Bryan G. Frakes
Bryan G. Frakes, age 41, Joplin, Mo., passed away at 12:25 a.m. Friday, April 27, 2001 at Freeman-West Hospital, following a sudden illness.
Bryan was born April 14, 1960 in Eldora, Iowa. He moved to Joplin six years ago from Montezuma, N.M.
He was a church camp minister from 1985 to 1995, he then moved to Joplin and worked as a foreman for E.F. Shea Concrete Company for a couple of years. He was currently working for the Cabinet Corner. Bryan was a dedicated family man. He was a member of College Heights Christian Church.
He married Becky Atwell November 14, 1978 in Diamond, Mo. She survives.
Additional survivors include one son, Cody Bryan Frakes, two daughters, Melissa Megan Frakes and Jessica Morgan Frakes, all of the home; his parents, John and Cathleen Frakes of Diamond, Mo.; one brother, David Frakes of Denver, Colo.; one sister, Julie Frakes of Springfield, Mo.
Services will be at 3:00 p.m. Monday at College Heights Christian Church. Minister Randy Gariss will officiate. Burial will be in Boyd Cemetery near Diamond. Those serving as pallbearers will be Sam Atwell, Martin Crews, Kent Hudspeth, Pat Fink, Randy Martin, Ron Skaggs, Scot Speck and Steve Speck.
The family will receive friends at the Mason-Woodard Mortuary from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday.
Contributions may be made to the Children of Bryan Frakes at Southwest Missouri Bank.
Arrangements are under the direction of Mason-Woodard Mortuary.
A Man After God's Own Heart
The faith of this father
was earnest and deep
The Lord's dear commands
our Bryan would keep!
He looked on all things
with an artist's keen eye!
We'll miss his quick wit
to understand we will try.
The seeds of his Integrity
he's already sown.
He's with the Father,
he's not alone.
He's singing sweet praises
by his Savior's throne
He's happy and pain-free
in God's Heavenly home.
Calvin Hinds
Calvin Craig Hinds, age 75, Joplin, passed away at 10:10 a.m. Thursday, April 26, 2001 at St. John's Regional Medical Center after a long illness.
Mr. Hinds was born October 7, 1925 in Webb City, Mo. and had lived in the Joplin-Webb City area most of his life. He worked several years for the Webb City Police Department as dispatcher. He worked many years for International Paper in Joplin in the framing division, retiring in 1988. He was a life member of V.F.W. Post #7630, Webb City, and served as past commander of V.F.W. Post #5293, Joplin. He was a member of the Joplin Eagles Lodge #2410. He was a United States Naval Veteran of World War II, serving on the U.S.S. Salamaua Aircraft Carrier. He was a member of Royal Heights United Methodist Church.
He married Wynonia Mink on November 3, 1936 in Columbus, Kan. She survives at the home.
Additional survivors include two sons, Stephen Hinds, Grandview, Mo., Michael Hinds, Joplin; three daughters, Kathy Bartley and husband Kevin, Ocala, Fla., Deborah Stichter and husband, Ron, Northglenn, Colo., Jackie Taylor, Joplin; his stepmother, Carolyn Hinds, Webb City, two half brothers, Jack Hinds, Joplin, John Hinds, Webb City; nine grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Mr. Hinds has been taken for cremation.
Memorial services will be Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at St. James United Methodist Church. Rev. George Wade will officiate. The family will be at the home of 2320 East 30th.
Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Mortuary.
Muriel E. Dykens
Webb City, Mo. - Muriel E. Dykens, age 80, of 324 North Tom Street, passed away at 7:15 a.m. Thursday, April 26, 2001 at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin after several years of ill health.
Mrs. Dykens was born March 6, 1921 in Spring City, south of Joplin, to Charles W. and Etta Martin Palmer. She had lived in the Webb City area most of her adult life. She was a housewife and loving mother. She was a member of the Community of Christ Church.
She married Charles R. Dykens July 26, 1940 in Pierce City, Mo. He preceded her in death on November 9, 1986. She was also preceded in death by three grandchildren, Travis, Joshua and Cassie Dykens; and three brothers, William, Jack and Stanford Palmer.
Survivors include three sons, Raymond Dykens, Carl Junction, Jim Dykens, Republic, Mo., and Bob Dykens, Carterville; three brothers, Morris Palmer, Wentworth, Mo., Hubert Palmer, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and Richard Palmer, Pierce City, Mo.; one sister, Bonnie Park, Kansas City, Mo.; eight grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and a host of friends and other relatives.
Graveside services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m. Monday at the Weaver Cemetery, north of Oronogo with Allen Lacey and Pat Ryan, Ministers, officiating. Sons and grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday afternoon at the Hedge-Lewis Chapel in Webb City.
The procession will leave for Weaver Cemetery Monday at 9:30 a.m. from the Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home in Webb City.
Dorothy R. Talbott
Dorothy R. Talbott, age 72, of Joplin, passed away at 1:15 a.m. Thursday, April 26, 2001 at St. John's Regional Medical Center after a long illness.
Mrs. Talbott was born December 20, 1928 at Bear Creek, Ark., and had lived in the Joplin area most of her life. She was a waitress at the former Keller's Barbecue, Fred and Red's, and the Village Cafe. She was a member of Joplin Heights Baptist Church.
Survivors include two sons, Bill J. Self and his wife Dohanna, Springfield, Mo., and Christopher Talbott, Joplin; her daughter, Deborah Allen and her husband Daniel, Neosho, Mo.; her sister, Dolly Webb, Farmington, N.M.; 11 grandchildren, Troy, Natalie, Regan, Brooke, Courtney, Emily, Bill, Lori, Sally, Brad and Kelli; and 10 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Bruce; and four sisters, Jessie, Jo, Bennie and Bertha.
Services will be at 10:00 a.m. Saturday at Parker Mortuary Chapel with Rev. Dan Routledge officiating. Burial will follow at Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jeremy Kitchingham, Bill Self III, Ted Masteller, Brad Self, Chris Talbott and Dan Allen. Please make memorial contributions to Joplin Heights Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Parker Mortuary.
E. W. (Wayne) Maupin
E. W. (Wayne) Maupin, 93, of Lamar, Mo., passed away at 10:55 a.m. Thursday, April 26, 2001 at Freeman Hospital-West, Joplin, Mo., after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Maupin was born December 1, 1907 in Comanche County, Okla. to A.C. and Ada (Snavely) Maupin. He had lived in this area for the past 60 years.
Before retiring in 1989, Mr. Maupin was a crop and cattle farmer. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Lamar. He was a former member of the Milford Christian Church for a lengthy time.
Wayne married Olevia Sims on August 10, 1929 in Enid, Okla. She preceded him in death on January 8, 1994.
He is survived by one son, Wayne (Bud) Maupin of Lamar, Mo.; two daughter, Jo Percy of Lamar, Mo., and Nona Blackmore of New Haven, Mo. He is also survived by two brothers, John Maupin of Stroud, Okla, and Carroll Maupin of San Diego, Calif; 14 grandchildren; and 29 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Grace L. Batley; four brothers; and two sisters.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, April 29, 2001 at Memory Gardens Cemetery, Lamar, with Rev. Doug Oakes officiating. Visitation will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Saturday at Lohmeyer-Konantz Funeral Home.
Contributions may be made to First Christian Church, Lamar, or the charity of the donor's choice.
Vivian A. Mayes Foster
Joplin, Mo. - Vivian A. Mayes Foster, age 89, of Joplin, Mo., passed away at 4:45 p.m. Thursday, April 19, 2001 after a two month illness.
Mrs. Foster was born October 31, 1911 in Waveland, Ark.
She had lived in Joplin the last 37 years.
She was a homemaker.
She was an active member of the Church of Christ, 26th and Connecticut in Joplin and assisted in the building of the Church of Christ in Independence, Mo.
She was a former Cub Scout and Girl Scout leader.
She was an active volunteer with the Joplin Sr. Citizens.
She was also active with the P.T.O. and was a reading volunteer at Irving School.
Billie Long
Carl Junction - Billie Long, age 61, passed away at 3:10 p.m. Saturday, April 21, 2001, at his home in Carl Junction after a lengthy illness.
Mr. Long was born March 29, 1940, in Webb City, Mo.
Mr. Long was a Dispatcher and had worked at Diamond Rose Express Trucking Company in Neosho and had previously worked at Eagle Picher Industries.
He lived in the Carl Junction area most of his life and was a member of the Carl Junction Christian Church.
Hazel Morris Pool and Robert J. Morris
Hazel Morris Pool, age 83 and her son, Robert J. Morris, age 52, both of Joplin, passed away from injuries sustained in a two-car auto accident at 20th and Main Streets on April 18, 2001 at 4:32 p.m. and at 8:48 p.m.
Mrs. Pool was born on January 1, 1918 in Webb City, and was the daughter of Arthur and Veta Berkley Herd. She lived her lifetime in the tri-state area. A 1936 graduate of Picher (Okla.) High School, she received her nurses training at The American Hospital in Picher. She received her L.P.N. pin in 1953 at Freeman Hospital Training School and worked as an L.P.N. until retiring in 1980 from St. John's Regional Medical Center where she worked in pediatrics and helped establish the stroke unit. She was a member of Harmony Heights Baptist Church, Missouri State L.P.N. Association, A.A.R.P. and the Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary. She worked with the Homebound and Outreach Ministry of Harmony Heights Baptist Church with a group called the "3 P's", consisting of Ruth Parnell, Hazel Pool and Nancy Pierce. She loved to travel and often visited her many friends and family.
In October of 1937 she married Clyde Morris. He preceded her in death on April 11, 1972. She later married David Pool, who preceded her in death in 1984. Her son, Arnal Morris, also preceded her in death in 1984.
Robert Morris
Robert Morris was born December 14, 1948 in Joplin, the son of the late Clyde and Hazel Herd Morris and lived in Joplin his lifetime. A 1966 graduate of Joplin High School, Robert also attended Missouri Southern State College where he was active in television production at MSTV. For the past nine years he worked as a waiter at Travetti's. He was a Baptist. He was an avid pool player and had many close friends.
Survivors include a son and brother, C.F. Morris of Nashville, Tenn.; a daughter and sister, Jeane Grisham of Richland Hills, Texas; two brothers and uncles, Vincent Herd of Goodman, Mo., Vernon Herd of Filer, Idaho; seven grandchildren and nieces and nephews, Joe Grisham Jr., Lori Grisham Morrison, Doug Grisham, Mindi Grisham Phillips, Cari Putnam, Michel Keeter and Vicky Morris; 11 great-grandchildren and great-nieces and nephews, all of whom she "dearly loved". Robert and Hazel were loved by many friends and family, who will deeply miss them both.
Combined memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday at Harmony Heights Baptist Church with Rev. Charlie Burnett officiating. The bodies have been taken for medical research. Interment of cremated remains will be at a later date at Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at 3602 Oak Ridge Drive in Joplin. Memorial contributions may be made to the Homebound Outreach Ministry in care of Harmony Heights Baptist Church.
