Obituaries
Gary Worrel
Gary Worrel, son of the late and Roland and Ruby (Sails) Worrel, was born in Cabool, on July 5, 1944. He was raised in a family including one brother and two sisters, living most of his early years on a farm in Mountain Grove. He departed this life on May 31, 2024 at the age of 79. After Gary's...
Ruth Anne Walters
Ruth Anne Walters, daughter of the late Oscar Harold and Margaret (Sterk) Halsel, was born Nov. 21, 1937, in Kansas City, Kan., and departed this life May 31, 2024, in Springfield. She was 86 years, 6 months and 10 days of age. Ruth grew up in the Kansas City, Kan., area. She met Lee Walters and...
Phyllis Lea Smith
Phyllis Lea Smith was born on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 1936, in Texas County, Missouri, at the rural home of her parents, Roscoe and Gladys (Burgess) Smith. She was the second child born to the union, the ninth child of their joined families. She departed this life on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, from...
George “Lewis” Boykin
George “Lewis” Boykin, son of the late John Louis and Thelma (Mayberry) Boykin, was born Jan. 29, 1949, in Graff, and departed this life on Friday, May 24, 2024, at his home in Cabool. He was 75 years, 3 months and 26 days of age. Lewis grew up in Missouri and graduated from Mountain Grove High...
Terry Dean Dobson
Terry Dean Dobson, son of the late Clarence and Millie Lugene (Hicks) Dobson, was born Feb. 3, 1958 in Ardmore, Okla. He passed from this life on May 27, 2024, at his home in Mountain Grove, at the age of 66. Terry grew up in Mountain Grove and graduated with the Mountain Grove High School Class of...
Helen Marie Dixon
Helen Marie Dixon, daughter of Earl Otis Letsinger and Maude Josephine (Draper) Letsinger, was born March 9, 1940, in Mansfield, and departed this life May 24, 2024, in her home in Mansfield at the age of 84 years, 2 months and 15 days. On Nov. 7, 1958, she was united in marriage to Bobby Dale...
Mary Hazel Berniece (Swofford) VanFosson
Mary Hazel Berniece (Swofford) VanFosson passed away May 26, 2024. She was born Oct. 3, 1928, to parents Melvin and Hattie (Bonham) Swofford in Stone County near Viola. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leland VanFosson; her parents; her sister, Pauline Plummer and her husband, Bill;...