Stories from Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Organizers of the 18th annual Capture the Spirit Gala, sponsored by Mercy Health Center Foundation, are planning a "007" style evening with exotic cars, diamonds and intrigue. The annual benefit event is scheduled for 7-11:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 25, adjacent to the Mercy Lake on South Horton Street...

Charles Avery's house became an island over the weekend because of flood water. The result was gallons of water that invaded his home. Floodwater damaged every room of Avery's small house at 702 N. National Ave. at the north edge of Fort Scott. It wasn't just Avery's house that sustained flood damage. Several businesses and homes in the area suffered the same destruction from the flood waters...

Nearly 300 people attended a job fair Saturday in Nevada, Mo., and organizers are calling the event a success, even after recent severe flooding on roads and highways in the region kept many people from traveling. "I thought it was fantastic, considering the weather," Nevada Daily Mail-Fort Scott Tribune Special Projects Manager Tabatha Beerbower said...

James Walton Speer, age 62, resident of Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, July 02, 2007, at St. John's Regional Medical Center in Joplin, Mo. following a cancer illness. He was born August 3, 1943 in Springfield, Mo., the son of Charles Henry Speer and Janice Smiley Speer. Jim was a 1961 graduate of Fort Scott High School...

Grace Leona Rourk, age 88, the widow of Alva Curtis Rourk and a former resident of Fort Scott, died Sunday evening, July 1, 2007, at the Tri Lakes Medical Center in Batesville, Mississippi. She was born Dec. 6, 1918, in Bourbon, Mo., the daughter of Forrest Dwight Greenfield and Marcella Schulze Greenfield. ...

Frances Campbell, 83 passed away peacefully on July 1, 2007, in her home in Fenton Mich. At her side at the time of her passing were her daughter Letitia "Tish" Lopez and her son-in-law Dr. Jessie Lopez, and her grandson Quentin also of Fenton, Mich. ...

Clay Wilson, 68, died at Memorial Hermann Southeast Hospital in Houston on Thursday, June 14, 2007, following a courageous battle with liver and kidney disease. He was born May 7, 1939, in Detroit, to the late C.B. and Sevena Parks Wilson. Clay married the love of his life Vivian Serda, Dec. 25 1969 and from this union eight children were born...

William F. Wilson Jr., 80, died July 1, 2007, at Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center, Chanute, Kan. He was born April 2, 1927 in Savonburg, Kan. to William Fred Wilson and Frances Pearl (Parsons) Wilson. Bill grew up in the Savonburg area, attending Highland and Porterville schools before graduating from Savonburg High School in 1945...

Mary Lou Redman, 79, of Fort Scott, died Wednesday evening, June 27, 2007 at her home. She was born June 7, 1928 in Fort Scott, Kan. the daughter of Earl E. and Erma E. (Hardwick) Redman. In accordance with Mary Lou's wishes she was buried at 10 a.m. on Saturday, June 30, 2007 without ceremony. Arrangements were under the direction of the Konantz-Cheney Funeral Home...

Delaine Sutherland Rose, 87 of Prescott, Kan., died Tuesday, July 3, 2007 at Spring River Christian Village, Joplin, Mo. Services are pending under the direction of the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home. Pleasanton, Kan.

Straton Elaine Nutter, a girl, was born at 4:32 p.m. Monday, July 2, 2007 at Mercy Health Center to parents Bridget Nutter, Fort Scott, and Chad Peak, Girard. She weighed 6 pounds, 7.2 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Walter and Sandra Nutter, Fort Scott...

Marques Sharrod Michael Daniel, a boy, was born at 12:15 p.m. Monday, July 2, 2007 at Mercy Health Center to parents Mary Ann Agnew and Jermaine Sharrod Daniel, Fort Scott. He weighed 7 pounds 12 ounces at birth. He joins a sister Shaniah Shermaine Dorya Daniel. Maternal grandparents are David and Anna Agnew, Overland Park. Paternal grandparents are Johnny and Darlene Daniel, Kansas City, Kan...