To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Missouri Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Missouri, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 3/5/15 • Approved: 3/5/15 • Last Updated: 4/4/18 • R765934-G765932-S3
Walter
Aug 27, 1903 Agnos, Fulton, AR
Apr 23, 1961 Springfield, Greene, MO
Son of Frank & Amanda (Roberts) Cozort
Gwen
Nov 13, 1909 Glencoe, Fulton, AR
Sep 26, 2004 West Plains, Howell, MO
Gwen Cozort, 94, of West Plains, MO, was born Nov. 13, 1909 in Glencoe, AR, the daughter of the late John Polk Southard and Loma Ann Vail Southard. She died Sept. 26, 2004, in West Plains, MO. She was married on Jan. 6, 1929, in Glencoe, AR, to Walter Curtis Cozort, who preceded her in death April 23, 1961.
She was a member of the Curry Street Church of Christ.
She taught school for several years and drove the school bus.
She spent her life on the farm and was an avid gardener.
She was a mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother and will be missed by those who knew and loved her.
Survivors include seven children, Herbert W. Cozort and wife, Wilma, of Nixa, MO; Conrad Cozort and wife, Blanche, of West Plains; Curtis Cozort and wife, Anita, of West Plains; Norris Cozort and wife, Ivene, of West Plains; Johnny Cozort, of West Plains; Kirby Cozort, and wife, Penny, of Broken Arrow, OK, and Rose Ann Bales and husband, Joe "Buddy" of West Plains; three sisters-in-law, Launita Southard of Melbourne, Cleta Southard of Salem, and Nova Gault of Newport; 19 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; four brothers, Orby Southard, Roby Southard, Bert Southard and Hobart Southard; three sisters, Ruth Mullins, Maxine Lundy and Tressie Brawley and one grandchild.
The funeral service was Sept. 29 at the Carter Funeral Home Chapel in West Plains with Evangelists Joe Spangler and Neale Phipps officiating. Burial was in Howell Memorial Park Cemetery with arrangements under the direction of Carter Funeral Home of West Plains.
Contributed on 3/5/15 by mjrwag
Email This Contributor
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 765934