Funeral Announcements for February 20, 2023

A celebration of life for James “Jim” Lee Curry, 80, of Sedalia, will be held at 11 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 20 at Rea Funeral Chapel. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the chapel. Urn entombment will be at Memorial Park Cemetery at a later date.

Funeral service for James Mayo Ellis, 86, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25 at First Christian Church. Burial with full military honors by the U.S. Navy and VFW 2591 will be on the family homestead. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until service time at the church. Arrangements are under the direction of McLaughlin Funeral Chapel.

A Celebration of Life for Carla S. Caldwell, 78, of Sedalia, will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Heckart Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

A funeral mass for  Mary Louise Mergen, 76, of Green Ridge, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 20 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Arrangements are under the direction of Rea Funeral Chapel.

Funeral service for Leonard Leroy Townsend, 65, of Douglasville, Ga., will be held at 1 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 at Rea Funeral Chapel, Sedalia.  His final resting place will be in Powder Springs, Ga.

A prayer service for Grigoriy F. Sidorov Sr., 85, of Sedalia, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 19, at Word of Life Church. Funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 20 at Word of Life Church, Sedalia. Burial will be at Crown Hill Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Rea Funeral Chapel.

A memorial service with military honors for Harlan Dean Burton, 69, of Sedalia, will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at Katy Park Baptist Church, where the family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time. Burial will be at a later date in Salem Cemetery. Arrangements are in the care of Heckart Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

Memorial service for Charles Edward Bybee, 81, of Smithton, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 at Heckart Funeral Home. The family will receive friends from 12:30 p.m. until service time Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Smithton Cemetery.