Stories from Thursday, April 28, 2016

Sue Sprayberry Garner, of Pierce City, passed away on April 14, 2016. She was born on April 16, 1934, in Dallas, Texas, to Pearl de Jernett Sprayberry and Bryce Robert Sprayberry. Sue was raised in Dallas and Highland Park, Texas, where she graduated from Highland Park High School and attended Southern Methodist University. While at SMU, she joined the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and met her husband James Arlie Garner...

Shirley Ann Caldwell, 75, of Cassville, died at 11:27 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2016. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Visit www.fohnfuneralhome.com for online obituaries, guestbook and private condolences...

Kerry Craig Claxton, 69, of Sarcoxie, passed away at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at his home. Kerry was born July 26, 1946, in Carthage A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 30, at the Round Grove Baptist Church. Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, in Mt. Vernon...

Lawanna Helen Davis, 70, of Miller, passed away at 11:50 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, 2016, at her home. She was born November 29, 1945, in Greenfield. A memorial service, under the direction of the Morris-Leiman-Mosher Funeral Home, in Miller, will be held at noon on Saturday, April 30, 2016, at the First Baptist Church in Miller...

Chaplain Thomas "Elgin" Last, 91, of Mt. Vernon, passed away at 6:48 p. m. on Monday, April 25, 2016, at the Lawrence County Manor in Mt. Vernon. He was born November 19, 1924, in Ontario, Canada. A funeral service, under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home in Mt. ...

Dixie Ernestine Seal, 94, of Monett, died at 9:25 a.m. Tuesday, April 26, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 30, in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Burial will be in Corinth Cemetery, Cassville. Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Friday, in Aurora Baptist Temple on Elliott and Plumb...

Rena Weston, 104, of Liberty, formerly of Monett, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday April 19, 2016, in Kansas City. Memorial services for Rena were held in Kansas City. She will be laid to rest in Monett I.O.O.F. Cemetery next to her husband, Leon "Brick" Weston...