Stories from Monday, August 4, 2014

Survivors include: his two sons, Gene Francisco and his wife, Betty, of Purdy, and Jerry Francisco and his wife, Karen, of Nixa; one daughter, Susie Bailey and her husband, Carroll, of Goodman; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; two sisters, Dolly Odorizzi, of Haysville, Kan., and Beatrice Land, of Monett...

Carl Shelton Sanders, Sr., realizing the uncertainty of life, and with full confidence and trust in his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and knowing that by faith in His sacrifice on the cross for him he has eternal life, Carl entered his heavenly home on July 31, 2014...

Wanda Maud Stewart, 84, of Purdy, passed away Friday, Aug. 1, 2014, in Mercy Hospital, Joplin. She was born Sept. 9, 1929, in Shidler, Okla., the daughter of Samuel Anson and Maud Rebecca (Blankinship) Starks. On Nov. 3, 1948, in Benton County, Ark., she was united in marriage to Bernard W. Stewart, who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her parents and three brothers, Ed, Bill and Roy Starks...

Roland Claude Clancy, 84, of Cassville, passed away in his home on Sunday, July 27, 2014. He was born on June 17, 1930, in Perkins, Okla., son of Claude Everett and Pearl (Courtright) Clancy. After graduating from high school, he enlisted in the U.S. ...

Robert Harold Gardner, 88, of Halfway, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in Buffalo Prairie Care Center, Buffalo. He was born Nov. 21, 1925, in Seligman, the son of Gaylord Jerome and Marie Jane (Oziah) Gardner. On March 21, 1947, he was united in marriage to Melba Barth McDaniel and to this union three children were born. ...

Marty "Deon" Soole, 58, of Monett, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014, in Bentonview Park Health and Rehabilitation. He was born Feb. 24, 1956, in Aurora, the son of William Henry and Francis Elaine (Younts) Soole, who preceded him in death. Also preceding him in death were one brother, William Martin Soole and one sister, Karen Elaine Coy...

A Seligman man died Sunday night after being involved in a one-vehicle wreck on Hwy. 90, two miles west of Seligman, according to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report. Kenneth Patterson, 48, of Seligman, was the passenger in a 1979 Chevrolet Corvette being driven by Brian Sharp, 31, of Seligman. While driving on Hwy. 90, Sharp's vehicle ran off the roadway, struck a culvert and overturned. Neither Patterson nor Sharp was wearing a safety device...