Thayer Obituaries

Frances Platts, age 89, of West Plains, Missouri, died on August 16, 2019 at 1:10 PM at Brookhaven Health Care in West Plains, Missouri. No arrangements are being made at this time.

Emma Jean Jeffries was born in Koshkonong, Missouri, the daughter of Homer York and Grace Pressley York on April 7, 1927 and departed this life on August 17, 2019 at her home in St. Charles, Missouri, at the age of 92 years. She was united in marriage to Arthur Jeffries on February 15, 1946 in

Ernestine DeFalco was born in Blytheville, Arkansas, the daughter of Ed Mattox and Pearl Stokes Croney on March 27, 1938 and departed this life on August 12, 2019 at her home in Sparks, Nevada, at the age of 81 years. She was united in marriage to Joseph DeFalco on February 14, 1981 in Las Vegas,

  Lawrence Dale ‘L.D.’ Dunavin was born in Thayer, Missouri, the son of Paul Matthew Dunavin and Opal Lucille Malone Dunavin on August 15, 1929. He departed this life on August 9, 2019 at his home in Pittsburg, Missouri at the age of 89 years, just a few days before his 90th birthday. He was

Mary Vaughn, age 89, of Thayer, Missouri, died Sunday, July 21, 2019 at 7:00 PM in West Vue Nursing & Rehab in West Plains, Missouri. A Memorial Mass will be held at a later date.

Andrew Blankenship, age 85, of Thayer, Missouri died on Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 12:40 PM at Shady Oaks Healthcare Center in Thayer, Missouri. Arrangements are under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc. in Thayer, Missouri. No services are planned at this time.

Dorothy Lou Grooms was born in Thayer, Missouri, the daughter of Lehman Whiteside and Leona Stroud Whiteside on June 28, 1929 and departed this life on July 15, 2019 at Ozarks Medical Center in West Plains, Missouri, just a few weeks after her 90th birthday. She was united in marriage to Cecil Grooms on October

Betty Ann Wetzel was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of Rudolph George Benbenek and Wanda Bell Lewis Benbenek on November 3, 1936 and departed this life on July 12, 2019 in Plainfield, Illinois, at the age of 82 years. She was united in marriage to Donald Truman Wetzel on June 20, 1959 in

James Eulis Russell was born the son of Clarence Russell and Edith Risner Russell on February 27, 1927 in Couch, Missouri and departed this life on July 10, 2019 at Shady Oaks Healthcare in Thayer, Missouri at the age of 92 years. He was united in marriage to Helen Augusta Lassiter on August 31, 1947

Thomas H. Powell was born in Thayer, Missouri, the son of H.H. Powell and Mary C. Buehler Powell on December 4, 1930 and departed this life on July 4, 2019 at his home in Thayer, Missouri, at the age of 88 years. He was united in marriage to Jessa Nell Brewer on April 25, 1953