Lucille White, daughter of the late William Campbell Starr and Clara Rebecca McCarroll Starr, was born on April 16, 1913, in Shurm, Arkansas, and passed away on March 19, 2013, at the Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter at the age of 99.
Mrs. White was a homemaker and a loving mother. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Dexter and had been very active in the Marston Methodist Church, the Marston Senior Citizens Center and various civic organizations in Marston. She was a resident of Dexter formerly of Marston.
She was united in marriage to William Eugene White on October 29, 1932, in Powhatan, Arkansas, and they resided in Marston for many years. Mr. White preceded her in death on March 4, 1975.
She is survived by one son, William Thomas White, and his wife, Cindy, of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; one daughter, Mary Ruth Boone, and her husband, Bill, of Dexter, Missouri; and by four grandchildren, Lauren White, Thomas White, Andrew Boone and Afton Boone.
In addition to her husband and her parents, Mrs. White was preceded in death by one son, William Edward White; by one daughter, Edna Kathryn White; by four brothers, Claude Starr, Elmo Starr, John Starr and Millard Starr; and by one sister, Virginia Rickman.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Sunday, March 24, 2013, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Funeral services will be conducted on Sunday, March 24, 2013, in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Howard Kirby officiating.
Interment will follow in the Mounds Park Cemetery at New Madrid, Missouri.
Charles Alvin Walker, son of the late Charley and Damie Whitehead Walker, was born in Naylor, Missouri on January 9, 1927, and passed away at the the Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center in Poplar Bluff on March 17, 2013, at the age of 86 years, 2 months and 8 days.
He had lived in Michigan from 1950 to 1964, then he moved to Dexter. He had worked for Federal Mogal in Malden until his retirement in 1992. He was a member of the White Oak Grove General Baptist Church. He enjoyed spending time with his grandchildren and great grandchildren and wood working.
On June 15, 1946, he was married to Jessima Riddle in Piggott, Arkansas.
Surviving are his wife, Jessima Walker of Dexter; one daughter, Charie Kay Mason of Bernie; three grandchildren, Ryan Mason of Paragould, Arkansas, Amber Martin and Sean Mason both of Dexter, Missouri; and 7 great grandchildren. Other relatives and friends also survive. He was preceded in death by one son Michael Joe Walker; 3 brothers, Alvie, Bill & Norman Walker; five sisters, Edith Downey, Lela Adams, Lillie Boyle, Nora Keesee and Anna Mae Flippin, and a set of twins, brother and sister at birth.
Visitation will be Wednesday, March 20, 2013, after 11:00 a.m. at the White Oak Grove General Baptist Church in Bernie, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. at the White Oak Grove General Baptist Church in Bernie with the Rev. M. C. Moore of Dexter officiating.
Interment will be in the Smith Stevenston Cemetery near Dexter, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com
Watkins & Sons Funeral Service
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Doris Gean Darby, daughter of the late William and Pearl Pruett Hartline, was born near Dexter, Missouri on October 12, 1937, and passed away at St. John's Place in Overland, Missouri on March 16, 2013, at the age of 75 years.
She was born and raised in the Dexter and Essex area. She had lived in Florida, St. Louis, and Arkansas. She attended Hope Church in St. Louis, Missouri and had worked at Society Brand Hat Company, Woolworths, and Freds.
On February 21, 1955 she was married to Carl Edward Darby, Sr. in Essex, Missouri. He preceded her in death on February 21, 2009.
Surviving are one son, Ed Darby of St. Ann, Missouri; four grandchildren; four great grandchildren; two sisters, Helen Harrington and Emma Holland both of Batesville, Arkansas; three brothers, Frank Hartline and John Hartline both of Batesville, Arkansas and Dale Hartline of Poplar Bluff, Arkansas. Other family and friends also survive. She was preceded in death by one daughter, Alice Lynn Bryant; and one sister, Margie McGowan; and one brother, Loman Hartline.
Visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 after 9:30 a.m. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Chapel in Dexter, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, March 19, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri, with Bro. Jean Holland of Batesville, Arkansas officiating.
Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.watkinsfuneralhome.com
Watkins & Sons Funeral Service
info@watkinsfuneralhome.com or phone 573 624 3548.
Neal Ivan Mansfield, son of the late Ira Gustave Mansfield and Sallie Jane Hicks Mansfield was born on October 23, 1921 at Danville, Illinois and departed this life in his residence near Dudley on March 15, 2013 at the age of 91.
Mr. Mansfield was a farmer, a former agent and adjuster with the Federal Crop Insurance Program, a veteran of the United States Army Air Corp serving in World War 2 and a resident of rural Dudley.
He was united in marriage to Christine Hart on November 27, 1946 at Dexter. Mrs. Mansfield survives of the home near Dudley.
Besides his wife, he is survived by one daughter, Donna Mansfield of Dudley: by five grandchildren, Travis Allen Swallows, Lisa Ann Lucy, Jeffrey Neal Swallows, Russell Leroy Mansfield and David Ray Mansfield: by six great-grandchildren.
Besides his parents, one son, Douglas Ray Mansfield, preceded him in death: by four brothers and one sister.
Graveside services will be conducted at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 20, 2013 at the Missouri State Veterans Cemetery at Bloomfield with Full Military Honors.
Harold Frank Robinson, I, son of the late Otis Melton, and Zelma McElwrath Robinson, was born in Holcomb, Missouri on, September 28,1929, and passed away at the John J Pershing VA Medical Center Poplar Bluff, Missouri on March 16, 2013, at the age of 83 years.
Frank lived in the Kennett and Malden area for many years, before moving to Dexter in 1977. He had been a business owner, was a member of the Church of Christ and a veteran of the U.S. Army.
Surviving are two sons, Daniel Robinson of Dexter, Missouri, Robbie Robinson of Jonesboro, Arkansas, two stepdaughters; Lona Slinkard of Bloomfield, Missouri; Victoria Thomas, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri; several grandchildren; several great grandchildren; one brother, Leonard Robinson of Campbell, Missouri; one sister Jerris Ann Harper of Springfield, Missouri. Other relatives and friends also survive.
He was preceded in death by one son Harold Frank Robinson II, one sister, Louise Richardson, two brothers, Chester Earl and Eudell Robinson.
Graveside funeral services will be held on Tuesday March 19, 2013 at 2:00 p.m. at Dunklin County Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett, Missouri with Bro. Johnny Hester, of Sikeston, Missouri officiating.
Interment will follow in the Dunklin County Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Kennett Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.
