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Annabel "Ann" Straughn Busby
1937 - 2021
BORN
1937
DIED
2021
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Annabel Straughn Busby Obituary
On April 28, 1956, Robert Straughn and Ann were married at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Bonne Terre, Mo. They had two sons, Robert Michael and Thomas Lynn. Mr. Straughn passed away October 1980 in Poplar Bluff, Mo.
On Oct. 5, 1985, Ann married James Edward Busby Jr. of Memphis, Tenn., at Big Springs National Park in Van Buren, Mo.
Ann is survived by her husband James; one son Robert Michael Straughn Sr. and wife Rose; three grandchildren Rachel Marie Navarro and husband Sean, Robert Michael Straughn Jr., and Jessica Dawn Durbin; two great-granddaughters Justina Colette Navarro and Lucia Margaret; five stepchildren Diane Elizabeth Maxwell and husband Rusty, Denise Marie Lynch and husband George, John Robert Busby, Katherine Louise Whittaker and husband Eric, and James Edward Busby III; and two sisters Kay Stewart, and Mary Story and husband Danny.
Preceding her in death was her husband Robert Straughn; her parents Lee and Clara Clark; son Thomas Lynn Straughn; stepson Joseph William Busby; two brothers Jessie Ray and Gilbert Carlos Clark; one sister Norma Louise Clark Rudisill and husband JD; half-brothers Roy Andrews, Paul Andrews and wife Francis, William "Bill" Clark, John Clark and wife Clestyl, George Clark and wife Violet, Ongle Clark and wife Sarah Russell Clark; half-sisters Mildred Andrews Howell and husband Ted, Thelma Andrews Partain and husband Leroy, Maxine Andrews Stevenson and husband Duane, Ethel Clark Hummel and husband Larry Sr., Hazel Clark Grooms and husband Harding, and Edward Stewart.
Funeral Mass will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, 2021, at Yarber Mortuary, Mtn. View, Mo. with Father Jim Unterreiner officiating. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 4, 2021, also at the funeral home. Interment will be in Veterans Cemetery in Mtn. View, Mo.
Memorial contributions may be made to American Diabetes Association. Condolences may be expressed at www.yarbermortuary.com.
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