Obituaries
Farris George Thornhill
Farris George Thornhill, son of Dulcie (Durney) Thornhill and Bernie Thornhill, was born on Aug. 31, 1937, in Dawson, departed this life on Jan. 3, 2025, in Mountain Grove, at the age of 87 years. Farris spent his early years with his brothers and sister on the family farm in Dawson. He attended...
Nora Ann Coffman
Nora Ann Coffman was born June 24, 1941 in Springfield to Herman Joseph Flood Sr. and Ruth (Woods) Flood Moomey. She departed this life on Dec. 24, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield at the age of 83 years and 6 months. She was saved and baptized in the Seventh Day Adventist at Rogersville at a...
Sherry Fay Bullard
Sherry Fay Bullard, daughter of the late Morris and Dorothy (Fleetwood) Short, was born Jan. 14, 1948, in Mansfield, and departed this life Jan. 9, 2025, at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, at 76 years of age. Sherry grew up and attended school in the Mansfield area, and she graduated from...
Judith “Judy” Charlene Sprague-Anderson
Judith “Judy” Charlene Sprague-Anderson was born Dec. 27, 1939, in Davenport, Iowa, and departed this life Jan. 9, 2025, in Springfield, at 85 years of age. Judy was raised in the Davenport, Iowa area, working for many years in a cabinet factory. She moved to Mountain Grove in 2007 to be closer to...
Maude Gertrude (Nelson) Campbell
Maude Gertrude (Nelson) Campbell, daughter of Jonathan “Harry” and Ellen (Prock) Nelson, was born in Mansfield on Aug. 3, 1931. She was the fourth born of six children. Maude departed this life at Texas County Memorial Hospital on Dec. 25, 2024, at the age of 93 years, 4 months and 22 days. Maude’s...
Patricia Ann Brown
Patricia Ann Brown, 74, of Asbury, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. Pat was born on Dec.14, 1950, in Frederick, Md., to Daniel and Mary (Crutchley) Poole. She grew up in Jefferson, Md., and graduated from Middletown High School in 1968. Pat attended Virginia Tech, where she earned a...
Lottie M. Long
Lottie M. Long, 83, VA Hospital Admissions Clerk, died Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. Funeral Service will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, at Central Community Church Chapel, 6100 W. Maple Street, Wichita, Kan.She is preceded in death by her parents, Walter and Opal Wood; husband, Francis Long;...
Floyd Leon “Butch” Deal, Jr.
Floyd Leon “Butch” Deal, Jr., son of Floyd Leon Deal, Sr. and Mary June (Beloate) Carpenter, was born Jan. 1, 1966, in Memphis, Tenn., and departed this life Dec. 29, 2024, in his home in Mansfield, at the age of 58 years, 11 months and 28 days.He was preceded in death by his father; great-niece,...
Sheila Rae Gass Ciabocchi
Sheila Rae Gass Ciabocchi, 73, of Little Rock, Ark., a long-serving coronary care nurse at CHI St. Vincent Infirmary, passed away Dec. 24, 2024. Sheila was born in Springfield, Mo., on Feb. 20, 1951, to Ellis and Ruth Gass, of Mountain Grove. She graduated from Mountain Grove High School in 1969....
Thomas Albert White
Thomas Albert White was born Nov. 15, 1933, in Twin Bridges, to Allman and Bertha (Bunch) White on the farm that was homesteaded by his grandfather. He passed away on Dec. 28, 2024 at his home. Tom attended grade school at Round Top School through eighth grade, then went to high school in Willow...