Missouri, U.S., Marriage Records, 1805-2002
Murnice K. Hamilton, 73
Feb 22, 2007
Murnice K. Hamilton, daughter of Merwin Keith Warner and Mary K. Dendurent Warner, was born on May 16, 1933, in Goodland, Kan., and passed away on Feb. 19, 2007, in her home in Ava, at the age of 73.
Murnice was a resident of the Ava community, living by her son and family since 1991, moving from Enid, Okla. She was employed as the activities director with the Rocky Ridge Manor Nursing Home in Mansfield, for several years.
On Oct. 15, 1952, Murnice and John Gerald Hamilton were united in marriage in Whittier, Calif., and to this union, two sons were born.
Murnice was a member of the Black Oak Flat Church. She has served as a missionary with the American Sunday School Union for several years serving in Oklahoma, Ohio and Pennsylvania. She so enjoyed working with the youth in her church and missionary work, as well as planning resident activities at Rocky Ridge Manor nursing home. Murnice loved Bible School and camp work. Anywhere she was needed, she was there to serve.
Murnice also delighted in traveling and got to visit Japan and England.
She adored and loved being with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother, Carl Warner.
Murnice is survived by her husband, John Gerald, of North Carolina; two sons and their spouses, Robert and Ruth Hamilton, Ava, and Daniel and Ronaele Hamilton, of Japan; seven grandchildren, Sarah Moffatt, Robert, Coy, Elina, David, Peter and Elizabeth Hamilton; two great-grandchildren, Noah and Nathaniel Moffatt, and two more on the way; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Cremation services are being conducted by Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava.
A memorial service will be held on Friday, Feb. 23, at the Rocky Ridge Manor in Mansfield, at 2 p.m.
The family requests memorials to Camp Joy in Guthrie, Okla., in care of Clinkingbeard Funeral Home.
Wanda June (Snelson) Hair, 73
Feb 22, 2007
Wanda June (Snelson) Hair, the daughter of Oral Snelson and Olga (Gilliland) Snelson, was born March 16, 1933, in Wasola, and departed this life Feb. 19, 2007, at the age of 73.
Wanda June was a resident of Springfield for the past 10 years, moving there from Hurley. Wanda was a member of the Oak Grove General Baptist Church, but attended the First General Baptist Church in Springfield, for many years. She enjoyed singing in the church choir. She was a fun-loving person and loved playing cards and just loved visiting with everyone.
Wanda was preceded in death by her parents, and one infant sister.
She is survived by two sons, Rod Crane and wife, Sandy, Springfield, and Chris King, Kansas City; one grandson, Aaron Crane, Springfield; one brother, Gene Snelson and wife, Jonnie, Bella Vista, Ark.; two sisters, Genevieve Carter and husband, Lynn, Raleigh, N.C., and Bonnie Bishop and husband, Bruno, Springfield; several nieces and nephews, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in the Oak Grove Cemetery, Wasola, with Pastor Dean Trivitt officiating.
Visitation will be Friday from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Clinkingbeard Funeral Home in Ava.
Memorials may be made to the First General Baptist Church of Springfield.
David Willey Hunt, Jr., 80
Feb 22, 2007
David Willey Hunt, Jr., son of David Willey Hunt, Sr. and Dulcie Ann Huffman Hunt, was born on Feb. 26, 1926, in Sparta, and passed away on Feb. 16, 2007, in St. John's Hospital, Springfield, at the age of 80.
David was a retired chef. He was an Army veteran and served his country in World War II and the Korean Conflict, and was a member of the American Legion Post #676.
On Aug. 12, 1978, David and Paula Snider were united in marriage in Silver Dollar City, Mo.
David was of the Assembly of God faith.
He was affectionately known as "Uncle Dave" at Silver Dollar City, where he worked for 32 years.
He was a professional storyteller, harmonica player and guitar player there. David was one of the two remaining original members of Silver Dollar City's Folk Music Festivals. He loved gardening, fishing, carpentry and being with his family.
David was preceded in death by his parents; two sisters, Fairy Lee Davis and Wilma Wagner; and one brother, R.J. Hunt.
He is survived by his wife, Paula of the home in Springfield; five children, Darrell Wayne Hunt, Albany, Ore., David Willey Hunt, III, Cedar Hill, Texas, Floyd Alan Hunt and Janice, Rogersville, Sheryl Ann and Jimmie Mason, Springdale, Ark., and Sandra Kay Hunt, Fayetteville, Ark.; two stepsons, Randy Gene Peak, Bowling Green, and John Wayne Peak, Springfield; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; two brothers, Russell Hunt and wife Ann, Ava, and Ralph A. Hunt, Harlengen, Texas; two sisters, Wanda Louise Bautts and husband, Bobby, and Velva Izora Ellison, both of Rogers, Ark.; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Services were held Monday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. at the Clinkingbeard Chapel, Ava, with Dennis Smith officiating.
Interment followed in the Ava Cemetery, with military rites by American Legion Post 112 and VFW Post 5993.
Services were conducted by Clinkingbeard Funeral Home, Ava.
Tom M. Riley, 81
Feb 22, 2007
On Feb. 16, 2007, Tom Morgan Riley passed away at his son's home on the Bar Hill in Salmon, Idaho.
Though afflicted with an illness in 2005, he died of natural causes.
He was born on July 19, 1925, in Cold Springs, Mo., to Thomas Patrick and Malinda (Sowers) Riley.
His life had many adventures, one of which was, alone, at age 14, he left Missouri, to meet his brother and sister in Wichita, Kan., who unbeknownst to him, had moved on to Denver, Colo. After learning of this, he hitchhiked to Denver, with no money and no current address for his family; upon arrival in Denver, as luck would have it, his brother spotted him walking down the street.
Once reunited, he lived with his brother until he joined the Navy in 1941. While in the Navy, he served on the USS Calvert. Tom survived the attack on Pearl Harbor, was involved in the deployment that recaptured the Marshall Islands, and he then visited Japan after their surrender.
After the war, Tom married his sweetheart, Bonnel Heard, in 1948 in Harrison, Ark.
They lived in south Missouri, until 1951, when they moved to southern California, where he worked in the oilfields and they began raising a family.
Tom was raised up on bluegrass music, becoming an accomplished musician at an early age. He quickly mastered the guitar, banjo, fiddle and mandolin. He passed his talent and love of music on to his children. In his later years, he played and associated with the Idaho Bluegrass Association.
Tom was an avid outdoorsman. He began coon-hunting with his father in southern Missouri, at an early age, and enjoyed bear- and cat-hunting, when he moved to Idaho, in 1965. He shared his love of the hunt with his children and passed on his love of animals.
He was preceded in death by his infant son, Randall Joseph; daughter, Barbara Lynn; three brothers, Bill, Earl and Edwin; sister, Pauline and his parents Thomas Patrick and Malinda.
He is survived by his sons, Ronnie and Thomas of Salmon, Idaho; two daughters and their husbands, Roseanna and Glenn Nelson, of Victor, Mont., and Lori and Keith Burson of Marsing, Idaho; four grandsons, Zackery, Nathan, Scott and Nickolas; two great-grandchildren, Elijah and Madison; and a sister Helen Slack.
A memorial service and life celebration will be held July 19, at his home in Lowman, Idaho.
The family requests that memorials or honorariums be made to the North Fork Community Church in North Fork, Idaho.
Arrangements are under the direction of the Jones & Casey Funeral Home of Salmon, Idaho.
Yuell O. Jenkins, 91
Feb 22, 2007
Yuell O. Jenkins, 91, died Monday, Feb. 12, 2007, at Selah Convalescent in Selah, Wash.
He was born in McClurg, Mo., on Aug. 2, 1915, to Elic and Mary Jenkins.
He married Jessie Engelhardt on Feb. 25, 1936, in Ava.
Yuell is survived by a son, Norman Jenkins and wife, Sarah Alice, of Selah, Wash.; two grandsons, Tim Jenkins and wife, Maxine, of Seattle, Wash., and their son, Dylan Jenkins, and Tony Jenkins and Donna, of Calif. A number of nieces and nephews also survive him.
His wife, parents, three sisters and one brother precede him in death.
Yuell retired from the City of Selah in 1974.
Funeral services were held Friday, Feb. 16, at 3 p.m., at Shaw and Sons Funeral Directors with Pastor Dewitt McAbee and Pastor Doug Perkins officiating.
Interment was in Terrace Heights Memorial Park.
Regina A. Holland, 58
Feb 22, 2007
Long-time Flower Mound, Texas, resident, Regina A. Holland, died Saturday evening, Jan. 6, 2007, from pancreatic cancer.
Gina (Regina) is survived by her husband of 37 years, (the Rev'd Canon) David W. Holland, rector of the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, Lewisville, Texas. She is also survived by her three children, Richard, a U.S. Army veteran and IT administrator with Centex Homes, Michael, an ER technician at Baylor Hospital, Plano, Texas and nursing student, and Rachel, a nursing student at the College of Nursing at Texas Woman's University.
Gina was born Dec. 16, 1948, in Corpus Christi, Texas, following the end of World War 11.
Her father was the late Howard L. Holt, of Ava, and her mother is Rita Tournour Holt, of Springfield.
Surviving her also, is her brother, Howard L. Holt II, of Jackson, Tenn.; her sister, Cathy N. Mills, of Stanwood, Wash.; three aunts of St. Louis; her brother; sisters-in-law; many cousins, nephews and nieces, and many wonderful friends who loved her dearly.
Her paternal grandparents were John F. Holt and Alsia Emmaline Thompson, Ava.
Maternal grandparents were Maggiorino Tournour and Ida J. Bianco, St. Louis.
Gina grew up in various cities in southwest Missouri, most recently in Rogersville. She was an honor student attending Springfield Catholic Schools, Missouri State University and the University of Texas at Arlington. Her passion was teaching small children. Gina was a certified Montessori teacher helping to establish a Montessori school in Angleton, Texas, and working at Montessori Episcopal School in Lewisville. She also worked as an events manager for the DFW Marriott and as a customer service manager at Major's Scientific Books in Lewisville. Most recently, she was employed at Products Unlimited in Justin, Texas; a medical supply business, in a position that gave her great satisfaction.
While her children were growing up in Angleton and Flower Mound, Texas, Gina was active as a Cub Scout Den Mother and sports team mother, PTA President and Daisy Scout Leader.
She helped found the Hopkins County Genealogical Society and was an avid gardener. She and her husband, David, loved to travel and together they led tour groups to Spain, Italy, the Caribbean, and Alaska.
As a minister's wife, she worked lovingly to support her husband as pastor, as he led the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation from a small, struggling congregation to a major parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Dallas.
Gina was a rock to her family and friends, a breast cancer survivor, and will be remembered as a loving daughter, wife, mother, sister, aunt and friend, who was always ready to listen to others and worked to resolve, reconcile and restore. She held a deep and abiding faith in her Lord, which was a great gift to her family and friends during her last days.
Following a private internment, a public memorial service was held for family and friends on Saturday, Jan. 13, at 1:30 p.m., in the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, Lewisville, Texas.
Cheryl Jeannette Ryan, 57
Feb 22, 2007
Cheryl Jeannette Ryan, daughter of Joseph Wayne Sr. and Juanita May (McKinley) Ryan, was born Feb. 28, 1949, in Fresno, Calif., and departed this life on Feb. 14, 2007, at her sister's residence near Hartville, following a long illness. She was 57.
Cheryl grew up in Missouri, and attended school in Norwood and Hartville. She had made her home in the Ava area for several years.
She was employed as a mail carrier for the United States Postal Service. She was a loving mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend. Her outspokenness and brilliant sense of humor will be remembered by all, as well as the unmatched force of her will.
She enjoyed reading, nature, books and learning new things.
Cheryl was deeply devoted to her family and enjoyed ever-broadening spiritually and sought to grow closer to living in God's image.
Besides her mother, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Michael Ryan and David Ryan; a stepbrother, Lowell; and by a stepsister, Sue.
Survivors include her father, Joseph W. Ryan Sr., of Council Bluffs, Iowa, two sons, Eric Bowman and his wife, Stacy, of Butler, Penn., and Lance Bowman, of Ava; one daughter, Anna May Moreland, of Ava; eight brothers, Joe Ryan, Stover, Jim Ryan, Mansfield, Pat Ryan, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Kevin Ryan, Dan Ryan and Tim Ryan, all of the state of Iowa, Bill Kelley, of Theodosia, and Rick Kelley, of Mansfield; two sisters, Marilyn Flake, Hartville, and Mary Jo Weihs, of Council Bluffs, Iowa; six grandchildren, Trevor Bowman, Simon Bowman, Dylan Bowman, Anthony Bowman, Celeste Moreland and Dominic Bell; three stepbrothers, Jesse, Carl, and Noel Dean; two stepsisters, Shirley and Kay; several nieces and nephews; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services for Cheryl Ryan were held Saturday, Feb. 17, at 2 p.m., in the St. Francis Anglican Church, Ava, with Fr. Glenn Hartley officiating.
Burial was in the Thomas Cemetery, Norwood, under the direction of the Craig-Hurtt Funeral Home, Mtn. Grove.
Tessie A. Sallee, 101
Feb 15, 2007
Tessie A. Sallee, age 101, died in her sleep at the Strafford Care Center, Strafford, on Feb. 9, 2007, where she had been a resident for several years, after suffering a stroke.
She was born to Monroe Piland and Palmer Blair Piland on Nov. 28, 1905, at Pondfork.
She was a graduate of Ava High School and for many years, was a co-owner of Sallee Motor Co., Ava. She left Ava, and moved to Portland, Ore., in the early fifties, and then moved to Springfield, in the mid-fifties, where she owned and managed rental property and worked as a bookkeeper.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two brothers, Clifford and Edley, two sisters, Vida and Vera, and her former husband, Joe Sallee.
Tessie is survived by her daughter, Wanda Sallee Carras and husband, Nick, of Springfield, and her son, Don Sallee and wife Mary Lou, of Ava; four grandchildren, Cathy Love and her husband, Bruce, of Bella Vista, Ark., Nicki Gillespie and husband, Dale, of Springfield, Anne Sallee Mason and husband, Scott, of Springfield, and Skip Sallee, of St. Louis; five great-grandchildren, Melissa Love, Travis Gillespie, Evan Mason, Eliza Sallee and Liam Sallee; and one sister, Reba Massey of Oregon.
Tessie had many interests, but her greatest love was her children and grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a charity of the donor’s choice.
A private memorial service will be held.
