Obituaries
Funeral services for Lt. Richard Needham, 82, of Isabella, will be held at 11 a.m. May 7, 2026, at Pitman Funeral Home in Wentzville with burial to follow at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis. A visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. May 6, also at the funeral home.
He died...
Funeral services for Braden Lee Frye, 17, of Gainesville, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 2026, at the Lilly Ridge General Baptist Church. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. to service time. Burial will be in the Brushy Knob Cemetery.
He was called home on May 1, 2026, where he was reunited...
Funeral services for Howard Dwain Mitchell, 86, of Wasola, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2026, in the Clinkingbeard Chapel in Ava with burial following in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Wasola. Visitation will be at 1:30 p.m. Friday, prior to the service. Officiating will be Pastor Robert...
A memorial service for Ruth Lanell Simpson Lewis Long, 86, was held April 27, 2026, at the Lilly Ridge General Baptist Church east of Gainesville with Bryan Carter officiating.
She was born at Clarkridge, Arkansas, Aug. 18, 1939, and entered into eternal rest April 23, 2026, at Hospice of The...
Graveside services for Lonnie Lynn Cudworth, 71, of Dora, were held April 14, 2026, at Ball Cemetery. He died April 8.
He was born Aug. 21, 1954, in West Plains, the son of Irwin Capp Cudworth and Edna Pearl Peters. Lonnie was a member of the Odom Church of Christ.
After graduating from Dora High...
Funeral services for Carol (Mullins) Schaufler, 82, of Bakersfield, were held April 26, 2026, at Bakersfield Church of Christ, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Burial was at Baptist Hill Cemetery.
Carol died at 3:55 a.m., Sunday, April 19.
She was born May 17, 1943, to Oscar...
A memorial service for Danny Lee Russell, 79, of Seymour, will be held 1 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2026, at Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home in Seymour. Chaplain Dave Perry will officiate at the service.
He died at his home in Seymour, on April 11. He was born on July 28, 1946, at Dora, to Claude Raymond...
A funeral service for James “Terry” Ellis, 73, of Bakersfield, was held April 27, 2026, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains. A private burial will be held later.
He died April 22 at Hospice of the Ozarks in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
He was born on April 18, 1953, in Corcoran, California, to...
A memorial service for Sharon B. Owen-Cranfill, 77, a longtime resident of Flippin, Arkansas, was held April 27, 2026, at the Flippin Cemetery Pavilion with Doug Parnell officiating.
She died April 20, 2026. She was born on June 26, 1948, in Quincy, California; Sharon was the daughter of the...
Graveside funeral services for Robin Renae Coston, 67, of Theodosia, were held April 20, 2026, in the Mammoth Cemetery with Pastor Tom Cantrell officiating.
She died on April 18 at her residence. She was born Sept. 8, 1958, in Ogden, Utah, to Robert “Bob” W. DeWeese and June (Caywood) DeWeese....