West Plains

Memorial services for Laverne Thompson, 87, West Plains, Missouri, will be Saturday, October 1st at 2:00 pm, at the Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, with officiants Elder Jairus Yates, Reverend Ron Richardson, Justin Barnett, and Leat Stanley, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains. There will be a visitation time starting at 1:00 p.m. until time of service.

She was born the daughter of the late William A. Napier and Grace E. Gulley Napier, on September 21, 1924 in Hutton Valley, Missouri and died September 24, 2011 in West Plains, Missouri.

She was united in marriage July 11, 1961 in West Plains, Missouri to Wayne Thompson.

She is survived by her husband of fifty years, Wayne Thompson, one sister, and two brothers.

Leehman Vincent Trigg, 82, West Plains, Missouri, was born the son of the late O.J. Trigg and Viola Vincent Trigg, on December 21, 1928 in Sedan, Kansas, and died September 22, 2011 in West Plains, Missouri.

He was united in marriage January 31, 1958 in Miami, Oklahoma to Margaret Morris, who preceded him in death January, 1995.

He is survived by one daughter, Andrea Stevens, Macon, Georgia; one daughter-in-law, Elaine Flory Trigg, McPherson, Kansas; two brothers and three sisters; three grandchildren, and three great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Margaret Morris Trigg; his parents O.J. Trigg and Viola Vincent Trigg; one deceased son, John Trigg, and a sister.

He served his country with the United States Army from April 1955 to April 1957 with the Old Guard 3rd Infantry, stationed in Washington, D.C.

Private services will be held in Wichita, Kansas at a later date.

Burial will be held at Lakeview Funeral Home Cemetery and Mausoleum in Wichita, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers, charitable donations may be made in his name to any animal shelter of choice, and can be left at the funeral home.

Local arrangements were under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.

A memorial service for Earl Lloyd Vandermark, 86, West Plains, will be at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, September 24, 2011, in the Jehovah Witness Hall on highway 160.

Earl died at 9:00 pm., Monday, September 12, 2011 at his resident farm. He was born October 9, 1924 at Peach Orchard, Arkansas to Urshel Vandermark and Vera Carroll Vandermark. Earl served in the U.S. Army during WW II. On July 18, 1944, he married Dorothy Hayes at El Monte, California.

Funeral services for Dorthy Ingersoll, 71, formerly of West Plains, Missouri, will be held Friday, September 2, 2011 at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, at 2:00 p.m.

She was born October 25, 1939 at Harrisburg, Arkansas, to James and Lois (Cole) Harper, and died August 29, 2011 in Andover, Kansas.

She was married March 2, 1958, to Jim Ingersoll.

She is survived by her husband, Jim; sons, Chris (Wanda) and Curt; daughters, Sherry, Marcie, and Mina; eight grandchildren, three great grandchildren; brothers, James, Larry, Johnny, Randy and Rick, and sister, Mabel.

Graveside services for Anita Ruth Elam, 95, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 29, 2011, at Oak Lawn Cemetery, West Plains, with Brother Bill Bales officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.

She was born the daughter of the late Ferdinand Buchardt and Annie Zahn Buchardt, on April 2, 1916 in West Chicago, Illinois and died August 26, 2011 in West Plains, Missouri.

Homer Calvin Spears, 87, West Plains, Missouri, died August 24, 2011 at his home in West Plains.

He was born the son of the late Arthur Spears and Lily Hadley Spears, on January 7, 1924 in Crossville, Alabama.

He was united in marriage November 8, 1952 in Flint, Michigan to Sharon Joyce Spears, who preceded him in death.

Graveside services for Howard Keith Collins, 45, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, August 18, 2011, at Siloam Springs Cemetery, with Reverend Dwight Warren officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains, Missouri

Funeral Services for Dona Mildred Ammons, 93, West Plains, Missouri, will be held, 2:00 p.m., Friday, July 8, 2011, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains ,with Dr. Spencer Ray officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, West Plains.

She was born the daughter of the late Calvin Wilson and Florence Barnett Wilson, on January 6, 1918 in Batesville, Arkansas and died July 5, 2011 in West Plains, Missouri.

 She was united in marriage in 1949 to Robert Ammon, who preceded her in death in 1959.

 She is survived by three nieces, Sandy Cline, Pamela Horn, and Jam Moriarty, and a special friend, Linda Hill, West Plains, Missouri.

Funeral Services for Inez York Oliver, 84, West Plains, Missouri, will be at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, with Dr. Neal Myers and Pastor Jerry Arnold officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.

She was born the daughter of the late Homer Hammond and Ruby Jackson Hammond, on May 8, 1927 in Melbourne, Arkansas and died July 1, 2011 in West Plains, Missouri.

 She was married to Fred York, who preceded her in death in 1971. She later married Dwight Oliver, who also preceded her in death in 2006.

 She is survived by two children, Leon (Keaka) York, West Plains, and Brenda (Robert) Lipper, West Plains; three daughters-in-law, Diana Arnold, Marshall, Arkansas, Rosalie York, West Plains, and Janice Engles, Bakersfield, Missouri; sister, Dema Davis, Bend, Oregon; sister-in-law, Treva Hammond, West Plains; several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

Former West Plains resident Frances Hoots, 86, died June 21, 2011, at the home of her daughter in Glendale, Arizona, following a long illness.

Frances Elizabeth Moore, the daughter of Austin and Lida Moore, was born November 26, 1924, in Carter County, Missouri. She grew up in Van Buren, Missouri and graduated from Van Buren High School in 1942.

In 1944 she married Carl Hoots, and following his discharge from the army, they settled in West Plains, where she lived for the next sixty years.

Mrs. Hoots was a long-time member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. She retired from Ozarks Medical Center in 2003 after working twenty-nine years as a medical transcriptionist.

Mrs. Hoots is survived by her three children, Steve Hoots of Springfield, Missouri, Vicki Darr, of Glendale, Arizona and Greg Hoots of Kansas City, Kansas. She is also survived by one sister, Essie Mae DePung, of St. Louis, Missouri, and by six grandchildren, three great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.