Stories from Saturday, December 20, 2014

Betty Jean (Eddlemon) Edwards died on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, in Tulsa, Okla. She was born Oct. 2, 1923, to Orel and Edna (Bratton) Eddlemon, at Ameraman Hospital, in Nevada. She attended school at Bryan Grade School and Nevada High School, graduating in 1941. ...

Harold Preston (Tom) Highfill, 62, of Schell City, Mo. , the son of Emmett Preston and Barbara Louise (Shane) Highfill, was born May 1, 1952, in Kansas City, Mo., and passed from this life Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at his home. Tom was raised in the Kansas City area, and then moved to Schell City when he was in high school, after the death of his grandfather. ...

Shirley Ann White, 66, of Nevada, Mo., passed from this life Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, at her home. She was born Sept. 2, 1948, in Warrington, England, the daughter of Mary (Rhodes) Douglas and Gordon Rhodes. She graduated from Warrington High School, in England, and received her cosmetology license from Crums Beauty College, in Manhattan, Kan. ...

William Rex Holman, 63, formerly of Nevada, passed from this life on Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at the Mark Twain Caring Center, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., following a lengthy illness. Bill was born on March 31, 1951, in Springdale, Ark., to Rex Lee Holman and Effie Elma (Litton) Holman. He was united in marriage to Della Faye Smith, in Springdale, on Nov. 26, 1981, and she preceded him death on Feb. 14, 2003...

Fern A. Tilley, 89, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life on Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, at Nevada Regional Medical Center, in Nevada, following a lengthy illness. Fern was born on June 28, 1925, in White County, Ark., to Rufus Herbert Blurton and Martha Melissa (Ketterman) Blurton. She was united in marriage to Glenn C. McAfee on Feb. 26, 1946, and he preceded her in death in 1970. Fern later married Lord Willis Tilley on Oct. 26, 1986, and he preceded her in death in 2011...

Nevada Daily Mail For years, Nevada High School students have earned free tuition at Missouri community colleges through the A+ Program. "I think it's a fantastic program," said Rebecca Keltner, coordinator for the program, which Nevada spent three years getting certified for when the state first initiated it...

Nevada Daily Mail Twenty-seven years ago in the fall of 1987, a group of like-minded area residents gathered to organize the Tri County Whittlers and Wood Carvers. The group met each Tuesday night to carve on their current projects and to help each other improve their wood carving skills. ...

During the month of December, we have conducted several interviews for internal job openings that include jail administrator, detective, patrol sergeant, and drug task force agent for the Community Narcotics Enforcement Team. We have also conducted a couple of interviews for detention officers. Each time we schedule a testing date, we re-evaluate our interview process and see if there is any way we can improve it...

Hi neighbors. I hope you have all finished your shopping and are ready to just hang out at home and wait for the little fat guy in a red suit to show up. I have finished shopping to the best of my knowledge. I'll try to stay out of stores and off shopping websites until after New Year's Day...

Everyone has a favorite Christmas memory. It can be something simple, like sharing a moment with loved ones no longer present. It can be the times we spend with our family and friends during this holiday time. It can be attending the performances of Christmas plays or concerts at our school...

Nevada's swim team opened its season at the Carthage Lady Tiger Dual, competing in 12 different events. Teams represented included Monett, host Carthage, Ozark, Lamar, Harrisonville, Seymour, and Joplin. Carthage won four of the events, Monett three, Ozark two, and Nevada one, with the Tigers prevailing in a relay...

The Nevada Tigers high school wrestling team picked up a victory over Springfield-Glendale at Thursday's wrestling Triangular in Buffalo. The Tigers accumulated 47 team points to Glendale's 36. However, Nevada fell to Buffalo, 45-27. Individual results...

Nevada Daily Mail HARRISONVILLE ----The Nevada Lady Tigers shrugged off a rugged start, as they went on to crush Harrisonville 57-33 Thursday night, en route to their fifth consecutive victory (7-2, 4-1). Nevada hasn't lost since Dec. 6, when they fell to McDonald County in the Carl Junction tournament championship game...

Nevada Daily Mail In a time when the quail population is down, it is reassuring to know there is a hunter who has devoted 40 years rebuilding his land to insure the future of the quail. Bill Neale has hunted quail for more than 75 years. When he was just six years old, he started walking with the men, but they wouldn't let him carry a gun. He has seen a lot of changes over time...

Nevada Daily Mail After a decade of searching for a solution to Schell City's water problems as they dealt with an aging water system in need of an overhaul, city leaders found a solution, albeit expensive, in a contract with Consolidated Public Water Supply District No. 1, to provide water for the town...