Obituaries
A graveside memorial service for Sylvia Maxine Souder, 71, of Wasola, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 3, 2025, at Souder Cemetery with burial to follow. Officiating will be Brian Graham.
She died peacefully on Dec. 23, 2024, at her home. She was born on Nov. 23, 1953, in Skiatook, Oklahoma....
Nancy Lillian Harlin, 77, of West Plains, died at 4:30 a.m., Friday, Dec. 20, 2024, at NHC HealthCare in West Plains. There is no service planned at this time. If at a later time there is a celebration of life planned, an announcement will be made on the social media pages of her family.
She...
Funeral services for Rosell Howard, 84, of Belton, were held Dec. 23, 2024, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home chapel in Gainesville. Burial was at Smith Chapel Cemetery.
She died Dec. 18, 2024, at her residence. She was born June 27, 1940, in Zanoni, to Sigel and Carrie (Newton) Smith. Rosell...
Graveside services for Peggy Sue Jarvis DeShazo, 84, of Moody, were held Dec. 17, 2024, at Baptist Hill Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains.
Ms. DeShazo died at 3:18 p.m. Dec. 11, at her home.
She was born July 17, 1940, at Pomona, to Fred Beverly...
A graveside memorial service for Robert Lynn “Bobby” Kinsey, 68, of Brixey, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, at Peak Cemetery in Royal, Arkansas.
He died Sunday, Dec. 15, at his residence after an evening of spending time with friends and family. He was born Jan. 17, 1956, in...
A graveside funeral service for Richard Dean “Ricky” Piland, 73, was held Dec. 12, 2024, at Sims Cemetery.
Ricky died Dec. 8. He was born Jan. 22, 1951, in Gainesville, to Robert and Rose (Herndon) Piland.
Ricky married Ella May Cutshall on Aug. 4, 1972, in Gainesville. He attended School of the...
A celebration of life service for Bruce Alan Dawson, 81, of West Plains, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 28, 2024, in the Walnut Room at the West Plains Civic Center in West Plains.
Mr. Dawson died at 3:51 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024, at his home.
He was born July 26, 1943, in...
Graveside funeral services for Larry Joe Smith, 76, of Ava, were held Dec. 17, 2024, in the Souder Cemetery. Officiating was Pastor Oren Alcorn.
He died Dec. 12, at Shady Oaks Health Care in Thayer.
On Sept. 6, 1948, Joe was born to Ira and Lorena (Wright) Smith, in Souder. He was one of seven...
Brian Wilson, 53, of Pottersville, died peacefully at his home with his wife Becky at his side after a courageous battle with cancer on the morning of Dec. 7, 2024.
He was born on Oct. 27, 1971. Brian was an avid fisherman and hunter. He loved being outside in the Ozarks, enjoying God's beautiful...
A memorial service for Charles William Amerlan, 84, of Bakersfield, will be held from 2 until 4 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024, in the main room at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains.
Mr. Amerlan died at 12:17 a.m., Sunday, Dec. 15, at his home.
He was born Oct. 29, 1940, at Chicago...