Obituaries – Wednesday, September 9th, 2026

Funeral services for Linda Kay Brittain, nee Bowers, of Salem will be held at 1:00 this afternoon at the Salem First Baptist Church in Salem. Visitation will be held from 11:00 in the morning until service time at the church. Interment will be at 1:00 Thursday afternoon in the Ozark Memorial Park Cemetery in Branson. Memorials may be made to the Salem First Baptist Church. All arrangements are under the direction of the Britton-Bennet Funeral Home in Steelville.

Funeral Services for for Jim Flatt, age 90, of Salem, will be held at noon Thursday in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial with Military Honors is to follow in the Mt. Hermon Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 10:00 in the morning until service time in the chapel. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Mt. Hermon Cemetery and left with Wilson Mortuary.

Funeral Services for Bobby Jewel Stephens of Salem, age 85, will be Friday morning at 11:00 at the Salem Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be from 9:00 until service time at the mortuary. Interment will be at the New Hope Cemetery.

A funeral mass for Thomas W. Owens, III of Salem, age 81, will be held Friday morning at 11:00 at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Salem. Visitation will be held from 10:00 Friday morning until mass time at the church. Burial will be in the Sacred Heart Columbarium. All the arrangements are under the direction of the James and Gahr Mortuary.

Funeral services for Iva Roberta (Cleaves) Halcomb of Salem, age 85, will be held at 2:00 Saturday afternoon in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 12:00 noon until service time Saturday in the chapel. Burial will be in the Lake Spring Cemetery.

Graveside services for James Harvey Mooney of Salem, age 85, will be held at 3:00 Saturday afternoon at the Jadwin Cemetery in Jadwin. Memorial contributions may be given to the family to offset final expenses. All arrangements are under the direction of the Eaton Funeral Home of Sullivan.