Lonnie Wayne Stites
Feb. 24, 1951 June 28, 2018
Lonnie Wayne Stites, 67, Neosho, Missouri, entered into rest on June 28, 2018, at Freeman West Hospital in Joplin, Missouri.
Lonnie was born February 24, 1951, in Pineville, Mo., the son of Ernest Lee Stites and Agnes May (Townsend) Stites. He was a truck driver, enjoyed car shows and playing with his grandchildren. He was a member of Trinity Full Gospel Church in Goodman. Lonnie and Debera (Strickland) Stites were married on July 12, 1969, in Bethpage, Mo., and she survives. He is also survived by two sons, Bub Stites and wife Rae of Anderson, Mo., and Jeff Stites and Dee Howard of Neosho; one daughter, Machelle Day and husband Dennis, Anderson, Mo.; four siblings, Larry Stites of Goodman, Rosalee Morris of Goodman, Janie Hatfield of Longview, Shirley Wood of Bella Vista, Ark.; nine grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
In addition to his parents, he is preceded in death by a brother, Dale Stites; and a sister, Betty Stout.
Services will be Friday, July 6, 2018, at 10 a.m. at the Clark Funeral Home Chapel of Memories; the Rev. G. L. Murphy will officiate. Interment will follow in the Tracy Cemetery, Anderson, Mo. The family will receive friends between 5 and 6 p.m. on Thursday at the Clark Funeral Home, Neosho.
Contributions in memory of Lonnie may be made to Food Basket Brigade, c/o Clark Funeral Home, P.O. Box 66; Neosho, MO 64850.
Online condolences may be posted at www.clarkfuneralhomes.com
Services are under the direction of Clark Funeral Home, Neosho, Mo.
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