Everett Lee McCormick

Everett Lee McCormick, 94, passed away. He was born in Monett to Amos A. and Eula M. (Henderson) McCormick. He grew up in Monett. He graduated from Monett High School and later in life from Park University (MO). He served in the Army during World War II that was followed by over 21 more years in the Army with assignments in Japan, Texas, California, Alaska, Kentucky, Germany, Taiwan and Missouri. After Army life, he served with the U.S. Department of Labor overseeing job training programs in the Central USA from Kansas City. 25 years after his Army service ended he was recalled to active duty for several months to assist with activation of U.S. forces for the first Gulf War in 1991. In 1995 he returned back to Monett.
McCormick and his high school sweetheart Wanda Lou May married in 1946 in Monett. After the sudden death of Wanda Lou and their infant son in the womb in 1963 in Taiwan, McCormick moved the remaining family to an Army assignment in Missouri. In 1966 Lee and Geneva Mae Whisman Minor married and united her daughters with his kids.
He is survived by: Geneva, his wife of 54 years; brother, Bob (Emma Jean) of Monett; children, Roger (Barbara) of Richard Texas, Donald (Sue) of Texas, Carolyn Williams, Denise (Timothy) McGill, Diane (Mikel) Woods and Sue Thomas of California; 11 grandchildren; many nieces and nephews; many great and great-great-grandchildren; He was preceded in death by: his parents, Amos and Eula; his wife, Wanda Lou; unborn infant son; brother, Albert; sisters, Shirley Jane Mourglia, Mamie Lou Lane and Charlotte Ann Hunt; daughter, Mary Kay.

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