7. JOHN FRANKLIN3 COONTS (CLARK2, JAMES L.1) was born September 17, 1866 in Cold Springs, Douglas County, Missouri, and died 1948 in Risco, New Madrid County, Missouri. He married (1) EDNA MAE HARRISON. He married (2) MARY MILSAP 1887, daughter of PERRY MILSAP and MARTHA HAMILTON.
Children of JOHN COONTS and MARY MILSAP are:
i. IDA M.4 COONTS, b. 1888; d. Jasper Cem. Newton County, AR.
19. ii. WALTER S. COONTS, b. November 22, 1889; d. December 17, 1969, Mountain Judea Cemetery,Newton County, Arkansas.
20. iii. JOHNNY S. COONTS, b. April 1896.
21. iv. TONY BLACKWOOD COONTS, b. February 18, 1902, Newton
County, Arkansas; d. February 02, 1971, Jasper, Newton County,
AR.
8. WILLIAM THOMAS3 COONTS (JOHN2,
JAMES L.1) was born June 26, 1881 in Tetrick,
Mo, and died May 20, 1956 in Twin Fall, Idaho Buried in New Hope,
Dury,MO. He married ZADA LEE RHOADES February 28, 1909 in Tetrick,
Mo (now Buckhart, Mo), daughter of DANIEL RHOADES and SIDNEY HUTCHISON.
Notes for WILLIAM THOMAS COONTS:
June 21, 1880? on birthday. W T Coontz, 75, Taken by Death On Visit to Twin Falls, Idaho. William Thomas Coonts, 75 Drury, MO. died at 1:20 a.m. Sunday at Magic Valley Memorial hospital following an illness of two months. Mr. Coonts had been visiting friends and relatives in Twin Falls for the past two weeks. He was born June 26, 1880, in Tedrick, MO. and was a member of the Baptist Church. He is survived by his widow Mrs. Zada Lee Coonts, Drury ; three sons. Ted Coonts, Twin Falls; William E. Coonts, Hansen; and Donald R. Coonts, Buffalo, Iowa; five daughters. Mrs. Opal Pamperien and Mrs. Margaret Pamperien, both Buckhart, MO.; Mrs. Ermal Pamperien and Mrs. Phyllis Scott, both Wilder; and Mrs. Ada Wagner, Parma; 19 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Two sons preceded him in death. Also surviving are three brothers, Abraham Coonts, Commerce, Okla.; and Alfred Coonts and Arthur Coonts both Evans, MO and five sisters, Della Coonts and Mrs. Delcie Fry both Ava, MO.Mrs. Ella Welsmer of Nyssa, Ore. ; Mrs. Hannah Chaney, Cheyenne, Wyo. and Mrs. Rebecca Keller, Mountain Grove, MO.
Funeral services have been announced by Reynolds funeral home
for 2 p.m. Thursday at the Baptist church, Mountain Grove, MO.
Final rites will be held at the New Hope cemetery, Drury MO.
Thursday, May 31, 1956
Services Held Thursday For Thomas Coonts
Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon, May 24, in the New Hope Church for Thomas W. Coonts.
Rev. W H Stephens officiated at the service and music was provided by Dale Uhlmann, Richard Uhlmann, Troy Hancock and Dave Uhlmann.
Burial was in the New Hope Cemetery under the direction of the Barber Funeral Home. Active pallbearers were Burl Coonts, Harley Coonts, Willard Coonts, Daniel Coonts, Van Pamperien and Bobby Pamperien. Serving as honarary pallbearers were Tom Dobbs, Tom Hancock, Everett Tate, John Hicks, Howard Proctor and Ray Alsup.
Thomas William Coonts lovingly called "Uncle Tom" by those who know and loved him best. Was the son of John and Margaret Wilson. He was born June 21, 1880 in Douglas County, Missouri and passed away in Twin Falls, Idaho May 20, 1956, his age beging 75 years, 8 months, 29 days,
He lived his entire lifetime in Douglas County and only two weeks previous to his death he and his wife went to Idaho for a visit with their children, hoping his health would improve.
He was united in marriage with Sadie Rhoades February 28, 1909 and to this union ten childred were born, two of whom preceded him in death in their infancy. Those who survived him are five daughters and three sons: Mrs. Opal Pamperien and Mrs. Margaret Pamperien of Buckhart, Missouri, Mrs. Ermal Pamperien and Mrs. Phyllis Scott of Wilder, Idaho, Mrs Ada Wagner of Parma, Idaho, Mr. Ted Coonts and William Coonts of Twin Falls, Idaho and Donald Ray Coonts of Buffalo, Iowa.
He was converted in 1928 and in 1940 placed his membership in the Pleasant Home Free Will Baptist Church where it remained at the time of his passing. He was a faithful member of the church and its teachings and his faith was a great consolation to him.
In additoon to his wife, Mrs. Sadie Coonts and his children, he is also survived by 19 grandchildren, two great grandchildren; five sisters and three brothers, many more distant relatives and a host of good friends. Two grandchilren Joyce Faye Buttts and Fern Lee Pamperien proceded him in death.
Children of WILLIAM COONTS and ZADA RHOADES are:
i. BERNARD4 COONTS, b. October 30, 1909, Dury, Mo; d. October 30, 1909, New Hope Cem. Douglas Co. Mo..
22. ii. WILLIE OPAL COONTS, b. November 23, 1910, Drury, MO; d. June 09, 1986, Mountain Grove, Missouri.
23. iii. THEDORE ROOSEVELT COONTS, b. September 09, 1912.
24. iv. WILLIAM EARLY COONTS, b. December 23, 1914, Drury, MO; d. March 08, 1972, Davenport,Iowa Buried in New Hope, Dury, MO.
25. v. ERMAL LENA COONTS, b. December 25, 1916, Drury, MO; d. February 07, 1985, Wilder, Idaho burried in Caldwell, Idaho at Memorial Gardens.
26. vi. MARGARET JANE COONTS, b. March 05, 1919, Drury, MO; d. May 07, 1996, Pryor, Ok, burried in Graham Memorial Cemetery.
vii. BABY COONTS, b. December 16, 1922.
27. viii. PHYLLIS ETHEL COONTS, b. January 12, 1923, Drury, MO; d. April 19, 1996, Caldwell, Idaho, burried in Rosewell, Idaho.
28. ix. ADA GENEVA COONTS, b. October 14, 1925, Dury, Mo.
29. x. DONALD RAY COONTS, b. January 19, 1929, Drury, MO.
9. OLLIE CORA3 COONTS (JOHN2, JAMES L.1) was born April 1883. She married (1) COOKE. She married (2) WILLIAM EDWARD SMITH August 15, 1900.
Children of OLLIE COONTS and COOKE are:
i. CHARLES E.4 COOKE.
ii. H.FURLEY COOKE, m. LUCILLE.
iii. PEGGY COOKE.
iv. ARLENA COOKE.
v. RUBY COOKE.
Children of OLLIE COONTS and WILLIAM SMITH are:
30. vi. HALLIE FLORENCE4 SMITH, b. June 02, 1901.
31. vii. ALTA SMITH, b. October 08, 1902; d. Gereral Hospital
OK City, OK-Burried Fairlawn Cemetery.
10. DELAWARE LUVADE3 COONTS (JOHN2,
JAMES L.1) was born December 1885, and died
July 07, 1956.
More About DELAWARE LUVADE COONTS:
Fact 3: Lived with Tom and Zada Coonts
Child of DELAWARE LUVADE COONTS is:
i. NOAH (FOSTER)4 COONTS, b. September 15, 1911;
d. October 18, 1966.
11. ABRAHAM LINCOLN3 COONTS (JOHN2, JAMES L.1) was born October 07, 1886 in Champion, Missouri, and died September 29, 1969 in Commerce, Okahoma. He married ANNIE MAG MOORE October 21, 1909 in Douglas County, Missouri.
Children of ABRAHAM COONTS and ANNIE MOORE are:
i. THEADIS OPAL4 COONTS, d. June 1985; m. HUGH HOPEWELL, January 19, 1927, Brushyknob, Missouri, Douglas County.
ii. HARRY HOBERT COONTS, b. July 05, 1915, Tetrick, Missouri; m. LARA MAE TUCKER, 1964, Hona LuLu, Hawaii By Jude Awa.
32. iii. HAZEL MILDRED COONTS, b. December 20, 1918.
33. iv. GRACE LUCILLE COONTS, b. May 15, 1920.
34. v. EARL LEON COONTS, b. March 30, 1927.
35. vi. DAILIA EMMIJEAN COONTS, b. April 22, 1931; d. January 16, 1991, Greenlawn Cemetery, N.W. Picher, Oklohama.
vii. BABY COONTS, d. Newhope Cem. Douglas County, Drury, Missouri.
36. viii. WILLIE WALTER COONTS, b. April 17, 1912, Drury, MO;
d. April 10, 1997, Caldwell, Idaho.
12. ALFRED KASSEY3 COONTS (JOHN2,
JAMES L.1) was born May 16, 1888, and died
February 27, 1965 in Evansdale Cemetery, Douglas County, Missouri.
He married (1) LENA ETHEL RHOADES December 23, 1917 in Douglas
County, Missouri, daughter of DANIEL RHOADES and SIDNEY HUTCHISON.
He married (2) DAISY LEE RHOADES April 07, 1940 in Douglas County,
Missouri, daughter of DANIEL RHOADES and SIDNEY HUTCHISON.
Notes for ALFRED KASSEY COONTS:
Alfed K. Coonts, 76, a retired farmer of Brushyknob Community east of Ava, died at 4 a.m. yesterday in Burge-Protestant Hospital in Springfield, where he had been a patient a week.
He was a member of the Freewill Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Daisy, of the home; three sons, Willard, of Brushyknob, Burl, of Buckhart, Daniel, of Ava,; five daughters, Mrs. Betty Bell, Mountain Grove, Mrs. Nadine Johnson, Gainesville, Mrs. Katherine Coonts, School of the Ozarks; three step-daughters, Mrs. Lorene Thurman, Gainesville, Mrs. Pauline Ellison, Longrun, Miss Dorothy Elliott, Brushyknob; two step-sons, Albert Elliott, Ava, Harley, Drury: 26 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; nine step-grandchildren; two brothers, Abraham Cooonts, Oklahoma, Arthur Coonts, Brushyknob; four sisters, Mrs. Delsea Fry, Ava, Mrs. Rebecca Keller, Norwood, Mrs Hannah Chaney, Cheyenne, Wyo. and Mrs. Ella Tyner of Twin Falls, Idaho.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Evans Church
17 miles east of Ava with burial in the church cemetery. Clinkingbeard
of Ava will direct.
More About DAISY LEE RHOADES:
Fact 1: July 25, 1938, Dicorced Harl Elliott
Fact 2: April 07, 1940, Married Alfred Coonts
Children of ALFRED COONTS and LENA RHOADES are:
37. i. WILLARD WILFORD4 COONTS, b. August 19, 1918, Douglas County, MO.; d. May 28, 1980, Evansdale Cemetery, Douglas County, Missouri.
38. ii. BURRELL NORMAN COONTS, b. September 25, 1919, Drury, MO; d. October 29, 1989, Drury, MO.
39. iii. EVA MAXINE COONTS, b. October 31, 1925.
40. iv. ALFRED DANIEL COONTS, b. July 28, 1927.
41. v. RUBY GENEVA COONTS, b. December 27, 1930.
Children of ALFRED COONTS and DAISY RHOADES are:
42. vi. BETTY CORRINE4 COONTS, b. January 09, 1941, Evans, Missouri.
43. vii. ZELLA NADINE COONTS, b. January 21, 1943, Evans, Missouri.
44. viii. FAYE KATHRYN COONTS, b. June 13, 1945.
13. HARRY LAWRENCE3 COONTS (JOHN2,
JAMES L.1) was born April 21, 1890, and
died 1955 in New Hope Cem. Stillwater, Oklahoma. He married GOLDIE
BAKER May 28, 1919 in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Notes for HARRY LAWRENCE COONTS:
Services for Harry L. Coonts, 65, who died Friday at his home near Ripley, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday in the Strode Chapel.
Services will be led by direction of Rev. Dale Patton. Interment will be at Mt. Hope Cemetery. A graveside military service will be held by the Ollie Dykes Post 2027 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Coonts was born at Ava, Mo. on April 21, 1890 and was married to Goldie Baker on May 28, 1919 at Stillwater. He came to Oklahoma in 1917 and has made his home southeast of Stillwater since that time.
He was a veteran of World War I and a member of the Farmer's Union.
Children of HARRY COONTS and GOLDIE BAKER are:
i. LESTER MURL4 COONTS, b. March 04, 1920; d. July
18, 1938.
More About LESTER MURL COONTS:
Fact 1: July 18, 1938, Died in car accident
ii. MARGARET RUBY COONTS, b. January 14, 1922; d. March 07, 1922.
45. iii. ROY LAWRENCE COONTS, b. July 07, 1924.
iv. DORTHA MAY COONTS, b. February 15, 1926.
46. v. DONALD RAY COONTS, b. August 25, 1929.
47. vi. ROSELLA MARIE COONTS, b. February 27, 1931.
48. vii. BETTY LOUISE COONTS, b. September 20, 1931.
14. ARTHER WARREN3 COONTS (JOHN2,
JAMES L.1) was born June 28, 1894, and died
December 31, 1986 in New Hope Cem. Douglas Co. Mo.. He married
(1) AMSILLE AGGINUS MOORE. He married (2) AMALEE HAYNES October
04, 1913 in Douglas County, Missouri. He married (3) MAUDIE CHANEY
August 29, 1917 in Douglas County, Missouri. He married (4) CARRIE
ELIZABETH RHOADES January 18, 1920 in Douglas County, Missouri,
daughter of DANIEL RHOADES and SIDNEY HUTCHISON.
Notes for ARTHER WARREN COONTS:
Services for Arthur W. Coonts, 92, Norwood, were held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Clinkingbeard Chapel with the Revs. Tom Johnson and Raymond Haden officiating. Burial was in New Hope Cemetery.
Mr. Coonts died at 6:30 a.m. Dec. 31, 1986 at Mercy Hospital, Mansfiekd, following a long illness. He was a retired farmer and an Army veteran of W W I. He was Baptist.
Born June 28, 1894 in Douglas County, he was the son of John and Margaret Wilson Coonts. He married Carrie Lee Rhoades on Jan. 18, 1920 in Douglas County. She preceded him in death April 23, 1974.
Surviving are seven sons, Cecil and Paul, both of Wilder, Idaho, Harley and James bothe of Ava, Russell, Springfield, Nebr., Junior, Buffalo, Iowa, and Jackie, Norwood; five daughters, Edwina Schrock, Wilton, Iowa, Vernice DeHaven and LaVern Brown, both of Sedalia, Betty Critten, Trenton and Peggy Bell, Ava; two sisters, Mrs Hannah Chaney, Cheyenne, Wyo. and Mrs. Ella Tyner, TwinFalls, Idaho; 39 grandchildren; 43 great-grandchildren; and one great-great- grandchild.
One daughter, two sisters, and four brothers preceded him in
death, as did his parents.
Notes for CARRIE ELIZABETH RHOADES:
Funeral services for Carrie Lee Coonts, 75, a long time resident of Douglas County, will be held on Friday, April 26, 1974, at 2 p.m. at the Clinkingbeard Chapel in Ava.
Rev. Oscar Cunningham will officiate and burial will follow at the New Hope Cemetery.
Mrs. Coonts died April 23, 1974, following a stay of ten days in the Saint John's Hospital in Springfield.
She was born December 30, 1898, in Douglas County, the daughter of Sidney Hutchison Rhoades and Daniel B. Rhoades. On January 18, 1920, she married Arthur Coonts, who survives in Douglas County.
In addition to her husband she is survived by twelve childred; Cecil Coonts of Wilder, Idaho; Harley Coonts of Drury; Paul Coonts of Wilder, Idaho; Edwina Rogers of Buffalo, Iowa; Russell Coonts of Springfield, Nebr.; Junior Coonts of Buffalo, Iowa; Vernice DeHaven of Sedalia, MO; James Coonts of Buffalo, Iowa; LaVern Brown of Dover, Delaware; Betty Critten of Trenton, MO; Peggy Bell of Lanark, Illinois; and Jackie Coonts of the home; 37 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchilren.
Also surviving are four sisters; Mrs. Daisy Strong of Norwood, Mrs.Lena Elliott of Ava, Mrs. Elizabeth Walker of Exeter, Calif., and Mrs. Ruby York of Alton, Ill.
Mrs. Coonts was a member of the Baptist Church.
Children of ARTHER COONTS and CARRIE RHOADES are:
49. i. CECIL RAYMOND4 COONTS, b. April 20, 1914, Drury, MO; d. June 03, 1991, Parma, Idaho, Burried in Wilder Cemetery, Wilder, Idaho.
50. ii. PAUL EDWARD COONTS, b. October 14, 1920, Drury, MO.
51. iii. EDWINA FERN COONTS, b. March 13, 1922.
52. iv. RUSSELL WAYNE COONTS, b. June 08, 1923.
v. MAY LAVAWN COONTS, b. April 06, 1928; d. August 31, 1929.
53. vi. CARRIEVERNICE COONTS, b. April 12, 1930.
54. vii. JAMES ELMER COONTS, b. December 18, 1931, Drury, Missouri, Douglas County.
55. viii. SIDNEY LAVERN COONTS, b. January 07, 1935.
56. ix. BETTY SUE COONTS, b. October 18, 1937.
57. x. PEGGY LOUE COONTS, b. June 10, 1940.
58. xi. JACKIE CLEON COONTS, b. February 07, 1942.
59. xii. PHILLIP JUNIOR COONTS, b. December 10, 1925.
15. REBACCA PEARLY3 COONTS (JOHN2, JAMES L.1) was born June 16, 1898, and died May 06, 1982 in Newhope Cem. Douglas County, Drury, Missouri. She married OTTO AUSTIS KELLER January 20, 1928 in Douglas County, Missouri.
Children of REBACCA COONTS and OTTO KELLER are:
60. i. ELLA LOUISE4 KELLER, b. July 25, 1929.
61. ii. IRENE KELLER, b. August 02, 1933.
62. iii. CHARLES LYLE KELLER, b. September 01, 1935.
63. iv. BETTY MAXINE KELLER, b. June 20, 1940.
v. SUSAN CLAUDINE KELLER.
Notes for SUSAN CLAUDINE KELLER:
Died as infant.
vi. IRY ISSACH KELLER.
Notes for IRY ISSACH KELLER:
Died as infant.
vii. BABY KELLER.
16. MARGARET DELSA3 COONTS (JOHN2, JAMES L.1) was born October 25, 1899, and died December 06, 1972. She married LOUIN FRY November 11, 1917 in Douglas County, Missouri.
Children of MARGARET COONTS and LOUIN FRY are:
64. i. LILLIAM IRENE4 FRY, b. March 23, 1920, Silverton, MO; d. August 11, 1989.
65. ii. ELVA EARNASTEEN FRY, b. November 10, 1922, Silverton, MO.
66. iii. EFFIA LUETTA FRY, b. June 04, 1924, Silverton, MO.
67. iv. VIRGIL ROY LEE FRY, b. November 20, 1932, Wasola, MO.
68. v. ELMER "DALE" FRY, b. January 16, 1936, Wasola,
MO.
17. HANNAH ELGA3 COONTS (JOHN2, JAMES L.1) was born March 09, 1901. She married PATRICK CHANEY.
Children of HANNAH COONTS and PATRICK CHANEY are:
i. LESTER4 CHANEY.
ii. LORRENE CHANEY.
iii. BERTHA CHANEY.
iv. ERNEST CHANEY.
v. MAXINE CHANEY.
69. vi. PATRICIA CHANEY.
18. ELLA ETHEL3 COONTS (JOHN2, JAMES L.1) was born March 20, 1902 in Tedrick, MO, and died April 07, 1989 in Nyssa,OR. She married (1) JACKSON TYNER. She married (2) WALTER WISMER.
Children of ELLA COONTS and JACKSON TYNER are:
70. i. MARION ADAIR4 TYNER, b. February 09, 1923, Slick, Okla..
71. ii. MARGARET "MAXINE" TYNER, b. March 14, 1924, Denoya, Okla..
72. iii. EDWIN LEE TYNER, b. March 25, 1925, Denoya, Okla..
73. iv. ANNITTA IRENE TYNER, b. June 28, 1929, Okmulgee, Okla..
