George Alonzo Campbell d. 27 April 1962

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services for George Alonzo Campbell, Waynesville, who died here Friday at the home of a nephew, William Hensley, will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Hartville Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Darrell Friend officiating. Burial will be in the Steel Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Bergman-Miller-Bledsoe of Hartville.

Survivors include two brothers, R.A., Springfield, and Charles, state of California; and several nieces and nephews.

Springfield Leader and Press
29 April 1962 Sun

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James Benton Strain d. 25 April 1962

CROCKER- Funeral services for James Bentin Strain, 85, Crocker, who died Wednesday morning in the Waynesville General Hospital, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Swedeborg church with the Rev. Floyd Barlow officiating. Burial will be in the Crocker Memorial Cemetery under the direction of Moss-Williams.

Survivors include his wife, Bessie; four sons, Clarence, St. Louis, Lawrence, Swedeborg, Muriel, Hermiston, Ore., J.B. Jr., Richland; five daughters, Mrs. Violet Skiles, and Mrs. Ethel Atkins, both of Winona, Mrs. Lois Daust, Mrs. Edith Parks and Mrs. Pauline Carpenter, all of St. Louis a brother Ike, Rolla; and two sisters, Mrs. Lydia Van Winkle, and Miss Maggie Strain, both of Winona.

Springfield Leader and Press
25 April 1962, Wed

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Romanus Charles Roose d. 22 April 1962

R.C. Roose, 91, of Dixon, a retired flour and feed mill operator, died at 8:30 a.m. Sunday at Waynesville General Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, Edna.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Gilbert Chapel at Dixon. Burial will be in Dixon Cemetery.

The Springfield News-Leader
24 April 1962, Tue

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Andrew Wicklein d. 8 April 1962

WAYNESVILLE- Andrew W. Wicklein, 53, died at his home at 5 a.m. Sunday.

He is survived by his wife, Alice; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Heiligtag, Pevely, Mo., Mrs. Alvina Wessling, St. Louis, and Mrs. Carolyn Huckie, Barnhart, and several nephews and nieces.

Odd Fellow funeral services will be held at Moss-Williams Chapel at 2 p.m. Tuesday. The body will then be taken to Hillsboro, Mo., for services and burial.

Springfield Leader and Press
9 April 1962, Mon

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Mrs. R.A. Bell d. 20 March 1960

Mrs. Della Bell, 76, Waynesville, wife of Pulaski County Probate Judge R.A. Bell, died Sunday in Waynesville General Hospital after an illness of several years.

Other survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Virginia Woody, Richland, Mrs. Gladys Talbot, Lebanon, and Mrs. Jewell Krauss, Russville, Ill.; two sons, Pershing and Roland, both of St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. Sylvia O'Quinn, 715 East Page; a brother, Frank Adams, Kansas City; and 10 grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Waynesville Methodist Church. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery with Hedges of Waynesville in charge.

Springfield Leader and Press
21 March 1960, Mon

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William T. Parrish d. 25 February 1960

William T. Parrish, 53, Crocker, a civilian employee at Fort Wood for the past 10 years, died at 1:30 a.m. Thursday in Waynesville General Hospital.

A cable splicer for the post signal department, Parrish previously was employed by a telephone company.

He is survived by his wife, Mae; two sons, William, Jr., Grafton, Va., and Donnie G., Crocker; his mother, Mrs. Jane Stewart, Lebanon; a sister, Mrs. Edith Hough, Lebanon; a half sister, Mrs. Cora Belle Palmer, Lebanon, and four grandchildren.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the Hedges Chapel at Crocker with the Revs. Norman Hale and Bill posey officiating. Burial will be in Crocker Memorial Cemetery.

Springfield Leader and Press
26 February 1960, Fri

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Raymond Herbert Biddle d. 1 November 1959

Raymond Herbert Biddle, 61, foreman for the Debo Construction Company of Waynesville, died Sunday at his home near Waynesville.

His only survivor is his wife, Mary. The Hedges Funeral Home of Waynesville will send the body to the Parker Funeral Home at Joplin for services and burial in Forest Park Cemetery Wednesday.

The Springfield News-Leader
3 November 1959, Tue

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Joyce Elaine Carroll d. 11 September 1959

Funeral services for Joyce Elaine Carroll, 3, who suffocated in an abandoned ice box at Waynesville, will be held at 1:30 p.m. today in the Waynesville Baptist Church. The Rev. Cleveland Horne will officiate. Burial will be in Needmore Cemetery near Waynesville under direction of Hedges.

Survivors are the parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Richard Carroll, of Waynesville; a brother, James Richard and sister, Mary Mragaret, of the home; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Brady Feltner, and paternal grandmother, Mrs. Silas Hamilton, Waynesville, and the paternal grandfather, Jack Carroll, Nevada.

Springfield Leader and Press
13 September 1959, Sun.

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Miss Genevieve White d. 29 August 1959

Funeral services for Miss Genevieve White, 17-year-old Waynesville girl who shot herself to death Saturday afternoon at her home, will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the post chapel at Fort Leonard Wood with the Rev. J. C. Summers officiating.

Burial will be in Fort Wood Cemetery under direction of Hedges of Waynesville.

Members of the family said the girl apparantly took her own life after becoming despondent over her twin brother's enlistment in the Army.

Survivors include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wesley R. White; the brother, Guy; and two sisters, Elizabeth and Francoise.

Springfield Leader and Press
31 August 1959, Mon.

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John M. Crutsinger d. 3 August 1959

Funeral services for John M. Crutsinger, assistant St. Louis county highway engineer, will be Thursday at 9 a.m. at St. Peter's Catholic Church, 243 West Argonne drive, Kirkwood. Burial will be in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery.

Mr. Crutsinger, who was 63 years old, died yesterday of a liver ailment at St. Mary's Hospital. He lived at 321 West Essex avenue, Kirkwood. He was county highway engineer from 1933 to 1940. In 1940 he moved to Waynesville, Mo., and began operating a motel. Later he returned to St. Louis and was appointed assistant highway engineer in 1957.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Florence Habert Crutsinger, his mother, Mrs. Bertha Crutsinger, and two brothers, Harry M. Crutsinger and R.M. Crutsinger.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
4 August 1959, Tue

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Harry T. Martin d. 3 August 1959

Harry Thomas Martin, 85, a retired farmer and former city marshal at Waynesville, died Monday at his Waynesville home.

Survivors are his wife, Myrtle; a son, Clarence, Kirkwood; a daughter, Mrs. Maxine Burnette, Austin, Tex,; a foster daughter, Mrs. Maude Hodges, Kansas City; a brother, William, Denver; 10 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and a great-great-grandchild.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Waynesville Baptist Church with the Tev. Cleveland Horne officiating. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery near Waynesville with Hedges of Waynesville in charge.

Springfield Leader and Press
4 August 1959, Tue.

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Mrs. Lockey J. Crossland d. 13 June 1958

Mrs. Lockey Jane (Exendine) Crossland, 77, Waynesville, died at the Waynesville General Hospital, yesterday.

Survivors are five sons, Ernest and Robert Exendine, both of Mexico, MO., Marion and George Exendine, both of Waynesville, and Alfred Exendine, Lebanon; four daughters, Mrs. Martha Rogers, Dry Knob, Mrs. Clark Allison, Okmulgee, Okla., and Mrs. Nancy Wayne and Mrs. Lillie Fuller, both of Waynesville; seven brothers Jonny and Henry Starnes, both of Brownfield, Jake and Ike Starnes, both of Sunnyview, Farmer Starnes, Richland, Oscar Starnes, Santa Maria, Calif., and Jessie Starnes, Lebanon; two half brothers, Dophys and Arthur Starnes, both of Independence; 31 grandchilden and 49 great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p,m, (CST) Sunday in Buckhorn Baptist Church, near Waynesville, with the Rev. B.R. Tatom officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Hedges of Waynesville in charge.

Springfield Leader and Press
14 June 1958, Sat.

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Lt. George Richard (Dick) Knight d. 5 November 1969

State Patrol's Lt. Knight Dies of Leukemia

WAYNESVILLE (Special)- Funeral services for Lt. George Richard Knight, 59, of Waynesville, will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the West Side Baptist Church, Waynesville, with the Revs. Wilbur Harbaugh and Billy Dudley officiating. Burial will be in Waynesville Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Moss-Williams of Waynesville.

Lt. Knight was deputy commander of Highway Patrol Troop I at Rolla and had been with the highway patrol since 1942. He was acheduled to retire next May.

He died at 9:55 a.m. Wednesday in Pulaski Memorial Hospital here where he had been hospitalized six months. His death was attributed to leukemia.

Survivors include his wife, Anna; one son, James, who is serving with the Marine Corps; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Knight of Moberly; three brothers, Albert, Quincy, Ill., Everett of Roanoke, Va., and Curtis of the state of New Jersey; and three grandchildren.

The Springfield News-Leader
6 November 1969

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Clarence A. Ballard d. 29 January 1969

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services for Clarence Albert Ballard, 72, Waynesville, who died in Pulaski County Hospital Wednesday, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Freewill Baptist Church with the Rev. Norman Sanders and the Rev. Barry Hampton officiating. Burial, under direction of Moss-Williams of Waynesville, will be in Mount Gibson Cemetery.

Mr. Ballard is survived by his wife, Brilla; three sons, Sylvanus, Charlie and Bland; six daughters, Mrs. Elva Debar, Mrs. Ollie Stewart, Mrs. Clairia York, Mrs. Sue Rhoades, Mrs. Ethlyn Bales, and Miss Elizabeth Ballard; and 21 grandchildren.

Springfield Leader and Press
30 Janaury 1969

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Mrs. Virgil Hutton d. 24 Janaury 1969

WAYNESVILLE- Mrs. Caroline Jewell Hutton, 41, of Waynesville, died Friday in the Pulaski County Memorial Hospital.

She is survived by her husband, Virgil; three sons, Richard Stewart, Peoria, Ill., and Ellis R. and Roger L. Hutton, both of the home; her mother, Mrs. Ruth Rowden; two brothers, William Rowden, Waynesville, and Charles Rowden, Lexington, Mo.; a sister, Oleta Tucker of the state of California, and a grandson.

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Buckhorn Baptist Church, with the Rev. Norman Sanders officiating. Burial, under direction of Moss-Williams of Waynesville, will be in Buckhorn cemetery.

Springfield Leader and Press
26 January 1969

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Clyde Johns d. 14 January 1969

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services for Clyde Johns, 64, Route 2, Newburg, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in Moss-Williams Chapel here with the Rev. Wilson Davis officiating. Burial will be in Waynesville Memorial Park.

Mr. Johns died Tuesday in Pulaski County Hospital here after a lingering illness.

Surviving are his wife, Elsie; four daughters, Mrs. Edith Nelson, Jonesboro, Ind.; Miss Betty Johns, of the home, and Mrs. Barbara Deckard and Mrs. Mary Backues, both of Jefferson City; four sons, Raymond of Dixon, Ernest, Commerce, Calif.; Wilmer, Wichita Falls, Tex., and James, of the home; a sister, Mrs. Zelma Gibbs, Salem; a brother, Fred, East St. Louis, Ill.; 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Springfield Leader and Press
15 January 1969

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James Ellis Dodds d. 17 November 1968

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services for James Ellis Dodds, 72, Waynesville, who died at 1:30 a.m. Sunday in Pulaski County Hospital here after a long illness, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Waynesville Methodist Church. The Rev. George Tait will officiate, with burial in Waynesville Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Moss-Williams.

Springfield Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri
18 November 1968

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William Allen Miller d. 16 November 1968

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. today in the Moss-Williams Chapel here for William Allen Miller, 41, St. Robert, who died about 1 a.m. Saturday.

A funeral home spokesman said Miller apparantly took his own life. Pulaski County Coroner C.E. Moss said there would be no inquest. The Rev. Bill Elam will officiate with burial in Rolla.

He is survived by his wife, Lucy Jeanette; a daughter, Melinda Kay, Chaffee; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Miller, of the home; and a brother, Jesse, Carbondale, Ill.

Springfield Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri
17 November 1968

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Colly Decker d. 8 November 1968

CROCKER- Funeral services for Colly Decker, 63, Crocker, who died at 11:30 p.m. Friday in Pulaski County Hospital, Waynesville, will be at 2 p.m., Monday in the First Baptist Church, Crocker, with the Rev. Calvin Parrish officiating. Burial, under direction of Moss-Williams, will be in Crocker Cemetery.

Mr. Decker is survived by his wife, Blanche; daughter, Mrs. Doris Coleen Fogal, Crocker; sister, Mrs. Nell Parkinson, Wichita Falls, Tex.; and two grandchildren.

Springfield Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri
9 November, 1968

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Mrs. Bertha Paulette died 4 May 1968

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Paulette, 80, Waynesville,
who died in General Hospital here Thursday, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the
Moss-Williams Chapel here.
The Rev. Bill Potter will officiate with burial in Waynesville Memorial Park Cemetery.

She is survived by three sons, Herman K. and H.J., both of Waynesville, and
Roy C., Odessa, Tex.;
four daughters, Mrs. Delmar Greer, state of Mississippi, Mrs. J.E. Llewellyn, Anniston, Ala.,
Mrs. M.R. Hych, Waynesville, and Mrs. E.H. Carson, El Paso, Tex.; one sister,
Mrs. Annis Wright, Texarkana, Ark.; one brother, Harvey Stevens, El Paso;
22 grandchildren and 36 great-grandchildren.

The Springfield News-Leader

4 May 1968

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Ersie D. Tarbell d. 9 April 1968

Ersie D. Tarbell, 73, Laquey, Mo., formerly a Kansas City architect, died Tuesday in Laquey.

He was born in Spencer, Ia., and lived in Kansas City from about 1920 to 1950. He was an architect with the Wight and Wight company for 30 years.

In 1934, after two and a half years of work, Mr. Tarbell completed a large reflecting telescope in his basement.

In 1953, Mr. Tarbell designed and built a planetarium in the Ozarks near Waynesville. The elaborate stucco-base building was capped with an aluminum dome. He still was giving lecture demonstrations there.

Mr. Tarbell was a Baptist. He was a member of the Astronomer’s club.

Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Kate Tarbell of the home; a son Dale Tarbell, Waynesville; three daughters, Mrs. Marjorie Demmer and Miss Shirley Tarbell, both of Boulder, Colo., and Mrs. Margaret Wehmeyer, Laquey, and three grandchildren. Services will be held at 3 o’clock Friday at the Floral Hills cemetery.

The Kansas City Times
11 April 1968
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