Three traffic deaths as Illinois air ends Red Holiday period
District 13 troopers reported three early Christmas morning deaths in the Southern Illinois area tied to weekend crashes. In Royalton an elderly man was seriously injured on Rt 184 near Royalton. a Carbondale couple and a Ridgway man suffered minor injuries on Rt 13 near Equality. a Kansas City man and a Carbondale woman were hurt near Marion. Minor crashes totaled about 15 across the district, with injuries to several passengers. The three Christmas Day fatalities included Daniel F. De Clue III and Ferances Lee Mattingly of Herrin in a collision near Herrin and James A Curran of Waterloo killed on Rt 3 near Red Bud.
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Illinois
District 13
du Quoin
Royalton
Rt. 184
Steve Peronak
Verna Heern
Carbondale
James Throgmorton
Makanda
Heern
Doctors Hospital
Carrie Heern
Nancy Throgmorton
Alto Pass
Throgmorton
Southern Illinois
Daniel F. de Clue III
Ferances
Lee Mattingly
Herrin
James A. Curran
Waterloo
Navy
Viet Nam
Red Bud
Mrs. Ina Crain of Herrin Dies at 78
Mrs. Ina Crain 78 of 1515 W Monroe Herrin died at 2 15 am Sunday in Herrin Hospital after a weeklong stay She was born August 15 1887 in Williamson County daughter of Isaac and Louisa Wiley A longtime Herrin Methodist member Her husband Willis Crain died March 12 1962 She leaves sons Winston Energy Harry Herrin daughters Lula Reiger Wilma Norton Lillian Nozotti all Herrin seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren Funeral 2 pm Tuesday at George Van Natta Funeral Home Herrin Rev E E Souders officiating Burial in Herrin City Cemetery Friends may call after 4 pm today at the funeral home
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Ina Crain
W. Monroe St
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Williamson County
Isaac
Louisa Cruse Wiley
Wilma Norton
Lillian Nozotti
George van Natta
E. E. Souders
Herrin City
Nora Jones
Whiteash
Marion Memorial Hospital
Paul Litton
Soddy
Tenn
Joseph
Mary E. McCoy Wells
Elijah
Earl Bowman
Isham Jones
Lesser
Howard Jones
Danville
Denton Jones
Glendale
Calif
Dennis Jones
Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas Jones
Savannah
Nellie Barlow
St. Louis
Whiteash Freewill Baptist Church
Murman and Wilson Funeral Home
Johnston City
Wayne Warren
Willie Huffman
Mapel Wood Cemetery
Marion
Former Area Woman Dies at 28 in Peoria
Mrs Shelba Jean Robertson 28 a former Grand Tower resident died Sunday afternoon at her Peoria home She was born in 1937 in Grand Tower daughter of Carl and Mrs Qualls She moved to Peoria in 1959 She leaves husband Merle daughters Ronda Gail and Anne Marie parents in Peoria sister Mrs Carolyn Gamboe Grand Tower grandmother Mrs Maggie Qualls Grand Tower Funeral 2 p m Wednesday Grand Tower Methodist Church Rev Glenn Bowlby Burial Walker Hill Cemetery Friends may call after 5 p m Tuesday at Van Natta Funeral Home Grand Tower
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Shelba Jean Robertson
Peoria
Grand Tower
Robertson
Carl Qualls
Merle
Ronda Gail
Anne Marie
Carolyn Gamboe
Maggie Qualls
Grand Tower Methodist Church
Glenn Bowlby
Walker Hill Cemetery
van Natta
Hanel
Mobile homes here to stay as towns face space crunch
A Southern Illinois study finds mobile home living growing fast with area cities lacking enough lots and parks. Herrin, the major exception, has no park, risking population loss unless space is allocated. The piece explains costs, financing, insurance, and community impact.
Fulkerson 83 New Baden Miner Dies at Anna State Hospital
Chester T. Fulkerson aged 83 a retired New Baden coal miner died at 8 a m Sunday in Anna State Hospital He born April 1 1882 in Echols Kentucky He married Fannie Austin June 17 1903 who died in 1962 He was a member of the Progressive Miners of America and the Methodist Church He leaves daughter Mrs Blanche Davis of Anna a brother Fred of Jacksonville Ind a sister Mrs Herman Dunton Detroit Mich five grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Five brothers and two sisters preceded him in death Services set for 2 p m Tuesday at the New Baden Methodist Church Burial in Greenmont Cemetery Friends may call Hempen Funeral Home New Baden until 11 a m Tuesday
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Chester T. Fulkerson
New Baden
Anna State Hospital
Mr. Fulkerson
Echols
Fannie Austin
Progressive Miners of America
The
Methodist Church
New Bader
Fulkerson
Blanche Davis
Anna
Fred
Jasonville
Ind
Herman Dunton
Detroit
Mich
Greenmont Cemetery
Hempen Funeral Home
Former Carbondale Resident Betty Hemingway Dies
Betty Hemingway, formerly of Carbondale, died at her East Lansing home on December 17 after three years of illness. She is survived by her husband Peter Heming way, a former SIU psychology professor, and two children David and Linda. Memorials may be sent to the American Cancer Society, Carbondale Chairman Mrs. Gene Brutten.
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Carbondale
Betty Hemingway
Woodland Dr
East Lansing
Mich
Mrs Johns of Goreville Admitted After Fall
Mrs Alverta Johns of Goreville was admitted to Marion Memorial Hospital about 6 p m Saturday after a fall at her sister’s home at 206 N Liberty St Marion. She sustained a broken left hip and was transported by a Wilson Funeral Home ambulance.
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Alverta Johns
Goreville
Marion Memorial Hospital
Liberty St
Marion
Southern Illinoisan Publication and postal details
The Southern Illinoisan is published daily except Saturdays and holidays by 710 North Illinois Street Carbondale with additional offices in Herrin and Murphysboro. It claims heritage from Carbondale Free Press Herrin Daily Journal and Murphysboro Independent and uses AP news service.
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Southern Illinoisan
North Ilinois Corporation
West Main Street
Carbondale
North 16Th Street
Herrin
Mouth 12Th Street
Murphysboro
Illinois
Southern Tlinoisan
Carbondale Free Press
Herrin Daily Journal
Murphysboro Independent
Associated Press
Peter Ee
AP News
Are They Single Family Residences Trailers Bring Varied Rules
A Herrin businesswoman moved a mobile home onto three adjacent lots on N. Eighth Street triggering neighbor protests about blight. Local officials note wide variation in Southern Illinois city regulations, from treating trailers as single family homes to bans on parks, with spaces and lot sizes shaping rules. Carbondale, Marion, Johnston City, Benton, Herrin regulate differently. coverage ranges from parks only to loose residential allowances.
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Florida
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
SIU
Anita Kuo
Illinois
Herrin
N. Eighth Street
National Mobile Home Association
Fred A. Henderson
Chester City
Southern Illinois
Christopher
Franklin County
Marion
Johnston City
Benton
Carterville
Anna
Murphysboro
West Frankfort
du Quoin
Chester
Nelson, Trout and
Fourth Streets
W. Broadway
Sixth Grade Joins Spirit Of Christmas
Lincoln Grade Center sixth graders in Sparta raised 27.82 dollars for the Spirit of Christmas campaign begun in Carbondale. Southern Illinois University students and townsfolk contributed as part of a broader effort to buy gifts for soldiers in Viet Nam.
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Lincoln Grade Center
Sparta
Albert Manwaring
Knollwood Drive
Carbondale
Southern Illinois University
Viet Nam
Manwaring
SOC
Funeral services for Mrs Ettie M Lyerla
Funeral services for 92 year old Mrs Ettie M Lyerla of Marion will be at 1 30 p.m Tuesday at Mitch ell Funeral Home with Glen Zilmer officiating. Burial will be in Cocke Cemetery. She died Saturday night at home. She was born June 1 1873 in Tunnel Hill daughter of Beverly and Amanda Bradley. Survived by five children fifteen grandchildren and twenty two great grandchildren. one son Aaron died in 1963. three children died in infancy.
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Ettie M. Lyerla
W. Boulevard
Marion
Mitchell Funeral Home
Glen Zilmer
Cocke
Lyerla
Tunnel Hill
Beverly
Amanda Cocke Bradley
Eddie Lyerla
Christadelphian Church
Vinnie Lyerla
Ernest Cocke
Pomona
Calif
Eric
Chicago Heights
Artie
San Diego
Ruth Fish
St. Louis
Ollen
Almeda
Lora Yso
Alpha Baker
Friona
Texas
Aaron
Services today for Zelma H. Eggers in Chester
Funeral services were set for 2 p.m. at Welge Funeral Home Chester for Zelma H. Eggers 82 who died Saturday. Rev. Eric Cash to officiate burial at Evergreen Cemetery Chester. She was born March 24 1883 Eldorado daughter of George and Ellen Huggins. Married Fred T. Eggers in 1902 he preceded her in death. She was a member of St John Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid. Survived by sons Milton Chester and Robert Evansville Ind daughters Melba Costilow Chester Ethel Allen Los Angeles Ruth McAllister Belleville Ellen Bailey Marissa a sister Edith Summers San Antonio a brother Burdette Huggins Collinsville and 22 grandchildren 35 great grandchildren.
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Welge Funeral Home
Chester
Zelma H. Eggers
Eric Cash
Evergreen Cemetery
Eggers
St. Ann’s
Memorial Hospital
Eldorado
George
Ellen Boyd Huggins
Fred T
San Antonio, Tex
Burdette Huggins
Collinsville
Dates Shift for 1966 Williamson County Primaries
Primary dates in Williamson County have moved from late December petition filing to March 21 28 with elections set for June 14. Offices on the ballot include sheriff county clerk treasurer commissioner and school superintendent. Incumbent Sheriff Carl Miller plans to resign to become temporary postmaster in Herrin and Deputy Earl Long will serve as acting sheriff until the term ends in December 1966.
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Williamson
Charles Harris
Williamson County
Harold Farner
Marion
Lonnie Priest
Rt. 5
Carl Miller
Illinois
Miller
Herrin
County Board of Commissioners
Earl Long
Johnston City
Walter Williams dies in Marion at 87
Walter Twid Williams 87 of Marion Route 2 died at 2 35 a m in Marion Memorial Hospital He was born in Williamson County on September 2 1878 He married Flora Beasley who died in 1949 He was a retired township highway employee He is survived by a brother Ben of Aiken Three children died in infancy Services set for 2 p m Wednesday at Mitchell Funeral Home Marion with Rev J W Hogg officiating Burial in Ferrell Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m today A note on migrating birds states they can travel over 250 miles daily according to Britannica
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Walter Williams
Marion
Walter ‘‘Twid” Williams
Rt. 2
Marion Memorial Hospital
Williamson County
Flora Beasley
Williams
Ben
Aiken
Mitchell Funeral
J. W. Hogg
Ferrell Cemetery
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Royalton Man
Brookmier
Alma
Ferrell Hospital
Fromm
Delmar Mitchell
Kansas City
Mitchell
New Rt. 13
Mike Qualls
Jackson
Nora Jones OF
Perry
Franklin
Illinois Inspection and Rating Bureau
Area Finance
Ettie Lyerla
Dr. Scholl
Thomas
Arch Ventures
Southern
Encyclopaedia Britannica
State Farm
Charles Pautler
Murphyshore
Don Smith
Dwight B. Busch
Robert Bahr
State Farm Insurance
Compan
Bloomington
Iilinalg
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