George Washington
Henson
Submitters Name: Russ Henson
Obit: West Plain Mo. Circuit Court, George Henson was murdered on Oct. 1,1866
Willey Roitton, spec. examiner for the
Bureau of Pensions S.E. Division in
Springfield MO. investigated this matter for a pension request for Mrs. Mary
Jane Henson-Custer
in Sept. 1887 for a pension on Mr. Henson's service in the
Mexican war. Larkin Allen was indicted for this murder.
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Name of Deceased: Melvin Prentis Hall
Newspaper: West Plains Daily Quill
Submitters Name: Patti Hall-Smith src#081
Obit: Melvin Prentis Hall
September 29, 1975
Source: West Plains Daily Quill
West Plains, Howell County, Missouri
Melvin Prentis Hall, son of the late John Riley and Sarah Scribner Hall was born
May 8, 1910 at Sycamore, Missouri and entered into eternal rest September
28, 1975 at the age of 65 years. On July 2, 1930, Mr. Hall was married at Salem,
Arkansas to Ora Brower, who survives, as do five children, Charles Hall, Kenneth
Hall, Norma Hilburn, Leroy Hall and James Hall, Seven grandchildren and three
sisters, Mrs. Marie Acklin, Mrs. Anna Coble and Mrs. Wray Gross. Mr. Hall was
preceded in death by his parents, two sons, two brothers and one sister.
Burial will be in the Dripping Springs Cemetery, under the direction of
Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, West Plains.
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Name of Deceased: JOHN RILEY "TUCKER" HALL
Newspaper: WEST PLAINS DAILY QUILL
Submitters Name: Patti Hall-Smith
src#081
Obit: JOHN RILEY "TUCKER" HALL
SEPTEMBER 20, 1938
WEST PLAINS DAILY QUILL
WEST PLAINS, HOWELL CO., MISSOURI
John Riley "Tucker" Hall, 65, well known resident of the
Dripping Springs District, six miles north of West Plains died this morning at
4:00 a.m.,
September 20, 1938, at his farm home following a brief illness. However, Mr.
Hall had been in ill health for some time and recently had suffered a third
paralytic stroke.
Besides his widow, Sarah Ellen Scribner Hall, he is survived
by seven sons and daughters, Mrs. Emma Green, Jack Hall, James W. Hall, Melvin
Hall, Mrs.
Marie Nolte of the Dripping Springs District. Mrs. Anna Coble of Arditta and
Mrs. Wray Goss of Brandsville.
Mr. Hall was born in Searcy, Arkansas on January 12, 1873,
had lived in the Howell and Ozark county areas many years. He moved to Dripping
Springs from the
Pottersville community.
Funeral services will be held tomorrow in the church at
Dripping Springs. Burial will be in the cemetery nearby. The R. F. Legrand
Presiding
Elder of the Methodist Churches of the West Plains District will conduct the
service.
Funeral and burial arrangements are in charge of Leonard
Sullen of the Sullen's Funeral Home, West Plains, Missouri
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Name of Deceased: Jackson McKinley Hall
Newspaper: West Plains Daily Quill
Submitters Name: Patti Hall-Smith
src#081
JACKSON McKinley HALL
Funeral services for Jackson McKinley Hall, 70 Spokane,
Washington will be held at 1:00 p.m. tomorrow in the Rose Chapel of the
Robertson-Drago Funeral
Home, West Plains. Mr. Hall died August 2, 1971 in a hospital in Spokane,
Washington.
Mr. Hall was born February 7, 1900 at Pottersville, Missouri
the son of the late John Riley and Sarah Scribner Hall. On April 17, 1920 he
married at
Sycamore, Mo., to Martha E. Smith who survives as does five children, Isaiah
Riley Hall, Memphis, Tennessee, Elsie May Simmons, Lincoln, Neb.; Leo McKinley
Hall, Cazenovia, Ill., Loren Marie Morgan, Washburn, Ill., and Mary Ann Spencer,
West Plains; one foster son Kenneth Stutsman, Shawnee Mission, Kansas, 25
grandchildren,
28 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild, one brother and three
sisters.
Mr. Hall was preceded in death by his parents, one brother,
one sister. Burial will be in the Dripping Springs Cemetery, under the
direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, West Plains.
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Name of Deceased: Martha Elizabeth Smith-Hall
Newspaper: West Plains Daily Quill
Submitters Name: Patti Hall-Smith
src#081
Obit:
JANUARY 10, 1987
MARTHA HALL RITES TUESDAY
Funeral services for Martha Elizabeth Hall, 83, West Plains,
will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the Rose Chapel, Robertson-Drago Funeral Home,
West Plains, with the Rev. Joe Bean officiating.
Mrs. Hall died at 3:42 p.m. Saturday in Ozarks Medical
Center. She was born Sept. 15, 1903, at Sycamore, the daughter of the late Rev.
Joseph and Nancy
Catherine Freeman Smith.
She received her education in the New Hope School near
Sycamore and in 1921, she was married at Sycamore to Jack McKinley Hall,
who preceded her in
death Aug. 2, 1971.
She received her nurses training working for the Red Cross and had worked in St.
Louis, and after moving back to West Plains she had worked with several
physicians in West Plains.
Mrs. Hall was of the Methodist faith and her father was a Methodist minister.
Survivors include five children, Isaiah Riley Hall, Memphis,
Tenn.; Elsie May Simmons, Lincoln, Neb.; Leo McKinley Hall, Cazenovia, Ill.;
Lorna
Marie Morgan, Washburn, Ill., and Mary Ann Spencer, West Plains; one foster son,
Kenneth Stutsman, Shawnee Mission, Kan.; 25 grandchildren, 28 great
grandchildren; one great great grandson; one brother, Henry Bunker Smith, Mtn.
Home, Ark.; two sisters, Elvira Kirkland, West Plains and Mary Davis, Wichita,
Kan.; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three
grandchildren, four brothers, Manuel, Dewey, Sigel and Jessie Smith and one
sister, Clemetine Collins.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Robertson-Drago
Funeral Home.
Memorial contributions may be may to the American Heart
Assn., and may be left at the Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Dripping Springs Cemetery under the
direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, West Plains.
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Name of Deceased: James Edward Hall
Newspaper: West Plains Daily Quill
Submitters Name: Patti Hall-Smith
src#081
Obit: James Edward Hall,
Graveside services for James Edward Hall, 56, West Plains, will be 10 a.m.
Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, at Dripping Springs Cemetery under the direction of
Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Mr. Hall died 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2007,
in West Vue Nursing Center. He was born Oct. 5, 1950, in Summersville, Mo., to
Melvin and Ora Brower Hall.
Mr. Hall had been employed at the West Plains Recycle Center. He was a member of
the West Plains Car Club and enjoyed fishing.
He is survived by two brothers, Leroy Hall, West Plains, and Charles Hall, wife,
Ruby, Mtn. Grove, Mo.; one sister, Norma Hilburn, West Plains; many nieces and
nephews, including Andi Hilburn-Vaini, West Plains; and many cousins including
Doug Brower, Janice Fritts and Blaine Brower.
His parents; three brothers, Riley, Everett and Kenneth Hall; two
sisters-in-law, Ella and Ellen Hall; and one brother-in-law, Larry Hilburn,
precede him in death.
Mr. Hall will lie in state 2 until 9 p.m. Thursday at Robertson-Drago Funeral
Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shaw Medical Building and left
at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
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