Stories from Friday, November 10, 2017

This week one of my sons and two daughters returned to the Thornton home area in Taney County to attend the funeral of Lester’s brother Paul Thornton who had died at 99 years of age in the Veteran’s Home at Mt. Vernon. Mo. His death left only their sister, Opal, from the Harve and Jenny Thornton family that farmed near Ocie, Mo., in the early 1900s...

Linda Lou McCormick, 69, Roundup, Mont., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at home following an illness of several weeks. She was born Nov. 12, 1947, in Nevada, to Clarence and Virginia Mae (McKenzie) Peterson. Linda graduated Nevada High School in 1964. ...

Susan Gail Pitts, 68, El Dorado Springs, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Susan was born July 13, 1949, in Springfield, Ill., to Gilbert Wendell and Wilma Pauline Van Bebber. Susan grew up in Springfield, Ill., and graduated high school there. In 1992, she moved to Cedar County, Mo., and has resided in Nevada for the past year...

Marion E. Nichols, 67, Nevada, died on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Marion was born July 12, 1950, in Nevada, to Alfred and Luella G. (Wright) Nichols. He was united in marriage to April Brown and she preceded him in death...