Pamela Kay Ussery

January 22, 1950 - August 6, 2016

Pamela Kay Ussery, 66, of Gravois Mills, Missouri, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 in Good Shepherd Care Center, Versailles, Missouri. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.PAMELA KAY (WALTERS) USSERY Pamela Kay (Walters) Ussery, age 66, of Gravois Mills, Missouri, passed away Saturday, August 6, 2016 at the Good Shepherd Care Center in Versailles, Missouri. Pamela was born January 22, 1950, in Versailles, Missouri, the second of three children to Joe Orville Walters and Patricia Eileen (Powers) Walters, both of Gravois Mills. Pamela attended school in Stover, Missouri and graduated from the Stover High School in 1967. She then attended Central Missouri State College (now University) in Warrensburg, Missouri, from which she received her teaching certificate. Pamela was a teacher, bus driver and homemaker, although not necessarily in that order. Pamela was united in marriage to Donald Gene Ussery, Sr., on February 14, 1992, in Miami, Oklahoma. They re-affirmed their wedding vows at the United Methodist Church in Gravois Mills, Missouri on July 5, 1992. Donald survives at their home. Pamela and Donald resided in their home on the Lake of the Ozarks. Both enjoyed boat racing and traveled throughout the United States to participate in racing events with their boat “Dad’s Toy.” For nearly 25 years their love continued to grow; where Pam was, Don was and where Don was Pam was. It was a true love affair! In Pamela’s family line, she was preceded in death by her father, Joe Orville Walters and her brother, Sam Bob Walters. Pamela is survived by her mother, Patricia Eileen (Powers) Walters, and sister, Susan (Walters) Avis, both of Gravois Mills, and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and other relatives. In Donald’s family line, Pamela was preceded in death by Donald’s father, Isaac Sylvester Ussery , and mother, Ima Jean Ussery, both of Oakland, California, sons, Donald Gene “Butch” Ussery, Jr. of Kaiser, Missouri, and Douglas Lee Evans of Sedalia, Missouri, and daughter, Denise Renee (Ussery) Richardson, of Selma, California. Pamela is survived by her husband, Donald Gene Ussery, Sr. of the home, and his sons, Donald Gene Ussery Evans, Jr., of Sedalia, Missouri and William Gene Ussery of Perry, Kansas and daughters, Deborah Kayleen (Ussery) Russell and husband Kenneth of Bakersfield, California, Jeanne Marie (Ussery) Branwell and husband Bryon Nordel of Centerview, Missouri, Donna Rose (Ussery) Reed of Tonganoxie, Kansas, Tacy Louise (Ussery) Keller and husband Robert of Cleveland, Ohio and Edna Marie (Ussery) Delcoure and husband Charles of Sand Springs, Oklahoma and their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Pamela loved her family and friends and they all loved her. She will be missed by all. A Celebration of Life Service for Pamela Kay (Walters) Ussery will be conducted at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, August 20, 2016 by Pastor Lynn Facemyer at the United Methodist Church in Gravois Mills, Missouri. Visitation will be from 12:00-1:00 p.m. at the church. Inurn ment will be at approximately 4:30 p.m. at Blue Lick Cemetery located 1 miles west of Highway 65 North approximately 3.5 miles north of its junction with I-70. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be sent to Donald Ussery at 30008 Proctor Road, Gravois Mills, MO 65037, to help cover funeral expenses. Expressions of sympathy may be left online at www.kidwellgarber.com Arrangements were under the direction of Dr. Gary Rex Walters, Donald Ussery, Sr. and Deborah Russell. Cremation arrangements were under the care and direction of the Kidwell-Garber Funeral Home of Versailles.