Carthage Senior High School Alumni Obituaries

Patricia Lynne Sidenstricker, 79, of Neck City, Missouri, passed away peacefully on November 8, 2025.Lynne was born on September 3, 1946, in Carthage, to John and Doris Welty. She grew up in Carthage and graduated from Carthage High School, where she began a lifelong journey of kindness, service, an...

Franklin Joseph Lane, age 81, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Tuesday December 9, 2025, at Saint Lukes Nursing Cener Carthage, Missouri. He was born May 20, 1944 in Carthage, Missouri, to Nancy Beamer Lane Garrison, and Virgil Paul Lane.He liked to remember he attended elementary school at Mark Twa...

Mary Elizabeth McWilliams, 87, Carthage, Missouri, a beacon of love and generosity, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, at Oak Pointe of Carthage. She was born on May 3, 1938, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of the late Forrest Miller and Lucille (Burrow) Miller.A proud 1956 gradu...

Betty Ann Janney, 86, of Carthage, Missouri, passed away at St. Luke’s Nursing Center, Carthage on Friday, December 12, 2025.Betty was born on June 22, 1939, in Miller, Missouri, the daughter of the late Allen Chastain and Pearl (Layne) Chastain. After losing her father at an early age, Betty, her w...

Priscilla Ann Six, 83, Springfield, Missouri, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, at Springfield Health and Rehab, Springfield, Missouri. She was born on November 20, 1942, in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of the late Forrest Miller and Lucille (Burrow) Miller.Priscilla's journey...

William-Dale Lee Nelson, 35, Carterville, Missouri, known affectionately as Billy to his friends and family, passed away on Monday, December 8, 2025. He was born on September 28, 1990, in Beeville, Texas, the son of Brenda (Payne) Nelson and the late Michael Nelson. Billy was a beacon of kindness an...

Elaine Baker, 99, Carthage, Missouri, passed away Monday, January 12, 2026, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. Elaine was born on October 5, 1926, in St. Michael, Nebraska. She was the middle daughter of Vera Mae Wilks and Orville Harvey Timm. She graduated from Carthage High School and the...

Mark Allen Sargent, age 72, of Carthage, Missouri, passed peacefully into the presence of his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on January 13, 2026.Mark was born on August 12, 1953, in Britt, Iowa, to Donald and Joanna Sargent. He spent most of his childhood in Joplin and Carthage, Missouri, and gradua...

Billy Lee Moody Jr. 95 passed peacefully into the arms of the Lord Dec. 30 2025 at Friendship Village Chesterfield. Born Oct. 25 1930 to Rebecca and Billy Lee Moody Sr. in Verona Mo. Bill attended Carthage High School and enlisted in the Air Force after graduation. He married his high school sweethe...

Nelva Jean Whiteside age 80 of Long Branch Texas passed away on Sunday afternoon December 14 2025 in Carthage Texas. She was born on January 21 1945 in Nacogdoches Texas to the late John D. Harris and Brooksie Alice Armstrong Harris. Jean graduated from Carthage High School with the Class of 1963 an...

Nelda Arnold age 67 of Carthage Texas passed away on Sunday night December 21 2025 at Hospice Homeplace in Tyler Texas. Nelda Jane Arnold was born on November 24 1958 in Snyder Texas to the late Rudolph Arnold and Johnnie Pauline Grant Arnold. Nelda was a lifelong resident of Carthage. She graduated...

Dale McWilliams age 81 of Sibley Louisiana passed away peacefully on Friday morning December 19 2025 at his home in Sibley. Dewey Dale McWilliams was born on December 11 1944 in Haynesville Louisiana to the late Dewey Sebren D.S. and Willie B. Burley McWilliams. Dale graduated from Carthage High Sch...