Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Bessie Alice Cox, 89
Sep 29, 2005
Bessie Alice Cox, the daughter of Lane Fredrick Morse and Ina Elnora (Grammar) Morse, was death by her husband, Clyde; her parents; one brother, Raymond Morse; one sister, Leatta Fleming; one infant child, Mary Ann; a stepson, Ervin, and a step-grandson.
Bessie is survived by a stepdaughter, Phyllis Blockmon, of California; two sisters, Waneta Blackman, Ava, and Ina Winters, Oakland, Iowa; three step-grandchildren; three step-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, with the Revs. Paul Welch and Oscar Cunningham officiating. Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.
Shirley Elaine Kirby, 68
Oct 6, 2005
Shirley Elaine Kirby was death by her husband, J. B. Kirby, her father, Albert Loftin, one sister, Earlene Chamberlain and two infant brothers.
Shirley is survived by her children, Albert Allen and Suzanne Clark, Ava, Debra McDonald and Clarance Hamilton, Syracuse, Mo., Janet Johnson, Taneyville, Daryl and Julie Gann, Springfield, Cheryl Gann and Jeremiah Myers, Ava, and Christopher Kirby, Ava; her mother, Gara Newell Graham Loftin, Ava; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Ineta Gann, Hardwood, Mo., and Darlene Jenkins, St. Louis; several nieces and nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Services will be 10 a.m. today (Thursday, Oct. 6) in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, with the Rev. Marvin Loftin officiating. Cemetery. Visitation was held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday.
Matthew Holt Abraham, 9
Oct 6, 2005
Matthew Holt Abraham, the son of John and Melinda Abraham, was passed away on Sept. 28, 2005, in Springfield, at the age of 9 years.
Matt resided in Gainesville with his parents and sister, Alyssa. Matt attended school in Gainesville where he was in the fourth grade. He was an active boy and was particularly fond of baseball. He participated in the Gainesville Lions Club Summer Baseball Program every summer. He also enjoyed playing basketball in the Gainesville Elementary Popcorn League. He was also in the Special Choir and the Cub Scouts.
He attended church at the Church of Christ in Gainesville, where he took part in the youth activities.
Matt is survived by his parents, John and Melinda; and his sister, Alyssa, of the home in Gainesville; grandparents, Bob and Kay Young, Gainesville, Winston and Carolyn Abraham, Wichita, Kans., Charlie Hannaford, Ava; great-grandparents, Edna Hannaford, Gainesville, Don and Dorcas Rackley, Gainesville; Aunt Angie and husband, Brian Calvert and son, Gage; Aunt Hope and husband, Corey Hillhouse and daughter, Lauren; Aunt Jenny Parret and children, Jake and Julie. Matt is also survived by many other loving aunts, uncles and cousins. Matt will also be missed by all of the friends that he has touched in so many ways.
Preceded in born Sept. 20, 2005, and born. Nora was a homemaker and loved quilting. She was a member of the Longrun General Baptist Church. Nora was preceded in Cemetery with the Rev. Tom Johnson officiating. passed away Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, at his home in Springfield.
Dannie was death by a son, Walter Aaron Lupton, and a brother, Lesley Earl Lupton.
Surviving are his parents, William and Elizabeth Lupton, of Fordland; a son, Dannie Ray Lupton Jr., of Wheaton; one brother, Winfred Wesley Lupton and wife, Janice, of Fancy Farm, Ky.; one sister, Mary Howard and husband, Rick, of Springfield; aunts and uncles, Viola and Glen Marler, Raymond Hargis, Barden and Hester Lupton, Kenneth and Joan Lupton, Christine and Joe Breshears, and Charley Lupton; five nephews, Jimmy, Michael and Allen Lupton, and David and Steven Howard; one niece, Terra Lupton; and several cousins and friends.
Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15, at the Preston-Marsh Funeral Home, Rogersville. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. till service time. Burial in Easter born Aug. 24, 1932, in Georgetown, Texas to William and Amanda Griggs and death by his parents; three sisters; three brothers; and a grandson, Jason Gale Walton.
Survivors include his wife of 35 years, Ima; his children, Mandy and Curtis Alexander, Sue Tolle, Rhonda and Holt Rice, Bill and Tobi McCool, Rhoda and Gale Walton, Richard Griggs, and Dennis Griggs; 11 grandchildren, Trent Alexander, Ashlie Alexander, Casey Tulle, Travis Tolle, Miranda Rice-Minton, James and Tracie Rice, Mandy Rice-Alexander, Lacie McCool-Nixon, Candi McCool and Mikki Walton-Berry; five great-grandchildren, Bailey Alexander, Wyatt Berry, Cale Berry, Jason Nixon and Katie Nixon; and several other relatives and friends.
Services will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, October 15, in the Fraker Funeral Home, Marshfield,
Wilda Jean Griffith, 69
Oct 27, 2005
Services for Wilda Jean Griffith, 69, of Wasola, will be at 10 a.m., Saturday, at Thornfield Chapel, with burial in Thornfield born on Oct. 5, 1941, in Long Beach, Calif. and death by his mother.
His survivors include his wife, Mary, of the home in Ava; his father, Raymond E. Molina, North Carolina; one son, Richard K. Molina, Carrywood, Idaho; one sister, Carol Simmamon, Tennessee; and other relatives and friends.
Cremation services were conducted by Clinkingbeard Funeral Homes, Ava.
