Polley, Pulaski deputy, dies after brief illness
Billy Joe Polley Sr. 41 of Mound City dies at 7 p.m. Thursday January 24 1985 at Southeast Missouri Hospital Cape Girardeau after a brief illness. He was chief deputy sheriff in Pulaski County and former Mound City police chief. active in firefighting and child abuse prevention. He served in the Army and is survived by wife Kathy and three sons two daughters and three grandchildren. Funeral Monday at First Baptist Church Mound City with military burial and Masonic rites. Memorials to Mound City Fire Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Joe Polley Sr
Mound City
Southeast Missouri
Cape Girardeau
Mr. Polley
Pulaski County
Polley
Meridian
Shawnee Development Council Board
Masonic Lodge 237
Cairo
Valley of Southern Illinois Scottish Rites
Ainad Temple of
East St. Louis
Hawkins Polley
Kathy Hinman
Billy Joe Polley Jr
Russell Dean Polley
Richard Polley
Belgium
Barbara Ann Monan
Patricia Riddle
Henry
West Lafayette
Ind
Thomas
Dennis
Chicago
Jerry Lynn
Edward
Glendale Heights
Bobby
Kankakee
James
Lafayette
Carol Sue Serna
Sally Eller
Cicero
First Baptist Church
National Cemetery
Jones Funeral
Villa Ridge
Thh
Mine victim dies after Old Ben Mine accident
Multiple obituaries list deaths on Thursday January 24 1985 in Illinois towns including Lake of Egypt Carbondale Marion and surrounding areas. William Dorr is coal mine victim at Old Ben Mine 24 while Irving Sullivan Bertha Davis and Dolly Cooper are mourned with service details and surviving relatives provided.
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Lake OF Egypt
William Dorris
Marion
Firmin Desloge Hospital
St. Louis
Old Ben Mine
Murman & Wilson Funeral Home
Johnston City
Hospital Notes read by Union County pages in 1985
Discharges list Irene Tweedy and Margaret Martin among many from Union Franklin and neighboring counties. Admissions include Sherrell McPherson and Sara Elliott from West Frankfort, with dozens of other patients from Thompsonville, Royalton, Carterville, Murphysboro, Herrin, and more. Obituary notices for Lewis Travelstead of Marion and Fred Weaver of Herrin accompany the hospital notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
Benton
McPherson
Sherrell Elliott
Sara Ann
West Frankfort
Funeral services held for Fritz Smith in Murphysboro
Frederick J. Fritz Smith 58 of 230 S 14th St Murphysboro dies Jan 23 1985. Funeral at 10am Saturday Pettett Funeral Home Murphysboro with burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial. Survivors include wife Louise Cros s and brothers Robert J and Felix A. Dena A Schnell 87 of Kaskaskia Island dies Jan 23 1985 in Chester. Services 2pm Saturday at St John s Lutheran Church Chester with burial Evergreen Cemetery. Friends may call after 10am today until noon Saturday Weilge Funeral Home Chester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Frederick J
Fritz’ Smith
S. 14Th St
Pettett
Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery
Smith
St. Andrew’s Catholic Church
John J
Hattie Vogel Smith
Louise Cross
Robert J
Felix A
Kaskaskia Island
Dena A. Schnell
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Chester
Evergreen Cemetery
Schnell
St. Anne’s Health Care Center
Henry
Minnie Tappe Kriete
Dugan McCuan dies. longtime Penn Central railroad signal man
Vienna resident John A. McCuan 81 died January 24 1985 in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale He was born July 9 1903 in Tunnel Hill and married Lucille Fern September 20 1924 in Paducah Ky Survivors include his wife and son John A III Funeral arrangements were pending burial in Robinson Cemetery near Ozark Also noted were deaths of Nannie Travis Elva Collins Edith Robinson and Edith Morehouse with services pending or planned at local funeral homes in Mound City Carterville Morehouse and Carbondale area communities.
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Vienna
John A
Dugan
McCuan
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Whitney Funeral Home
Robinson Cemetery
Ozark
Funeral
Mound City
Nannie E. Travis
Southern
Wilbert Travis
Crain Funeral Home
Morehouse
Edith Robinson
Morehouse, Mo
Pemiscot Memorial Hospital
Hayti
Meredith Funeral Home
Two Local 1985 Obituaries Share Nashville West Frankfort Loss
Ezra Coonie Jones 68 of Nashville died January 23 1985 in Marion VA Hospital. He was a WWII veteran, retired laborer, survived by three brothers and two sisters, funeral Monday at Pyatt Funeral Home Nashville with Zion Cemetery burial. Tolise Kerley 68 of West Frankfort died January 24 1985 in Franklin Hospital Benton. She belonged to Parrish Baptist Church, survived by husband El don, three sons, a daughter, a brother, 13 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort, burial Jones Cemetery Parrish.
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Carbondale
Bertha Lee Davis
Old West Main St
Huffman Funeral Home
Oakland Cemetery
Rebekkah
Davis
Memorial Hospital of
Good Luck Glove Factory
Rebekkkah Lodge
Royal Neighbors of America
Walnut Street Baptist Church
Jackson County
Isaac
Christina Crider
Thomas Marion Davis
Middleton
Tenn
Robert L. Davis
George Davis
Makanda
Kathy McMurphy
Joyce Deming
Murphysboro
Wilma Davis
Gordon Lee Davis
Marietta Wright
Herrin
Fred Weaver
Circle Drive
Tucson
Ariz
Mr. Weaver
Southern Pacific Railroad
West Frankfort
Charley
Noma Wall Weaver
Wanda Lualdi
Thelma Showmaker
Johnson-Hughes
Tower Heights
Funeral
Frankie Diggs
Zenith
Margaret Rolando
Mosinee
Wis
Bill Shelton
Whitney Funeral Home
Vienna
Kerley
Simpson
Nashville
Ezra ‘Coonie
Jones
N. Frank St
Veterans Administration Hospital
Marion
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4082
Jerry
Ella Keil Jones
Wesley
Lester
Everett
Jacksonville
Reba Wheatley
Bernice Holtgrove
Raytown
Verdell
Pyatt Funeral
Zion Cemetery
Tolise Kerley
Franklin Hospital
Benton
Parrish Baptist Church
Forrest City
Ark
John
Mary Devasier Hood
Eldon
Randy Kerley
Lloyd Wilburn
Norman Wilburn
New Mexico
Geraldine Filkins
Joseph Hood
James Hood
Hubert Hood
Ellen Bradley
Union Funeral Home
Jones Cemetery
Parrish
Thompsonville infant stillborn in Franklin Hospital
Cassie Lee Taylor was stillborn January 23, 1985 at Franklin Hospital. She was the daughter of John E. and Glenna Kerley Taylor of Thompsonville. Graveside services set for 11 a.m. Monday at Plasters Grove Cemetery, with Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home of Benton handling arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompsonville
Cassie Lee Taylor
Franklin Hospital
Benton
John E
Glenna Kerley Taylor
Mary Taylor
Glenwood
Maude Taylor
Glen Hayse
Billy Jo
Vonda Kerley
West Frankfort
Humbert
Mary Perryman
Plasters Grove
Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home
Lottery Numbers Drawn Thursday
Daily Game numbers were 1 2 9 and the Pick Four sequence 9 2 5 0. Estimated grand prize pool for Lotto stands at 6 million dollars.
Higgersons Celebrate 60th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Higgerson of Murphysboro marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary. They wed Inez Brown on January 1, 1925 in Percy. The couple has three daughters Virginia Bradley Ava Marilyn Luehr Campbell Hill and Fleeta Jackson Percy, seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Higgerson
Chester
Inez Higgerson
Murphysboro
Higgerson
Inez Brown
Percy
Virginia Bradley
Ava
Marilyn Luehr
Campbell Hill
Fleeta Jackson
Winter meeting of SIAMM at Chester Knights of Columbus Hall
The winter membership meeting of the Southern Illinois Association of Mayors and Municipalities will be held at 4 p.m. Saturday Jan 26 at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Chester with co hosts Chester Mayor Stanley Maciejski and Steeleville Mayor Gerald Zacheis. A 1 p.m. tour of the Pierre Menard Historic Home and Randolph County Courthouse precedes the meeting. The event, open to all member and non member municipalities representatives and spouses, features speakers Keith Tuxhorn of Carbondale on hazardous waste disposal, Richard Simington on railroad history and future, and a representative of the Illinois Municipal League. Cost is $10 per person. For information call Maciejski at 826 2326 or Zacheis at 965 3134.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Association of Mayors and Municipalities
Knights of Columbus
Chester
Stanley Maciejski
Steeleville
Gerald Zacheis
Pierre Menard
Randolph County
Keith Tuxhorn
Carbondale
Richard Simington
Illinois Municipal League
Maciejski
Zacheis
West Park Mall bridal fair opens in Cape Girardeau
The West Park Mall at Route K and Interstate 55 Cape Girardeau hosts a bridal fair Friday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 9 30 p.m with displays on flowers catering photography videos and cake decorating Two fashion shows for brides attendants and mothers are set for 1 p.m and 3 p.m on Saturday all events are free. The March of Dimes seeks volunteers for Mothers March on Birth Defects in Carterville with a kickoff at 9 a.m Saturday at the city clerk's office and door to door fundraising Sunday January 27 through February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Park
Cape Girardeau
Route K
Interstate 55
March of Dimes
Carterville
Jeanne Jeralds
Births across eight towns mark Jan 24 1985
Birth notices list multiple families from Sesser through Harrisburg, indicating a daughter for Paul and Becky Sesser in Marshall Browning Hospital. a son for Melvin and Diane Anderson in Murphysboro. plus several other births on Thursday Jan 24 1985 at Memorial Hospital Carbondale and St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro and Harrisburg Medical Center for families Herring Hicks Muskeytown McCree Walker Simms Chylewski and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
Murphysboro
Turner
Larry
Anna Jackson
Elsie
Carbondale
Conway
Adam
Percy Evans
Kelly
Carrier Mills
Lalicker
Shirley
Pinckneyville Hicks
Ronald
Pomona Lingle
Inez
Makanda
Virginia
Oakdale Anderson
Cynthia Ellis
Patricia
Union County
Anna
Cook
Janis
Dongela Eldridge
Roy
Jonesboro
Dauksch
Raymond Jackson
Jewell Hoskins
Leonard
Sparta Community
Heiple
Coulterville
Harris
Thelma Chunn
Ira Westerman
Alice
Chunn
Ira Reese
Allen Burns
Linda
Son Shonk
Troy Voller
Sesser
Loucks
Paul
Becky
Marshall Browning Hospital
du Quoin
Ava
Anderson
Melvin
Diane
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Herring
James
Valerie
Hicks
Melissa
Muskeytown
Lappin
Mark
Mona
Memorial Hospital of
McCree
Tracie
Carterville
Walker
Darrell
Teresa
Simms
Chelsey
Victoria
Chylewski
Michael
Diana
Herrin
Cheatham
Ricky
Lisa
Eldorado
Zirkelbach
Dale
Tammy
Harrisburg Medical Center
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Billy Joe Polley
Pulaski
Irving Sullivan
Sullivan
Elks Club
First Presbyterian Church
Dodge
J. W. Walker Clothing
Oris
Florence Sweet Sullivan
Georgia Byrd Campbell
Mary Isabelle Dickey
Carmi
Amy Rushing
Noble Sullivan
Brave Sullivan
Walker Funeral Home
Dolly Cooper
Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home
Fountain
Loleta
Brown
Wilma Isaacs
Trusty
Kim and Son
Joseph
Pinckneyville
Hooker, Carrie
Royalton Morgenstern
Emillie
Herrin Hospital
Howell
Kathryn
Dallas
Summer Stewart
Eddie Lawwill
Lindsey Jr
McDonald
Randall
Benton Frost
Leon Bailey
Raymond Stagg
Deloris
Zeigier Lloyd
Zucca
Perschbacher
Vickie Collins
Elva
Hall
Candace Wallace
Loretta
Dinguid
Lenora
Royalton Myers
Roy Evans
Lessie
Freeman Spur Galloway
Mulkeytown Huts
Noah
Marshall Browning
Griffie Morgan
Gary Loucks
Lesser
Opp
Gale
Tamaron Smigielski
Mell McClanahan
Marian and Son
Pos Maple
Karl
Elkville
White
Marior Alexanian
Mary Fritze
Helen
Cobber Horsley
Timo
Nash
Step
Myers
Monroe Gross
Robert Foulks
Camellia Cook
Richard
Royalton Bollinger
Ida
Spitellie
Battaglia
Della
Roy Discharged
Scott
Cleo Wallace
Farah
Cam Hase
Barbara
Anna Robinson
Janice
Herrin Curry
Beverlyan
Carterville McCommons
Johnnason
Allin Groves
Mabel
de Soto Parrish
Home Murphysboro
Dudley
Lois
Christo Valentine
Swanwick
Saxe
Susan
Daugter
Benton Martin
Chad
Shaw
Marguerite
Shawneetown Hughes
Marvin Wells
Freda
Shelton
Waldo Owens
Doris
Baker
Ryan Zirkelbach
Louise
Jack
Marion Memorial
Robin
Harrisburg
Vancaluwelaert
Albertine
Heilig
Ward Jr
Meyers
Raymond Jordan
Cecil Acree
Monica
Boner
Dorothy
Creal Springs
Bidwell
Naomi
Edwards
Alan
Galatia Riley
Shannon and Son
Salem
Mapps
Lewis ‘Luke’ Travelstead
Lewis “Luke” Travelstead
Brown Lane
Absher
Rose Hill
Travelstead
Marion Memorial Hospital
Blazing Star Masonic Lodge
Saline County
William
Myrtle Lewis Travelstead
Effie Gowins
Orline
Joe Williams
Carol Gorman
Jane Ann Cruse
Claude E. ‘Hoggy’ Smith
Dongola
Claude E
Hoggy” Smith
Norris & Son Funerial
Alto Pass
Mr. Smith
Nora Lewis Smith
Ellen Teller
Jackson, Mo
William Buck
Joe
Mill Creek
Claudel
Allin
Shirley Rosenthal
Cobden
Cathy Dillon
Ethel King
Mamie Doughty
Elma
Jim” Sims
Ethel Sharp
Peoria
Shady Smith
Springfield
Lillian Kerley
Elva Collins
John A. ‘Dugan’ McCuan
Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home
Ezra ‘Coonie’ Jones
Valentines
Carbondale Park District
Hickory Lodge
West Sycamore
P.O
Sharon
Myerition
Illinois
West
Jackson St
North Illinois
Railroad
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