Area Obituaries

STEPHEN J. EARLEY Stephen Jo Earley, 70, of Montezuma, passed away Wednesday, June 24, 2020. Visitation will be held today, Wednesday, July 1 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Rockville Elks Lodge, Strawberry Road, Rockville. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 2, at Independent Baptist Church in Montezuma for family and…

  LINDA GALE SMITH Linda Gale Smith, 68, of Rosedale, passed away at 12:28 p.m. Monday, May 18, 2020, at University Medical Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Graveside memorial services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 3, at Rosedale Cemetery with lunch following at Rosedale Baptist Church. For those who wish to attend,…

Gary A. Milam, 61, of Clinton, passed away Sunday, June 28, 2020, at his residence. Visitation will be held Saturday, July 4, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Frist Funeral Home. Funeral service will follow at the funeral home with Celebrant Marta Adubato officiating. For the full obituary, see this week’s edition of the…

WILLIAM L. PRATHER William Lee Prather, 84, of Rockville, passed away at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, June 25, 2020, at Cloverleaf Healthcare in Knightsville. Services will be held at 2 p.m., Thursday, July 2, at Gooch Funeral Home, 112 W. Howard Street, Rockville, with Pastor Keith B. McIntyre officiating. Burial will follow at Memory Garden Cemetery…

KEITH B. SIMMONS Keith B. Simmons, 69, of Kingman, passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2020, at Indiana University Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, after an accidental fall at his home. At Keith’s request, a memorial graveside service was held Tuesday, June 30, at Wolf Creek Cemetery, south of Wallace. Memorials should friends so desire, may…