McDonald County, Missouri Obituary Collection

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Ralph ‘Windy’ Pogue
July 21, 1919 - May 8, 2003
Ralph Winfred ‘Windy’ Pogue, 83, of Pineville, Mo., died Thursday, May 8, at his home.
Ralph was born July 21, 1919, in Stella, Mo., to Grover Cleveland Pogue and Ethaellen Gary Pogue. Following graduation from Pineville High School, he attended University of Michigan in 1941. He married Ruth Clement of Springfield, Mo., in 1941.
Ralph was the first state forester for the Missouri. He pioneered forest management methods for the commission and the U. S. Forest Service in the early 1940s. Ralph was promoted in 1949 to news director and associate editor of the Calif., for 15 years and then for Continental Airlines of Los Angeles, Calif.; three brothers and one sister-in-law, Wayne Strickland of Okmulgee, Okla., George and Mary Strickland of Conway, Mo., and Glenn Strickland of Stella, Mo.; two sisters and brothers-in-law, Elizabeth and Cleo Guinn of Stella, Mo., and Virginia and Leon Johnson of Joplin, Mo.; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; one great-granddaughter; and two step-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Friday, May 9, 2003, at the Clark Chapel of Memories with Don Deffenbaugh and Robert Moss officiating. Interment followed in Union Cemetery. The family received friends at the funeral home Thursday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Neosho Christian School, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 66, Neosho, MO 64850.
Services were under the direction of Clark Funeral Home in Neosho.

Mary Edna Stutts
Aug. 6, 1900 - May 8, 2003
Mary Edna Stutts, 102, of Anderson, Mo., died Thursday, May 8, 2003, at 2:55 a.m. in McDonald County Nursing Home in Anderson, Mo., after an illness.
Mary Edna Stutts was born Aug. 6, 1900, in Savannah, Tenn. She had lived in Anderson since 1996, coming from Springdale, Ark., where she had lived for 50 years. She was a member of the Sycamore Baptist Church in Fayetteville, Ark. She was a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Cason Virgil Stutts, who died in 1968; her parents, John and Kate (Casteel) Clausel.
Mary Edna Stutts is survived by her three sons, E.V. Stutts of Fayetteville, Ark., John Stutts of Anderson, Mo., and Gary Stutts of Melbourne, Fla.; three daughters, Marie Nichols of Lee Summit, Mo., Arby Smith of Boonville, Ark., and Willie Kate McWilliams of Bella Vista, Ark.; 12 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; 26 great-great-grandchildren; and 12 great-great-great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mary Edna Stutts will be held Monday, May 12, 2003, at 2 p.m. at the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Mo. The Rev. Jim Wallis will officiate. Burial will be in the White Oak Cemetery in Harmon, Ark.
Grandsons Kenneth Smith, Dewayne Smith, Eugene Smith, Ronnie Nichols, John Weible and James Weible will serve as pallbearers.
Visitation will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, May 10, 2003, at the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Mo. The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. at the funeral home.

Calvin Joe Sturgis
July 17, 1983 - July 21, 2003
Calvin Joe Sturgis, 20, of Joplin, Mo., died July 21, 2003 at 12:05 p.m. at his home after a long illness.
Calvin Joe Sturgis was born on July 17, 1983 in Granbury, Calif., to the late Jack and Norma (Corneilson) Benson of Little Rock, Ark. She was also preceded in death by her three grandchildren James Christopher garner II, Krisinda Mae Garner and April Lemac Garner of Stella, Mo.
Patricia Ann Garner is survived by three sons, Kenneth Wayne Garner, address unknown, Robert William Garner and Ernest Garner, both of Noel, Mo.; one brother; four sisters; nieces and nephews; aunts and uncles, cousins; great nephews and great nieces.
The funeral service for Patricia Ann Garner was held Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 2 p.m. at the Ozark Funeral Home in Anderson, Mo. The Reverend jerry Crider officiated. Burial was in the Union Cemetery at Stella, Mo. Family and friends served as pallbearers.
Visitation was held Thursday, July 24, 2003, from 12 noon until service time at the funeral home..

Gene Strickland Tracy
May 29, 1942-Sept. 19, 2005
Gene Strickland Tracy, 63, suffered a fatal heart attack on Monday, Sept. 19, 2005, while on his daily run.
Funeral: 1:30 p.m. Thursday, St. Stephen United Methodist Church, 1800 W. Randol Mill Road, Arlington, Va. Visitation: The family received friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Wednesday at Moore Funeral Home, 1219 N. Davis Drive, Arlington.
Memorials: Rather than flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Neuro-Fitness Foundation, 251 West Park Way, LB 12, Suite 201, Euless, Texas Wesleyan University in Forth Worth. In 1961, Gene married his high school sweetheart, Linda Jane Newby. While at California. There he joined the Army. He returned home after a year and married Cleva, his high school sweetheart, in Fayetteville, Ark., on 10 August 1937. Hop bought his way out of the Army and got a job teaching at a one-room school house. In 1941, Hop returned to active duty and later qualified for Officer’s Candidate School. After graduation, he applied for flight training and in June 1944, was assigned to the European Theater where he flew 76 missions over France and Germany as a P-47 pilot. Hop’s decorations include the Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star and Air Medal with 13 devices to name a few. Hop was noted for his high speed low level passes over the Pineville area.
Hop had many outstanding assignments in his 31-year tour in the Air Force. After the war he designed the newly formed USAF’s regulation management system. He served as adjutant general in Korea. Hop put his manpower experience to work when he staffed the new BOMARC missile wing at Hurlburt Field and served as executive officer from 1958 to 1960. He graduated from FSU in 1961 under the Bootstrap Program. He and Cleva went to Europe where Hop served as Group Commander of a Mace missile wing. Following his retirement in 1967, Hop and Cleva moved to Cape Coral, Florida, where he got his broker’s license and developed and sold real estate. Hop and Cleva moved to Cypress Cove in 1999.
Hop was an avid golfer, fisherman and boater. He and Cleva took many cruises in their trawler, the Suzi-K. Hop loved mental challenges and was an outstanding poker player and crossword puzzle aficionado.
Survivors include his wife, Cleva; a daughter, Carolyn S. Glaze and son-in-law, Harry, of Nokomis, Fla.; a son, Gary H. Parsons and daughter-in-law, Kay, of Niceville, Fla.; a sister, Virginia Whitten of Cape Coral, Fla.; grandchildren Brett and Bart Glaze and Lisa McCracken and Eric Parsons; seven great-grandchildren; nephews George Pogue, Dwight Pogue and Melvin Whitten; and nieces Martha Gregory and Karen Buchannon.
Memorial services will be Sunday 9 Oct. at 3 p.m. at the Coral Ridge Cemetery, Cape Coral, Fla.

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