I was born Oct. 7, 1938 at Bothwell Hospital. I attended Washington Elementary and Smith-Cotton High School. I joined the United States Navy in 1955, and served on four WWll era Destroyers during my active career in the Navy. I am retired Navy with 24 years of service in the regular navy and the reserve force. I have worked in real estate sales, mobile home sales and a lot of laborer type jobs. I retired from Payless Cashways as a dock worker, and machine operator in 2001 when they went out of business. I have written columns for the Sedalia Democrat, and the Sedalia News Journal and two books “Unhurried Days” and “Looking Back Again.” I have worked in Radio for over 10 years as a newsman and on-air columnist. I have been married to Marlene (Yahne) Miller for 53 years, and we have three children, four grandchildren, and four great grandchildren. I am currently working on a fiction book of short stories.
Jack Miller
Sedalia police And Pettis County Sheriff’s Crime reports For March 29, 2016
At 2:25am Sunday morning Sedalia Police took a complaint from the Breaktime at 808 East Broadway of a fake $100 bill at the store.
Betty Jean Marsh Mowry, 84
Betty Jean Marsh Mowry was born Aug. 20, 1921, in Kansas City, Mo. Seventeen days later, she was adopted by Ernest and Mary Schnabel Marsh of Ionia, Benton County, Missouri., who gave her much love and a wonderful Christian foundation for life...
William Charles Rayl, 85
William Charles Rayl, 85, of Sedalia, died Thursday, March 24, 2016, at Bothwell Regional Health Center.
He was born August 3, 1930, on a farm north of LaMonte, the youngest of 13 children born to the late Everett Monroe “Jack” and Alvia Lee (Wry) Rayl...
Missouri State Highway Patrol Accident Reports For March 28, 2016
According to a Missouri State Highway Patrol accident report, at 1:22pm Thursday afternoon 20-year-old Amanda K. Parker of Lamonte suffered serious injuries in a one-vehicle accident on US-50 Highway West of Route “MM” in Pettis County.
Beverly Faye Hoehns, 54
Beverly Faye Hoehns, 54, of Mora, passed away Thursday, March 24, 2016, at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, surrounded by family and friends.
She was born September 18, 1961, in Windsor, daughter of Harold and Verna Faye Wright Siercks...
Samuel Owen Russell, 94
Samuel Owen Russell, 94, of Warrensburg passed away March 22, 2016 at Missouri Veterans Home in Warrensburg, Missouri. He was born on March 09, 1922 at Hooper, Colorado the son of Clarence Roy Russell and Ida Swindler who preceded him in death...
Seatbelts Limit Injuries in a Two-Vehicle crash in Johnson County Accident Tuesday
At 3:20pm Tuesday afternoon the Missouri State Highway Patrol reported a two vehicle accident on Missouri Highway 23 at Southeast 275th Road in Johnson County. According to the report the accident occurred as 2002 Ford driven by 24-year-old Austin D...
Gary Edwin Mesker, 69
Gary Edwin Mesker, 69, of Sedalia, passed away Monday, March 21, 2016.
He was born on August 11, 1946, in Wichita, Kansas, son of Bill Edwin Mesker and Ginger Hoskins Mesker.
On January 12, 1969, in Wichita, he married Katy Dunnington, who survives of the home...
Doris “Renee” Wood, 55
Doris “Renee” Wood, 55, of Sedalia, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2016, at her daughter’s home.
Renee was born June 23, 1960, in Cleveland, Ohio, daughter of Kenneth Vaughan and Bonnie and William "Bill" Marriott, who preceded her in death...
Afternoon Sedalia Police Crime Reports For March 22, 2016
Just after midnight, Sedalia police stopped a vehicle at 16th and Washington after recognizing it as one involved in a theft complaint at Walmart, that had just occurred.