Stories from Monday, April 27, 2015

City police are continuing to investigate a stabbing incident involving a 21-year-old Mountain Home man. Officers responded to South 5th East Street around 9:30 p.m. that evening where they saw the individual lying in the roadway. The victim told police he was stabbed after he was attacked by three men, all wearing black clothing. No other description was provided...

Beloved father and friend John Ames Kelley, age 66, passed away suddenly albeit peaceably April 22, 2015, in the early morning hours. He was an infectiously friendly man, capable of making friends in all walks of his colorful life. Fiercely proud of his military career, he served the U.S. Army as an active duty soldier for four years and as a civil servant 31 years...

Margaret Louise (Peggy) Garner passed away the morning of April 23, 2015, surrounded by her family. She had battled heart and lung issues for many years. She was the eldest of three girls and was born at home on Oct. 31, 1934, in Boise, Idaho, to Joseph Michael Hugg and Evelyn Hurd Hugg. She met her future husband, John Garner, at a party while she was a sophomore in high school...

Betty Lou Bybee, age 85 of Mountain Home, passed away on Thursday, April 23, 2015, at a Mountain Home care center. Arrangements are under the direction of Rost Funeral Home, McMurtrey Chapel, in Mountain Home.