Ray Manuel Barco, age 30, of Elkhart, Kansas died July 5, 2015. He was born February 9, 1985 in Guymon, Oklahoma the son of Manuel and Rosario (Mares) Barco. Ray graduated from Yarbrough High School in 2003. During high school, he participated in all sports, enjoying basketball and baseball the most. He was the long jump state champion, 6th in the 100 meter dash, 2nd in the 200 meter dash, a...

Nicholas Joe “Nick” Daugherty, 33, died Friday, July 3, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. Nick was born November 5, 1981 in Liberal, KS, the son of Paul and DeAnna (Daugherty) Burns. Nicholas was a lifelong Liberal resident. He had attended Liberal High School and earned his GED and he had also atten...

Terral "Terry" Cokeley, 57, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Saturday, July 4, 2015 at Wheatridge Park Care Center, Liberal, after his battle with cancer. Terry was the son of Charlene (McBride) Cokeley and was born in Liberal, Kansas on February, 4, 1958. His vocation in his early years began in the oil field at age 17. He later...

Frances “Shanny” Higgs, age 94, of Ulysses, Kansas died Friday, July 3, 2015 at The Legacy at Park View in Ulysses, Kansas. She was born June 2, 1921 at Fowler, Colorado the daughter of Frank and Clara (Hobbs) Coats. Shanny spent her childhood in Colorado. On March 30, 1939 she married Willard Higgs at Burlington, Colorado. Shanny and Willard moved to Ulysses, Kansas in 1957, and ...

Betty Lola Kaup, age 86, died Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal, KS. She was born on October 11, 1928 in Sharon, KS, the daughter of Henry Lawrence and Esther Ellen (Davis) Martin. She attended Medicine Lodge High School in Medicine Lodge, KS. She had been a resident of Liberal, since 1947. She worked as a waitress for Anita’s Café and the Chuc...

Mitchell Rafe Begley , 54, died Tuesday, June 30, 2015 at his residence in Liberal. He was born April 4, 1961 at Guymon, OK, the son of Jack Vernon and Christene LaVerne (Jones) Begley. He was a 1979 graduate of Goodwell High School and in 1983, he graduated from Oklahoma Panhandle State University, Goodwell, OK with a Bachelor’s degree. ...

Mary E. Cheney, age 49, died Monday morning, June 29, 2015, at her Fowler, Kansas, residence. She was born November 8, 1965, at Dodge City, Kansas the daughter of Charles Ray and Rosa Ellen (Spence) Cheney. As a young girl she attended the Fowler school system, graduating from Fowler High School in 1984. She later continued her education at Oklahoma State University and Kansas State...

Jean “Honeycomb” Lemmons, age 85, died early Monday morning, June 29, 2015, at the Minneola District Hospital, Minneola, Kansas. She was born October 21, 1929, at Kingman, Kansas, the daughter of Jay Clark and Nettie Ethel (Walter) Wagner. As a young girl she attended the Kingman school system. A longtime resident of Meade, she was a cook, waitress, floral arranger, and a...

Lawrence Leroy Moore, 85, died Friday, June 26, 2015 at Good Samaritan Society, Liberal, KS. Lawrence was born November 2, 1929 at Grant County, OK, the son of Samuel Houston and Eva Marie (Bachman) Moore. Lawrence graduated in 1948 from Deer Creek High School in Deer Creek, OK. Lawrence also had attended Northe...

Vernal Lee Lattimore, age 67, of Ulysses, Kansas died Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses, Kansas. He was born August 13, 1947 in Garden City, Kansas, the son Vernal L. and Nellie Burr (Kepley) Lattimore. Vernal was raised in Grant County and graduated from Grant County Rural High School. His senior year of high school he was a National Merit Scholar. He attend...