Harrold Guinnip Braynard, son of Bruce and Daisy Braynard was born July 19, 1922 at Marshall, Illinois and died August 13, 2012 at West Plains, Missouri at the age of 90 years.
He was married to Novella Perkins April 19, 1947 at Marshall, Illinois.
He is survived by his wife, Novella; son, Gary and Linda of West Plains; grandsons, Shane and wife, Terri, and daughter, Autumn, of West Plains, and Dustin and wife, Krystal, of St. Louis; great grandson, Brody Smith of San Francisco; great granddaughters, Miranda Wright and husband, Jessie, of West Plains, and Megan Mitchell and husband, Stuart, of Mtn. Grove; great great grandson, Braxtin Wright of West Plains.
Funeral Services for Florene Eva Mason, 91, Alma, Illinois, will be held at 10:00 a.m.. Wednesday, August 8, 2012, at the Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, with Reverend Bill Finney officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.
She was born the daughter of the late Cleve Brotherton and Grace Burroughs Brotherton, on December 23, 1920 in Olden, Missouri and died August 4, 2012 in Salem, Illinois.
She was united in marriage in East Saint Louis, Illinois on January 17, 1948 to Gay Mason, who preceded her in death January 23, 1998.
She is survived by two children, Rita Johnson, Alma, Illinois, and Ron Mason, wife, Darlene, Whiteland, Indiana; three grandchildren, Kerry Dougherty, wife, Cathy, Eaton, Colorado, Daniel Mason, Jacksonville, Arkansas and Nicholas Cannon-Mason, Whiteland, Indiana; five great grandchildren, Micheal Dougherty, New Baden, Illinois, Scarlett Dougherty and Alyssa Dougherty, Eaton, Colorado, Britna Mason and Briana Mason, Jacksonville, Arkansas, and one great great granddaughter, Willow Jean Dougherty, New Baden, Illinois.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, and eight siblings, Delbert, Woodrow, Jewell, Orval, and Robert Brotherton, Blanche Dryer, Lucille Wood, and Evelyn Daniels.
She was a lifelong member of the Oak Grove Baptist Church in Howell County, Missouri.
She was a devoted wife, loving mother, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother, and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimers Association or the Gideon’s and can be left at the funeral home.
Visitation was held Tuesday, August 7, 2012 at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains. Burial will be in Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.
Graveside services for James “Don” Watkins, 74, Rover, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 16, 2012, at Huddleston Cemetery, with Minister Greg McLaughlin officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.
He was born the son of the late Alfred Watkins and Gertrude Schell Watkins, on October 16, 1937 in Walden, Colorado and died August 12, 2012 at his home in Rover, Missouri.
He was united in marriage January 5, 1957 in Miami, Oklahoma to Gertrude “Billie” Wilson, who preceded him in death on July 23, 2006.
He is survived by three children, Brenda Austin, Centerton, Arkansas, Tammy McLaughlin, husband, Greg, West Plains, Missouri, and James Watkins, Jr., wife, Shannon, Rover, Missouri; one special sister-in-law, Elaine Colvin and husband, Charles, Lamar, Arkansas; two brothers, Ted Watkins, wife, Elizabeth, Rover, Missouri, Harley Watkins, wife, Bernadette, Rover, Missouri; three sisters, Betty Pitcock, husband, Frank, West Plains, Missouri, Bonnie Myers, husband, Leand, Braidwood, Illinois, and Beulah Stavros, state of Illinois; twelve grandchildren;, and eleven great grandchildren.
Funeral Services for Marie Moore, 78, West Plains, Missouri, will be 2:00pm Saturday, August 4, 2012, at the Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains with the Brother Joey Hight officiating under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, West Plains.
She was born the daughter of the late James Myricks and Alice Myricks, on March 2, 1934 in Malden, Missouri and died August 1, 2012 in West Plains, Mo.
She was united in marriage November 14, 1953 in Risco, Missouri to Louis Moore.
She is survived by one daughter, LaDonna Caraway and husband Randy; two grandchildren, Trey Caraway and wife Rachelle and Amanda Bell and husband Christopher; three great grandchildren, Randall Caraway, Austin Caraway, and Hailie Bell, all of West Plains; one brother, Everett Hardy of California; two sisters, Margie Garrett, Pleasant Garden, North Carolina and Joyce Green, Parma, Missouri.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Louis Moore; her parents James Myricks and Alice Myricks; one brother, Clifford Roharbauch and two sisters, Lois Allen and Lillian Dejournett.
She worked at the shoe factory for over 30 years and was a farmer. She attended the Calvary Pentecostal Tabernacle, West Plains.
Harold Wayne Havens passed away July 29, 2012 in West Plains, Missouri.
Harold was born December 21, 1945 in Willow Springs, Missouri to James and Janet (Webb) Havens.
When he was seven, the family moved to Lyle, Washington. Harold joined the Navy in 1966 and was very proud of his service time. He worked in Electronics Manufacturing in Oregon until he returned to Howell County eleven years ago. Harold was active in the Lost Camp Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Charles and is survived by brother Guy, and sister, Lu.
A memorial service will be held August 11, 2012 at 10:00am at the Lost Camp Baptist Church.
Funeral services for Howard William Davis, 85, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, June 30, 2012, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, with Keith Evans officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.
He was born the son of the late Floyd Davis and Ella Tatum Davis, on March 24, 1927 in Oxford, Arkansas and died June 25, 2012 in Springfield, Missouri.
He was united in marriage August 19, 1943 in Oxford, Arkansas to Velma Ford. who preceded him in death May 13, 2004.
He is survived by five children, Carol McAmis, West Plains, Missouri, Judy Woodraska (Lowell), Millington, Illinois, Joy Bryant (Gerald), Somonauk, Illinois, Cathy Thomas (Dan), South Elgin, Illinois, and Robin Nielsen (David), Mountain Grove, Missouri; 23 grandchildren; 60 great grandchildren, and 8 great great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; two children, Evelyn Bolin and Don Davis; four brothers, J. D., Deal, Paul, and Robert Davis and one grandson, Marshall Woodraska.
He attended the Promise Land Church, West Plains. He served his country in the United States Navy.
Memorial contributions may be made to NHC, and can be left at the funeral home.
Visitation will be held Saturday, June 30, 2012 from 11:00 a.m. to service time.
Burial will be in Keirn Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.
Funeral Services for Billy Junior Neal, 80, Bakersfield, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, June 28, 2012, at the Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, with Chaplain Van Williams officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.
He was born the son of the late William Neal and Nora Lee Harmon Neal, on August 3, 1931 in Cameron, Missouri and died June 23, 2012 in Bakersfield, Missouri.
He was united in marriage July 28, 1954 in Cameron, Missouri to Doris Estes.
He is survived by his wife, Doris Jean Estes Neal, of the home, Bakersfield, Missouri; four children, Judy Peterson, Pinellas Park, Florida, Billy W. Neal, wife, Alice, Caulfield, Missouri, Rick Neal, Bakersfield, Missouri, and Robert Neal, wife, Melanie, Osborn, Missouri; two sisters, Barb Korneman, husband, Larry, Cameron, Missouri and Betty Gibson, Cameron, Missouri; fourteen grandchildren and twenty-five great grandchildren.
Funeral Services for Johnny Newton Woods, 98, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2012, at the Junction Hill Pentecostal Church, West Plains, with Reverend Dwain Galiher and Reverend Floyd Parks officiating under the direction of Carter Funeral Home,Inc., West Plains.
He was born the son of the late John Woods and Ada Layman Woods, on June 19, 1914 in Thomasville, Missouri and died June 20, 2012 in West Plains, Missouri.
He was united in marriage January 10, 1942 in Alton, Missouri to Opal Miller.
He is survived by his wife, Opal Miller Woods, of the home, West Plains, Missouri; five children, David Woods, wife, Jeralene, Birchtree, Missouri, J.R. Woods, wife, Donna, Marion, Illinois, Glenna Green, Salem, Arkansas, Lonnie Woods, wife, Catherine, West Plains, Missouri, Rebecca Thompson, husband, Barry, Birchtree, Missouri; one sister, Adaline Bradley, Kansas City, Kansas; eighteen grandchildren, and thirty-two great grandchildren.
Mary Ann Dowell (“Murph” to those who knew her as a child and “Maw” to almost everyone else) of West Plains, Missouri, was born into this world on the living room floor of the family home in Norman, Oklahoma, on April 17, 1946. After a brief bout with sudden illness, our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and mother-in-law departed this life at the young age of 66 on Tuesday, June 20th. Her final moments of earthly existence were spent in the company of the family who loved her intensely – and then she was gone exactly in the manner she would have preferred – quietly and with dignity.
Mary Ann is survived by her husband and soulmate of 47 years, Charles Dowell; her children: Derek, Kent, and Drew; grand-children: Dakota, Keira, Atanna, Cassandra, LaTessa, and Evan; brothers and sisters: Jim, John, Betty, Evelyn, Elaine, and Jenny; and daughters-in-law: Christine, Lisa, and PJ. Mary Ann was preceded in death by her parents, Van Grady Bryson and Teresa Bryson, both of Houston, Texas.
Though born in Oklahoma, Van and Teresa soon relocated their growing brood to Houston, Texas, in search of work. Mary Ann spent her childhood on Halifax Street and met her future husband there at the age of six. After marriage and giving birth to three children over the course of two years, the family moved to Canyon, Texas, before settling for good in West Plains, Missouri, where Mary Ann and Charles realized their lifelong dream of owning land in the country.
“The farm,” as referred to by her family, came to be a place of calm relaxation from the chaos of the outside world for Mary Ann and Charles. It was where Murph indulged in her creative side with an impressive assortment of “old world” skills tike gardening, quilting, sewing, pottery, cooking, (and HOW she could cook) and almost any other activity she decided to try her hand at. In later years, Mary Ann found ever fewer reasons to leave the farm, preferring a quiet life among the wooded hilts, big sky, and near zoo quality selection of cows, pigs, chickens, sheep, cats, and dogs.
Mary Ann’s working life began immediately following high school at Gordon’s Jewelry in Houston, Texas, but she was forced to quit when management discovered her status as a single woman was in jeopardy – back then, some businesses preferred their sales associates unencumbered by family ties. Soon afterward, Mary Ann was hired as a secretary by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), where she worked in the office of one of America’s original Mercury Seven astronauts, Scott Carpenter.
Junior Bridges, son of the late Drew Thomas Bridges and Alpha Cooper Bridges, was born June 1, 1934 in Viola, Arkansas and died June 19, 2012 in West Plains, Missouri at the age of 78 years.
He was united in marriage December 2, 1951 in Salem, Arkansas to Lyndall Ball.
He is survived by his wife, Lyndall Ball Bridges, of the home, West Plains; three children, Kelly Bridges, wife, Debbie, Pomona, Missouri, LaDonna Bridges, Westborough, Massachusetts, and James Gregory Bridges, wife, Leslie, Noblesville, Indiana; one brother, Bobby Bridges, wife, Marge, West Plains; six grandchildren, Amee Minge, husband, Justin, West Plains, Rory Bridges, wife, Lexi, Nixa, Missouri, Caitlin Hoffman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Taylor Hoffman, Westborough, Massachusetts, Madeline Bridges, Noblesville, Indiana, and Olivia Bridges, Noblesville, Indiana; four great grandchildren, Ethan Minge, West Plains, Anna Minge, West Plains, Aven Bridges, Nixa, Missouri, and Paxton Bridges, Nixa, Missouri. Also the family wanted to mention Junior’s precious caregiver, Cheryl Morgan. She was truly a blessing for this family.
He was preceded in death by his parents; one son, Terry Bruce Bridges; four brothers, Clyde Richardson, J.C. Bridges, Roy Bridges, and Coy Lee Bridges; six sisters, Barbara Barnett, Anna Mae Wray, Ruby Jean Handlesman, Thelma Todd, Alma Davis, and Lola Westerfield.
He loved to hunt, fish, work in his garden, and work on his farm. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren. In his early years he was the owner of a race car, traveling around to the different tracks. He was an avid NASCAR fan.
Services will be held Friday, June 22, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, with Reverend David Ball officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gideon’s and left at the funeral home.
Visitation will be held Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains.
