackie Thornton, husband, Brad, Chris Turner, husband Keith, Tony Gunter, wife, Rhonda, Tommy Gunter, wife, Kim, all of West Plains, Missouri, Timmy Gunter, Gainesville, Missouri and Paul Gunter, wife, Amy, West Plains, Missouri; sixteen grandchildren; twenty-one great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
Her parents, husband, one brother and five sisters, precede her in death.
Visitation will be from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m., Monday, May 14, 2012, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial will be in the White Oak Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the family and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. On line condolences may be expressed at robertsondrago.com.
John F. Hyneman III, 66, of Birch Tree, Missouri and formerly of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania departed this life on Thursday, May 10, 2012 at his home. He was born July 10, 1945 in Reading, Pennsylvania, the son of John F. Hyneman, Sr. and Cecelia Pochron, who adopted him. He was the husband of Alexis Hyneman.
John was preceded in death by his parents; brother, Robert Hyneman; and several other stepbrothers.
He is survived by his wife, Alexis; sons, Peter Hyneman, St. Petersburg, FL, Jeremiah Hyneman, Greenville, SC, Job Shugar, Elgerson, PA, and Jason Shugar, Birdsboro, PA; daughters, Maria Sunun, Philadelphia, PA and Rebecca Washington, West Plains, MO; and nine grandchildren.
John graduated from Oley High School in 1963, received tool maker papers from Textile Machine Works, and attended Penn State from 1963-66, receiving a degree in Industrial Technology. He was an U.S. Army veteran who worked on helicopters in Germany during the Vietnam War.
John enjoyed restoring old farmhouses in Pennsylvania in the Birdsboro/Giegertown area, where he and his wife, Alexis, lived from 1978 to 2003, when he retired from ATT/Lucent/Agere Systems and moved to the Ozarks in southern Missouri. He also enjoyed horseback riding and the great outdoors.
His door was always open to friends and those who needed help. He helped build or restore three churches and always found a way to help his children, often depriving his self.
He was a tool maker by trade and his mind was always working to either design or restore.
John was a member of Highpoint Baptist Chapel while in Pennsylvania and First Baptist Church, Mountain View, after moving to Missouri.
Funeral Services for Corvin Thomas Brawley a resident of Summersville will be held Tuesday, May 15 at 1:00 P M at Bradford Funeral Home Chapel in Summersville
Visitation for Corvin Brawley will be held at Bradford Funeral Home, Tuesday from 11 Am until service time at 1 PM
Burial and Military Honors will be in Flatrock Cemetery near Summersville under the care of Bradford Funeral Home of Summersville.
A Memorial Service for Daniel Lynn Truman, 57, Moody, Missouri, will be at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, May 12, 2012, at Fowler Chapel Church.
Mr. Truman died at 12:05 a.m., Wednesday, May 9, 2012, at Caulfield, Missouri. He was born July 16, 1954, at West Plains, Missouri, to Joseph Edward and Sharilyn Joan Harper Truman. He graduated from West Plains Senior High with the Class of 1973. Mr. Truman was a member of Fowler Chapel Church.
He is survived by three children, Daniel Truman, Koshkonong, Missouri, Amanda Simpson, husband, David, Caulfield, Missouri and Melissa Halbert, husband, Jeff, Salem, Arkansas; four grandchildren; his father, Joe Truman, West Plains, Missouri; two brothers, Eddie Truman, wife, Sharon and James Truman, wife, Robin, all West Plains, Missouri; two sisters, Rebecca Simpson, husband, Vernon, South Fork, Missouri and Anita Walker, West Plains, Missouri; special friend Kathy Thomason, West Plains, Missouri; and several nieces and nephews.
His mother and grandparents precede him in death.
Arrangements under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. On line condolences may be expressed at robertsondrago.com.
Funeral services for Michael Thomas Hale, 50, West Plains, Missouri, will be at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, May 12, 2012, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mr. Hale died at 8:58 p.m., Monday, May 7, 2012, at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. He was born July 29, 1961, at Calico Rock, Arkansas, to Roy Eugene and Joyce Helen Poe Hale. He loved playing sports, shooting pool and playing cards with his friends. Mr. Hale was of the Baptist faith.
He is survived by two brothers, Roy Eugene Hale, Jr., fiancée Debbie, Moberly, Missouri and Steven Hale, West Plains, Missouri; four sisters, Linda Stubbs, husband, Kenneth, Willow Springs, Missouri, Sharon Hale, special friend, Dale Harris, West Plains, Missouri, Connie Hale, fiancé, Clinton Lung, West Plains, Missouri and Carol Jo York, West Plains, Missouri; and several nieces and nephews.
His parents, one sister, Deborah Ann Hale, one niece, Crystal Dawn Collins, one nephew, Konnie Stubbs and one great-nephew, Canyon Collins, precede him in death.
Burial will be in the Howell Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to American Heart Association, and may be left at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. On line condolences may be expressed at robertsondrago.com.
Doris Evelyn (Larison) Whitehair, 99, died May 8, 2012 at her home in Houston, Texas County, Missouri.
Doris was born in Oakland, Burt County, Nebraska August 22, 1912. Her parents were Walter T. and Elsie E. (Hewitt) Larison.
She was baptized at the Methodist Church Windsor, MO. Doris graduated Windsor High School and on a scholarship attained a teachers degree from the Central University of Missouri-Warrensburg. She taught school at local one room schools and in several surrounding towns including La Monte, Creighton, and Otterville, MO. The family moved from Edmond, OK to Houston in 1985 to care for Ancil’s brother Harold and his sister Myrtle Kelley.
Doris spent the year of 1997 with her sister Marge in Kansas City, during this time she had cataract surgery and later at the age of 85 had back surgery.
She and Ancil E. Whitehair were married at the Windsor Methodist Church on May 25, 1941. They had one son, Larry Ancil Whitehair, who was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on
April 19, 1949. She was a member of the St. Luke’s Methodist Church, Oklahoma City, the Methodist Church in Edmond, OK, and then became a member of the Houston United Methodist Church.
She also taught at Blackwood Business College, Oklahoma City, while her husband was serving in the Medical Corp. in Germany for four years during World War II. Two of her students were her sister Marge Larison and her sister’s best friend Dorothy J. Harvey. She then taught in the Oklahoma City Schools until she retired.
Preceding her in death were her parents; her husband Ancil, and her only son Larry; two sisters Irene (Larison) Gilmore and Velma F. Larison and two brothers, Wilber and Fred Larison.
Survivors include one brother Archie R. Larison, Wichita, Kansas a sister Marge E. Larison, a good friend Dorothy Harvey, Kansas City, MO, two nephews and several grand-nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be May 11th, 9-10AM in Evans Funeral Home.
Graveside Services May 11th, at 10:30 am in the Hickory Ridge Cemetery. Rev. Beth Duckworth Officiating
Burial Hickory Ridge Cemetery, Bucyrus, MO
Memorials To: Hickory Ridge Cemetery