From the Clinton Police Department

We are so grateful for the support of our community and people like the ones who put up this billboard. We love you Christopher Ryan Morton! 

We will never forget you and we will never, ever forget the sacrifice that you and your family made for our department and community. Never.

Vehicle fire in Barton County

Combative subject in the Barton County Jail

On 3-4-2018 the Barton County Jail staff was having a difficult time dealing with an inmate that had been recently arrested by the City of Lamar Police Department on a Felony Assault case. The arrest took place the day before on 3-3-2018. 

The inmate was on a watch due to self harm. The inmate started beating on the walls and being confrontational and combative. 

The Jail staff requested assistance upstairs in the jail from the on duty Deputies and available Lamar Police Officers. When the Jailer opened the door to the cell block to gain some kind of control of the inmate. 

The Jailer gave the inmate loud and clear orders and the inmate failed to comply with those orders. The inmate was then administered the taser device. 

The inmate fell to the floor and the Jailer was able to get control of the inmate. Once the inmate was able to safely be placed into handcuffs the inmate was brought downstairs. The Barton County Ambulance was called to come over and assist in removing the probes from the inmate. 

The inmate was placed back into his cell block a short time later and at this time there has not been any further problems.

Updated Obituary - Christopher Ryan Morton

Officer Christopher Ryan Morton died in the line of duty on Tuesday, March 6, 2018 in Clinton, Mo. Fond memories and condolences may be left online at www.vansant-millsfuneralhome.com.

Visitation will be Sunday, March 11, 2018 from 2-6pm at the Benson Center, Clinton, Mo. 

Funeral service will be on Monday, March 12, 2018 at 11am also at the Benson Center, Clinton. Burial will be at the Knob Noster Cemetery, Knob Noster, Mo. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the Christopher Ryan Morton memorial fund and may be left in care of the funeral home.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home, Clinton.

From the Benton County Sheriff's Office

Obituary - Eugene (Gene) Joseph Golden III

Eugene (Gene) Joseph Golden III, 68, of rural Nevada, Missouri, died on March 7, 2018, at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Missouri.

Mr. Golden was born May 28, 1949, to Eugene J. Golden, Jr. and Glorianne (McGinn) Golden in Chicago, Illinois. He married Brenda L. Brown on June 10, 1972, in Carbondale, Illinois. He was preceded in death by his mother, and is survived by his wife of nearly 46 years, three children, two grandchildren; a brother Christopher Golden and a cousin, both of Chicago.

Gene played football for, and graduated from, Mendel Catholic High School, Chicago, in 1968 and attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for a year, which didn’t suit him. He then attended Fox Business College in Chicago for two years, acquiring an associate’s degree.

Mr. Golden loved to play golf until his health prevented him; he continued loving to watch it on television; as well as other sports, especially football. He also loved bowling and bowled for many years in the Men’s League in Nevada, with his wife in the couple’s league, and in the Adult/Child League, until his health prevented him from doing so.

Gene worked a variety of jobs throughout his adult life. He worked for an executive of a railroad for a number of months, then worked for a vacuum company at its home office in Chicago. After marriage, he moved to Carbondale, Illinois and worked first as a gas station attendant, then as a shoe store manager. He and his wife moved to Nevada, Missouri in 1973 and he worked first as a groundskeeper at Nevada Country Club, then at the Sheldon Cheese Factory. He, in turn, worked for a photography company selling portraits, for a snack and chip company as a route salesman, as an advertising representative for KNEM/KNMO radio in Nevada, then for Tapjac/Barton’s Lumber in Nevada. During that job he developed COPD and retired after several years, on disability. He left this life as a result of that disease.

Though he was raised in Catholicism, he made a personal choice to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, and became a member of First Baptist Church of Nevada. He grew in faith and trust in our Lord especially after becoming disabled. Gene was devoted to his family, especially to his grandchildren.

Mr. Golden is survived by his wife, son and daughters, James W. Golden, Amber Golden and Christi Good and her husband Eric; his brother Christopher Golden of Chicago, two grandchildren – Emrys and Amarah; several nieces and nephews, and one cousin.

Family visitation will be Sunday, March11 at Ferry Funeral Home, at 4:00 p.m.

Services are to be held at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, Missouri at 1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 12, 2018, with Rev. Hubert Fox officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Pleasant Cemetery east of Nevada, near Dederick, Missouri.

Memorials are suggested in his memory to the First Baptist Church in c/o Ferry Funeral Home.

Obituary - Terry Edward Gray

Terry Edward Gray, 84, passed away on March 7, 2018 in Harrisonville, Missouri, surrounded by his family, whom he dearly loved. Visitation will be held from 10:00-11:00 a.m. Monday, March 12, 2018 at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Harrisonville, Missouri, immediately followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 a.m. with burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri.

Terry was born July 22, 1933 in Kansas City, Missouri. At age 17, he left home and ventured out on his own to embrace life. He met and married his life-long soul mate, Nora Anne Jolley, on October 11, 1950. He enlisted in the Air Force and served his country from 1953-1957, remaining in the Air Force Reserves until his honorable discharge in 1961. He graduated from Rockhurst College in 1961 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Relations with a minor in Economics.

Terry had a long and distinguished career in Kansas City banking, including serving as President of two local Kansas City banks. After retiring from the banking business, Terry finished his career working along side his sons in a family-owned business.

Through their devoted love and 61 years of marriage, Terry and Nora raised their 7 children and mentored many more throughout their lives. No matter where life took their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren, they always had a home base for them to come back for advice, support, and most of all, unconditional love. Others who knew him well cannot think about Terry without characterizing him best as a humble, gracious, and honorable gentleman, a man with deep faith, and a quiet hero to many.

Terry was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Nora Anne Gray, his sons, Terry Edward Gray, Jr., and Benjamin Anthony Gray, and his beloved brothers, Daniel Gray and Thomas Walsh. He is survived by his children, Annie McGlothlin (Steve), Robyn Schmidt (Paul), Matt Gray (Stacia), Nora Dahman (Frank), Gina Gray, Nico Gray (Jeff), and Jennifer Totta (Ben), as well as 18 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, many nieces and nephews, and other beloved family and friends.

He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother, brother-in-law, uncle and loyal friend to many.

Missing Missouri man could be in Harrisonville Area