Stories from Tuesday, September 23, 2014

PIERCE CITY -- The Eagles are battered and bruised after a 53-6 loss to Miller Friday, but are ready to bounce back this week. Brad Hocker, Pierce City head coach, said the team has to work on becoming better in the secondary, as Miller reeled off 7 touchdowns through the air on Friday...

The 19th annual Relay for Life in Monett became a high-spirited event. Though shortened by time and constrained by moving indoors, the event still provided a wide range of activities and ways to celebrate the battle against cancer. A year of fundraising for the American Cancer Society culminated in the event. The 13 participating teams raised a total of $43,698.78, compared to $67,400 in 2013...

Lucy Ernamie Warner, 79, of Wheaton, died at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, at Maplewood Cemetery, Exeter, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, at Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville...

Marjorie Maxine Pennington, 90, of Mt. Vernon, died at 8:58 p.m. Friday, Sept. 19, at the Lawrence County Manor. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22, at the Ozark Prairie Cemetery, under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home...

Rose Louise Koenig, 81, of Pierce City, died Friday, Sept. 19, at the Sarcoxie Nursing Center in Sarcoxie. Rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 1, at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Chapel in Monett. Funeral Mass is being held at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 2, at St. Agnes Catholic Church near Wentworth...

Rick Winford Davis, age 68, of Monett, MO, entered the presence of our heavenly Father on Saturday, Sept. 20th, 2014, in the comfort of his family. Rick was born on June 10th, 1946 in Stella, MO. He was the son of the late Rev. Winford and Burnice Davis...

Thelma House, 97, of Cassville, died at 10:47 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, at Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville, Missouri. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery, Exeter, Missouri. Visitation will be held from 1to 2 p.m. Thursday at Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville...

James "Jim" Collier, 75, of Miller, died Friday morning at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. He was born Dec. 29, 1938, in, Gardena, Calif., the son of Bryman F. Collier and Virgie Robbins Collier. He was a graduate of Mt. Vernon High School. He married Jane Mobley on July 19, 1957 and to this union four children were born: Valerie Lynn Sharlin, Vickie Nitzsche, David Collier and Danny Collier. ...

A solemn ceremony honoring the sacrifices of American soldiers, particularly those who served as prisoners of war and missing in action, gathered an assembly at the F-15 jet veterans memorial at Monett's South Park on Friday for the annual ceremony, hosted jointly by Monett's veterans organizations...

Cox Monett Hospital will host its second annual Live Well Health and Safety Fair from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the Monett Area YMCA. The fair will be held in part to fulfill requirements for Level 4 Time Critical Diagnosis (TCD) accreditation in stroke, trauma and heart attack cases...

The homecoming celebration has begun at Monett High School, leading up to the gridiron confrontation on Friday against the Aurora Houn' Dawgs. With classes running only through Thursday this week, activities will take place in a slightly different order...

A pair of teenage girls were injured Saturday in an all-terrain vehicle wreck on Walleye Road, four miles north of Golden. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Alison Celaya, 16, of Nevada, was driving a 2004 Shengqieo ATV, with Cheyene Broyles, 15, of Lebanon, riding as a passenger. The report said Celaya lost control of the vehicle, causing it to overturn and eject the two girls...

The Monett Elementary School Family Fun Fest will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27 at the school. Activities will include inflatables, carnival games, a dunk tank, face painting and a silent Auction. Heno Head will offer science demonstrations from 5 to 6 p.m...

It took exactly 11 seconds, three fake handoffs and 75 yards of running by Quincy Jackson for a touchdown, to electrify the home crowd and set the dominos in motion for a Cubs rout over Cassville on Friday. The play's name is "Starburst," it resembled something that kids playing sandlot football would draw up on the spur of the moment. However, this was used in an actual game...

The Monett tennis team dropped a 6-3 decision to Nevada on Friday. Monett's top three singles players No. 1 Hannah Pitts, No. 2 Katie Tinklepaugh and No. 3 Lauren Bass prevailed in their matches. Pitts topped Megan Pance, 8-3, Tinklepaugh downed Sydney baker, 8-5 and Bass prevailed over Elinne Prewitt, 8-2...