Verlaine Thorne Ladd was born in Oakland, Calif. in 1948 to Burr and Verla Thorne. She lived her early life in Auburn, Calif., with her parents and sister, Lorraine.
Betty Jean Sprinkles, 84, of Aurora, passed away April 6, 2020 at the Aurora Nursing Center. Sprinkles was born to Finis and Leona Means Tunnell on May 23, 1935 in Clay Hill.
Michael LeMay Beeson, 43, of Cassville, passed away April 5, 2020 at Mercy Hospital in Joplin. Beeson was born Feb. 27, 1977 in Fayetteville, Ark., to David and Pamela (Ulmer) Beeson.