Stories from Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Harold Clinton Beatty, 86, of Shell Knob, died Thursday, June 23, 2016. Services will be held at a later date. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Shell Knob.

Edwin Lafayette Hill, 90, of Shell Knob, died Friday, June 24, 2016. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 29, in First Christian Church, Shell Knob, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Shell Knob. Burial will be in Painter Cemetery, Shell Knob...

Roger Harold Myhre, 74, of Exeter, died Saturday, June 25, 2016. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.

Jarrett Eugene "Bud" Thomas, 70, of Purdy, Sunday, June 26, 2016. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 30, in Mill Street Church of Christ, Cassville, under direction of Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville.

Margie Alice Foster, 87, of Purdy, died Thursday, June 23, 2016, at the Lawrence County Manor. Visitation will be held Tuesday, June 28, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home in Monett. Services will be held Wednesday, June 29 at 10 a.m. at the St. John's Lutheran Church, Stone's Prairie near Purdy, with Pastor Philip Wolf officiating. Burial will be at the St. John's Lutheran Stone's Prairie Cemetery...

Charles Leroy Privett, 78, of Granby, died Thursday, June 23, 2016. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of McQueen Funeral Home, Wheaton.

Rudolph "Rudy" Schultz, 89, of Cassville, passed away on Friday, June 24, 2016, at the Communities of Wildwood Ranch in Joplin. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, at the White Funeral Home and Crematory. Memorial contributions may be made to Guide Dogs for the Blind and entrusted to the White Funeral Home and Crematory, P.O. Box 890, Cassville, MO 65625...

A Monett man charged with possession of a nine-gram meth rock in April has now been charged with rape following a more-than-two-month investigation into claims made by the victim in the case. Randall Miller, 54, of Monett, is charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy and second-degree domestic assault. In the earlier case in April, he was charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver...

Summer School ended at Monett Elementary School last week with two teachers getting pies in the face.

Thanks to the gift of an anonymous benefactor, a new initiative has been launched by the Pierce City Arts Council that will give the organization new visibility and a location for future activities. On Tuesday, members of the organization toured the former Sweet Rock Cafe at 106 W. Commercial St. as part of a working meeting with Michael Gaines, executive director of the Missouri Association of Community Arts Agencies...

Children had an opportunity to experience what milking a cow is like from a model displayed at the Edgewood Creamery on Saturday.

The Barry-Lawrence Regional Library's Summer Reading Club, the Monett Branch will have a program at 3:30 p.m. on June 28 on "Old Fashioned Toys and Games," presented by a park ranger from the George Washington Carver National Monument. The Pierce City Branch will have the program "Animal Olympics" from the Wonders of Wildlife Museum at 10 a.m. on June 29. The Purdy Branch will have the program "Out of the Ordinary" at 10 a.m. on June 29...

After going 22-5 last season and advancing to the school's first ever state quarterfinal, the Monett soccer team has beefed up its schedule in hopes of an even deeper playoff run this season. The Cubs will battle perennial pitch powerhouses Carthage and Springfield Catholic, and Monett has mixed in Nixa and Ozark to beef up its competition level...

The 2016 Monett Youth Baseball Rookie League team sponsored by Monett Metals is coached by Mark Holland.

The 2016 Monett Youth Baseball Rookie League team sponsored by IDF is coached by Kevin Mahurin.

Ralph Emett Campbell, 83, of Monett, died Tuesday, June 28, at Bentonview Park Health and Rehabilitation Center in Monett. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Burial will be at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in Casper, Wyo. Arrangements are under the direction of Buchanan Funeral Home in Monett...

Susan Renee Roetto, 55, of Monett, passed from this life Friday evening, June 24, while at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield. Sue was born on March 29, 1961, in Phoenix, Ariz. For the last several years, Sue had worked at Lacoba Homes in Monett. Prior to that, she had worked for 15 years at Monett Health Care. She had a very loving heart and always loved helping people. As for her family, she took great pride in being a wonderful mother and wife...