DEATHS

Wiley Westervelt, 58 Columbus Rodney Trimble, 85 Melrose Alfred Lawson Sr., 86 Baxter Springs LaVerda Biggerstaff, 89 Baxter Springs Richard Feagan, 32 Oswego Norma Lewellen, 87 Oswego Carole Blevins, 79 Quapaw, Okla. Barton Outt, 63 Webb City, Mo.

Gerald Cecil, 55, Weir

Gerald T. Cecil, 55, of Weir died at home Monday August 2, 2021. He was a staff manager. Arrangements are by Midland Cremation Society of Joplin.

Teddy Jones Sr., 61, Columbus

Teddy W. Jones Sr., 61 of Columbus, died Friday July 30, 2021 in his home surrounded by his family. Born March 17,1960, in Columbus, Teddy was the son of Wayne and JoAnn Jones.

James Shipley, 80, Lamar, Mo.

James Arthur Shipley, 80, of Lamar, Mo. died August 1, 2021, in Springfield, Mo. Born March 2, 1941 in Carmi, Illinois, James was the son of Claude Arthur Shipley and Wilma June (Endecott) Shipley.

Michael Sullivan West Mineral

Michael Patrick Sullivan, 55, of West Mineral, died July 31, 2021 at home. Born August 29, 1965 in Columbus, Michael was the son of Emmett and Ruth Anne (Grant) Sullivan. He was a graduate at Prairie View High School at LaCygne with the class of 1984.

Gerald Snider, Baxter Springs

Gerald Wayne Snider (Jerry), 73, of Baxter Springs, died July 29, 2021. He was a loving husband and father to five children. Born March 23, 1947, in Wichita, Jerry was the son of Paul and Hazel Snider. They preceded him in death. Jerry was also preceded in death by his sister, Betty Lou Anderson.

Marcia Ann Bellamy, 62, Galena

Marcia Ann Bellamy, 62, of Galena, died at 2:37 p.m., Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at her home. Born February 18, 1959 in Joplin, Mo., Marcia was the daughter of Alva and Peggy (Gourley) Bellamy. She was a lifetime resident of Galena.

Sherry Thigpen, 62, Parsons

Sherry Kay Thigpen, 62, of Parsons died Saturday, July 31, 2021 at Kansas University Medical Center in Kansas City. Born December 11, 1958 in Chicago, Ill., Sherry was the daughter of Samuel Phillip and Betty June Spatafora. They preceded her in death.

Mitchell Mathews, 58, Columbus

Mitchell Allen Mathews, 58, of Columbus, died Sunday, August 1, 2021 at his home. Born January 13, 1963, in Baxter Springs, Mitchell was the son of Leroy and Louise (Turner) Johnston. He had lived in Columbus for the past 10 years moving from Galena.

Charla Dawes, 68, Quapaw, Okla.

Charla Rene Dawes, 68, of Quapaw, Okla., died Sunday, August 1, 2021 at Global Higher Call Nursing Home in Quapaw, Okla. Born August 8, 1952 in Joplin, Mo., Charla was the daughter of Charles and Lorraine “Rene” (Mercer) Dawes.