Stories from Wednesday, July 7, 2021

Following several postponements due to inclement weather, the Nevada Griffons finally returned to the diamond over the Fourth of July weekend for a doubleheader, a MINK League South Division showdown, and an exhibition contest in Springdale, Ark. Though the team was unable to escape victorious from any of those games, it rebounded Monday night with an extra-inning road win over the Joplin Outlaws...

Mr. Robert “Bob” “Denny” Irvin, aged 80, of Wardsville, Mo., passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 29, 2021, at his home after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s. Bob was born on July 18, 1940, in Kansas City, Mo., the son of Rolan J. and Edith M. (Pangborn) Irvin. He was married in Nevada, Mo., in 1962 to Sue Ann Harpold and to this union two daughters were born. He was married on April 18, 1990, in Jefferson City, Mo., to Virginia “Ginny” (Pearse) Hutson, who survives at the home...

Donald James “Jim” Brown, 92, Nevada, Mo., died on Tuesday, July 6, 2021, at his home in Nevada following an illness of several months. Jim was born Oct. 1, 1928 in Wichita, Kan. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., Monday, July 12, at 2 p.m., at Ferry Funeral Home, in Nevada, with Pastor Jeff Adams and Pastor Jeff Swarts officiating. Interment will follow in Moore Cemetery in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m., at the funeral home prior to the service...

Garen Ray Williams, 73, of Nevada, Mo., died on Saturday, July 3, 2021, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City, Mo. Garen was born on Jan. 15, 1948, in Fort Scott, Kan., to Ray L. and Lucy E. (Gentle) Williams. Committal services with Military Honors will be held at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 22, at the National Cemetery in Fort Scott, Kan...

With council members Lyndon Eberhard and Carol Gallagher absent, the Nevada City Council considered a host of bids, appointments, and new business items in a lengthy agenda Tuesday evening. In appointments to Boards and Commissions: • The council considered the appointment of Clarisse Teepe-Fryrear to the Nevada Library Board. ...

Distinguished service history of the Lion's Club dates back to 1917, when Lions Clubs International began as the dream of Chicago insurance man Melvin Jones. He believed that local business clubs should expand their horizons from purely professional concerns to the betterment of their communities and the world at large...