Name of Deceased: Bertha Kile LaRoe
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: June 9, 1978
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Mrs. Homer (Bertha) LaRoe, 63, of Route 1 Hallsville, passed away at the Boone County Hospital early yesterday following an illness of several months. She was born in Boone County on April 29, 1915, the daughter of the late Herbert and Mamie Clardy Kile. She was married to George H. LaRoe on Aug. 8, 1929, and he preceded her in death on May 21, 1976. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Billie Patterson, Fordyce, Ark.; six sons, George LaRoe, Strong, Ark., Donald LaRoe, St. Louis, Russell LaRoe, Sturgeon, Harold LaRoe, Hallsville, John LaRoe, Tyler, Tex., Jerry LaRoe, Sturgeon; four sisters, Mrs. Lula Berry, Route 1, Columbia, Mrs. Margaret Forbis, Jefferson City, Mrs. Ollie Mae Turner, Columbia, Mrs. Pauline Warfield, Columbia and one brother, Earnest Kile, Columbia; 13 grandchildren; onr great-grandchild and mother, Mrs. Mamie Kile, Columbia. Two brothers, Hulen and Herbert Kile and one sister, Mrs. Bernice Mahan, preceded her in death. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles A. Parker, pastor of Assembly of God Church, officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the Memorial Funeral Home after 1 p.m. today.
Name of Deceased: Emily Maude Johnson LaRoe
Newspaper: The Ashland Bugle
Date: Jan. 11, 1940
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Mrs. Emma Laroe, wife of William Laroe, died Sunday morning at 6:15 o'clock at her home north of Englewood and five miles east of Deer Park. Deceased was 61, Husband and six children survive. Holt & Burnett, local undertakers, were in charge of services at the grave.
Name of Deceased: Eva Marie House Baucom LaRoe
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: July 18, 2008
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Eva Marie LaRoe, 79, of Sturgeon died Wednesday, July 16, 2008, at Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 20, at Church of Christ in Centralia. Officiating will be Mark White, minister of the Church of Christ in Centralia, and William Baucom, minister of the Church of Christ in Doniphan. Interment will be at Glendale Memorial Gardens in Centralia. Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Fenton Funeral Chapel in Centralia. She was born May 24, 1929, in Boone County, the daughter of Walker and Rebecca Burks House. She was married to Riley Baucom on July 6, 1946, and he preceded her in death on Sept. 29, 1962. Later, she was married to Russell LaRoe on July 6, 1963, in Columbia, and he survives. LaRoe was a dedicated and active member of Church of Christ in Centralia. As a nurse technician, she was at various hospitals including the veterans hospital, Ellis-Fischel and retired from Columbia Regional Hospital in Columbia. Other survivors include nine children, Wilburn Baucom and his wife, Linda, of Doniphan, Carlene Attebery of Centralia, Ronnie Baucom and his wife, Polly, of Fulton, Rebecca Taft and husband, William, of Sturgeon, Stephen Baucom and his wife, Trisha, of Centralia, Etta Bazzell and her husband, Jon, of Columbia, Russell LaRoe Jr. and his wife, Deanna, of Centralia, Harold LaRoe and his wife, Tresea, of Columbia, and Elizabeth Nichols and her husband, Bill, of Centralia; 35 grandchildren, 35 great-grandchildren; three brothers, Carl Walker House Jr. of Salem, Howard House of Clark and Frank House of Osceola, Fla.; two sisters, Margaret Wells and Belle Black, both of Columbia; stepsister, Ruth Honeycutt of Ala.; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; three sons, Robert Baucom, Jimmy Baucom and Howard Baucom; one granddaughter, Shauna Baucom; brother, Sam House; and two sisters, Dorothy Heuer and Rodesa Spicer.
Name of Deceased: George Homer LaRoe
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: MAy 22, 1976
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: George Homer LaRoe, 72, of Route 1, Hallsville, Mo., died yesterday morning in his home following a brief illness. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Charles A. Parker of the Assembly of God Church officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home until time for burial. Mr. LaRoe was born May 4, 1904, in Boone County to the late William and Emma Johnson LaRoe. He married Bertha Kile August 8, 1929, and she survives. Other survivors are six sons, George H. LaRoe of Strong, Ark., Donald LaRoe of St. Louis, Russell D. LaRoe of Clark, Jerry D. LaRoe of the home, John W. LaRoe of Tyler, Tex., and Harold L. LaRoe of Hallsville; one daughter, Mrs. Billy Patterson of Fordyce, Ark.; four sisters, Mrs. Alta Mae Turner of Larned, Kan., Mrs. Mildred Head of Osawatomie, Kan., Mrs. Bessie Barnes of Osawatomie, Kan., and Maude LaRoe of Wichita; and 11 grandchildren. One brother, Floyd, preceded him in death.
Name of Deceased: Jack Laroe
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: Dec. 4, 1961
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Jack Laroe, 76, of 1402 W. Worley St., died in Fulton at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon after an illness of several months. He was born in Boone County Jan. 22, 1885, to Taylor and Katherine Moreau Laroe and was married in 1904 to the former Mis Lida Johnson. She survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. William McClanahan of Route 4, three grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A sister and a brother preceded him in death. He was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church here and was a real estate dealer in and near Columbia for several years before he retired. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Paul Curtis Jr., pastor of the Seventh Day Adventist Church here, officiating. Burial will be in Little Bonne Femme Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Nolan Hawkins, Oscar Brummett, Berryman Allen, Edward Allen, Arthur Gibb and Brown Robinson. The body will be at the funeral home until time for burial.
Name of Deceased: James Floyd LaRoe
Newspaper: The Larned, Kansas, Tiller & Toiler
Date: Jan. 19, 1972
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: James Floyd LaRoe, 65, died at Gleason Community Hospital Tuesday night. Born Sept. 24, 1906, in Missouri, he was a psychiatric aide at Larned State Hospital. Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Alta Mae Turner of Larned. Funeral arrangements are pending. Bechwith Mortuary is in charge.
Jan. 20, 1972; Funeral services for James Floyd LaRoe, 65, who died Tuesday at Gleason Community Hospital, Larned, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Beckwith Mortuary. The Rev. Loren Dunning officiating. Burial will be in Larned Cemetery. Friends may call until service time at the mortuary.
Name of Deceased: Jerry Dwayne LaRoe
Newspaper: The Columbia Tribune
Date: May 7, 2010
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Jerry Dwayne LaRoe, 57, of Sturgeon died Wednesday, May 8, 2010, at his home. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 8, at Fenton Funeral Chapel in Centralia with the Rev. Wilburn Baucom of Doniphan officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Mount Horeb Cemetery in Sturgeon. He was born Oct. 26, 1952, in Murry, the son of George anf Bertha Kile LaRoe. Survivors include a daughter, Laura LaRoe Lee of Clark; a son Alex LaRoe of Columbia; two granddaughters, Jessice Lee and Emily Lee of Clark; four brothers, Donald LaRoe of St. Louis, Russell LaRoe of Sturgeon, Harold LaRoe of Hallsville and John LaRoe of Fulton; one sister, Pearl Patterson of Leslie, Ark.; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one brother, George LaRoe Jr.
Name of Deceased: Lida Ellen Johnson Laroe
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: Aug. 27, 1971
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Mrs. Lida Laroe, 89, W. Worley St.., died at 11:35 a.m. Thursday at Boone County Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim Hoehn, pastor if the Seventh Day Adventist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Bonne Femme Cemetery. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. William McClanahan, Route 4; three grandchildren; three great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Laroe was born Nov. 14, 1881, in Boone County, the daughter of George W. and Isabelle Dillon Johnson. She married Jack Laroe in 1904 and died Dec. 3, 1961. She was a member of the Seventh Day Adventist Church of Columbia. She had lived in Columbia since 1934. Friends may call at Memorial Funeral Home after 2 p.m. today.
Name of Deceased: Maude LaRoe
Newspaper: The Wichita, Kansas, Eagle
Date: Feb. 14, 1998
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: LaRoe, Maude, 83, former Wesley Medical Center employee, died Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1998. Services 1:30 p.m. Monday, Hillside Funeral Home East, (burial) 11 a.m. Tuesday, Osawatomie Cemetery. Survivor, sister, Bessie Barnes of Osawatomie.
Name of Deceased: William LaRoe
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: Jan. 18, 1943
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Funeral services for William LaRoe, who was shot to death at his farm home Saturday night, will be conducted at 1:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at Barnes Chapel, five miles east of Deer Park. The Rev. E. C. Shull will officiate. The body of Mr. LaRoe, who would have been 65 years old on February 17, is at the Holt-Burnett Funeral Home in Ashland. Surviving relatives are two sons, Homer LaRoe, Deer Park, and Floyd LaRoe, Larned, Kans.; four daughters, Miss Maude LaRoe, Columbia, Mrs. Kelly Turner, Centralia, Mrs. W. F. Barnes, Larned Kans., and Mrs. Earl Davis, Salina, Kans.; six grandchildren; one brother, Irvin "Jack" LaRoe, Columbia, and a sister, Mrs. Tom Mockbee, also of Columbia. Mr. LaRoe was united in marriage with Miss Emma Johnson on Oct. 4, 1903. She died three years ago.
Name of Deceased: Dorothy Lee
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: Mar. 19, 2010
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Dorothy Lee, 87, of Columbia passed away Thursday, March 18, 2010. Friends will be received from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, March 21, at Memorial Funeral Home. Chapel service will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Memorial Park Cemetery. Dorothy was born March 27, 1922, to Frank and Gertie Johnson in Columbia, and they preceded her in death. She married Durwood Lee on Dec. 24, 1940, in Ashland, and he also preceded her in death. Dorothy is survived by two children, Judith Hyde and husband Harley, and Tommy Lee and wife Karen; daughter-in-law Karen K. Lee; siblings Ellen Anderson of Salina, Kan., Margaret King of Chandler, Texas, and John Johnson of Marquette, Mich.; sister-in-law, Mabel Woody of Columbia; grandchildren, Jeff Lee and wife Trenda, Jerry Lee and wife Barb, Tony Lee and wife Vicky, Denny Lee and wife Tracey, Scott Lee and wife Chelsey, Patricia Fischer and husband Donald, and Lisa Edwards and husband Buddy; great-grandchildren, Amy, Hunter, Hayden, Kaitlyn, Zach, Sierra and Cody Lee, Christopher, Jason, Nathan, and Jonathan Hyde, Brandi, Ashley, Haylee and Abby Fischer, and Austin and Megan Edwards; one great-great-granddaughter, several nieces and nephews; and goog friends Denny and Louise Gibbs. She was also preceded in death by a son, Larry Lee; two grandsons, Joey (Tommy Joe) Lee and Ronnie Hyde; one brother, Leonard Johnson; and three sisters, Eula Singleton of Kennewick, Wash., Ruby King of Columbia and Pat Morton of Columbia. Memorial contributions may be made to Central Christian Church, Route F, Fulton, M., 65251.
Name of Deceased: Durwood Lee
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: July 14, 1985
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Durwood Lee, 63, of Columbia died Saturday, July 13, 1985 at Columbia Regional Hospital. Service will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 16 at Memorial Funeral Home with the Rev. John Foley officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday. Mr. Lee was born on Nov. 13, 1921 in Boone County to Thomas and Annie Nichols Lee. He married Dorothy Johnson on Dec. 24, 1940. She survives. Mr. Lee, a painter and a farmer, was a member of Prairie Grove Baptist Church. Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Judy Hyde; a son, Tommy Lee; a brother Kenneth Lee; a sister, Mabel Woody, all of Columbia; and eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son, Larry Lee, in March 1985.
Name of Deceased: Larry Edward Lee
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: Mar. 19, 1985
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Larry Edward Lee, 35, of Columbia died Monday, March 18, 1985, at Columbia Regional Hospital. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. John Foley officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m Wednesday at the funeral home. Mr. Lee, a carpenter for Tommy Lee Construction Company, was born March 3, 1950, in Columbia to Durwood and Dorothy Johnson Lee. On Oct. 11, 1968, he married Karen McCubbin in Columbia, and she survives. He was a member of Prairie Grove Baptist Church. Also surviving are his parents, Durwood and Dorthy Lee; two sons, Denny Wayne Lee and Tony Edward Lee, both of the home; a brother, Tommy Lee, and a sister, Judy Hyde, both of Columbia; and 13 nieces and nephews.
Name of Deceased: Christopher Columbus Little
Newspaper: Columbia, Missouri, Daily Tribune, April 25, 1953
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: C. C. Little, 79, died yesterday afternoon at his farm home near
Englewood. Funeral services will be conducted by Elder Lloyd Sapp at 2
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Johnson cemetery. Mr. Little, a native
Boone mountain is survived by his wife, Hettie and several nieces and
nephews. Five children preceded him in death. The body will be at the
Burnett funeral home in Ashland until time for the graveside services.
Name of Deceased: Hettie Little
Newspaper: Columbia, Missouri, Daily Tribune, Aug. 10, 1960
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Ashland, Funeral services for Mrs. C. C. Little, 73, who died Monday
night at the McFarland Nursing home in Rolla, will be at 2 o'clock tomorrow
afternoon at the Burnett Funeral home here with Elder Lloyd Sapp of the
Goshen Primitive Baptist church officiating. Burial will be in the Johnson
Cemetery Northeast of Englewood.
Name of Deceased: Hezakiah H. Little
Newspaper: Columbia Daily Tribune, Sept. 22, 1955, page 1
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Kiah H. Little, 66, died at 2:30 o'clock this morning at a Fulton
convalescent home. Services will be at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning at the
Holt-Burnett Funeral home in Ashland. Burial will be in Johnson Cemetery
near Englewood community, where he was a resident. Mr. Little was a son of
Boone and Sally Little and was preceded in death by two brothers and a
sister. Sole survivor is Mrs. Heady Little of Jefferson City, an aunt.
Name of Deceased: Hezekiah K. Little
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: Sep. 9, 1950
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: H. K. Little, 84, died at 10:30 yesterday morning at his home in the Englewood community. A native of Boone County, Mr. Little was born in the same house in which he died. Graveside services will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the Johnson Cemetery. The body will remain at the Holt-Burnett funeral home in Ashland until time for services. Mr. Little is survived by one brother, C. C. Little, of the home and several nieces and nephews.
Name of Deceased: John William Little
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: Aug. 23, 1968
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: John William Little, 73, of Route 1, died at The Heritage at noon Thursday after an illness of several months. Funeral services will be at Parker's Chapel at 2 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Stanley Owen officiating. Burial will be in Barnes Chapel Cemetery. Friends may call at Parker' s until time for burial. Mr. Little was born in Boone County Dec. 6, 1894, to John M. Little and Mary Frances Brown Little. He was a retired farmer, a veteran of World War I, and lived all his life in Boone County. Survivors include several cousins.
Name of Deceased: Montrose Little
Newspaper: Columbia Herald Statesman, Apr. 15, 1926, page 6
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Montrose Little, 32 years old, died Saturday morning at the home of
his uncle, Christopher C. Little, two miles northeast of Elglewood, of
pulmonary tuberculosis.
Mr. Little was born in Boone County on July 26, 1893. He was the son of
James Little but from childhood he has made his home with his uncle. Burial
was made in Johnson's grave yard at 2 o'clock Sunday.
Name of Deceased: Nancy Little
Newspaper: Columbia Daily Tribune, Dec. 16, 1954, page 1
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Miss Nancy Little, 68, died yesterday at the Ellis Fischel State
Cancer hospital. She was the daughter of Hiram and Sally Hadyn Little.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at the
Holt-Burnett Funeral home in Ashland with Rev. Allen Emerson officiating.
Burial will be in Johnson Cemetery near Englewood. Survivors include a
brother, Kiah Little, of Fulton, and a sister, Hettie Little, 206 Sandifer
street.
Name of Deceased: Sarah M. Little
Newspaper: Columbia, Missouri, Herald Statesman, Mar. 8, 1888, page 3
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: At her residence in Boone county, about seven miles east of Columbia,
on March 2, 1888, of pneumonia, Mrs. Sarah M. Little, wife of Noah Little,
in the 43 d year of her age. She was buried at Olivet church. She leaves
eight children, the youngest only about six months old.
Name of Deceased: Anderson Everett Logan Sr.
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: July 28, 1977
Obit: Anderson Everett Logan Sr., 88, of 2913 I-70 Drive N.W., died suddenly at his home Tuesday. Mr. Logan was born in Devitt, Mo., on Nov. 7, 1888, to Anderson E. Logan and Mollie Dixon Logan. Mr. Logan lived in Columbia since childhood and ran a trucking business. He is survived by his widow, Bertha Turner Logan, 2913 I-70 Drive N.W., and a son, Anderson E. Logan Jr., 110 E. Worley St. Also a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Emma Logan. The Rev. John D. McGee will conduct the services at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Paul's AME Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. Friends may call at Green Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Thursday.
Name of Deceased: Nadine Griggs Long
Newspaper: The Columbia Tribune
Date: Nov. 24, 2002
Submitters Name: Robert King
Obit: Nadine Long, 82, of Columbia died Saturday, Nov. 23, 2002, at Boone Hospital Center. Services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 26, at Millersgurg Baptist Church with the Rev. Rick Hopkins officiating. Burial will be in Millersburg Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 25, at Debo Funeral Home in Fulton. Mrs. Long was born Nov. 8, 1920, in Hatton to John and Ethel Griggs. She married Lescoe Long on May 19, 1940, and he survives. She was a graduate of Hickman High School. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Millersburg Baptist Church, where she taught Sunday school for many years. She is also survived by two sons, John Long and Jerry Long, both of Fulton; a sister, Ila Crockett of Columbia; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Memorials are suggested to a charity of the donor's choice
Name of Deceased: Rita Ann Lowe
Newspaper: The Columbia Daily Tribune
Date: Aug. 3, 1988
Obit: Rita Ann Lowe, 40, of Columbia died Monday, Aug. 1, 1988. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at Memorial Funeral Home followed by burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 tonight at the funeral home. Mrs. Lowe was born Sept 20, 1947, in Mexico, MO., to Noah and Dorothy Orcutt, She married Harry Eugene Lowe on Marc. 6, 1965, in Columbia, and he survives. Also surviving are one daughter, Yessa Rena Lowe, her father and stepmother, Noah and Frances Anna Orcutt; and two brothers, Donald Willaim Orcutt of Auxvasse and Ralph Orcutt of Mexico, Mo. She was preceded in death by a son, Noah Eugene Lowe, and one sister. Memorials are suggested to Woodhaven Learning Center.
