DR. GEO. D. VINEYARD

   Dr. George Delmar Vineyard was born, October 3, 1911, at Benton,
Tennessee, a son of the late William Samuel and Betty (West)
Vineyard and entered eternal life, August 3, 1994, at the Gibbs
Care Center, Steelville, Missouri, at the age of 82 years and
10 months.
   Dr. Vineyard attended grade school in Benton, Tennessee.  He
always wanted to be a dentist and in order for him to attend high
school he moved to Groveport, Ohio and lived with his sister.
After serving a year in the U.S. Navy he enrolled at the University
of Tennessee at Knoxville and then attended the Tennessee Dental
School at Memphis, graduating in 1938.  He practiced dentistry
at Fayette, Missouri.  He was recalled to the Navy, as a Lieutenant,
in 1939 and served in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco.  He was
honorably discharged December 1942.  He resumed his dental practice
briefly in Columbia, Missouri, while he looked for a new practice.
Through a dental lab in St. Louis he relocated to Steelville on 
May 12, 1942.  He said he was “the luckiest person on earth, to have
found Steelville as the home for his family and to practice dentistry
for thirty-nine years.”  He was a member of First Baptist Church, a
life member of the American Dental Association and the St. Louis
Dental Society, serving as board member for three terms.  He was a Boy
Scout leader and an original member of the Booster Club, which later
became the Steelville Chamber of Commerce.
   He had a full and rewarding life, had a hole in one on the golf
course, landed two sailfish and a nine pound bass.  He loved to fish,
hunt, garden and was an avid fan of any sport.  He was lovingly
and affectionally called “Sport” by his family and close friends.
Dr. Vineyard was a devoted husband and father.  No grandfather could
love his grandchildren more than “Sport”.
   In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one sister,
Josephine Frank and two brothers, Howard and Kelly Vineyard.
   Among those who remain to mourn his passing are his devoted wife, Rose
Vineyard, and his loving daughter, Diane and husband Dan Cape, all of
Steelville, Missouri; one grand-daughter, Deidre Cape of Steelville,
Missouri; one grandson David Cape of Gainsville, Florida; nieces,
nephews, cousins, many friends and colleagues.
   Dr. George Delmar Vineyard lay in state after 3 P.M. Friday, 
August 5, 1994, at the Britton Bros. Funeral Home, Steelville,
Missouri.  Funeral services were held 2 P.M. Saturday, August 6, 1994,
in the Britton Chapel with Rev. Don McGuire officiating.
   Musical selections were provided by vocalist Diane Leonard and 
organist Helen Platter.
   Committal prayers and interment were in Steelville Cemetery.
   Serving as pallbearers were Ed Cape, Roger Cape, Ken Colbert, Kent
Howald, Kem Schwieder and Mark Schwieder.  Honorary pallbearers were
F. J. “Slick” Lichius, LeRoy Pinnell, Manford Rhea, Ed Schwieder,
Art Sigler and Dan Worley.
   Arrangements were under the direction of Britton Funeral Home,
Steelville, Missouri.