Sondra Kay Bailey
Sep 20, 2008
Sondra Kay Bailey, age 58, of Tuscumbia, died Saturday, September 20, 2008, at University Hospital in Columbia. She was born on June 17, 1950, in Decatur, Illinois, daughter of Robert E. and Gale E. (Horath) Evans. On April 29, 1967, in St. Louis, she was married to John Monroe Bailey, who preceded her in death on May 1, 2007. She...
Jimmie R. Burton
Sep 18, 2008
Jimmie R. Burton, age 75, of Iberia, died Thursday, September 18, 2008, at University Hospital in Columbia. He was born in Draper, Kentucky, on April 29, 1933, son of William and Eva Julia (Hamby) Burton. On April 3, 1955, in Independence, he was married to Wanda Sue Douglas, who survives at the home. He was an Army veteran of Korea...
James Melvin Henderson
Sep 17, 2008
James Melvin "Jim" Henderson, age 80, of Iberia, passed away on Wednesday, September 17, 2008, at the Springfield Rehabilitation and Health Care Center after a long battle with cancer. He was born in Crocker on February 26, 1928, son of Crayton and Helen Henderson. On September 23, 1947, in Waynesville, he was married to Shirley Charlene Smith, who preceded him...
Sandra L. Fleming
Sep 16, 2008
Sandra L. Fleming, age 60, of Iberia died Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at her home. She was born in Michigan on September 22, 1947, daughter of Adrian and Irene Fleming. She was a loving and caring person whose grandchildren were the most important thing in her life. She enjoyed raising and caring for animals of all kinds. Survivors include two...
Helene Marie Springman
Sep 16, 2008
Helene M. Springman, age 78, of Eldon, died Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at Eldon Nursing and Rehab. She was born in St. Louis on November 17, 1929, a daughter of the late Ben and Ruby (Pace) Wright. On January 24, 1949, in Mountain Home, Arkansas, she was married to Delbert Springman, who preceded her in death on October 1, 1996....
Phyllis Condra Adams Tussey
Sep 15, 2008
Phyllis Condra Adams Tussey went to be with the Lord at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles on September 15, 2008. Phyllis was born February 10, 1916, in Tuscumbia, to Everett and Bertha Condra. Phyllis was married to Frank L. Adams and had three children. Frank L. Adams preceded her in death. She later married Robert Tussey who survives...
Freda Jeanette Wright
Sep 11, 2008
Freda Jeanette Wright, age 84, of Iberia, died Thursday, September 11, 2008, at her home. She was born in Brumley, on March 4, 1924, daughter of James and Ada (Duncan) Plemmons. On September 21, 1946, in Brumley, she was married to Arthur William Wright, who preceded her in death on February 25, 1999. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and...
Louise C. Rowden
Sep 10, 2008
Louise C. Rowden, age 81, of Meta, died Wednesday, September 10, 2008, at the Miller County Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Arkansas on October 10, 1926, daughter of John and Ethia (Heart) Clark. In March 1941, in Miller County, she was married to Hurbert V. Rowden, who preceded her in death. She was a member of Lighthouse...
Kenneth D. Welch
Sep 1, 2008
Kenneth D. "Ken" Welch, age 59, of Eldon, died Monday, September 1, 2008, at Lake Regional Hospital. He was born in St. Louis on April 20, 1949, a son of the late Harold and Delores (Premore) Welch. On June 10, 1983 in St. Louis he was married to Joyce (Cruse) Purdom, who survives at the home. Kenneth was in his...
Flossie Long Martin
Aug 29, 2008
Flossie Long Martin, age 88, of Iberia, died Friday, August 29, 2008, at Lake Regional Hospital. She was born in Miller County on December 19, 1919, daughter of Harley and Sally (Harrison) Long. On October 8, 1938, in Iberia, she was married to Vernon Castle Martin Sr., who preceded her in death on December 17, 1997. She was a member...
Robert William Elliott
Aug 29, 2008
Robert W. Elliott, age 80, of Eldon, died Friday, August 29, 2008, at his home. He was born in Wewoka, Oklahoma on November 23, 1927, a son of the late Edward and Audry (Hoyt) Elliott. On July 9, 1954, in Porterville, California, he was married to Charlotte Sherwood, who survives at the home. Robert enjoyed traveling in a motor home...
Marshall B. Ripka
Aug 29, 2008
Marshall B. Ripka, age 76, of Meta, died Friday, August 29, 2008, on the family farm. He was born in Meta on February 5, 1932, son of Willard H. and Nora (Fitzpatrick) Ripka. On May 18, 1952, in Eldon, he was married to Mary Lou West, who survives at the home. He had been a member of Tuscumbia Christian Church...
James Richard Jones
Aug 28, 2008
James R. "Jim" Jones, age 71, of Eldon, died Thursday, August 28, 2008, at Boone Hospital Center in Columbia. He was born in Mt. Pleasant on May 30, 1937, son of Richard Vernon and Ruby Mae (Bacon) Jones, both deceased. On July 21, 1962, in Barnett, he was married to Arlene Taylor, who survives at the home. He was a...
Donnie Lewis Hillen
Aug 25, 2008
Donnie L. Hillen, age 67, of Eldon, died Monday, August 25, 2008, at his home. He was born in St. Louis on January 13, 1941. On April 7, 2002, at the Old Time Gospel Church in Eldon, he was married to Alice Mount, who survives at the home. Others who survive him include: four brothers, Norbert Risse of Meta, Larry...
Ellen Lorena Baker
Aug 14, 2008
Ellen Lorena Baker, age 97, of Miller County Care and Rehabilitation Center, formerly of Ulman, passed away Thursday, August 14, 2008, at Miller County Care and Rehabilitation Center, Tuscumbia. She was born on March 31, 1911, in Ray County, Missouri, the daughter of Homer Lee and Myrtle Maggie Clevenger. She was preceded in death by her parents and first husband,...
Jada Lynn Rowden
Aug 11, 2008
Jada Lynn Rowden, infant daughter of Terry Lynn and Natashia Lynn (Pritchett) Rowden, was stillborn at Lake Regional Hospital on Monday, August 11, 2008. Her parents survive in Ulman. Other survivors include one sister, Haley Marie Rowden of the home; one brother, Hestin Clarence Paul Rowden of the home; paternal grandfather, Pat Rowden and wife JoAnn of Brumley; paternal grandmother,...
Shirley L. Allen
Aug 11, 2008
Shirley L. Allen, age 81, of Eldon, died Monday, August 11, 2008, at North Fulton Regional Hospital in Roswell, Georgia. She was born in Farmington, Michigan on July 25, 1927, a daughter of the late Elmer and Lillian (Martin) Harris. On April 18, 1959, in Port Huron, Michigan, she was married to Don Allen, who survives at the home. Shirley...
Wilford W. Graves
Aug 9, 2008
Wilford W. "Bill" Graves, age 80, of Iberia, died Saturday, August 9, 2008, after a short battle with lung cancer, at Capital Region Medical Center. He was born in Ulman on September 28, 1927, the second of five sons born to Walter and Oma (Stokes) Graves. Raymond Graves and Tom Graves survive and Harry Graves and William Graves preceded Bill...
Viola Martha Holtmeyer
Aug 6, 2008
Viola Martha Holtmeyer, age 55, of St. Anthony, passed away Wednesday, August 6, 2008, at her home. She was born in Jefferson City on June 23, 1953, daughter of Victor John and Rita Marie (Groner) Otto. On August 31, 1974, in St. Thomas, she was united in holy matrimony to Daniel J. Holtmeyer, who survives at the home. She was...
Micheal L. Irwin
Aug 4, 2008
Micheal L. Irwin, age 54, of Iberia, died Monday, August 4, 2008, at his home. He was born in Iberia on February 18, 1954, son of Clarence B. and Ida M. (Wilson) Irwin. On June 26, 1981, in Camden County, he was married to Linda Keeth, who survives at the home. He worked as a cook at Lake of the...
