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

Transcribed by Laura (Abernathy) Huffman

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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Danny Lee Roam d. 17 October 1968

DANNY LEE ROAM

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services for Danny Lee Roam, 16, Route 1, Waynesville, will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in the United Pentecostal Church here with the Rev. Cecil McCutcheon officiating. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery near Swedeborg under direction of Moss-Williams of Waynesville.

The youth was shot about 6 p.m. Thursday in an accident which occurred while he and friends hunted for squirrels in the Gladden Park area on Mo. 17 eight miles west of Waynesville. The youth was rushed to the Pulaski County Hospital here where he died about 6:45 p.m.

Surviving are his parents, Leo Roam, Route 1, Waynesville, and Mrs. Norma Amacker, Devil’s Elbow; two sisters, Linda and Janet, both of the home; the paternal grandmother, Mrs. Lena Fay Roam, St. Louis; and the maternal grandmother, Mrs. Melvin Rogers, Lebanon.

The Springfield News-Leader

Springfield, Missouri

19 October 1968

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John Richard Thomas d. 18 September 1968

WAYNESVILLE- Funeral services for John Richard Thomas, 29, Waynesville, who died at Pulaski County Hospital Wednesday after a lingering illness will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Moss-Williams Chapel. The Rev. Wilbur Harbaugh will officiate and burial will be in Waynesville Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Thomas is survived by his mother and step-father, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Sharp, Waynesville; and three brothers, Charles Thomas, Waynesville, Horace McDaniel, Indianapolis, Ind., and James Thomas, St. Louis.

Springfield Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri
19 September 1968
Page 51

Danny Killingsworth d. 29 March 1968

Boy, 14, Dies In Gym Class

'Heart Gave Way,' Autopsy Indicates

WAYNESVILLE (Special)- Funeral services will be held Monday for a 14-year-old Waynesville youth who died Friday during exercises in a physical education class here.

A spokesman for the Moss-Williams funeral home said an autopsy showed that Danny Killingsworth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Buford Clark, died instantly when his "heart just gave way."

Young Killingsworth, who had not been known to suffer from any previous illness was an eighth grade student at Waynesville Junior High School. The youth was climbing a rope as part of a class exercise about 11:30 a.m. Friday when he suddenly let go.

Someone caught him before he struck the floor, and Howard Neeley, ninth grade basketball coach and assistant football coach, administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation but to no avail. A doctor was called to the school and pronounced the boy dead a short time after the incident.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m.  Monday at the West Side Baptist Church.

The Revs. Norman Sanders and Lyall Cox will officiate, and burial will be in the Waynesville Memorial Cemetery under direction of Moss-Williams.

Survivors in addition to the mother and step-father include three brothers, Mike, Gregg and Larry, all of the home; two sisters, Lori and Debby Kay, both of the home; paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George Manning, Plato; and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. H.J. Doty, Lebanon.

Springfield Leader and Press
Springfield, Missouri
30 March 1968
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Warrant Officer Michael Ray Harlamert (1948-1968)

Services Held For Youth Killed in Vietnam Aug. 20

The body of Warrant Officer Michael Harlamert, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fatley, of Route 1, Dixon, was returned here for services and burial this week.

Warrant Officer Harlamert was killed Aug. 20 in Vietnam when he was serving as a helicopter pilot. He was a graduate of the Waynesville High School and well known in this area.

In addition to his parents, he is survived by two brothers, Larry B. of Fort Walters, Texas, and Kenneth of the home, a sister Sharon, also of the home; his paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Harlamert of Hartville; and maternal grandfather, Noah Davis also of Hartville.

Memorial services were held on Tuesday at the Moss-Williams Chapel in Waynesville and funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Hartville with burial in the Steele Memorial Cemetery at Hartville with full military rites.

6 January, 1948 - 20 August, 1968