Obituaries

A graveside funeral service for Joni June McCosh, 59, will be held at 1 p.m. today, Wednesday, Dec. 15, at the Houx Family Cemetery in Ocie.  A visitation service was held from 3 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 12, at Rollins Funeral Home in Platte City.  She died Dec. 6, 2021, surrounded by her family. She...
  William Ernest “Ernie” Jones, 81, of Price Place, Arkansas, died Dec. 1, 2021, at his residence. No local services are planned at this time. He was born June 28, 1940, in Yuma, Arizona, the son of William Thomas and Roberta Brooks Jones. He grew up in Arizona, and on Dec. 27, 1959, he married...
  Graveside funeral services for Guy Eslinger, 80, of Wasola, were held Dec. 3, 2021, at the Jackson Cemetery near Romance. Mr. Eslinger died Nov. 28 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mountain Home, Arkansas.  He was born March 23, 1941, in Romance, the son of Arles Andrew and Vernie A. Watson...
  Lena Eunie Brown, 97, of Ava died Nov. 12, 2021. No local services are planned at this time.  She was born Sept. 19, 1924, in Longrun, the daughter of John Thomas “Tom” and Defsia Lee Absher Clayton.  She attended school in Longrun and later married Roy Brown. She worked at Rockbridge Rainbow...
  Funeral services for Carl Strong, 95, of Republic, were held Dec. 3, 2021, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville. Mr. Strong died Dec. 1 in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born July 13, 1926, in rural Ozark County, the oldest of 10 children born to Lisses Matthew and Dora Ethel Pitcock...
  Perry L. Hayes, Sr. was born on April 1, 1934, on a farm near Bakersfield, Missouri.  He was the son of John Dale and Anna Sorrell Mullins Hayes. He received his education from the Bakersfield R-IV school district, graduating with the Class of 1951.  After graduation, he enlisted with the United...
   A funeral service for Brenda Gail Garrison, 61, of Thornfield, was held Dec. 6, 2021, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Ava. Mrs. Garrison died Dec. 2, after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her loved ones.  She was born Feb. 15, 1960, in Gainesville, the daughter of Floyd William...
  Graveside services for Ellen Marie McKee, 86, of Dora, were held Dec. 3, 2021, at Ledbetter Cemetery. Mrs. McKee passed away at 9:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 28, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains.   She was born Oct. 13, 1935, in Howell County, the daughter of Ellis and Ethel Collins Fox. On Oct....
  Graveside services for Wanda Lee Byron, 91, of Gainesville, were held Dec. 6, 2021, at the Lutie Cemetery in Theodosia. Mrs. Byron died Dec. 3 in her daughter’s home in Gainesville, surrounded by loved ones. She was born May 30, 1930, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, the daughter of Jesse and Florence...
  Services for Corbin Lavern Bushong Sr., 80, of Lee’s Summit, will be held at 11 a.m. today, Dec. 8, 2021, at Blue Springs Christian Church, 7920 State Highway 7 in Blue Springs. The family will greet friends from 10 a.m. until service time at the church.  Also, a graveside service will be held at...

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