Obituaries

Jan 6, 2015

Max A. Kapfer, 87 of Memphis, Missouri passed away early Tuesday morning on January 6, 2015 at Scotland County Hospital in Memphis, Missouri.The son of Herbert and Abbie (Rice) Kapfer he was born on August 21, 1927, in Knox County, Missouri.Max married Hazel Lorraine Donaldson on September 4, 1949 and to this union five children were born, Stephen; Daniel; Naomi;...

Dec 19, 2014

Dec 19, 2014

Joseph Thompson (Joe Tom) Walker, 85, of Memphis, MO passed away early Friday morning, Dec. 19, 2014, at the Scotland County Hospital in Memphis. The son of Morris and Roxibelle Kaiser Walker he was born February 4, 1929 in Scotland County, Missouri. He married Jean Ferris May 17, 1963 and they lived south of Memphis on Highway 15 until 1990...

Dec 18, 2014

On March 18, 1924 a baby girl was born to Ruby Rae (Kimbley) and Lawrence Reuben (Joe) Jones in Shelbyville, MO at the home of Ruby’s parents. They named her Mary Anabel. She weighed in at 12 lbs and was 22” long. She grew to be quite tall, and had the athletic ability to become quite a basketball star. Her...

Dec 16, 2014

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Nov 19, 2014

Nov 6, 2014

Dorothy Sprague Rodgers McCarty, 90, of Kahoka, Missouri passed away at the Clark County Nursing Home on Thursday evening, November 6, 2014, where she had resided. The daughter of LeVern and and Lorene Fordney Sprague, she was born September 3, 1924, on her mother’s 19th birthday, in Scotland County, Missouri near Gorin.In her younger days, Dorothy remembers riding a horse...

Oct 15, 2014

Sep 29, 2014

Sep 12, 2014

Mary L. Atkinson,   Memphis, MO     1928 - 2014Mary Lucille Atkinson, 85, of Memphis, MO passed away Friday morning, September 12, 2014, at the Scotland County Care Center in Memphis. The fourth of eight children of Hobert and Edith (Henry) Purvis she was born October 15, 1928 at Jefferson, Iowa.She graduated from high school at Wayland, Iowa and joined the church...

Sep 4, 2014

Aug 30, 2014

Luopa and Kadie Nolte of Murfreesboro, TN;  his parents, Roy and Margaret Watson of rural Memphis, MO; two brothers, Terry Watson (Debbie) of Canton, IL and Jeff Watson of Canton, IL, along with aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends.VisitationVisitation will beTuesday, Sept. 2, 2014 from 12 to 8 p.m. at the Payne Funeral Chapel in Memphis, MO...

Aug 19, 2014

Tuesday morning, August 19, 2014, at the Blessing Medical Center in Quincy, IllinoisAs per her wishes cremation was accorded. There will be a memorial graveside service at the Harness Cemetery near Mt. Sterling, Iowa later.Memorial Graveside ServiceHarness Cemetery near Mt. Sterling, IowaInurnmentFamily lot at Mt. Sterling laterMemorial ContributionsIn lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to the family for their discretion.

Aug 18, 2014

More information later.Graveside Committal ServicePrairie View CemeteryRural Scotland County, Missouri near AZENSaturday Morning, August 23, 2014,9:30 A.M.

Jul 30, 2014

Jul 15, 2014

Jul 12, 2014

Richard Keith Briggs peacefully departed this world the evening of July 12, 2014 at Blessing Hospital in Quincy, Illinois.Richard Keith Briggs was born October 7, 1934 to Thomas Wayne Victor Briggs and Mary Ellen “Alrichs” Briggs at Strickler Hospital in Kirksville, Missouri.  Richard was born the second of four boys and attended school at Prairie View in Scotland County, graduating...

Apr 25, 2014

Apr 9, 2014

Patricia Reed passed away Wednesday evening, April 9, 2014, at her home in Cedar Creek, Texas,  a suburb of Austin, Texas.The daughter of Ray W. and Emma Balfour Hamlin, she was born January 20, 1954, in Kirksville, Missouri. Her early years she went to school in Edina, Missouri, and later moved to Mendon, Illinois where she attended High School. She...