Obituaries from September 2019

John Olen Dedrick, 81, Nevada, Mo., passed away at Barone Alzheimer’s Care Center in Nevada. John was taken to his heavenly home on Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019. He was born on April 7, 1938, in Princeton, Ind. John married his sweetheart on December 22, 1968 and they spent nearly 41 wonderful years together. John and Linda were blessed with two sons, Johnny Dedrick and Michael Dedrick...

Luella Belle Driskel, 84, formerly of Sheldon, Mo., died on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at Truman Healthcare and Rehab in Lamar, Mo. Luella was born Sept. 25, 2019, in rural Sheldon, Mo., to George H. and Sylvia I. (Hoover) Ford. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Friday, Sept. 6, at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with the Rev. Kent Garfield officiating. Interment will follow in Sheldon Cemetery, Sheldon, Mo. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at the funeral home...

Luella Belle Driskel, 84, formerly of Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2019, at Truman Healthcare and Rehab in Lamar, Mo. Luella was born Sept. 25, 1934, in rural Sheldon, Mo., to George H. and Sylvia I. (Hoover) Ford. She was united in marriage to Darce Driskel on July 13, 1954, in Kenoma, Mo., and he preceded her in death...

Christy Lynn Johnson, 61, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, at Moore-Few Care Center, of Nevada, following a lengthy battle with cancer. Christy was born on Jan. 13, 1958, in Nevada, Mo., to Horace Johnson and Louise Joan Johnson...

Donald (Don) Neil Wood was born Feb. 18, 1932, in Clayton, Mo., to Neil Elgin Wood and Myra Narsissa Gall Wood. He is survived by his loving wife, Martha Wood and four exceptional children, Mark (Cindy) Wood, Jill (Chuck) Ruhlman, Ann (Jeff) Wood Perkins and Patrick Wood. He was blessed with six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren...

Phyllis Ray Clark, 66, of Walker, Mo., died Sept. 6, 2019. Memorial services for Phyllis Clark were held on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019, at 2 p.m., at Sheldon Baptist Church, Sheldon, Mo. Arrangements were under the direction of Bland-Hackleman Funeral Home...

Arnold "Baxter" Campbell, 88, of Casa Grande, Phoenix and Hereford, Ariz., died Sept. 11, 2019, at Peppi's House - TMC Hospice in Tucson, Ariz. He was born Sept.21, 1930, in Moundville, Mo., to Howard and Gladys Campbell. He lived in Moundville until he finished high school. He enlisted in the Navy and was stationed in San Diego, Calif., where he met and married his beautiful wife Dorothy who was also in the Navy...