Berchie Mae (Shelton) Rowland 1912-1985

Berchie Mae Rowland was born in Crocker, Missouri on December 9, 1912, the daughter of Thomas and Arlena Thornsberry Shelton and passed away in the Lebanon Hospital on October 11, 1985.  She had attained the age of 72.

She was united in marriage to Claude Rowland on August 29, 1961.

She accepted Jesus Christ as her personal Saviour at an early age and was a faithful member of the Concord Christian Church.  She loved flowers and gardening and was a loving mother and grandmother.  She will be sadly missed by all who knew and loved her.

Funeral services were held in the Concord Christian Church on Monday, October 14, 1985 at 2:00 pm.m with the Reverend Lee Todd officiating.

Burial was in the Concord Cemetery under the direction of the Long Moss Williams Chapel of Crocker.

Serving as her pallbearers were Lyle Studer, John Stafford, Dave and Dewey Luttrell and Ralph and Clay Duncan.

She is survived by her husband, Claude of the home, two daughters, and son-in-laws, Virginia and Richard Tingle of Crocker and Chariet and Ray York of Waynesville, two grandsons, Charlie Tingle of Crocker and Kenny York of Waynesville, one great grandson, Craig, one brother, Carl Shelton of Iberia, and one sister, Irene Wall of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

She was preceded in death by one son, Carl, one brother, Orville, and her husband, Charlie Whittle.

Velma Alice (Whittle) Stokes 1921-1993

Velma Alice Stokes, 71, Crocker, died Monday at St. Johns Hospital, Springfield. She was born Sept. 5, 1921, in Iberia, a daughter of William and Ethel Barr Whittle. She was married Sept 17, 1944, in Crocker to Larry Stokes, who survives at the home. She taught school for 37 years and retired from the Waynesville school system after 25 years.

Other survivors include: three sons, Jerry Stokes, Springfield, Donald Stokes and Thomas Stokes, both of Crocker; two daughters, Jeannie Stokes, Seattle, Wash., and Nadine Breunig, Reeseville, Wis.; one sister, Corrine Nair, Grand Junction Colo.; two brothers, Junior Whittle, Crocker, and James Whittle, Eli, Nev.; and 11 grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Crocker Christian Church. Pastor Merwyn McMillan will officiate. Burial will be in Crocker Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. today at the Long Funeral Home, Crocker.

5 September, 1921 - 16 August, 1993

William Robert “Bob” Whittle 1890-1982

William Robert “Bob” Whittle, formerly of Crocker, Missouri, residing at the Winsor Estates Nursing Home of Camdenton, Missouri, was born in Miller County on November 10, 1890; the son of James and Mary (Keeth) Whittle and departed this life on August 6, 1982 at the V.A. Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. He had attained the age of 91 years, 8 months, and 27 days.

Funeral services were conducted Sunday, August 8, 1982 at the Long Moss Williams Chapel in Crocker, Missouri at 2 p.m. with Farris Wall officiating.

Burial was in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery of Crocker, Missouri under the direction of the Long Moss Williams Funeral Home of Crocker.

He is survived by two daughters: Velma Stokes, Crocker, Missouri; Corrina Nair, Grand Junction, Colorado; two sons: Robert Whittle, Jr., Stoutland, Missouri; James Whittle, Ely, Nevada; twelve grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; three brothers: Elmer Whittle, Versailles, Missouri, Arthur Whittle, Versailles, Missouri, Everett Whittle, Stover, Missouri; three sisters: Nora Keeth, Versailles, Missouri, Flora Huff, Versailles, Missouri; Dora Lockwood, Harper, Kansas.

He was preceded in death by his parents and his wife, Ethel (Barr) Whittle and one daughter, Burnadean Lobmaster.