Obituaries – Wednesday, January 3rd, 2018

Funeral services for Opal Butler, age 93, of Salem will be held this morning at the Salem Christian Church at 10:00. Interment will be in the Cedar Grove Cemetery. All the arrangements are under the direction of the Wilson Mortuary in Salem from 5:00 to 7:00.

Funeral Services for Mrs. Fern Hassell of Licking, age 99, will be this morning at 11:00 at the First Baptist Church of Licking. Visitation will be 9:00 until service time at the church. All the arrangements are under the direction of the Fox Funeral Home in Licking.

Memorial services for John Thomas Woolsey of St. James, age 72, will be Friday at 10:00 at the St. James Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Memorials are suggested to The Immaculate Conception Catholic Church.

Graveside services with Full Military Honors for James “Jim” Carr of Yucaipa, CA, formerly of Steelville, age 82, will be held Friday morning at 11:00 at the Carr Cemetery in Cook Station. Visitation will be held from 5:00 to 8:00 Thursday at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville.

Funeral services for Cledith Lydia Wood of Salem, age 97, will be Friday at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be Friday from 11:00 until service time. Interment will be in the Green Forest Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Green Forest Cemetery.

Funeral services for Peggy Zoan Blue of Newburg, age 89, will be Saturday at 1:00 at the Rolla Chapel of James and Gahr Mortuary. Visitation will be Friday from 5:00 until 7:00 at the Chapel. Interment will be in the Pearidge Cemetery, Newburg, Missouri. Memorials are suggested to the Pearidge Cemetery or Newburg Baptist Church.

Funeral Services for Debbie Schafer of Salem, age 63 will be Saturday January 6 at 1:00 at the Wilson Mortuary Salem Chapel. Visitation will be from 11:00 until service time. There will be no interment.

Funeral services for Georgia Beth Barksdale of Steelville, age 84, will be Saturday at 2:00 at the Britton-Bennett Funeral Home in Steelville. Visitation will be from noon until time of service. Interment will be in the Steelville Cemetery. Memorials can be made to the Gideons or First Baptist Church Building Fund.