Dovie G. Bybee, age 97 years, passed away Thursday, November 13, 2014 at Jefferson Gardens Assisted Living, Clinton, Missouri. Funeral services will be held 11:00 A.M. Tuesday, November 18, 2014 at the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service. Interment will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Brownington, Missouri. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Maplewood Cemetery or the Faith and Hope Club and may be left in care of the funeral home. Fond memories and condolences can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com

Dovie was born June 4, 1917 in Cimarron County, Oklahoma the daughter of Clarence and Sarah (Pherigo) Husky. She was a member of the Mt. Zion United Methodist Church for more than 70 years. Dovie was the church pianist. She was also a member of the Faith and Hope Women's Club, Deepwater Booster Club, and was very active in the Surprise 4H Club.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Jesse E. Bybee in 1997, one son, William Bybee, one grandson, Scottie Bybee, two brothers, Buck and Randolph Husky, and two sisters, Dorothy Devlin and Dolly Marie Benson.

Survivors include four children; Lewis Earl Bybee(Janice) of Sweet Springs, Missouri, Robert Devere Bybee (Irene) of Green Valley, Arizona, Ronald Eugene Bybee (Jean) of Deepwater, Missouri, and Mary Alene Crosswhite (Loren) of Clinton, Missouri, two brothers, Fred Husky of Montana, and Ronald Husky of Hope Mills, North Carolina, 13 grandchildren, and many great and great great-grandchildren.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home of Clinton, Missouri.