Obituaries

Robert “Bob” George Roth, age 64, of Lamar, died at his home Monday, December 10, 2013 after a long illness Bob was born February 3, 1949 at Roscoe, SD to George Vincent Roth and Lucy (Weron) Roth.  He attended school and graduated high school at Roscoe, SD.  On June 19, 1992, he married Wendy Ellen Norton at Aberdeen, SD and...

Beverley Anne Garringer, age 80, of Lamar, passed away Monday, November 25, 2013 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Beverley was born July 27, 1933 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Ancil and Fern (Rumbaugh) Welch.  On June 11, 1951, at Aurora, Missouri, she married the love of her life, Junior Garringer and they have called Lamar home for the past 57...

James Ola Fanning, age 87, of Lamar, died at his home November 26, 2013, after a long illness. James was born March 15, 1926 at Lamar, MO to Joe and Eunice (Doyle) Fanning.  He attended school in Lamar and on November 20, 1948, he married Reba Lucille Morey and together they raised four children.  James was a member of Lamar...

Lloyd Warren McWilliams, age 87, a lifelong farmer of the rural Nashville/Asbury, Missouri area passed away November 22, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family.        Warren was born February 20, 1926 at Hannon, Missouri to Lloyd and Charlotte (Shedd) McWilliams.  He moved to Jasper County, Missouri with his parents and siblings in 1932 and attended Alba, Prairie...

Jackie Irene Morgan, age 64, of Lamar, entered eternal peace at her home, surrounded by her family and friends, Thursday, November 7, 2013. Jackie was born May 16, 1949 at Lamar to Jack & Zelda (Hosselton) Metsinger.  She attended school in Lamar and graduated in 1968. On June 28, 1968, she married Jim Morgan at Lamar.  They made their home...

Karen Kay Mallumian Arnold, age 67, of Lamar, died Wednesday, October 23, 2013 at Barton County Memorial Hospital. Karen was born August 31, 1946 at West Plains, MO to Winfred Calder and Irene Caroline (Hobart) Sharp.  She worked for the Barton County Ambulance District as an EMT from 1975 to 1980 and as a Paramedic from 1980 through 1985. After...

Emily Kay "Emi" Blanchard, age 36, passed away Monday, October 21, 2013 at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin due to the complications of child birth.      Emi was born January 21, 1977 at Manchester, Iowa to Paul and Nancy (Paschal) James.  Growing up on an Iowa farm, Emi enjoyed nature and fostered her God-given talent for growing any type of...

Larry Bryant Hagins, age 70, of Carthage, MO died Friday October 18, 2013 at Freeman Hospital West. Larry was born April 26, 1943 at Lockwood, MO to Linville Bryant and Mary Ethel (Robinson) Hagins.  He graduated Lockwood High School 1961 and moved to Kansas City where he lived and worked until he moved back to Lamar in the mid 1980's...

Robert “Bob” Preston McDonald, age 70, of Lamar, died Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at Barton County Hospital after a sudden illness. Bob was born July 25, 1943 at Lockwood, MO to Preston Leonard and Ledora Marguerite (Dorsett) McDonald.  In 1961, he graduated from Lockwood High School.  The next year on April 20, 1962, he married Margaret Mae Harper, and together...

Gayle L. Garrett, age 82, of rural Lamar, passed away early Wednesday morning, October 9, 2013 at Truman Healthcare Center where he had been a resident for the past three weeks.      Gayle was born December 28, 1930 near Columbus, Kansas, the youngest of the three children of Charles and Addie Mae (Shearer) Garrett.  After graduating from Girard High School...

Bobby Rex McMillan, age 72, of Jasper, MO, died Monday October 7, 2013 at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, MO. Rex was born May 15, 1941 at Bentonville, AR to Raymond Horton and Martha Edith (Wilkerson) McMillan.  He graduated High School in Springfield 1959.  On December 22, 1982 at Miami, OK he married Donna Joan Bays and she survives of the...

Dr. Thomas Wilson Martin, age 89, of rural Lamar, passed away Friday, October 4, 2013 at Barton County Memorial Hospital.      Thomas was born March 12, 1924 at Lamar, to Ralph and Lorene "Sis" (Wills) Martin.  He entered in the U.S. Army during WWII, was wounded by shrapnel while serving in Germany and was awarded a purple heart.   After...

Florence Darlene "Dee" Wheeler-Rockhill (Begley) age 68, of Joplin, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2013 at Mercy Hospital Joplin.      Dee was born July 3, 1945 at Bolivar, Missouri, one of the three daughters of Jasper and Cleo (Rockhill) Wheeler.  She moved with her family to Oregon where she attended nursing school and had worked in the state DHS office. ...

Arline Shaver, age 68, of Lamar, died Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Freeman Hospital West. Arline was born July 8, 1945 at Hannon, MO to Ocee Olen and Naomi Violet (Hoover) Williams.  On August 10, 1972, she married Gerald Lee Shaver Sr. at Lamar, MO.  In addition to being a homemaker, she had worked at Wal-Mart, Pizza Hut as well...

Marie Camp, age 95, of Lamar, passed away Saturday, September 21, 2013 at Truman Healthcare Center where she had been a resident for the past three years.      Marie was born August 3, 1918, in Barton County, Missouri to Orin and Florence Grace (Smith) Beavers.  On October 31, 1936, at Lamar, she married G.E. "Ed" Camp.  They owned and operated...

Vincil P. Warren, age 96, died September 19, 2013 at St. Luke’s Nursing Center in Carthage, MO.  He was born October 7, 1916, to Ida Mae and William Stone Warren in Linn Creek, MO He graduated from Golden City High School in1934 and from the University of Missouri in 1938 with a B.S. in agriculture. In 1959 he received a MS...

David Francis Deer, age 73, of Lamar, passed away Saturday evening, September 14, 2013 at Truman Healthcare Center.      David was born August 21, 1940 at Sacramento, California to Byron and Juanita Deer.  After graduating from high school, David served in the U.S. Army.  He then began a career as an over-the road truck driver, traveling the United States, experiencing...

Ruby Lorene Rives, age 77, of rural Jasper, passed away Sunday, September 8, 2013 at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar.      Lorene was born July 20, 1936, in the Barton County community of Newport, to Ivan C. and Zona Marie (Waggoner) Voorhees.  She attended Lamar High School and then earned a nursing degree from Franklin Tech Nursing School.  After...

Jack Alvin Davis, age 83, of Sheldon, passed away Monday morning, September 2, 2013 at his home surrounded by his family.      Jack was born February 13, 1930 at Liberal, Missouri, to Alvin and Hazel (Kellogg) Davis.  He entered the U.S. Navy in 1947, serving for five years aboard the USS Boxer during the Korean War.       On August 16,...

Harry Eugene Orahood passed away Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at Freeman Hospital in Joplin, MO after a short illness. Harry was born May 1, 1934 near Boston in Barton County, MO to Hal Andrew and Thelma (Lawless) Orahood.  He attended rural schools and graduated from Lamar High School in 1953.  He married Karen Lee Rosenthal April 9, 1955 at the...