Deaths and funerals of Martha Miola Holman at Whittington
Martha Miola Holman of Whittington died Friday at Herrin hospital at 1 30 p m She leaves 118 descendants including four sons four daughters 40 grandchildren 68 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 00 p m Monday at Rescue Free Will Baptist Church Whittington with Rev Morris Paxton and Rev Lewis Hanna officiating Burial in William Chapel cemetery Body lies in state at Johnson Funeral Home Whittington after 3 00 p m Sunday She was born August 12 1882 in Franklin County daughter of Jacob and Mary Jane Woodside King She was married to Alvin Holman who preceded her in death Survivors include four sons Edgar of Ewing Harold Herbert and Stanley all of Mt Vernon four daughters Mrs Amy Johnston of Whittington Mrs Nora Rice of Kankakee Mrs Daisy Holland of Mt Vernon and Mrs Mary Bevis of Herrin one brother Thadas King of Whittington one sister Mrs Nellis Myers of Herrin 40 grandchildren 68 great grandchildren and two great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Miola Holman
Whittington
Herrin Hospital
Rescue Free Will Baptist Church
Morris Paxton
Lewis Hanna
William Chapel
Johnson
Holman
Franklin County
Jacob
Mary Jane
Woodside) King
Alvin Holman
Edgar
Ewing
Harold
Herbert
Stanley
Mt. Vernon
Frank Trowbridge Dies In Waterman
Frank Trowbridge 82 of Waterman Illinois died at 5 15 p m Friday at DeKalb Memorial Hospital he was a retired farmer and a Camp Ground Baptist Church member He married Hannah Gregory in August 1900 who survives along with two sons a daughter two brothers two sisters seven grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren Funeral services will be at 1 30 pm Monday at Nashs Funeral Home Waterman with Rev Darrell Highsmith officiating burial will be at Waterman Friends may call after 2 00 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Trowbridge
Waterman
Ill
DeKalb Memorial Hospital
Jefferson County
Nashs Funeral Home
Darrell Highsmith
Nashs Funeral
Trowbridge
Camp Ground Baptist Church
Hannah Gregory
Homer
San Francisco
Calif
Delbert
Charles City
Iowa
Vera Williams
William
Mt. Vernon
Fred
Rochelle
Bertha Clark
Geneva
Laura Harrison
Oak Lawn
Death of Dr J R Ansley’s Father in Georgia
J T Ansley of Warrenton Ga died at 5 20 am in a Macon hospital. Funeral set for 3 pm Monday at Camak Baptist Church Ga burial in the Camak cemetery. The Calloway Funeral Home in Warrenton will receive friends after 6 pm Sunday. Born April 7 1879 in Warren County he was the son of James C and Anna Ivey Ansley. Survived by three sons Dr J R Ansley W L Ansley and R E Ansley two daughters Louise Norris and Christine Friedman two sisters Mrs J R Lee and Mrs Stanley and several grandchildren and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Ansley
Warrenton
Macon
Camak Baptist Church
Camak
Calloway
Mr. Ansley
Warren County
James C
Anna (Ivey) Ansley
Josie Ivey
Heas
J. R. Ansley
Mt. Vernon
W. L. Ansley
Pittsburg
R. E. Ansley
Louise Norris
Christine Friedman
Philadelphia
J. R. Lee
Warrenton, Ga
Stanley
Camak, Ga
Tregoning Rites At 2 00 Sunday
Funeral services for Ernest Tregoning will be conducted at 2 00 p m Sunday at the First Apostolic church in Zeigler Burial will be in the Zeigler cemetery The Vantrease Funeral Home in Zeigler where friends may call any time Mr Tregoning of Alton a former resident of Zeigler died Thursday in a hospital at Alton He was the father of Mrs Burtis Glover of Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Tregoning
First Apostolic Church
Zeigler
Vantrease
Mr. Tregoning
Alton
Burtis Glover
Mt. Vernon
W. M. Threatt Dies At 90 Funeral Sunday
William Monroe Threatt of 827 Dewey Avenue died at 12 30 pm Friday at Lowry Nursing Home aged 90 years one month eight days. A former St. Louis street car conductor and Mt. Vernon area farmer he will be buried Sunday at 2 00 pm at Pulley Funeral Chapel with Rev. William Pribble officiating. Burial is in East Salem cemetery. Friends may call after 6 00 pm today at Pulley Funeral Home. Threatt born Feb 4 18xx in Jefferson county son of Jeff and Minerva Threatt. Survived by three nieces Opal Fitts Bernice Lisenby Eunice Snider and two nephews Paul Threatt and Raymond Threatt. He belonged to East Salem Missionary Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Monroe Threatt
Dewey Avenue
Lowry Nursing Home
Threatt
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Pulley Funeral
William Pribble
East Salem
Pulley
Mr. Threatt
Jefferson County
Jeff
Minerva
Russell) Threatt
Opal Fitts
Bernice Lisenby
Eunice Snider
Paul Threatt
Raymond Threatt
Oakland
Calif
The
East Salem Missionary Baptist Church
Hattie Slade Ex Woodlawn Resident Dies
Mrs. Hattie A. Slade 81 died Friday at her Troy Michigan home. Born June 18 1883 in Woodlawn she was daughter of George B Welborn and Nellie Pratt. Survived by daughter Elizabeth Carey brothers and sisters and grandchildren. Funeral 11:00 a m Monday William Sullivan Funeral Home Royal Oak burial White Chapel Troy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie A. Slade
Troy
Michigan
Woodlawn
William Sullivan
West Eleven Mile Road
Royal Oak
Mich
White Chapel
Slade
George B
Nellie (Pratt) Welborn
Charles R. Slade
Elizabeth D. Carey
Troy, Mich
Frank Welborn
R. I. Grissom
Nelle Rackaway
Mt. Vernon
Hospital Notes list admissions and discharges at two facilities
Jefferson Memorial admitted Voyle Hardesty of Dahlgren and discharged Gary C Lowery. Good Samaritan admitted Roberta Mae Kelley George Thomas McDonald Clarence Cutt Della Lee White Estelle Chambliss Myrtle Lamkin. Discharged Lee Franklin Connaway Harry Lee Bates Seburn W Mannen Alice Adams Inez B Quinn Lola Ann Davis Deloris Jean Harmon Estelle Chambliss Alice Geraldine Gilbert Evelyn Lavern Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Voyle Hardesty
Dahlgren
Gary C. Lowery
Good Samaritan
Roberta Mae Kelley
George Thomas McDonald
Clarence Cutt
Della Lee White
Estelle Chambliss
Myrtle Lamkin
Lee Franklin Connaway
Harry Lee Bates
Seburn W. Mannen
Alice Adams
Inez B. Quinn
Lola Ann Davis
Deloris Jean Harmon
Alice Geraldine Gilbert
Evelyn Lavern Morgan
Births in West Lafayette Introduces Arthur Brent
Mr and Mrs Brent Gregory of West Lafayette Indiana welcomed a son born March 10 in a city hospital. The infant weighs seven pounds four ounces and has been named Arthur Brent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brent Gregory
West Lafayette
Ind
Arthur Brent
Mt Vernon Lodge to Hold Special and Stated Meetings
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M announces a special meeting Saturday night March 3 at 7 30 with work in the third degree and supper at 6 30 p m. JOE CLAXTON W M and BYRON W WELD JR Secretary also notes a stated meeting Monday night March 15 with BYRON W WELD JR Secretary. NARCE chapter will hold potluck supper Wednesday March 17 in the civil service room at the post office with a business meeting to follow Mae Warren president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Lodge No
A. F
A. M
Mt. Vernon
Joe Claxton
W. M
Byron W. Weld, Jr
NARCE
National Association of Retired Employes
Civil Service Room
Mae Warren
Traffic fines in circuit court for careless driving and reciprocity
Ronald Mahnke of St. Louis was fined $10 for careless driving. John W. Garrett of Shannon, Mississippi, was fined $10 for failure to have reciprocity registration on a truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Mahnke
St. Louis
John W. Garrett
Shannon
Miss
Weather Summary For MT VERNON And Nearby Areas
MT VERNON weather Friday shows a high of 44 and a low of 26 with rainfall for 1964 to date at 5.59 inches. Historical comparisons: last year’s high 70 and low 58. five years ago high 36 and low 10. ten years ago high 56 and low 37. Sunrises and sunsets listed: Sunday 6 15 sunrise and 6 06 sunset. Monday 6 13 sunrise and 6 07 sunset CST.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Vernon
Ex governor Marland finds cab driving after politics
W Virginia native and former governor from 1953 to 1956, Marland, failed to win re election and a later Senate bid. He moved to Chicago in 1959 to work for West Kentucky Coal Co and after losing his job in 1961 joined Alcoholics Anonymous. Since then he has mostly driven a taxi to rebuild his character as he visits his wife Valerie and their four children in Barrington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marland
Senate
Chicago
West Kentucky Coal Co
Alcoholics Anonymous
Ilinois
Valerie
Neal Promise Chosen As Average Centralian
Centralia Illinois reports Neil Prosise chosen as the average American for a television profile. Prosise, a railroad car repair welder with 15 years on the job, is 40 now earning about 20000 yearly and owns a costly home. He expressed regret about not attending college and said he is proud to be named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia, II
Centralia
Neil Prosise
Sinois Central Railroad
U.S
Prosise
Steve
Stright
Isaacs Arraignment Delayed To March 29
Theodore Isaacs former state revenue director faces conspiracy and official misconduct charges. His arraignment was postponed from Monday to March 29 as Chief Justice Ray Klingbiel seeks an outside Seventh Judicial Circuit judge to avoid tying a Seventh Circuit judge to a lengthy trial. Isaacs was indicted by Sangamon County in December after word of his financial interest in Cook Envelope and Lithographing Co Chicago emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
State Revenue
Theodore Isaacs
Sangamon County
Creel Douglass
Ray Klingbiel
Illinois Supreme Court
Seventh Judicial Circuit
Douglass
Seventh Circuit
Isaacs
Cook Envelope and Lithographing Co
Chicago
Judge Expenses Appropriation For Appellate Court Okayed
Gov. Kerner signed four emergency appropriations. one funds an added heating plant at Illinois State University and others cover Mount Vernon Appellate Court expenses and county fair premiums plus Tri City District funding. Appellate Court travel and office needs in home towns are covered under the regular budget, with prior funds used for circuit expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Otto Kerner
Ilinois State University
Normal
Mount Vernon
Tri-City
Jim McLaughlin
Kerner
Appellate Court
Tot Pulled Under Car Two Blocks
A 15 month old boy named Lonnie Qualls was carried beneath his parents car for almost two blocks in Madisonville Kentucky after slipping unnoticed from a stopped vehicle at a service station. The infant clung to the front axle until a passing motorist yelled and a man freed him with no serious injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madisonville
Lonnie Qualls
Wallace Qualls
Three Accidents In Mt. Vernon Area Injure Girl
Three crashes in Mt. Vernon and Jefferson County injure one person and cause vehicle damage over a hundred dollars. Helen Porter, ten, daughter of Herman and Mrs. Porter, suffered non serious bruises in a crash at Seventh and Broadway while in her father's pickup. Leonard N. Davis was cited for failure to yield. Two additional Friday crashes caused only property damage under one hundred dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Helen Porter
Herman Porter
Route 1
Wayne City
Seventh and Broadway
Leonard N. Davis
Warren Avenue
Davis
Jerry H. Elliston
Waltonville
Mary Robertson
South 12Th Street
Jordan Street
Dix
Jesse J. Jackson
Crown View
Leroy B. Evans
Salem
Thefts Reported Of Antiques And Auto Wheel Thefts
Mount Vernon police and Jefferson county officers reported thefts of antique furniture an auto wheel and tire on Friday. Burglary probe centers on an unoccupied rural house near the Jefferson Washington county line. Eugene Kynski owner of the house says thieves took walnut dresser piano stool and Alladin lamp. The house sits about three quarters of a mile south of US Route 460. Burrell Shelton reports spare tire and wheel stolen from his new pickup near General Radiator Plant on South 12th Street. Mildred Mills reports her son's basketball goal stolen from a tree at her home on South 15th Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Eugene Kynski
Route 2
Ashley
Jefferson - Washington County
Burrell Shelton
Bonnie
South 12Th Street
Mildred Mills
South 15Th Street
Leprechaun Helpers Paint Green Line on Fifth Avenue
John Heaney and George C. Gallagher, laborers from Staten Island, started painting a two block green line along central Fifth Avenue in New York before police halted the act. They said the impulse stemmed from St Patrick’s Day pride as the parade looms in under five days. The city previously banned colored lines for different nationalities in last year’s parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Fifth Ave
John Heaney
George C. Gallagher
Staten Island
St. Patrick's Day
Oil Company Honors Dix Man
Ed Davis of Dix Illinois, a dealer for American Oil Company, receives a certificate of commendation from Stan oil division manager D E Alexander and district manager R G Kreusler for outstanding courtesy. A motorist praised Davis for quickly fixing a flat in heavy rain, saving his family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Davis
American Oil Company
Dix
D. E. Alexander
St. Louis
Standard Oil Division
R. G. Kreusler
Mt. Vernon
Alexander
American Oil
Edwardsville
Ilinois
Showando For Scout Leaders Set By Okaw Valley Council
Taylor O. Braswell announced a Showando for leaders and committeemen of the Okaw Valley Boy Scout Council to be held Saturday March 20 at the Clinton County Fair grounds in Carlyle. The men only outdoor skills training runs 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Registration via Scoutmasters or the Council office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor O. Braswell
Okaw Valley Boy Scout Council
Clinton County Fairgrounds
Carlyle
City Dismisses Suit as Building Already Down
The City of Mt. Vernon sought authority to demolish a dilapidated building at 34th and Broadway but the circuit court dismissed the petition yesterday for good cause. The building had already been torn down by the owner, Allen Rose Concrete and Cement Co., after the city filed the petition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Mt. Vernon
34Th and Broadway
Allen Rose Concrete and Cement Co
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J.R. Ansley
W. M. Threatt
Hattie Slade
P.m
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Belleville
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Peoria
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Rockford Springfield
Vandalia
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Salt Sk. City
San Diego
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Joe Martin
Insurance Agency
Joe Smitherman
Selma
Ala
Berlin
Neal Promise
Okinawa
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Viet Nam
United States
South Viet Nam
Laos
Hanoi
Cha la
U.S. Army
Harold K. Johnson
Saigon
Elizabeth
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
London
Clark Kerr
University of California
Martin Meyerson
Berkeley
Kerr
University Regents
Meyerson
Illinois
William G. Stratton
Reaban
Selem
Bill
Bill Kniffen
Mt. V
5Th Avenue
Oil Company
Winnerlas
Sporting
Motorola
Benoist
S. 10Th St
Association of
James Stover
Bluford
Agao
Aramed
Main Street
Mt. Vernon, Ill
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