West Plains Obituaries

Funeral Services for Johnny Newton Woods, 98, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, June 23, 2012, at the Junction Hill Pentecostal Church, West Plains, with Reverend Dwain Galiher and Reverend Floyd Parks officiating under the direction of Carter Funeral Home,Inc., West Plains. He was born the son of the late John

        Mary Ann Dowell (April 17, 1946 – June 19, 2012) Mary Ann Dowell (“Murph” to those who knew her as a child and “Maw” to almost everyone else) of West Plains, Missouri, was born into this world on the living room floor of the family home in Norman, Oklahoma, on April 17, 1946.

Junior Bridges, son of the late Drew Thomas Bridges and Alpha Cooper Bridges, was born June 1, 1934 in Viola, Arkansas and died June 19, 2012 in West Plains, Missouri at the age of 78 years. He was united in marriage December 2, 1951 in Salem, Arkansas to Lyndall Ball. He is survived by his

Funeral Services for Bessie Ernestine Vaughn, 97, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 20, 2012, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains, with Reverend Glenn Murray officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains. She was born the daughter of the late John Henry Williams and Mary

Robert Lee Rieger died Friday morning, June 15, 2012 in his home in Marshfield, Missouri, after a long struggle with kidney failure. He was 76 years old. Robert was born on April 13, 1936, in Dora, Missouri to the late Stephen Nathaniel and Sara Jane (Hale) Rieger. He was a proud graduate from Dora High

Chester Ben Harpole, 92, Orange, California, formerly of West Plains, Missouri, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. He was born December 10, 1919, in Myrtle, Missouri, to William J. Harpole and Sarah Birchett Harpole.He served as a deacon in several churches, being ordained in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1952.

Funeral Services for Dudley Eugene Edwards will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 6, 2012, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, West Plains. He was born the son of the late Robert L. Edwards and Pearl E. Harris Edwards, on April 27, 1939 in Fulton, Missouri and died June 2, 2012 in West Plains, Missouri.

Graveside services for Windell Ray Epley will be on Friday, May 25, 2012 at 1:00 p.m in Oak Lawn Cemetery. Windell was born on July 31, 1932 in Dora, Missouri to parents Hurvul and Jessie Epley. He died on May 23 in West Vue Nursing Center at the age of 79. He was educated in

Funeral Services for Lena May McClellan, 94, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, May 21, 2012, at Carter Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverends Marcus Allen and James Duddridge officiating, under the direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc., West Plains. She was born the daughter of the late Charles McClellan and Gertie

Frances C. Trunk, 72, West Plains, formerly of Peoria, Illinois, died May 12, 2012 at National Health Care, West Plains. She was born the daughter of the late Leland Hatten and Irene Tisdale Hatten, on January 3, 1940 in Sierra County, California, and died May 5, 2012 in West Plains, Missouri. She was united in