Elvis Woodrow Proffer, 94, of Aurora passed away March 15, 2019, in his home.
He was born to Elvis and Dorothy Mills Proffer Feb. 9, 1925, in Marquand. He was a retired machinist and a U.S. Army veteran.
William David Hastings, 66, of South Greenfield, passed away March 11, 2019, at the Sarcoxie Nursing Home. He was born April 9, 1952, in Miller, to William Howard and Alice Delores (Barker) Hastings.
Orville Odean Grooms, 78, of Monett passed away March 17, 2019 while at his home in Monett. He was born in Caraway, Ark. on Aug. 2, 1940, to the late Haud Odean and Ester (Powell) Grooms. He was married 1975 in Dillon, Colo. to Adora Lee Rovedo; she survives.
Nora Jean Call, 87, of Miller, passed away Feb. 15, 2019, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon. She was born July 21, 1931, in Miller to Jess and Ada (Catlett) Call.
Gail Diann Bennett, 78, of Mt. Vernon, passed away March 17, 2019, at the Cox South Hospital in Springfield. She was born May 20, 1940, in St. Louis County, to William Gideon and Virginia Inez (Hagon) Bennett.
Alice Meador Foster, 98, passed away March 21, 2019, at Lacoba Care Center. Foster was born Nov. 18, 1920, to Elmer and Bess Jones Meador. She graduated from Monett High School and the University of Missouri. After obtaining her teaching degree, she taught home economics in the Dixon, Mt.
David Jim Estes, age 74, of Mt. Vernon, Missouri, passed away at 4:17 p.m. on Friday, March 22, 2019, at his daughter’s home in Mt. Vernon. He was born August 10, 1944, in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, the son of Otis and Mary (Powers) Estes.
Katherine Major Holman, 68, of Mt. Vernon passed away March 21, 2019, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. She was born April 27, 1950, in Shenandoah, Iowa, to Edward and Joyce (Gray) Major. In 2007, she married Winfred Holman, in Las Vegas, Nev.
