Stories from Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Charles Vernon Swink, 68, Stotesbury, Mo., passed from this life on Oct. 29, 2016 at his home in Stotesbury following a lengthy illness. Charles was born Oct. 20, 1948 in Nevada, Mo., to Charles Herman and Claudia Maxine (Finney) Swink. He was united in marriage to Cheryl Ann Rayburn on June 18, 1980 in Miami, Okla., and she preceded him in death on Dec. 26, 2014...

Edwina R. Cowan Johnson, 69, of Scammon, died October 27, 2016 at the home of her daughter in Girard, KS. She was born September 29, 1947 in Ft. Scott, KS the daughter of Raymond and Irene Duerson Cowan. She had been a resident of Scammon for six months, moving from Arkansas...

Margaret Louise Cox, age 89, a resident of Fort Scott, Kan., passed away Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, at the Fort Scott Medicalodge. She was born Dec. 17, 1926, in Fort Scott, the daughter of Emory Theodore Phillips and Grace Belle Proctor Phillips. Margaret graduated from the Nevada High School with the Class of 1945. ...

Geoffrey Lee Atkeisson passed away at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena, Calif., on Sept. 11, 2016. Geoff was born at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City, Kan., on Oct. 10, 1977, to Chris and Julia Atkeisson, of Lawrence. He attended Lawrence Public Schools and graduated from Lawrence High in 1995. ...