Obituaries Shared for Region Residents on Dec 8 2007
Benton Joan W Lockwood 73 of Benton died Dec 8 2007 in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Metropolis Buzz Wilkins 62 died at home Dec 8 2007. graveside Dec 12 in Belknap Masonic Cemetery. Marion Gene White 65 died Dec 9 2007 at Heartland Regional. arrangements pending. Nashville Carl Randoll 87 died Dec 8 2007 at St Louis Hospital. funeral home incomplete. Murphysboro Luella Musgroves 97 died Dec 9 2007. funeral home incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Joan W. Lockwood
Christopher
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Gilbert Funeral Home
John Snell
Masonic and Joof Cemetery
Joan
West Frankfort
Louis Clyde Willard
Eve (Mabry) Shapkoff
Nick Shapkoff
Albert Lockwood
Piggott
Ark
David Lockwood
April
Marion
Steven Lockwood
Gene A
G.A.” White
Heartland Regional Medical Center
Wilson- McReynolds Funeral Home
Nashville
Carl Fred Randoll
St. Louis University Hospital
Styninger Funeral Home
Harold Dees
Fountain
Blue Funeral Home
Murphysboro
Luella Frasier Musgroves
Vergennes
Jackson County
Meredith Funeral Home
Kenneth Boyer dies at 83 in McLeansboro
Kenneth D. Boyer, 83, died at 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007, at Hamilton Memorial Nursing Center in McLeansboro. Services set for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Gholson Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Sefried officiating. Burial in IOOF Cemetery, McLeansboro, with American Legion Post 106 military rites. Visitation 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcleansboro
Kenneth D. Boyer
Hamilton Memorial Nursing Center
Gholson Funeral Home
Robert Sefried
IOOF
American Legion Post 106
Local government meeting schedule across Benton County and nearby towns
A consolidated list of upcoming public meetings includes Benton City Council at 7 p.m. and multiple boards across several towns. Key sessions cover city councils, boards of education, library boards, water districts, and zoning committees with times ranging from 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at various city halls, libraries, and district offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton City Council
Benton Civic Center Board
Benton Park Board
Benton Library Board
Carbondale Grade School Policy Committee
Carbondale Park Board
Carrier Mills-Stonefort Library Board
Carterville School Board
Chester
Dowell Village Board
Jackson County Finance Committee
Murphysboro
Jackson County Labor Committee
Jackson County Soil and Water Conservation District Board
USDA
Johnson County Housing Authority Board
Vienna
Johnston City Library Board
Johnston City School District
Marion City Council
Community Health Screenings and Local Activities
Schedule of events includes a stroke and osteoporosis screening at Heartland Christian Center in Carbondale with two pricing options, a Red Cross blood drive at Laborers Local 1197 in McLeansboro, a senior citizens dance at West Frankfort Senior Services with music by Southern Swing Band, a Jane Addams Day celebration featuring speaker Cindy Vines at 1000 S Elizabeth in Carbondale, and contact numbers for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heartland Christian Center
Carbondale
Lifelinescreening.com
American Red Cross
Laborers
McLeansboro
West Frankfort
Southern Swing Band
S. Elizabeth St
Cindy Vines
Visitation Plans Begin for Omaha Mall Shooting Victims
Visitation wakes and vigils were set to start for victims of the Westroads Mall shooting in Omaha Nebraska three days after the attack that left eight dead. A memorial formed at Von Maur department store as shoppers mourn and security adjusts while prosecutors note the shooter Robert Hawkins had been released from mandated care years earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadine Cooper
Emma
Omaha
Neb
United States
Westroads Mall
Marge Andrews
John Andrews
von Maur
Robert Hawkins
Hawkins
Sandra Markley
Sarpy County
Loyola student arrested over campus shooting threat
Los Angeles police detained 21 year old Loyola Marymount University senior Carlos Huerta after an online threat to shoot people on campus. Huerta faces investigation for making criminal threats after authorities say he posted plans to kill and be killed by police. Police responded with campus patrols and restricted entrances after the threat appeared on Juicycampus.com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Loyola Marymount University
Carlos Huerta
Loyola
Huerta
Juicycampus.com
Los Angeles Police Department
Mike Lopez
Debating Talks With Iran vs Back Channels
In Washington intelligence findings show Iran paused nuclear weapons work, fueling debate on direct talks with Tehran. Senators Rockefeller and McCain clash over diplomacy, with Bush stressing firmness while keeping options open amid the intelligence outlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Iran
U.S
Jay Rockefeller
Senate Intelligence Committee
John McCain
Arizona
Bush
Wife enlists to take husband’s Army place after injury
Janay Albarran, 19, graduates boot camp as private while her husband Spc. Alejandro Albarran, 20, faces an Army career decision after losing part of his right leg in Iraq. He may seek a desk job, and their 2-year-old stays with a grandmother in Arizona.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wile
Iraq
San Antonio
Spc
Alejandro Albarran
Janay Albarran
Fort Jackson
S.C
Janay
Arizona
Anne Edgecomb
Yuma
Ariz
Alejandro
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington
Brooke Army Medical Center
Sanro Antonio
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Thesouthern.com
Loren Wilkins
Metropolisloren
Buzz” Wilkins
Masonic Cemetery
Belknap
Larry Lunsford
Atkins-Farmer Funeral Home
Metropolis
William Russell
Gene White
Carl Randoll
Sean Lockwood
Joseph
Jared
Jesse Lockwood
Michelle Martin
Tommy Lockwood
Michael Shapkoff
Frannie
Mulkeytown
Nicki Bishop
Dan
Wanda Wayman
Luella Musgroves
Kenneth Boyer
du Quoin
Evansville
City Hall
Marion Cultural and Civic Center Board
Civic Center
Mount Vernon
North City
Pinckneyville
Pittsburg
Rick Warren
Elkville
Senior Adult Services Board
N. Springer St
Lesser Library Board
Sesser-Valier
Sesser
Sparta City Council
Sparta School Board
Vergennes Village
Vienna Grade
Jacksonville
Fla
Willie “L.B” Edwards III
Brady Rigdon
Edwards
Reginald Edwards
Willie Edwards
U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration
BY Michelle Roberts
Associated Press
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