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Leah Crank
Leah Joan Crank, 34, of Malden, Mo., died Tuesday, May 7, 2002, at her residence.
Born Oct. 27, 1967, in Kennett, daughter of Don Crank, of Malden and Peggy Buchanan Bledsoe, of Malden, she was a member of the Kimball Baptist Church in Malden.
Survivors also include three brothers, Don Crank II, of Alexandria, Minn., Joseph Crank, of Melbourne, Fla. and Steve Woods, of Malden; three sisters, Kerry Schroeppel, of Springfield, Mo., Cindy Deen, of Malden and Terri Roper, of Kennett and grandparents, T.B. & Hazel Green, of Malden.
She was preceded in death by grandparents, Roy and Lona Crank.
Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today, Thursday, May 9, at the Landess Funeral Home in Malden.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Landess Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Gene Lancaster officiating.
Burial will follow at the Park cemetery in Malden.
Everett Davis
Everett Davis, 68, of Malden, Mo., died Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Born Jan. 2, 1934, in Blytheville, Ark., son of the late Elmer and Connie Overton Davis, he was a mechanic, a farmer and he attended the Christ Gospel Church in Puxico, Mo.
On March 14, 1951, in Bloomfield, Mo., he married
Maggie Elizabeth Stevenson, who preceded him in death on Oct. 23, 1987.
Survivors include two daughters, Jackie Daniels and Ruth Ann Hodge, both of Puxico; two sons, Eugene Davis, of Bloomfield and Larry Davis, of Advance, Mo.; a very special friend, Joyce Smith, of Malden; three brothers, Lex Davis, of Malden, Donald Davis, of Arkansas and Ronald Gene Davis, of Campbell, Mo.; three sisters, Vera Presley, of St. Louis, Mo., Katheryn Harlan, of Springfield, Mo. and Betty Moore, of Campbell; 10 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will begin after 5:30 p.m. today, Thursday, May 9, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Puxico.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Tim Hedge and Charles Newell officiating.
Burial will follow at the Memorial Park cemetery in Malden.
Billy Fletcher
Graveside memorial services, with military rites, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Memorial Park cemetery in Malden, Mo., for Billy Neil Fletcher, of Miramar, Fla., formerly of Gideon, Mo. The Rev. Robert Morgan will be officiating.
Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden will be in charge of arrangements.
Carl Hargrove
Carl Wayne Hargrove, 65, of Hot Springs, Ark., formerly of Malden, Mo., died Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Hot Springs.
Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom Hargrove officiating.
Burial will follow at the Memorial Park cemetery in Malden.
Ruby Hawkins
Ruby E. Hawkins, 84, of Jonesboro, Ark., died Thursday, May 2, 2002, at her residence.
Born Oct. 13, 1917, in Holcomb, Mo., daughter of the late James Luther and Molly Ham Goldsmith, she was a member of the Friendship Baptist Church.
She married
Raymond D. Hawkins, who preceded her in death on June 28, 1991.
She was also preceded in death by one brother, James Bryant Goldsmith and three sisters, Vivian Burnett and Lennie and Vela Goldsmith.
Survivors include one son, Ralph Donald Hawkins, of Poplar Bluff, Mo.; one daughter Sandy Rose, of Jonesboro and one grandchild, Cleatus Allen Rose, of Jonesboro.
Graveside services were held at 1:30 p.m. Monday, May 6, at the Oak Ridge cemetery in Kennett with the Rev. Dale Rickman officiating.
McDaniel Funeral Home of Kennett was in charge of arrangements.
Herman Matthews
Herman Matthews, 94, of Malden, Mo., died Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at the Maledn Nursing Center.
Born Feb. 1, 1908, in Red Bud, Ill., son of the late Herman and Lettie Shumonie Matthews, he was of the Baptist faith.
On Aug. 18, 1930, in Malden, he married
Ethel Mae Strong, who preceded him in death on Jan. 21, 1998. He was also preceded in death by two sons, Robert and Ernie Matthews; one sister, Zelma Ritcheson and two brothers, Goldman and Roosevelt McCarthy.
Survivors include one son, Leo Matthews and wife, Faye, of Herculanenum, Mo.; two daughters, Daisy Tilley and husband, Junior, of Mammoth Springs, Ark. and Linda White and husband, Charlie, of Malden; one brother, Ed McCarthy, of Winston, Ore.; one sister, Hattie Cullum, of Parma, Mo.; daughter-in-law, Bonnie Matthews Winberry, of Malden; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tim Matthews and Randy Moore officiating.
Burial will follow at the Memorial Park cemetery in Malden.
Pallbearers will be the grandsons.
Sybil Brown
Sybil A. Brown, 86, of Holcomb, Mo., died today, Friday, May 10, 2002, at the Heritage Nursing Home in Kennett.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the Bradshaw Funeral Home of Kennett.
Mary Dillard
Mary Dillard, 76, of Clarkton, Mo., died today, Friday, May 10, 2002, at Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden, Mo.
Billy Fletcher
Billy Neil Fletcher, 74, of Miramar, Fla., died Sunday, Oct. 28, 2001, at his residence.
Born Dec. 21, 1926, in Gideon, Mo., son of the late Robert Allen and Elsa Martha Conyers Fletcher, he was retired from the U.S. Coast Guard. He married
Betty James, who survives of the home. Survivors also include three sons, Neil Fletcher, Jr., of Port St. John, Fla., Russell Fletcher, of Ft. Lauderhill, Fla. and Andy Fletcher, of Ft. Myers, Fla.; four daughters, Carol MacDougall, of Ashville, N.C., Martie McClain, of Plantation, Fla., Hope Perkins, of Wellsville, N.Y. and Sue DeGuio, of Coral Springs, Fla.; three sisters, Roblyn Golden, of Crystal River, Fla., Ruby Walpole, of Kennett and Barbara Toole, of Homossassa, Fla.; two brothers, Harold and Burle Fletcher, both of Homossassa, Fla. and twelve grandchildren.
A graveside memorial service with military rites will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Memorial Park cemetery in Malden, Mo.
Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden is in charge of arrangements.
Carl Hargrove
Carl Wayne Hargrove, 65, of Pearcy, Ark., formerly of Malden, Mo., died Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at the St. Joseph Hospital in Hot Springs, Ark.
Born March 16, 1937, in Malden, son of the late Ollie Bee and Mabel Pearl Waddle Hargrove, he was retired from the Coleman Floor Company. He was of the Baptist faith.
On Oct. 6, 1956, in Malden, he married
June Calvert, who survives of the home.
Survivors also include, one son, Daniel Hargrove and wife, Linda, of Matthews, N.C.; two daughters, Vicki Barnett and husband, John, of Oceanside, Calif. and Judy Cosgrove and husband, Mark, of Mundelein, Ill.; two brothers, Thomas Hargrove, of Florissant, Mo. and Doyle Hargrove, of Hot Springs Village; five granddaughters, Amy Barnett, of Oceanside, Nicole and Ashley Negron, both of Mundelein and Megan and Jennifer Hargrove, both of Matthews and one grandson, John Barnett, of Oceanside.
He was preceded in death by one brother, Donald Hargrove.
Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. today, Friday, May 10, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 11, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Thomas Hargrove officiating.
Burial will follow at the Memorial Park cemetery in Malden.
Betty Stocks
Betty Stocks, 63, of Malden, Mo., died Thursday, May 9, 2002, at the Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston, Mo.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete with the Bradshaw Funeral Home of Malden.
Sybil Brown
Sybil Ann Brown, 86, of Holcomb, Mo., died Friday, May 10, 2002, at Heritage Nursing Home in Kennett.
Born Sunday, March 12, 1916, in White Oak, Mo., daughter of the late Alfred Burton and Lela Ann Dye Dye, she was a homemaker.
On March 28, 1947, in Piggott, Ark., she married
Hursel Lee Brown who preceded her in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Kathy Goodman and her husband, Jerry, of Jonesboro, Ark. and Nina Sells of Overland, Mo.; two sons, Hursel Dennis Brown and his wife, Virginia, of Frisbee, Mo., Frayo Nunnery and his wife, Kathy, of Mtn. Home, Ark.; a sister, Leon Ladd of Poplar Bluff and a brother, Paul Dye of Florida; 14 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two sons, Mikie Brown and Jimmie Woodall; a daughter, Peggy Woodall; three brothers, Alfred, Gene and Edgar Dye and five sisters, Opal Rainey, Hazel Blue, Ethel Whaley, Edith Bradshaw and Betty Joe Lutes.
Funeral services are at 2 p.m. today, Sunday, May 12, at Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel in Kennett with the Rev. Dick Murray officiating.
Burial will be in the Lulu cemetery near Senath, Mo.
Gladys Dodson
Gladys Octavia Dodson, 94, died Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at Pemiscot Nursing Home in Hayti, Mo.
Born Nov. 22, 1907, in Steele, Mo., daughter of the late Robert Alfred and Sophie Lee Herrin Wall, she attended school in Steele and Dell and Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Ark. She taught school in Missouri and Arkansas, moving to Flint, Mich. in 1942. She was employed by the AC Spark Plug Division of General Motors for more than 40 years before retiring. She was a past Worthy Matron of the Eastern Star in Michigan, a member of the American Red Cross and a member of the Methodist church in Flint, Mich.
Survivors include a sister, Opal Parks of Caruthersville, a niece, Barbara Busby of Caruthersville; seven other nieces and three nephews.
She was preceded in death by three brothers and four sisters.
Graveside services were at 2 p.m. Friday, May 10, at the Little Prairie cemetery with the Rev. Kenny Lee officiating.
H.S. Smith Funeral Home of Caruthersville was in charge of services.
