Stories from Monday, August 15, 2016

Willa Dean Stringer, 88, of Cassville, passed away Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in her home. She was born Dec. 7, 1927, in Barry County, the daughter of Finis and Nadine (Wallen) Horner. On Aug. 14, 1946, she was united in marriage to Bud Stringer who preceded her in death on July 9, 1997. Also preceding her in death were her parents and one son, Stan Stringer...

June Rose Horrocks, 85, of Eagle Rock, passed away on Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, in Kansas City. She was born on Dec. 9, 1930, in Adrian, daughter of Willam Reed Elliott and Sarah Rosalyn (Leuty) Bradley. She was united in marriage to Dale Horrocks in Ordway, Colo., on Aug. ...

James Eskildsen passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at Mercy Hospital in Springfield. Services are pending at this time. Arrangements are under the direction of White Funeral Home and Crematory, Cassville.

John Dodson, 78, of Purdy, passed away on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at Cox South in Springfield. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, Aug. 18 at 11 a.m. at the White Funeral Home & Crematory with Pastor Leland May officiating. Burial will follow at Mount Pleasant Cemetery...

Leonard Carl Coones, 81, of Springfield, formerly of Cassville, passed away at Cox South Hospital in Springfield. He was born on July 14, 1935, in Barry County, son of Leonard and Louisa (Foster) Coones. He was a 1953 Cassville High school graduate. On Aug. 12, 1964, he was united in marriage to May Lynn Holloway in Las Vegas, Nev. He was a member of the Charity Baptist Church in Springfield...

Mary Orma Carr, 81, of Washburn, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016. She was born Sept. 1, 1934, in Springfield, the daughter of Ormund and Mary Eleanor (Paris) Swindle. On Sept. 5, 1952, in Kansas City, she was united in marriage to Jack Olderson Carr, Sr., who preceded her in death. Also preceding her in death were her parents; two sons, Jack Jr., and Jerome Oliver; one brother, Gregory Swindle; one sister, Laree Yates; and a granddaughter...

An Oklahoma woman was injured in a wreck Saturday at 10:25 a.m. on Highway 112 at Farm Road 2212, three miles south of Cassville. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Heather Ryon, 28, of Catoosa, Okla., was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Silverado eastbound when her vehicle traveled off the right side of the roadway and overturned...

Two teenagers were injured Sunday morning in a wreck at 8:30 a.m. on Highway 39, three miles south of Madry. According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol report, Connor Sullivan, 17, of LaRussell, was driving a 2007 Jeep Wrangler southbound when his vehicle ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a culvert and mailbox, then overturned...