John Franklin Ward, Granby, was taken to Heaven on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at St. John’s Hospital, Joplin, after a lengthy illness.

William ‘Bill’ P. Creviston, 63, Pierce City, died Jan. 2, 2009, at his home, following an illness since September 2007. 

Obituary for John Franklin Ward, Granby, who was taken to Heaven on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2009, at St. John’s Hospital, Joplin, after a lengthy illness.

Hannah Lee McConnell, 59, Neosho, died on Dec. 29, 2008, at Freeman Neosho Hospital, following a sudden illness. 

Betty Louise O’Neal Lundy, 75, Neosho, died Dec. 26, 2008, at Medicalodge in Neosho, following a five-year illness. 

Melvin Burgess, 62, Neosho, died Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, at his home, following a one year illness. 

Wilma Fay Pierson, Seneca, passed into eternal rest at 1: 40 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 28, 2008, in Joplin.

Gary Lynn Brown, 56, Mammoth Springs, Ark., died Dec. 24, 2008.

Jimmy Dale Lentz, 66, Newtonia, died Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at his home, following a illness of several months.

Larry R. Jackson, 63, Neosho, died at 8:12 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 27, 2008, at his home, following several months of ill health. 

Gladys L. Robinson, 87, Neosho, died at 7:20 a.m., Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, at Medicalodge of Neosho. 

Cecil Clint Stafford, 89, formerly of Boulder City, died Dec. 25, 2008, at Granby House Nursing Home, following a lengthy illness. 

Zelpha A. “Sally” Booth, 98, Neosho, died at Granby House Nursing Home, Friday, Dec. 26, 2008, following a lengthy illness. 

Jean (Howard) Pruitt was reunited with our Lord and Savior early morning, Dec. 27, 2008. 

Miss Marjorie L. Langley, 83, formerly of Southwest Missouri, died Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, in Albuquerque, N.M.