Obituaries
Funeral services for Mary Ellen Price, 74, of Mansfield, were held Sept. 11, 2021, in Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Ava with minister Greg Mosely officiating. Mrs. Price died Sept. 8 at her home.
She was born March 17, 1947, in Thornfield, the daughter of Leonard and Bonnie Lawson. On June 11,...
Leon Kent Eslinger, 64, of Gainesville, MO passed away on September 09, 2021, at the Baxter Regional Medical Center. He was born on March 30, 1957, in Springfield, Missouri, son of Don and Juanita (Perry) Eslinger.
Leon is survived by his wife Debbie (Fry) Eslinger of Gainesville; son Levi and...
Mary Alice Stephens, 59, of West Plains, formerly of Ozark County, died Sept. 10, 2021, in West Plains with her family by her side. The family will honor Mary Alice with a memorial motorcycle ride beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, at Twin Bridges and ending with a celebration of her life at...
A memorial service for M. Karen Gilliam Jones, 76, of Springfield, formerly of Gainesville, will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time at the funeral home. Mrs. Jones died March 17, 2020, at the...
Funeral services for Katie Riley, 91, of Drury, were held Sept. 14, 2021, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Ava with ministers David Shipley and T. J. Stout officiating. Mrs. Riley died Sept. 10 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield with her children by her side.
She was born Nov. 22, 1929, in Trail,...
Funeral services for Richard Glenn Nash, 59, of Caulfield, were held Sept. 14, 2021, in the Assembly of God Church in Winona with Brother Richard Dement and Brother Tim Rolen officiating. Mr. Nash died Sept. 9 in West Plains after battling cancer for many years. His family was by his side.
He was...
Rebecca “Becky” Cook Wilson, 62, of Theodosia, died Sept. 3, 2021, at her home. A memorial service will be held later.
She was born June 17, 1959, in Dr. M. J. Hoerman’s office in Gainesville, the daughter of Bill and Nadine Cook. She grew up on Bull Shoals Lake, where her family has operated...
A visitation service for Eugene “Gene” Earl Johnson, 93, of Bourbon, is scheduled for noon to 2 p.m. today, Sept. 15, 2021, at the Sullivan Church of Christ in Sullivan. Following the visitation, a private family service with full military honors will be held at the Bourbon Cemetery, where he...
Services for Dorcas Rackley, 91, will be Friday, September 17, at the Gainesville Church of Christ with visitation at 9 a.m. and service at 10 a.m. Burial will be in the Smith Chapel Cemetery.
Dorcas Ann Farel Rackley died peacefully Sunday at 9 p.m. in Baxter Regional Medical Center due to...
Donald Lee Freeman, 86, of Squires, died peacefully at his home on Aug. 22, 2021, with all his family by his side. A family and friends memorial service will be held at a later date.
He was born Dec. 5, 1934, in Circleville, Kansas, the son of James Edward and Mary Lucinda Ketchercide Freeman. He...