Obituaries – Monday, January 13th 2025

Funeral Services for Rhonda Byars, age 67, will be held at 2:00 this afternoon in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Burial to follow in the Byars Family Cemetery, Montauk, Missouri. Visitation will be held from noon until service time in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel.

Funeral services for Emogene Sue Welch of Salem, age 57, will be held at 12:00 noon tomorrow in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 10:00 tomorrow morning until service time in the chapel. Burial will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.

Funeral services for Billie Lee Shults of Salem, age 87, will be held at 11:00 Wednesday morning in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 5:00 until 8:00 tomorrow evening in the chapel. Burial will be in the Dry Fork Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Corinth Baptist Church. 

Funeral services for Oren Glenwood LaRue of Belleview, age 95, will be held at 2:00 Wednesday afternoon at the Locust Grove United Baptist Church in Oates. Visitation will be held from 11:00 Wednesday morning until service time at the church. Burial will be in the Sam Crocker Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Sam Crocker Cemetery. All arrangements are under the direction of the Wilson Mortuary of Viburnum.

Funeral services for Freda Fay Johnston of Salem, age 85, will be held at 12:00 Friday afternoon in the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be held from 11:00 Friday until service time in the chapel. Burial will be in the New Harmony Cemetery.

Funeral service for Ben McWilliams, Jr. of Rolla, age 87, will be Friday at the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Rolla, Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. Burial with Full Military Honors will be at 3:00 Friday in the Fort Leonard Wood Veterans Cemetery, Waynesville. Memorials are suggested to Tunnel to Towers Foundation. Arrangements are under the direction of the Rolla Chapel of James & Gahr Mortuary.