Stories from Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Gordon Lee Morris, 80, of Monett, died June 1. Per Gordon’s wishes, no funeral services are planned. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of the Crafton-Cantrell Funeral Home in Aurora.

Robert Gene “Bob” Carl, 72, of Monett, died Monday, May 22, at the Arc of the Ozarks Home in Monett. The family will hold a celebration of life service at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, June 11, at Shepherd’s Field, south of Mt. Vernon. Burial will be at Pennsboro Cemetery...

Harold Eugene “Gene” Bonsack, 59, of Purdy, died Saturday, May 26. No services are scheduled at this time. Cremation arrangements are under direction of Fohn Funeral Home in Cassville.

Veva Ann (Byers) Saville, age 81, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, June 4, 2017, while at Bentonview Park Health and Rehabilitation Care Facility in Monett, Mo. Born August 10, 1935, in the Bethlehem Community in Northwest Arkansas, Veva was the fifth child of 10 to Olen and Esta (Gholson) Byers...

Roxie “Jane” Wilson Patton, 90, lifetime resident of Monett went home to be with her Heavenly Father on Sunday, June 4, 2017. She was born in Monett on January 29, 1927, the daughter of the late Robert R. and Mollie (Adcock) Wilson. She was united in marriage on June 23, 1946, in Monett to Edgar J. Patton Jr.; he preceded her in death on September 21, 2006...

Tickets are on sale now for the June 24 alumni football game between Monett and Cassville. Advance tickets can be purchased at Coast to Coast or Andy Brandt's Shelter Insurance Office, 122 E. Broadway. The Monett Athletic Booster Club will receive 50 percent of all advance ticket sale proceeds...

Monett baseball can take some solace in the fact that their season was ended by the eventual Class 4 state champions. On Friday, Aurora rallied from a 3-0 deficit in the sixth inning with three runs to tie the score and then plated two more runs in the seventh to claim its first state title in school history with a 5-3 win over Lutheran South in O’Fallon...

Springfield is quickly turning into one of Monett’s favorite places to play football. Cubs players have won their last two games in the Queen City. The first was in November 2016 and resulted in a state title, and the second was on Friday and gave six more Cubs the title of Grin Iron All-Star Classic champion...

Trinity Lutheran Church will host its annual picnic at 6 p.m. on Friday, June 9, behind the Trinity Lutheran School. Concessions will include cheeseburgers, hot dogs, hamburgers, homemade pie and ice cream. Games for all ages will be offered, along with live music by the Eddie Valen Band. There will be inflatables for children and bingo for adults. For information, people may call 417-235-7300...

More than 300 guests attended the Cox Monett Hospital Auxiliary’s 13th annual Salad Luncheon, held Friday at First United Methodist Church in Monett.

A Cassville man was injured in a wreck on Friday at 1:25 p.m. on Highway 37 at Butterfield. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Christopher Beeson, 38, of Cassville, was driving a 2010 Ford F150 northbound when a southbound 2015 Dodge Ram, being driven by Raymond Yoder, 25, of Neosho, failed to yield and made a left turn into the front of Beeson’s vehicle...

The final public hearing on replacing the bridge on Business Highway 60, east of Monett, will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m today at the Monett Chamber of Commerce office, located at 200 E. Broadway. The come-and-go style meeting with representatives of the Missouri Department of Transportation will provide details for how the $3.7 million bridge replacement effort will proceed. No formal presentations will be made. The same exhibits displayed at the in-person meeting will be available online...

The guidance and counseling program at the Monett schools continues to find ways to help children who hit rough spots succeed in their educational journey. At Monett Elementary, the Christmas outreach provided presents for 256 students and impacted 86 families. The backpack program sent 90 bags home weekly, 48 of those at MES, 30 at Central Park and 12 at Monett Intermediate...

The Monett City Council has approved several contracts and revisions, including action to advance construction of the new municipal swimming pool. Council members approved a contract with Waters Edge Aquatic Design for planning the final design and construction. Cost will be $239,400, or 8 percent of the $3.1 million projection for the project. City Administrator Dennis Pyle said he found that amount “reasonable.”...