Sidney Wayne (Stoney) Lang, 69, Columbus, died 9:49 p.m. Thursday, November 9, 2023, at Mercy Hospital in Joplin, Mo, after battling a long illness.
Born on April 19, 1954, in Leland, Miss., Wayne was the son of Herman Sidney Lang Jr. and Tommie Jewel (Ferguson) Lang. Raised in Illinois, he relocated to Riverton in 1969, graduating from Riverton High School in 1972. Wayne then bravely served in the…