Stories from Monday, March 29, 2021

Roy Lee Clifton, age 68, Pleasanton, Kan., passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021. He was born on Feb. 16, 1953 in Hannibal, Mo., the son of Donald and Dixie (Dove) Clifton. Roy is survived by his wife, Sherrie Clifton, three children, Tonya Umphenour, fiance' Dan Cummings, Tiffani Oliver, husband Brad Oliver, Tim Clifton, wife Kaylee Clifton, five grandchildren, Kylie Oliver, Ty Umphenour, Kyle Olviver, J. ...

Diana Sue Adair, age 54, La Cygne, Kan., passed away Thursday, March 25, 2021 at her home in La Cygne. Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, 2021 at the Schneider Funeral Home and Crematory, La Cygne Chapel. Burial will be in the Oak Lawn Cemetery. ...

John Henry Bower, age 84, a resident of rural Deerfield, Mo., passed away Friday, March 26, 2021, at his home. He was born May 3, 1936, in Fort Scott, Kan., the son of Jesse Bower and June Dunbar Bower. He had served with the United States Army. John married Amelia E. ...

William Carl Jowers, 69, of Fitzgerald, Ga., died Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo., after a battle with COVID-19. Mr. Jowers was born on Dec. 2, 1951 to the late Betty Sarah Harden Jowers, of Fitzgerald, Ga., and Carl Edison Jowers, of Rhine, Ga. ...

James Lee Huff, 83, Lee’s Summit, Mo., formerly of Nevada, passed away on Friday, March 26, 2021 at St. Luke’s East Hospital in Lee’s Summit. Jim was born on Nov. 13, 1937 in Las Vegas, Nev., to Robert and Lucille Huff. He married Marilyn Jean Mize on March 16, 2001 and she survives of the home...

Rosa Marie Buras, age 86, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Saturday, March 27, 2021, at the Medicalodge of Fort Scott. She was born Nov. 27, 1935, in Liberal, Mo., the daughter of George Garrison and Ruth Arline Harper Garrison. She graduated from Fort Scott High School. ...

Eugene “Gene” Snyder, 93, Bronaugh, Mo., passed away on Saturday, March 27, 2021 at Medicalodges of Fort Scott, Kan. Gene was born on Feb. 5, 1928 in Moundville, Mo., to Frank Ansel and Leatha Lea (Emery) Snyder. He married Wilma Marie Fengler on Oct. 20, 1946 in San Jose, Calif., and she preceded him in death on July 15, 2019...

Marilyn Margaret Barker, age 76, went to be with the Lord on Friday, March 26, 2021. She was born on Jan. 17, 1945 in Parsons, Kan., to Roy Emil Tarvin and Alice “Evaleen” Duffield Tarvin. Marilyn is survived by her husband, Melvin Eugene Barker of Fort Scott, Kan.; two sons and one daughter, Mark Eugene Barker and wife Renea of Johnston, Iowa, Paul Leroy Barker and wife Tammy of Peculiar, Mo., and Ruthanne Renee Arace and husband Mike of Kansas City, Kan.; four grandchildren, Ethan William Barker, Ellie Elizabeth Barker, Tessa Margaret Barker, and Isaac Eugene Barker, and numerous nephews and nieces. ...