Rosalie Mead

Rosalie Mead, 91, passed away Tuesday, March 15, 2022. She passed at her home in Purdy.
She was born on Oct. 18, 1930 to Gladys Leon and Marjorie (Catron) Pennel in their home on Flat Creek, she was an only child.
Mead was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Loy Byrd, Bill Goutney and Oliver Mead; two daughters and two granddaughters.
Surviving are one son, Dannie Byrd (Janice) of Purdy; one daughter, Teresa Malone of Mt. Vernon; eight grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren and 40 great-great-grandchildren.
Mead attended school at Sparks in Purdy, Clark in Wheaton and finished her education at Wheaton High School. She was employed by Jumping Jack shoe factory for 17 years and Justin Boot for six years as a seamstress before retiring. She was involved in 4-H for many years as a leader, teaching all aspects of life. They were members of the VFW and volunteered at the Salvation Army Camp. She lived most of her life in Barry County. Meade and Oliver attended and were members of Freewill Baptist Church in Purdy for almost 15 years and at the time of passing she was a member of Gunter Methodist Church.
Services were at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 19, 2022 at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial was at Sparks Cemetery in Butterfield.
The family received friends from 6-7 p.m. Friday at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.
Contributions may be made to Hospice Compassus or St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in her memory.