Obits fill pages as region loses several residents
Murphysboro and nearby towns mourn Dec 1977 deaths. Neacy Cover Rivers, Minnie Gammon, Herman Bean, Kathleen Williams, Charli Campbell, Dorothy Jones, Laura Maxwell Hoard, Clara Coffman, Luther McMurray, Robert Whitehead, Imogene Cogdill and Karl Wheatley are listed among deceased or pending funeral arrangements. Services and burial details span Crain Funeral Home Anna, New Zion Church Carbondale, Gaskins Harrisburg, Denny Pellett Murphysboro, and other local cemeteries. survivors include spouses, children and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neacy Cover Rivers
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Crain
Anna
Minnie Gammon
New Haven Center
Carbondale
Kopetz Funeral, 62, Olney West Frankfort native
Barbara Kopetz 62 of Olney and former West Frankfort died Wednesday morning December 28 1977 at Richland Memorial Hospital Olney Funeral services set for 11 a m Saturday at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort with burial in Denning Cemetery Friends may call after 6 p m today at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Carrier Mulls
Peg Holland
Harrisburg
Ron
Bil
Bob
Ft. Myers
Fla
Kenneth
Velma Burns
Gaskins Funeral Home
Lindale Memorial Gardens
Kathleen Williams
American Beauty
West Frankfort
Poulson
Benton
Fueral
King
Ewing
Charli Campbell
Anna
Veterans Administration Hospital
Mariow
Carroll P. Foster
Charles 5
Mamie Taylor Campbell
Bernice Baker
Frances Cooke
Cobden
Ruth Ann Streer
Evansdale
Nowa
Vesta Westbrook
Peggy Salyers
Ralph
Elgin
Crain
Burns
Christian Chapel
Dongola
Dorothy Jones
Carbondale
New Zion Baptist Church
Oakland
Algee’s
Jones
Marton Memorial Hospital
Arkansas
Arthur Jones
Alberta Blythe
Addie Smith
Floyd
Thomas
Ruben Nesbitt
Frances Morgan
Franceso Owens
Jeff Boyce
St. Louis
Melmus Beasley
Dayton
Ohio
Laura Marie Maxwell Hoard
9Th St
Metropolis
Massac Memorial Hospital
Brookport
Benjamin H
Mammie Long Maxwell
First Baptist Church
Mamie Baker
Dorothy Mathis
Norman B. Maxwell
Masonic Cemetery
Jackson Funeral Home
Clara M. Coffman
Logan St
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Coffman
Elm Street Baptist Church
Perry
Kan
Frank
Julia Long Chapin
Burlington
Iowa
Wilden Lee Burton
U Am
Turnbull Funeral Home
Monmouth
Oquwka
Deony and Pettett
Luther D. McMurray
Route 1
Elkxville
Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Mercury Screw Co
Chicago
Elkville Christian Church
Perry County
Clarence
Lucy Dyer McMurray
Eula Juanita Holt
Vergennes
Nina Eisenhauer
Shelba Juanita Ketchum
Patricia E. Lazzara
Des Plaines
Beverly Jane LeGros
Brookfield
Gilbert
du Quain
Velma Scerini
Keeling Funeral Home
Qid du Quoin
Robert A. Whitehead
N. Bentley St
Marion
Johnson County
Sylvester
Rebecca Goddard Whitehead
Gertrude Lipe
Sandoval
Wilson Funeral Home
Salem Cemetery
Imogene Cogdill
W.ith St. Johnston City
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Belleville
Cogdill
Swinton
Mose
Ethel Keith
Luther Cogdill
Danny
Johnston City
Don
Herrin
Nell Robinson
Barbara Smith
Ethel Burden
Tacoma
Wash
Murman and Wilson
Lakeview
Barbara Kopetz
Olney
Union Funeral Home
Denning
Kopetz
Richland Memorial Hospital
Vandals damage car in Southern Winnes Bowl lot
Donald Vollrath of Route Carbondale reported $400 damage to his 1976 car after vandals hopped on the hood and dented it. The vehicle was parked on the lot of Coo Coo's at the Southern Winners Bowl near Carterville on Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Vollrath
Carbondale
Williamson County
Sheriff's Office
Vollrath
Coo Coo's
New Kinola 13
Carterville
Self-help groups meet Saturday at hospital cafe
Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanco groups plan meetings at 8 p m Saturday in the St Joseph Hospital Cafeteria Murphysboro The sessions provide support for individuals seeking guidance and recovery in a community setting through structured group discussion and sharing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alanco
St. Joseph Hospital
Murphysboro
Community Center Hosts United Club Special Event
United Club of Egypt hosts a non profit self help evening at the Carbondale Community Center 20 W Elm from 7 pm to midnight Saturday. Pot luck supper music dancing and cards planned. Alcoholics and families and anyone seeking a sober social night invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Club of Egypt
W. Elm
Carbondale
Weekend Movie Listings From Local Theaters
Daily shows feature Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo at Webster and Look for Mr Goodbar at Carbondale. Other titles include Saturday Night Fever, The Goodbye Girl, Darby O’Gill and the Little People, The Gauntlet, Close Encounters of the Third Kind and The World's Greatest Lover across multiple venues in Carbondale Harrisburg Marion and Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Webster
Steeleville
Herbie
Monte Carlo
Varsity 1
Carbondale
Mr Goodbar
New
Liberty
Murphysboro
Ae Benton
University 4
Telefon
Darby O'Gi and
The
Little People
Marion
Darby O'Gil
Five Jackson County suspects bound over for trial in rest area case
Five Kansas City residents and a sixth juvenile were bound over for trial on armed robbery and kidnapping charges in Jackson County Circuit Court Murphysboro. Ed die Lee Greer 26 Ben A. Brown 23 Lews Shelby 24 Vickie Tucker 20 Ernestine Davis 17 pleaded innocent. Trial set for Feb 1 on kidnapping and armed robbery. second armed robbery charge to be heard later. Victim Mary Lou McIntyre 37 Chester and Don Francis 20 Cape Girardeau identified in testimony. police recovered belongings four days after rest area incident. Francis testified, with Nesler detailing suspects statements. A juvenile suspect remained in parental custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Eddie Lee Greer
Ben A. Brown
Lews Shelby
Vickie Tucker
Earnestine Davis
Richard Richman
Illinois
Grand Tower
Mary Lou McIntyre
Chester
Francis
Greer
James Nesler
Nesler
Miss Davis
Miss Tucker
Shelby
Brown
Mrs. McIntyre
Benton man hurt in crash near West Frankfort
Timothy Lewis, 20, of Benton, was injured Thursday when the car he rode in ran off Interstate 57 into a ditch. He is listed in satisfactory condition at Union Hospital in West Frankfort. The driver, 16 year old Lawrence Lewis of Benton, fell asleep at the wheel about a quarter mile south of West Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy Lewis
Benton
Union Hospital
West Frankfort
Lawrence Lewis
Carbondale Man Charged After Card Game Knife Fight
Will ie James dir of 1108C E College St was arrested at 9 02 p m on a aggravated battery charge after an argument over a card game led to a knife attack on Calvin Harris 21 of 104A E College St Harris sustained a minor injury and was treated and released. In a separate case Kimalya Chandler of 700 S Poplar Sr reported a burglary between Dec 21 and 27 with stereo equipment clothing and record albums valued around 1003 stolen after burglars forced entry to her apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
James
Calvin Harris
104A
E. College Stes
Harris
Memorial Hospital
Kimalya P. Chandler
S. Poplar Sr
Weather Watch: Seasonal Cold Spreads Across Nation
A seasonably cold pattern blankets the country with snow from the northern Rockies to the central Plains and rain along the central Atlantic coast. Southern Illinois reports a high of 42 degrees on Thursday, with a morning low near 28 and a 9 am reading of 35. Sunset today is 4:34 pm, sunrise Saturday at 7:12, and sunset Saturday remains 4:34 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockies
Central Plains
Atlantic Coast
Miinois
Carrier Mills Man Sentenced In Involuntary Manslaughter Case
William H. Brennecke 52 of Carrier Mills received a prison term of three to ten years in Saline County Circuit Court for involuntary manslaughter in the death of Ann Snyder 46 at the same address on February 27. The heavily guarded proceeding followed calls for probation by 16 character witnesses, with prosecutor Walden Morris praising the sentence despite a murder verdict being avoided. Brennecke began serving the term at Menard Penitentiary after sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saline County
William H. Brennecke
Brennecke
Carrier Mills
Ann Snyder
Snyder
Richard White
Murphysboro
Robert Chase
Metropolis
Bronnecke
White
Chase
Menard Penitentiary
Walden Morris
Marion youth given probation in theft case
Dean Frank O Neal a 17 year old busboy at the Marion Ramada Inn received three years probation and a 200 dollar fine in Williamson County Circuit Court Marion Thursday after pleading guilty to stealing a bank bag containing 325 80. The bag was recovered from his car seat after employees noticed the disappearance and police tracked him to the motel parking lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Frank O'Neal
Marion
Williamson County
O'Neal
Marion Ramada Inn
Prison term for Carbondale man in cannabis case
Patric Ferguson, 27, of the rural area east of Carbondale, was sentenced to one to three years in prison and fined 2500 in Jackson County Circuit Court Murphysboro for illegal possession of more than 500 grams of cannabis with intent to deliver. Police found over 140 pounds of cannabis in his home on Oct 7 1976. Parker released on bond pending appeal with January 16 hearing set. he faces another cannabis charge in Williamson County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
al Parker
Carbondale
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Parker
Williamson County
Births Across Carbondale and Nearby Cities
In Carbondale area, SABONDALE COOKSEY couple welcomed a son Thursday at Memorial Hospital. Pittsburg area reports HOWARDS couple with a son Thursday at Fal Hospital. Makanda welcomes EVANS couple with a daughter Thursday at St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro. Du Quoin SAUL couple greet a son Thursday at Marshall Browning Hospital. Du Quoin COLE couple have a daughter Thursday at Marshall Browning Hospital. Carterville MELBY couple announce a son Thursday at Herrin. Thompsonville STINSON couple report a daughter Thursday at Branutin Hospital Benton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabondale
Cooksey
Mark
Memorial Hospital of
Donald
Marshall Browning Hospital
Carterville
Melby
Abs
David
Herrin Hospital
Thompsonville
Stinson
Indars
Ray
Branutin Hospital
Benton
Boatright Found Guilty of Sawed Off Shotguns
Arthur A. Boatright of Marton was found guilty by a federal court jury in Benton on Wednesday of making and selling sawed off shotguns. He was named in a 31 count indictment issued Oct. 18 in East St. Louis charging eight shotguns made and sold and unlawful possession and transfer. Judge James L. Foreman set sentencing for a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur A. Boatright
Marton
Benton
Boatright
East St. Louis
James L. Foremann
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Nannie Elam
Harold
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Conard
Peoria
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Essie McKinney
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Henry A. Partain
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Big Ridge
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Agnes Katie Gant
N. 9Th St
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Ora Gant
Ralph Baskin
Mt. Vernon
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Denny and Pellett Funeral Home
Evergreen Cemetery
Charlie Campbell
Laura Marie
Imogena Cogdill
Karl C. Wheatley
Neal Memorial Chapel
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Erma Aller
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Frank Wynn
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Martha Norris
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Opal Jenner
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McConnell
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Elva
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Ashley McKenna
Lagmon
ST. Joseph
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Ferguson
John Barker
Paul Ashley
Wilma Mitchell
Paul Reynolds
Nathaniel Porter
Travia Verpencer
Marie
Carbondale Caule
Harriet
Murst Evans
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Greenbers
Harry
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Hipplns
Lawrence
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Robert Wucker
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