Tragic Route Crash Claims Three Sparta Area Residents
A late Saturday night crash on Schulme road south of Sparta killed Mark McIntyre and Debora Mattingly and seriously injured driver David Dobyns. Mattingly funeral services set, McIntyre and Dobyns also memorialized, with Dobyns hospitalized and later moved to Scott Air Force Base. Local obituaries list ties to Our Lady of Lourdes, First Baptist Church, and community burial plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
District 13
du Quoin
Mark B. McIntyre
Debora S. Mattingly
Sparta Community Hospital
David R. Dobyns
Scott Air Force Base Hospital
Belleville
Dobyns
Death notices for Bailey Appleton and Speranza in Illinois obit list
Bailey Appleton 83 of Herrin died Jan 12 1985 at home. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Herrin. Buried San Carlo Cemetery. Survived by son Leon, daughter Betty, stepchildren Fred Bobbitt Joyce Kelly, three grandchildren, one great grandchild, and several relatives. Phillip "Rocky" Speranza 78 of Johnston City died Jan 12 1985 at Franklin Hospital Benton. Funeral 10 a.m. Tuesday at St Pauls Catholic Church Johnston City. Burial Lakeview Cemetery Johnston City. Survived by wife Gertrude, son Dr George Speranza, daughter Gertrude Gambino, five grandchildren, four great grandchildren, and siblings. Several obituaries follow for West Frankfort and Benton areas with listed survivors and funeral details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Bailey Appleton
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
San Carlo
Appleton
Our Lady of
George
Gertrude Bradley Berry
Laura Mae Rodgers
Ora Belle McCormick
Anne Reid Bobbitt Roberson
Gladys Henderson
Leon Appleton
Joliet
Betty Mae Appleton
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Fred Bobbitt
Carbondale
Joyce Kelly
de Soto
Vince
Brian
Mona Kelly
Carrol Berry
Park City
Wallace Berry
Miami
Janell Wright
Chicago
David
Mary
Rex Berry
Harry Bobbitt
Johnson-Hughes
Johnston City
Phillip
Rocky
Speranza
Gent
St. Paul’s Catholic Church
Lakeview Cemetery
Murman & Wilson Funeral Home
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Buccaneers Club
Hod Carriers Union
Herman and
Rose Scorpoli Speranza
Gertrude Tresp
George Speranza
Austin
Texas
Gertrude Gambino
Albert Speranza
Obituary notices from Illinois towns dated January 1985
Obituaries and funeral notices list Emma Bilderback of Ava aged 96 who died January 13 1985 with services planned in Ava and burial in Pleasant Hill Cemetery also listed are Adeline Spiller Bertha Eddleman and G Edwin Poindexter with service details. Additional items include Bertha Eddleman Chesterfield and Du Quoin deaths and pending memorial arrangements for several locals.
Charles Edward Jackson Lickum dies aged 64 in New York
Charles Edward Lickum Jackson 64 of 2897 Eighth Ave New York formerly of Carbondale died January 10 1985 at home in New York He was a WWII veteran and retired record store owner He survived by a daughter Teresa Hunter and a son Kevin four grandchildren one great grandchild and several cousins Services 1 pm Wednesday at Jackson Funeral Home Carbondale Burial Oakland Cemetery Carbondale Friends may call 11 am to 1 pm Wednesday at the funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sparta
Debbie Mattingly
McDaniel
Caledonia Cemetery
Miss Mattingly
Route 1
First Baptist Church
James
Connie Ervin Mattingly
Connie Carver
Gainesville
Fla
Judy Mattingly
Leonard and
Beulah Ervin
Mark D. McIntyre
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
McDaniel Funeral Home
McIntyre
Ray’s Lock & Security Co
Belleville
Knights of Columbus
Gene
Donna Kay Pigford McIntyre
Scott
Gena McIntyre
Jennifea Pigford
Heart Fund
West Frankfort
Edward E. Clark
Clark
Church of God
Logan
Franklin County
Ervin
Elsie Dubre
Bonnie Lee
Charles E
Opdyke
Dennis Lee
Benton
Mike
Thompsonville
Deborah Shoate
Carbondale
Carol Clark
Genevieve Thomas
Mary Bishop
Masonic & Odd Fellows
Stone Funeral Home
Charles Edward ‘‘Lickum
Jackson
Eighth Ave
New York
N.Y
Percy
Annie Gibbs Jackson
Teresa Hunter
Spartarburg
S.C
Colins Elkins dies in Missouri at 74
Colin Elkins 74 of Eureka Missouri formerly Buncombe died at 8 am Sunday January 13 1985 in St Louis He worked at the Chrysler Assembly Plant retiring in 1975 He married Lula Jeffords in Paducah Kentucky two sons two daughters and several relatives survive Funeral at Whitney Funeral Home Vienna with burial at Mount Zion Cemetery east of Buncombe Also note Bertha Vaughn deceased in Houston Texas and John Harris of Chester obituary notices appear in the same column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eureka
Colin Elkins
Buncombe
St. Louis
Elkins
Chrysler Assembly
Vienna
Sam
Edith Stewart Elkins
Lula Jeffords
Paducah
James R. Elkins
Manchester
Jeffrey L. Elkins
Coline Chattyn
Houston
Texas
Rebecca Murphy
Pacific
Louise Henderson
Goreville
Fayetta Elkins
Katherine Dick
Ben E
James P
Maxine McKenzie
Whitney Funeral Home
Mount Zion Cemetery
Lottery numbers and birth notices from January 1985
Lottery results list Daily Game Pick Four Lotto totals for Sunday and Saturday with a run of numbers. Birth notices record newborns in multiple towns across Harrisburg to Sparta from January 10 to 13 1985, naming parents and hospitals.
Hospital Notes Union County and Nearby Regions Admit Discharges
A hospital notes list patients admitted January 12 and 13 across Union County Franklin Washington counties and surrounding towns, with numerous individuals named and discharge dates noted. Records show multiple facilities reporting admissions and discharges including Anna Vienna Carbondale Murphysboro and West Frankfort among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Anna
Moran
Sarah Ledbetter
Florence McLaren
Allane Langston
Arthur Schluter
Harold
Dongola Obotande
Jerry Barlow
Loren
Dunn
Herman
Vienna Kerr
Shirley
Makanda
Mowery
Sandra
Dongola Buzbee
William Skelton
Gladys
Jonesboro
Sarah Smith
James
Dongola Watts
Judy Merriweather
Jerome
Tammi Trommier
Catherine
Jones
Stolen stereo gear reported from multiple Carbondale addresses
Police logged thefts at 207 S Marion St and 602 N Oakland Ave with stereo equipment valued at 980 and 720 dollars respectively. A burglary at 1195 E Walnut St took a textbook and a table, 27 dollars total, reported by Barbara Lindsay, with times span Thursday to Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. Marion St
Joseph Creed
Carbondale
Chris Marinelli
Oakland Ave
Walnut St
Barbara Lindsay
Youth center escapees recaptured after Harrisburg break
A 16 year old from Edwardsville was captured around 9 a.m. after fleeing the Illinois Youth Center in Harrisburg Sunday night. He escaped with two others aged 15 and 17 around 7:15 p.m. Sunday. The three juveniles, at the center only a few weeks, were recaptured within an hour on the outskirts of Harrisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwardsville
Illinois Youth Center
Harrisburg
Stable after single vehicle crash in Williamson County
A 47 year old Herrin man Alex R. Garvish is listed in stable condition with major injuries at Herrin Hospital after a late Sunday single vehicle crash on Illinois 149 near Elkville Road. He was westbound when his pickup ran off the road and overturned. Garvish was ticketed for driving under the influence of intoxicants and illegal transportation of intoxicants after the 10 30 p.m. accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County
Herrin
Herrin Hospital
Alex R. Garvish
Illinois 149
Elkville
Garvish
Reckless homicide trial postponed in Williamson County
James Watson of Marion faces a postponed reckles s homicide trial after illness of public defender Kenneth Hubler. The circuit court session was to start at 9 a.m. and concerns the May 9 1982 three car crash north of Marion that killed Craig M. Chappell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Watson
Marion
Williamson County
Kenneth Hubler
Watson
Craig M. Chappell
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Golda Robinson
Murphysboro
Logan St
Crawshaw
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Jackson County
Albert
Maude Lipe Penrod
Bernard Robinson
Sibyle Batson
Ruby Morgan
Vergennes
Eudell Tuttle
Ray Penrod
Willard Penrod
Margaret L. Johnson
Tampa
Town and Country Hospital
Gorham
William
Nancy Gulley Reeder
Dale W. Johnson
Terry
Kansas
City
Ronnie
California
Angie Pyatt
Pinckneyville
Pyatt Funeral Home
Persia
M. Cantrell
N. Franklin St
Buckner
Cantrell
Old Ben
United Mine Workers
Hamilton County
William and
Janie Lampkins Cantrell
Virgin Melton
Maxine Naylor
Joy Naylor
Mary Sesser
Lesser
Madge Atchison
Homer Cantrell
Wright Cantrell
Sefton
Red
John
Hersel
Roy
Kirk Cantrell
Gilbert Funeral Home
Christopher
Harrison Cemetery
Funeral Home
Marjoyrie Robertson
Emma A. Bilderback
Ava
Lester Bilderback
John F. Bilderback
Robert G.bilderback
Fowler
John E. Bilderback
Wilson Funeral Home
Pleasant Hill
Adeline Spiller
Energy
Carrier Mills
Harrisburg Medical Center
Apostolic Church of
Wasson
Charlie
Phoebe Whitecotton Kennedy
Lloyd Spiller
Joyce Garrison
Kattie Ragisus
Raleigh
Leonard Spiller
Las Vegas
Nev
Harold Spiller
Kenosha
Wis
Flora June Spiller
Eldon Spiller
Mary Nines
Viola Boyd
Charlie Kennedy
van Natta Funeral Home
Gentry Cemetery
Funeral
G. Edwin Poindexter
Chesterfield
Edwin Poindexter
South
Outer Forty Drive
Delmar Gardens
Poindexter
Shapleigh Hardware Co
Illinois
Una Stewart Poindexter
Ethel Black
Mary Merz
Cindy
Michelle
Lupton Chapel
University City
Oakland Cemetery
American Cancer Society
Bertha Eddleman
E. Park St
Neal Memorial Chapel
Odd Fellows
Eddleman
Fair Acres
Perry County
Dyer
Olive Jeffers Provart
Maxwell Guy Eddleman
Maxine Hinckley
Thomas
Orange
Calif
Donna McFarlin
Burbank
Joan Miller
Richmond, Ky
Nancy Melinda Colp
Royalton
Vantrease
Byford Joseph Cook
Poulson
Joplin St
Union Hospital
Arnold Williams
Union Funeral Home
Ninth St
Chester
Three Springs Lodge
Schroeder
Maurice Tudor
St. Ann’s Health Care Center
Charles Edward ‘Lickum’ Jackson
Bertha B. Vaughn
Ashley
Manor
Sharp View Nursing Home
Vaughn
Assembly of God Church
Nashville
Salem
Altha Higgason Kamp
Jasper Vaughn
Mount Vernon
Lester
Cincinnati
Ohio
Jasper Jr
Ivan
Arizona
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Alice Coop
Santa Maria
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Dickinson
Mary Filter
Bloomington
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Wilma Jean
Christina
Charles
Effie
Annie
Harry
Ashley Cemetery
John Harris
Bebout
Charleen
Barnes
Richard
Linda
Pinckneyville Community Hospital
Davis
Dewayne
Rebecca
Marlow
Robert
Kathy
Marshall Browning Hospital
Whitehead
Rowena
Memorial Hospital of
Carterville
Greenlee
Kenneth
Roberta
Dongola
Rader
Billy
Donna
Nolen
Susan
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Bozarth
Joe
Mary Ann
Morris
Laura
Franklin
Burnett
Naomi
Arlie
Urine
Griggs
Lynnette
West Frankfort Bay
Clyde
Ewing Colliton
Edward Branson
George Dobbs
Pearl
Zeigler
Walters
Norma
Washington
COU
Midt
Coulterville
Baldwin
Brock Lincoln
William Musial
du Bois Paszkiewicz
Walter Toon
Francis
Okaw
Marsha
Ellis Grove Surman
Joshua Lawder
Russell Nagle
Elmer
Steeleville
Malott
Kenneth Jr
Coulterville Johnson
Vickie Eggemeyer
LouAnn Damm
Toni
Tilden
Kelley
Ralph
Loos
Michael
Steeleville Piller
Coulterville Parker
Harley Scott
Sallie
Bierman
Ruby
Murphysboro Colbroth
Dexter
Her Young
Lee Walker
Smith
Stacey
Kiel
Glen
Johnson
Cobden Avery
Helen
John City Black
Shelia
Mariane Nicholson
Kimbe
Marion Chamness
Fred
Anna Marlow
Zelma
Snyder
Patricia Baker
Dennis
Marion Biggs
Esther Boswell
Stanley
Anna Foster
Riley
Bean
Hoyt
Bowman
Cancy
Whitecotten
Tammy
Steck
Daniel
Phillips
Timothy
Rachel
Addison
Louis
Leming
Crowell
Taylor
Esther Saineghi
Christopher Discharged
Barringer
Carolyn
Dongola King
Mayes
Ellis
Amanda
Hausman
Amanda Ramsey
Brenda
Cairo Snelling
Lee
Pete
Marshall Brown du Quoin
Ka Pinckneyville
Arnett
Ruby Ulevish
Lisa Rule
Christopher McCauley
Ruth Gant
Curtis
Moore
Dora Wright
Virginia
Mich
Merle
Marissa Richmond
Evelyn
Cutter Smith
Alice
Cutler
Fisher
Christina Caldwell
Elmer Stanowski
Steph
Nashville Rice
David Rice
Violet Russell
Horace
Cam DeBoe
Billie Barnes
Dater
Lawrence
Crystal
Tamarca
Inie
Kria
ST. Joseph
Behrens
Imogene
Ava Jones
White
Virgil
Gorham Mansker
Herbert
Rockwood
Donald
Ava Beckman
Brenda Lipe
Terri Asbury
Mildred, Ridings
Bessie Reeder
Robert Rushing
Wilbur Elmore
Claude Pulliam
Teresa Nellis
Stephen
Bartoni
Glenn Bejmovicz
Wayne Bird
Robert Cook
Wilma Hall
Justin Jones
Elsie Jones
Floyd Shaw
Carol
Sullivan
James Taylor
Walter Torres
Debra
Burgess
Benton Beltz-Giacone
Cynthia
Walter
Greer
Clara Barger
Lonnie
Stonefort Brooks
Darlene
Daughtar
Very
Raunhtae
Mouyther Milligan
Eldorado Nelson
Marjorie Turner
Stonefort Thompson
Ethel
Galatia Kincheloe
Judith Lane
Carole Lane
Andres
Frances Filkins
Doris
Zeigler Hobbs
Mary Ann Gibson
Whitson
Marion Memorial
Steele
Lawson
Marks
Nola Tanner
Virginia Hodges
Lorene Forster
Flora
Odie
Bertha
Poteete
Simmons
Faye
Hettinger
Larry
Vienna Ramsey
Helen Pulley
Hattie
Upchurch
Creal Springs
Hassenbrook
Marijo
Grand Tower
Harper
Renee
Teeling
Tamara
Herrin Norris
Cheryl
Stonefort
Willoughby
Bennie Frattini
Klappstein
Elsie
Joyce
Cairo Dann
Elizabeth
Eldorado Norris
Joel
Southern Illinoisan
Scott Shaw
Steve Ellis
Illinois 13
Airport Road
Randy Sanders
Schaumburg
Sanders
Tracy Sanderson
Police
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