Noel Douglas Whitson, age 100 of Diamond, Missouri, entered into rest on January 1, 2023 at Granby House in Granby, Missouri. Noel was born April 17, 1922 in Johnsonville, Illinois, one of nine children to Wilbert M. and Leota May (Meyers) Whitson. He graduated from high school in Wayne City, Illinois. He served his country in the Army-Air Corp, 1943-1946, serving in Korea in 1951 for four months. He was a carpenter, working for the Goodman Church Builders and was the manager of the Western United States. Noel was a member of the American Legion, Diamond, Missouri and a volunteer at St. John's Hospital in Joplin for seventeen years. He was an avid hunter and enjoyed elk hunting in Wyoming. He was a member of the Diamond Baptist Church. On January 17, 1942, Noel and Virginia Smith were married in Diamond, Missouri and she preceded him in death on February 17, 2016. Noel is survived by a son, Bill Whitson and wife, Leyla of Diamond and a daughter, Donna Fay Thompson and husband, Randy of Fountain, Colorado; six grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; one great great grandson and numerous other family, many friends and his church family. Services will be Friday, January 6, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at the Diamond Baptist Church, Pastor Tivis Boothe will officiate. Interment will follow in the Fidelity Cemetery and serving as pallbearers will be Brett Whitson, Ryan Thompson, Blake Sage, Cade Whitson, Kreese Whitson and Corey Driscoll. Those serving as honorary pallbearers will be Jim Askins, Curt Hay, Bob Gillespie, Bob Johnson, Laverne Whitson and Jerry Hulsey. The family will receive friends at a time of visitation Thursday evening from 5 pm – 6 pm at the Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.