Obituaries

Sharon Jackson
Jul 1, 2015
Sharon Sue Jackson, 71, of Moberly, passed away July 1, 2015 at her home. Sharon was born February 27, 1944 in Clay City, Indiana to Paul Coleman and Ella McCracken Coleman. On July 20, 1968 in Merom, IN she was united in marriage to Larry Jackson, Sr. who survives of the home. She was a member of the Fraternal Order...

Gwendolyn Small
Jun 30, 2015
Gwendolyn Rose Small, 79, of Cairo, passed away at the University of Missouri Hospital on June 30, 2015. Gwen was born to Robert Madison Albright and Margaret Gwendolyn (Bloomfield) Albright on November 20, 1935 in Denver Colorado. On April 15, 1966 she married Leroy Richard Small in Colorado. Gwendolyn worked for Bingo King making bingo cards. Thirteen years ago, the...
Eunice I. Grimsley
Jun 28, 2015
Eunice Irene (Stewart) Grimsley, 93, went to be with the Lord on Sunday,, June 28, 2015 at Moberly Regional Medical Center surrounded by her family. Eunice was born one of ten children in Hernshaw, West Virginia on November 6, 1921 to Benjamin F. and Ida (Griffith) Stewart. Eunice married Edgar M. Grimsley on November 7, 1942 in Bainbridge, Maryland and...
Bobby B. Smiley
Jun 24, 2015
Bobby B. Smiley, 90, of Madison, went home to be with Jesus, on June 24, 2015. He was at his earthly home surrounded by his loving family. Bobby was born December 24, 1924 to Charles and Lena (Voehl) Smiley in Monroe County, Missouri. He married Mary W. Kenepp on July 22, 1944 at Junction City, Kansas while serving with the...

Larry Watson
Jun 21, 2015
Larry Lee Watson, 72, of Moberly, passed away June 21, 2015 at his home. Larry was born June 22, 1942 in Hannibal, MO to Claude Watson and Margaret Beckley Watson. On March 10, 1972, he married Lila Stanfield who survives at home. Larry and Lila moved to Moberly in 1986 and opened Midwest Auto and Truck Service. He and Lila...

Roy Nickerson
Jun 19, 2015
Roy Edward Nickerson, 63, of Madison, passed away June 19, 2015 at Valley View Nursing Home in Moberly. He was born to Charles and Alice Lingo Nickerson in Chariton County on September 15, 1958 and lived in Randolph County for the majority of his life. He enjoyed driving trucks and “junking”, finding used vehicles and parting them out for salvage....
James "Jimmy" Thomas Roberts
Jun 19, 2015
James "Jimmy" Thomas Roberts, 71, of Moberly passed away on Friday, June 19, 2015 at the Valley View Health & Rehabilitation in Moberly. Jimmy was born to the late Orville Bernis and Mable Ruth (Spurling) Roberts on February 11, 1944 in Randolph County, Missouri. Jimmy grew up in Higbee and enjoyed helping his neighbors, he mowed lawns, checked mail, and...

Iona Pagett
Jun 18, 2015
Iona M. Pagett, 93, of Moberly, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015 at MRMC. Iona was born July 19, 1921 in Adair County, MO to Emil and Dorothy Dunham Vawter. Following high school graduation, she went to work in the Brown’s Shoe Factory. She married Denver Eugene Pagett who preceded her in death. She was a member of the North...
Drewie "D.J." Jr. Brady
Jun 16, 2015
D.J. Brady, 80, of Cairo passed away on Tuesday, June 16, 2015 at the Harry S. Truman Memorial VA Hospital in Columbia. D.J was born to Drewie and Alice Elizabeth (Allen) Brady on August 3, 1934 in Clarks Fork, Missouri. He proudly served his Country in the United States Air Force from 1952 until 1956. D.J served during the Korean...

Jennifer Riley Cox
Jun 14, 2015
Jennifer Lea Riley Cox, 44, of Cypress, Texas, formerly of Moberly, passed away peacefully at her home June 14, 2015 surrounded by her family. Jennifer was born November 21, 1970 in Moberly to Jim Riley and Priscilla Clark Riley. She graduated from Moberly schools in 1989 and the University of Missouri in 1993 with a degree in hotel and restaurant...

Marilyn Humphrey
Jun 14, 2015
Marilyn Sue Humphrey, 76, of Huntsville, formerly of Moberly, passed away Sunday, June 14, 2015 at Brook Cherith Assisted Living in Huntsville, Mo surrounded by her family. Marilyn was born May 4, 1939 in Hannibal, MO to Chester Clay King and Sadie Pearl Welch. She relocated to Moberly from Hannibal in 1962. On March 6, 1963 she married Marion Humphrey...
Nellie Mae DeMint
Jun 13, 2015
Nellie Mae DeMint, 78, of Moberly passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2015 at her home with family by her side. Nellie was born to Nelson and Alma (Ferguson) Williams on September 17, 1936 in Sugar Tree, Missouri. She and Johnnie DeMint were married on February 22, 1957. Nellie worked as a Telephone Operator for South Western Bell before her...

Mary Stone
Jun 12, 2015
Mary Sue Stone, 84, of Moberly, passed away June 12, 2015 at Meadow Ridge Estates. She was born August 3, 1930 in Moberly, MO to Charles Thurman Closser and Edith Stanley Closser. On April 14, 1947 she married William James (John Bill) Stone, who preceded her in death in 2013. Mary was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church and...

Charles Whitmore
Jun 11, 2015
Charles Randall “Randy” Whitmore, Clifton Hill, MO, age 64 died in his home on June 11, 2015. He was born on October 25, 1950 in King City, MO to Charles Laverne Whitmore and Virginia Ruth Stuart. He was preceded in death by his parents, step-father Robert E. Stuart, infant brother Brian Lee Whitmore, sister Pamela Joy Mettler Whitmore, step-sister Judy...

Daniel Hanrahan
Jun 6, 2015
Daniel John Hanrahan, 77, of Cairo, passed away at his home June 6, 2015. Daniel was born November 20, 1937 in Ford Dodge, Iowa to Roger Francis Hanrahan and Dorothy Berniece Christy Hanrahan. On October 6, 1956, he married Kay Auther in Indianapolis, IN and she survives of the home. He served his country honorably in the United States Air...
Edward B. Ruby Jr.
Jun 4, 2015
Edward "Eddie" B. Ruby Jr., 98, of Moberly passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2015 in Camdenton, Missouri with his family by his side. Edward was born September 11, 1916 in Kansas City, Kansas to Edward and Amelia (Bauer) Ruby. He proudly served his country as a Merchant Marine during WWII. In 1944 he married Edna (Jameson) in Kansas City,...

Brian Lewis
Jun 2, 2015
Brian Martin Lewis, 61, of Renick, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2015, at his home. He was born December 21, 1953, in Moberly to Harvey E. Lewis and Catherine Marie (Graves) Lewis and was a lifelong resident of the area. Brian was employed as a drop forge heavy machinery operator at Hubbel Power Systems, formerly A. B. Chance, in Centralia....

Edith Ash
May 27, 2015
Edith Irene Ash, 94, of Moberly, passed away Wednesday, May 27, 2015 at Valley View Nursing Home in Moberly. Edith was born April 17, 1921 in Fayette to Lewis J. and Mary Reeves Westfall. She was a member of the North Park Baptist Church and the Moose Lodge. Edith worked as a seamstress and also taught sewing. She was a...

Tommy Lingo
May 21, 2015
Tommy Lingo Jr., 86, of Moberly, passed away Thursday May 21, 2015 at the Missouri State Veterans Home in Mexico, MO. Tommy was born September 23, 1928 in Brunswick, MO to Thomas Jefferson and Mable Irene Wiseman Lingo. Tommy served in the United States Army from 1952 until 1954. He and his fellow soldiers cleared some of the liberated concentration...
Deborah Kay Hall
May 20, 2015
Deborah "Debbie" Kay Hall, 59, of Moberly passed away on May 20, 2015 at her home. Debbie was born to William and Jean (Hallowell) Hall on May 25, 1955 in Charleston, Illinois. She enjoyed watching movies and her dog, Harley. Debbie loved her family and friends and she will be sadly missed. She is survived by her mother, Jean Jabs...