Verna Ledbetter
Nov 30, 2017
Verna "Ma" Lorene Ledbetter 88, of Springfield, Missouri passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2017. She was born on June 10, 1929 to Loranzla and Alma (Ponder) Vandiver in Doniphan, Missouri. Verna enjoyed sewing, crocheting, and tending to her flower garden. She spent many hours working on crossword puzzles and putting together her jigsaw puzzles. Verna dearly loved her family,...
Rachel Pauline Kendall
Nov 30, 2017
Our beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Rachel Pauline Kendall, passed at the age of 93 on Tursday, November 30th, 2017. Born to Vernon Truman Grooms and Rose Pauline Bateson, on Friday, February 1st, 1924, in Topeka, KS, she was the oldest of three children. In August 1944 she married her high school sweetheart, H. Wayne Kendall, and together they raised...
Vernon C. Swearengin
Nov 23, 2017
Vernon C. Swearengin 83, of Springfield, Missouri passed away on Thursday, November 23, 2017 from complications after a tractor accident on his farm in July. He was born in Ava, Missouri on April 28, 1934 to Lloyd and Bydge (Wright) Swearengin. Vernon served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He was a self-employed businessman owning Vernon Swearengin Trucking...
Jerry E. Henry
Nov 21, 2017
Jerry E. Henry Sr. 83, of Springfield, Missouri passed away on November 21, 2017. He was born on December 26, 1933 to Jake and Lena Henry. Jerry was married to his loving wife Mary (Ferrell) Henry for 65 years. He drove a wrecker, owned his own body shop, and was an auto painter at Thompson Pontiac-Cadillac before retiring. After retirement...
Florette Turner (Buchanan) Turner
Nov 16, 2017
Alice Florette Turner, 80, of Brookline, MO passed away on Thursday, November 16, 2017 with family by her side. She was born on Sunday, December 6, 1936 in Southwest City, MO to Iva Rosa May Evans and James Louis Buchanan. Florette owned and operated several Pony Expresses and worked for 17 years at Zenith. She loved to play cards and...