WAYNE ELBERT POE

LAMAR- A memorial service will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church in Lamar for Wayne Elbert Poe, 79, Lamar, who died Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018, at his home. Mike Gage will officiate.

Arrangements are under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home.

Memorial donations may be sent to The Gideons International. To make a gift by phone, call toll-free at 1-866-382-4253 or send to The Gideons International Processing Center, P.O. Box 97251, Washington, DC 20090-7251.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his children, John Alderman, Bowie, Texas, Robert Poe, Neosho, Robin Burton, DeQuincy, LA, Rachel Poe, Columbia and Ron Poe, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild on the way.

He was preceded in death by his sisters, Wanda and Doris and wives, Dixie Poe and Ruby Fowler Poe.

Mr. Poe was born Feb. 22, 1938, in Greenfield, to Frank and Alice Maxine (Perkins) Poe. After graduating from Lamar High School in 1956 he joined the U.S. Marine Corps. He returned home and went to college at Pittsburg State University, where he earned a BA degree in Business. He began his professional career in consumer financing, working for First Finance Company in Lamar and later for Beneficial Corporation in Lamar, Nevada and Joplin.

He and his wife Dixie operated the Barton County License Bureau and later owed Dixie’s Burger and Shake. In recent years, he had worked for Thorco Industries before retiring.

He was active in The Gideons International, a professional businessmen Bible distribution ministry. He was a lifelong member of the First Christian Church in Lamar.