Stories from Monday, June 15, 2020

Virginia B. Baker, 86, Nevada, Mo., went home to be with the Lord on Sunday, June 14, 2020, following a short illness. Virginia was born to Harry E. and Inez I. (Ebner) Irwin on March 29, 1934, in Elk City, Kan. She was the eighth-child born to this union. On Oct. 15th, 1950 she was united in marriage to Jesse R. Baker in Berryville, Ark., and to the union six children were born. She and Jesse celebrated 60 years together before he preceded her in death on Oct. 20, 2010...

Jackie Raybern Murphy, 84, Sheldon, Mo., passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2020, in Sheldon. Jack was born Oct. 29, 1935, in Neodesha, Kan., to Elmer and Gussie E. (Havens) Murphy. He was married to Marlene Graves of Independence, Kan., on Sept. 18, 1959, in Neodesha and she survives of the home...

Debbie Anne Hudson, 63, of Sheldon, passed away on Saturday, June 13, 2020, at the Kansas City Hospice House, Kansas City, Mo., following a courageous battle with ALS. Debbie was born on Aug. 14, 1956, in Nevada, to Donald and Darlene (Holland) Doolin. ...

According to a release from the Nevada R-5 school district, "After careful consideration and much discussion, NHS has decided to cancel prom which was scheduled for June 26, 2020." The school's prom had been postponed due to the COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and rescheduled for june 26. ...

Nevada High School graduating senior Calli Beshore was recently named the regional recipient of the $1,000 FutureBuilders scholarship — awarded by the Education Foundation of the Missouri School Boards’ Association (MSBA). Under the guidelines of the scholarship program, a $1,000 scholarship is awarded to one student in each of the MSBA's 17 regions. ...