Martin
City, MO--GWENDOLYN NEWMAN BEEBE, 78, of the Martin City, MO, area,
passed away Thursday, January 25, 2001, at her home with her family
present. Graveside services will be 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 30, at
Church of Christ Cemetery, Byron, AR. Visitation will be held Sunday,
January 28, from 1-3 p.m. at D.W. Newcomer's Longview Funeral Home,
12700 S. Raytown Road, Kansas City, MO.
Gwen was born March 4, 1922, to Arthur and Lenora (Russell) Newman, at
the family farm in Fulton County, AR. She was a clerk at Rosehill
Nursery and most recently a homemaker. She was past President of the
Harry Truman chapter of ABWA and a member of AARP. She was the beloved
mother of seven children and grandmother of nine. She was preceded in
death by her husband, C.F. Beebe in June 1998, and her eldest son, D.H.
Beebe in May 1997. She is survived by her two sons, A.F. Beebe and
Bennie L. Beebe, both of Kansas City, MO; four daughters, Margaret
Farhadi and Vona Allen, both of Texas, Marilyn Owens, of Louisiana, and
Marlene Wilmore, of Kansas City, MO. (Arrangements: D.W. Newcomer's
Sons Longview Funeral Home, 816-761-6272)
--Kansas City Star, The (MO)
- January 27, 2001
THAYER, MO--HARRY EARLE BERRY, 94, son of the
late Harry E. Berry and Clara Chilcote Berry was born May 28, 1907 in
Fryatt, Ark., and died Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2001 in Thayer, Mo.
He was married June 10, 1934 in Mammoth Spring, to Izora Kerby. He was
a veteran of the U. S. Army, serving during World War II in Belgium,
England, France, and Germany, and received the Bronze Star while
serving in the Normandy Campaign. He was a truck driver and an employee
of Berry Manufacturing Cane Company; and was a member of the Church of
Christ.
Survivors include his wife, Izora of Mammoth Spring; one daughter, Joan
Simers and husband, Bob of Mammoth Spring; two grandsons, Rob Simers,
and Steve Simers and wife, Rae Lynn of Mammoth Spring; four
great-grandchildren, Earle Simers of Springfield, Mo., Timothy Simers,
Brittany Simers and Jacob Simers all of Mammoth Spring.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Fred and Marvin
Ed Berry; one foster brother, Aubrey Chilcote; and a foster sister,
Gladys Copson.
Services were Friday, Nov. 16, 2001 at 2 p.m. at the Carter Funeral
Home Chapel in Thayer, with Ted Clarke officiating. Burial was in the
Riverside Cemetery at Mammoth Spring, with arrangements under the
direction of Carter Funeral Home, Inc. of Thayer, Mo.
Pallbearers were Harold Jackson, Monty Goetting, Bill Pace, Bill Wooldridge, Loyd Young, and Steve Atkins.
--Wednesday, November 21, 2001–South Missourian News.