Missy North (Lebanon)'s Obituary
Linda Jean “Missy” North, daughter of James E. and Joyce Y. Shanks Meier, was born January 18, 1956, in Albany, Georgia. She departed this life Saturday, February 16, 2013, in Lake Ozark Regional Hospital, in Osage Beach, Missouri, at the age of fifty-seven years, and twenty-eight days.
On August 17, 1974, she was united in marriage to Robert L. “Bobby” North, and to this union one daughter and two sons were born.
She was preceded in death by her father, in 1961; a daughter, Andrea North, in 1977; and a son, Heath North, in 1995.
Missy is survived by her husband, Bobby, of the home; a son, Travis North, and his wife, Amanda, of Austin, Texas; a granddaughter, London Brianna North;
her mother, Joyce Ray, of Greenview, Missouri; a brother, Michael Ray, of Lebanon, Missouri; four sisters, Connie Euler, of Sunrise Beach, Missouri, Bonnie Allison, of Ozark, Missouri, Lynda Lane Marshall, of West Liberty, Ohio, and Sharolyn Bowman, of Indianapolis, Indiana; her step-father, Ken Ray, and his wife, Janet, of Sunrise Beach, Missouri; several nieces and nephews; as well as a host of other relatives and friends.
She was raised in Winfield and O’Fallon, Missouri, and then moved with her family to the Lake of the Ozarks area when she was thirteen. She then graduated from Camdenton High School in the Class of 1974. After she and Bobby were married, they made their home in the Lebanon area, and began operating a farm. Missy was a devoted homemaker to her husband and family, and worked for ten years at Marathon Electric. Throughout the years, she and Bobby worked side by side in the operation of their farm near Lebanon, and their other farm near Eldon.
Missy had professed her faith in Christ and was a member of First Baptist Church in Lebanon. When she and Bobby were living at their Eldon farm, they attended the Eldon Christian Church.
In her spare time she enjoyed traveling, and particularly liked the area of the Caribbean. She liked working with the pigs, and was very fond of their Bulldog, “Rhett”. Her family was very important to her and she especially enjoyed having time with her granddaughter.
Missy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, daughter, sister, and aunt, and was a caring neighbor and friend. We celebrate her life and will cherish the wonderful memories she created for her family and friends.
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