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Freda Marie Friend Loftis, 82
Graveside funeral services for Freda Marie Friend Loftis, 82, of Gainesville, were held Feb. 5, 2018, in the Loftis Cemetery with Milan Chisam officiating. Mrs. Loftis died Feb. 1 at Gainesville Health Care Center.
She was born Oct. 7, 1935, the daughter of Harrison and Iva Lawson Friend. On Aug...
Jimmy Strong, 86
Funeral services for Ozark County native Jimmy Strong, 86, of Gainesville were held Feb. 6, 2018, at the Gaines-ville Church of Christ with Halbert Smith officiating. Mr. Strong died Feb. 4 at the Good Samaritan Society home in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
He was born Jan. 27, 1932, near Luna, the son...
Drusilla Jean ‘Dru’ Webster, 82
Graveside services for Drusilla Jean “Dru” Webster 82, of The Dalles, Oregon, were held Jan. 19, 2018, at IOOF Three-Mile Road Cemetery in The Dalles. Mrs. Webster died Jan. 11 in Oregon.
She was born Nov. 11, 1935, in Oakland, Arkansas, the daughter of Thomas Eugene and Brooxie Violet Taylor. She...
Delphia Carter, 95
Funeral services for Delphia Carolyn Carter, 95, of Ozark, formerly of Bakersfield, were held Feb. 2, 2018, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home in West Plains. Mrs. Carter died Jan. 29 at Mercy Hospital in Springfield.
She was born Feb. 9, 1922, at Elijah, the daughter of Ben and Edna Grisham Hardin. ...
Hunter James Ratliff
Austin Ratliff and Kendra Johnson of Gainesville are the parents of a baby boy, Hunter James Ratliff, born Jan. 27, 2018, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. He weighed 8 pounds, 2 1/2 ounces, and was 20 inches long.
His grandparents are Charles and Sondra Clark, and James and Jennifer...
Passengers chat as they cross the North Fork of the White River at Tecumseh on the Hodo Ferry in this 1930s photo from the Ozark County Historium’s collection. The late Dorothy Gardner had written on the back of the photo that the passengers included the Gradie Sanders family. The “neighborhood of Hodo Ferry” is mentioned in a Jan. 7, 1913, item in this week’s Times Past as having been hit by smallpox.
Ozark County Times
Jan. 7, 1913
County court was in session here Monday and Tuesday making settlement with the Collector and, with the county physician, acted as a County Board of Health. They formulated quarantine regulations against smallpox, and the sheriff is instructed to rigidly enforce these...
Graydon Larry Carpenter, 79, of Rockbridge, died peacefully at his home on Jan. 20, 2018, after a long battle against cancer. A service celebrating his life with family and friends will be scheduled later.
Mr. Carpenter was born July 30, 1938, in Des Moines, Iowa. He lived most of his life in that...
A celebration of the life of Donnell “Don” August Seilnacht, 66, of Theodosia, will be held at noon Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, followed by a 2 p.m. chapel service at Kutis Funeral Home, 10151 Gravois Ave. in St. Louis. Mr. Seilnacht died Jan. 26, 2018, at Cox Hospital in Branson.
He was born Nov. 29,...
A memorial service for Bruno Ochner, 87, of Frisco, Texas, formerly of Isabella, was held Jan. 27, 2018, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Plano, Texas. Mr. Ochner died Jan. 20 at his home in Frisco. He was born Sept. 8, 1930, in Burgstall, Italy, a small town nestled in the Italian Alps. His ...
Barbara Jean Watkins, 76
Funeral services for Barbara Jean Watkins, 76, of Forsyth, is scheduled for 1 p.m. today, Jan. 31, 2018, at Family Life Church in Dora. Mrs. Watkins died Jan. 28 at her home.
She was born March 27, 1941, in Ozark County, the daughter of Farrell and Veta Berry. She graduated in 1959 from Dora High...