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Page 4 THE CRANE CHRONICLE/STONE COUNTY REPUBLICAN Thursday, February 28, 2013
Billy D. Raymond
Billy D. Raymond, 71, Hurley,
was born March 13, 1941 in Elsey,
to Dave and Mable Tucker Raymond
and departed this life February 21,
2013 in his home.
Billy had been a lifelong resident
of the area and was a retired factory
worker. He loved to fish, garden and
canning the things that he had grown.
Billy attended the Community
Baptist Church in Hurley. He would
lend a helping hand to anyone that
needed it and enjoyed living the
country life.
Billy was one of seventeen
children and was preceded by his
parents; eleven siblings, Reitha
Pendergrass, Eula Raymond,
twin still born boys, Iva Tichenor
Ragain, John Raymond, Katherine
Raymond, Junior Raymond, Jessie
Raymond, Dennis Raymond and
Clifford Raymond.
Survivors include his wife
Phyllis; special heart adopted
kids, Alicia Ralston, Bryceton and
Collin, Jessica and Landon Flood,
Juretta Tichenor and Austin Henry,
they were his pride and joy; a
brother, Leo Raymond of Burns,
Oregon; four sisters, Gladys Reavis
of Crane, Lela Bowling of Oroville,
California, Betty Henry of Crane
and Barbara Holliday of Clever.
Graveside funeral services were
Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 2:00
p.m. in Short Cemetery Hurley,
under the care of Westrip Funeral
Home, Crane.
Ryan A. Blankenship
Ryan A. Blankenship, Branson
West, son of Kennith and Cathy
(Wilson) Blankenship, was born on
April 08, 1980 in Belleville, IL and
departed this life on February 18,
2013, at the age of 32.
Ryan was a carpenter and had
lived in the area for the past twenty
one years coming from Shiloh, IL.
Survivors include: brother,
Aaron Blankenship of Branson
West; paternal grandmother, Elaine
Blankenship of Hecker, IL; four
uncles; three aunts and a host of
other friends.
A funeral service was held at
8:00 p.m. Friday, February 22, 2013
in Stumpff Funeral Home-South,
Kimberling City, with Bill Rogers
officiating. Cremation will be under
the direction of Stumpff Funeral
Home-South, Kimberling City,
MO.
A visitation was held from 6:00 to
8:00 p.m. Friday, February 22, 2013
in Stumpff Funeral Home-South,
Kimberling City.
Garry Lafferty
Garry W. Lafferty, Galena, son
of Robert and Doris (Fitzgerald)
Lafferty, was born on September
13, 1951 in Ozark, and departed this
life on February 24, 2013 in Mercy
Hospital, Springfield, at the age of
61.
Garry married Anne Scott on
December 21, 1985 and they have
celebrated twenty seven years
together. He was a salesman and a
lifelong resident of the area.
Garry was preceded in death by
his father and one sister.
Survivors include: his mother,
Doris Wood of Marshfield; wife,
Anne Lafferty of Galena; one son,
Brandon Lafferty of Nixa; one stepson,
David Myers of Oldfield; two
brothers Rick Lafferty of Ava, and
Terry Lafferty of Marshfield; two
sisters, Susie Clarke of Strafford,
and Sheila Hatfield of California;
two grandsons and a host of other
relatives and friends.
No services are planned.
Cremation was under the direction
of Stumpff Funeral Home-South,
Kimberling City.
Jimmie J. “Bud”
Hammonds
Jimmie J. “Bud” Hammonds,
Crane, son of Earl and
Millie(Breckenridge) Hammonds,
was born on May 11, 1938, in Barry
County, and departed this life on
February 20, 2013, in his home, at
the age of 74.
Bud was a lifelong resident and a
retired farmer. He also owned and
operated Hammonds Grocery in
Wheelerville, for seventeen years.
Bud’s family was the most important
thing in his life. He was never too
busy to stop and watch cartoons or
to play with his grandchildren. Bud
worshiped the ground that his wife
Patsy walked on. It was stated that
up till the day Bud stopped driving,
his wife, Patsy always sat in the
center of the truck next to him, just
like teenagers.
Survivors include: wife, Patsy
Hammonds of Crane; four daughters,
Sandy “Gail” Ellingsworth and
husband, Dean of Aurora, Brenda
Foster and husband, Joel of
Kimberling City, Pam Payne and
husband Tony of Crane, and Kim
Payne and husband, Larry of Crane;
one sister, Lillian Thomas of Crane;
nine grandchildren; thirteen great
grandchildren and a host of other
relatives and friends.
A funeral service was held at
10:00 a.m. Saturday, February
23, 2013 in Manlove-Stumpff
Funeral Home, Crane, with Hospice
Compassus Chaplain Larry Kackley
officiating. Burial was in Mars Hill
Cemetery, Crane, under the direction
of Manlove-Stumpff Funeral Home,
Crane, MO.
Fay Morris
Fay Morris, Mt. Vernon, daughter
of Carl and Mary (Jones) Corwin, was
born on September 16, 1939 in Turney,
and departed this life on February 22,
2013 in Lawrence County Manor, Mt.
Vernon, at the age of 73.
Fay was a homemaker who had
lived in Mt. Vernon for the past 25
years coming from Reavisville. She
was of the Baptist faith.
Fay was preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Harold Morris and
brother, Vincel Corwin.
Survivors include: two sons, Robert
Wayne Helvey of Fort Smith, AR and
Richard Lee Morris of Galena, KS;
one daughter, Rebecca Norvell of
Galena, KS; three brothers, Donnie
Corwin of Buffalo, Raymond Corwin
of Springfield, and Harold Corwin
of Wheatland; one sister, Fern Heard
of Miller; seven grandchildren; four
great grandchildren; several nieces
and nephews and a host of other
relatives and friends.
A memorial service will be held
at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 1, 2013
in Manlove-Stumpff Funeral Home,
Crane, MO with Ryan Morris and Jay
Hill officiating. Cremation was under
the direction of Manlove-Stumpff
Funeral Home, Crane.
Obituaries
Gail F. Stephenson
Gail F. Stephenson, Branson West,
son of Fred D and Veta B (Kent)
Stephenson, was born on December
02, 1922, in Keokuk County, Iowa,
and departed this life on February
19, 2013 in Cox Branson, Branson,
at the age of 90.
Gail was a retired salesman who
had lived in the area for the past
two years coming from Las Cruces,
NM.
Survivors include: his wife,
Marilyn Stephenson of Branson
West; two daughters, Lisa Healy of
Auburn Hills, MI and Sheri Emery
of Brighton, MI; one step-daughter,
Nicole Rantz of Branson; seven
grandchildren and a host of other
relatives and friends.
No services are planned.
Cremation was under the direction
of Stumpff Funeral Home-South,
Kimberling City.
Ola May Merritt
Smithwick
Ola May Merritt Smithwick,
87, Crane, was born February 26,
1926 in Hurley, to Raymond and
Alice Merritt and departed this
life Tuesday, February 26, 2013 in
Springfield.
Ola May had been a lifelong
resident of the area and a member of
the First Baptist Church Crane. She
had worked as a waitress and in the
garment factory. Ola May enjoyed
social activities and visiting with all
her friends.
She was preceded in death by
her parents; two brothers, Bethel
and Donald Merritt; three sisters,
Virginia Metcalf, Ruth Martin
and Joann DeWitt; and a great
grandaughter Ally Michele Smith.
Survivors include two daughters,
Shirley Hilton and husband Bill
of Springfield, Alice Johnson
and husband Doug of Crane; a
brother Junior Merritt of Crane; six
grandchildren, Bryant Smith and
wife Shana of Marionville, Leslie
Hilton of Springfield, Michele
Cook and husband Brad of Crane,
Jason Hilton and wife Amanda
of Springfield, Jessica Johnson
of Crane and Jenny Garner and
husband Scott of Crane; 15 great
grandchildren; a special friend Stan
McDonald of Monett, and a host of
nieces, nephews and many friends.
Funeral services will be Friday,
March 1, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at
the First Baptist Church in Crane.
Burial will be in Crane Community
Cemetery under the care of Westrip
Funeral Home, Crane. Visitation
will be Thursday, February 28,
2013 from 6 to 8 p.m. in the funeral
home.
Joyce Henderson
Joyce Henderson, Kimberling
City, daughter of James and
Lucille (Hughes) Wyant, was born
on November 7, 1934, in Kansas
City, KS and departed this life on
February 24, 2013 in Tablerock
Healthcare, Kimberling City, at the
age of 78.
Joyce was a Realtor who had
lived in the area since 1987. She
was a member of the Kiwanis and
was of the Methodist faith.
Joyce was preceded in death by
her parents and two brothers, James
Perry Wyant and Donald Wyant.
Survivors include: three daughters,
Brenda Henderson of Mabank, TX,
Janice Holloway of Waco, TX and
Cheryl McConnell and husband,
Steve of Lebanon; three brothers,
Ronnie Wyant of Gladstone,
Wayne Grazier of Loveland, CO
and Harold Holt of Lebanon; two
sisters, Ellen Wyant of Prescott, AZ
and Dorothy Phillippie of Kansas
City, KS; six grandchildren; six
great grandchildren and a host of
other relatives and friends.
A graveside service will be held
at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, February
28, 2013 in Yocum Pond Cemetery,
Reeds Spring, with Reverend Clif
Crockett officiating. Burial will
be under the direction of Stumpff
Funeral Home-South, Kimberling
City.
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