Union High School Alumni Obituaries

Mary Gail Johnson age 78 of Robertsville Missouri fortified with the Holy Spirit passed away Sunday December 14 2025 at Washington Mercy Hospital surrounded by loving family and caring hospital staff. Gail was born December 29 1946 in Baltimore Maryland where she attended Catholic school and graduat...

Jacqueline Ruth Leakey 83 of Richmond passed away at St. Lukes Hospital on the Plaza in Kansas City on December 26 2025. Jackie was born on January 31 1942 in Carrollton the daughter of Everett and Adaline Allmon Smith. Jackie was united in marriage to David Earl Leakey of Norborne on March 2 1963. ...

Charles Larry Renfro 88 of California MO passed away Sunday January 11 2026 at Stonebridge Oak Tree in Jefferson City MO with his loving wife by his side. Larry was born on February 4 1937 on the family farm near Millville the son of Charles and Ruby Dreves Renfro. He was first united in marriage to...

Rev. James H. Elliott age 89 of Columbia Missouri formerly of Hermann passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on December 20 2025 at Caring Hearts Hands in Columbia. Rev. Elliott was born in Aurora IL on November 23 1936 to Harold W. and Ruth nee Skeen Elliott. He started 1st grade at the a...

Karen Lynn Parsons was born Sept. 25 1945 in Abbeville La. to a Cajun mother and a Yankee father. At 19 and 22 with their firstborn they said years later that neither of them knew how to raise a baby. They need not have worriedKaren had it all under control. Karen had an eclectic life welllived. For...

Hugh Frank Coker November 9 1947January 9 2026 a decorated Vietnam veteran devoted Oklahoma football fan and an extraordinarily loving husband father grandfather and brother passed away while surrounded by family on January 9 2026. Frank began his 78 years of life and service to others on November 9...

Russell Dean Davis, age 83, of Marionville, Missouri, passed away at 10:41p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, where he was a resident at the Missouri Veterans Home. He was born August 28, 1942, in Springfield, Missouri, to Loyd and Thelma (Eisenhower) Davis. He was raised by his paternal grandparent...

Claudia Jean Schnelle, of Lockwood, MO, departed this life on Thursday, October 30, 2025, in the Good Shepherd Community Care and Rehabilitation Facility at the age of 89.She was born to Hayden and Virgie Davis in Sidney, Arkansas, on January 2, 1936. She became a Christian at an early age, attendin...

Barbara L. Hutton age 86 of Warsaw Missouri passed away Monday January 12 2026 at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia Missouri. Barbara was born on June 17 1939 in Springfield Missouri the daughter of Eugene and Violet Lucas Williams. She grew up in Rogersville Missouri where she attended sch...

Richard Lee Dowler 92 of Cole Camp passed away Monday November 24 2025 at Bothwell Regional Health Center in Sedalia. He was born on December 29 1932 in Lorimor Iowa a son of Joe and Mildred Courtney Dowler. Richard was raised in Lorimor Iowa where he worked at Dowlers Service Station for his dad an...

Jerry Ernest Bean 89 of Lincoln passed away peacefully on Monday December 15 2025 at his home. He was born on June 18 1936 in Richland Kansas a son of Jesse E. and Ruby Eunice Cummings Bean. He was raised in Overbrook Kansas and graduated from Overbrook High School. While in high school Jerry played...

Dixie Jennine Poppen 87 of Cole Camp Missouri formerly of Milbank South Dakota passed away on Wednesday October 22nd 2025 at Good Samaritan Care Center in Cole Camp Missouri. She was born on December 21st 1937 in Champaign Illinois a daughter of Paul and Helen McGaughey McGuire. Dixie grew up and at...

Virginia Evelyn Perkins 87 of Sedalia passed away Thursday September 25 2025 at her home. She was born on October 5 1937 in Benton County Missouri a daughter of James H. and Emma E. Robinson Allen. On March 4 1957 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Sedalia she was united in marriage to Robert Leonar...

Rhonda graduated from Central High School in Springfield MO in 1971. She married Terry Lee McIntosh on December 21 1970 and to this union two sons were born Danny Lee and Scott Alan McIntosh. Her family all moved to Stone County MO around 1973. They worked the tourist area of Branson MO for many yea...

Orvil Ray Davidson 83 of Pattonsburg Missouri died Friday January 9 2026 at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence Missouri. The family will host a memorial graveside service at 1100 a.m. Saturday January 24 2026 at Sunset Gardens Cemetery 1801 S. Odell Ave. Marshall Missouri 65340. In lieu of f...

John Robert Tevis 86 of Kingsville Missouri passed peacefully away Tuesday January 13 2026 at his home. John was born July 15 1939 in Holden Missouri the son of James Tevis and Helen Hodges Tevis. He graduated from Holden High School Class of 57. He married Beverly Ann Stoyko in May of 1957 in Miami...

Clara Verneil Pearman, 88, formerly of Keytesville, MO, died Monday, December 29, 2025 at Glasgow Gardens in Glasgow, MO.Clara known to most at “Peggy” was born February 19, 1937 in Bynumville, MO the daughter of William and Luvena (Summers) Wisdom. She was united in marriage to Charles “Moon” Pear...

Margaret Alice (Spooner) Mackey, age 78, passed away at Halifax Hospice Care Center on January 8, 2026 after less than a week stay. Margaret was born on March 7, 1947 to Cleveland F. and Kathleen Davis Spooner in Hernando County Hospital in Brooksville, Florida. She graduated from Citrus High Schoo...

Henry Ellis Crum Jr. age 82 of Vienna was born February 24 1943 at Vienna Maries County a son of Henry Ellis and Dolla Mae Wagner Crum Sr. and passed from this life on Wednesday November 12 2025 at his residence. He was united in marriage on June 6 1970 at Lambeth Church in rural Maries County to th...

Charles Lewis Roach 72 of Columbia passed away peacefully on December 20 2025 at Boone Hospital Center. Charles known to his loved ones as Charlie was born on November 2 1953 in Carrollton Missouri to the late Orland DeWitt and Charlotte Florene Bates Roach. Charlie grew up in Carrollton Missouri wh...

Darrin Morris Williams the cherished son of the late Hansel Morris Williams and Lois Jean Souders Williams was born in Rolla Missouri on June 11 1970. Darrin grew up in Owensville Missouri where he attended school graduating from Owensville High School with the Class of 1988. Darrin was taught the v...

Bob Lee Lizana passed away on January 3, 2026, after a two-year battle with multiple myeloma. He was born on June 8, 1943, near Fort Bragg Military Base in North Carolina, where his father was stationed during WW2. The only child of Frankie and Dorothy Lizana, the family later moved to Georgia wher...

was born August 22 1941 in Lothian Maryland to the late Henry B. and Sarah "Edna" Hall Gross. On December 16 2025 God called Bessie home to rest. Bessie was educated in the Anne Arundel County Public Schools system. Like most African American children of her age Bessie attended Wiley H. Bates High S...

77 passed away peacefully on January 8 2026 at Regency Park Senior Living Community in Gambrills Maryland. She was born on October 10 1948 in Davidsonville Maryland to the late Thomas Brown and Alice Brown Mackell. Peggy attended public school in Anne Arundel County Maryland and graduated from Wiley...

Willaseaina M. Shore lovingly known as Sena daughter of the late James McCoy and Jerusha Spriggs peacefully entered eternal rest on Monday January 12 2026 surrounded by her devoted family. She was preceded in death by her stepson Desie Scales. Born on June 28 1941 in Forsyth County Senas life was ma...

Norma Rose Angelino 92 passed away peacefully on December 23 2025 surrounded by her loving family. Born in Union City New Jersey Norma was the youngest of three daughters. She and her sisters were very close and were part of a very large extended family. Norma grew up in Union City and was the Valed...

William Cashwell Bill Stokes passed away on January 12 2026 having lived a rich fulfilling life. He is survived by his daughter Lydia Stokes Finlayson Marc and son William Wilson Stokes grandchildren William Bryan Finlayson Virginia Dalton Peter Stokes Casey John Wilson Finlayson Kristan Alexandra S...

Funeral service will be 200 P.M. on Thursday January 8 2026 at John H. Shaws Son Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pine Forest Cemetery. Isaiah Thomas was born on May 11 1983 In Wilmington North Carolina to Velma Jean Thomas and the late Anthony Oliver. On November 25 2025 Isaiah peacefully depart...

Funeral service will be 1200 Noon on Saturday January 10 2026 at Faith Temple COGIC. Burial will follow in Calvary Memorial Cemetery. Visitation is from 530800 P.M on Friday at the funeral home. Willie James AKA Monkey Ross Pearson the son of Melvena Ross and Mac Bellamy deceased was born July 41961...

James (Jim) was born in Lindsay, California and grew up on a farm in Porterville, California where he attended and graduated from Porterville Union High School in 1965. Soon aft...