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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1980

Page

9

Deaths Mary Esther Trail Carbondale 1902 1980

Mary Esther Trail 78 of Route 4 Carbondale died at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale at 1 a.m. Sunday December 7 1980 from a stroke on December 5. She taught at Brush School and was active in the First Christian Church and several organizations. She was born in Grantsburg to Samuel F and Sarah E Bateman Conatser and married Charles Trail in 1926. Survivors include her husband a son a brother a grandson and a great grandson. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Wednesday Huffman Funeral Home Carbondale. Burial Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery Murphysboro. Eastern Star service 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Memorials to First Christian Church.

Mary Esther Trail Route 4 Carbondale Memorial Hospital Grantsburg Samuel F Sarah Elizabeth Bateman Conatser Charles Trail Charles S Murphysboro Clyde Conatser William A Downers Grove Gregory Paul

Pinckneyville clubwoman Wilma Biby dies at 87

Wilma Biby a Pinckneyville community leader and retired teacher died at 11 04 a m Sunday December 7 1980 in Marshall Browning Hospital Du Quoin. Funeral services at 2 p m Tuesday at Searby Funeral Home Du Quoin with burial in Sunset Memorial Park. She was 50 year member and past president of the Pinckneyville Women's Club and former Eastern Star officer. She was born October 18 1893 in Tamaroa and married Charles E Biby in 1917 who died in 1948. Survivors include daughter Ruth Sims two grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Wilma Biby Cedar Ave du Quoin Searby Funeral Home Sunset Memorial Park Riley Marshall Browning Pinckneyville Community Hospital First United Methodist Church Pinckneyville Berean Mitchell Order of the Eastern Star CES Mrs. Biby Tamaroa Henry Flora Ann Mumbower Thomson Charles E. Biby Ruth Sims

Dwight Provart dies in Illinois at 84

Dwight A Provart of Route 1 Du Quoin died at 9 35 p m Sunday Dec 7 1980 at Memorial Hospital Carbondale He was a retired owner of a real estate and insurance company a World War I veteran and member of Paradise Baptist Church He is survived by a granddaughter Kim Provart Richard son Texas a sister Grace Winthrop and a sister in law Edith Ryans Burial will be in Paradise Baptist Church Cemetery with services at the funeral home in Du Quoin Wednesday

Dwight A. Provart du Quoin Memorial Hospital Carbondale Mr. Provart Paradise Baptist Church Perry County Azariah Mary Reeves Provart Virginia Ryans Indiana Kim Provart Richard Texas Grace Winthrop Edith Ryans

Death notices in Marion area claim multiple local residents

Obituaries and funeral notices reflect the deaths of Edwin Lang 69 Mayme Sims Beulah Hopkins Carl Long Tony Beninati Ella Sherfield Ezra Mitchell and Timothy Cassidy across Marion Harrisburg Colp and Pinckneyville with details on birth dates spouses survivors and upcoming services. families include Lang Sims Hopkins Long Sherfield Mitchell Cassidy with funeral homes Mitchell Hughes Lemasters Jackson Brayfield and Wilson handling arrangements

Dies Suddenly at 76 in Du Quoin

Elsie M. Lemmon 76 of 817 E Park St Du Quoin died Dec 7 1980. She was a First Baptist Church member Fidelis Sunday School class born Aug 3 1904 Perry County to Charlie and Lillie Webster Fred. She married Ray S Lemmon Dec 3 1922 Perry County. Survived by husband sister Ethel Howerton Bourbonnais brother Charles Fred. Foster daughter Lillie Belle Downey. One sister and one brother preceded her in death. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. Neal Memorial Chapel Du Quoin burial Old Du Quoin Cemetery. Funeral Chapel today.

Elsie M. Lemmon E. Park St du Quoin Marshall Browning Lemmon First Baptist Church Fidelis Perry County Charlie Lillie Webster Fred Ray S. Lemmon Ethel Howerton Charles Fred Bourbonnais Lillie Belle Downey Neal

Anna Mae Schaefer Rites for Tamms Resident Held

Funeral services for Anna Mae Schaefer 83 of Tamms will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at Crain Funeral Home Tamms with burial in Maplelawn Cemetery Paducah Ky. She died Saturday morning Dec 6 1980 in Union County Hospital Anna was born March 11 1897 in Clarksville Tenn to Charles and Mary Davis McClanan and married Wilbert H Schaefer Sept 22 1917. She leaves a son Louis in Round Rock Texas three grandchildren and other relatives. Hugh Davis 76 of Pinckneyville died today Dec 8 1980 at Pinckneyville Community Hospital funeral arrangements are pending Pyatt Funeral Home Pinckneyville.

Mayme Sims W. Goodall St Marion Loretta Shawneetown Williamson County Grant Cora Miller Sims Miss Sims Marion Memorial Hospital Indian Camp Carrier Mills Ella Bullock Chester Nellie Brothers Stonefort Mitchell-Hughes & Lemasters Coal Bank Funeral Ella Sherfield W. Poplar St Harrisburg Carmi Saline County Buck Matilda Miles Travis William R. Sheffield Edna Walker Dorothy Snoph East Chicago Ind Robert Gaskins Funeral Home Sunset Lawn Cemetery Ezra Mitchell Anna Mae Schaefer Tamms Crain Funeral Home Maplelawn Paducah Schaefer Union County Hospital Anna Tamms United Church of Christ Clarksville Tenn Charles Mary Davis McClanan Wilbert H. Schaefer Mary Weber Cape Girardeau, Mo Louis Round Rock Tex Hugh Davis Route 3 Pinckneyville Pinckneyville Community Hospital Pyatt Funeral Home Gradey O. Shields Forest Glen Bedford Texas Arkansas James and Loma Walker Shields Laquita Kennedy United States Prisons Department of Justice Regional Corrections Administration Texarkans Funeral Home Texarkana Chapel Wood Cemetery Wilson Funeral Home

Dillard Russell dies. Johnston City farmer was 72

Dillard Russell 72 of Route 1 Johnston City died 7:35 p.m. Sunday December 7 1980 at Marion Memorial Hospital. A retired farmer and Church of God member he was born March 30 1908 in Johnston City. Survived by his second wife Virginia Swanson six daughters and a son plus a sister and a stepson. Services planned at Murman and Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City with burial in Dillingham Cemetery Corinth.

Dillard Russell Route 1 Johnston City Marion Memorial Hospital Russell Church of God Marion Dona Russell Virginia Swanson Stx Alice Bodine Virginia Hatfield Chattanooga Tenn Helen Walker Tammy Swafford Bertha Christine Walker Shirley Phillips Spencer N.C Sam Walker Rose Foreman Soddy Murman and Wilson Funeral Home Dillingham Cemetery Corinth Funeral

Greater Egypt plans annual dinner meeting

Greater Egypt Health Council's Project Review Committee meets at 4 p.m. Tuesday at 608 E. College St. Carbondale to review the Rural Health Initiative Grant for Franklin County. Also notes Citizens Development Steering Committee 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Conference Room A at the same location.

Greater Egypt Conway Diet Institute Marion Carnegie Library Carol Walters Alcoholics Anonymous Al-Anon Herrin Presbyterian Church N. 14Th St Jackson County Health Department North St. Perry

Correction of Lavonia Dryden obituary funeral site

The obituary correction notes the funeral for Lavonia Dryden was held at Jesus Name Tabernacle in Blairsville, not Johnson Funeral Home in Herrin as previously stated. Dryden died Friday December 5 1980 at Herrin Hospital.

Lavonia

Mining class registration under way for spring 1981

Registration for spring semester 1981 at John A. Logan College coal mining technology office is underway for returning and new students. Prospective enrollees should call 985-3741, 549-7335, 937-3438, or 348-8612 extension 371 or 372 to set an appointment. classes begin January 19.

John A. Logan College

Jackson GOP to celebrate on Wednesday

The Jackson County Republican Central Committee will host a public reception from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Ramada Inn. County Chairman Ray Doerr calls it a victory celebration after taking control of the county board in the November 4 election and the 58th district going Republican with Wayne Alstat of Vergennes elected to the Assembly.

Jackson County Republican Central Committee Ramada Inn Carbondale Ray Doerr Wayne Alstat Vergennes

Mitchell Museum Calendar Shows Artists and Collection

Calendar note for Mount Vernon venue Mitchell Museum highlights the Chicago Artists show alongside selections from the permanent Mitchell Collection. Admission to the exhibition is free.

Mitchell Museum Mount Vernon Chicago Mitchell

Southern Illinoisan Public Calendar notices open to readers

The Southern Illinoisan will publish free public meeting and entertainment items. Send date time place brief description and admission charge to Calendar, The Southern Illinoisan, 710 N Illinois Ave, Carbondale IL 62901, one week before the event.

Southern Illinoisan Illinois Ave Carbondale Ill

Births across towns announced for December 1980

Birth notices list newborns from Benton, Galatia, Carbondale, Du Quoin, Walsh, Harrisburg and Broughton. Parents include Lampley, Fletcher, Hooker, Asbury, Helge, Phelps, Houston, Wiggins, Green with births Dec 5 to Dec 7 1980 at Franklin Hospital Murphysboro Doctors Hospital and Marshall Browning Hospital.

Benton Lampley Clarence Cynthia Franklin Hospital Galatia Fletcher Donald Joyce Carbondale Hooker Carla St. Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro DU Quoin Asbury Mary Marshall Browning Hospital Walsh Helge Mark Kathleen Memorial Hospital Chester Harrisburg Phelps Ronald Kathy Doctors Hospital Houston James Lyn Wiggins Roy Don Pamela Broughton Green Jim Donna

Two Arrested in Perry County DUI Case

Perry County deputies arrested Frank D. Linze 41 of Tamaroa route two and Henrey J. Bardle 32 of Pinckneyville for driving under the influence. Linze faced illegal transportation of alcohol at 9 20 p m Saturday two miles west of Pinckneyville on Illinois 154. Bardle was taken into custody 1 50 a m Sunday on Illinois 152 near the Illinois 13 127 intersection after crowding two vehicles off the road and swerving to miss a stop sign. his car reportedly had a flat tire.

Perry County Frank D. Linze Route 2 Tamaroa Henrey J. Bardle Pinckneyville Linze Bardle

Weather outlook fogs east to northeast with rain

Cold rain and showers expected from east Texas to the Appalachians and coastal Northeast through Tuesday. Snow and rain forecast for West Texas and New Mexico. Temperatures to be cooler overall. In Southern Illinois Sunday high reached 67. Lows around 57 with no precipitation. 9 am reading 61. Sunset 4 26 pm, sunrise 7 01 am, sunset Tuesday 4 26 pm.

Texas Appalchians West Texas New Mexico Illinois

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