Shirley (Jenks) Bates died Sept. 9, after a short illness. A tribute to Shirley’s life will be held on Tuesday, Sept. 20, at Sweeney-Phillips and Holdren Funeral Home. The family… Read more »

Hal Martin Sappington, age 85, of Warrensburg, Missouri, died Tuesday, Sept. 6, at his home. He was born in Ashland, Missouri, on January 7, 1931, the son of Elson and… Read more »

William Dwayne Carver, 79, of Warrensburg, Missouri, died Sunday, Sept. 4, at his daughter’s home in Warrensburg. William was born October 3, 1936 in Morgan County, Missouri, the son of Edward and… Read more »

Tony Lee Smith, 60, died on Aug. 28, in Kansas City, Missouri. Interment will be at a later date in Blackwater Cemetery near his parents and brother. He was born October… Read more »

Tech. Sgt. (Ret.) Arthur Richard Abbott of Warrensburg, Missouri, formerly of Fort Walton Beach, Florida,  Sept. 2, 2016, at the Warrensburg Missouri Veterans Home. Memorial services will be held at… Read more »

Floyd “Ray” Fitzgerel, 77 of Holden, Missouri died Thursday, Aug. 25, at St. Luke’s Hospital in Kansas City. Ray was born December 2, 1938 in Holden, the son of Floyd… Read more »

John Phillip Shilt, 89, of Warrensburg, died Saturday, Aug. 20, at Country Club Care Center. John was born July 29, 1927 in Trenton, Mo, the son of Emery Shilt and May… Read more »

Jolene M. (Hancock) Harris, 83, of Wichita, Kansas died Saturday, Aug. 20, at Country Club Care Center in Warrensburg. Funeral Service will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24, at Williams… Read more »

James W. Ripley, 92, of Pleasant Hill, Missouri, (formerly of La Monte, Missouri), died quietly at 1:05 p.m., Aug. 18, at St. Luke’s Hospital on the Plaza, of complications incurred… Read more »