Newell R. Ward, Jr, 66, of Golden passed away Oct. 7 at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield. Ward was born in Kansas City on Aug. 9, 1954 to the late Newell R Ward, Sr. and Wanda (Jarvis) Ward. He graduated from Pierce City High School in 1973.
Mary Louann Lockhart, age 74, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away at 10:15 p.m. on Friday, October 9, 2020, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was born October 29,1945, in Mt. Vernon, the daughter of Ernest Rufus and Ruth Elizabeth (Knott) Dawson.
Darrel Ray Skaggs, 80, of Marionville passed away Oct. 1 at the Ozarks Methodist Manor in Marionville.
He was born to Leonard and Gladys Martin Skaggs on Nov. 13, 1939 in Cabool. He was a retired truck driver.
Claire Louise Rayl, 71, of Aurora passed away Oct. 3 at the Ozarks Methodist Manor in Marionville.
She was born to Maxwell and Virginia Fish Barbee on March 18, 1949 in St. Helens, Ore. She was a homemaker.
Lorene Frances Pierce, 94, of Pulaskifield passed away Oct. 7. The child of Joseph and Frances (Younker) Rosewicz was born on Sept. 25, 1926 on the family farm south of Pulaskifield.
Donald “Don” Eugene Harris, 75, of Aurora passed away Sept. 28. Harris was born Feb. 25, 1945, in Reedley, Calif., the son of Earl and EttaLee Harris. He was united in marriage to Judy Brown on June 5, 1965 in Aurora. He worked as a mechanic for Conrad Chevrolet in Aurora.
Betty Lou Land, 90, of Monett passed away Oct. 8 following several months of declining health.
Land was born on Feb. 11, 1930 in Verona, daughter of the late Samuel and Eula Elizabeth (Scott) Nelson.
Ronnie Lynn Dunn, of Springfield, Missouri, passed away on March 26, 2020 at age 78 in his home after a short illness. He was born on August 28, 1941 in Miller, Missouri to Howard and Sarah Dunn. He was a lifelong resident of Southwest Missouri and the Miller area.
Robert “Bob” Forester, 78, of Aurora passed away Oct. 2 in his home.
He was born to Howard and Mildred Jamison Forester on May 11, 1942 in Tahlequah, Okla. He was a retired contractor, commander of Legion Post 149 in Freistatt and a U.S. Army veteran.
