West Plains Obituaries

Funeral services for Elsie Oleeta Parker, 98, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Sunday, January 13, 2013, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains with Brother Bill Bales officiating under the direction of Carter Funeral Home. Oleeta Parker was a living page from a history book. She witnessed world events that, as

Alvin Richard “Short” Bittick, 72, of Pomona, Missouri passed away on Friday, January 4, 2013. Alvin was born in Topaz, Missouri to Sim Bittick and Mary C. (Loomis) Bittick on February 24, 1940. He graduated from Cabool High School in 1958. He was married to Betty Louise Wake on April 16, 1967. They were married

Lester C. Powell, 62, West Plains, Missouri died December 30, 2012 at 12:54 a.m. at Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains. Local arrangements under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains.

Loretta Fox Collins, daughter of Orville and Clella Ledbetter Fox was born May 19, 1928 near Crider, Missouri, and passed away December 28, 2012 in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. When she was a child the family moved to Kansas where her father worked in the oil fields. Several years later they returned to Missouri where Mrs.

Chuck Wichern, 69, West Plains, Missouri, died December 27, 2012 at Ozarks Medical Center, West Plains, Missouri. A Celebration of Life will be held on Tuesday, January 1, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, Missouri. Memorial contributions may be made to the Amyloidosis Foundation, and can be left at the

Funeral services for Gerald Eldon Griffin, 84, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 29, 2012 at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc. Mr. Griffin died Monday, December 24, 2012 at West Vue Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in West Plains, Missouri. He

Funeral services for Bill M. Pruett, 78, West Plains, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, December 28, 2012 at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, under the director of Carter Funeral Home, Inc. Mr. Pruett died Saturday morning December 22, 2012 at West Vue Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, West Plains, Missouri. He was

Memorial visitation services for Judy Tharp, 59, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains. She was united in marriage August 30, 1982 in West Plains, Missouri to Jack Tharp. She is survived by her husband, Jack Tharp, West Plains, Missouri; one brother,

Funeral services for Ruth Maxine Francis, 86, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, with Reverend Jerry Heath officiating. She was born the daughter of the late Otto Felix Schneider and Maxine Ferguson Schneider, on February 21, 1926 in West Plains, Missouri

Funeral services for Iva Paul McKinney, 71, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Friday, December 14, 2012, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Stephen Mark McKinney officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains. He was born the son of the late Iva Edward McKinney and Effie Lorene