Friday, Aug 29, 1997
Graveside services Sunday for Rip Madden
Graveside services for Rip Ronnie James Madden, 38, Willow Springs, will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 31, 1997, at Horton Cemetery under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, West Plains, with the Rev. David Lovan officiating.
Mr. Madden died 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, 1997, near his home. He was born Sept. 4, 1958, in Howell County, the son of James Eugene and Maxine Collins Madden.
On Jan. 3, 1978, at West Plains, he married Valerie Jane Gilbreath.
He was a member of the Freedom of the Road Riders. He was of the non-denominational faith.
Survivors include his wife, Valerie, of the family home; two children, Adrain Ann Tucker and husband, Steven, and Amanda Jane Madden, all of Willow Springs; one grandson, Ronnie Lee Tucker; his parents, James "Red and Maxine Madden, Willow Springs; a sister, Charm Renee Chappa, Willow Springs; a half-sister, Browen Madden, Columbia; his father-in-law, Linus Gilbreath, West Plains; and several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents and his mother-in-law
(corrections: obit omitted one sister, Charlotte Smith, and one brother, James Madden Jr)