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This photo of Dr. W. T. “Willy” Wiles is from an unidentified and undated newspaper clipping posted on the Bakersfield School Alumni Facebook page. A 1901 Ozark County Times item (below) shares a Bakersfield report that Wiles had left for Memphis to attend medical school. The caption accompanying the newspaper photo, obviously published some years later, said Dr. Wiles was “one of four physicians who practiced in the Bakersfield area in the early part of this century. They all would make area house calls day or night on horseback or in a horse-drawn buggy. Wiles, who died in 1961, was Mrs. Swain’s brother and the uncle of Dr. Jack Wiles of West Plains.”
Ozark County Times
Nov. 15, 1901
Bakersfield – W. T. Wiles departed Sunday to attend medical college in Memphis, Tenn.
Nov. 27, 1908
Dora – Mrs. Tilda Bennett, wife of Jim Bennett, died at their home just south of Dora last Tuesday night. She was interred in the Sweeton cemetery Thursday at...
Elmer “Curly” and Betty Roberson of Theodosia will celebrate their 69th wedding anniversary Dec. 11, 2017, during a Thanksgiving gathering with their family. Elmer grew up in Bible Grove, Illinois, and met his future wife when she was 13 and served him a chocolate milkshake while working at the...
Justin and Andrea Turner of Caulfield are the parents of a baby girl, Scarlett Ruby, born Nov. 3, 2017, at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains. She weighed 8 pounds, 14 1/2 ounces and was 21 3/4 inches long.
Her grandparents are Ronald and Pamela Johnson of West Plains, and John and Karla Turner...
Helen Jean Knox, 87, of Theodosia, died Nov. 11, 2017, at the Gainesville Health Care Center. No local services are planned at this time.
She was born Sept. 11, 1930, in Clinton, Iowa, the daughter of Bohumil Edward and Agnes Beth ( Cafourek) Bouda. On Dec. 25, 1976, in McAllen, Texas, she married...
Steven Allen Helmer, 66, of Gainesville, died Nov. 15, 2017, at his residence. No services are planned at this time.
He was born Sept. 14, 1951, in Watertown, New York, the son of Elson Edward and Mary Pringle Helmer.
Mr. Helmer worked at New York Air Brake Company for 20 years. He was also a...
A memorial service for William Richard Osborn, 95, of Dora, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today, Nov. 22, 2017, at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville. Visitation will be from 1 p.m to service time Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Osborn died Nov. 16.
He was born May 21, 1922, in Marion County...
Graveside memorial services for Evelina “Evy” Hogue, 62, of Wasola, will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 24, 2017, at Jackson Ceme-tery near Romance. Mrs. Hogue died Nov. 19 at her home surrounded by loved ones.
She was born March 10, 1955, in Lawrence, Kansas, the daughter of Royce and Evelyn...
Stephen ‘Steve’ Berger, 69
Inurnment with full military honors of the cremains of Stephen Wilbert “Steve” Berger 69, of Theodosia, will be held at 12:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 27, 2107, at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery in St. Louis County. Mr. Berger died Nov. 8 in Branson.
He was born Nov. 11, 1947, in St. Louis, the son...
Graveside services for Mary Ann Mullins, 86, of Bakersfield, were held Nov. 9, 2017, at Udall Cemetery. Mrs. Mullins died Nov. 6 at her home.
She was born Sept. 22, 1931, at Udall, the daughter of Ralph and Virginia Price Robbins. In April 1951 in Baxter County, Arkansas, she McNeil “Mack” Mullins...
These men may have been members of the Gainesville Band who, according to an item in the Nov. 14, 1895, Ozark County News, reprinted below, “ascended the big hill opposite town and rendered several pieces of good music.” Front row, from left: John C. Harlin, Roy Tate, Guy Wood, Harry Walker. Middle: Everett Luna, Harry Force. Back: George Boone, Charley Burk, Averill Harrison, Frank Walker, Will Burk, Unknown. The photo is from John Harlin’s collection; the names were written on the photo by the late Madge Harlin Brown.
Ozark County News
Nov. 14, 1895
Last Sunday morning the Gainesville Band ascended the big hill opposite town and rendered several pieces of good music. A better time could not have been selected. The morning was cool, the atmosphere light and clear, and the sun was shining brightly. The band could...