Funeral services for Evona Virginia Adkisson, 91, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, February 7, 2026, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.
Mrs. Adkisson passed away at 11:23 p.m., Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at NHC HealthCare.
She was born September 1, 1934, in Izard County, Arkansas, to Murkle and Odie Sipe Moser. On March 20, 1954, she was married at Melbourne, Arkansas, to Shelby Adkisson, who preceded her in death on September 9, 2022. In 1949 Evona graduated from high school at Mt. Pleasant, Arkansas. Shortly after graduating, she attended Draughan’s Business School in Little Rock. She then went to work for Economy Wholesale Company in Searcy, Arkansas, where she continued working until her marriage to Shelby. Her employment in West Plains, Missouri consisted of the International Shoe Company and Florsheim Shoe Company until the factory closed; she then began working in the Howell County Clerk’s office until her retirement on December 31, 2013. Mrs. Adkisson was a member of the Curry Street Church of Christ.
She is survived by two sons, Regan Adkisson and wife, Patti, St. Joseph, Missouri and Darin Adkisson and wife, Michele, West Plains; four grandchildren, Julianne Strasser and husband, Kent, Kansas City, Missouri, Ethan Adkisson, Kansas City, Lakan Perkins and husband, Brayton, West Plains and Zakry Adkisson, Rogers, Arkansas; five great-grandchildren, Reid, Rhett and Everly Strasser, Kansas City and Weldon and Rush Perkins, West Plains; one sister, Melba Fulbright; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, husband, two brothers, Conway and Ronald Moser and an infant brother and sister, preceded her in death.
Burial will be at Howell Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Paragould Children’s Home, and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., West Plains, Missouri.
