Obituary - Peggy Lee Diggins

Peggy Lee Diggins, 73, of Nevada, Missouri, won her 7-year battle with cancer on Thursday, October 21, 2021, when she passed peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family. Peggy was born on June 15, 1948, in Nevada, to Harriet and Paul Nelson. She married Steve Diggins on August 25, 1988.

Peggy grew up in Nevada, with her brother, Jack. During her childhood you could always find her on the farm with her dad; a time which cultivated her love of animals. Peggy attended both the University of Arkansas and University of Missouri. She retired as the Building Services Supervisor at 3M in April of 2010, after 21 years. While she thoroughly enjoyed a day at home riding the golf cart with her husband and dogs, she was the happiest anywhere her family was. Those who knew Peggy know that her proudest accomplishment was her grandchildren. No matter the activity, she never missed anything they were involved in, and was always their biggest cheerleader.

In addition to her husband, Steve, survivors include her brother Jack and his wife Sondra Nelson, as well as her children and grandchildren: Dawn, Bradyn, and Bradly Woods; Chris, Heather, Carsten, and Camryn Warner; Amy, Cory, Payton, Paxton, and Payge Dahmer; Kelly and Tracy, Kyle and Erin, and Klay Beisly & Janna. Great grandchildren include Zoey, Korbin, Emersyn, Kora, and Kooper Beisly. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harriet and Paul Nelson.

The family will receive friends from 9:30 – 10:30 a.m. at Ferry Funeral Home on Monday, November 1, 2021, with a memorial service immediately following.

Memorials are suggested to Compassus® Hospice Care c/o Ferry Funeral Home.

Strong to severe storms possible tonight

Strong to severe storms are possible tonight, mainly along and north of I-70.

The main concerns are quarter-sized hail and winds up to 50 mph.

Stay #weatheraware and have multiple ways to receive warnings!

Late night update from the Bates County Coroner’s Office

I’ve been away at Coroner’s Convention and training most of this week so I’m getting caught up on paperwork. Deputy Coroner Miller handled cases while I was away and did an excellent job. You can probably imagine how busy the Coroner’s office has been since Covid, so there have been many of these late nights.]

But in the mail on my desk was a letter from Transplant Network. My office had handled a case in which the decedent wished to be an organ donor and I cooperated to facilitate the request. The letter tells me the end of the story. Where each organ went - the quality of each person’s life before transplant, and how they have been doing in their new life after transplant.

 
It’s not required that they do this. But I think somebody realized we usually have no idea what ever happened and I might like to know my extra efforts did positively affect somebody’s life. You see in Missouri, I can override organ donation if I think it would hinder or obstruct an investigation like an autopsy. But in almost all cases, I can accommodate the donation if I change some of the ways I do things. I try very hard to honor those wishes and almost never override them.

 
But getting letters like this, I always wind up reading every detail. It’s amazing the impact organ donation has and amazes me at the number of people who benefit. I always go back and retrieve the deceased person’s file and place the letter there. I don’t have to... but it just seems like the right thing to do.

 
I know the deceased’s family gets the letter too. I hope they know the impact of their choices. We are all here to help each other, after all.

Greg Mullinax
Coroner

2021 Week 9 Missouri State High School Football Scores:

Week 9 Scores:
Adrian 41, Wellington Napoleon 15

Appleton City 46, Greenfield 14

Archie 84, Concordia 42 
Ash Grove 52, Sarcoxie 32
Ava 51, Willow Springs 14
Butler 53, Lone Jack 6

Drexel 80, St. Paul 26

Cass Midway 53, Sherwood 20
Carthage 49, Nixa 14
Diamond 48, Slater 26

Eldon 42, Versailles 41

Excelsior Springs 41, Pleasant Hill 40
Fair Grove 54, El Dorado Springs 6
Glendale 57, Waynesville 20

Grain Valley 34, Belton 26

Holden 34, Knob Noster 6 
Hollister 48, Catholic 0
Jasper 58, Osceola 18
Joplin 63, Neosho 0

King City 48, St. Joe Christian 0 
Lamar 48, East Newton 0

Lathrop 51, Plattsburg 7

Lebanon 55, Parkview 22

Lees Summit North 38, Lees Summit West 6 

Liberty 43, Houston 14]

Liberty North 27, Blue Springs South 0 
Lincoln 32, Cole Camp 14

Lockwood 57, Pleasant Hope 6
Marshfield 26, Mt. Vernon 14
Marionville 64, Miller 8

Marshall 30, Cameron 0 

Maryville 37, Lafayette 6
McDonald County 20, Cassville 0
Mountain Grove 21,Thayer 14
Nevada 41, Aurora 16
Oak Grove 35, Warrensburg 28 

Odessa 55, Harrisonville 14
Ozark 38, Carl Junction 16

Ray-Pec 43, Park Hill 40
Raytown 56, Truman 6

Republic 42, Branson 3
Rich Hill 46, Liberal 12
Rockhurst 10, Blue Springs 3 

Rogersville 45, Reeds Spring 7
Rolla 36, Camdenton 14

Ruskin 26, Raytown South 24
Seneca 26, Monett 21
Skyline 27, Strafford 6

Smithville 42, Winnetonka 7
Springfield Central 34, Forsyth 15

St. Pius X 35, Savannah 0 
Stockton 42, Pierce City 0
Summit Christian Academy 63, Central 0

Sweet Springs 37, Fulton 7 

Tipton 45, Crest Ridge 20 

Van Horn 47, Pembroke Hill 19

Warsaw 19, Buffalo 14

Webb City 55, Willard 0
West Plains 56, Bolivar 7

Windsor 30, St. Michaels the Arch Angel 21

We will continue to update throughout the evening when more scores are made available to us!!

Burglary in Henry County

Burglary occurred Wednesday/Thursday, October 21-22 on NW 500 road. If you recognize this vehicle or either of the subjects, please contact our office at 660-885-7300 and ask for Detectives Office or after hours call 660-885-5587.

Way to go Kelsie

CONGRATULATIONS to Kelsie Wikoff of Hume on her harvest of this 268-pound boar (male bear) in Zone 1 during Missouri’s first bear-hunting season.

She says she had spent 48 hours in a tree stand since the season began on Monday and harvested the bear yesterday.

She is one of nine hunters to harvest a bear so far, and the first female. The season ends Oct. 27 with a total harvest limit of 40 bears.

Courtesy of the MDC Facebook Page

Zone map is listed below:

State Farm Student Athlete of the Week!

We are so excited to announce this week’s State Farm Student Athlete of the week, Briar McIntire. Briar is a sophomore and plays for the varsity Archie Whirlwinds football team. He was nominated by his Coach Drew Smith. Coach Smith stated “Briar had 20 rushes for 265 yards and 6 touchdowns last week offensively in our win against Lockwood. He also added 8 tackles on defense. Briar not only excels on the field but is an all A student in the classroom. 

He is a huge asset to our team.” When we asked Briar to tell us something he has learned playing sports that he can apply later in life he stated “I’ve learned a lot about teamwork. If you come together as a team you can accomplish a lot more than if you try to go at it alone.” When we asked him what it takes to become an elite athlete and a leader on your team he stated “it takes determination and consistently doing the stuff no one else wants to do.” Briar is just a sophomore so he’s undecided on future plans but plans on attending college and possibly continuing to play a sport depending on how things continue to go through high school. 

It was a pleasure talking to Briar and this honor is well deserved. We want to wish him and his team the best of luck tonight as they take on Concordia. Archie is currently ranked second in their district and 7th in the State. Congrats to Briar and the Whirlwinds!

Pictured left to right: Kellie Davidson State Farm; Briar McIntire, son of Matt & Dana McIntire; Head football Coach Drew Smith

Vernon County teen seriously injured in Barton County rollover accident

On October 21st around 6:24 p.m. the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Barton County along with Barton County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a one vehicle rollover accident on the East Outer Road of I-49 around 3 miles north of Lamar.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 2005 Chevrolet Colorado driven by a 16 year old male from Richards, Missouri ran off the road, hit a culvert and overturned.

The juvenile males sustained serious injuries in this accident and he was transported by air ambulance to Mercy Hospital in Springfield for treatment.

View crash report below:

https://www.mshp.dps.missouri.gov/HP68/AccidentDetailsAction?ACC_RPT_NUM=210549761