MAMMOTH SPRING, AR–ROY THOMAS SIMS, 71, of Mammoth Spring, died Sunday, Nov. 25, 2001 at St. Bernard's Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark. He was born Jan. 24, 1930 in Wardell, Mo., the son of George and Mary Eva (Fourthman) Sims. He was married to Lillian Savage on Sept. 4, 1948 in Piggott, Ark.
While living in Wardell he owned a service station and a grocery store. He also served as the local fire chief. He moved with his family to the Sharp County area in 1966 from Wardell. He worked many years as a self-employed contractor and also was a car dealer. He attended services at the Christian Tabernacle near Hardy, where he served as a trustee and then as a deacon for many years. He was loved and respected by everyone who knew him.
Survivors include his wife, Lillian Sims of the home; one son and wife, Roy D. and Caroline Sims of West Plains, Mo.; four daughters and their husbands, Gletta and Ron Clark of Thayer, Mo., Hope and Danny Seibert of Mammoth Spring, Ark., Pamela and Darrel Wade of Thayer, Mo., and Angela and Brent Godwin of Mammoth Spring; four brothers, Harold Sims and James Sims both of Ash Flat, and Charles Sims and George Sims both of Mammoth Spring; one sister, Myrtle Defoe of Ash Flat, Ark.; 18 grandchildren and their spouses, Anthony and Joanna Clark, Stephen and Melissa Clark, Natalie and Michael Appelt, Michal and Randy McComas, Michael and LaNae Seibert, Melissa Champion, Mitchell Seibert, Jeremy and Jody Wade, Richard and Kristi Wade, Kim and Johnny Alexander, Ben and Robyn Sims, Anita and David James, Pam and Cody Garner, Tommy and Cindy Sims, Jessica and Richard Rudd, Damon and Jacque Bowling, Tiffany and Michael Presley, and Corey Godwin; 23 great-grandchildren; and many other relatives and friends.
Services were Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 at 2:30 p.m. at the Christian Tabernacle on Hwy. 175 near Hardy with Rev. Herb Seibert officiating. Burial was in the Eagle's Rest Cemetery at the church. Arrangements were under the direction of Tri-County's Cherokee Chapel of Highland, Ark.
Pallbearers were Anthony and Stephen Clark, Michael and Mitchell Seibert, Jeremy and Richard Wade, Ben and Tommy Sims, and Corey Godwin.
–South Missourian, Wednesday, December 5, 2001.


CASSVILLE, MO–ORRE M. SMITH, 90, of Cassville, Mo., formerly of Monett, died Dec. 9, 2001, at Barry County Care Center in Cassville. Born Feb. 24, 1911, in Bexar, Ark., she was the daughter of William Obed Jennings and Annabelle Sears Jennings. She married Ted Smith Dec. 25, 1930, in Fulton County.
She was a homemaker and attended the Methodist church.
Survivors include her daughters -- Anna McIntire of Cassville, Betty Zane Smith of Raytown, Mo., Billie Wayne Welch of Salem, Ark., and Jovita Gay Francis of Kansas City, Mo.; a sister, Jessamine Jennings of Purdy, Mo.; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and two great-great- grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband on April 13, 1985; two grandchildren -- Michael Smith and Diane Smith; and a brother, Olen Jennings.
The funeral was Dec. 12 at Cox Blevins Chapel with Jim Schrivner officiating. Burial followed in Wild Cherry Cemetery.
Arrangements were under the direction of Cox-Blevins Funeral Home of Salem.
–South Missourian News, December 19, 2001.


Lawrence, KS--MARY LUCILLE ROSS SUBLETT  was born in Fulton County, AR, on October 19, 1914, and departed this life March 27, 2000, in Lawrence, KS. She was the daughter of Taylor Brashears and Jennie Ann Martin Ross, who owned a farm near Byron, AK. Her father was granted a license to preach by the Methodist Church and was the pastor of the Byron Presbyterian Church. She studied piano as a child, and began accompanying at the church when she was about 13 years old. Her family greatly prized education, and she and her brother, Clyde Taylor Ross, graduated second and first in their high school class. She met her future husband, Steve Lewis Sublett, at a camp revival meeting when she was 14. They were married October 2, 1934, in Kansas City, MO, where their son, Steve Ross, was born. During the Second World War, she worked at the Craddock clothing factory in KC,MO, making uniforms for members of the armed forces. After the war, they moved to Kansas City, KS, where their daughter, Virginia Ann, was born. They were members first of Queen's Garden Methodist Church and later Trinity Methodist Church, where she was an active member of the Women's Society of Christian Service and the Naomi Circle. She worked for two years at the Merle Norman Cosmetic Studio before retiring. After retirement, Mr. and Mrs. Sublett moved back to Arkansas, where they owned the farm on which he had grown up, near Mitchell. They raised cattle and faithfully attended the Byron Presbyterian Church. She joined the Home Extension Club and frequently entered exotic pickled vegetables in the Fulton County Fair. From 1996 until Mr. Sublett's death in 1997, the two lived at the Tauy Creek Apartments in Baldwin City, KS, afterwards, Mrs. Sublett lived at the Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, KS. She was preceded in death by her two sisters, two brothers, her husband, and three children. She is survived by her brother, Clyde Taylor Ross, of Monticello, AR; her sister, Juanita Cristy Burdock, of Mountain Home, AR; her son, Steve Sublett and daughter-in-law, Pat Sublett, of Lawrence, KS; her daughter, Virginia Sublett of San Diego, CA; her granddaughter, Susan Newton and her husband, Bill, and their two children, Kathy and Sam, of Claremont, CA; and her grandson, Steve C. Sublett, his wife, Cheryl, and their two sons, Steven and Connor, of Baldwin City, KS. (Arrangements: WarrenMcElwain Mortuary, Lawrence, KS)
--Kansas City Star, The (MO) - March 29, 2000.

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