Jimmie (Clark) Carswell, age 93, of Alton, Kansas, passed away at Russell Homestead Assisted Living in Russell on January 1, 2025. 

She was born to Sarah (O’Neill) Clark and A. Seaborn Clark on January 20, 1931, in Gateway, Arkansas. 

Many people found the name Jimmie to be unusual for a female, but she was named after her grandpa, James O’Neill, and she was always very proud of that fact. When Jimmie was four, her mother, Sarah, married Homer Doughty, and they moved the family to Webster, Kansas. Jimmie had two sisters, Shirley King and Lucy Kennedy.

Richard Warren Wood, age 92, passed away on December 31, 2024, at home in Pittsburg, Kansas, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born on October 3, 1932, to Samuel Scott Wood and Edith D. Pearson Wood at their home in Stockton, Kansas.

Here is the latest from the National Weather Service out of Hastings, Neb., with regard to the winter weather that will be affected our area this weekend.