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U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014

GEORGE WILLIAM MERRELL
GEORGE "SONNY" MERRELL OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, WAS BORN AUGUST 24, 1939, IN ARKANSAS, A SON OF THE LATE GEORGE AND DOROTHY (FLOWERS) MERRELL. GEORGE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT HIS RESIDENCE ON APRIL 27, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF FIFTY-NINE YEARS, WIGHT MONTHS AND THREE DAYS.
GEORGE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ROSEMARY DALTON ON MAY 15, 1977, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI.
GEORGE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ROSEMARY MERRELL OF POTOSI, ONE DAUGHTER, JOANN RULO AND HUSBAND DANNY OF POTOSI. SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN, KELLY KNICHEL OF POTOSI, ROSE WOODS OF ST. LOUIS, SHEILA GOUGH OF POTOSI, DANNY RULO, JR., TAMMY CRAWFORD, TINA THURMOND, MICKEY RULO, TEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, JUSTIN GOUGH, JENNIFER RULO, SANDY KNICHEL, T.J. CRAWFORD, JEREMY THURMOND, DANNY RULO, III, BRETT WOODS, HALEY MCCONNELL, ABBIE THURMOND AND JALYNN RULO, ONE BROTHER, TOMMY MERRELL AND WIFE DE DE OF FAIRMONT, ILLINOIS, TWO SISTERS, BARBARA DUBOISE OF ARCADIA, FLORIDA, DORIS BLOODWORTH OF GRANITE CITY, ILLINOIS, AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO GRANDSONS, JACK KNICHEL, III AND DEAN KNICHEL.
GEORGE, BETTER KNOWN AS SONNY TO ALL HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR THE OUTDOORS. HE ALWAYS MADE TIME TO GO HUNTING AND FISHING AND ENJOY THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE.
A KIND AND LOVING HUSBAND, FATHER, GRANDFATHER, BROTHER AND DEAR FRIEND WHO WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, APRIL 28, 1999, FROM 4:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH BROTHER JOHN EMILY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN SUNSET HILL CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, RODNEY THURMOND, MICKEY RULO, JAMES HENRY, DANNY RULO, JR., PAUL SCHERMESSER AND KEVIN COX. SERVING AS HONORARY PALLBEARERS WERE, LES POLITTE, JR., RYAN HATFIELD AND RAY RULO.

SHIRLEY HUGHES
SHIRLEY MAY HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1937 IN COLUMBUS JUNCTION, IOWA A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE THOMAS REXFORD WOODRUFF AND MYRA VIVIAN (BODEN) WOODRUFF. SHIRLEY DEPARTED THIS LIFE TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2003 AT THE POTOSI MANOR NURSING CENTER, POTOSI, MISSOURI AT THE AGE OF SIXTY-FIVE YEARS, NINE MONTHS AND TWENTY-FOUR DAYS.
SHIRLEY WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO THURMAN HUGHES JUNE 5, 1957 IN CAIRO, IOWA. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE THREE WONDERFUL CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION.
SHIRLEY IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND OF FORTY- SIX YEARS, THURMAN HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; ONE DAUGHTER AND SON-IN- LAW, KRISTINA DIANE AND PHILIP WALLACE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; TWO SONS AND DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW, KENDALL D. AND DONNA HUGHES OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI AND JAMES GREGORY AND KIMBERLEE HUGHES OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; SIX LOVING GRANDCHILDREN, HEIDI AND HOLLI WALLACE, KENDRA, DANIELLE, SETH AND KYLE HUGHES; ONE SISTER DOROTHY BUFFINGTON AND HUSBAND DELBERT OF WAPELLO, IOWA; THREE BROTHERS AND SISTERS-IN-LAW, HAROLD AND MARILYN WOODRUFF OF BURLINGTON, IOWA, THOMAS AND DORIS WOODRUFF OF DAVENPORT, IOWA, DELBERT AND DOROTHY WOODRUFF OF SPERRY, IOWA; BROTHER-IN-LAW DEAN HIXSON OF NEW MARTINSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA, MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, SHIRLEY WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SISTER CHARLENE HIXSON.
SHIRLEY HAD ACCEPTED CHRIST AS HER SAVIOR AND WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF CHURCHES OF GOD IN IOWA AND MISSOURI WHERE SHE WAS A SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER, PLAYED PIANO AND SANG ALSO. SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE POTOSI PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
SHIRLEY WAS ACTIVE IN MANY COMMUNITY EVENTS AND CHURCH WOMEN'S ORGANIZATIONS. SHE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF A BOWLING LEAGUE AND WAS A BUS DRIVER FOR FIFTEEN YEARS WITH THE POTOSI R-3 SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SHIRLEY ALWAYS LOOKED FORWARD TO SEEING HER FAMILY AND ESPECIALLY SEEING A GRANDCHILDS SMILING FACE WALK THROUGH HER DOOR. SHE ENJOYED THE VISITS AND CHERISHED EACH IN HER HEART.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2003 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 10:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AT 10:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND RONNIE PAYNE OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS WERE GOING HOME SANG BY SUE AND REV. RONNIE PAYNE AND TEN THOUSAND ANGELS SANG BY JOAN THORNTON. BURIAL WAS IN THE RED BUD MEMORIAL GARDENS, POTOSI, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE PHILIP WALLACE, TOM WOODRUFF, HAROLD WOODRUFF, DELBERT WOODRUFF, MIKE BUFFINGTON, KEITH BUFFINGTON, LEROY BUFFINGTON AND MARK WOODRUFF.
MEMORIAL DONATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO THE MISSION SERVICES OF LEADWOOD FIRST CHURCH OF GOD.
SERVICES WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.

PEARL HAZEL DICKEY
PEARL HAZEL DICKEY OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI FORMERLY OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI WAS BORN TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1902 IN BELGRADE, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE GEORGE AND ELLEN (TULLOCK) SEABOURNE. PEARL DEPARTED THIS LIFE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2003 AT THE WASHINGTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AT THE AGE OF ONE HUNDRED AND ONE YEARS AND FIFTEEN DAYS.
PEARL WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO HARTIE DICKEY IN BELGRADE, MISSOURI MARCH 17, 1926. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE FOUR CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION.
PEARL LEAVES TO SURVIVE HER TWO SONS, LEO DAVID DICKEY AND WIFE CAROLE OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI, LARRY WAYNE DICKEY AND WIFE NANCY OF CINCINNATI, OHIO; ONE DAUGHTER, INA CAROL O'NEAL AND HUSBAND JOHN OF IRONDALE, MISSOURI; ONE DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, ALTA MAE DICKEY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; TEN GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR STEP GRANDCHILDREN, THIRTEEN GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND A HOST OF OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND, SHE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON, ELMO SEABOURNE DICKEY, GRANDSON ALLEN DICKEY, THREE BROTHERS, CECIL, ARTHUR AND JAMES SEABOURNE,, EIGHT SISTERS, ETHEL SEABOURNE, DOCIA BAYS, ANN HANSON, NORA SUTTON, BESSIE HORTON, LOLA JARVIS, CALLIE HUITT AND VELMA BROOKS.
PEARL TAUGHT SCHOOL FOR A FEW YEARS BEFORE UNITING IN MARRIAGE TO HER HUSBAND. AFTER HER MARRIAGE SHE DEVOTED HER LIFE TO HER FARMING HUSBAND, CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN AND GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
PEARL WAS A MEMBER OF THE BELGRADE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH AND A SEVENTY-FIVE YEAR PLUS MEMBER OF THE BELGRADE CHAPTER #394 ORDER OF EASTERN STAR.
PEARL LOVED TO SPEND TIME QUILTING AND CROCHETING. SHE WOULD TAKE SPECIAL TIME TO CLIP ITEMS AND PHOTOS TO ASSEMBLE A SCRAPBOOK TO CHERISH THE MEMORIES. ONE OF HER GREATEST LOVE WAS HER GRANDCHILDREN, SHE ALWAYS HAD THE TIME AND STRENGTH TO ROCK THEM AND GIVE THAT LITTLE EXTRA LOVE THEY NEEDED FROM HER.
PEARL ENJOYED HER LOVING FAMILY AND THE MANY FRIENDS WHO VISITED HER. SHE LOOKED FORWARD EACH YEAR TO A CELEBRATION OF HER BIRTHDAY AND THE MANY OTHER FAMILY GATHERINGS.
VISITATION FOR PEARL WAS HELD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2003 FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. AT THE BELGRADE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, BELGRADE, MISSOURI. AN EASTERN STAR MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AT 7:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL CONDUCTED BY THE BELGRADE CHAPTER #394 ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2003 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE BELGRADE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH WITH REVEREND JULIUS KETSENBURG OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS PLAYED DURING THE FUNERAL WERE WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN, WHEN THE ROLL IS CALLED UP YONDER AND VICTORY IN JESUS. BURIAL WAS IN THE SUNLIGHT Cemetery, BELGRADE, MISSOURI. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE JEREMY MURRISH, SHANE TIMSLEY, AARON DICKEY, MICHAEL GUM, GLENN NEMEC, JEREMY DICKEY AND JASON DICKEY.

BESSIE POWELL
BESSIE ALVA POWELL OF DESOTO, MISSOURI FORMERLY OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI WAS BORN THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1916 IN CALEDONIA, MISSOURI A DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ELIZABETH (MILLER) HOCKINGHOMER AND JOSEPH HOCKINGHOMER. BESSIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT THE FOUNTAINBLEAU NURSING CENTER, FESTUS, MISSOURI FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2003 AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY-SIX YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-ONE DAYS.
BESSIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO OMAN LUTHER POWELL ON APRIL 11, 1942 IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE ONE SON BORN TO THE UNION. OMAN PRECEDED BESSIE IN DEATH JULY 3, 1997.
BESSIE IS SURVIVED BY HER LOVING AND DEVOTED DAUGHTER- IN-LAW PHYLLIS BERGNER AND HUSBAND JAMES OF DESOTO, MISSOURI; TWO SISTERS, FRANCES TIEFENAUER OF POTOSI, FORMERLY OF CALEDONIA, MISSOURI AND ELEANOR BELL OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; ONE BROTHER, JAMES HOCKINGHOMER AND WIFE RUTH OF ARNOLD, MISSOURI; TWO GRANDCHILDREN, CYNTHIA HAMMERS AND HUSBAND MATT OF HEMATITE, MISSOURI AND PATRICIA MOLLET AND HUSBAND SCOTT OF ST. CHARLES, MISSOURI; FOUR DARLING GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, MATHEW HAMMERS, ANDREW HAMMERS, AUSTIN HAMMERS AND ETHAN MOLLET; ONE ADOPTED GRANDSON, STEVE BERGNER AND WIFE TANYA AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND DEAR FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS AND HUSBAND, BESSIE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER SON, CHARLES E. POWELL JULY 15, 1973; INFANT BROTHER, CHARLES HOCKINGHOMER; TWO BROTHERS-IN-LAW, BILL TIEFENAUER AND ROBERT BELL.
BESSIE WAS A LONG TIME AND ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, CALEDONIA, MISSOURI.
BESSIE ENJOYED THE MANY ACTIVITIES AND ADVENTURES OF HER LIFE. SHE WAS VERY PROUD OF HER MANY FRIENDS IN THE CALEDONIA AREA. SHE LOVED TO VISIT WITH HER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. BESSIE CONTINUED TO BE VERY ACTIVE WHEN SHE MOVED TO THE NURSING CENTER WHERE SHE WOULD COLOR AND PAINT POSTERS FOR HOLIDAY CELEBRATIONS AT THE NURSING CENTER AND ALWAYS ENJOYED JOINING IN ALL THE ACTIVITIES.
VISITATION FOR BESSIE WAS HELD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 2003 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 AT 11:00 A.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND MIKE JARVIS OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS PLAYED AT THE SERVICE WERE "WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS" AND "IN THE GARDEN". GRAVE SIDE SERVICES WERE HELD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 AT 12:15 P.M. AT THE BELLEVUE PRESBYTERIAN CEMETERY WITH REVEREND MIKE JARVIS OFFICIATING. SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE JOE TIEFENAUER, FREDRICK "MAX" TIEFENAUER, CALBERT TIEFENAUER, JOHN WALLIS, JIM BORCHERDING AND PAUL LASHLEY.
SERVICES FOR BESSIE WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.

CLAUDE F. COFFMAN
CLAUDE F. COFFMAN OF POTOSI, MISSOURI WAS BORN THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 1923 AT BERRYMAN, MISSOURI A SON OF THE LATE ANDREW COFFMAN AND LUCY (MATCHAL) COFFMAN. CLAUDE DEPARTED THIS LIFE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 AT THE MINERAL AREA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER AT THE AGE OF EIGHTY YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND ONE DAY.
CLAUDE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JANE MONTGOMERY WHO PRECEDED HIM IN DEATH JULY 12, 1980 AND TO MILDRED PHARES.
CLAUDE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED FAMILY, THREE DAUGHTERS, JOYCE DECLUE AND HUSBAND BILL OF STEELVILLE, MISSOURI; JANICE ASBRIDGE AND FRIEND DAN STULCE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI; MAGGIE HULST AND HUSBAND LARRY OF JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA; FIVE SONS, JAMES H. COFFMAN AND WIFE NADINE OF CADET, MISSOURI, JOHNNY COFFMAN AND WIFE PATTI OF BELGRADE, MISSOURI; LARRY TURNEY AND WIFE MICHELLE OF SHIRLEY, MISSOURI; BILLY COFFMAN AND FRIEND SHANON ERWIN OF SALEM, ILLINOIS; BOBBY COFFMAN AND WIFE RUTH OF CUBA, MISSOURI; TWENTY-NINE GRANDCHILDREN; THIRTY-FIVE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; SIX GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS AND WIFE, CLAUDE IS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY TWO DAUGHTERS, IBBIE SANG AND NANCY TURNEY; TWO SONS, LARRY JACK COFFMAN AND CLAUDE M. COFFMAN; THREE BROTHERS, JOHNNY COFFMAN, BEN COFFMAN AND CALVIN COFFMAN; FOUR SISTERS, ARBELL HAFFER, VIRGIE MOSES, SUSIE HUTCHING AND MAY MISSEY; ONE GRANDSON, LARRY JACK COFFMAN JR. AND BY TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
CLAUDE LOVED THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE AND ENJOYED SPENDING TIME GAZING AT HER BEAUTY. HE WAS AN AVID HUNTER AND FISHERMAN. CLAUDE ALWAYS TOOK TIME TO PICK AND SING WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE ENJOYED FAMILY GATHERINGS AND WAS ALWAYS READY TO PITCH A GAME OF HORSE SHOES. CLAUDE ENJOYED PACKING UP AND TRAVELING ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES.
CLAUDE WAS A HARD AND DEDICATED WORKER, HE WORKED IN THE TIMBER INDUSTRY MOST OF HIS LIFE. HE TOOK GREAT PRIDE IN HOOKING UP HIS TEAM OF HORSES AND HEADING OUT TO LOG FOR THE DAY.
VISITATION WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2003 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2003 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2003 AT 1:00 P.M. WITH PASTOR CLEO COUNTS OFFICIATING AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL, POTOSI, MISSOURI. MUSICAL SELECTIONS PLAYED FOR THE FUNERAL SERVICE WERE "GRANDPA", "IN THE GARDEN", "WHEN GOD COMES AND GATHERS HIS JEWELS", "I'M GOING HOME" AND "ANGEL OF DEATH". SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE LEROY ASBRIDGE, TIM ASBRIDGE, DAVID COFFMAN, JAMES COFFMAN, JR., DAVID DECLUE, BILL DECLUE, JR., DONALD KLINE AND MICHEAL KLINE. BURIAL WAS IN THE PALMER Cemetery, PALMER, MISSOURI.
SERVICES WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.

DONNIE L. BARTON
DONNIE L. BARTON OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI WAS BORN THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1953 AT LESTERVILLE, MISSOURI A SON OF THE LATE DELMAR LACY BARTON AND MAUDIE DELLA (GOWEN) BARTON. DONNIE DEPARTED THIS LIFE FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2003 AT THE MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER AT THE AGE OF FIFTY YEARS, ONE MONTH AND SIX DAYS.
DONNIE WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO KATHY DECLUE JUNE 5, 1971 IN HILLSBORO, MISSOURI. THEY WERE BLESSED TO HAVE FOUR CHILDREN BORN TO THE UNION.
DONNIE IS SURVIVED BY HIS LOVING AND DEVOTED WIFE OF THIRTY-TWO YEARS, KATHY BARTON OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI; TWO DAUGHTERS AND SONS-IN-LAW, CONNIE AND RANDY ROLENS OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, TONYA AND RODRIGO RAMIREZ OF PARK HILLS, MISSOURI; ONE SON AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, DONNIE L. BARTON, JR. AND WIFE SUSAN OF BISMARCK, MISSOURI; THREE GRANDCHILDREN, BRANDI ROLENS AND SETH ROLENS BOTH OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND KIYA BARTON OF BISMARCK, MISSOURI; FOUR SISTERS, BARBARA DAVIS AND HUSBAND DONNIE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI, JANET BYINGTON AND HUSBAND RONALD OF MARTIN, Tennessee, DELORES THURMOND AND HUSBAND LOUIS OF BLACKWELL, MISSOURI AND MARY DAVIS OF GODFREY, ILLINOIS; TWO BROTHERS, RUSSELL BARTON AND WIFE MARY OF BLACKWELL, MISSOURI AND RONNIE BARTON AND WIFE CONNIE OF POTOSI, MISSOURI AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS, DONNIE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE SON LONNIE BARTON; TWO SISTERS, LOUELLA ROGERS AND IRENE DECLUE; THREE BROTHERS, ALVIE BARTON, LONNIE BARTON AND RICKEY BARTON.
DONNIE HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR MOTHER NATURE AND ENJOYED BEING IN THE OUTDOORS. HE LOVED TO FISH AND HUNT WITH HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE ENJOYED THE TIMES SPENT AT FAMILY GATHERINGS AND ALWAYS SEEMED TO BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE. DONNIE WILL BE SADLY MISSED AND LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
VISITATION WAS HELD SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2003 FROM 5:00 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AND MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI, MISSOURI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2003 AT 1:00 P.M. AT THE MOORE MEMORIAL CHAPEL WITH REVEREND LEON MOSIER OFFICIATING. MUSICAL SELECTIONS PLAYED FOR THE FUNERAL SERVICE WERE "THE OLD RUGGED CROSS", "POUR OUT THE RAIN", "DADDY'S HAND" AND "ANGELS AMONG US". SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE DONNIE BARTON, JR., RANDY ROLENS, RODRIGO RAMIREZ, STEVE DECLUE, DONNIE DAVIS AND KENNY DAVIS. BURIAL WAS IN THE ST. FRANCOIS MEMORIAL PARK, BONNE TERRE, MISSOURI.
SERVICES WERE ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE AND DIRECTION OF THE MOORE FUNERAL HOMES, POTOSI, MISSOURI.