Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Frances ‘Penny’ Hankins, 68
May 29, 2008
Frances Pearlene “Penny” Hankins was death by her parents; a great-grandchild, Skylar Hankins; and a nephew, Kurtis Light.
Visitation was Friday, in Adams Funeral Home, Ozark. Funeral Services were Saturday, May 24, at 10 a.m. in Mentor Baptist Church, Rogersville, with burial in Holland passed away on Monday, March 10, 2008 at her home after a courageous five year battle with cancer. She was 71 years old.
Raydene was married Clifford Dennis on Oct. 2, 1957 in West Plains. They moved to Hobbs, N.M. in l960. The couple was blessed with two children, Evelyn and Cecil. She will be remembered as a devoted wife, mother, loving grandmother and loyal friend. Her faith and belief in God sustained her during her five year journey with cancer. She was a member of the Life Temple UPC Church.
Raydene will remain in the hearts of her husband of 50 years, Clifford Dennis; her daughter, Evelyn O'Connell and son in-law, Tim O'Connell, of Midland, Texas; son, Cecil Dennis and daughter in-law, Cindy Dennis, of Hobbs, N.M.; her grandchildren, Brandon and Joshua Luck, of Midland, Texas, and Jessica Dennis, of Hobbs, N.M. She is also survived by four sisters, Dorothy Curtis, Mayme Lambdin, and Betty Souder, all of Missouri, and Virgie Himioben, of Georgia; and one brother, Melvin Bushong, of Missouri.
She was preceded in death were two sisters, Bernice Walker and Leatha Kirkpatrick, of Missouri; four brothers, Marvin Bushong, Buck Bushong and Ben Bushong, of Missouri, and Loyn Bushong, of Illinois; grandparents, Maggie Hicks Pool and George Pool, Vianna Loveall Bell, and C.C. Lum Bell.
funeral service will be conducted at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, at 10 a.m. Monday, March 17, with a visitation Sunday, from 4 to 6 p.m. Pastor Wilbur Boone and Bro. Max Stephens will officiate at the service here, with burial to follow in Pleasant Home born June 15, 1913, in Unity, Ill., and departed this life April 23, 2008 at the age of 94 years 10 months and 8 days.
John was a resident of the Ava area and Wasola community for the past 20 years, moving here from California. John was a bus driver before his retirement. He was of the Baptist faith. In 1987 John and Elsie Cumpston were united in marriage in Ava, Mo.
John enjoyed fishing, slot machines at the casino, vegetable and flower gardening and planting fruit trees.
John was preceded in Cemetery with Chaplain Roger Flint officiating. Services were under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, Mo. Memorials may be made to Jackson born Oct. 2, 1960 in Ava, the daughter of Bud and Wilma (Collins) Hutchison. She married Rodney Neil Van Dyne, of Independence, Kan. They lived six years in Sublette, Kan., where two children, Justin Michael and Kelsey Nikole were Cemetery.
The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Ava Highway Church of the Nazarene Building Fund, Rt. 2, Box 774, Ava, MO 65608.
Harold H. Thompson, 74
Apr 17, 2008
Harold H. Thompson, 74, of Columbia, Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. until time of services at the church.
Harold was death. He was born on May 14, 1936 in Twin Falls, Idaho, the daughter of Noble and Hazel Mitchell Smith, and departed this life on May 25, 2008 in her home surrounded by her loving family. She was 72 years old.
On Dec. 31, 1952 Gevene and Raymond Lee Cochran were united in marriage in Oakland, Calif., and to this union four children were Cemetery at 2 p.m., under the direction of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava. No formal visitation was scheduled.
Lester Columbus Freeman, 92
Mar 27, 2008
Lester Columbus Freeman, son of the late Samuel and Velda (Clinton) Freeman, was born to this union. Lester and Alta raised their family on a farm southwest of Mtn. Grove, where they lived and death by his wife, Alta Freeman, on Feb. 25, 2005; one son, Kenneth Freeman; one daughter, Joy Belle Freeman; a daughter-in-law, Linda Freeman; a granddaughter, Sheila Carder; two great-grandsons, Tyler Freeman and Noah Hunt; one brother, Chester Freeman; a half brother, Henry Freeman; five sisters, Elizabeth "Libby" Beebe, Cora Linder, Joann Adams, Pearlie Page, and Freda McConnell; and two half-sisters, Catherine McGee and Mae Brin.
He is survived by five sons, Don Freeman, of Mtn. Grove, Troy Freeman and his wife, Ann, of Norwood, Roy Freeman and his wife, Linda, of Ava, Dennis Freeman and his wife, Teresa, and Clay Freeman and his wife, Marsha, all of Mtn. Grove; two daughters: Bonnie Field and her husband, Fred, of Elk Creek, and Sherry Miller and her husband, Mark, of Ozark; one brother, James Freeman and his wife, Faye, of Mtn. Grove; three brothers-in-law, Bob Allen, Jess Allen, and Gene Allen; two sisters-in-law, Mary Allen and Helen Freeman; 21 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives and friends who will miss him very much.
Funeral services were held Monday, March 24, at 2 p.m., in the Craig-Hurtt Chapel, Mtn. Grove, with the Revs. Roger Flint and Jerry Ratterree officiating. Burial was in the Brushy Knob Cemetery, Douglas County, under the direction of the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home, Mtn. Grove.
