Oma Laverne Gattis
1921 - 1995 (74 years)-
Name Oma Laverne Gattis Born 22 Sep 1921 Nimmons, Clay County, Arkansas, USA 
Gender Female Died 7 Oct 1995 Burfordville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA Buried Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery - Marble Hill, Missouri, USA Person ID I8417 Cody LeBlanc's Family Tree Last Modified 9 Jun 2020
Father Elaine Gattis, b. 6 Jan 1875, Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Apr 1961, Piggott, Clay County, Arkansas, USA (Age 86 years) Mother Eva Lena Crow, b. 26 Jan 1903, Piggott, Clay County, Arkansas, USA , d. 5 Jul 1987, Piggott, Clay County, Arkansas, USA (Age 84 years) Married 16 Nov 1918 Nimmons, Clay County, Arkansas, USA Family ID F3706 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Lucas Levi Simmons, b. 10 Sep 1912, Bell City, Stoddard County, Missouri, USA , d. 19 Jul 1946, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA (Age 33 years) Married 5 Sep 1936 Nimmons, Clay County, Arkansas, USA Children + 1. Frances Mae Simmons, b. 23 May 1938, Jackson, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA , d. 13 Apr 2017, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky, USA (Age 78 years)+ 2. Welma Elizabeth Simmons, b. 30 Jun 1940, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA , d. 25 Dec 2007, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA (Age 67 years)3. D.G. Simmons 4. D.R. Simmons + 5. Jimie Carl Simmons, b. 9 Jul 1946, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA , d. Mar 2016, Nimmons, Clay County, Arkansas, USA (Age 69 years)Last Modified 4 Jun 2020 Family ID F3707 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 John Lowell Barks, b. 6 Mar 1925, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA , d. 10 Jul 2012, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA (Age 87 years) Married 8 Jan 1950 Children 1. J.E. Barks 2. G.E. Barks 3. Flora Evalene Barks, b. 13 Jan 1953, d. 19 Dec 2013, Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA (Age 60 years)+ 4. Carol Gertrude Barks, b. 9 Apr 1959, Kennett, Dunklin County, Missouri, USA , d. 16 Apr 2022, Marble Hill, Bollinger County, Missouri, USA (Age 63 years)Last Modified 9 Jun 2020 Family ID F3708 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Born - 22 Sep 1921 - Nimmons, Clay County, Arkansas, USA 
Married - 5 Sep 1936 - Nimmons, Clay County, Arkansas, USA 
Died - 7 Oct 1995 - Burfordville, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, USA 
Buried - - Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery - Marble Hill, Missouri, USA = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Photos 
Oma Laverne Gattis Barks and John Lowell Barks 
Oma Laverne Gattis Simmons and Lucas Levi Simmons 
Lucas Levi Simmons and Oma Laverne Gattis Simmons
Documents 
Marriage License of Lucas Levi Simmons and Oma Laverne Gattis
Groom Name: Lucus Simmons [Lucas Simmons]
Bride Name: Oma Gattis
Marriage Date: 5 Sep 1936
Marriage Place: Clay, Arkansas, USA
Headstones 
Headstone of John Lowell Barks and Oma Laverne Gattis Barks
Bollinger County Memorial Park Cemetery - Marble Hill, Missouri, USA
Plot: Section F, Row 5, Plot 946, Graves 2 & 3
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Notes - Obituary:
Oma L. Barks, 74, of Burfordville, died Saturday, Oct. 7, 1995, at the family home.
She was born Sept. 22, 1921 in Nimmons, Ark., daughter of the late Elain and Lena Crow Gattis.
She first married Lucas Simmons who died July 19, 1946. On Jan. 18, 1950 she married John "Lowell" Barks, who survives.
She was a member of the Shawnee Church of Christ in Jackson.
She is also survived by four sons; five daughters; a brother, Frank Gattis of Dallas, six sisters, Polly Owens, Brenda Burgass and Fannie Gattis, all of Piggott, Ark., Dorothy Owens of Nimmons, Faye Simmons of East Alton, Ill., and JoAnn Paris of Kennett; 30 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
Liley Funeral Home of Marble Hill was in charge of arrangements. Funeral services were in the chapel with Jerry Culbertson and John Stinnett officiating. Burial was at Bollinger County Memorial Park near Marble Hill.
(Published in The Southeast Missourian in October 1995)
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