Stories from Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Mary E. Parsons, age 72, a resident of rural Fort Scott, Kan., died Monday, Nov. 21, 2016, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born Nov. 23, 1943, in Pea Ridge, Ark., the daughter of George V. Hanners and Flora Gertrude King Hanners. She was the last of her family. A daughter, Viola McClanahan and a son, Ronald Parson, preceded her in death...

Jacqueline Nellie "Jackie" Peterson, 85, of Fort Scott, died Monday afternoon, Nov. 21, 2016, at the Medicalodge Nursing Home, in Fort Scott, Kan. She was born Feb. 21, 1930, in Sedalia, Mo., the daughter of John Henry and Lillian Bailey Richey. She Married Junior Peterson, June 29, 1947, in Fort Scott, he preceded her in death, March 15, 2014...