James Howard Bales d. 18 August 1967

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Monday in the Moss-Williams Chapel for James Howard Bales, 75, of Waynesville with the Rev. Norman Sanders officiating. Burial will be in Waynesville Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Bales, a retired laborer, died at 11:40 p.m. Friday in the Pulaski County Hospital.

Surviving are his wife, Nellie; two sons, Les, Waynesville, James, Jr., Crocker; six daughters, Mrs. Toots Pohl, Kirkwood, Mrs. Thelma Mowery, Waterloo, Iowa, Mrs. Irene Underwood, Wenatchee, Wash., Mrs. Shirley Haynes, Walston, Mass.; a sister, Mrs. Grace Logan, Waynesville; 20 grandchildren; and five great grand-children.

Springfield Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri
19 August 1967
Page 7

Hester Alma Terry d. 10 June 1967

MRS. HOWARD B. TERRY

Mrs. Hester Alma Terry, 73, of Crocker, M0.; formerly of Kansas City, died Saturday at the home of a son, Lyle Terry, 3519 North River, Sugar Creek. She was born in Seligman, Mo., and lived here eight years. Mrs. Terry was a member of the Free Will Baptist Church, Monett, Mo. Surviving are her husband, Howard B. Terry of the home; another son, Jimmie J. Terry, 14303 West Forty-eighth terrace, Shawnee; a daughter, Mrs. Betty Riker, Waynesville, Mo.; three sisters, Mrs. Etta Terry, 487 Donnelly, Mrs. Minnie Pendergraft, Hominy, Okla., and Mrs. Grace Hefley, Exeter, Mo.; five grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. Services will be held at 2 o'clock today at the Moss-Williams chapel, Waynesville; burial will be in the Waynesville Memorial Cemetery.

The Kansas City Times
Kansas City, Missouri
12 June 1967
Page 14

Edwin Charles Hansen d. 8 March 1967

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services for Edwin Charles Hansen, 64, of Waynesville, who died Wednesday in St. Roberts, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday in Moss-Williams Chapel. The Rev. Billy Hargrove will officiate and burial will be in Waynesville Memorial Cemetery.

He is survived by his wife , Beulah; one son, Gary, of Waynesville; two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Smith, of Lebanon, and Mrs. Bernice Hanson, Lebanon; seven grandchildren; three brothers, Harold, Leonard, and Oscar, all of Iowa state; and one sister, Mrs. Grace Johnson, also of Iowa.

Springfield Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri
9 March 1967
Page 50

Minnie O. (Perry) Johnson 1867-1967

WALTER JOHNSON’S MOTHER DIES AT 100

Olney, MD.- The mother of the late Walter (Big Train) Johnson, famed pitcher for the Washington Senators, is dead. Minnie O. (Perry) Johnson died Sunday in a nursing home. She was 100.

Born in Wayne County, Ind., Mrs. Johnson lived on farms in the Midwest and the family was operating one in Kansas when Walter went to Washington.

One of her favorite stories was how as a child she had taken care of the guns of Jesse and Frank James when the notorious robbers were lodged overnight at her farm home in Dixon, Missouri

Born 1867-Died December 10, 1967

(Remainder of text of this obituary is missing. The original obituary was printed December 14, 1967 in the Dixon Pilot and was also printed in the Springfield Daily News)