Melissa Von Gonten

Funeral service is 2:00 p.m. Friday, November 25, 2022 at Scanio Harper Funeral Home in Temple, Texas with burial to follow in Rogers Cemetery in Rogers, Texas. Family will receive friends one hour prior to the service.

Pastor John Heckmann will officiate. Pallbearers include, Jackson Reeves, Riley Maple, Joseph Sanchez, Jason Carter, Tim Hawk, and Justin McDonald.

Missy was born on February 3, 1967 to Jimmy Leland and Shirley Ann (Moreland) Von Gonten in Temple, Texas. She was engaged to be married to Joey Connell. Missy was a beloved mother, daughter, sister, aunt, cousin, and friend who will be missed dearly by all that knew and loved her.

She was preceded in death by her father, Jim Von Gonten; and her brother-in-law, Mitch Latham.

Those left behind to cherish her memory are her mother; her son and absolute love of her life, Jackson Reeves of Belton; her sisters, Cindy Villarreal and husband Rudy of Pflugerville, Rhonda Latham of Bradenton, Florida, and Jennifer Maple and fiancé Tim Hawk of Pflugerville; her nieces, Skylar ‘Angel Face’ Sanchez and husband Joseph of Anna, Texas and Riley ‘Wild Woman’ Maple of Pflugerville; her fiancé; her honorary sister, Michelle McDonald Krcha and husband Dennison of Temple; her niece, Jenna Hernandez; numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, and a host of friends.