John R. Wall, age 95 of Blairstown, Missouri passed away Monday, November 13, 2006 at Golden Valley Memorial Hospital, Clinton, Missouri. Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M., Thursday, November 16, 2006 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Wall Cemetery, Blairstown, Missouri. Family will receive friends from 6:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. Wednesday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the Wall Cemetery and may be left at Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, 314 West Jefferson, Clinton, Missouri 64735.
John was born in Lamar, Colorado. He was the owner of Wall's General Store for 51 years. He served in W. W. II in the U. S. Army under General George Patton in Africa and Europe. He was a member of the Blairstown First Presbyterian Church, a life member of Duck's Unlimited, Missouri Quails Unlimited, National Rifle Association, a fifty year member of the American Legion in Urich and served two terms as the Henry County, Missouri Circuit Clerk.
He is survived by a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives and friends.