December 2023
Jeremiah Buntin: History everywhere you look
Getting lost down a rabbit hole of history can be very easy around the Barry County Museum. With the combination of resources from the Fields’ Photo Archives and genealogy material in our reference room, combined with modern electric resources on the internet, looking up information on one subject can quickly detour into unexpected avenues.
TOP 10 SPORTS STORIES OF 2023
Wrestling team 3rd at state, first softball district title mark year in sports 1 Girls wresting 3rd in state as team Ultimately, the individual results were not as high as the team hoped, but the Cassville girls wrestling team made history nonetheless by bringing home the first ever team trophy, taking third in a field of 98 with 62 points. Senior Annie Moore, who entered the tournament ranked No.
TOP 10 NEWS STORIES OF 2023
Missing doctor, wastewater residuals application top year in news 1 Missing Cassville doctor found dead in Arkansas The body of Dr. John Forsyth, missing Cassville ER physician, was located deceased with an apparent gunshot wound in Beaver Lake in Arkansas, 10 days after his disappearance from the Mercy Hospital on May 21.
Kenneth Loyd Patton
atton Kenneth Loyd Patton, 97, of Monett, Mo. passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023, at Cox Medical Center South in Springfield, Mo.
Dorothy Grace “Dodi” Lewis
ewis Dorothy Grace “Dodi” Lewis, 67, of Exeter, Mo. passed away Tuesday, December 19, 2023.
Keith Laverne “Keither” “Roundy” Johnson
Keith Laverne “Keither” “Roundy” J ohnson Keith Laverne “Keither” “Roundy” Johnson, 74, of Exeter, Mo. passed away Saturday, December 16, 2023, in Cassville.
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James Wesley Atkinson
tkinson JamesWesleyAtkinson, 93, of Washburn, Mo. passed away Monday, December 18, 2023, at Aurora Nursing Center in Aurora, Mo.
