West Plains Obituaries

Graveside services for Earsel Eugene Long, Jr., 71, Koshkonong, Missouri, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Monday, October 5, 2020, at the South Fork Cemetery with Reverend Randall Carroll officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, West Plains. He was born the son of the late Earsel Eugene Long, Sr. and Ola Beatrice Jones […]

Kelly Bridges, 68, West Plains, Missouri, died September 21, 2020 at his home in Pomona, Missouri. A Celebration of Life Service will be held on October 1, 2020 at 10:30 at the Forest Dell Cemetery, near Mountain View, Missouri. Local arrangements were under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains, Missouri.

Benjamin Earl Collins, son of the late Benford Collins and Octie Collins Collins, was born May 11, 1945 in Richville, Missouri and died September 15, 2020 in West Plains, Missouri at the age of 75 years.      He is survived by two children, Carrie Collins and friend, Jeff Mayberry, West Plains, Missouri and Benny Collins, […]

Waneta Loy Frisk Simmons peacefully passed away at home with family by her side on her 74th birthday, September 13, 2020, in West Plains, Missouri.Loy was born on September 13, 1946 to the late Ray Edward and Verna Mae (Barker) Frisk in Van Nuys, Ca.She was raised in Camarillo, Ca. where she lived on a […]

     Mildred Etheleen Harmon was born on March 1, 1926 to the late Elzie Drye and Clara McHenry Drye in Saddle, Arkansas.        She was married to Ray Harmon in Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, who preceded her in death in 1979.        She is survived by one son, Larry Wayne Boothe and wife Debbie, […]

Betty Claudine Montgomery Tharp was born on June 1st, 1940 to Claude Medford and Vida Jane (Redburn) Montgomery in West Plains, Missouri. She departed this life on September 1st, 2020 to rejoin her beloved husband in the arms of Jesus at the age of 80 years. She is preceded in death by her husband, Loren […]

A longtime local small business owner whose daughter Diane describes him as the personification of the American dream has passed away. Joe Voss, who with wife Adele owned Meadowbrook Natural Foods for the past 20 years, died Sunday.Voss was the sixth of 11 children, born to immigrants in St. Louis County in 1939. His father, […]

Graveside services for Edward M Wright, 76, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Saturday, August 8, 2020, at Evergreen Cemetery with Brother Dan Duncan officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, West Plains. He was born the son of the late Joseph Elbert Wright and Gertrude Madge Camp Wright, on October […]

Graveside services for Leroy Mac Vaughan, 90, will be held at 10:00 am, Friday, August 7, 2020 at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery with Brother Frank Mulford officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home Inc., West Plains. Leroy was born the son of the late Sidney and Blanche McKinley Vaughan on December 17, 1929 in […]