Stories from Thursday, April 8, 2010

City council and school board members will retain seats; Seligman approves tax

Local school districts have been forced to review their budgets this week after the Missouri General Assembly cut another $43 million from the state budget for schools in a supplemental funding bill it passed last week. State lawmakers' recent decision has placed on extra burden on many school districts in the southwest Missouri area, because legislators opted to exclude 152 "hold harmless" districts from the cuts...

On April 17, Barry County's New Harmonies Committee will host Barry County Pioneer Days at the Crowder College Cassville Campus auditorium. The event, which will be held from 5 to 8 p.m., will offer a performance by the Possum Holler Fiddlers, a talented group of young fiddlers from southwest Missouri and northwest Arkansas who receive training through the Ozark Heritage Camp in Branson. ...

MEETING: Meth to Miracles outreach group will meet at 7 p.m. in the upstairs of the Family Life Center in Cassville. All interested persons are invited to attend. SUPPORT GROUP: The Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) group of Cassville meets at 8 p.m. at 1308 Harold St. in Cassville. For more informa-tion, call 846-4044...

By Lee Stubblefield The Cassville Wildcats were one shy of a dozen runs in defeating the Seneca Indians on Thursday afternoon by a score of 11-1. Kyle Rhea pitched all five innings of the rule-shortened contest at Wildcat Field and faced only 19 batters in collecting the win. Eric Esposito took the loss for Seneca...

Mona Fern Dent McManus, 88, of Seligman, passed away Sunday, April 4, 2010, in New Hope Health and Rehabilitation, Rogers, Ark. She was born Jan. 19, 1922, at Gann Ridge in Benton County, Ark., the daughter of Silas and Bessie E. (Gann) Webb. On Dec. ...

Loretta Moore, 86, of Shell Knob, passed away Tuesday, April 6, 2010, in St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. Services are pending and will be announced by Fohn Funeral Home, Shell Knob. A complete obituary will be in next week's paper. Visit www.fohnfuneralhome.com for online obituaries, guestbook and private condolences...

Jean Sanders Melton, 85, passed away Tuesday morning, March 30, 2010, at her home near Cassville. She was born at Shell Knob on Dec. 16, 1924, the daughter of John Perry Sanders and Hattie (Blythe) Sanders. A graduate of Cassville High School, class of 1942, she entered the University of Missouri and graduated with a bachelor of science degree in vocational home economics, which she taught for three years in the Carrollton High School, northeast of Kansas City. ...

Laverne V. Kincaid, 95, of Cassville, passed away Thursday, April 1, 2010, in Red Rose Health and Rehabilitation Center, Cassville. She was born April 22, 1914, in Neosho, the daughter of D.E. and Lula (White) Brown. On Feb. 24, 1947, she was united in marriage to Perry L. Kincaid, who preceded her in death on April 27, 1988. Also preceding her in death were her parents; and two brothers...

James Ira "J.I." Smith, 69, of Exeter, passed away Saturday, April 3, 2010, at his home. He was born April 30, 1940, in Barry County, the son of John Smith and Twila (England) Smith. On June 26, 1960, he was united in marriage to his wife, Shirley Faye Plouch, who survives...

Mary Jewell Thomas, 75, of Cassville, passed away Monday, April 5, 2010, in Red Rose Health and Rehabilitation Center, Cassville. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday in Fohn Funeral Home, Cassville. Rev. David Eaton and Pastor Bobby Harrison will conduct the services. Burial will be at Maplewood Cemetery, Exeter...

Helen Marie (Lundy) Brown, 86, of Cassville, died Friday, April 2, 2010, at St. John's Hospital in Springfield. She was born Aug. 24, 1924, in Marion County, Iowa, the daughter of Clarence and Rosa (McAllister) Lundy. She received her education in Dallas, Iowa...

Terry Lee Talbert, 63, of Butterfield, passed away on April 4, 2010, after a sudden stroke. He was born April 6, 1946, in Kewanee, Ill., son of Hartford and Dotty (Crawford). He served in the Navy aboard the USS Yancey from 1965 to 1968. Survivors include: his wife, Kathy (Clark), of 40 years; one son, Ted and his wife, Colleen, of St. ...

Mark Fredrick McMullin, 56, of Cassville, died Wednesday, March 31, 2010, at St. John's Hospital, Springfield, after a brief illness. He was born June 7, 1953, in Des Moines, Iowa, the eldest of five sons of Eugene Baker and Delores JoAn Lark McMullin. ...

Carl Roy, 90, of Exeter, passed away April 1, 2010, in McKinney, Texas. Carl was born Sept. 23, 1919, in Wakita, Okla.,, to Henry and Flora (Armour) Roy. On Oct. 23, 1945, he married Vermo Sampler, in Wichita, Kan. She preceded him in death on Sept. 8, 2009, after 63 years of marriage...