Stories from Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Mable Irene Flewelling, 97, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018, at Moore-Few Care center in Nevada. Mable was born Nov. 7, 1921, to Charles and Melissa (Thompson) Sallee. She married George E. Flewelling in 1947 and he preceded her in death in 1969...

Orville F. Ellis passed from this earth on Nov. 11, 2018. Orville was born Nov. 23, 1919, in a one-room log cabin located in Maries County, Mo., to James Laymon and Mayme Louise [Shelton] Ellis. He married Adeline Francis Muilliere in St. Louis, Mo., on April 13, 1941, and together they enjoyed a marriage of 49 years until her death on April 26, 1990. He later married Edna Eliza Davis Veit on Feb. 14, 1991, in Nevada, Mo., and she preceded him in death on Aug. 28, 2009...

Evelyn Sue Schreiner, 75, Nevada, Mo. passed away on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, at her home in Nevada. Evelyn was born Aug. 19, 1943, in Berryville, Ark., to Glenn Loren and Mildred Frances (Lander) Roden. On March 5, 1964, she was united in marriage to John T. Schreiner in Memphis, Tenn., and he survives of the home...

Kristy Lee Clark, 34, Nevada, Mo., died on Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Nevada. Kristy was born May 24, 1984, in Fayetteville, Ark., to Randy Lee and Dora Sue (Canaday) Clark. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 21, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at Ferry Funeral Home...

Lisa Dawn (Hagerman) Stark, 56, formerly of Nevada, passed away on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, at her home in Hemet, Calif. The daughter of Roy Hagerman and Rita Nall, she was born Jan. 8, 1962, in El Dorado Springs, Mo. She married Dann D. Stark on June 25, 1987, and he survives of the home...

While the focus of Friday’s visit to Nevada by Missouri Governor Mike Parson naturally was focused on veterans, in both his first stop, in his remarks to the Nevada/Vernon County Chamber of Commerce and in a brief interview, he shared his priorities for the state...

October 15, 2018 marked the 150 year anniversary of Nevada’s Osage Lodge 303. Chartered as a new lodge in 1851, with the first meeting taking place in 1852, the original lodge, Osage Lodge 29, was located at Balls Mills in Bates County (Balltown) and was burned to the ground during the Civil War...

BELLEVUE, Neb. — A 21-point road loss to Bellevue University on Saturday extended the Cottey Comets’ losing skid to five games. The transition from two-year JUCO to four-year NAIA competition has not gone smoothly thus far for the Comet basketball team, with Cottey losing by an average of 29 points per game. Despite the 21-point loss, Cottey was able to hold Bellevue (6-1) well under their season-average of 95 points per contest...