Margaret Ann Honeycutt Tuttle

Funeral services for Margaret Ann Honeycutt Tuttle, 76, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. 

Mrs. Tuttle ended her earthly journey on March 26, 2025 surrounded by family at Brooke Haven Healthcare.

She was born September 6, 1948 in St. Louis, Missouri to George Washington and Beulah E. (Stark) Honeycutt.  Margaret graduated from Summersville High School class of 1966 and attended beauty school in Rolla, Missouri until she married Oran Eugene Tuttle October 22, 1966 in Summersville, Missouri. After marrying, the couple moved to St. Louis, Missouri where Eugene was employed by Wagner Electric until 1977 when they moved to the West Plains area. Their marriage was blessed with two daughters Cheryl Diane and Catherine Eugenia. Over the years the Tuttles enjoyed spending time camping, fishing, going to Branson for music shows, and taking lots of “day trips” to surrounding areas; they especially loved Mt. View, Arkansas. Occasionally on a random Saturday night they would drive to St. Louis for a case of White Castles, reminiscing of the days when they were a young couple in the city.  Margaret was a charismatic woman; she loved meeting new people and creating friendships. She spent lots of time on the telephone or sending cards of birthday, get well or sympathy messages. She sold Avon, Amway, Tupperware and finally found her forte in selling Home Interior for many years. She loved to go into others homes to help them find things they loved to make their home beautiful.  She was a gracious hostess and a fantastic cook, once creating a deer steak gravy recipe that was published in a Bass Pro cook book. Her deer steak gravy was a favorite of many guests to her home on Pine Street. She was also an outstanding baker, at Christmas time she created hundreds of boxes filled with cookies and goodies for family, neighbors, co-workers, and friends.  She loved sewing, hand quilting, embroidery and designing silk floral arrangements. She was a crafter and excelled at any hobby she picked up. She enjoyed vegetable gardening and storing her spoils for Winter. She always said, “These green beans will taste good when the snow flies.” Her backyard was full of perennials some of her favorites daisies, lily of the valley, clematis, and her treasured lilac bush which Eugene planted under their bedroom window.  Margaret loved music, she would put on a stack of records; country, bluegrass, or gospel and begin cleaning her house, doing laundry or ironing. She kept an immaculate home, beautifully decorated.

Margaret leaves behind Cheryl Diane Thompson (Cecil Lee Jr.) of West Plains, Missouri; Catherine Eugenia Bell (Roy Lee Jr.) of Nixa, Missouri; Cheryl’s daughters, Megan Ann (Rick) of South Mills, North Carolina, Melanie (Matthew) of Elk River, Minnesota; Ambrosia (James) and Alicia (Kyle) of West Plains; Catherine’s children, Daniel Eugene (Sarah) of Springfield, Missouri and Jenna (Jody) of Nixa, Missouri; eleven great-grandchildren; two brothers in-law, Roger and Rick Tuttle of West Plains; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Margaret was preceded in death by her high school sweetheart, Eugene Tuttle on October 12, 1998 after 32 years of sharing their life together. She never regained her footing in the world after the loss of her rock, best friend, and soul mate; Her parents, Beulah E. Stark Honeycutt and George Washington Honeycutt; her “big sister”, Lillian Ilene Young Jacks; three brothers, Billy E. Honeycutt, Bobby Dean Honeycutt and George Dale Honeycutt; Mother and Father in-law, Phyllis and Oran Tuttle; two nieces; three nephews; and Dixie her four-legged companion, and best friend. Dixie will be buried with Margaret as promised.

The family extends a Thank you to Kathy, Abbie, Kaleb, Kim, Nicole, Shaydon and Erik, a special heartfelt thank you to Gavann and Charolette for their sincere dedication and compassionate support of their residents at Brooke Haven Healthcare.

Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Burial will be at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to the West Plains Senior Citizens Center, and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., West Plains, Missouri.