Area Obituaries

Vernon Orville Search, 90 years old, of Milan, Missouri, passed away on Sunday, November 16, 2025, at Boone Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. Vernon was born on August 10, 1935, in Sullivan County, Missouri to Orville and Sylvia (Nations) Search. On August 11, 1962, he married Beverly Lawrence of Milan, Missouri, who survives of the home. He was preceded in death by his parents, his son, Kevin Search, his sister, ViLetha (Search) Vance and husband, Thomas Vance, his brother-in-law, Gary Lawrence and wife, Clarice. Vernon is also survived by his son, Kirk Search, wife Christi, and grandchild Jaylee, all of Maryville,…

MARVIN RICHARD MORRIS Marvin Richard Morris, 89, of Milan, Missouri passed away Friday, November 7, 2025 at Sullivan County Memorial Hospital in Milan. Marvin was born February 14, 1936 in Milan to Eddie and Edna (Fanning) Morris. On June 4, 1961 he married Karron (Bundridge) Morris, she preceded him in death in 2004. Marvin is also preceded in death by: his parents; two sons, Richard Lee Morris and Randy Dean Morris; two brothers, Donald (Virginia) Morris and Delbert Morris; sister-in-law, Shirley (Chess) Dunlap; brothers-in-law, Roger Bundridge and Randy Tolle. Marvin is survived by: two daughters, Carolyn (Kenny) Dowell of Milan…

Jerry Lee Murphy, age 80, of Fulton, MO passed away on Friday, September 26, 2025 at his home. Jerry was born on July 18, 1945 in Reger, MO the son of William and Lorraine (Trumbo) Murphy who preceded him in death. He was united in marriage on June 12, 1965 to Beverly Corbin in Trenton,…

Larry “Red” Billington, 85, of Green Castle, Missouri, passed away on Friday, October 17, 2025, at Brookfield Health Care Center in Brookfield, MO. Larry was born on January 11, 1940 in Green Castle to Edgar and Ellen (Snyder) Billington. A cattle farmer, Larry began working on the family farm at the age of five, milking…

Dorothy K. Nowlin, our family’s steady light, gentle counselor, and faithful prayer warrior, passed peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, at her home in Columbia, Missouri, surrounded by family. She was 93. Born on Independence Day in Harris, Missouri, to Cecil and Irene Jones, Dorothy’s life was a testament to the freedom…

Aneita Louise Carmack passed away peacefully on Monday, September 15th, 2025, at the Life Care Center of Brookfield, MO. She was born on February 23rd, 1939, in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Velma and Glen James. She married the love of her life, Melvin James Carmack, on November 1st,1954, in Raton, New Mexico. Aneita was a…

Julia Ann Haley Hargus, age 74, passed away on Thursday, September 4, 2025. Julia was born on February 26, 1951, in Princeton, Missouri to Jack and Wilda (Browning) Haley. She grew up in Harris, Missouri, and was the oldest of three daughters. She graduated from Newtown-Harris High School in 1969 and went on to earn…

Madonna Carol Noland, 82, passed away Friday, September 19, 2025 at her home in Green City, Missouri. Madonna was born July 10, 1943, in Unionville, Missouri, the daughter of Bernard W. Pearson and Hollace I. Hawkins Pearson. On January 28, 1961, in Putnam County, Missouri, she married Larry E. Guffey and to that union four…