Stories from Monday, May 9, 2016

Carolyn Sue Sawyer, age 51, Fort Scott, Kan., passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2016. A private family gathering will be held at a later date. Arrangements: Schneider Funeral Home & Crematory, Pleasanton Chapel.

Bill Majors, 88, of Fort Scott, died at his home Friday evening, May 6, 2016. He was born Feb. 27, 1928 in Roff, Okla., the son of Ernest Ira and Mary Louise (Good) Majors. He married Marjorie Nell Bowers March 4, 1950 in Fort Scott, Kan., and she survives of the Home...

Norma Jean (Armstrong) Duncan, age 84, passed away on Friday, May 6, 2016, at the Golden Age Nursing Home in Guthrie, Okla. Norma was born to Walter and Della Armstrong on Aug. 8, 1931, at Fort Scott, Kan. In her younger years, Norma was a bookkeeper at Key Work Clothes in Fort Scott, Kan. ...

John Joseph Campbell, age 55, a resident of Uniontown, Kan., died Sunday, May 8, 2016, at Mercy Hospital Fort Scott in Fort Scott, Kan. He was born Nov. 22, 1960, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of William Campbell and Betty Owenby Campbell. He graduated from the Uniontown High School with the Class of 1979. ...

Wayne Allan Burnett, 78, of San Bernardino went home to be with the Lord on April 20, 2016. Wayne was born in Fort Scott, Kan., on June 14, 1937 to Helen Burnett (Maloney). Wayne was an extraordinarily kind man, who was known to give the shirt off his back and open his home to anyone in need. ...