Dick M. Deupree, 98

 

A memorial service for Dick M. Deupree, 98, of Dora, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 25, 2024, at the old Deupree Farm in Dora with Richard Martin officiating. Following the celebration of Mr. Deupree's life, friends and family will gather at the Youth Connect pavilion in Dora from 2 to 4 p.m. for burgers and hot dogs. Mr. Deupree died Feb. 26, 2024, at his home. 

He was born Dec. 16, 1925, in West Plains, the son of William R. and Alta Deupree. On Nov. 4, 1964, he married Lorena Mae Deupree, who preceded him in death. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, uncle and friend. He worked at Woodworth and Cochran Motors in West Plains from 1943 to 1964. He then went to work at Bill Greer Ford in Sedalia from 1964 to 1976. He started his own trucking business in Sedalia, D & B Trucking, and operated it from 1976 until 1991, when he retired to his farm in Dora due to his wife Lorena’s illness. Dick enjoyed his quarter horses. In 1973, he placed the fourth fastest time in the All American Futurity. Dick was a quarter horse breeder, and in the 1950s and 1960s he also bred and raised Brangus cattle.

He is survived by his daughter, Joella Robinson and husband Bob; 10 grandchildren: Sherri Parrett, Tonya Thomas Summers and husband Matthew, Angi Littlejohn, Christy Mainprize, Jessica Fox and husband Scott, Amanda DiGiovanna and husband Steven, Jeff Nickles, Melissa Nickles, Doug Richardson and wife Debbie and Keith Richardson and wife Amy; eight great-grandchildren: Jake Thomas, Caleb Littlejohn, Aiden, Ainsley and Avery Fox, Riley and Audrey DiGiovanna and Delaney Richardson; and nieces and nephews including Robert Butts and wife MI, Buddy Butts and wife Dawn, Lori Prater and husband HB, Keith Butts and wife Amanda, Carl Butts and wife Kila, Josh Butts and wife Corrissa and Jeremy Butts. 

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; one daughter, Roenna Thomas; two sons, Danny Nickels and Rickey Nickels; one grandson, Eric Nickels; and one sister, Elizabeth Parker Deupree.  

Arrangements by Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, West Plains. 

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