Stories from Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Joe F. Rayl was born on Aug. 1, 1928, to Willis Duncan Rayl and Evia (Burgess) Rayl in Badcaw, Ark, and quietly passed away in Bolivar, Mo., on Monday, Sept. 29, 2014, at Parkview Healthcare Facility. Shortly after his birth, Joe and his family moved to Lakeworth, Texas. ...

Whitney Dawn York, 26, of Nevada, Mo., beloved daughter, sister, niece, cousin, and friend passed from this life on Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, as a result of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident near Nevada. She was born Sept. 6, 1988, in Nevada, the daughter of Phillip Keith and Becky Sue (Robertson) York, parents who greatly mourn her loss...

Newton LeRoy Fossett, 91, of Nevada, Mo., passed at noon Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. He was born on June 26, 1923, near Bridgeport, Okla., to John Newton and Bessie (Starbuck) Fossett. He was united in marriage to Cleo "Bobby" Nell Shanklin on July 1, 1943, at his parents' home and she survives of the home...

Helen Irma Loveless, 98, of Nevada, passed from this life Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at Nevada Nursing and Rehab, in Nevada. She was born on Feb. 24, 1916, in Bates County, Mo., to Benjamin Franklin Loveless and Mary Isabelle (Burk) Loveless. Helen was raised in Bates County and worked for the IRS in Kansas City, until her retirement. ...

Billie Lou Rutledge, 84, formerly of rural Walker, Mo., passed away suddenly on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada. Billie was born July 12, 1930, in Mindenmines, Mo., to Lawrence M. Copeland and Lula M. (Hill) Copeland. She was united in marriage to Merle Rutledge on May 17, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., and he preceded her in death on Feb. 22, 2000...

Georgia Lee Oakes, 70, of Nevada, Mo., died Friday, Sept. 26, 2014, at Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada. She was born on Jan. 10, 1944, in Leavonworth County, Kan., to Robert Downing and Laura Edna (Moorhead) Downing. No formal services are planned at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Mo...

Nevada Daily Mail Two local law enforcement officers have recently completed Crises Intervention Team Training and joined the local CIT Coordinating Council. Nevada Police Sergeant Jeff Baker and Vernon County Sheriff's Deputy Greg Prough recently returned after completing an intensive week of CIT training, conducted at the Lee Summit, Mo., Police Department...

Nevada Daily Mail Leon Emery has seen a number of changes during his years in the gas station business, a pursuit that he has combined with farming. "I was born and raised in Deerfield, in a house that's still standing, in 1934. We still do farming. We've been on the farm since 1958."...

Nevada Daily Mail While most of us are heading back to work after the Christmas holidays on Jan. 5, John Murphy and his 14-year-old son Jeremiah will be joining with members of Crowder College's nursing program and the Baptist Student Union for a mission trip to Haiti...

Nevada Daily Mail A man has been charged with multiple counts following a fatality accident on Route E, five miles east of Milo. The accident occurred at 5:30 p.m., Saturday. A passenger in the crash, Whitney D. York, 26, Nevada, was fatally injured in the one-car crash. She was pronounced dead at the scene by Vernon County Deputy Coroner Thomas Heiber, according to a report filed by the Missouri Highway Patrol...

Nevada High School's volleyball team won three of five matches at the Carl Junction tournament Saturday, improving to 13-6 overall. In the opener, the Tigers roared past Mt. Vernon 25-11, 25-18. Rilie Good paced NHS with six kills, as did Morgan McNeley...

Cottey College's volleyball team split a pair of matches in a seeding tournament at Miami, Okla., downing Wentworth but falling to East Central. The Comets prevailed in the first contest, 25-21 and 25-19. "Our first match of the day, we came out strong in both games," said Cottey Coach Marla Kannady Foreman. "I love to see the intensity throughout the whole match, not just in games two through whatever...

Nevada High School's softball team reached the championship of the West Central Conference Softball Tournament in the school's first year of play, getting squeezed out narrowly by Clinton, 4-3. Earlier, Nevada had rolled past O'Hara in B pool play 15-0 in three innings, with Mallorie Owen getting the win on the mound...

Nevada came away with a medal in its first West Central Conference tennis tournament, held in Warrensburg. The number three doubles team of Emma Cheaney and Jaiden Cherry took first at the championships Friday. In the first round, Cheaney and Cherry played to an 8-8 draw with the team of Herzog/Purvis from Warrensburg, and prevailed in the tiebreaker, 7-5...