![]() ![]() Arrangements are under the direction of Phillips Funeral Home of Eldon, MO. The following obituaries and death notices appeared in The Joplin Globe over the past week. Memorials are suggested to the Eugene Christian Church. Interment will follow at the Eugene Cemetery in Eugene, MO. Visitation will be Monday, Februfrom 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM at Phillips Funeral Home of Eldon, MO with the Funeral Service beginning at 12:00 PM. Nellie was a member of the Eugene Christian Church of Eugene, MO. Survivors, Daughters, Rayma Jean Elrod (Gene) of Joplin, MO Ruby Dean Binkley of Jefferson City, MO Son, Robert Graham Henley (Donna) of Eldon, MO Ten Grandchildren Nineteen Great Grandchildren & Three Great Great Grandchildren Four brothers, Harold, Wayne, Marvin & Laddie, and six sisters, Maggie, Irene, Veda, Leda, Jewell & Wilma preceded her in death. On Januin Eldon, Missouri she was united in marriage to Thomas Monroe Henley who preceded her in death on January 21, 1958. On Decemshe was born in Etterville, Missouri, the daughter of the late Edgar & Myrtle (Mitchell) Graham. Arrangements are under the personal care and direction of the Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral Home in Webb City, MO.Nellie Leora (Graham) Henley, 101, of Eldon, Missouri passed away Saturday, Februat the Eldon Nursing & Rehab in Eldon, Missouri. His request was for donations in lieu of flowers to the Joplin Humane Society. Burial, with graveside military honors, to follow at Mt. A funeral will be held on Saturday, August 20 at 10am at the Central United Methodist Church located at 5 S Pennsylvania Ave., in Webb City, MO. JOPLIN, MO - Shirley Nadine Mailes, 86, a homemaker, passed away Thursday, November 23, 2023. Visitation will be held on Friday, August 19, from 4pm to 7pm at Hedge-Lewis-Goodwin Funeral home at 301 West Broadway, Webb City, MO. He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Janet Bogosian. He is survived by his loving wife, Lucinda, his daughter, Erica (Jefferson) of Nyack, NY three stepsons Joe Hensley (Dina) of Joplin, Justin Hensley of Rockford, MN and Joshua (Maggie) Hensley of rural route Carthage, MO four grandchildren, Harper and Beckett Hayman and Ella and Joseph Hensley his sister Mary Robinson (Wayne) his brother-in-law Paul Bogosian and many nieces and nephews and great nieces and nephews. He was a member of the Missouri Bar Association and Jasper County Bar Association. He sat on the Board of Trustees for Legal Aid of Western Missouri and volunteered time to Legal Aid of Jasper County. And he was able to see completion of the new American Legion building being finished only weeks before his passing. He was committed to building a new shelter for the animals at the Joplin Humane Society, a mission that he accomplished in 2010. He dedicated most of his time in retirement to the Webb City VFW Post 7630 and Webb City American Legion Post 322 as Adjutant General and served as President of the Joplin Humane Society (since 1997). More recently, he was President of the Webb City Park Board. He served as Past-President of the National Kidney Foundation, Joplin chapter, and The Joplin Little Theatre and was a past member of the Webb City Housing Authority. Rick had a deep commitment to community service. In 1981, he was appointed Associate Circuit Judge and served for 34 years until his retirement in January 2015, then served as a Senior Judge for the State of Missouri. He was honorably discharged on Jand returned to Columbia to complete his law degree.Īfter graduation he moved to Webb City and was in private practice and served as City Attorney from 1972 to 1977. ![]() He was the recipient of the National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Vietnam Campaign Medal, two Overseas bars and the Bronze Star Medal. He was stationed at Tay Ninh, on the Cambodia border, with the 23rd Artillery Group, later transferred to Cu Chi and then to Phu Loi. While in law school at the University of Missouri, he was drafted into the US Army in June of 1969 and sent to Vietnam on Thanksgiving Day 1969. Following his graduation from Granite City High School in 1963, he attended the University of Missouri at Columbia where he graduated in 1967 with a degree in Zoology. She was born July 29, 1940, at the Muskogee Baptist Hospital in Muskogee, Oklahoma, to Guy Swadley Jr. Louis, MO, and raised in Granite City, IL, to the late Dorothy Francis (Campbell) and Richard William Copeland. Julianna Davis-McFerron (Judy) Julianna, 'Judy', (Swadley) Davis-McFerron, of Miami, Oklahoma, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Saturday, March 11, 2023, at Freeman Health System in Joplin, Missouri. The Honorable Richard Dennis Copeland, 77, of Webb City, MO, passed away on August 17, 2022, at his home with his wife and daughter by his side, after battling cancer for five years. ![]()
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