Harold M. Harbeston, son of the late Thurlow Harbeston and Rhoda E. Lane Harbeston, was born March 27, 1932 in Brandsville, Missouri and died April 23, 2020 at his home in West Plains, Missouri at the age of 88 years.
He was united in marriage July 18, 1953 in West Plains, Missouri to Dorothy McCleary.
He is survived by his wife, Dorothy McCleary Harbeston, of the home, West Plains, Missouri; one brother, Teddy Phillips, Colorado Springs, Colorado; eight grandchildren, Jimmie Grant Fox III, and wife Mary, West Plains, Missouri; Regina Gower and husband, Randall, Joplin, Missouri; Clifford Ray Collins, II and wife Christina, West Plains, Missouri; Selina Stanley, Wch, Ohio; Audrea Ritter and husband, Shaun, Tallahassee, Florida; Lucas Fox and wife, Vanzant, Missouri; William Stanley and wife Brittany, West Plains, Missouri, and Jessica Fox Beeson and husband, St. Louis, Missouri; on great granddaughter, Taylor Rieger and husband, Daniel, Dora, Missouri; several other great grandchildren and great great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by five children, Elena Sue Stanley, Christy Harbeston, Jimmie Grant Fox, Johnnie Chester Fox, and Charlotte; one brother, Charles Harbeston; two sisters, Ann Kelly and Helen Rhoads, and one granddaughter, Leigh Ann Collins.
He attended the Pentecostal Revival Center in West Plains, Missouri. He loved to hunt and fish, run his rabbit dogs, and ride his four wheeler.
Graveside services will be held Tuesday, April 28th at 2:00pm in Howell Memorial Park Cemetery