Stories from Monday, October 1, 2007

By Rayma Silvers The Fort Scott Tribune Single mothers in Bourbon County do not have to face the challenges of child rearing all by themselves. According to Mother to Mother Ministries of Bourbon County Program Director Wilma Leach, everyone needs help in different areas. ...

VIRGIL BRUNER Virgil Bruner, age 75, of Mound City, Kansas died Friday Sept. 28, 2007, at his home in Mound City. Funeral services will be held at 11 AM Monday Oct. 1, 2007, at the Coffel-Schneider Funeral Home in Mound City, Kansas. Burial will be in the Woodland Cemetery. ...

Dates have been changed for the visitation and funeral services of Charlotte Faye Lunt, who passed away Thursday. Following cremation. The Rev. Steve MacArthur will conduct memorial services at 10 a. m. Wednesday in the First Presbyterian Church. ...

Interfaith service on first day of Gordon Parks event Tribune Staff Report The Rev. Sam E. Mann will be the featured speaker during an interfaith service on Wednesday, part of the first day of events scheduled for the 4th Annual Gordon Parks Celebration of Culture and Diversity that will continue through Saturday at Fort Scott Community College...

100 YEARS AGO (1907) Thomas Farrell, who has lived west of town since 1971, has just come into possession of $15,000, the sum left to him by an aunt, Mrs. Catherine Tiernan, who lived in England. This was Mr. Farrell's portion of the lady's estate. ...

CHARLOTTE FAYE LUNT Charlotte Faye Lunt, age 70, resident of 512 S. Judson, Fort Scott, Kansas, died unexpectedly Thursday, September 27, 2007, at Mercy Health Center after being admitted earlier in the day. She was born March 13, 1937 in Monarch, Oklahoma, the daughter of Edward Trusdell and Hazel Tanner Trusdell. ...

NEWTON -- Ryder Thomas Newton, a boy, was born at 9:40 a.m. Friday, Sept. 28, 2007, at Mercy Health Center to parents Joshua and Trisha Newton, Fort Scott. He weighed 6 pounds, 13 ounces at birth. Maternal grandparents are Ron and Susan Eldridge, Uniontown; and Kent and Marilyn Holt, Uniontown. ...