Everett E. Mantonya, age 80 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Sunday, February 14, 2010 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Thursday, February 18, 2010 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton, Missouri with burial in Clinton Memory Garden Cemetery, Clinton, Missouri. Family will receive friends 6:00-7:30 P.M. Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at Vansant-Mills Chapel. Family suggests memorials to the American Diabetes Association and may be left at the funeral home. Fond memories can be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Everett loved being outdoors where he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He liked to spend time visiting with family. He was an ordained Southern Baptist Minister serving over 40 churches in his career. Everett was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Lee and Earl, and three sisters, Eva Mae Murrey, Dorothy Green and Annabell Springer.

Survivors include his wife, Bonnie of the home; one daughter, Jo Ann Kaneaster of Clinton; four sons, Alvin Wade, Royse City, Texas, Roy James, Stockton, Missouri, Leslie Monroe, Dawson, Texas, and Merlin Ray, Clinton, Missouri; six grandsons and two great grandsons; three sisters, Ruth Moore, Martha Orr and Mary Batschelett all of Clinton; as well as a host of friends, several nephews and nieces.