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Lawrence County
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Lawrence County

Index to Locations Private or family graveyards Aurora Maple Park Cemetery Marionville Odd Fellows Cemetery Monett Odd Fellows Cemetery Mt. Vernon Mt. Vernon Odd Fellows Cemetery Pierce City Pierce City Cemetery Verona Spring River Cemetery Private or family graveyard Lawrence County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Green C. Stotts (1821-1876) — Born in Adair County, Ky., March 21, 1821. Democrat. Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1872-74. Died in Sarcoxie, Jasper County, Mo., November 5, 1876 (age 55 years, 229 days). Interment in a private or family graveyard.   Relatives: Son of William C. Stotts and Mary Burns Stotts; grandfather of Keith H. Stotts. Maple Park Cemetery Aurora, Lawrence County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Isaac Vanbert McPherson (1868-1931) — also known as Isaac V. McPherson; Dick McPherson — of Aurora, Lawrence County, Mo. Born near Rome, Douglas County, Mo., March 3, 1868. Republican. Lawyer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1903-04; postmaster at Aurora, Mo., 1907-11; U.S. Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1919-23; defeated, 1912, 1922. Died October 31, 1931 (age 63 years, 242 days). Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Larry Brunk (1883-1956) — of Aurora, Lawrence County, Mo. Born in Franklin County, Mo., February 9, 1883. Republican. Mayor of Aurora, Mo., 1910; member of Missouri state senate 18th District, 1923-28; Missouri state treasurer, 1929-33. Died, from gall bladder carcinoma, in Aurora Hospital, Aurora, Lawrence County, Mo., November 22, 1956 (age 73 years, 287 days). Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Henry Brunk and Martha (Hamilton) Brunk.   Ransom Asbury Ellis (1871-1953) — also known as R. A. Ellis — of Barry County, Mo. Born in Aurora, Lawrence County, Mo., August 19, 1871. Republican. School teacher; farmer; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Barry County, 1925-26. Died in Aurora, Lawrence County, Mo., April 14, 1953 (age 81 years, 238 days). Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Benjamin Abbot Ellis and Mary Ann (Parker) Ellis; married, May 10, 1893, to Mary Susan Akin; father of Royle Goldman Ellis.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   John Walter Hubbard (1896-1975) — also known as John W. Hubbard — of Joplin, Jasper County, Mo.; Aurora, Lawrence County, Mo. Born in Sedalia, Pettis County, Mo., April 8, 1896. Republican. Electrical engineer; mayor of Aurora, Mo., 1965-67. Died in Aurora, Lawrence County, Mo., September 11, 1975 (age 79 years, 156 days). Interment at Maple Park Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Laura Bell (Keele) Hubbard and Joseph Hubbard; married, September 6, 1920, to Icyle Wolf.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Odd Fellows Cemetery Marionville, Lawrence County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   William Alonzo Barris (1882-1966) — also known as Lon Barris — of Marionville, Lawrence County, Mo. Born January 11, 1882. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper editor and publisher; school teacher; mayor of Marionville, Mo.; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1952; postmaster. Christian. Member, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Lions. Died, in Aurora Hospital, Aurora, Lawrence County, Mo., June 9, 1966 (age 84 years, 149 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sampson Piersol Barris and Mary Frances (Hart) Barris; brother of Pleasant Hart Barris; married to Lodemie 'Demie' Collier.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Odd Fellows Cemetery Monett, Lawrence County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   James Elmer Sater (1880-1965) — also known as James E. Sater — of Monett, Barry County, Mo. Born near Miller, Lawrence County, Mo., November 18, 1880. Democrat. Lawyer; Barry County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-08; postmaster at Monett, Mo., 1914-22; delegate to Missouri state constitutional convention 18th District, 1943-44. Died in June, 1965 (age 84 years, 0 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Martha (Hopper) Sater and Benjamin Sater; married to Pearl Emma Short.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Viga Burns Hall (1892-1974) — also known as V. B. Hall — of Monett, Barry County, Mo. Born in Hancock, Pulaski County, Mo., June 17, 1892. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; wholesale produce dealer; mayor of Monett, Mo., 1938-45, 1967. Died in Monett, Barry County, Mo., July 28, 1974 (age 82 years, 41 days). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Francis Marion Hall and Mary (Benton) Hall; married to Audrey Esther Kelly.   Epitaph: "Beloved father grandfather / uncle brother and friend / business church and civic leader / placed family and Monett above all."   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Floyd C. Calloway (1894-1975) — of Monett, Barry County, Mo. Born in 1894. Republican. Chair of Barry County Republican Party, 1928-30; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1944. Died in 1975 (age about 81 years). Interment at Odd Fellows Cemetery.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Mt. Vernon Odd Fellows Cemetery Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Oscar Prescott Moody (1861-1939) — also known as Oscar P. Moody — of Peirce City (now Pierce City), Lawrence County, Mo.; Mt. Vernon, Lawrence County, Mo. Born in Peirce City (now Pierce City), Lawrence County, Mo., January 5, 1861. Republican. Farmer; banker; delegate to Republican National Convention from Missouri, 1912; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1923-32. Died October 7, 1939 (age 78 years, 275 days). Interment at Mt. Vernon Odd Fellows Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Nancy E. (Spillman) Moody and William Austin Moody; married, October 31, 1886, to Dora Belle Pruitt.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial Pierce City Cemetery Pierce City, Lawrence County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Keith H. Stotts (1914-1999) — of Pierce City, Lawrence County, Mo. Born in Stotts City, Lawrence County, Mo., July 22, 1914. Republican. Pharmacist; member of Missouri state house of representatives, 1965-82. Died in Monett, Barry County, Mo., January 4, 1999 (age 84 years, 166 days). Interment at Pierce City Cemetery.   Relatives: Grandson of Green C. Stotts. Spring River Cemetery Verona, Lawrence County, Missouri Politicians buried here:   Pleasant Hart Barris (1867-1940) — also known as P. H. Barris — of Verona, Lawrence County, Mo. Born in Billings, Christian County, Mo., November 15, 1867. Republican. Real estate business; lawyer; newspaper editor; postmaster; member of Missouri state house of representatives from Lawrence County, 1915-18. Died in Verona, Lawrence County, Mo., August 26, 1940 (age 72 years, 285 days). Interment at Spring River Cemetery.   Relatives: Son of Sampson Piersol Barris and Mary Frances (Hart) Barris; brother of William Alonzo Barris; married, May 5, 1892, to Dollie Maude Gibson.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial

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