{"id":4924,"date":"2019-09-28T16:11:12","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T16:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/?p=4924"},"modified":"2019-10-03T00:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T00:01:27","slug":"alexander-jefferson-deshon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/28\/alexander-jefferson-deshon\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Jefferson DeShon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4935 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/alexander_deshon.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/alexander_deshon.jpg 340w, https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/alexander_deshon-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/>Alexander Jefferson &#8220;AJ&#8221; DeShon, 87, of Lawson, Mo., passed away Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Liberty Hospital.\u00a0 AJ was born June 20, 1932 in King City, Mo.<\/p>\n<p>A graduate of Kearney High School, AJ married the love of his life, Patty McQuerrey. Married 66 years, AJ and Patty raised a family together in the Arley and Kearney area. AJ was a founder and operator of Spray Away Pest Service. He was also an award winning wood carver of custom walking sticks and canes.<\/p>\n<p>AJ joins his beloved daughter, Patsy, in the presence of the Lord.<\/p>\n<p>He is survived by his loving wife, Patty, and sons, Donald (and Anita), Ron (and Kim), Rick (and Gayle) and Mike (and Sue). AJ was the prankster grandfather to 12, great-grandfather to 18, and even great-great grandfather to one.<\/p>\n<p>A memorial visitation will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m., Thursday, October 3, 2019 at Fry-Bross &amp; Spidle Funeral Home, Kearney, Mo.<\/p>\n<p>The family requests that all donations go to the Arley Methodist Church Cemetery Fund.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #efdbd9; padding: 1em;\">\n<h5>Our Sincere Condolences<\/h5>\n<p>Patty and family, I am so sorry for your loss! Patty, please know that you are in my thoughts and prayers.<br \/>\nBetty Moore McCoy<\/p>\n<p>With much love and many, fond memories of our special neighbor! \ud83d\ude4f\u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\ude4f\u2764\ufe0f<br \/>\nBlessings dear Patty &#8230;<br \/>\nJudy and Julie Briant<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alexander Jefferson &#8220;AJ&#8221; DeShon, 87, of Lawson, Mo., passed away Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Liberty Hospital.\u00a0 AJ was born June 20, 1932 in King City, Mo. A graduate of Kearney High School, AJ married the love of his life, Patty McQuerrey. Married 66 years, AJ and Patty raised a family together in the Arley [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4924"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4942,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4924\/revisions\/4942"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.brossspidlemonuments.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}