Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Peggy Jean Levan, 65
Dec 20, 2007
Peggy Jean Levan was married Melvin Leroy Levan on Feb. 21, 1961, in Ava. To this union she added 12 children. She was a loving mother, seamstress, gardener and full-time homemaker.
She gave her life to the Lord in June 1985 and was baptized at Happy Home Free Will Baptist church where she was a member for many years. She also attended Star Chapel and Faith Rock Church. She loved the Lord.
She was preceded in Interment was in Turkey Creek born on June 12, 1921 in Gaffney, S.C., and departed this life on Dec. 25, 2007 in Springfield, at the age of 86 years, 6 months and 13 days.
Eileen Virginia Martin Addy grew up in Gaffney, S.C. She secretly death by her parents, husband Frank, and one sister, Mary White.
Virginia is survived by her daughter and husband, Shirley Addy and Dr. Fred Bouse, Fairbanks, Alaska; three grandchildren, Kimberly Socha and husband, Robert, and Christopher Addyson Bouse and Forrest Alexander Bouse both of Fairbanks, Alaska; two great-grandchildren, Kelsey Alexis and Nickolas Aaron Socha; and her half sister, Lucille Bray, Columbus, Ohio.
Service for Virginia is Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, at 2 p.m. in the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, with a visitation prior to service from 1 to 2 p.m. Cemetery with full military honors by Ava American Legion Post #112 and VFW #5993.
James Gerald Farris, 80
Jan 10, 2008
James (Jim) Gerald Farris was born to this couple.
Jim passed from this life on Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008, in Cox Medical Center in Springfield after a short illness.
He is survived by his wife, Dolores Maxine (Gueltzau) Farris, of the home; two daughters, Marilyn Gail (Farris) Corum and her husband, Art, of Ava, and Laura Jean (Farris) Camp and her husband, Lawrence, of Ava; one granddaughter, Monica Denise Corum, of Ava; three brothers, William Farris and wife, Mary Ellen, of Santa Anna, Calif., Charles Farris and wife, Nora, of Blue Springs, and Donald Farris and wife, Anna Lou, of Columbia; one sister, Gail Arnold and husband, Bill, of Sedalia; and a host of other relatives.
He was preceded in married on Aug. 2, 1957, in Steedman Mo. They bought a house in Independence and to this union two daughters were passed away Sunday, Jan. 13, 2008 at Hospice House in Mountain Home, Ark. She was married on Sept. 25, 1938 in Nubbin Hill, Mo. To this union four children were death by her parents, her husband, Alton Jones, and one sister, Ruby Denton, of Rogers, Ark.
Funeral services were held Wednesday, Jan. 16, at 1 p.m., with Doyle Turner officiating, at the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Gainesville. Burial followed at Lutie died Jan. 13, 2008, of natural causes.
Chad was death by his paternal grandparents, Gordon and Lillian Winsor, and his maternal grandparents, Robert and Harriett Washburn, all from Morris, Ill.
Survivors include his life-partner and best friend, Kathy Kniatt Winsor and her children Michael Kniatt, from Wylie, Texas, and Nathan Kniatt and his wife, Courtney and step-son, Logan, from Sanger, Texas; his parents, Gayle and Robert Winsor, of Bella Vista, Ark.; brothers, Craig and his partner, Jerry Bannister, of Emeryville, Calif., and Todd and his wife, Debbie, and their children Shane and Kayla, of Rochester, N.Y.; and his loving Brooke Care family.
Services will be held Friday, Jan. 18, at 1 p.m., at U.C. Davis & Sons Funeral Home, Morris, Ill, with the Rev. Stephen Sibson officiating. Cemetery.
There will be a memorial service at Ava General Baptist Church officiated by Rev. Oren Alcorn, time and date pending.
Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, assisted with local arrangements.
Floyd Allen “Pete” Hartley, 86
Mar 24, 2005
Floyd Allen “Pete” Hartley, 86, Ava, born May 5, 1918, at Arno, Mo., to Lee and Eva (Wheeler) Hartley.
On May 5, 1939, he born.
Pete was a farmer and a carpenter. He also worked for the Raymond McDaniel Company for 10 years, building farm-to-market roads, and Stafford Appliance Store in Ava for 15 years. He enjoyed gardening, fishing and playing cards.
He was preceded in Cemetery with the Rev. Tom Johnson officiating. Arrangements were under the care and direction of Barnes Family Funeral Home, Ava.
