James Dewey Gayer, 88, of Mt. Vernon, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at the Lacoba Nursing Home in Monett. He was born April 7, 1933, in Miller, the son of Lem and Elsie (Adcock) Gayer.
Julie Danielle Harman, 52, of Aurora, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, at her home. She was born May 22, 1969, in Aurora, the daughter of Jim and Ruby (Gregg) Harris.
Harman was a 1987 graduate of Muskogee High School in Muskogee, Okla. and was a homemaker.
Jackie Francis “Jack” Purdom, 89, of Monett, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 while at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, following a short illness.
Donna Jo Owens, 60, of Aurora, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She was born May 24, 1961, in Washington, Mo., the daughter of Paul and Josephine (Linnenbrink) Marquart.
Frank Napoleon Stephens, age 86, of Fulton, Missouri, passed away at 3:45 a.m. on Tuesday, January 18, 2022, at his daughter’s home in Miller, Missouri. He was born May 30, 1935, in Lee County Texas, the son of Paul Mitchell and Martha Ardelia (Weaver) Stephens.
Donnie Joe Davis, 74, of Monett, passed away Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, while at Lacoba Homes in Monett.
Davis was born on Dec. 30, 1947 in Exeter, son of the late Joseph Sanford Davis and Wilma Ruth (Swearingen) Davis.
Rhonda Louise (Ledgerwood) Shepherd, 63, passed away Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. She was born on Feb. 24, 1958, to Virgil Lewis and Patricia Ann (Shepherd) Ledgerwood in Colorado Springs, Colo.
