Larry Elden Malone of Dexter, son of the late Lester Henry and Edna Mae Putney Malone, was born in Dewitt, Arkansas on January 14, 1945, and passed away at his home in Dexter on September 7, 2012, at the age of 67 years, 7 months and 24 days.

He had lived in Dexter most of his life . He had worked as an auto mechanic at Bud Shell Ford in Dexter.  He was a member of the General Assembly Church of First Born in Oxley, Missouri.

On October 23, 1964 he was married to MaryAnn Ollie Corter in Tulare, California .

Surviving are his wife, MaryAnn Malone of Dexter, Missouri; three sons, Joseph Malone of Bloomfield, Missouri, and James Malone and John Malone, both of Dexter, Missouri; one daughter, Ruth Strickland of Bloomfield, Missouri; seventeen grandchildren; five great grandchildren; two brothers, Charles Malone of Fuquay Varina, North Carolina and Tom Malone of Bloomfield, Missouri, and one sister, Shirley Weaver of Bloomfield, Missouri . Other family and friends also survive.

Visitation will be held on Monday, September 10, 2012, from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Watkins and Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter, Missouri with the Rev. Archie Godwin of Fairdealing, Missouri and Dewayne Sloate of Naylor, Missouri, officiating.

Interment will follow at 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
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