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Phyllis Condra Adams Tussey

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Rosemary Theresa Otto

Rosemary Theresa Otto

Aug 2, 2008

Rosemary Theresa Otto, age 76, of St. Anthony, died Saturday, August 2, 2008, at her home. She was born in St. Thomas on February 15, 1932, daughter of Stephen A. and Clara Johanna (Luebbering) Lackman. On May 30, 1951, in St. Thomas, she was married to Herbert D. Otto, who survives at the home. Cancer took Rosemary from us, but...

William John Alonis

William John Alonis

Jul 30, 2008

William "Beco" Alonis, age 89, of Eldon, died Wednesday, July 30, 2008, at the Harry S. Truman VA Hospital. He was born in Hughestown, Pennsylvania on July 27, 1919, a son of Joseph and Beatrice Alonis. William was an Army veteran of World War II where he fought in the Battle of the Bulge and earned the Good Conduct, American...

Reba Faye Sanning

Reba Faye Sanning

Jul 29, 2008

Reba Faye Sanning, age 82, of Iberia, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at St. John's Regional Health Center in Springfield as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident. She was born in Iberia on November 19, 1925, daughter of Willard and Eula Fern (Moneymaker) Cochran. On June 7, 1945, in Brumley, she was married to Elbert L. Harrison,...

Bobby Dale Lilly

Bobby Dale Lilly

Jul 29, 2008

Bobby Dale Lilly, age 79, of Iberia, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at Lake Regional Hospital. He was born in Iberia on January 5, 1929, son of Oscar F. and Marshie (Shackelford) Lilly. On May 27, 1961, in Greensburg, he was married to Wanda Fern Parrish, who survives at the home. He worked for many years as an accountant and...

Robert Earl Rush

Robert Earl Rush

Jul 28, 2008

Robert "Bob" Rush, age 72, of Tuscumbia, died Monday, July 28, 2008, at Capital Region Medical Center. He was born in Miller County on June 13, 1936, a son of the late Roy and Milda (Hager) Rush. On July 26, 1959, in Eldon, he was married to Sharron Patterson, who survives at the home. Bob enjoyed being around people, telling...

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