Obituaries
Funeral services for Lawrence Junior Strickland, 89, of Gainesville, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to service time Saturday at the funeral home. Mr. Strickland died Oct. 21 at Baxter Regional Funeral Home...
Funeral services for Gordon B. Bray, 80, of Protem, were held Oct. 23, 2018, at the Gainesville Livestock Auction in Gainesville. Mr. Bray died Oct. 19 at Cox Medical Center-Branson with his loving wife and daughters by his side.
He was born May 4, 1938, in Protem, the son of Hilton and Norma Wolf...
Royce Everett Eslinger, 96
Graveside memorial services with full military honors for Royce Everett Eslinger, 96, of Wasola will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, at Jackson Cemetery near Romance. Mr. Eslinger died Sept. 15 at his home.
He was born Sept. 24, 1922, the firstborn of the five children of Fred and Drotha...
Yvonne Murray Clark, 81
Yvonne Lou Murray Clark, 81, of Columbia, died Sept. 30, 2018, in Columbia. A private family memorial service will be held at inurnment in Memorial Park, Columbia.
She was born April 9, 1937, in Thornfield, the daughter of Marcus Hanna Murray and Luvena Elvina Howerton Murray. She was educated in...
Faye Shaw, 94
A gathering of family and friends to celebrate the life of Faye Shaw, 94, of Gainesville, will be held from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28, 2018, at The Center in Gainesville. Mrs. Shaw, died Sept. 28 at Gainesville Health Care Center.
She was born Feb. 6, 1924, in Bippus, Indiana, the daughtert...
Addie Lee Estes, 57
Addie Lee Estes, 57, of Yellville, Arkansas, died Sept. 26, 2018, at her home. Funeral arrangements were private.
She was born Dec. 17, 1960, in Gainesville, the daughter of Roland Glenn and Betty Eileen Thiele Sweet.
She graduated from Gainesville High School in 1979. She grew up on a ranch and...
Graveside services for Velva Florene Whisnant, 87, of West Plains, were held Oct. 1, 2018, at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery near West Plains. Mrs. Whisnant died Sept. 25 at Brooke Haven Healthcare in West Plains.
She was born Aug. 2, 1931, in Gainesville, the daughter of Willy and Ruth White Strong...
Virginia Lowery, 88
Funeral services for Virginia Love McWilliams Lowery, 88, of Theodosia, were held Oct. 2, 2018, at Lakewood Funeral Home in Jackson, Mississippi. No local services are planned at this time. Mrs. Lowery died Sept. 26 in Ava.
She was born Nov. 7, 1930, in Jackson, the daughter and first child of...
Billy Joe Mackey, 69
A graveside service with full military honors for Billy Joe Mackey, 69, of San Antonio, Texas, will be held Oct. 1, 2018, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Mr. Mackey died Sept. 5 at The Methodist Hospital in San Antonio.
He was born Feb. 6, 1949, in Gainesville, the son of Ralph and Geneva Edwards...
Funeral services for Helen Ophelia Melott, 95, of Gainesville, Texas, were held Sept. 15, 2018, at Meador Funeral Home in Gainesville with Dr. Bennie Slack officiating. Mrs. Melott died Sept. 12.
She was born Jan. 20, 1923, in Foster, Oklahoma, the daughter of J.A. and Henny May Skaggs Whitt. On...