ELVIS "BUCK" RICHARDS
ELVIS "BUCK" RICHARDS OF BLACKWELL, MISSOURI, WAS BORN MARCH 21, 1923, IN POTOSI, MISSOURI, A SON OF THE LATE EVERETT DAVID AND ROSA FLORENCE (ESSMYER) RICHARDS. BUCK DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT ST. ANTHONY'S MEDICAL CENTER ON MARCH 2, 1999, HAVING REACHED THE AGE OF SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS, ELEVEN MONTHS AND TWELVE DAYS.
BUCK WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO ROSE ANN JOHNSTON ON NOVEMBER 28, 1972, IN FARMINGTON, MISSOURI.
BUCK IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, ROSE ANN RICHARDS OF BLACKWELL, TWO DAUGHTERS, MARY ROSE COLEMAN AND HUSBAND PETE OF BONNE TERRE, TINA GAIL TUTTLE OF DESOTO, THREE STEP DAUGHTERS, MARY JANE PRICE OF IMPERIAL, CARMEN LITTON AND HUSBAND JOHNNY OF BLACKWELL, KATHRYN THOMPSON AND HUSBAND WILLIAM OF BARNHART, TWO STEP SONS, RICHARD L. COLEMAN AND WIFE JEANNE OF FARMINGTON, EDWARD COLEMAN AND WIFE STEPHANIE OF CADET, FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, SIX GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, ONE BROTHER, STEVEN "SONNY" RICHARDS AND WIFE NORMA OF POTOSI, TWO SISTERS, ANNA LEE RICHARDS OF DESOTO, MARIAN "KITTY" EVANS OF TENNESSEE AND BY MANY OTHER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS. IN ADDITION TO HIS PARENTS HE WAS ALSO PRECEDED IN DEATH BY ONE GRANDSON, DAVID LEE RICHARDS SHORT, ONE BROTHER, BURNHAM RICHARDS, THREE SISTERS, FLORENCE SANSEGRAW, ALICE TURNBOUGH AND SHIRLEY RAMSEY.
PRIOR TO HIS RETIREMENT HE WAS EMPLOYED BY G.T.E. TELEPHONE COMPANY FOR THIRTY-THREE YEARS. BUCK ENJOYED LIFE AND ITS' MANY BLESSING, HIS GREATEST ENJOYMENT WAS TIMES SPENT FARMING, HORSEBACK RIDING AND TRAVELING. HE ENJOYED SPENDING TIME WITH THE MANY GIFTS OF MOTHER NATURE HUNTING AND FISHING AND MOWING THE GRASS TO KEEP THINGS BEAUTIFUL. BUCK LOVED WATCHING BASEBALL AND WAS AN AVID FAN OF THE ST. LOUIS CARDINALS.
BUCK HAD A GREAT LOVE FOR HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS, THE TIME SPENT WITH HIS GRANDCHILDREN WAS ALWAYS CHERISHED BY HIM.
VISITATION WAS HELD THURSDAY, MARCH 4, 1999, FROM 2:30 P.M. TO 9:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME IN POTOSI.
FUNERAL SERVICES WERE CONDUCTED FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1999, AT 2:00 P.M. AT THE GUM & SON CHAPEL WITH FATHER TED PIEPER OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN ST. JOACHIM CEMETERY UNDER THE DIRECTION OF GUM & SON FUNERAL HOME, POTOSI.
SERVING AS PALLBEARERS WERE, JAMES SHORT, BRANDON COURTOIS, BRADLEY COLEMAN, WILLIAM THOMPSON, JOSEPH COLEMAN AND J.D. RICHARDS.