U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014RAYFORD EARL PULLIAM, JR.
RAYFORD "BUD" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN NOVEMBER 14, 1927, IN DELLASSUS, MISSOURI, A SON OF HOMER AND RUTH (NICHOLSON) SMITH. BUD DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE ON AUGUST 10, 2001, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-THREE YEARS, EIGHT MONTHS AND TWENTY- SEVEN DAYS.
BUD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO NELLIE SHAW ON MAY 4, 1963, IN FAYETTVILLE, ARKANSAS, THEY WERE BLESSED WITH SIXTEEN CHILDREN.
BUD IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING WIFE, NELLIE PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, NINE SONS, GARY PULLIAM AND WIFE MARY ANN OF DOE RUN, JAMES "BUTCH" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, TOMMY PULLIAM AND WIFE ELAINE OF IRONDALE, BRIAN "ZEKE" PULLIAM AND WIFE LYNN OF IRONDALE, GALE PULLIAM AND WIFE DIANE OF POTOSI, DWAYNE PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, RUSTY PULLIAM AND WIFE ALANA OF PARK HILLS, AARON "PETE" PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, BRANDON PULLIAM AND WIFE CRYSTAL OF EBO, SIX DAUGHTERS, TINA WORLEY AND HUSBAND MIKE OF ST. MARY, RUTH PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, SANDRA WHITE AND HUSBAND LARRY OF PARK HILLS, ARTIA "MISSY" PULLIAM OF POTOSI, CRYSTAL PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, TERRI PULLIAM OF IRONDALE, SEVENTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, GOOD FRIEND, HAROLD LAYTON OF BISMARCK, AUNT RUBY JOHNSON OF FARMINGTON, AND BY MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS, OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. BUD WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, HOMER AND RUTH SMITH, ONE SON, KEVIN PULLIAM, A GREAT GRANDDAUGHTER, DANIELLE WOODS AND A SISTER, VIRGINIA WEILER.
BUD ENJOYED VISITING WITH HIS MANY FRIENDS AND ALWAYS FOUND TIME TO LISTEN AND SHARE IDEAS WITH THEM. BUD HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR FOX HUNTING AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN RAISING HIS OWN FOX HOUNDS.
A KIND AND LOVING HUSBAND, CHERISHED FATHER AND DEAR FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 2001, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN IRONDALE.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2001, AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH REVEREND DAVEY WELKER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN PARKVIEW Cemetery, FARMINGTON, MISSOURI, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, TOMMY PULLIAM, BRIAN PULLIAM, GALE PULLIAM, DWAYNE PULLIAM, AARON PULLIAM AND RUSTY PULLIAM.
THOMAS FRANKLIN DEE, JR.
THOMAS FRANKLIN DEE, JR. WAS BORN JUNE 12, 1923, IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, A SON OF THOMAS FRANKLIN, SR. AND GRACE ELLEN-HESTER (BONES) DEE. THOMAS DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER ON AUGUST 15, 2001, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-EIGHT YEARS, TWO MONTHS AND THREE DAYS.
THOMAS WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO VERLA DELORES GLORE ON JUNE 14, 1952, IN STONEY POINT, MISSOURI, AND WERE BLESSED WITH FOUR CHILDREN.
THOMAS IS SURVIVED BY THREE SONS, THOMAS DEE AND WIFE BETTY OF POTOSI, TIM DEE AND WIFE KAREN OF BISMARCK, TODD DEE AND WIFE KIM OF LEADWOOD, ONE DAUGHTER, TAMMY KIMREY AND HUSBAND KERRY OF FARMINGTON, EIGHT GRANDCHILDREN, JASON, DAWN, ANGIE, MICHAEL, COREY, JOSH, JORDAN AND WHITNEY, FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, BLAKE, JACIE, GRANT, BROOKLYN AND JADYN, SEVEN BROTHERS, STANLEY DEE AND WIFE EVELYN OF DESOTO, RUSSELL DEE AND WIFE ALVENIA OF ARNOLD, CHARLIE DEE AND WIFE CATHERINE OF WRIGHT CITY, JOHN DEE AND WIFE IRENE OF HIGH RIDGE, FINIS DEE OF MINERAL POINT, DENNIS DEE AND WIFE JANE OF MINERAL POINT, RONNIE DEE AND WIFE CYNTHIA OF LEADWOOD, FIVE SISTERS, EVELYN LEWIS OF IRVING, TEXAS, FAY HILL OF JEFFERSON CITY, BETTY ESTES AND HUSBAND BILL OF O'FALLON, RUTH MCALISTER OF SOUTH GATE, CALIFORNIA, CAROL CABELLERO AND HUSBAND BOB OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA. THOMAS WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, THOMAS AND GRACE DEE, HIS WIFE VERLA DEE, TWO BROTHERS, DARRELL AND DONALD DEE AND BY THREE SISTERS, MURIEL, DOROTHY AND BEVERLY DEE.
THOMAS WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY VETERAN HAVING SERVED WITH COMPANY F OF THE 88TH CALVARY RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON IN THE 8THARMORED DIVISION.
PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT HE WORKED FOR THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THOMAS WAS A MEMBER AND PAST COMMANDER OF THE V.F.W. POST 6996, THE AMERICAN LEGION AND AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE POTOSI LIONS CLUB UNTIL THE ILLNESS OF HIS WIFE, VERLA, TWO YEARS AGO. THOMAS LOVED SITTING ON HIS PATIO, LIFE ON THE FARM, WATCHING HIS SONS AT THE RACETRACK, WATCHING HIS GRANDSONS PLAY BALL AND TELLING STORIES OF LIFE AS HE GREW UP AND OF THE WAR.
THOMAS WAS VERY DEDICATED FAMILY MAN WHO ADORED SPENDING TIME WITH HIS CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
VISITATION WAS HELD FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2001, FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A V.F.W. SERVICE WAS HELD SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 2001 AT 10:45 A.M. WITH THE FUNERAL SERVICE FOLLOWING AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND RANDY JACKSON OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN REDBUD MEMORIAL GARDENS UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, MICHAEL KIMREY, JOSH KIMREY, JORDAN KIMREY, JASON DEE, COREY DEE, JOE COLEMAN, GARY COLEMAN AND KERRY KIMREY.
DARRELL J. BREWER
DARRELL J. BREWER OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN MAY 13, 1928, IN PALMER, MISSOURI, A SON OF LEWIS AND LEONA (MURPHY) BREWER. DARRELL DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE ON AUGUST 21, 2001, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-THREE YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND EIGHT DAYS.
DARRELL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HELEN PASHIA ON JANUARY 13, 1951, IN OLD MINES, MISSOURI, AND WERE BLESSED WITH SEVEN CHILDREN.
DARRELL IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE, HELEN BREWER OF POTOSI, FIVE DAUGHTERS, LINDA ROBBINS AND HUSBAND DONNIE OF ARNOLD, JAN BREWER OF ARNOLD, NANCY ZAY OF ARNOLD, PAM ALONZO AND HUSBAND STEVEN OF ST. LOUIS, MICHELE LONGLAND AND HUSBAND NICK OF ST. LOUIS, TWO SONS, WAYNE BREWER AND WIFE ELANA OF ARNOLD, DENNIS BREWER AND WIFE SUSAN OF DESOTO, TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE BROTHER, DONALD BREWER AND WIFE ROSE OF CUBA AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. DARRELL WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, LEWIS AND LEONA BREWER, FOUR SISTERS, RUBY GOODSON, HAZEL HARMON, MARY BLAIR AND VELMA LEWIS, FIVE BROTHERS, CARSON, MELVIN, ALFRED, ISAAC AND VIRGIL LEWIS.
DARRELL LOVED TO TAKE TIME AND RIDE HIS FOUR WHEELER WITH HIS FAMILY. HE HAD A GREAT LOVE AND TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN RE-BUILDING FORD BRONCO'S. HE WAS A MASTER TINKER, ALWAYS TINKERING ON ANYTHING THAT NEEDED HIS TOUCH. HE LOOKED FORWARD TO THE WEEKEND WHEN HIS FAMILY WOULD GATHER FOR A BAR B QUE, PLAYING WASHERS OR JUST A FUN GATHERING AT THE HOUSE. HE ESPECIALLY ENJOYED THE TIME SPENT WITH EACH OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN..
DARRELL WAS A KIND AND LOVING HUSBAND, A STRONG FATHER, CHERISHED GRANDFATHER, GREAT GRANDFATHER, DEAR BROTHER AND BROTHER-IN-LAW AND A FRIEND TO ALL.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2001, FROM 1:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
A FUNERAL MASS WAS CELEBRATED FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2001, AT 9:30 A.M. AT ST. JAMES CATHOLIC CHURCH WITH FATHER GEORGE GALOVICH AND FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN CALVARY CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, WAYNE BLAIR, JIM BREWER, RICK HARRISON, JEFF PASHIA, DONNIE ROBBINS AND MIKE ROBBINS.
ZELLIE FERRELL
ZELLIE ESCO FERRELL OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI, WAS BORN JULY 11, 1912, IN SLIGO, MISSOURI, A SON OF THOMAS AND JULIA FERRELL. ZELLIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT NHC HEALTHCARE, DESLOGE, ON AUGUST 29, 2001, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF EIGHTY-NINE YEARS, ONE MONTH AND EIGHTEEN DAYS.
ZELLIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO EVELYN RUTH BECK ON JUNE 24, 1933, IN IRONDALE, MISSOURI, AND THEY WERE BLESSED WITH FIVE SONS.
ZELLIE IS SURVIVED BY FIVE SONS, LESTER FERRELL AND WIFE MARILYN OF HILLSBORO, CHARLES FERRELL AND WIFE BECKY OF PARK HILLS, DONALD FERRELL AND WIFE CAROLINE OF IRONDALE, ROGER FERRELL AND WIFE GERRE OF MARYLAND HEIGHTS, DAVID FERRELL OF IRONDALE, EIGHTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, FORTY-TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, THREE GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE SISTER, ETHEL COX OF DESLOGE AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. ZELLIE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, EVELYN FERRELL, HIS PARENTS, THOMAS AND JULIA FERRELL, ONE GREAT GRANDSON, MATTHEW FERRELL AND BY ONE SISTER, ESSIE FERRELL.
PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT, ZELLIE HAD WORK FORTY YEARS IN THE LEAD MINES TO SUPPORT HIS FAMILY. ZELLIE ENJOYED THE OUT OF DOORS HUNTING AND FISHING. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE AND LOVED TO SPEND TIME SQUIRREL HUNTING.
VISITATION FOR ZELLIE WAS HELD FRIDAY, AUGUST 31, 2001 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, IRONDALE, MISSOURI..
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2001 AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, IRONDALE, MISSOURI WITH REVEREND BRUCE TORRANCE OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE BIG RIVER CEMETERY. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE TERRY STEGALL, PAUL PORTERFIELD, BRANDON MAHURIN, MICHAEL WALLACE, TIMMY SMITH, DWAYNE FERRELL, RANDY FERRELL AND CHARLES C.J. FERRELL. SERVICES WERE UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, IRONDALE, MISSOURI.
ELZIE BISHOP
ELZIE ELMO BISHOP OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1925 AT ANTHONIES MILL, MISSOURI A SON OF THE LATE MYRTLE (ISGRIGS) AND ISSAC BISHOP. ELZIE DIED ON SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2001 AT THE AGE OF SEVENTY-SIX YEARS AND THIRTEEN DAYS.
ELZIE IS SURVIVED BY TWO DAUGHTERS, SHEILA PARMLEY AND HUSBAND CHARLES OF POTOSI, SHELBA MINOR OF POTOSI; TWO SONS, RANDY BISHOP AND WIFE PENNY OF CHEYENNE, OKLAHOMA AND RICKY BISHOP OF POTOSI; TWELVE GRANDCHILDREN; ONE BROTHER, CLIFFORD BISHOP AND WIFE ALICE OF BOURBON, MISSOURI AND BY A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, ELZIE GLEN BISHOP; ONE SISTER; TWO BROTHERS, JAMES AND BUFORD BISHOP.
ELZIE HAD WORKED IN THE TIMBER INDUSTRY ALL OF HIS LIFE. HE ENJOYED WOOD WORKING AND ALWAYS TOOK TIME TO GO FISHING. HE LOVED TO SPEND TIME LISTENING TO GOSPEL MUSIC. ELZIE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS AND ALWAYS ENJOYED VISITING WITH THEM.
VISITATION WAS HELD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2001, FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT MOORE FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2001, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE CHAPEL WITH BROTHER ARDELL GRAY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN METCALF Cemetery, BOURBON, MISSOURI, UNDER THE DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, DEAN BISHOP, RICKY BISHOP, RANDY BISHOP, ANDY LINK, LEN JARVIS AND RANDELL JARVIS.
