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Leona ‘Mae’ McGarrah
Feb. 26, 1921 - Feb. 2, 2002
Mae McGarrah, as she was known, passed away Saturday, Feb. 2, 2002, at Granby House in Granby, Mo., at the age of 80 after a long illness.
She was born Feb. 26, 1921, in Bethlehem, Mo., to Andy E. “Bogue” and Bessie (Utter) Flaxbeard. She married Elmer McGarrah Dec. 4, 1937, in Neosho, Mo. They had just recently celebrated their 64th anniversary of marriage. They lived in the Wheaton area prior to moving to Calif.; 24 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one great-great-granddaughter; and her daughter-in-law, Rosemary McGarrah (her deceased son James’ wife).
Services will be held Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2002, at 2 p.m. at the Wheaton Funeral Home in Wheaton with burial at the Union Cemetery in Stella, Mo. Visitation will be from 6 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home on Monday evening. The Rev. Richard Buck will officiate.

Patricia A. Deaton
Nov. 23, 1930 - Jan. 30, 2002
Patricia A. Deaton, 71, of Noel, died at 11:54 p.m., Jan. 30, 2002, at her home after an illness.
Mrs. Deaton was born Nov. 23, 1930, at Arkadelphia, Ark., and had lived in Noel since 1966, moving there from Little Rock, Ark. She was a member of the Noel United Methodist Church.
She worked as a switchboard operator for the telephone company in Arkadelphia and was a homemaker.
She married Guy Deaton Sept. 30, 1949, at Arkadelphia. He preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Wendy Deaton of Noel; a daughter and son-in-law, Kathy and Ray Adair of Noel; one sister, Lillian Turner of Booneville, Ark.; and three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 4, 2002, at the Noel United Methodist Church. The Revs. Bob Ewens and George Fuller, Jr., will officiate. Burial will be in the Noel Cemetery.
Pallbearers are Larry Fincher, Wayne Buck, Alan Marks, Brooks Turner, Robert Turner, Jerry Fincher, Tom Ed Buck and Tommy O’Baugh.
Visitation will be from noon until 8 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, 2002, at Ozark Funeral Home in Noel, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made the American Cancer Society in care of the Ozark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 520, Anderson, MO 64831.

Ruby I. Harper Jones
July 14, 1915 - Jan. 30, 2002
Ruby I. Harper Jones passed from this world Jan. 30, 2002, after a short illness at Freeman Neosho Hospital, Neosho, Mo.
Ruby was born at Kingston, Ark., July 14, 1915, to John W. Slaven and Dora McClung Slaven. Ruby married Ermon H. Harper July 26, 1934, at Lakin, Kan. He passed away April 24, 1956. Ruby married Raymond W. Jones Nov. 22, 1969. He passed away April 3, 1994.
Ruby is survived by three sons and one daughter, Gary and Susan Harper, Tom and Janey Harper of Lanagan, Mo., Ermon and Marie Harper of Pineville, Mo., and Gene and Dora Latty of Anderson, Mo.; three stepsons and two stepdaughters, Clyde Jones, Ivan Jones, Donnie Jones, Mary Cochraine and Linda Grohler, all of Lanagan, Mo.; seven brothers and three sisters, Winfield and Thelma Slaven of Syracuse, Kan., Frank Lewis and Jim Slaven of Tucson, Ariz., Maurice and Lois Slaven of Cascade, Texas, Lily and Albert Finkenbinder of Missouri State Highway Department District #7 for 20 years before retiring.
He was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, Jim Land, and one sister, Pansy Baker.
He married Betty L. Martin Jan. 12, 1949, in Harrison, Ark. She survives of the home in Anderson, Mo. Additional survivors include one son, Randy Land and his wife, Debra, of Anderson, Mo.; two daughters, Debbie Greene of Gaithersburg, Mass., and Kathy Drumright and her husband Ken of Valley Center, Kan.; two sisters, Rosemary Wood of Lee, Fla., and Janice Koester of Texas, Greg Drumright of Wichita, Kan., Krista Drumright of Valley Center, Kan., Brian Greene of Jacksonville, N.C., and Jeff Greene of Gaithersburg, Mass.; and two great-granddaughters, Delaney Drumright and Aubrey Drumright, both of Keller, Texas passed away on Sunday, January 20, 2002.
Gail was greeted at the shores of heaven by her parents, Tivis and Arlie Wilkins, and her son Bryan Atkins. Awaiting their reunion with her are, Barry and Tami Atkins of Smithville, Missouri; Jill Atkins and sons Michael Weersing and Kyle Christy of South West City, Ohio; brother Kaye Wilkins of San Antonio, Missouri Ozarks. Her family will carry her remains there to be interred in a small cemetery outside Noel, Missouri at 10:00 Friday, January 25th. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you follow Gail’s example and do a kind act for a stranger in her honor.

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