Betty Jean Dean, daughter of Irvin James Spitler and Bonnie Edna (Jordan) Spitler, was born May 18, 1937, in Loveland, Texas. She departed this life April 14, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, …

Barbara Jean Baker was born to Leo and Juanita (Mings) Perkins on Jan. 27, 1949, in Mountain Grove, and passed away Sunday, April 9, 2023, at her home in Mountain Grove. She was 74 years, 2 months …

David Lee Homer was born March 31, 1957, in Chicago, Ill., and departed this life April 14, 2023, in Springfield   He was 66 years and 14 days of age. David married Kimberly Flageolle on Feb. …

James Garrett Jones, known to many as "Jonesy The Crossman," went to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, April 11, 2023, in Cabool. James was born to the late Amos Colburn and Betty Sue (Beck) …

Scotty Ray Allen was born on May 26, 1966 to Bob and Doris (Hutsell) Allen, of Mountain Grove. He passed from this life on April 6, 2023, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. He was 56 years, 10 …

Ronald Gurgel, son of the late Arnold and Shirley (Read) Gurgel, was born June 26, 1946, in Blue Island, Ill., and went home to his Lord and Savior on March 31, 2023, at his home in Mountain Grove. …

Norma Jean (Riley) (Keyes) Cochran, 89, passed away on March 31, 2023 at her daughter’s home in Iowa City, Iowa, after a short illness. She was born in Mountain Grove on July 6, 1933 to Thomas …

Mrs. Elouise Updegraff (née Elouise Jean Brill), of Cabool, passed away April 2, 2023. She was 101 years of age. She was born Jan. 4, 1922 to William Bryan and Bessie Scott Brill and grew up …

Donna Eureka (Smotherman) Parmley was born minutes after her twin sister and lifetime best friend, Dixie Ann, on Oct. 19, 1942. She grew up on the family farm in Mountain View with her parents, …

Devin Wayne Holt, son of Jonathan Holt and Tiffany Dugger, was born July 17, 2002, in Springfield, and passed away March 24, 2023, near Grovespring. He was 20 years, 8 months and 7 days of age. Devin …

Justin Levi Sanders, son of David Allen Sanders and Cynthia Ann (Short) Sanders, was born Sep. 14, 1991, in Springfield, and departed this life April 1, 2023, in Mansfield, at the age of 31 years, 6 …

John Ernest Prock, son of Ralph Wallis (Bob) Prock and Wilma C. Deckard Prock, was born June 11, 1953, on his family farm in Grovespring. He went to be with his Lord and Savior in Springfield, on …

Delores Anne (Pendergrass) Reed was born in California to Melvin R.C. and Emma (Francis) Pendergrass on Sep. 11, 1950. She departed this life on Dec. 26, 2022, with both of her sons by her side. …

Leonard Dale “LD” Garland, 86, son of the late Jean (Garland) Hunter and stepson of the late Raymond Hunter, was born on Dec. 23, 1936 in Dogwood. He passed away on March 25, 2023. LD …

Richard Dale Shaw was born Oct. 21, 1949, to John Richard and Wilma May (Hayes) Shaw near Mountain Grove in Wright County, Missouri. He was called Home to be with his Heavenly Father on …

Zelpha Eldora Boykin, daughter of the late Clyde and Ola (Tate) Wilson, was born Feb. 27, 1932, in Graff, and went to her heavenly home Feb. 17, 2022, at her home in Dawson. She was 89 years, 11 …

Herbert Dean Hamilton, 89 of Cabool/Mountain Grove, departed this life on Feb. 26, 2022 at the Autumn Oaks Nursing Home in Mountain Grove. He was born the oldest of eight children to Herbert David …

Dorine (Thornhill) Peterson was born on a farm north of Mountain Grove on March 2, 1925, to Ada (Long) and George W. Thornhill. She departed this life Feb. 24, 2022, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in …

Thomas Edward Baker, son of Loman and Rosalie Bane Baker, was born April 20, 1943, in Hagerstown, Md., and departed this life on Feb. 14, 2022, at his home south of Seymour, at the age of 78 years, 9 …

Carter Ray Harrison, son of Corey Joe Harrison and Whitneigh Lynn (Drown) Harrison, was born Feb. 9, 2022, in Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He also departed this life on Feb. 9, 2022. Carter is …