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William 0. JonesWilliam Orville Jones, 67, Sossville, died at 4:20 am. today it Chastain Nursing home, Lamar. He had been in failing lealth about six weeks.Mr. Jones was bom May 2,1903 lear Medoc, and had lived in Jasper county all his life, with the »xception of 15 years in Wichita, KLan. He was married Jan. 31, 1931. in Jasper county to Esther L. Ferguson.Survivors include his wife Mrs. Ssther Jones; two brothers ^rroll Jones. Bellflower, Calif., md Alfred Jones. Grand Junc-ion, Colo, and one sister Mrs. Jtella Bledsoe. Denver, Colo.Funeral services will be at 2 ).m. Tuesday at the NashvillewChristian church and burial will e in the Nashville cemetery mder the direction of Selvey uneral home.Mahurin servicesFuneral services for Henry Everett Mahurin. 78. Carterville. *ho died Thursday at Freeman lospital. Joplin, will be held at 2 5,m. Monday at the Hedge-Lewis uneral home. Webb City.The Rev. William Poe will ifficiate and burial will be in onogo cemetery.Miss Amy E. SnyderMiss .Amy E. Snyder, 59. Mt. .’ernon. died at 5:30 pm. Friday it her home following a short llness.Born Feb. 10, 1911, at Mt. -'ernon. she was a lifetime esident of the area.Surviving is her mother Mrs. feva Snyder, of the home. Arrangements will be an-lounced by the Max L. Fossett uneral home, Mt. Vernon.Tice servicesFuneral services for Perry ?ice, 85, Neosho, who died’hursday, will be held at 2 pm.tfondav at the Clark funeralwiome, Neosho.The Rev. Jackie Daniels will ifficiate and burial will be in v'eosho Memorial park•emeterv.mMrs. Douglas PrehmGraveside services for Mrs. )ouglas Prehm, 87, Carrizozo, N. d., former Webb City resident, vho died Oct. 30 at Carrizozo, vere conducted Friday morning n the family mausoleum at Mt. •lope cemetery. The services vere conducted by Ruth Chapter so. 177, Order of Eastern Star.Born Sept. 11,1883, in the Webb ?itv area, she had resided at Carrizozo the last 52 years. She vas a 50-year member of the Eastern Star.Surviving are two sons Ernest ^ehm and Otto Prehm, both of Carrizozo; and a brother Eli Xmglas. Carrizozo.Mrs. R. Wayne GrissomMrs. Helen A. Grissom, 63, Carthage native, died at 4 am. rridav at the home of a sonwRobert H. Grissom, Westminster, Calif. She had been eriously ill since August.Born March 21, 1907, at Car-hage, she was a daughter of the ate Mr. and Mrs. Albert H. mith. Her father was a mail carrier and was active in the Vlethodist church and boy »couting. She was graduated in 1925 from Carthage high school and was married Oct. 9, 1932, at ifuma, Ariz., to R. Wayne jrissom They had resided in the Kansas City area the last 20-ears She was a member of the Vlethodist church and an office ?mploye of the Owens Corning company, Kansas City.Survivors other than her lusband and son are three sisters Mrs. Arthur Olive, Grandview; Mrs. Frances Kelsey and Mrs. M.J. Booker, Anaheim, Calif.; a orother William A. Smith, I^as Vegas, Nev.; and an aunt Miss Lillian Ellison and an uncle Tony Ellison, both of 530 Poplar, and agrandson.Her husband is the son of Mrs. R. C. Grissom, 1205 South Main, and the nephew of Miss Nora Johnson, Drake hotel.Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Monday at the Knell mortuary. The Rev. E. A. Neimeyer will officiate and burial will be in Park cemetery.Joplin serviceman killedMarine Corps I^ance Corporal Gary D. Hudson, 20, son of Mrs. Ruth Hudson, 2910 East Ninth, Joplin, and Ralph Hudson, Sullivan, was one of 15 Marines killed Wednesday in the crash of a Marine helicopter on a South Vietnam mountain, according to information received Friday by relatives.The helicopter was returning from a mercy mission when it crashed into the Que Son mountains about 22 miles southwest of Da Nang. The wreckage was found Thursday and a Marine ground team recovered the bodies.Cpl. Hudson had been in Vietnam since June and was assigned to the First Reconnaissance Battalion, First Marine Division, at Da Nang as £ radio operator.Born March 13, 1950, at Joplin, he worked for ABC Ambulance service prior to joining ^\e Marine Corps.Additional survivors include a brother David Hudson, Joplin; two sisters Miss Sheila Hudson and Miss Kerri Lynn Hudson, both of the Joplin home; his maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. William Marsh, 705 East Thirty-ninth, Joplin, and his paternal grandmother Mrs. Addie Herreld, Galena, Kan.Arrangements will be announced by Mason Chapel, Joplin.Mrs. John LucasMrs. Loretta Belle McAfee Lucas, 91, Morristown, Tenn., former Webb City resident, died Thursday night at Morristown.Born Nov. 13, 1879, in Ohio, her husband John Lucas died Oct. 20,1948.Surviving is a daughter Mrs. Anna Lee Oliver, Morristown, and six grandchildren.Graveside services will be conducted at 10:30 am. Monday at Mt. Hope cemetery, Webb City, under direction of Hedge-Lewis funeral home, Webb City. The Rev Raymond Boyd will rtWHate.diesatSarcoxieT. W. Griffith, 96, died at about 6 p.m. Friday at Royce Manor nursing home, Sarcoxie. He had been in failing health the last several months.Bom Dec. 16,1874, near Grey’s Point, he was a farmer and a lifetime resident of the area. He was married Dec. 16, 1897, to Miss Josie Ann Sapp, who died Dec. 25, 1963.Surviving are three sons John Griffith. Ttilsa, Okla.; Charles Griffith, Lebanon, Ore., and Glenn Griffith, Coquille, Ore.; six daughters Mrs. Mable Brewer, of the home at Sarcoxie; Mrs. Mildred Despain, route 3; MrsBernice Sifferman, 607 East Seventh; Mrs. Geneva Stirewalt, Joplin; Mrs. Anna Lois Forste, Oronogo; Mrs. Euretta Glass, Sand Springs, Okla.; a brother Chester Griffith, Red Oak; 43 grandchildren, 90 greatgrandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.A son Frank Griffith died in 1969 and a daughter Mrs. Freda Hedeman died in 1944.Arrangements will be announced by the Moss funeralhome, Sarcoxie.Three women fined here on shopliftingThree women were fined $50 and costs each Friday afternoon in municipal court after their arrest early Friday afternoon by Carthage police on charges ofpetit theft.Fined were Yvonne M. Sisson,19, her sister Lucille M. Sisson,20, both of Picher, Okla., and Robadean M. Frost, 39. Baxter Springs, Kan.They were arrested shortly before 1 pm. at Third and Lyon by police who followed their car from its parking place on the east side of the square.Police said thev received a tip from an employe of Ramsaysreporting she had followed thethree women out of the store after certain items of clothing were discovered missing. She followed them to a convertible bearing an Oklahoma license plate, which was parked on the east side of the square. Police were summoned and waited until the women returned to the vehicle. They were followed to Third and Lyon where the arrest was made.The women admitted to the theft of several items at Ramsays, TGY and J. C. Penney company.Police arrest twoCarthage police late Friday logged two arrests. Jack Seitz, 44, Nevada, was arrested at 4:05 p.m. at Oak and Garrison on charges of leaving the scene of an accident. He was released after posting $75 bond.Gerald Louis Hill, 17, 610 Cedar, was stopped at 11:20 p.m. at Third and Garrison on a charge of careless and imprudent driving. He was released later Friday on his own recognizance.Hill and Seitz are slated for appearances in municipal court.Minor truck fireCarthage firemen were summoned at 7:26 am. today to Pine and Garrison where a truck was reported ablaze. However, the fire had been extinguished by the time firemen arrived at the scene.Damage was reported minor. Cause of the fire, according to a department spokesman, was an overheated emergency brake
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