Stories from Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Iva Jean (Helm) Miller, 90, of Aurora, died April 9. A graveside service under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, April 13 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Republic. Visitation will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 12, in the funeral home chapel...

Estell Darell “Shorty” Maloney, 92, of Cassville, died Saturday, April 8. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 11, at Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery at Exeter.

John W. Maddux, Jr., 56, of Cassville, died Friday, April 7, at Cassville Health Care and Rehab. Funeral services were held Monday, April 10 at the First Baptist Church. Burial was at the Sunny Slope Cemetery in Richmond. Funeral arrangements were under the direction of the White Funeral Home and Crematory, Cassville...

John S. Thomas, 90, of Monett, Mo., passed away on Saturday evening, April 8, 2017, while at Mercy Hospital in Springfield, Mo. John was born on November 11, 1926, in southwest Missouri, son of the late Elijah and Muriel (Wilson) Thomas. He worked for many years as a Certified Public Accountant...

Charles Richard “Dick” Hoover, 85, was born to Charles B. Hoover and Ruth Baumbach Hoover in Wichita, Kan., He passed away Saturday, April 8. He graduated from Wichita East High School in 1949 and Wichita State University in 1953. He proudly served in the U.S. ...

Mable Brock, 84, of Monett, Mo., passed away on Saturday, April 8, 2017, while at Cox South Medical Center in Springfield, Mo., following injuries sustained in an auto accident. Mable was born on April 3, 1933, in Jenkins, Mo., daughter of the late Martin and Vesta (Bennett) Brandon. ...

On the heels of their best performance to date, the Monett boys track team head to East Newton on Thursday with thoughts of taking first place. The Cubs showed promise at Aurora’s Ice Box Relays on Thursday and finished second with a season high 129 points. East Newton won the meet with 178 points...

Two of the most talented baseball teams in southwest Missouri square off today, as No. 6 Monett (10-1) invades No. 1 Aurora (9-0) in a battle of state-ranked foes. “We know how good they are,” said Michael Calhoun, Monett coach. “They are undefeated. Our guys grew up playing with their guys, and a lot of them are friends. We know how big of a game this is and we’ll be ready to play.”...

The Monett Ministerial Association will host its last Lenten services at noon April 12 at the Chapel of Grace, 1153 Farm Road 1060, south of Highway 60. Paul Lanning from First United Methodist Church will be the speaker. A light lunch will follow the services, around 12:30 p.m., at the host church...

"A Night At Gatsby's" was the theme for the annual junior-senior prom for Verona High School, held at the Hill Creek Lodge west of Pulaskifield.

Monett-area residents have been among the volunteers helping clean up after the EF-2 tornado that hit Goodman a week ago. Cathy Lewis, of rural Pierce City, a chaplain with Hospice Compassus and a member of the Monett Kiwanis Club, drove to Goodman on Thursday with supplies she had gathered from friends, as well as sanitation and healthcare supplies donated by Cox Monett Hospital and Old Town Pharmacy...

Weather conditions were sunny and perfect for the Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, hosted by the Monett Chamber of Commerce and the Young Professionals Network on the grounds of the Monett City Park Casino.

A man reported missing from Pierce City early Sunday morning was found on Sunday night south of Denver in Douglas County, Colo. At about 1 a.m. Sunday, the Pierce City Police Department issued an endangered silver advisory for Joseph Sisseck, 77, who went missing from the home at 207 E. Monroe in Pierce City at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday...

A Monett woman is facing three felony charges and charges are expected to be filed against a man after methamphetamine was allegedly found in a stolen vehicle the pair were riding in with children on Saturday. Shelby Swadley, 25, of Monett, is charged with possession of a controlled substance and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Joshua Murray, 27, of Monett, is expected to be charged with tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest...

The Barry County Sheriff’s Office and Ozark Funeral Homes have announced services for Master Sergeant Carl T. Cosper Jr. Visitation will be Wednesday from 4-8 p.m. at Ozark Funeral Home, located at 100 Spring St. in Anderson. The funeral service will be held on Thursday at 1 p.m. at Grace Life Church, located at 258 Royce St. in Anderson...