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Submitted: 3/5/22 • Approved: 3/5/22 • Last Updated: 3/8/22 • R1424031-G1424029-S3
Luther
September 10, 1927 - August 21, 2000
L. D. Elder, 72, of the Barnes Community, brother of Hazel Kreipke of Clarksville, died Monday, Aug. 21, 2000, at his home.
He was a native of the Barnes Community, son of the late Tom and Carrie Plymale Elder, retired from the U. S. Forest Service after 33 years as a heavy equipment operator, and was involved in fighting wildfires, construction, park maintenance and rock work. He was preceded in death by one brother, Billy Don Elder; and two sisters, Nona Murphy and Shirley Phillips.
Other survivors include his widow, Mary Lucille Brown Elder; one daughter, Hilda Daugherty of Van Buren; two sons, Lionel Elder and Luther Elder II, both of the Barnes Community; four brothers, Eugene Elder and Frank Elder, both of Ozark, Bobby Elder of Washington, and Charley Elder of Magazine; and three grandchildren, Hallie, Melinda and Aaron Elder, all of the Barnes Community.
Funeral was at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23, at Shaffer Funeral Home Chapel in Ozark with Rev. C. G. Fisher and Rev. Jim McElhaney officiating. Burial was in Gar Creek Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Jim Johnson, Wesley Williamson, Don Hardcastle, Bob Kinney, Robert Elder, and Larry Elder.
Mary
January 20, 1931 - January 11, 2022
Contributed on 3/5/22 by Billsully060
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