Alma I. Caviness' Obituary
Alma Irene Caviness, daughter of Charles Ray and Abbie Wallis Anderson, was born January 12, 1931 in Linn Creek, Missouri. She departed this life Wednesday, February 15, 2006, in her daughter’s home in New Sharon, Iowa, at the age of seventy-five years, one month and three days. Alma was married to Clayton Eugene Caviness on February 12, 1952 and to this marriage three children were born whom she would later struggle to raise alone. She was preceded in death by her parents. Alma is survived by her companion of twenty-two years, Glenn Rogers, of Montreal, Missouri; her two daughters, Nelda Carpenter, of New Sharon, Iowa, and Nedra Overby, of Excelsior Springs, Missouri; one son, Charles Caviness of the lake area in Missouri; nine grandchildren; ten great grandchildren; one brother, Leon Anderson, of Odessa, Missouri; one sister, Janice Lynch, of Valley Lee, Maryland; and a host of other relatives and friends. She accepted Christ as her savior and was a member of Buffalo Prairie Baptist Church in Montreal, Missouri. Alma grew up in the Linn Creek area and graduated from Camdenton High School in 1949. She had lived in various places in the U.S., including Kansas and Texas, before returning to the lake area. Alma spent most of her life giving and caring for others in her work as a nursing assistant and in her personal life as well. She moved to Iowa to live with her daughter due to her struggle with multiple health problems. She enjoyed her grandchildren and great grandchildren very much. She also enjoyed sewing, crocheting and loved gardening and flowers. Alma was a loving, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, companion and was a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and her accomplishments and will cherish the wonderful memories she created for her family and friends. Services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 20, 2006, in the Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home. burial will be in the Montreal Cemetery. Visitation will be held Sunday evening from 6 - 8:00 p.m. under the direction of Allee-Holman-Howe Funeral Home of Camdenton, Missouri.
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