Bath Naylor Funeral Home

Colebank, 34, of Parsons passed away Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2017, at Mercy Hospital, Joplin. Her death was unexpected. Liza was born Feb. 16, 1983, at Mercy Hospital, Fort Scott. The daughter of Tammy (Melton) and Kevin Colebank, Liza grew up and attended schools in Pittsburg and the surrounding area. She worked briefly at the Love Bubble radio station in Pittsburg and for Southeast Kansas Independent Living resource center as a receptionist. Liza enjoyed fishing, rock hunting, crossword puzzles, making bracelets and watching “The Golden Girls.” Liza loved music of all kinds, watching movies and going out to eat Mexican and Chinese food. Liza had a fondness for animals, especially her two dogs, Curley and Buddy, and had volunteered over the years at different animal shelters. Liza is survived by her brother, Steven Colebank and his wife, Mariah, a niece, Riley, and a nephew, Ethan, all of Carthage, Missouri, whom she spoke of and visited often and loved dearly. She also is survived by two close friends, Tiffany Smart and Robyn Thomas, both of Parsons. Liza was preceded in death by her mother, Tammy Lipps; and her maternal grandparents. The graveside service will be ...

He was born June 8, 1916, at Argonia, the first of five boys to Herbert Everett and Percis Hollowell Bevan. The family moved to Wichita shortly after his birth.  He graduated from Wichita North High School in 1933.  After high school he worked for the Southern Kansas Stage Lines (later the Santa Fe Trailways bus company), first as an office boy and later as a ticket agent at various locations in Kansas, Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas.  He enlisted in the U.S. Army in January 1942 (C Company, First Battalion, 180th Infantry, 45th Division of the Seventh Army).  He served first in North Africa, participated in the invasions of Italy and France, and at the end of the war was commissioned a second lieutenant and trained for bomb disposal duty.  He was discharged in January 1946, returned to the United States and went back to work for Santa Fe Trailways. On March 21, 1948, he married Elnora Jane Ferguson of Wichita.  David and Jane had three children, Elnora and David (twins) and Leah. David was employed by the Department of the Army to work with the National Guard, stationed in Wichita.  In 1955 the family moved to Derby and then to Parsons in 1965 when David accepted a position as chief administrative supervisor for a new Army Reserve unit being established there. The Bevanses were members of First Baptist Church in Parsons, where David and Jane were active in the choir.  David performed many solo concerts in churches throughout southern Kansas, accompanied by Jane on the piano. David retired as a chief warrant officer in September 1975, after 33 years of service to the military. ...