Stories from Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Lea Lillian McNeil, 88, Bronaugh, passed from this life on Friday, Aug. 25, at Medicalodges, of Nevada. Lea was born on June 16, 1929, at home on the Houston Farm on Sage Creek in Cody, Wyo., to George and Besse (Glynn) Wright. She married Thayne McNeil on Dec. 31, 1947, at her parent’s home in South Fork, Wyo., and he preceded her in death on Feb. 13, 2006...

Gordon Wayne Halcomb, 63, Nevada, passed away on Friday, Aug. 25, at Freeman Health System, Joplin. Gordon was born on Oct. 6, 1953, in Nevada to Calvin Amos and Wava Nadine (Brown) Halcomb. Gordon grew up in the Deerfield area and graduated from Nevada High School. He farmed all his life and operated his own trucking business for a number of years. Farming was his hobby...

Elmer Earl “Bill” Pettibon, 93, Deerfield, passed away on Friday, Aug. 25. Bill was born on Mar. 5, 1924, in Deerfield to Alva W. and Martha Lee (McGuire) Pettibon. He married Dorothy Louise McConnaughey in Deerfield on Sept. 3, 1950, and she survives of the home...

Chelsea Kennette Johnson, 26, Nevada, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 26, in Nevada. Chelsea was born Oct. 29, 1990, in Nevada to Thomas E. Johnson and Dorothy (Bullock) Johnson. Chelsea grew up in Nevada and graduated from Nevada High School with the Class of 2009. ...

Rodger Lynn Culbertson, 63, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 26, at his home in El Dorado Springs. Rodger was born on June 10, 1954, in Nevada to Delmer Lee and Bonnie Lou (Hacker) Culbertson. Rodger graduated from Nevada High School Class of 1972. He worked for Sac-Osage Electrical Cooperative for 42 years, retiring in January 2017. ...

Alice May Ramage, 64, Nevada, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 27, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada. Alice was born Oct. 10, 1952, in Nevada to Lester D. and Jeanette (Leen) Pike. She was united in marriage to Gary Lee Ramage on Nov. 18, 1979, and he survives of the home...

William Kent “Bill” Eador, 65, Nevada, died Sunday, Aug. 20, at Nevada Regional Medical Center in Nevada. Bill was born Feb. 28, 1952, in Nevada to Willis Earl and Mary Minerva (Griffith) Eador. A committal service will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 2, at Moore Cemetery in Nevada...

First responders converged on the Northeast Vernon County High School in Walker on Monday afternoon for Vernon County’s annual Emergency Preparedness Exercise. “This is probably one of the better drills as far as incident command,” Vernon County Emergency Management Director Dennis Kimrey said. “I was happy to see we had a command post — you could see it was a command post. We had EMS and fire at the command post.”...