Graveside services for Mary Alma Fox, 85, Pomona, Missouri, will be held at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, April 11, 2026, at New Hope Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. Visitation will precede the service, beginning thirty minutes prior at 1:30 PM.
Mrs. Fox passed away at 7:47 p.m., Sunday, April 5, 2026, at her home.
She was born September 24, 1940, at White Church, Missouri, to Clyde Wilbanks and Exie Ethel Powers Wilbanks. On July 6, 1964, she was married at West Plains, Missouri, to Donald Kipp Fox, who preceded her in death on December 9, 2014. Alma loved to read her Bible; she was the family encourager and a prayer warrior. She was a collector of knick knacks and loved watching her grandchildren.
She is survived by three children, Debbie Collins, Pomona, Missouri, Margaret Busby and husband, Terry, West Plains and Donnie Fox and wife, Christi, West Plains; ten grandchildren, Chad Kern, Brandon Johnson, Nicholas Hackworth, Shelby Bryant and husband Codey, Sidney Varney, Nathaniel Fox and wife Danielle, Tyler Fox, Samantha Varney, Shenny Varney and Kyle Varney; sixteen great-grandchildren, Kailynn, Dominic, Graysen, Rhiannon, Van, Arianna, Aiden, Bryson, Hudson, Holden, Asher, Kayce, Tate, Liam, Kaitlyn and Eric; two brothers, Jerry Wilbanks and wife, Diane, Ava, Missouri and Orvil Wilbanks and wife, Leslie, Pottersville, Missouri; two sisters, Bertha Thomas and Kathy Rohrer and husband, Tim, all of Willow Springs, Missouri; and several nieces and nephews.
Her parents, husband, three brothers, Ed, Clyde Jr. and Gary Wilbanks and one sister, Barbara Barton, preceded her in death.
