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Submitted: 11/1/15 • Approved: 11/1/15 • Last Updated: 4/14/18 • R777022-G777022-S3
Leonard
1 Jul 1927 Qulin, Butler, MO
18 Nov 2012 Jonesboro, Craighead, AR
Mildred
1 May 1926 Ripley, Lauderdale, TN
2 Jul 2001 Malden, Dunklin, MO
Leonard Decker, 85, of Rives, Missouri, died on Sunday, November 18, 2012, at St. Bernards Medical Center, Jonesboro, Arkansas.
Mr. Decker was born on July 1, 1927, in Qulin, Missouri, to the late Marshie Oril and Rosa Reynolds Decker.
Mr. Decker was a member of Northside Church of Christ in Blytheville, Arkansas and enjoyed working in the garden and spending time with family and friends.
Survivors include: his wife: Barbara Decker of the home; one son: Hugh Decker and wife Barbara of Blytheville, Arkansas; three daughters: Connie June Howton and husband Roger of Kennett, Missouri, Diane Mooney and husband Dennis of Deering, Missouri, and Rosa Decker of Memphis, Tennessess; one brother: Vernon Decker of Paris, Tennessee; two sisters: Bernice Rogers of Poplar, California and Juanita Luck of Poplar Bluff, Missouri; seven grandchildren; fifteen great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and a host of other family and friends.
Mr. Decker was preceded in death by his parents; his wife: Mildred Decker; two brothers: Leroy Decker and Verlon Decker; two sons: Ricky Decker and Mark Decker; and two grandchildren: Jody Lynn Mooney and Diana Dean Howton.
Funeral services were held at Northside Church of Christ. Interment was at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Steele, Missouri under the direction of Faith Funeral Service.
The Steele Enterprise, Steele, Missouri
Thursday, July 12, 2001
Mildred Decker, 75, of Malden, Mo., died Monday, July 2, 2001 at her home.
Born May 1, 1926 in Ripley, Tenn., she was the daughter of the late Joseph Burton Rogers and Willie Lee Lindsey Rogers. She was also preceded in death by three brothers: Earl Rogers, Olin Rogers, and Bobby Joe Rogers; two sisters: Geneva Rogers, Pearl Gist; one grandchild, Diana Dean Howton; and one great-grandchild, Jody Lynn Mooney.
She was a homemaker and of the Pentecostal faith.
Mildred was united in marriage to Leonard Decker in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Mrs. Decker leaves her husband, Leonard Decker, of Malden; two daughters: Diane Mooney of Deering, Mo., and Connie June Howton of Senath, Mo.; one brother, Vernon Rogers, of Poplar, Calif., one sister, Jewell Turner of Dyess, Ark.; five grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services for Mrs. Decker were held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, July 5, 2001 at the Bradshaw Funeral Home Chapel in Steele with Rev. Ray Fowler officiating.
Burial was at the Mt. Zion Cemetery in Steele with Bradshaw Funeral Home of Steele in charge.
Pallbearers were Tommy Webb, Floyd Click, Darrell Wallace, Matthew Click, Raymond Ranklin and Kristopher Wallace.
Contributed on 11/1/15 by ttack37
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