Lane Virgil Blankenship passed away on April 26, 2021. He was born on Dec. 10, 1961 in Carthage to David and Joan Blankenship. They both preceded him in death.
Meredith Kay Johnston, 77, of Mt. Vernon passed away April 24, 2021, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She was born Oct. 23, 1943, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, the daughter of Ivan Meredith and Blanche Loretta (Gray) Alftine.
Nyanzia Garner, 97, of Mt. Vernon passed away April 24, 2021, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. She was born Sept. 29, 1923, in Miller the daughter of Emery Lee and Sarah Irene “Rena” (Ross) Welsh.
Wilma (Billie) Ann Calhoun, 93, passed away April 28, 2021. She was born March 24, 1928, in Oklahoma, to William and Elizabeth (French) Hawker, an oil worker and homemaker. They moved to Marionville when she was very young. She attended a one-room schoolhouse.
Frances “Kay” Adams, age 81, of Miller, Missouri, passed away at 9:54 a.m. on Thursday, April 29, 2021, at her home. She was born January 2, 1940, in Jingo, Kansas, the daughter of Delbert and Beryle (Graham) Toncray.
Kenneth James Gauthier, 92, passed away at Oak Pointe of Monett & Compassus Hospice on April 20, 2021. He was born in Forsyth, Mich. on Nov. 23, 1928 and lived the majority of his early life in Little Lake, Mich.
Phillis A. Gold, 88 of Republic (formerly of Marionville) passed away April 22, 2021, surrounded by her family. Gold was born on Nov. 19, 1932 in Marionville to Raymond and Millie (Metcalf) Morris. She was the eldest of three children.
Ernie J.R. Quillin, 72, of Aurora passed away April 21, 2021, at the home of his niece. He was born Jan. 9, 1949, in Fresno, Calif., the son of Eugene and Dorothy (Platt) Quillin.
