Willie Mae Cossey, age 88, passed away on February 6, 2013 in Springfield, MO. She was born in Bear Creek, AR on January 7, 1925 to Willie C. Duncan and Esther Mae (Honeycutt) Duncan. She was preceded in death by her husband, Denas L. Cossey, her son Denny Lois Cossey, her sister, Donna Ray Hamilton, her brother, Earl Day Duncan, and her grandson, Larry Gene Arnold. Willie Mae is survived by her daughter, Deborah Joyce Ash and her husband Raymond, grandson Denas C. Arnold and his wife Joy, two brother’s Verl Jay Duncan, his wife Karen and Coy Faye Duncan, his wife Dormalee, a sister-in-law, Pauline Duncan, a brother-in-law, Johnnie Hamilton, three great-grandsons Denas C. Arnold II, Austin Lee Arnold, Darren Arnold, and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral service’s will be on Saturday, February 9, 2013, at 10:00 am in Greenlawn Funeral Home South with burial following at Bass Chapel Cemetery. Visitation will be on Friday, February 8, 2013, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm in the funeral home.