U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014MARY ALICE "NELLIE" COURTWAY
NELLIE COURTWAY OF BLACKWELL, MISSOURI, WAS BORN APRIL 25, 1902, IN RACOLA, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE WILLIAM E. AND ALLIE (CAIN) BOYER. NELLIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER RESIDENCE ON MAY 28, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF NINETY-SEVEN YEARS, ONE MONTH AND THREE DAYS.
NELLIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JOHN B. COURTWAY ON MAY 15, 1923, IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION NINE CHILDREN WERE BORN.
NELLIE IS SURVIVED BY ONE SON, LAWRENCE "RAT" COURTWAY AND WIFE HALLIE OF ARNOLD, FIVE DAUGHTERS, BARBARA DICKERSON AND HUSBAND LOUIS OF CADET, MARY VELMA PORTELL AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF ARNOLD, DOROTHY COLEMAN OF COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, VIOLA THEBEAU AND HUSBAND RUSSELL OF CADET, CAROL OLAKER AND HUSBAND DON OF CADET, THIRTY-FIVE GRANDCHILDREN, SIXTY-TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, TEN GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER, LILLIE POLITTE OF CADET, ONE SISTER-IN-LAW, LENA BOYER OF CADET, AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, MAYME COURTAWAY OF BLACKWELL, JUNE COURTWAY OF CADET, BEA COURTWAY OF HERCULANEUM AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY THREE SONS, JOSEPH "BUCK", JAMES EDWARD AND HAROLD "TOAD" COURTWAY, FIVE BROTHERS, EARNEST, FLOYD, RAYMOND, FRANCIS AND ROY BOYER, THREE SISTERS, VIRGIE MERSEAL, PEARL BOYER AND LOUISE OSIA, AND BY ONE GRANDDAUGHTER.
NELLIE WAS A DEVOTED AND LONGTIME FAITHFUL MEMBER OF THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH. NELLIE'S LIFE OF NINETY-SEVEN YEARS TOOK HER THROUGH MANY VALLEYS AND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN TOPS IN HER DAILY TRAVEL. DURING HER TRAVELS OF LIFE SHE NEVER LOST FAITH IN THE MEANING OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
NELLIE ENJOYED QUILTING AND CROCHETING, PLAYING BINGO AND CARD GAMES WITH HER MANY FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HER GARDENING TALENTS AND ALWAYS ENJOYED SHARING THE GIFTS OF THAT TALENT. NELLIE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS EACH OF THEM HELD A VERY DEAR PLACE IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, MAY 31, 1999 FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM AND SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 1, 1999 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. JOACHIM CATHOLIC CHURCH CEMETERY. SERVING AS PALL BEARERS WERE PHILLIP DICKERSON, ALLAN GUENTHER, DAVID COURTWAY, BRUCE PORTELL, RONNIE COURTWAY, ANTHONY COLEMAN, GARY DECKER AND BRADLEY MILLER. ALL SERVICES WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM AND SON FUNERAL HOMES, INC., POTOSI, MISSOURI.
JAMES LEE HORTON
JAMES LEE HORTON OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JULY 7, 1944, IN BELGRADE, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE FRANK EDWARD AND CORA ALICE (RAMO) HORTON. JAMES DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL ON JUNE 1, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-FOUR YEARS, TEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-FIVE DAYS.
JAMES WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO MARY VOLNER ON DECEMBER 2, 1963, IN BELGRADE, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION SIX CHILDREN WERE BORN.
JAMES IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE, MARY G. HORTON OF POTOSI, FIVE SONS, MARK HORTON OF BELGRADE, JIMMIE HORTON AND WIFE ANNETTE OF IRONTON, LONNIE HORTON AND WIFE JONNIE OF BELGRADE, GREG HORTON AND WIFE JOYCE OF BIXBY, MIKE HORTON OF BELGRADE, ONE DAUGHTER, KIMBERLY STATLER AND HUSBAND TERRY OF BELGRADE, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, FIVE BROTHERS, ED HORTON AND WIFE JUANITA OF BELGRADE, JOHN HORTON AND WIFE MARY OF IRONDALE, WILLIAM "BILL" HORTON AND WIFE VICKIE OF IRONDALE, DENNIS HORTON AND WIFE BETTY OF SPRINGFIELD, DANNY HORTON AND WIFE KATHERINE OF CALEDONIA, TWO SISTERS, MARGIE RUGH AND HUSBAND ROBERT OF BELGRADE, LINDA THOMAS AND HUSBAND ELWOOD OF BELGRADE, ONE STEP SISTER, FREDA SAGO AND HUSBAND LARRY OF DESLOGE, A SISTER-IN- LAW, MARY ANN HORTON OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER, SHIRLEY DARLENE HORTON, ONE BROTHER, JESSE CALVIN HORTON AND HER STEP MOTHER, FLORENCE HORTON.
"HOO HOO" WAS A LONG TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE DOE RUN/ST. JOE LEAD MINING OPERATIONS, WHERE HE HELD MANY JOB POSITIONS.
"HOO HOO" ENJOYED WORKING IN THE GARDEN, FISHING AND BOWLING. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN RAISING RABBITS AND CHICKENS.
"HOO HOO" WAS A KIND AND DEVOTED HUSBAND, A LOVING FATHER AND GRANDFATHER, A SPECIAL BROTHER AND FRIEND TO MANY WHO WILL SADLY MISS HIM AND LOVINGLY REMEMBER HIM.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND JOSEPH LAWSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN HORTON CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, ELVIE HEDRICK, RANDY PARKS, JOE EATON, PAUL EYE, CHARLIE HOFF AND JIM ASHER.
JOSEPH JUNIOR MESSEX
JOSEPH JUNIOR MESSEX OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JUNE 8, 1947, IN RICHWOODS, MISSOURI, A SON OF JOSEPH WILLIAM MESSEX AND THE LATE BLANCHE LUCILLE DECLUE. JOSEPH DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUDDENLY JUNE 10, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-TWO YEARS AND TWO DAYS.
JOSEPH WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO KAY FOX ON JUNE 3, 1999, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
JOSEPH IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, KAY MESSEX OF POTOSI, HIS FATHER, JOSEPH WILLIAM MESSEX OF SULLIVAN, TWO DAUGHTERS, SHELIA LAIRD AND HUSBAND JOHN OF NEW HAVEN, SUSAN OWENS AND HUSBAND BOB OF ST. CHARLES, ONE GRANDSON, BOBBY JO OWENS, ONE STEP DAUGHTER, GWENDOLYN FOX OF POTOSI, ONE STEP SON, ZACHARIAH FOX OF THE FAMILY HOME, ONE GRANDDAUGHTER, TAYLOR OWENS, TWO BROTHERS, ERNEST MESSEX AND WIFE BARBARA OF BOURBON, FRED DECLUE AND WIFE JAN OF DITTMER, ONE SISTER, LINDA COURTWAY AND HUSBAND PAUL OF RICHWOODS AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. JOSEPH WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS MOTHER, BLANCHE DECLUE AND ONE BROTHER, RICKY MESSEX.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND DAVID OVERALL OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN HORINE CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, PAUL COURTWAY, RICK DECLUE, AARON SAUNDERS, STEVE DECLUE, JOHN LAIRD AND BOB OWENS. HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, REVEREND WILL PERRY AND DARRELL VANCE.
TAMMY LYNN BOYER
TAMMY LYNN (NICHOLSON) BOYER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JUNE 29, 1958, IN BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF JUANITA (HARBISON) NICHOLSON AND THE LATE DALE E. NICHOLSON. TAMMY DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUDDENLY AT HER RESIDENCE ON JUNE 27, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FORTY YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-EIGHT DAYS.
TAMMY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO DANIEL WILLIAM BOYER ON MAY 15, 1981, IN BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI, AND TO THIS UNION ONE SON WAS BORN.
TAMMY IS SURVIVED BY HER HUSBAND, DANIEL BOYER OF POTOSI, ONE SON, ADAM JEFFERY BOYER OF POTOSI, HER MOTHER, JUANITA (HARBISON) NICHOLSON OF POTOSI, THREE SISTERS, ROBIN BOYER AND HUSBAND BILLY JOE OF POTOSI, SHERRIE CRESSWELL AND HUSBAND JIM OF POTOSI, LISA WHITE AND HUSBAND TIM OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. TAMMY WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER FATHER, DALE E. NICHOLSON.
TAMMY HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR LIFE AND PEOPLE ALWAYS HAVING A SMILE ON HER FACE AND SOMETHING TO SAY. TAMMY WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITH HER FAMILY, SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE POTOSI TROJAN BOOSTER CLUB, THE LES BELLE FEMMES, THE AMERICAN RED CROSS, VERY DEVOTED TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE POTOSI ELKS LODGE AND THE WASHINGTON COUNTY DEMOCRAT CLUB. TAMMY WAS A 1976 GRADUATE OF THE POTOSI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
TAMMY WAS A CARING AND LOVING INDIVIDUAL WHO NEVER HESITATED TO COME TO THE AID OF A FRIEND. SHE WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR HER CARING HEART, KIND WORDS AND OPEN WISDOM.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1999, FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1999, AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE POTOSI UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH REVEREND ROBERT BULLOCK AND ELDER LEONARD COMPTON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN NICHOLSON FARM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, BILLY JOE BOYER, SCOTT BAILEY, TIM WHITE, JIM CRESSWELL, LARRY CRESSWELL, MAL GUM AND BARRY BROWN.
MERIUM J. WALTON
MERIUM J. WALTON OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI, WAS BORN FEBRUARY 23, 1923, IN GRANITEVILLE, MISSOURI, A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE JAMES ARTHUR AND ANNA (FRANCIS) RAMSEY. MERIUM DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HER RESIDENCE ON JULY 11, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-SIX YEARS, FOUR MONTHS AND SIXTEEN DAYS.
MERIUM WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THE LATE JESSE B. WALTON ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1967, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
MERIUM IS SURVIVED BY ONE DAUGHTER, LINDA CROSBY OF ST. LOUIS, ONE BROTHER, JAMES RAMSEY AND WIFE LORETTA OF MARYLAND HEIGHTS, TWO SISTERS, EDNA RIEHL OF NORTH KANSAS CITY, ANNA BELLE BREITENSTEIN AND HUSBAND JOHN OF ST. CHARLES AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND SPOUSE SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, WILLIAM O. RAMSEY AND ONE SON-IN-LAW, RICHARD CROSBY.
MERIUM ALWAYS ENJOYED THE CHANCE TO TRAVEL WHEN THE OPPORTUNITY WOULD ARISE AND FAMILY GATHERINGS WERE ALWAYS A JOY TO HER. A FAVORITE PAST TIME OF MERIUM WAS CROCHETING GIFTS FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SHE WILL LONG BE REMEMBERED FOR HER CARING HEART AND KIND WORDS.
VISITATION WAS HELD TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1999, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED WEDNESDAY, JULY 14, 1999, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND ROBERT BULLOCK OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN NEW MASONIC CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, ALAN RAMSEY, COLLEEN BREITENSTEIN, SHARON KRUCHOWSKI, HERMAN NICHOLS, JIM HAGER AND LARRY FRANCIS.
LLOYD R. DE LONG
LLOYD RAYMOND DE LONG OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JUNE 29, 1967, IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, A SON OF MARY ANN ISERT AND THE LATE RAYMOND JACK DE LONG. LLOYD DEPARTED THIS LIFE SUDDENLY ON JULY 18, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF THIRTY-TWO YEARS AND NINETEEN DAYS.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS MOTHER AND STEP-FATHER, MARY ANN AND RON ISERT, SR. OF POTOSI, THREE BROTHERS, BRIAN ISERT OF VALLEY SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA, RON ISERT, JR. OF POTOSI, CHRIS ISERT OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, FOUR SISTERS, RENEE SPRINGS AND HUSBAND ALLEN OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, MARLENE TAYLOR AND HUSBAND RICK OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, BRITTANY ISERT OF POTOSI, KIMBERLY ISERT OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, A SPECIAL AUNT JUDY IVIE AND HUSBAND BILL OF POTOSI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS FATHER HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE BROTHER, RAYMOND DE LONG.
LLOYD WAS A FREE SPIRITED INDIVIDUAL WHO HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR LIFE AND THE OUTDOORS, ENJOYING CAMPING AND BIKE RIDING. LLOYD WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO HELP OTHERS ANYTIME HE COULD. LLOYD LOOKED FORWARD TO AND ENJOYED THE TIME SPENT WITH HIS FAMILY ESPECIALLY HIS NEPHEWS AND NIECES.
LLOYD HAD THE UTMOST RESPECT FOR HIS MOTHER, ALWAYS READY TO PROTECT HER FROM ADVERSE SITUATIONS. LLOYD'S VAST MECHANICAL SKILLS WAS A GIFT THAT HE ENJOYED EVEN AS A SMALL CHILD AND WAS AN AVENUE THAT HELPED CREATE A STRONG AND LOVING BOND WITH THE MAN WHO WAS MUCH MORE THAN HIS STEP FATHER.
A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD FRIDAY, JULY 23, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL WITH REV. BILL WARREN OFFICIATING.
SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
