Recent Obituaries

Roberta Faye “Cookie” (Buford) Small, 81, of Memphis died Thursday, April 20, 2017 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. She was born near Downing on September 11, 1935 to Roy Russell and Margaret Kathleen Blessing Buford.  She lost her mother at the age of 2 months and was raised by her aunt, Cleo Zaerr, until she […]

Patricia Joan “Pat” West, 81, of Myrtle Beach, SC, formerly of Memphis, died Saturday, April 15, 2017 at Grand Strand Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Myrtle Beach. She was born the daughter of Carl Rex and Bessy Opal (Couch) Olson on August 28, 1935 in Wyaconda. Pat married Orva West on August 26, 1983.   He […]

Vivian Lucille Hartley, 80, of Memphis, formerly of Lomax, IL, died Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Kirksville. She was born the daughter of Floyd Everett and Helen Lucille (Bowlyou) Spiker on May 21, 1936 in Burlington, Iowa. Vivian married Harry Hartley on January 15, 1953.   He preceded her in death […]

Dixie Kay Parrish, 53, of Gorin died Sunday, March 19, 2017 at Scotland County Hospital. Dixie was born July 8, 1963 in Kirksville, the daughter of Eli “Buster” and Mildred (Morrison) Parrish. Dixie was an employee of Industrial Opportunities in Kahoka for over 30 years and enjoyed her special friendships there. She never knew a […]

Dana Marie (Smoot) Vanmeter, 49, of Memphis died Saturday, March 11, 2017 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy. She was born the daughter of Kenneth Dean Smoot and Connie (Evans) Smoot Bratton on December 3, 1967 in Kirksville. Dana married Jeffrey Vanmeter on May 11, 1996 in Warrensburg, MO. She graduated from Scotland County R-1 where […]

Donald C. Shelton, 90, of Vevay, Indiana, died Saturday. February 25, 2017, at the King’s Daughters’ Hospital in Madison, Indiana. He was born the son of John Benjamin and Retta (Bills) Shelton on February 14, 1927, in Memphis. He was raised in Memphis, where he attended high school. Donald was inducted into the United States […]

Opal Marie Emel, 91, of Memphis died February 25, 2017 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. She was born March 3, 1925 in Scotland County, the daughter of Elmer Milton Wright and Addie Agnes (Roberts) Wright. Opal graduated from Bible Grove High School in 1942. Opal married Elton Jay Emel in Memphis on October 10, […]

Claire LeGene Padgett, 87, of Memphis died Friday, January 27, 2017 at Scotland County Hospital with her children at her side. She was born on December 8, 1929 in Nacozaur, Sonora, Mexico to Cleve Alexander and Virginia (Ragsdale) Stover. Her earliest years were spent alternating between the mountains of Mexico, where her father worked as […]

Rolland Andrews, 91, of Milton died December 20, 2016 at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. Rolland was born March 22, 1925 to Ray Burnside and Josie Pearl (Franklin) Andrews in Flemington, MO. He was one of nine children. Rolland received his early education at the Flemington elementary school and the Sunnyslope country school. In […]

Donald Corwin Norton, 84, of Memphis died Sunday, November 20, 2016 at University of Missouri Hospitals and Clinics in Columbia. He was born the son of Robert A. and Maude (Corwin) Norton on October 13, 1932 in a house north of Bible Grove that belonged to his grandfather, Oliver Corwin. Don attended schools in the […]