Stories from Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Orville Eugene Summers, 86, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at the Moore-Few Care Center, in Nevada, after a lengthy illness. He was born Oct. 22, 1928, in Vernon County, the son of Winson Leroy and Ida (Maddox) Summers. On Jan. 30, 1951, he was united in marriage to Yukie (Suzuki) Summers, in Japan, and she preceded him in death on Oct. 22, 2013...

Connie Marie Smith Ryon, 70, passed away Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at Big Spring Care Center, in Humansville, Mo. Connie was born to Cecil and Mary Martha (Brokob) Smith, Jan. 18, 1944, at home in Little Blue, Mo. Connie was preceded in death by her mother and father; her common law husband for more than 25 years, Harold; brother, Arnold Smith; nephews, Buddy Smith, Steven Gunder, Donnie Jack Hendricks, and Joseph Johnson; and nieces, Kristi Smith and Paula Johnson...

Clyde Lewis Pritchard, 65, grandson of Red Edward and Lizzie Mae Winters, was unexpectedly called Home on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, via a pulmonary embolism. He was a graduate of Nevada High School. He was preceded in death by his grandparents; parents, Clyde and Viola Pritchard; and niece, Marie Eppes. ...

Mary Hester Ruth (Holman) Boone, 99, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., passed away on Oct. 26, 2014, at Community Springs Healthcare. Hester was born on Nov. 27, 1914, to James Frances "Frank" Holman and Maude (Click) Holman, in rural Vernon County, Mo., near Bronaugh. ...

Seth and Katie Crawford, of Nevada, Mo., and sister, Cambria Crawford, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter and baby sister, Stella Kate Prise Crawford. Stella was born at 10:03 p.m., Friday, Oct. 10, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center. She weighed 8 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 and 1/2 inches...

Nevada Daily Mail In preparation for the City's annual Lights at the Lake, the Nevada Parks and Recreation Department is closing the road leading to the lower level of Radio Springs Park to vehicle traffic effective Wednesday, Oct. 29. The Lights at the Lake display will begin its season with the lighting of the Mayor's Tree Wednesday, Nov. ...

Nevada Daily Mail Mackenzie J. Lowry is the first speaker in the 2014-15 Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by Cottey College's Serenbetz Institute for Women's Leadership, Social Responsibility, and Global Awareness. She will speak Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m., in the Missouri Recital Hall inside the Haidee and Allen Wild Center for the Arts. A reception will follow the address...

Nevada Daily Mail Nevada student Chloe Bartlett won America's U.S. Miss Missouri Teen 2014 and, to make the weekend complete, also won World's Glamorous Miss Missouri Teen 2014. The competitions were Oct. 18, at Tan-Tar-A Resort in Osage Beach, Mo. "They (Miss Missouri Teen) also held another pageant simultaneously that we had not planned to enter," said mom Lori of her daughter's double victory...

Nevada Daily Mail Before a record turnout for P.E.O. visit day at Cottey College, President Judy Rogers, members of the school's faculty and staff, and P.E.O. member Thelma Serenbetz and her family dedicated the newly renamed Serenbetz Institute for Women's Leadership, Social Responsibility and Global Awareness Saturday...

The girls' division of the Nevada Tiger youth basketball program will begin Saturday, Nov. 1, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Coach Brent Bartlett, with assistants Jenny Allard, Clay Wheeler, and some of the players from the Nevada High School Lady Tiger team, will teach third through sixth grade girls fundamentals and team play during the four-week program. There is a registration fee. A T-shirt will be given to the participants...

Nevada Daily Mail Host Cottey College lost in three sets to visiting Fort Scott Community College, but the second go-round this season between the two teams was tighter, with the Comets falling 25-15, 25-18, 25-20 Monday night. The first encounter between the teams resulted in the Greyhounds prevailing by margins of 9, 15, and 6...

Nevada Daily Mail The Golden Valley Vernon County Conference junior high boys and girls basketball tournaments are off to fast starts at Bronaugh High School. Opening the tournament Monday evening, the Northeast Vernon County Lady Knights came away with a decisive 29-15 victory over the Sheldon Panthers...