Thayer Obituaries

       Melvin Dean Barton 89 of West Plains, Missouri, passed from this life on Friday July 1, 2022. He was born October 25, 1932, in Alton Missouri to Elgan and Bonnie (Sanders) Barton.      Melvin was united in marriage to Lois Waggoner on July 10, 1952. They were married for 70 wonderful years, had […]

Beautiful, energetic, witty, endearing, brutally honest, fashion forward, fierce, strong, loving, kind. Evelyn “Sue” Hightower Vaughn 81 of Mammoth Spring Arkansas, passed from this life on Monday June 27, 2022 at home. She was born on December 16, 1940, in Kittle (Sharp County) Arkansas to Hubert and Isaphene (Tharp) Hightower. She was a long-standing member […]

Barbara Maxine Allen was born January 25, 1933, at Stoney Point community near Thayer, Missouri, the daughter of Ivory Foy Childers and Edna Viola (Winn) Childers.  She departed this life on June 23, 2022, at Shady Oaks in Thayer, Missouri.  She was 89 years and 5 months old. She graduated from Koshkonong High School in […]

James Wilburn “Peck” Baker, of Mammoth Spring, Arkansas departed from this life on June 11, 2022, in Jonesboro, Arkansas at the grand age of 97. He was preceded in death by his wife, Earnestine Callahan Baker; infant twin daughters, Marsha and Marzee Baker; his parents, James V. and Velma Wiley Baker; his two brothers, Harold […]

Billy A. Drye was born the son of John A. Drye and Gertie (Meeks) Drye on December 11, 1932 in Thayer, Missouri and departed this life on June 12, 2022 in West Plains Missouri at the age of 89 years. He was raised the beloved baby boy of a large and loving family with two […]

Joreta Ruth Romine Frealy was born the daughter of Thomas S. Romine and Fanny L. (Murphy) Romine on February 10, 1939 in Heart, Arkansas, and departed this life on June 8, 2022 in West Plains, Missouri at 83 years of age. She was united in marriage on March 11, 1957 in Salem, Arkansas to Billy […]

James (Jim) Grigsby was born May 28, 1955, the son of Oakley Grigsby and Anna Wowas Grigsby in Hazard, Kentucky, and departed this life on May 30, 2022 at his home in Thayer, Missouri at the young age of 67 years. He is survived by Julia, his wife of 40 years; his mother, Anna Grigsby; […]

“Did you hear about ole Jonesey? He died” – RJ March 2022 Randall Jones of Thayer, Missouri passed away peacefully on May 20, 2022 at the young age of 73 after a battle with cancer. Randy was born on September 1, 1948 in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas to Herb Jones and Martha Posey Jones. He was […]

John Franklin Ogden passed away on May 23, 2022, at his home in Myrtle, Missouri at the age of 85. John was born in Hartford, Connecticut on April 13, 1937 to Quentin and Alice Ogden. He was preceded in death by his parents, Quentin and Alice Ogden; and three siblings, Quentin, Donnie, and Alice. John […]

Freda Mae Caldwell, daughter of the late Roy Lee Hurtt and Grace McHenry Hurtt, was born June 15, 1934, in Many Islands, Arkansas, and departed this life on May 23, 2022, surrounded by her family in her home in Thayer, Missouri, at the age of 87 years, 11 months, and 8 days. She was united […]