Barry County, MO  

Helpers Award List

December 2007

This is somewhat of an attempt to recognize our dedicated and hard workers and to say thank you for all that they do. 

I sure hope that I didn't forget anyone, because everything you do is important to what we do.

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If you have volunteered for some project or helped in some way and aren't listed, please forgive me and send me a reminder. 

Donna Cooper

 To those of you dare to reach for the stars, please accept this award of excellence as a token of my appreciation for all you do.

Name

Cemetery

Transcription

or Photos

Cemetery Restoration

Census

Court House Records

Family Photos

Historical Newspapers

Historical Photos - Including School Photos

Obituaries & Death Certificates

December 2007 - Comments

Frances Albert

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Frances has submitted school photos and a yearbook, county picture book, has done proof reading and typing for us, too. She has also submitted family cemetery photos and data from her family records as well as some newspaper items and church items. Through the years she has submitted a lot of things to the web site. Frances' Work

Alice Allen

Yes

Yes

Alice sent us a disc of old historical photos. She hopes by submitting them that she will find some new kin folks and learn more about her family. Alice's Work

Cheryl

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Cheryl has submitted a lot of family data and family cemetery stones.

Cherry Bailey

Yes

Cherry is a  Barry County Museum employee and has given us a number of wonderful old school photos.

Penny Bailey

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Penny has helped with several projects including the historical photo project and she has done some hand transcription work on cemeteries.

Gary Ball

Yes

Yes

Gary has submitted some historical school and family photos. He also has done some photo restoration work for us.

Kathy Baker

Yes

Kathy helped a great deal with the census project.

Bob Banks

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bob has helped a lot with the historical photo project. He submitted a lot of old photos for the Monett area. He also helped with the Civil War page.

Barbara Basa

Yes

Yes

Barbara submitted some historical photos for the Rock Springs area and some on her family, too.

Cliff Bowlin

Yes

Cliff worked on the census project.

Diana Cope

Yes 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Diana is pictured on the left in the photo. She has photographed several entire cemeteries. She has also submitted a lot of old photos and has worked on the school project, too.

Donna Cooper

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

The main project that I have worked on for Barry County is the job of coordinator, but I have also transcribed census and newspapers and also have photographed some cemeteries. I also submitted the 1972 plat book and a few yearbooks. Donna's Work

Nora Eden

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Nora has helped transcribe census and cemeteries.  

Larry Edwards

Yes

Yes

Yes

Larry gave us the Edwards Family Book of photos.

Wilma Fields

 Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Wilma submitted several obits and some cemetery photos of family stones. She also submitted several family photos. Wilma's Work

Ramona Fletcher

Yes

Yes

Ramona submitted some historical photos for the Seligman area.

Jack Fly

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jack is pictured with Marion Fly's headstone that he repaired. He has photographed several entire cemeteries and submitted several obits. He restores old cemetery stones and has done a lot of restoration work in Barry County. He restored Corsicana Cemetery almost single handedly and it consisted of a great number of broken and almost destroyed stones. His work will be remembered for generations to come. Jack's Work

Stefanie Forester

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Stefanie has done some cemetery work. She also moved all the obits and built new directory for them so that we'd have room to grow. That project took months of hard work.

Linda Garrett

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linda has collected a lot of recent obits and death certificates. She has submitted family photos and cemetery photos of her family. She does typing and proof reading of all types for the web site. Linda's Work

Joy Guentert

Yes

Yes

Yes

Joy has also done some proof reading for us and she has sent us a few old photos, including one real old school photo. She also has sent us some old obits.

Gerald Haddock

Yes

Yes

Yes

Gerald has worked on the record keeping of all the cemeteries, and also has done some mapping and GPS work for us.

Mary Homesley

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Mary has been a helper for the obit project and also has done several hand transcriptions on cemeteries. She also submitted the 1909 atlas, which is of historical significance.

Dennis Howerton

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dennis submitted several historical photos.

Bill Landers

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bill has transcribed a lot of the old court house records, he also worked on several census projects. He served as an advisor and helper for the 1900 project. He does a lot for Barry County.

Betty & Ralph Lamberson

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Betty and Ralph have done a lot of things for Barry County, including the Wheaton Centennial book. They have photographed some cemeteries, and submitted family photos and old obits to the web site. The photo they sent was taken at the Wheaton book party.

Laura DeLemmermore

Yes

Laura worked on some of the census transcriptions.

Audrey Lemons

Yes

Yes

Yes

Audrey helped with the census project. Audrey's Work

Phyllis Long

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Phyllis does a lot of obituaries for us and has done some family record stories for us, too. She also has photographed some cemeteries for us.  Phyllis' Work

Darla Marbut

Another Photo

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Darla is second from the left in the photo. She has done a lot of work in Barry County and has photographed several cemeteries as well as submitted a lot of family data to the web site. She is an Eagle Rock historian and family researcher. Darla's Work

Beverly Matthews

Yes

Yes

Yes

Beverly has submitted a lot of family data. Her Painter family were early settlers to the county.

Janet Marshall

Yes

Janet did a lot of census work for us.

Richard Maxwell

Yes

Yes

Yes

Richard also submitted some land records and  family photos to the web site.

Jay McCandless

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jay submitted some nice family photos.

Linda Stephens McCormick 

Yes

Yes

Yes

Linda submitted a lot of historical photos.

Shirley Rowley McCullough

Yes

Yes

Shirley submitted some historical photos for Cassville and Washburn where her mother was a teacher.

Elaine Orr

Yes

Elaine submitted a disc of old school photos.

Jeanette Ponder

Yes

Yes

Jeanette has transcribed census for us.

Jay Trace

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Jay has photographed more cemeteries than any one else in the county. He recently did Monett, which has about 5400 graves. He has also worked on the cemetery restoration project for the genealogical and historical society. Jay has helped a lot of folks with his cemetery work. He lives in another county and has no Barry County relatives, but we all claim him and brag that he is Barry County's own. Jay's Work

Ted Roller

Yes

Yes

Ted Roller is on the right in the photo. He has done a lot of things for Barry County and a number of books, including the Butterfield book. He transcribed funeral home records and published them. He also works on the cemetery restoration project. He recently helped locate an old cemetery for Keetsville that had been abandoned.

Fred and Neoma Sherman

Yes

They have photographed several cemeteries, including Maplewood Cemetery, which has about 2000 graves or so.

Elmer Thorn

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Elmer submitted family photos and some cemetery photos, too.

Jack Tucker

Yes

Yes

Jack submitted 4 school yearbooks that were very helpful to researchers.

Beverly Sweeney

Yes

Yes

Yes

Beverly photographed several cemeteries, including New Salem and Seligman.

Judy Vietri

Yes

Yes

Judy has transcribed census for us. She submitted the Hunt Family Bible and a photo of the Murray clan, which was taken before they moved to Oklahoma.

Don Warner

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Don has transcribe a lot of older obits and other newspaper items for us. Also he has submitted some very historical photos.