West Plains Obituaries

James W. Bray, Jr. was born December 26, 1964 in Belleville, Illinois to James Bray, Sr. and Nancy Fitzpatrick Bray. James passed away December 11, 2020 in Moberly, Missouri. He is survived by his father, James Bray Sr. and stepmother, Frances Bray of West Plains; one sister, Dorie Magilke, Branson, Missouri; three nieces, Brittany Harper, […]

      Mary Elizabeth Easley Durham passed away peacefully at 6:45 am on the eighth day of December 2020, at her home where she had lived since 1963.     Mary was born in Fairfax, Missouri on the first day of November 1925 to John Authur Easley and Mary Lucinda Fite Easley.      In 1932, she […]

Charles Joseph Besse, Jr., 71, West Plains, Missouri, passed away December 3, 2020 at his home in West Plains. Memorial visitation will be held Monday, December 7, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains.

Bonnie Louise Earls Chapman stepped into Heaven Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 2020. She was born March 25, 1930, in Leachville, Arkansas. Her parents were Barney Fred Earls and Sunshine (Friar) Earls. On June 27, 1948, she was married to William Newell Stone, and to this union her three children were born. In 1967 she married […]

Eleanor Marquardt Graveside services for Eleanor Marquardt, 85, Brandsville, Missouri, will be held Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Union Hill Cemetery, Howell County, Missouri, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains. She was born the daughter o Carl Moerschel and Eleanor Scaepaniak November 16, 1934 […]

Funeral services for Carl “Buck” Newton Daily, 79, West Plains, Missouri, will be held Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains. He was born the son of late William Newton Daily and Mayme Grace Parker Daily December 21, 1940 in Snowball, Arkansas, and died October 24, 2020 at […]

Funeral services for Mary Jo Corman, 90, Pomona, Missouri, will be held at the Pomona Christian Church in Pomona, Missouri, on Wednesday, October 28 at 2:00 p.m., with Pastor Marcus Allen officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains. She was born the daughter of the late Wayne and Jessie May Bryan, […]

Barbara Prewitt, 90, West Plains, Missouri died October 21, 2020 at Brooke Haven Healthcare, West Plains. She was born the daughter of the late Ernest L. Kimball and Laura Gregory Kimball, on March 19, 1930 in Auburn, Massachusetts. She was united in marriage May 4, 1947 in Moncks Corner, South Carolina to William Prewitt. She […]

Harley Leroy Watkins passed away at 12:33 pm, Saturday, October 17, 2020 at Southeast Hospital, in Cape Girardeau Missouri. He was born June 3, 1945 in Oregon County, Missouri to Alfred Eual Watkins and Lillian Gertrude Shelton Watkins. He served in the Army during Vietnam War from October of 1965 to October of 1967. On […]

Graveside services for Eunice C. “Bassham “ Shaver, 94, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, October 4, 2020, at State Line Cemetery with the Reverend Dennis McGinley officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains. Eunice was born to Jesse and May Yankey on April 25, 1926. Her […]