Stories from Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Clarence Wilson Blakely Jr., 73, Schell City, Mo., passed away on Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, Mo., following a lengthy illness. Junior was born Feb. 5, 1949, in Schell City, Mo., to Clarence W. Blakely Sr. and Effie J. (Goodwin) Blakely. He married Bonnie Ann Bailey on Feb. 20, 1980, and she preceded him in death on Jan. 21, 2016...

Robert “Alan” King, of Columbia, Mo., died on Feb. 11, 2022, at the age of 86. Services will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Micki Pulleyking at 11 a.m., Friday, Feb. 18, in the Dadeville Baptist Church with burial in the Dadeville Masonic Cemetery. The family will receive friends on Friday morning at 10 a.m., until service time in the church. ...

The Nevada City Council set out to tackle several new business items and consider a variety of bids during Tuesday evening's regular session meeting. In consideration of bids: • Consideration of Resolution No. 1610 A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Nevada, Missouri authorizing payment to Nevada Small Engine for a Hustler Hyperdrive 72” Side discharge commercial Zero-Turn Mower. ...

Shirley Ann Earll, 79, Nevada, Mo., passed away on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, at Cedar County Memorial Hospital, in El Dorado Springs, following a brief illness. Shirley Ann was born July 8, 1942, in Deerfield, Mo., to Fritz W.E. and Leola A. (Breitbarth) Koopman. She married Earnie Earll on Feb. 28, 2004, in Nevada, and he preceded her in death on May 18, 2011...