Eugene “Bud” Hinkle, age 69, Kissee Mills, Mo., passed away Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009 at his residence in Kissee Mills.
 Bud was born April 5, 1940 in Mower County, the son of Harold and Lucille (Cox) Hinkle.  He moved to the Ozarks in 2008 from Central, Utah.
 Survivors include his wife, Lavon Hinkle, Kissee Mills, Mo.; his children: Robert (Deidre) Lynn Hinkle, Albert Lea; Keith Richard Hinkle and Gloria Ochoa, Las Vegas, Cory Dean Hinkle and Kimberly (Vincent) Hinkle, Ft. Mohave, Ariz., Michele Denyse (Hinkle) Arvanites, Kissee Mills; four grandchildren: Nicholas Allen Hinkle, Cory Dean Hinkle II, Jessica Lee Hinkle, Lexus Shuré Hinkle and Larissa Sable Arvanites; siblings: Fred Hinkle, Robert Hinkle, Thomas Hinkle, Geraldine Zerck, Sharron Schied — all of Minnesota, Cynthia Griggs of Texas, and Betty Booth of North Carolina; one great grandchild and various nephews and nieces.
Preceding him in death were his parents and one brother, Norman Hinkle.
 Private services will be held at a later date. Cremation was under the direction of  Forsyth Whelchel Funeral Chapel, Forsyth, Mo.