STUMP OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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STUMP, Edward Murl 1932 - 1969

Staff Sergeant Edward Murl Stump, United States Air Force, was born May 30, 
1932, in Perryton, Texas, and died November 14, 1969, in South Vietnam of heart 
failure. Sergeant Stump spent his childhood, received his education, and grew to 
young manhood in Henry County, MO. He accepted Christ as his Savior when he was 
13 years of age and joined the Quarles Baptist Church. He moved his membership 
to the Bethlehem Church. Upon his graduation from high school, SSgt Stump 
joined the United States Air Force where he spent 19 years in the service of his 
country. In addition to Vietnam, he served in Formosa, Guam, Saudia Arabia, 
Alaska and various bases in the United States. Sgt Stump is survived by his wife, 
Barbara, three sons, Dale, David, and Denis, two daughters, Elaine and Betty, all 
of the home; his mother, Mrs. George Chaney, Nevada; his father, D. F. Stump, 
Lenox; four sisters, Mrs. Naida Wilson, Mrs. Barbara Scott, Mrs. Kathy Shanks, all 
of Clinton; Miss Marilyn Chaney, Nevada; one brother, Richard Stump of Visalia, 
CA.


STUMP, Marion Richard 1937 - 1998

Marion Richard Stump, 60, Visalia, CA, and formerly of Clinton, died Thursday, 
April 2, 1998, as the result of an illness with cancer. He had spent many years 
teaching adults to read. He was a graduate of Clinton High School and from CMSU. 
He had been a Navy officer and also had been sports editor for the Visalia Times-
Delta. Mr. Stump was in a serious car accident when he was 30 and was in a coma 
for 13 weeks. Doctors felt he could survive and that, if he did, he would not be 
able to function. He recovered, however, and his sister, Naida, and other family 
members described his recovery as a miracle. He was born on May 16, 1937, in 
Clinton, MO. After graduating from CMSU in 1961 he attended the U.S. Naval 
Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI, where he attained the rank of 
lieutenant, J.G. when he graduated. Having completed his service for his country, 
his life focus turned to helping his fellow man. He taught elementary and middle 
school for almost 20 years and was a volunteer tutor at the Visalia Adult School 
for 11 years. A passion of his life was sports and in particular baseball. 
Memorial services were held at the Visalia Community Covenant Church April 8, 
1998.

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