July 4, 2025
Marion Kenneth Messick, 86, of Springfield, formerly of El Dorado Springs, passed away at Cox South Hospital on Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Marion was born May 27, 1931, in Cedar County to Earl and Eunice (Schmidt) Messick. He attended El Dorado Springs High School. At the age of 21, Marion married Sylvia (Covington) Messick. To
Robert Leon (Bob) Coleman, 77, passed away May 17, 2018. He was born July 26, 1940. Services were Tuesday, May 22, 2018, in Sheldon Funeral Home with burial in Roscoe Cemetery.
David “Davey” Lee Russell Williams, 42, Neosho,went home to our Lord on May 14, 2018. Memorial services will begin at 10 a.m. Friday, May 25, in the First Christian Church in El Dorado Springs. Local arrangements are under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home. Donations may be made to family members or to the Davey
Bobby Joe Heitz, 84, of Joplin, passed away on May 16, 2018. Services were held on Saturday in Bland-Hackleman Chapel. Burial followed in Worsley Cemetery near Bronaugh. Memorial donations may be made to VFW 257 and left at the funeral home.
Daniel W. Weaver, 73, a farmer who resided in rural Liberal, passed away Tuesday, May 15, 2018. His service was Saturday, May 19, in Liberal United Methodist Church under direction of Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar, with burial in Worsley Cemetery.
Harold W. Julian, 88, of El Dorado Springs, passed away May 21, 2018. Services will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 26, in Bland-Hackleman Chapel with burial in White Hall Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 10 a.m. until service time. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the
Ronald G. Elliott, 81, Walker, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, at his home in Walker following a brief illness. Ron was born Feb. 9, 1937 south of El Dorado Springs to William LeRoy and Virgie May (Elliott) Teague. On Christmas day in 1975, he married Barbara Ann Hallam in Walker and she survives
Ronald David Hughes, 64, Nevada, passed away on Wednesday, May 9, 2018, as a result of an automobile accident. Ron was born Oct. 28, 1953, in Nevada to Raymond L. and Doris Jeanell (Heddinger) Hughes. He married Janet L. Bloesser on Dec. 10, 1983, in Walker and she survives of the home. Ron loved the
Orville Donald Taylor, 90, of rural El Dorado Springs, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2018, in Community Springs Healthcare. He was born in a log house in El Dorado Springs on Oct. 4, 1927, to Lester and Edyth (Harvey) Taylor, one of five children. There were five acres on the “home” place in the
Connie Sue Davis, 79, of Schell City, passed away May 7, 2018. She was born Sept., 2, 1938, the daughter of Mamie Marie Schroder and Theodore “Ted” Malee. In 1960 Connie married Paul W. Davis Jr. During this marriage, they raised four beautiful children – William Leroy, Betty Ann, Kenneth Walter and Sabetha Ann. From
