Stories from Tuesday, April 23, 2019

Marion Lee Rains, 86, Nevada, Mo., passed from this life with her family by her side on April 20, 2019, after a lengthy illness. Marion L. “Peewee” (Bond) Rains was born on Oct. 4, 1932, and was the sixth of nine kids from Lucian and Beulah (Barbee) Bond of Nevada, Mo...

Frances Jean Flagor, 82, died April 19, 2019, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. She was born Jan. 27, 1937, in Barton County, the daughter of Robert E. and Aurelia (Schugart) Connor. Jean graduated from Hoisington High School in 1955. She married Jackie Edward Shreve in 1955, he preceded her in death on Nov. 16, 1960. She then married Reuben Flagor on April 28, 1962, at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Hoisington...

Anthony Jay Wright, 43, passed away at his home in Springfield, Mo., on April 8, 2019. Anthony was born Nov. 3, 1975, to Jay W. and Donna (Barnes) Wright. Anthony attended school in El Dorado Springs, Mo., graduating with the Class of 1994. Following high school he joined the Missouri Army National Guard. He also worked in the food industry for over 20 years as a line cook...

Charles Thomas McWherter Sr., 55, Nevada, Mo., died on Sunday, April 21, 2019, at his home in Nevada following a lengthy illness. Charlie was born Nov. 27, 1963, in Nevada, to Richard William McWherter Sr. and Dora Jane (Parks) McWherter. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, April 27, at Ferry Funeral Home in Nevada. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park in Nevada. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home...