William Clyde Peace, 58, Nevada, MO passed away on Tuesday, April 14, 2026. Billy was born February 18, 1968, in Oklahoma City, OK, to Roy Leon and Kay Lee (Mosley) Chorn.       Billy was raised in Adrian, MO, and graduated from Adrian High School.  Billy was a carpenter who worked most of his life in construction. He worked for One Call Construction, and Mark Selsor Construction. Billy was known to be a very skilled woodworker. He has ...

     Basil Eugene Mark, 95, Sheldon, MO, passed away on Saturday, April 11, 2026, at his home in Sheldon. Gene was born November 19, 1930, in Santa Ana, CA, to William Basil Mark and Wyomia Marriott. He married Roberta Knight on August 10, 1952, in Montevallo, MO and she preceded him in death on March 31, 2024.      Following high school, Gene spent four years in the US Navy as a mine assembler in the Korean War, stationed at Yorktown, VA, and New ...

LtCol Barney J. Fisher, USMC (ret), passed away into eternal reward on Friday, April 10, 2026. He was born in Nevada, Missouri, on December 17, 1947, to George and Fay (Hinds) Fisher. He married Mary Burroughs on June 7, 1967. They met around 1962 and have been together ever since. Barney graduated from Nevada High School with the class of 1965. He went on to earn his degree from the University of Missouri in Physical Education in 1969. He earned a lifetime teaching certificate and began ...

     Donna Jean Wise, 62, Nevada, MO, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2026, at Nevada Regional Medical Center.      Memorial services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada.

Roxane Lorraine Chapman, 69 of Walker, passed away on Thursday, April 9, 2026 at the Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada.  Roxane was born on February 17, 1957 in Kansas City, MO to James and Corla (Bauer) Houchin.  On May 20, 1978 she was married to Billy Ray Chapman and he preceded her in death on November 8, 2025.  Roxane was raised in Kansas City and attended Northeast High School.  She came to Vernon County in 1976.  Roxane work for several different businesses in ...

Keith Gardner, 54, of Nevada, Missouri, passed away on Wednesday, April 8, 2026, leaving behind a family who loved him deeply and a community that will truly miss him. Keith was a man who gave his heart to the people around him. He spent his life working hard in many different roles, construction, landscaping, retail, maintenance, and fast food, but no matter where he was, what mattered most to him was helping others. If something was broken, Keith was the one you called. If someone needed ...

Carolyn Sue (Mease) Bishop, 82, Nevada, MO, known lovingly to family and friends as Sue or Susie, passed away on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada following health issues over the past several months.  Sue was born January 23, 1944, on the family farm west of Reeds Spring, MO as the last of 9 children to Dewey Wesley and Vina Nova (Epley) Mease. Sue grew up in the Reeds Spring area and graduated from Reeds Spring High School with the Class of 1962. ...

Linda Kay Moore was born on October 19th, 1940 in her grandparents’ home in Huntsville, Arkansas. She was the daughter of Thelma and Wiley Walker.  She had 4 siblings: Pete, Clela, Larry, and Kathy.    She married the love of her life, Marion Thomas “Tom” Moore, on May 30th, 1958. They had three children: Dale, Sandy, and Glen. She was “Granny” to her grandchildren: Blake, Tera, Logan, Bethany, Whitney, Malloree, Zack and all the ...

Charles Eugene Foreman, Sr was born on July 17, 1932, in the family home commonly referred to as “Dally Hill” just outside Walker, MO, to Clarence and Phebe Alice (Dally) Foreman. He passed away in his sleep before the sunrise on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026, getting the immense privilege of spending the day with Jesus. Charles would start school at 6-years-old after passing his mom’s test of being able to count to 100 and recite the alphabet. Starting at Coal Creek School ...

Dolores Elizabeth Otter, 73, of Ft. Scott, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at Guest Home Estates in Ft. Scott. She was born on August 4, 1952, in Norton, Kansas, the daughter of Arthur Thomas Otter and Cecelia Kathryn (Moos) Otter. Dolores dedicated her working life to the service of others, spending many years as a caregiver and housekeeper within the home healthcare industry. She is survived by her brother, Mark Otter, and his wife, Donna, of Warrensburg, Missouri, as well ...