Funeral Services for Diana Sue Bingham, Age 79 of Ava, Missouri will be held on Tuesday, November 10th,2026 at The Clinkingbeard Funeral Chapel, Ava, Missouri, beginning at 2:00 PM. Visitation will be held on Monday, November 9th,2026 at The Funeral Home from 5:00- 7:00 PM. Burial will take place in The Ava Cemetery, Ava, Missouri.
Diana Sue Bingham, 79 years, 6 months, 19 days old, passed to Heaven on November 5, 2026 at Baxter Regional Medical Center in Mtn. Home, AR.
Diana was born April 17, 1947 in Ava, Missouri to Sam W. and Dortha (Dougherty) Phillips.
Diana graduated from Rochelle High School in Rochelle, IL.
She basically grew up in Ava community.
She worked as a Certified Nurses Assistant and also worked in the factories in Rochelle.
Diana was blessed with two sons, Mike and Jeffery Allen McMaster. Later on Nov. 1, 1980, Diana and Harry Lee Bingham were united in marriage in the Red Bank Baptist Church and they were blessed with two children, Jennifer and Matthew. They were married many years until Harry’s passing in 2005.
She was a Christian and always attended church with her family and she was a member of Happy Home Church in Ava. Diana enjoyed fishing, camping, sewing, chrocheting and traveling with family to watch racing. Diana’s joy was being with her family!
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harry Bingham; two children, Jeffery Allen McMaster and Jennifer Dawn Bingham; step children, Robin Navratil and Bobby Bingham; two sisters, Charlotte McMaster and Sandra Lee Hance.
Diana is survived by her children, Loren Michael “Mike” McMaster and Tammy and Matthew Bingham; one step son, Leon Bingham; 15 grandchildren; 18 great grandchildren; brother, Sammy Lee Phillips; special niece, Becky Johnson; numerous nieces; nephews; extended family and friends.
