Inside Joplin Obituaries

Monday, October 18, 2021

(From Konantz Warden Funeral Home)

Rita Bray passed away on Saturday October 16, 2021.

Rita was born in Lamar, MO on Christmas day in 1953 to John and Ammy (Thomas) James. A private memorial gathering will be held.

Randy: I am a former teacher in the Joplin and Diamond, Missouri, school districts. Before entering the teaching field, I spent 22 years as a reporter and editor for various Southwest Missouri newspapers. I have published three novels, Small Town News, Devil's Messenger, and No Child Left Alive, and seven non-fiction books, The Turner Report, Newspaper Days, Silver Lining in a Funnel Cloud, Greed, Corruption, and the Joplin Tornado, 5:41: Stories from the Joplin Tornado, Spirit of Hope: The Year After the Joplin Tornado, Scars from the Tornado and Let Teachers Teach.

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