Lois Davis
WEBB CITY, Mo. - Lois May Hightower Davis, 64, Shawnee, Okla., a former Webb City area resident, died Monday, March 17, 1997, at a nursing home in Shawnee after an illness.
Mrs. Davis was born May 22, 1932, at Oklahoma City, Okla.
She grew up in Oregon and had lived in Arkansas and Missouri before she returned to Oklahoma in the late 1960s.
She lived in Guthrie, Okla., for 20 years before she moved recently to Shawnee.
She was graduated in 1951 from Cascade Union High School in Marion County, Ore., and in 1970 from Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Miami, Okla.
She was a member of Shawnee Church of God.
She married Harold Davis on Jan. 8, 1973, at Guthrie. He died Oct. 6, 1981.
Survivors include two sisters, Roberta L. Gaines, Thayer, and Charlotte N. Huskey, Ensenada, Mexico.
Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Friday at Cooper Funeral Home, Tecumseh, Okla.
Leslie Busbee and Michael Smith will officiate.
Burial will be at 3 p.m. Friday in Webb City (Mo.) Cemetery.
Zella Howerton
NOEL, Mo. - Zella A. Howerton, 94, Noel route 1, died at 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 1997, at Gravette (Ark.) Medical Center after an illness.
Mrs. Howerton was born Oct. 26, 1902, in McDonald County.
She had lived all her life in the Noel area.
She was a member of First Baptist Church, Noel.
She married Ozro Howerton on Dec. 12, 1920. He died Feb. 8, 1978.
Survivors include a son, Johnnie Howerton, Southwest City, Okla.; a sister, Cora Asher, Joplin; five grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Noel.
The Rev. James Wallis will officiate.
Burial will be in Noel Cemetery.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may call after 2 p.m. Friday at Ozark Funeral Home, Noel, where the family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Friday.
Loyd Hunt
DUENWEG, Mo. - Memorial services for Loyd W. Hunt Sr., 73, 607 Dutch St., who died Monday, were conducted Wednesday at Simpson Funeral Home, Webb City.
Richard Brown, minister, officiated.
The body was cremated after the services.
Additional survivors include a son, Dallas Hunt, Joplin.
Charlotte Lair
GOODMAN, Mo. - Charlotte E. Dodson Lair, 92, Goodman route 1, died at 6:25 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, 1997, at a Joplin nursing home after an illness.
Mrs. Lair was born May 18, 1904, at Altoona, Pa.
She had lived most of her life in McDonald County.
She was a homemaker and a Protestant.
Her husband, William Thomas Lair, died on July 28, 1971.
Survivors include two sons, Donald L. Lair, Goodman, and Raymond Lair, Neosho; three daughters, Pauline Daniels and Bertha Thurman, both of Neosho, and Esther Armstrong, Joplin; two brothers, Kenneth Dodson, Joplin, and Lloyd Dodson, Tulsa, Okla.; two sisters, Norene Robinson and Helen Arnold, both of Tulsa; 15 grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; and many great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Ozark Funeral Home, Goodman, with the Rev. Bill Hobson officiating.
Burial will be in Howard Cemetery, Goodman.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday.
Margaret Ledford
ANDERSON, Mo. - Margaret Louise Ledford, 83, Anderson route 1, died at 3:25 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 1997, at Freeman Hospital West, Joplin, after an illness.
Mrs. Ledford was born July 24, 1913, at Gate, Okla.
She lived most of her life in the McDonald County area.
She was a retired nurse's aide.
She attended Full Gospel Church in Anderson.
Survivors include two sons, Lewis Ledford, Redding, Calif., and Johnny Ledford, Tehachapi, Calif.; five daughters, Louise Doherty, Brentwood, Calif., Norma Adams and Ruth Fletcher, both of Anderson, Bertha Dohle, Siloam Springs, Ark., and Barbara Sutton, Little Valley, Calif.; two brothers, Chester Arnett and Howard Arnett, both of Anderson; a sister, Dorothy Coffman, Portland, Ore.; 26 grandchildren; several great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Ozark Funeral Home, Anderson.
Sam Mitchell will officiate.
Burial will be in Cummings Chapel Cemetery, Anderson.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Visitation will begin at noon Saturday at the funeral home.
Morton Marion
NEOSHO, Mo. - J. Morton Marion, 95, Neosho, died at 1:10 a.m. Wednesday, March 19, 1997, at his daughter's home in Stark City after a long illness.
Mr. Marion was born Nov. 23, 1901, in Newton County.
He moved to Colorado in 1977 and returned to Neosho in November 1994.
He was a self-employed carpenter and farmer. He retired in 1963.
He married Jessie Christopher on Jan. 15, 1927, at Wichita, Kan. She survives.
Other survivors include three daughters, Shirley Fosdick, Fowler, Colo., and Pat Stickler and Bobby Hounschell, both of Stark City; a brother, Chalmer Marion, Stark City; a sister, Goldie Gripe, Kimberling City; 10 grandchildren; 18 great-grandchildren; and two great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Clark Funeral Home, Granby, with J.R. Burr, minister, officiating.
Burial will be in Dice Cemetery, Fairview.
Pallbearers will be Mark Hounschell, Kent Hounschell, Jerry Hounschell, Paul Hounschell, Dale Marion and Steven Wollert.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.
The family will also be at the home of Pat Stickler, Stark City.
Contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or St. John's Hospice, in care of the funeral home.
Frances Scofield
LAMAR, Mo. - Frances H. Scofield, 84, Lamar, died at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday, March 19, 1997, at Barton County Memorial Hospital, Lamar, after a short illness.
Mrs. Scofield was born Oct. 30, 1912, at Plant City, Fla. She moved to Lamar in 1939 from Dudenville. She was a homemaker.
She had been a salad maker for 18 years at Blue Top Restaurant, Lamar.
She attended Full Gospel Church, Lamar.
She married Edd Scofield on May 20, 1939, in Carthage. He died March 27, 1964.
Survivors include a stepdaughter, Reta Morgan, Lamar; and several stepgrandchildren and great-step-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lohmeyer-Konantz Funeral Home, Lamar.
The Rev. Larry Garfield will officiate.
Burial will be in Lake Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, in care of the funeral home.
