Thursday, November 4, 2021
Nevada man in custody after early morning pursuit
According to officials with the Sheriff’s Office, the deputy attempted the traffic stop at Elm and Walnut in Nevada when the vehicle failed to stop. Other units were notified, and Nevada Police Officer assisted in getting the vehicle to stop at Lynn and Maple where the suspect was taken into custody without incident.
Vernon County Sheriff Jason Mosher said the suspect has been identified as 53-year-old Andrew Miller of Nevada, Mo. Miller’s charges include Resisting Arrest, Failure to Register Motor Vehicle, and Operating a Vehicle Without Maintaining Financial Responsibility. Miller is currently being held at the Vernon County Jail on a $500 bond.
Crimes can be reported the Sheriff’s Office via “report a crime” link on the Sheriff’s Office mobile phone app or website, and by email at tips@vernoncosheriff.org or by calling 417-667-6042
Obituary - Elbie Allen Ball
Elbie was born April 5, 1933 in Osceola, MO, a son of Willie Collins and Bessie Ball. He married Rosella Mae Kelley in August, 1954 in Kansas City, MO. He had lived in Kansas City, MO before moving to Archie in 1995. Elbie owned and operated Ball Lawn and Tree Service in Kansas City, MO for over 30 years. He loved to fish and hunt and enjoyed listening to country western music.
Elbie is survived by his wife, Rosella Ball, of the home; one son, Elbie Ball, Archie, MO; two daughters, Debbie Ball, Archie and Sandy Ball, Belton, MO; 4 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Obituary - Teena Popplewell
Funeral services will follow at 3:00 pm Saturday, also at the chapel. Burial will take place in Sharon Cemetery, Drexel, Missouri.
Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Kansas Cancer Center. Messages of condolence may be left for the family at www.mullinaxfuneralhome.com
Teena Marie Jones Popplewell was born August 18, 1963 in Kansas City, Kansas to Harvey and Charlotte Thompson Jones. She grew up in the Drexel, Missouri area.
Teena had a close circle of friends and family. Her life was spent taking care of the ones she loved the most. Her most precious moments were with her niece, nephews, and grandchildren. She was happiest caring for others and being outdoors and enjoying lake life. To honor Teena, her family asks that you think of the things you loved most about her and hold them close to your heart. It was Teena’s last wish to spend her last days on this earth with her family. She passed away at the home of her niece Hope in Arkansas.
Teena was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey and Charlotte Jones. She is survived by her husband JT Popplewell, special niece Hope Hart, nephews, Devyn Marshall and Joshua Hart, step-daughters, Kandie Glenn, Bridgett Miller, and Tanya Kantor. She also leaves behind her sisters Francine Chance, Sharon Jones, and Deena Luna, and brothers, Chuck Jones, Shon Jones, and Travis Jones, along with many extended family members and dear friends.
Teena Marie Jones Popplewell was born August 18, 1963 in Kansas City, Kansas to Harvey and Charlotte Thompson Jones. She grew up in the Drexel, Missouri area.
Teena had a close circle of friends and family. Her life was spent taking care of the ones she loved the most. Her most precious moments were with her niece, nephews, and grandchildren. She was happiest caring for others and being outdoors and enjoying lake life. To honor Teena, her family asks that you think of the things you loved most about her and hold them close to your heart. It was Teena’s last wish to spend her last days on this earth with her family. She passed away at the home of her niece Hope in Arkansas.
Teena was preceded in death by her parents, Harvey and Charlotte Jones. She is survived by her husband JT Popplewell, special niece Hope Hart, nephews, Devyn Marshall and Joshua Hart, step-daughters, Kandie Glenn, Bridgett Miller, and Tanya Kantor. She also leaves behind her sisters Francine Chance, Sharon Jones, and Deena Luna, and brothers, Chuck Jones, Shon Jones, and Travis Jones, along with many extended family members and dear friends.
Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, November 7th
Daylight Saving Time ends this Sunday, November 7th. Clocks will need to be set back one hour at 2am on Sunday. It is also a good time to check/replace the batteries in your NOAA weather radio and smoke detectors
Congratulations to the recent graduates of the Henry County Sheriff's Office Citizen Academy
Participants learned about and participated in simulated traffic stops, emergency vehicle operations, use of force, firearms, taser, OC spray, restraints, crime scene process and investigation, bailiffs, courts, jail operations, DWI investigations including field sobriety, and shooting techniques.
The participants ended on day 8 (November 2, 2021) with a trip to Golden Valley Shooting range where they were able to shoot a variety of weapons and then returned to the Sheriff's Office to shoot on the MILO shooting simulator.
Our thanks to the participants for their time commitment and all the staff at the Sheriff's Office and other community members that helped make the Citizens Academy a huge success
Follow us on Facebook for our next Academy coming in 2022.
Moundville man killed in Jasper County crash
The Missouri State Highway Patrol says the accident occurred when the 1979 Chevrolet Malibu driven by 32 year old Darrell L. Shoemaker of Moundville, Missouri attempted to cross the westbound lanes of US 66 when he was struck by a 2016 Chevrolet Silverado driven by 59 year old Robert D. McDaniel of Independence, Kansas.
Mr. Shoemaker was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident by the Jasper County Coroners Office and he was transported to the Joplin Mortuary Service.
Mr. McDaniel sustained moderate injuries and was transported by ambulance to Freeman West Hospital for treatment.
This is Troop D of the Missouri State Highway Patrol's 119th Fatality accident of the year 2021.
View crash report below:
Obituary - Margaret Kathryn Humphrey
Margaret and her twin brother, Mark, were born on April 28, 1933, to Giles and Catherine (Piller) Dougherty on their rural family farm home at Newcastle, Dixon County, Nebraska.
Margaret was one of 7 children and spent her first 18 years on their rural Nebraska farm. She attended the Lone Tree, District #50, Dixon County, rural one-room school through 8th grade.
It was the end of World War II. She and twin brother, Mark, would spend their freshman year of high school at the convent school, St. Francis, Randolph, Nebraska. They transferred to Dixon High School the last three years and graduated in 1951.
After graduation, Margaret spent the next 2 years living with her sister, Maxine, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She worked for Hardware Mutual Insurance Co. She returned to Nebraska and started working for Blue Cross/Blue Shield in Sioux City, Iowa, from 1953 to 1955.
She started her college education in the fall of 1955. She taught in rural Dixon County, in one-room schools and 5th grade at Bloomfield, Nebraska.
She married Harold Humphrey at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Wayne, Nebraska on August 20, 1960. They both graduated from Nebraska State College, Wayne, Nebraska, in May 1961. They moved to St. Louis, Missouri, where Harold had a job with the Civil Service Commission. Margaret taught 3rd grade in the Ritenour School District, St. Louis County, Missouri. They moved to Kansas City, Missouri in June 1962. Her husband worked for the US Department of Agriculture until he retired in November 1989.
During the years, Margaret was involved with raising 3 children and doing volunteer work with church, 4-H, and substitute teaching.
She was a member of the Coronation of Our Lady Catholic Church, Grandview, Missouri, and the Altar and Rosary Society. She served as Education Chairman on the Parish Council.
She was a 4-H project and club leader for 20 years with the Cloverleaf 4-H Club, Grandview. She attended the Missouri State 4-H Leader Forum in Columbia, Missouri. She went with a delegation from Missouri to the National 4-H Conference in Chevy Chase, Maryland. She was chosen as one of five volunteer delegates from the US to visit agricultural colleges and volunteer programs in England and Scotland. She served 2 terms on the University of Missouri Extension Council for Jackson County, Missouri.
Margaret did some substitute teaching in the Grandview Public Schools until 1989, when she and Harold moved to Adrian, Missouri, after Harold’s retirement. She and her husband moved to a small acreage farm near Adrian where they raised cattle and hay crops.
Margaret enjoyed her rural neighbors, gardening, canning, traveling, and spoiling her grandchildren.
In 2011, Margaret moved to Pleasant Hill, Missouri. She enjoyed playing cards every week at the Harrisonville Senior Center and attending local events and performances by her grandchildren. She was a parishioner of St. Bridget’s Catholic Church in Pleasant Hill.
Margaret was preceded in death by her parents Giles and Catherine, her husband, Harold Humphrey, brothers Richard, Robert, Jerry, and Mark Dougherty, and her sister, Maxine Drozdziewicz.
She is survived by her children, Patricia Humphrey and partner Alan Feuerborn of Kansas City, Missouri, Catherine and husband John Marchesi of Walled Lake, Michigan, and Stephen Humphrey and wife Michelle Humphrey of Pleasant Hill, Missouri; her grandchildren, Melanie, Mallory and husband Ryan Phillips, and Eric; one sister, Marcella Wisnewski of Ketchikan, Alaska; other relatives and friends.
Recitation of the Rosary will be held 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at St. Bridget Catholic Church, Pleasant Hill, where visitation will be held from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.
Catholic Mass will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at St. Bridget Catholic Church. Father Curt Vogel will officiate.
Graveside services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, November 9, 2021, at Oak Hill Cemetery in Butler.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, or Catholic Relief Services, and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
Arrangements: Stanley-Edenburn Funeral Home, 203 N. Armstrong Street, Pleasant Hill, Missouri 64080 (816) 540-5550.
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