Obituaries

Climeth Odel Layman Funeral services for Climeth Odel Layman, 103, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, September 4, 2021 in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mr. Layman passed away at 7:00 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2021, at his home.  He was born May 8, 1918, […]

Georgia Ruth Birdsong Graveside services for Georgia Ruth Birdsong, 89, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, September 4, 2021 at Oak Lawn Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mrs. Birdsong passed away at 9:09 p.m., Thursday, August 26, 2021, at her home.  She was born […]

Tammey Hilyard A memorial service for Tammey Delouise Hilyard, 60, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 3:00 p.m., Saturday, September 11, 2021 at China Union Church.    Tammey passed away at 9:05 p.m., Friday, August 20, 2021, at Ozarks Medical Center.   She was born March 31, 1961, at Fall River Mills, California, […]

Kathryn Melba Slane Kathryn Melba Slane, 76, of Springfield, MO passed away Monday, August 30, 2021 at Mercy hospital. Kathryn was born April 1, 1945 in Mt. Home, Arkansas to Willie and Waukee Poe. She graduated magna cum laude from Bakersfield High School in 1963. She then attended both Draughon’s Business […]

Barbara Jean O’Connell Barbara Jean O’Connell, 74, West Plains, Missouri, passed away at 1:59 p.m., Sunday, August 29, 2021, at Ozarks Medical Center. She was born September 19, 1946, at Taunton, Massachusetts, to William Maguire and Ruth Gagnon Maguire.  Barbara graduated in 1964 from Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School, Dighton, Massachusetts […]

Joan June Kocher, 68, West Plains, Missouri, passed away at 8:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 31, 2021, at her home.  Arrangements under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Ashley Denise Hale Funeral services for Ashley Denise Hale, 30, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, September 3, 2021 in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Ashley passed away at 12:00 p.m., Thursday, August 26, 2021, at her home.  She was born January 1, 1991, at […]

Anna Lou Ryan Graveside services for Anna Lou Ryan, 83, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, September 3, 2021 at Howell Valley Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mrs. Ryan passed away at 6:28 p.m., Saturday, August 28, 2021, at her home.  She was born […]

Hubert Risner, Jr. Hubert Risner, Jr. February 5, 1957 – August 22, 2021 Private services will be held at a later date.

Kenneth Otto Jolliff Funeral services for Kenneth Otto Jolliff, 88, Naples, Florida, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 30, 2021 at First Baptist Church, West Plains, Missouri, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mr. Jolliff passed away at 3:50 p.m., Thursday, August 26, 2021, at his home in […]

Phillip Michael Hammon Graveside services for Phillip Michael Hammon, 72, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, August 27, 2021 at Oak Lawn Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mr. Hammon passed away at 3:15 p.m., Thursday, August 19, 2021, at Liberty Hospital, Liberty, Missouri.  He […]

William Howard Yates Graveside services for William Howard Yates, 80, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Friday, August 27, 2021 at Clear Springs Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mr. Yates passed away Friday, August 20, 2021, at Southeast Hospital, Cape Girardeau, Missouri.  He was born […]

James Jens Graveside services for James Clifford Jens, 63, Pomona, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, August 28, 2021 at Mt. Zion (Poe Hill) Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mr. Jens passed away at 3:28 p.m., Sunday, August 22, 2021, at Ozarks Medical Center.  He was […]

Gregory Dwight Stubbs Funeral services for Gregory Dwight Stubbs, 52, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 28, 2021 at the Langston Street Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mr. Stubbs passed away at 8:13 p.m., Saturday, August 21, 2021, at Ozarks Medical Center.  He was born July […]

Linda Marie Finley Funeral services for Linda Marie Finley, 73, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Monday, August 30, 2021 in the Rose Chapel of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mrs. Finley passed away at 1:07 p.m., Sunday, August 22, 2021, at SSM Health DePaul Hospital, Bridgeton, Missouri.  She was […]

Narvella Lair Private graveside services for Narvella Lair, 90, Caulfield, Missouri, were held at Amy Cemetery.  Mrs. Lair passed away August 24, 2021, at her home.  She was born April 17, 1931, at Mammoth Spring, Arkansas, to Dan Huff and Veda Abernathy Huff.  On Thanksgiving Day, November 27, 1947, she was […]

Victor Francis Prewitt, 85, West Plains, Missouri, passed away at 6:25 a.m., Tuesday, August 24, 2021, at his home.  Arrangements under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

L. Hoyt Griffith L. Hoyt Griffith of West Plains, MO, age 91 years, went to be with our Lord Jesus Christ on August 21, 2021. He was born on December 25, 1929 in Chattanooga, TN, and was married for 69 years to Ruth Griffith (“his Ruthie”). They met while both were […]

Dennis Lee Lapekes Dennis Lee Lapekes, 53, West Plains, Missouri, passed away at 10:10 p.m., Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at Ozarks Medical Center.  He was born June 7, 1968, at Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Dennis Loyd Lapekes and Sherry Brotherton Collins.  On November 13, 1986, he was married at West Plains, […]

Eddie Cletus Wake Graveside services for Eddie Cletus Wake, 77, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 24, 2021 at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Mr. Wake passed away at 6:41 p.m., Monday, August 16, 2021, at Mercy St. Francis Hospital, […]