Graveside services for Gayla Rae Mitchell Langston, 69, Caulfield, Missouri, will be held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 30, 2022, at Fowler Cemetery, under the direction of Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.

Mrs. Langston passed away at 5:33 a.m., Thursday, December 22, 2022, at Autumn Oaks Caring Center in Mountain Grove, Missouri.

She was born February 11, 1953, at Dayton, Ohio, to James and Althea (Post) Faulkner.  Gayla had a passion for cooking and owned her own restaurant.  She was a member of the Church of Christ.

She is survived by her husband, Dennis Langston, of the family home; two children, Jim Kidwell, Stafford, Virginia, and Christy Flores (Jeo), Nokesville, Virginia; several grandchildren; three brothers, Tom Faulkner (Brenda), Nixa, Missouri, Raymond Faulkner, Springfield, Missouri, and Bill Faulkner, Mountain Home, Arkansas; and several nieces and nephews.

Her parents, one sister, Velma Christianson, and one brother, James Faulkner, preceded her in death.