Noble Paul McAfee

Funeral services for Noble Paul McAfee, 100, West Plains, Missouri, formerly of Birch Tree, Missouri, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, July 16, 2025, in the Rose Chapel at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home. 

Mr. McAfee passed away Sunday, July 13, 2025, at Ozarks Healthcare.

He was born February 14, 1925, at Mill Creek, Shannon County, Missouri, to Homer McAfee and Cassie Norris McAfee.  On March 31, 1957, he was married at Birch Tree, Missouri, to Evelyn Laveda Martin.  Paul retired from Smith Flooring after working for thirty-eight years; his employer has stated to the family they never met a man like him, he never asked for anything, worked every day only missing one day the entire thirty-eight years.  Mr. McAfee enjoyed hunting and fishing and loved attending church.

He is survived by his wife of sixty-eight years, Evelyn McAfee, West Plains, Missouri; five children, Retha Evans and husband, Mike, Caulfield, Missouri, Steve McAfee and wife, Diane, Summersville, Missouri, Fred McAfee and wife, Joyce Birch Tree, Missouri, Sheila Dunn, Mountain View, Missouri and Bruce McAfee, West Plains; four grandchildren, Amber Evans Carr and husband, Brandon, Springfield, Missouri, Kayla Moyer and husband, Wade, Springfield, Missouri, Jeri Stroburg, Salem, Missouri and Clayton Brown, St. Louis, Missouri; two great-grandchildren, Austin Moyer and Jasmine Osburn; two sisters, Crystal Taber and husband, Bob, Mountain View, Missouri and Terresa Baker, Kansas City, Missouri; and several nieces and nephews. 

His parents, one brother, Herb McAfee and two sisters, Goldie Vermillion and Bessie Akers, preceded him in death.  

Visitation will be held from 10:00 until 11:00 a.m., Wednesday, at Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.  Burial will be in Oak Lawn Cemetery.  Memorial contributions may be made to any charity of choice, and may be left at or mailed to Robertson-Drago Funeral Home, 211 W. Main St., West Plains, Missouri.