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Earl Ree Chastain
MT. VERNON, Mo. -- Earl Ree Chastain, 87, died at 5:03 p.m. Saturday, May 17, 2003, at his home after an illness.
Mr. Chastain was born Nov. 21, 1915, at Laclede County to Wilford Valentine and Minnie Starks Chastain. He was a carpenter by trade and lived most of his life in the Lawrence County area.
He had been a member of the Northside Baptist Church since 1995.
He married
Ruth Patton on March 2, 1940, in Miller, and she survives.
Additional survivors include six daughters, Dorothy Anderson, Carthage, Lucille Bowers and husband Jimmie, Mt. Vernon, Bernice Linder and husband Jackie, Reeds, Kathy Rickets and husband Brent, Arlene Huse; one son, Lloyd Pat Chastain, Nevada; one sister, Effie Pennington, Miller; 21 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Larry Chastain; a daughter, Linda Marie Chastain Hill; two great-grandsons, Thomas "Tom Tom" Hull III and Kaden Charles Gates Davis; two brothers, Allen and Eddie Chastain; two sisters, Oma Morris and Edna Pennington.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 21 in the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, Mt. Vernon, with the Rev. Eldon King officiating. Burial will be in Miller Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be from 6-7 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Alzheimer's-Dementia Association in care of the funeral home.
Samuel D. Cowgill Sr.
Samuel D. Cowgill Sr., 69, Carthage, died Sunday, May 18, 2003, at St. John's Regional Medical Center, Joplin, after an illness.
Mr. Cowgill was born July 18, 1933. He graduated from high school and was a U.S. Army veteran, serving with the 82nd Airborne. He had owned and operated Woody's Rental, Carthage.
He married
Loretta M. Quintard, and she survives.
Other survivors include three sons, Sam Cowgill Jr., Kenton Cowgill and Dan Cowgill, all of Carthage; a daughter, Brenda Cowgill, Carthage; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, May 22 at the Carterville cemetery, Carterville.
Visitation will be from 7-8 p.m. Wednesday, May 21 at Housh Funeral Home, Sarcoxie.
Addie M. Houser
Addie M. Houser, 89, died Monday, May 19, 2003, at St. Luke's Nursing Center, Carthage. Arrangements are pending with Ulmer Funeral Home, Carthage.
Fred "Son" L. Isenmann
JASPER, Mo. - Fred "Son" Louis Isenmann, 84, Jasper, died at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 22, 2003, at his home.
Mr. Isenmann was born Aug. 1, 1918, to Fred Louis Sr. and Alice Billington Isenmann in Jasper County. He was co-owner of the Jasper Implement Co. as an International Harvester dealer and was a farmer. He was a member of the Jasper United Methodist Church. He served several years on the Jasper R-5 School Board and was a member of the American Legion. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
He was united in marriage to Irene Tubaugh on July 23, 1941, in Harrisonville, Mo. She survives.
Additional survivors include three daughters, Sherry Heckman, Vancouver, Wash., Linda Foulks, Joplin, Julie Teater, Lamar; two sisters, Dorothy Zaerr, Jasper and Doris Konantz, Lamar; six grandchildren, Melinda Doyle, Jason Foulks, Bryce Teater, Mike Heckman, John Heckman and Jeff Heckman and five great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 24 at Weng Funeral Chapel, Jasper. Burial will be in Mitchell cemetery, east of Jasper.
Memorials are suggested to Community Hospices of America or the Jasper United Methodist Church.
Addie May House
Addie May Houser, 89, Carthage, died at 1:20 p.m. on Monday, May 19, 2003, at St. Luke's Nursing Center.
Mrs. Houser was born Nov. 3, 1913, in Hannibal, Mo., to Ebenezer E. Reynolds and Addie May Silver. She was a homemaker and member of the Jehovah's Witness Church of Carthage.
She married
Amon P. Houser on Sept. 10, 1937, in Bowling Green, Mo. He preceded her in death in 1988.
Survivors include a son, Gary Houser, Joplin; a daughter, Sherry Twyman, Burlington, Iowa; a brother, Milton Reynolds, Lancaster, Calif.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, Dennis Houser in 1963 and five brothers.
The body will be cremated.
Services will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 24 at the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall, Carthage. Arrangements are under the direction of Ulmer Funeral Home.
Minnie F. Wisely
LAMAR, Mo. - Minnie F. Wisely, 92, Lamar, died at 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, 2003, at St. Luke's Nursing Center in Carthage.
Mrs. Wisely was born March 26, 1912, in Sheldon, Mo., to Charlie and Josie Allen Shepard. She was a homemaker and member of First Assembly of God Church in Lamar.
In 1927 she married
Claude Doyle Starlin in Billisca, Iowa. He died in 1958. She married
Logan Wisely in 1974 in Sheldon, Mo. He died in 1983.
Survivors include a son, Loyd Gene Starlin, Lamar; two daughters, Dessie Slates, Carthage, and Sharon Belline, Lamar; seven step-children, Jack Wisely, Jeanie Simmons, Dorothy McCaslin, Marian Barnes, Norma Mooneyhan, Lucille Hooper and Frank Wisely; 12 grandchildren; 27 stepgrandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; 28 stepgreat-grancidlren and 10 great-great-granchildren.
Two sons, Edward Starlin and Floyd Starlin, a brother, Allen Shepard, and a sister, Lorna Babcock, preceded her in death.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 23, at First Assembly of God Church in Lamar with Dave McLennan, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Sheldon cemetery.
Memorials contributions are suggested to the Gideon's International in care of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar.
Lloyd G. Pinkley
Funeral services for Lloyd G. Pinkley, 79, who died at 3:47 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, 2003, at McCune-Brooks Hospital were held at 2 p.m. Friday, may 23, 2003 at Cross Roads Baptist Church in Carthage.
Rev. Bob Morgan officiated. Brother Ron Bragg spoke. Musical selections were "This Old House, " "Amazing Grace," and the Cross Roads Quartet, consisting of Jason Ritchie, Nicholas Ritchie, Luke Bragg and Charlie Davis sang "What a Day that will be."
Pallbearers were Ben Pinkley, Mike Danner, Gary Danner, Gary Ray Danner, Scott Fowler and Brian Meseke. Interment was in the Reeds cemetery in Reeds. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Diabetes Association.
Arrangements under the direction of Knell Mortuary.
James Warren Galbraith
James Warren Galbraith, 90, died at 5:45 p.m. Friday, May 23 at his home.
Services are pending with Ulmer Funeral Home.
Alberta Harris
Alberta Harris, 82, Carthage, died at 5:05 p.m. on Monday, May 26, 2003, at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, after a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Harris was born Sept. 10, 1920, in Kansas City, Mo. to Austin and Dell Rose Lynch. She graduated from East High School in Kansas City and attended Harding College in Searcy, Ark., for one year. She was a secretary in the loan department of First Security Savings, Carthage. She also worked as a secretary for the Pioneer Oil Company for seven years. She was a member of the Elm Road Church of Christ and was a Sunday School teacher there for grades one through five.
She married
Audrey J. Harris on April 19, 1947, in Olathe, Kan. He preceded her in death on Nov. 5, 1995.
Survivors include two sons, Robert A. Harris, Independence, Mo., Larry A. Harris, Columbus, Ohio; a daughter, Judy L. Barnes, Springfield; four brothers, Jack Kean and Austin Lynch, both Fayette, Mo., Ralph Kean and Jim Lynch, both Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Dorothy Obbink, Independence, Mo., and Eileen Potter, Kansas City, Mo., and eight grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers, Francis Lynch, Lloyd Lynch, Tom Kean, and two sisters, Gladys Mansure and Shirley Duren.
Visitation was held Wednesday at Knell Mortuary, Carthage.
Services were held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Knell Mortuary with the Rev. Jim Poland officiating.
Burial was in Oak Hill cemetery, Carthage.
Memorials are suggested to the Willow Brook Christian Community in care of Knell Mortuary.
Theo Clair Rosenthal
LAMAR, Mo. - Theo Clair Rosenthal, 89, Lamar, died at 6:30 a.m. on Friday, May 23, 2003, at Good Shepherd Nursing Home, Lamar.
Mrs. Rosenthal was born Oct. 13, 1913, in Ulysses, Neb. to Thomas and Amy Louis Johnson Pope. She had lived in Lamar since 1943. She was a homemaker and member of the First Christian Church, Lamar.
She was united in marriage to Gerald Raymond Rosenthal on March 28, 1933, in Gering, Neb. He preceded her in death on Dec. 16, 1963.
Survivors include two daughters, Donna Kilpatrick, Golden City, and Karen Orahood, Lamar; a son, Gary Rosenthal, Carthage; 13 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a grandson, Jeffrey Smith.
Graveside services were held Tuesday at Lake cemetery, Lamar under the direction of Weng Funeral Chapel, Jasper.
Clarence L. Hall
SPRINGDALE, Ark. - Clarence Leon Hall, 88, Springdale, Ark., died Monday, May 26, 2003, at his home.
Mr. Hall was born Jan. 13, 1915, in Fort Smith, Ark., to Clarence Arthur and Bessie Moody Hall. He serviced in the U.S. Army. He owned and operated a saw mill. He was a Baptist and a former member of the Masonic Lodge.
He married
Violet Poor, who survives.
Additional survivors are two sons, Vernon Duncan, Libby, Mont., and Clarence Leon Hall Jr., Carthage; three daughters, Betty Warnock Black, Camdenton, Mo., Mary Peck, Mountainburg, Ark., and Glenda Berry, Fayetteville, Ark.; four brothers, Leo Hall of Fort Smith, Ark., Rufus Hall, Tracy, Calif., Carl Hall and Earl Hall, both of Sacramento, Calif.; four sisters, Pearl Jackson, Bakersfield, Calif., Viola Tillery, Stockton, Calif., Dovie Brecken, Tracy, Calif., Reba Thornson, Wemire, Calif., 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Services were held today at Sisco Chapel in Springdale with the Rev. Lloyd Johnston officiating. Burial was in White Oak cemetery.
Pallbearers were Verlon Poor, Virgil Poor, Van Poor, Bill Berry, Jason Cranston and Christopher Shores.
Zella "Billie" Nolan.
Services for Zella "Billie" Mae Nolan, 85, Carthage, who died Monday, May 19, 2003, were held May 22 at First Baptist Church, Carthage. Bob Holman, pastor, officiated. Donna Turner was organist. Joyce McLemore was vocalist.
Burial was held in Paradise cemetery, under the direction of Weng Funeral Chapel, Jasper.
Pallbearers were Jeff Gates, Daniel Gates, John Bacon and David Osburn.
Fred "Son" Louis Isenmann
JASPER, Mo. - Services for Fred "Son" Louis Isenmann, 84, Jasper, who died Thursday, May 22, 2003, were held May 24 at Weng Funeral Chapel, Jasper. The Revs. Cliff Crocket and John Swatosh officiated. Karalyle Flenniken was organist. Kenneth Hoenshell, vocalist, sang "One Day At A Time" and "In the Garden."
Burial was held in Mitchell cemetery.
Pallbearers were Mike Heckman, John Heckman, Jason Foulks, Bryce Teater, Shawn Doyle and Gary Potter.
Esther L. Landes
ORONOGO, Mo. - Esther L. Landes, 83, Oronogo, died at 8:51 p.m. on Tuesday, May 27, 2003, at Freeman West, Joplin.
Mrs. Landes was born Oct. 24, 1919, in Joplin to Floyd Johnston and Annabell Frizzle. She was a homemaker.
She married
Albert G. Landes on Aug. 5, 1936. He survives.
Additional survivors are five sons, Albert M. Landes, Webb City, Arthur D. Landes, Oronogo, Carl E. Landes, Carl Junction, Robert W. Landes, Springfield, and Terry R. Landes, Palestine, Texas; 17 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, George L. Landes.
Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. on Friday at Weaver cemetery under the direction of Simpson Funeral Home, Webb City.
Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association.
