Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Jerry Landon Holman, 70
Sep 20, 2007
Jerry Landon Holman, son of Lathern A. Holman and Larna Beatrice Dotson Holman, was death by his parents, one brother, Charles Donald Holman, and one great-niece, Shelly Heinlein Fesler.
He is survived by one sister, Naomi Stephens, Ava; niece and nephew, Dewayne and Mary "Winky" Stephens and Charlotte and Leonard Koop; three great-nephews, Steven and Jennifer Heinlein, Shannon and Shelby Koop, and Shane Koop; four great-great-nieces and nephews, Gracie Lynn and Cory Ray Heinlein, and Shaelynn and Cohen Koop; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services for Jerry were at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, with the Pastors Tom Maples and Bobby Page officiating. Cemetery. Visitation was Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. with prayer led by Pastor Dwight Wilson. The family requests memorials to the family as a love offering in care of the funeral home.
Dorothy L. (Ward) Ruston, 76
Sep 20, 2007
Dorothy L. Ruston, daughter of James Walter Ward and Mattie Alice Fisher Ward, was passed away on Sept. 17, 2007 in her home in Ava, at the age of 76.
Dorothy was a homemaker and lived in Ava for the past six years, moving from Las Vegas, Nev. She grew up in Halls, Tenn. Dorothy was a member of the Antioch Church of Christ in the Halls area. On Feb. 3, 1957 Dorothy and John Ruston were united in marriage in Corinth, Miss., and to this union seven children were death by her parents, two brothers, Paul and Emmett, one sister, Roberta and one son, Jerry Ruston.
Her survivors include six chil¬dren and their spouses, Roger Ruston, Ava, Jan Ruston and Scott, Johnny Ruston, Las Vegas, Nev., Judy and Johnny Chapman, Nixa, James and Wendy Ruston, Clovis, Calif., and a grandson, whom she adopted and raised, Gary Ruston, serving in Iraq with the U.S. Army; one step-daughter, Betty Ruston, Jacksonville, Fla.; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; four brothers, Donald Ward, Halls, Tenn.; Bobby Ward, Ozark, Franklin Ward, Dyersburg, Tenn., and Ed Ward, near Little Rock, Ark.; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Service for Dorothy will be at 10 a.m. today (Thursday) at the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, with Brad Smith officiating. Visitation was Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. in the funeral home.
Graveside service will be Friday at 2 p.m., at the Antioch born April 18, 1920 in Douglas County, and departed this life Sept. 25, 2007 at the age of 87 years 5 months and 7 days. She was the daughter of Charley Davis and Addie Dean Davis.
Beulah was a resident of Tulsa, Okla., for the past 50 years. Beulah was employed as a bookkeeper for an oil company before her retirement. Beulah enjoyed needle point, bridge and was an active member of St. Johns Episcopal Church of Tulsa, Okla.
Beulah was preceded in Cemetery, with the Rev. Oren Alcorn officiating.
Services are under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava.
Ruth Mitchell, 80
Oct 11, 2007
Mary Ruth (Huffman) Mitchell was death by her parents; her husband, Marvin C. Mitchell, in 1998; a son, Marvin; a grandson, Michael; and two granddaughters, Amy and Stephanie. Also preceding her in Cemetery, Ava, with the Rev Jack Keithley officiating. Services were under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava.
Joe Barney Miller, 78
Oct 11, 2007
Joe Barney Miller, son of Bernie Miller and Josie (Hatfield) Miller, was passed away from a long illness on Oct. 8, 2007, in his home in Ava, with his loving family by his side.
Joe B. was a life long resident of the Ava community. He was a farmer and school bus driver for the Ava R-1 District for 28 years.
On March 24, 1943 Joe B. and Goldie Jenkins were united in mar¬riage in Ava, by the Rev. Leonard Silvey.
Joe B. loved working and grab¬bing suckers. He also enjoyed lis¬tening to hounds run. Joe B. recently made a profession of faith and was saved. He loved being with his family.
He was preceded in Cemetery. Services are under the direction of Clinking¬beard Funeral Home, Ava.
Emma Louise Maggard, Infant
Oct 11, 2007
Emma Louise Maggard, infant daughter of Carla Ann Weitzel and Larry Maggard, was Cemetery, Oldfield, at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, with the Rev. James Orick officiating. Services were conducted by Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava.
Joseph Arthur Corum, 86
Nov 1, 2007
Joseph Arthur Corum, the son of David Arthur Corum and Lorine (Coursey) Corum, was married for 58 years, sharing their life together with their five children.
After some time in South Dakota, the family moved to the Kansas City area where Joe served others and provided for his family managing a full service filling station. Joe kept his family in Kansas City until all but his youngest daughter had left the home.
Joe and Hollie spent the last 20 years living in the same community as their two sons and their youngest daughter. Joe returned to his farming roots when he first moved to Ava and brought an agricultural feel to the Corums in Ava that had hitherto been missing. When the farm grew to be too much for the Corum clan, he and Hollie moved back to the big city of Ava. They moved to Red Bud Village where they made many friends, and Joe began to care for the needs of other residents as well as for his loving wife and family. Joe was known in the Red Bud community as one who helped others.
While living in Red Bud Village, Joe served on the board where he assisted with improving the quality of the residence living and fulfilled his life long dream of getting his hands on a John Deere lawn mower which he drove and occasionally used to mow the lawn, thereby extending his farming career beyond his days at his farm just outside of Ava. He was also known in the KKOZ family as the man who stopped by every Tuesday morning and took the time to chat with the girls and to sip a hot cup of coffee and read his paper.
Joseph was preceded in Interment followed in the Ava Cemetery with Military Honors by VFW Post 5993 and American Legion Post 112. Visitation was Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Community Hospice.
