Graveside services for Miles E. “Buster” Ponder age 87 of Ridgedale, Missouri will be held at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, September 3, 2013 at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri with David Maggard officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson. There will be full military honors conducted at the cemetery.
He died, August 26, 2013 at the Forsyth Nursing and Rehab in Forsyth, Missouri.
He was born on August 26, 1926 in Doniphan, Missouri the son of John and Emily McPheeters Ponder. He was a retired carpenter. He was an U.S. Marine veteran of World War II.
Survivors is his son, Gary Ponder and wife, Kathy of Ridgedale, Missouri, two grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, Alice Ponder, three brothers, Harry lee “Hap” Ponder, Virgil Davis Ponder, Ezra J. Ponder and one sister, Daisy Marie Ponder.
Visitation will be held from 6 until 8 PM, Thursday, at Greenlawn Funeral Home in Branson.