Stories from Tuesday, March 5, 2013

Letha Irene Hackney, 104, Nevada, Mo., died on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Christian Health Care in Nevada, following an illness of several months. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Betty Jeanne Easley, 84, Nevada, died on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Cox South Hospital, Springfield, Mo. Family information and funeral arrangements will be announced later by Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada. View obituary and send condolences on line at www.ferryfuneralhome.com...

Winford Bogart, 84, of Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Christian Health Care in Nevada, Mo., following a lengthy illness. He was born on March 7, 1928, in Sheldon, Mo., to Harry A. Bogart and Opal Helen Holland Bogart. He married Annie Maudie Houdeshell on June 19, 1946, in Fort Scott, Kan., and she survives of the home...

Robert Lee Wintjen, 85, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, March 4, 2013, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 19, 1927, in Hepler, Kan., to Lloyd Andrew and Anna Ruth Goff Wintjen. He married Pearl L. Crapson on May 2, 1954, in Walnut, Kan., and she survives of the home...

The Rev. Orville "O.V." Verdayne Dodson of Willard, Mo., passed away Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, a few days after celebrating his 99th birthday with family. The Rev. Dodson, the son of Famous Lisbon and Birdie Oaks Dodson, was born in Barry County, Mo. He attended Barry County public schools and graduated from Kimberly High School in Idaho in 1932. ...

Helen Webb, 80, of North Little Rock, Ark., formerly of Richards and Nevada, passed away on Sunday, March 3, 2013, at Spring Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock, following a lengthy illness. She was born on Oct. 7, 1932, in Nevada, Mo., to A.O. and Betty Church. She married Bill Webb Jr. in 1979 in Toteau, Okla...

Sylvia Faith Edgell, 90, formerly of Bronaugh, Mo., died Sunday, March 3, 2013, at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada, Mo. She was born Jan. 18, 1923, in Vernon County, Mo., the daughter of Joe M. Edgell and Minnie Woody Edgell. She was a 1942 graduate of Bronaugh High School. ...

Cora "Bonnie" Mae Fanning, 87, a homemaker, passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013. Bonnie was born Sept. 8, 1925, in Perkins, Okla., to James and Kittie Mae Mallory. She was a devoted member of First Baptist Church in Haltom City. Bonnie was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Ivan Ralph Fanning; parents; daughter, Susie Epps; brothers, Alvin Skipper, Lawrence Mallory and Leelin Mallory; sisters, Marguerite Hubbard and Neoma Alton...

Nevada Daily Mail Another Nevada High School senior has announced a desire to continue her athletic career in college. Nevada High School athletic director Kevin McKinley announced Monday that NHS senior Sharla Quick is scheduled to sign a letter of intent to play volleyball for Fort Scott Community College at 3 p.m., Friday, March 8, in the library/media center at Nevada High School...

By Eric Wade Nevada Daily Mail On Feb. 19, the news was revealed through a press conference hosted by Nevada R-5 officials that the district would become a member of the West Central Conference, beginning in the 2014-'15 school year. That news took everyone, including Nevada R-5 superintendent Dr. ...

Even though a U.S. Department of Agriculture meteorologist says, drought-wise, the nation as a whole is doing better than at this time last year, the same is not necessarily true in Vernon County. "Things are still not normal, but "in the last couple of months they've improved," said Springfield- based meteorologist Megan Terry. "Vernon County has been classified as a D-2 or severe drought area for quite awhile."...

Nevada Daily Mail Three El Dorado Springs residents were killed and a fourth was injured late Saturday night in a one-vehicle crash in rural St. Clair County. The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the fatalities as 19-year-old Tori Helm, 21-year-old Ashley Johnson and 23-year-old Joshawa Willou-ghby. All three were pronounced dead at the scene by St. Clair County Coroner Randy Sheldon...

Nevada Daily Mail Vernon County Treas-urer/Collector Phil Couch will be in the Vernon County Commission's office at 11 a.m Tuesday to discuss and possibly sign a cooperative agreement with the city of Nevada. The contracted agreement has been made between the two parties since 2004, according to city Finance Manager Kristie Modlin. Couch's contract runs the length of his term in office and must be renewed after re-election...

By Ralph Pokorny Nevada Daily Mail Any cuts to federal funds should have no impact on the Nevada R-5 School District this year, said Superintendent Dr. David Stephens. The Missouri Depart-ment of Elementary and Secondary Education told all Missouri schools about the anticipated effect of a 9 percent cut in federal funds last year and those potential cuts were included when the current year's budget was developed...

Nevada and Vernon County residents, businesses and organizations continued the practice of saluting those setting the pace toward excellence at the annual Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce Pacesetter Awards Banquet, held Saturday at the Eagles Lodge in Nevada...