Herman Killingsworth

(From Parker Mortuary)

Herman Dewey Killingsworth, age 80, Webb City, passed away on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at Freeman West Hospital.

Herman was born February 6, 1936 in Carthage, Missouri, son of the late George Dewey Killingsworth and Edna Mae Benedict Killingsworth. He graduated from Carthage High School, worked for the Carthage Police Department, then worked as an investigator for MFA Insurance Company. He then worked as Chief Deputy with the Jasper County Sheriff's Department. He also spent several years as a truck driver for C.F.I. before retiring as Director of the Transportation Training Department at Crowder College in Neosho. He enjoyed the outdoors, and spending time with his grandkids. In addition to his parents, Herman was preceded in death by two brothers, Robert and Raymond.

Survivors include his wife, Joyce Killingsworth, whom he married September 30, 1980; daughter, Angela Killingsworth of Webb City; grandchildren, Tabatha Killingsworth-Campbell and husband Jeffrey of Carl Junction, Amisha Killingsworth of Carthage, and Danika Killingsworth of Lawton, Oklahoma; great-grandchildren, Hunter Herman Killingsworth, Aizeah Dewey Killingsworth, Serkan Ayden Kurt, Sophia Liann Campbell, Amirah Lynn Teeter; step-sons, Jack Van Hooser and wife Brenda of Coweta, Oklahoma, David Van Hooser and wife Loretta of Sand Springs, Oklahoma.

The family will receive friends at Parker Mortuary on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Parker Mortuary.