GREENFIELD, MO —
Ricky W. Purdy, 61, a retired funeral service director, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Burial will be at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Lakin Funeral Home, Pierce City.
Search-and-rescue crews worked through the night after a monstrous tornado barreled through the Oklahoma City suburbs, demolishing an elementary school and reducing homes to piles of splintered wood. At least 24 people were killed, including at least seven children, and those numbers were expected to climb.
GREENFIELD, MO —
Ricky W. Purdy, 61, a retired funeral service director, passed away Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Burial will be at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Lakin Funeral Home, Pierce City.
John H.R. Meyer III, 72, a former PET Milk employee, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Robin R. Smith, 45, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013.
Jeanne Lingle, 89, a homemaker, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013.
Minnie Hughes, 101, retired owner of a dairy farm, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013.
William C. (Bud) Green, 90, a retired principal of Central Elementary, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Christy Lynn (Huckins) Whittington, 52, a deli manager for Akins Health Food Store, passed away Saturday, May 18, 2013.
Steve Wright, 57, a plant manager at J&M Foods, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013.
Jessie Ann Bates, 100, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013.
Helen "Imogene" Caywood, 78, a homemaker, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013.
Dorothy Jewell Taylor, 87, passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013.