OBITUARY: LOIS BARKLEY
Lois Oneda Campbell was born June 3, 1929, at Dolph Craig's sawmill camp near Birch Tree on the Oregon County line, where she was delivered by Aunt Rachel Craig. She was the youngest daughter of Ava Viola Norris & Lee Ander Campbell. She spent her early childhood in the Rocky community, where she attended school at the Reed and Horner one-room schoolhouses, completing the 8th grade. At the age of 14 she moved to St Louis and began work in a factory. Later she returned to Shannon County where she met William E. 'Bill' Downs at Eminence while working at the Rayfield Hotel, and they were married at Eminence, Missouri. A son, Billy Joe Downs, was born to this union. She married Don Barkley on Oct. 23, 1948 at Salem, Arkansas. Don & Lois's children are Donita, Johnny, Terry & Gary.
Lois worked at Paramount Manufacturing for 18 years. She owned and operated The Dinner Bell Cafe' in the early 1960s before establishing a furniture reupholstery shop in partnership with Beulah Norris. She continued in this line of work until she was no longer able.
Lois passed away on April 11, 2017, at Mountain View, Missouri. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lee and Ava, former husbands, Bill Downs and Don Barkley, her son, Billy Joe, sister Anna Lee Weaver, brother Tom Campbell, half-brothers Wayne and Doris Tucker, grandsons Heath Herbst, Adam Barkley, and Jay Simpson; nephew Bobby Weaver, and great-grandson Hunter Frost, as well as dear friends Sue Hollis, Lois Weaver and Bonnie Rightnowar.
She is survived by her children, Donita Barkley, Johnny Barkley and wife Vicki, and Gary Barkley and wife Shirley, all of Winona, and Terry Barkley and wife Mary Lou, of Rolla. Also surviving are eleven grandchildren: Donnie Downs, Jessica Atkins, Brian Downs, Amanda Barkley, Wes Herbst, Jared Barkley, Andrew Herbst, April Hayes, Michelle Bockman, and Randy Downs; stepgrandsons Thomas Herbst, Michael Herbst and Chris Brawley; step granddaughters Amy Nichols and Angel Stahlman; eleven great grandchildren, several step grandchildren; three half sisters, June Roberts, Sharon Davis and Judy Walker, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Especially beloved to Lois were her nieces Betty Needels and Barbara Conway, who never failed in their devotion and caregiving.
Funeral services were held at Duncan Chapel in Winona on Friday April 14th followed by graveside services at Horner Cemetery. Her great grand niece Reagan Brown sang Amazing Grace at the graveside. Services conducted by Duncan Funeral Home with officiant cousin Craig Osborne.
Lois Oneda Campbell was born June 3, 1929, at Dolph Craig's sawmill camp near Birch Tree on the Oregon County line, where she was delivered by Aunt Rachel Craig. She was the youngest daughter of Ava Viola Norris & Lee Ander Campbell. She spent her early childhood in the Rocky community, where she attended school at the Reed and Horner one-room schoolhouses, completing the 8th grade. At the age of 14 she moved to St Louis and began work in a factory. Later she returned to Shannon County where she met William E. 'Bill' Downs at Eminence while working at the Rayfield Hotel, and they were married at Eminence, Missouri. A son, Billy Joe Downs, was born to this union. She married Don Barkley on Oct. 23, 1948 at Salem, Arkansas. Don & Lois's children are Donita, Johnny, Terry & Gary.
Lois worked at Paramount Manufacturing for 18 years. She owned and operated The Dinner Bell Cafe' in the early 1960s before establishing a furniture reupholstery shop in partnership with Beulah Norris. She continued in this line of work until she was no longer able.
Lois passed away on April 11, 2017, at Mountain View, Missouri. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lee and Ava, former husbands, Bill Downs and Don Barkley, her son, Billy Joe, sister Anna Lee Weaver, brother Tom Campbell, half-brothers Wayne and Doris Tucker, grandsons Heath Herbst, Adam Barkley, and Jay Simpson; nephew Bobby Weaver, and great-grandson Hunter Frost, as well as dear friends Sue Hollis, Lois Weaver and Bonnie Rightnowar.
She is survived by her children, Donita Barkley, Johnny Barkley and wife Vicki, and Gary Barkley and wife Shirley, all of Winona, and Terry Barkley and wife Mary Lou, of Rolla. Also surviving are eleven grandchildren: Donnie Downs, Jessica Atkins, Brian Downs, Amanda Barkley, Wes Herbst, Jared Barkley, Andrew Herbst, April Hayes, Michelle Bockman, and Randy Downs; stepgrandsons Thomas Herbst, Michael Herbst and Chris Brawley; step granddaughters Amy Nichols and Angel Stahlman; eleven great grandchildren, several step grandchildren; three half sisters, June Roberts, Sharon Davis and Judy Walker, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Especially beloved to Lois were her nieces Betty Needels and Barbara Conway, who never failed in their devotion and caregiving.
Funeral services were held at Duncan Chapel in Winona on Friday April 14th followed by graveside services at Horner Cemetery. Her great grand niece Reagan Brown sang Amazing Grace at the graveside. Services conducted by Duncan Funeral Home with officiant cousin Craig Osborne.
OBITUARY: LOIS BARKLEY
Lois Oneda Campbell was born June 3, 1929, at Dolph Craig's sawmill camp near Birch Tree on the Oregon County line, where she was delivered by Aunt Rachel Craig. She was the youngest daughter of Ava Viola Norris & Lee Ander Campbell. She spent her early childhood in the Rocky community, where she attended school at the Reed and Horner one-room schoolhouses, completing the 8th grade. At the age of 14 she moved to St Louis and began work in a factory. Later she returned to Shannon County where she met William E. 'Bill' Downs at Eminence while working at the Rayfield Hotel, and they were married at Eminence, Missouri. A son, Billy Joe Downs, was born to this union. She married Don Barkley on Oct. 23, 1948 at Salem, Arkansas. Don & Lois's children are Donita, Johnny, Terry & Gary.
Lois worked at Paramount Manufacturing for 18 years. She owned and operated The Dinner Bell Cafe' in the early 1960s before establishing a furniture reupholstery shop in partnership with Beulah Norris. She continued in this line of work until she was no longer able.
Lois passed away on April 11, 2017, at Mountain View, Missouri. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lee and Ava, former husbands, Bill Downs and Don Barkley, her son, Billy Joe, sister Anna Lee Weaver, brother Tom Campbell, half-brothers Wayne and Doris Tucker, grandsons Heath Herbst, Adam Barkley, and Jay Simpson; nephew Bobby Weaver, and great-grandson Hunter Frost, as well as dear friends Sue Hollis, Lois Weaver and Bonnie Rightnowar.
She is survived by her children, Donita Barkley, Johnny Barkley and wife Vicki, and Gary Barkley and wife Shirley, all of Winona, and Terry Barkley and wife Mary Lou, of Rolla. Also surviving are eleven grandchildren: Donnie Downs, Jessica Atkins, Brian Downs, Amanda Barkley, Wes Herbst, Jared Barkley, Andrew Herbst, April Hayes, Michelle Bockman, and Randy Downs; stepgrandsons Thomas Herbst, Michael Herbst and Chris Brawley; step granddaughters Amy Nichols and Angel Stahlman; eleven great grandchildren, several step grandchildren; three half sisters, June Roberts, Sharon Davis and Judy Walker, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Especially beloved to Lois were her nieces Betty Needels and Barbara Conway, who never failed in their devotion and caregiving.
Funeral services were held at Duncan Chapel in Winona on Friday April 14th followed by graveside services at Horner Cemetery. Her great grand niece Reagan Brown sang Amazing Grace at the graveside. Services conducted by Duncan Funeral Home with officiant cousin Craig Osborne.
Lois Oneda Campbell was born June 3, 1929, at Dolph Craig's sawmill camp near Birch Tree on the Oregon County line, where she was delivered by Aunt Rachel Craig. She was the youngest daughter of Ava Viola Norris & Lee Ander Campbell. She spent her early childhood in the Rocky community, where she attended school at the Reed and Horner one-room schoolhouses, completing the 8th grade. At the age of 14 she moved to St Louis and began work in a factory. Later she returned to Shannon County where she met William E. 'Bill' Downs at Eminence while working at the Rayfield Hotel, and they were married at Eminence, Missouri. A son, Billy Joe Downs, was born to this union. She married Don Barkley on Oct. 23, 1948 at Salem, Arkansas. Don & Lois's children are Donita, Johnny, Terry & Gary.
Lois worked at Paramount Manufacturing for 18 years. She owned and operated The Dinner Bell Cafe' in the early 1960s before establishing a furniture reupholstery shop in partnership with Beulah Norris. She continued in this line of work until she was no longer able.
Lois passed away on April 11, 2017, at Mountain View, Missouri. She is preceded in death by her parents, Lee and Ava, former husbands, Bill Downs and Don Barkley, her son, Billy Joe, sister Anna Lee Weaver, brother Tom Campbell, half-brothers Wayne and Doris Tucker, grandsons Heath Herbst, Adam Barkley, and Jay Simpson; nephew Bobby Weaver, and great-grandson Hunter Frost, as well as dear friends Sue Hollis, Lois Weaver and Bonnie Rightnowar.
She is survived by her children, Donita Barkley, Johnny Barkley and wife Vicki, and Gary Barkley and wife Shirley, all of Winona, and Terry Barkley and wife Mary Lou, of Rolla. Also surviving are eleven grandchildren: Donnie Downs, Jessica Atkins, Brian Downs, Amanda Barkley, Wes Herbst, Jared Barkley, Andrew Herbst, April Hayes, Michelle Bockman, and Randy Downs; stepgrandsons Thomas Herbst, Michael Herbst and Chris Brawley; step granddaughters Amy Nichols and Angel Stahlman; eleven great grandchildren, several step grandchildren; three half sisters, June Roberts, Sharon Davis and Judy Walker, and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Especially beloved to Lois were her nieces Betty Needels and Barbara Conway, who never failed in their devotion and caregiving.
Funeral services were held at Duncan Chapel in Winona on Friday April 14th followed by graveside services at Horner Cemetery. Her great grand niece Reagan Brown sang Amazing Grace at the graveside. Services conducted by Duncan Funeral Home with officiant cousin Craig Osborne.
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