Roger Lee Jackson, 83, of Lawrence County, passed away June 2, 2019. He was born Jan. 6, 1936, to Mildred Florence Jackson and Robert Anderson Jackson.
Grace Linthicum Knight, 91, passed away June 4, 2019 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Knight was born June 9, 1927 in Stotts City, to Loren and Lodema (Henry) Smith. She was a bookkeeper for Linthicum Construction.
Janet Ann Higgins, age 58, Aurora, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2019 at her home. Janet Ann Duncan was born January 14, 1961 in Avilla, Missouri to the late Eddie Duncan, Sr. and Rosa (Royster) Duncan. She was employed at Tuthill Corporation. Janet was an avid gardener.
Joyce C. Green, 91 of Mt Vernon, Missouri, formerly of Edina, Missouri, passed on to glory, May 29, 2019, at Cox South Hospital in Springfield, Missouri. She was born September 29, 1927, to parents Lester Ray and Jessie L. (Schafman) Wilkinson in Batavia, Illinois.
Maxine Elizabeth Henson, 90, of Aurora, passed away May 31, 2019, at the Aurora Nursing Center. She was born Aug. 12, 1928, in Aurora, to John Earl and Jessie May (McClelland) Kimbler.
Mary Emaline Gorman, 92, of Springfield, passed away May 24, 2019 while at her home in Springfield. She was born in Monett Nov. 11, 1926, to the late Raymond and Blanche (Turner) Davis. She was married to Robert Gorman in 1950; he preceded her in death in 1990.
Ofelia Damasco De Marquez, 74, of Mt. Vernon, passed away May 24, 2019, while at her home in Mt. Vernon. She was born in Santa Maria, Mexico in 1944; to the late Loranzo Damasco and Maria Ivarra. She was married in 1962 to Manuel Marquez; he preceded her in death 2013.
J.A. (Andy) Nivens, 98, of La Russell, passed away May 28, 2019, at the Missouri Veterans Home in Mt. Vernon. He was born the middle child of seven on the family farm Nov. 2, 1920, to George and Addie (Vaughn) Nivens.
