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Death notices | 2.21.17 - West Plains Daily Quill
Monday, March 06, 2017Mtn. View.Sandra Wake, 53, Peace Valley, Mo., died at 1:20 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.Wanda Baker, age 93, of Thayer, Mo, died at 2:46 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at Cave City Nursing Home in Cave City, Ark. Carter Funeral Home, Inc. in Thayer, Mo.Pamela Joyce Adams, 57, Mtn. View, Mo., died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at her home. Yarber Mortuary, Mtn. View.Robert Lee “Bob” Perkins, 89, Koshkonong, Mo., died at 9:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at his home. Carter Funeral Home, Thayer, Mo.James Huffstatler, 75, Thayer, Mo., died at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Shady Oaks Health Care in Thayer. Carter Funeral Home, Thayer, Mo.
Monday, September 05, 2016Kentucky State Police Post 3 arrested a Cave City man Friday in relation to the death of 22-year-old Kristen Rae Edwards, whose body was discovered in the Green River last month.Clark W. Smith, 53, was arrested at his residence at E.P. Terry Estates and lodged in the Barren County Detention Center, according to a Friday evening KSP press release. He was charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, according to the press release.The investigation is ongoing and being led by Detective Josh Amos, but no other details were available for release.At 6:48 a.m. July 23, KSP Post 3, based in Bowling Green, received a report from someone who was fishing in the Green River near Johnson Springs Road in Hart County who said they found what appeared to be a body, according to a KSP press release that day.When detectives arrived on the scene they found a dismembered body in a container floating in the river, that release said. Hart County Coroner Reggie Pettit responded to the scene, assisted with the invest...
Monday, August 29, 2016William Mack Matheny, 79, of Ravenden, Arkansas, died Friday, August 26, 2016. He was born January 29, 1937, at Cave City, Arkansas, to William Marcus and Eunice (Kent) Matheny. He attended school in Cave City and was married October 30, 1953, to Barbara Ellen Matlock in Cave City.Mack maintained heavy machinery and was a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Ozark Acres.He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, William Gregory Matheny; and sisters, Juanita Smith and Monterie Anderson.Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Barbara, of the home; children, Jerry (Sheri) Matheny, Terry (Darlene) Matheny, Sue (Tim) Dail, all of Ravenden, Doug (Melanie) Matheny of Paragould, Arkansas, and Sheleace (Ricky) Jones of Mt. Vernon, Texas; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of other family and friends.Private family services will be at a later date.Arrangements are with Tri-County Funeral Home of Highland.
Monday, August 22, 2016We didn't get to hug her goodbye, or tell her we loved her. Just a lot of anger."Clark Smith was arrested after being taken from his apartment by Kentucky State Police in Cave City, nearly one month after Kristen's body was found in the Green River.Until then it had been 27 days since she was discovered and no arrest, made Angie question everything about her small town of around 2,000."Even at the funeral, I was wondering if anybody that knew anything thing, or even the person who did that could've been there," said Ponce about her daughter's funeral held shortly after her body was found on July 23.When the arrest was made it shocked Angie beyond her imagination.The man accused of killing her daughter lived right next door to Kristen's grandmother."Knowing there's a monster out there that has the capability of doing that to someone so sweet."Seeing his face is tough, but wondering why may be worse."He has to live with the fact that he took a precious, precious woman from her children, her mother and father, her brothers and sisters, grandparents, friends, everybody that loved her you know. He has to think about that everyday. There's no escaping that. Just like there's no escaping our loss."Two toddlers without their mother, friends without their companion, but most of all a mom trying to fill a void in her heart the rest of her life."I would say how much I love her and miss her. That Melanie and Mason are going to be fine. We're going to tell them all about her and how much she loved them. That I'm very proud of who she became and I will not let her life be in vain."Clark Smith is also charged with abuse of a corpse on top of murder and tampering with physical evidence.Kristen's body was found dismembered in a tote bag in the Green River according to Kentucky State Police.Details about the murder and how the body ended up at the river have not been released.Smith will face a judge for the first time on Monday. Kristen's mother still hasn't decided whether or not she'll attend that hearing.If you'd like to expr...
Monday, July 25, 2016Jan. 1, 1975.“Run reports pretty much didn't exist back then,” Swift said. “You put name, address and date. It was $30, if I remember correctly.”They had four ambulances – one based in Cave City, two based in Glasgow and one based in Edmonton – and made approximately 1,500 runs the first year.“Last year, we were pushing 9,000 runs,” Swift said.The service still had only four ambulances running at one time until two years ago, when it started a day crew to just work the busier hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.A lot of other things – mostly technology-related – have changed in the interim, though.Hospitals' providing specialized care didn't exist years ago, he said, or if it did, they were just scattered.At the old U of L Hospital, you'd back in the ambulance and then have to take the stretcher down two long hallways to get to the emergency room.“It took probably five minutes to get to the ER, and it was just one big open room with stretchers,” Swift said, emphasizing there was no privacy.Radio communications have come a long way, he said, and now ambulances can transmit electrocardiogram information via radio.He recalls in detail the first time they had a call after Code STEMI was implemented, which allows EMS personnel to skip the ER and take certain heart attack patients directly to the catheterization lab.“Now, people are leaving the hospital alive that definitely wouldn't have made it five or six years ago,” Swift said.For that first Code STEMI call, while the ambulance was collecting the patient at Yogi Bear Campground in Cave City, Swift went to T.J. Samson Community Hospital to make sure everything was ready, he said. When the patient came in, Swift said he didn't think the man was going to make it. Thirty to 45 minutes later, when he came out of the cath lab, “I could not tell it was the same guy. He had color to his face; he was talking.”Other advancements include the starting of intravenous fluids and medications in the field and performing advanced airways procedures, like insertion of endotracheal tubes, he said.Among the things that haven't changed is abuse of the emergency medical care system – folks going to the ER for nonemergencies, which and tie up all the beds and result in having to shuffle people around when the real emergencies come through, Swift said.“There's people that get into medicine and medical care that have a driving interest in providing assistance to their patients, and I don't think that has changed over the period of years,” Swift said. “You...
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Death notices | 2.21.17 - West Plains Daily Quill
Monday, March 06, 2017Mtn. View.Sandra Wake, 53, Peace Valley, Mo., died at 1:20 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. Robertson-Drago Funeral Home.Wanda Baker, age 93, of Thayer, Mo, died at 2:46 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at Cave City Nursing Home in Cave City, Ark. Carter Funeral Home, Inc. in Thayer, Mo.Pamela Joyce Adams, 57, Mtn. View, Mo., died at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017, at her home. Yarber Mortuary, Mtn. View.Robert Lee “Bob” Perkins, 89, Koshkonong, Mo., died at 9:15 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, at his home. Carter Funeral Home, Thayer, Mo.James Huffstatler, 75, Thayer, Mo., died at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 17, 2017, in Shady Oaks Health Care in Thayer. Carter Funeral Home, Thayer, Mo.
Monday, September 05, 2016Kentucky State Police Post 3 arrested a Cave City man Friday in relation to the death of 22-year-old Kristen Rae Edwards, whose body was discovered in the Green River last month.Clark W. Smith, 53, was arrested at his residence at E.P. Terry Estates and lodged in the Barren County Detention Center, according to a Friday evening KSP press release. He was charged with murder, tampering with physical evidence and abuse of a corpse, according to the press release.The investigation is ongoing and being led by Detective Josh Amos, but no other details were available for release.At 6:48 a.m. July 23, KSP Post 3, based in Bowling Green, received a report from someone who was fishing in the Green River near Johnson Springs Road in Hart County who said they found what appeared to be a body, according to a KSP press release that day.When detectives arrived on the scene they found a dismembered body in a container floating in the river, that release said. Hart County Coroner Reggie Pettit responded to the scene, assisted with the invest...
Monday, August 29, 2016William Mack Matheny, 79, of Ravenden, Arkansas, died Friday, August 26, 2016. He was born January 29, 1937, at Cave City, Arkansas, to William Marcus and Eunice (Kent) Matheny. He attended school in Cave City and was married October 30, 1953, to Barbara Ellen Matlock in Cave City.Mack maintained heavy machinery and was a member of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Ozark Acres.He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, William Gregory Matheny; and sisters, Juanita Smith and Monterie Anderson.Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Barbara, of the home; children, Jerry (Sheri) Matheny, Terry (Darlene) Matheny, Sue (Tim) Dail, all of Ravenden, Doug (Melanie) Matheny of Paragould, Arkansas, and Sheleace (Ricky) Jones of Mt. Vernon, Texas; many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; numerous nieces and nephews; and a host of other family and friends.Private family services will be at a later date.Arrangements are with Tri-County Funeral Home of Highland.
Monday, August 22, 2016We didn't get to hug her goodbye, or tell her we loved her. Just a lot of anger."Clark Smith was arrested after being taken from his apartment by Kentucky State Police in Cave City, nearly one month after Kristen's body was found in the Green River.Until then it had been 27 days since she was discovered and no arrest, made Angie question everything about her small town of around 2,000."Even at the funeral, I was wondering if anybody that knew anything thing, or even the person who did that could've been there," said Ponce about her daughter's funeral held shortly after her body was found on July 23.When the arrest was made it shocked Angie beyond her imagination.The man accused of killing her daughter lived right next door to Kristen's grandmother."Knowing there's a monster out there that has the capability of doing that to someone so sweet."Seeing his face is tough, but wondering why may be worse."He has to live with the fact that he took a precious, precious woman from her children, her mother and father, her brothers and sisters, grandparents, friends, everybody that loved her you know. He has to think about that everyday. There's no escaping that. Just like there's no escaping our loss."Two toddlers without their mother, friends without their companion, but most of all a mom trying to fill a void in her heart the rest of her life."I would say how much I love her and miss her. That Melanie and Mason are going to be fine. We're going to tell them all about her and how much she loved them. That I'm very proud of who she became and I will not let her life be in vain."Clark Smith is also charged with abuse of a corpse on top of murder and tampering with physical evidence.Kristen's body was found dismembered in a tote bag in the Green River according to Kentucky State Police.Details about the murder and how the body ended up at the river have not been released.Smith will face a judge for the first time on Monday. Kristen's mother still hasn't decided whether or not she'll attend that hearing.If you'd like to expr...
Monday, July 25, 2016Jan. 1, 1975.“Run reports pretty much didn't exist back then,” Swift said. “You put name, address and date. It was $30, if I remember correctly.”They had four ambulances – one based in Cave City, two based in Glasgow and one based in Edmonton – and made approximately 1,500 runs the first year.“Last year, we were pushing 9,000 runs,” Swift said.The service still had only four ambulances running at one time until two years ago, when it started a day crew to just work the busier hours of 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.A lot of other things – mostly technology-related – have changed in the interim, though.Hospitals' providing specialized care didn't exist years ago, he said, or if it did, they were just scattered.At the old U of L Hospital, you'd back in the ambulance and then have to take the stretcher down two long hallways to get to the emergency room.“It took probably five minutes to get to the ER, and it was just one big open room with stretchers,” Swift said, emphasizing there was no privacy.Radio communications have come a long way, he said, and now ambulances can transmit electrocardiogram information via radio.He recalls in detail the first time they had a call after Code STEMI was implemented, which allows EMS personnel to skip the ER and take certain heart attack patients directly to the catheterization lab.“Now, people are leaving the hospital alive that definitely wouldn't have made it five or six years ago,” Swift said.For that first Code STEMI call, while the ambulance was collecting the patient at Yogi Bear Campground in Cave City, Swift went to T.J. Samson Community Hospital to make sure everything was ready, he said. When the patient came in, Swift said he didn't think the man was going to make it. Thirty to 45 minutes later, when he came out of the cath lab, “I could not tell it was the same guy. He had color to his face; he was talking.”Other advancements include the starting of intravenous fluids and medications in the field and performing advanced airways procedures, like insertion of endotracheal tubes, he said.Among the things that haven't changed is abuse of the emergency medical care system – folks going to the ER for nonemergencies, which and tie up all the beds and result in having to shuffle people around when the real emergencies come through, Swift said.“There's people that get into medicine and medical care that have a driving interest in providing assistance to their patients, and I don't think that has changed over the period of years,” Swift said. “You...
