Ms. Eaves lived in the Scott County and Sikeston area most of her life.
Surviving are two brothers, Darrell Eaves of Sikeston, Missouri, Curtis Speer, Jr. of Arab, Missouri; one sister, Shirley Campbell of California; two nephews, Larry Eaves of Bloomfield, Missouri, Robert Eaves of Sikeston, Missouri; four great nieces and nephews, Alexis Eaves, R. J. Eaves, Lindsay Clark and Paige Clark. Other family and friends also survive.
Visitation will be held on Monday, September 24, 2012, from 5:00 to 8:00 PM at the Watkins & Sons Funeral Home in Dexter, Missouri.
Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, September 25, 2012, at 11:00 AM at the Watkins & Sons Chapel in Dexter, Missouri with Rev. Dwight Hensley of Bloomfield, Missouri officiating.
Interment will be in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri with Watkins & Sons Funeral Service of Dexter in charge of arrangements.
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J. C. Larsen, son of the late Everett Larsen and Geneva Coburn Larsen, was born on April 15, 1923, in Dexter, Missouri, and departed this life on September 18, 2012, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Missouri.
Mr. Larsen was a retired farmer. He was a member of the Liberty Hill Church for sixty-six years where he served as a deacon for sixty-four of those years.On November 17, 1945, he was united in marriage to Jane Worley in Piggott, Arkansas. Mrs. Larsen survives of their home in Dexter.
Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Jackie Asberry and Becky Agey both of Dexter; by three grandchildren, Chris Asberry of Dexter, Jennifer Gray of Eureka, Missouri, and husband Brian Gray, granddaughter Autumn Turner of Piggott, Arkansas, and by seven great-grandchildren.Besides his parents he was preceded in death by one daughter, Judith Dees, and by one brother, Gene Larsen.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Thursday, September 20, 2012 from 5:00P.M. until 8:00P.M. Funeral services will be conducted on Friday, September 21, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. Phil Warren officiating. Interment will follow in the West Antioch cemetery near Bloomfield.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that all memorials be made to the 18 Fore Life, c/o Scott Kruse, 705 Laurie Circle, Dexter, Missouri 63841 OR Preferred Hospice, P.O. Box 99, Dexter, Missouri 63841.
Clorine Shipman, daughter of the late Bill Williams and Lucy Livingston Williams was born on August 25, 1923 in Powe, Missouri and departed this life on September 17, 2012 in the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at the age of 89 years.
Mrs. Shipman was a housewife, affiliated with the Church of Christ, and a resident of Dexter.
On May 11, 1940 she was united in marriage to Willie Andrew Shipman in Dexter, Missouri. Mr. Shipman preceded her in death on May 6, 2009.
Besides her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by one son, Robert Lee Shipman, two brothers, Raymond Williams and James Williams; by one sister Marie Allstun; also by one granddaughter Darla Kay Shipman.
Survivors include one sister, Theoda Litzler of Stephens City, Virginia; by two grandsons, Bobby Shipman and wife Rhonda, Rick Shipman and wife Barb; by four great- grandchildren, Brent Shipman, Cody Shipman, Bud Shipman, and Gracie Shipman; also by one great-great-granddaughter, Reagan Wright.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 5:00 until 8:00 P.M. Wednesday, September 19, 2012. Funeral services will then be conducted on Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 10:00 A.M. in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter. Interment will follow in the Hagy Cemetery in Dexter.
Marion Thomas Billington, son of the late Samuel Elmer Billington and Edna Sheridan Billington, was born on July 17, 1916, in Lilbourn, Missouri, and departed this life at his residence in Kevil, Kentucky, on September 13, 2012, at the age of 96.
Mr. Billington was of the General Baptist faith. He had worked as a general contractor and a supervisor for Stone & Webster Construction Company. He was also a veteran of the United States Merchant Marine. Marion was a proud 63 year member of Trio #57 A.F.& A.M. in Rock Island, Illinois and member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Southern Illinois.
He was united in marriage to Marjorie L. Troxell on January 25, 1941, in Benton, Missouri. She preceded him in death on October 18, 2006.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Marion Eugene Billington and Cindy of Kevil, Kentucky; one brother, Burl Billington of Williston, Tennessee; one granddaughter, Brandi Billington Sims and husband Andy of Paducah, Kentucky; and one great-granddaughter, Emma Sims of Paducah, Kentucky.
Besides his parents and his wife, he was preceded in death by four brothers.
Friends may call at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 5:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. on Sunday, September 16, 2012. Funeral Services will be conducted on Monday, September 17, 2012, at 2:00 P.M. at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel in Dexter with the Rev. Josh Carpenter officiating. Interment will follow at the Dexter Cemetery in Dexter, Missouri, with Full Missouri Military Funeral Honors.
The funeral service for licensed practical nurse and Paris Health Care Center staff coordinator Katie Marie Dunlap Perry of Paris was planned at noon today at McEvoy Funeral Home.Blaine Lee was to officiate. Burial was to follow in Foundry Hill Cemetery.
Named as pallbearers were Mike Buie, Doug Brockman, Kelly Dunlap, Leah Tippen, David Reed and Steven Teem.
Paris Health Care Center employees were honorary pallbearers.
Visitation was Sunday and today.
Perry, 27, died Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, at the Henry County Medical Center emergency room from a pulmonary embolism.
Born March 1, 1985, in Neu-Ulm, Germany, she was a daughter of Jacqueline Lewis of Paris and the late Richard “Box” Dunlap. She was the stepdaughter of Charlie Lewis of Paris.
She was married on June 26, 2010, to Michael Wayne Perry Jr., who survives.
Perry graduated from Dexter (Mo.) High School and Tennessee Technology Center in Paris.
She also leaves one daughter: Addison Grace Perry of Paris; two sons: Carson Alexander Perry and Mason Wade Perry, both of Paris; two sisters: Kelly Dunlap of Paris and Kristi (David) Reed of Dexter; one stepbrother: Steven Lewis of New Madrid, Mo.;
Two grandparents: Benny and Kay Harris of Paris; three nephews: Dalton, Logan and Owen Reed; one niece: Kloey Reed; and several aunts, uncles and cousins.
She also was preceded in death by a brother: Joshua Dunlap in 1982.
Memorials may be made to Holley Credit Union, P.O. Box 398, Paris.
