Philip L Stocking, age 80 of Clinton, Missouri passed away Wednesday, August 16, 2006 at Westwood Nursing Center, Clinton. Funeral services will be 10:00 AM., Tuesday, August 22, 2006 at Vansant-Mills Chapel, Clinton with burial in Calhoun Cemetery, Calhoun, Missouri. Family will receive friends from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Tuesday at the chapel. Family suggests contributions to the American Heart Association and may be left at the funeral home. Friends may leave condolences online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com

Philip was born in Calhoun, Missouri. He was a veteran serving in W. W. II. He was a farmer before he retired. He was a member of the Drake's Chapel United Methodist Church and the Clinton V.F.W. Post 1894.

He is survived by his wife, Dorothy of the home; six sons, Harold Stocking of Clinton, Charles L. Stocking of Deepwater, Missouri, Philip W. Stocking, Marvin D. Stocking, Gary D. Stocking, all of Clinton and Bruce L. Stocking of Box Elder, South Dakota (currently serving in Iraq); seven daughters, Anita Cook of Clinton, Linda L. Hyde of Woodstock, Georgia, Helen Abney of Clinton, Elaine Waugh of Raymore, Missouri, Joyce Webster of Clinton, Phyllis Travers of Belton, Missouri and Jane Harrison of Clinton, Missouri; three brothers, John Stocking and Robert Stocking, both of Clinton and Gene Stocking of Grand Junction, Colorado; one sister, Lucy Lindstrom of Clinton, Missouri as well as twenty-two grandchildren and four great grandchildren.