Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Leslie A. Magoon Jr., 69
Jun 5, 2008
Leslie A. Magoon Jr., 69, of Tulsa, Okla., formerly of Neosho, born Sept. 4, 1938, in New Hampshire and had served in the U.S. Navy. He worked as a machinist at Talbot Wire in Neosho and moved to Tulsa in 2005 from Neosho. He was a member of Northside Baptist Church.
Leslie is preceded in died in 1993.
He is survived by a daughter, Teri Magoon, Tulsa; a son, Raymond Magoon and wife, Joy, Fayetteville, Ark.; his mother, Barbara Magoon, Ava; two brothers, Richard Magoon, Joplin, and Don Magoon, Norco, Calif.; one sister, Maxine Odom, Ava; and his faithful companion, Peanut, a chocolate lab.
In addition to his wife, Charlene, he is preceded in Cemetery.
Ronald Hamby, 73
Jun 5, 2008
Funeral services for Ronald Lee Hamby, 73, Caulfield, Mo., were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, 2008, at First Baptist Church, West Plains, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mr. Hamby born June 29, 1934, at Ava, Mo., the son of Ernest and Edith Robertson Hamby.
He graduated from Ava High School, and on Jan. 21, 1956, was death.
Burial will be at Howell Memorial Park died March 3 at his residence.
Funeral services were held at 12 noon Friday at Family Funeral Services, Milan, Ill., with burial in Rock Island National born Nov. 27, 1929, at Hammond, Mo., the son of Vernie L. and Ida (Roberts) Bruffett. On Jan. 26, 1957, he was death Dec. 29, 1972.
Also preceding him in passed away on Saturday, March 8, 2008, at Lacoba Nursing Home in Monett at the age of 77 years, 11 months and 19 days.
Mr. Power was married Betty Riddle on Aug. 5, 1950, in Monett, and she survives.
Also surviving are two sons, James R. Power, Mt. Vernon, and Robert Lynn Power, of Eagle Rock; four grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one sister, Virginia Long, San Antonio, Texas.
He was preceded in born June 23, 1937 in Oklahoma and departed this life, June 15, 2008 at the age of 70 years 11 months and 22 days.
Billie was a resident of Ava for the past five years, moving here from California. Billie was a homemaker and enjoyed going for walks with her dog, Puzzles, working in the yard and taking care of her children.
In June of 2004 Billie and Irish Downey were united in marriage in Riverside, Calif.
Billie was preceded in born on Aug. 19, 1924, in Ozark County, Mo., and death by her parents, one sister, Barbara Elaine, a son-in-law, Wesley Willis, two brothers, James and Harley Strong, three stepbrothers and one stepsister.
She is survived by her husband, George, of the home in Ava; seven children, Mary Jane Swisher, Fairfax, Mo., Barbara Smith and husband, Bob, Ava, Mo., Geraldine Huskey and husband, B.Y., Ava, Mo., Judy Huskey and husband, Roger, Barry, Texas, Buddy Hayes and wife, Sherry, Ava, Mo., Jessie Willis, Ava, Mo., and Danny Belt and wife, Cathy, Manford, Okla.; 13 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; four brothers, Johnnie Strong, Gainesville, Mo., Lester Strong, Seymour, Mo., Chester Strong, Gainesville, Mo., and Arlie Strong, Batesville, Ark.; one stepbrother, Eldon Neely, Gainesville, Mo.; three stepsisters, Dorothy Strong, Dean Steel and Darlene Engles, all of Oklahoma; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services for Mary were held Wednesday, May 7, at 2 p.m. at Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava, with the Rev. Arlie Strong officiating. Cemetery, Gainesville. Visitation was Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. in the funeral home.
