Deaths Retired pastor and author Rev Leslie Hartley dies at 96
The Rev Leslie G Hartley, 96, of Marion died at 11 05 p m Wednesday January 27 1982 at Baptist East Hospital Memphis Tennessee He was a former pastor of Third Baptist Church Marion and a longtime school teacher authoring an autobiography and magazine pieces He began writing at 86 after ending his preaching career He led 14 churches in Southern Illinois and held pastor emeritus title Funeral home arrangements are incomplete
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Leslie G. Hartley
Marion
Baptist East
Hartley
Illinois
Illinois Magazine
Southern Illinois
Third Baptist Church
Ray White
Port Richey, Fla
Southern Illinoisan
Mitchell-Hughes & Lemasters
Reverend Grant Dies at 75 in Jonesboro Home
The Rev Joseph W Grant 75 of Jonesboro and formerly of Anna was found dead at his home Wednesday Jan 27 1982. Born Dec 8 1906 in Essex Mo he was survived by a daughter Eve n Hall of Las Vegas Nev and a son Blanche V Smyth of Okawville. Funeral details announced by McDaniels Funeral Home Percy with calling hours and memorials to the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Cutler.
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Joseph W. Grant
Jonesboro
Anna
Essex
James
Edith Grant
Even Hall
Las Vegas
Nev
Blanche V. Smyth
Okaw‘ville
Willard Smyth
Okawville
Cuttler
Alice Higgerson
Cutler
Reformed Presbyterian Church of
Cutler City
McDaniels
Percy
Grace M. Mansker
Rockwood
Schroeder Funeral Chapel
Chester
Ein Ebenezer
Manser
Chester Memorial Hospital
Rebekah Lodge
Rockwood Presbyterian Church
Cecil
St. Louis
Ethel Ladd
Phoenix
Ariz
Rockwood Presbyterian “Church
Mary Lucinda Park Jones
Granite City
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center
Colonial Haven Nursing Home
Jones
Church of God
Sand Ridge
Willie
Liza Park
Buckner
Elta Brothers
Bert Jones
Obituaries for Kirkpatrick Prather Teller and Pieron in Benton area
Obituaries note the deaths of Bessie Kirkpatrick 94 of Benton January 26 1982 at Franklin Hospital Elmer E Prather 75 of Mulkeytown died January 27 1982 Frankin Skilled Care Nursing Unit memorials set at Gilbert Funeral Home and Mulkeytown Cemetery Ricky Gene Teller four month old son of Rickie and Daphne Morrison Teller died January 27 1982 from sudden infant death syndrome burial at Jonesboro Cemetery Jennie Pieron 90 of Murphysboro died January 27 1982 funeral arrangements pending at Crawshaw Mortuary.
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Bessie Kirkpatrick
Cockrum
Benton
Franklin Hospital
Kirkpatrick
First Christian Church
Christopher
Hamilton County
James
Martha Ann Thuston Burkett
Clint West
Will Kirkpatrick
Dorothy West
Poulson Funeral Home
Masonic and
Odd Fellows Cemetery
Elmer E. Prather
Mulkeytown
Franklin
Prather
Franklin County
Willisville
Ben
Iva Perry Prather
Nell Pleva
Ron Prather
Dora Watson
Bunker Hill
Eva Hubbard
Alton
Ricky Gene Teller
Rickie
Daphne Morrison Teller
Dongola
Union County
Darryl Rendleman
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Sandra Lee Teller
Calvin and
Shirley Morrison
Cobden
Walter and
Irene Teller
John and
Georgia Smith
Anna
Jennie Pieron
Logan St
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Crawshaw Mortuary
Police raid leads to multiple arrests on Oak Street
Police arrested three men after a search of East Oak Street Salvage Co. Wesley H. Smith faced aggravated battery and unlawful use of weapons charges. Herbert O. Speller charged with unlawful use of weapons. Cleatus L. Cole charged with delivery and possession of cannabis. A stash of marijuana four handguns and stolen property were found with investigators from multiple agencies. Another arrest followed in Murphysboro for drunk driving after a crash on Illinois 13-127. Christopher Kendall charged with aggravated battery and home invasion in Christopher.
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East Oak Street
Southern Illinois Enforcement Group
Federal Drug Enforcement Administration
Illinois Division of Criminal Investigations
Decatur
Buford Lewis
Carbondale
Fires blamed on trash burning hit Marion area
Three grass fires within three hours Wednesday in Marion were blamed on attempts to burn trash in gusting winds. Fire crews responded to Kyle Drew residence at 506 West Copeland Street and to Whiteash near John McAnelly residence, with areas of 120 by 60 feet and over two acres, plus a trailer court blaze at 200 East Patrick Street.
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Williamson
Marion
Kyle Drew
West
Copeland St
John McAnelly
Whiteash
Williams Trailer Court
E. Patrick St
Fire destroys Pinckneyville trailer home
High winds whip a trailer fire northwest of Pinckneyville destroying the trailer and about two acres of grass and woods. The six mile north west property of Nina Ruppert burned while she was away. Call came at 2 15 p m. Firefighters battled for about two hours as 30 to 35 mph winds spread the flames. cause unknown.
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Pinckneyville
Nina Ruppert
Keith Filer to Speak at Urbandale Services
Brother Keith Filer of Herrin will speak at special services starting at 7 30 p m today through Saturday at the former Church of God building on U S 51 in Urbandale. The public is invited to attend.
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Keith Filer
Herrin
Church of God
U.S. 51
Urbandale
Correction fixes on Roy Shelia Korando obituary
The obituary lists survivors for Roy Shelia Korando of Murphysboro including husband William Dean Korando father and stepmother Lee Roy and wife, and Murphysboro relatives. Also notes grandmothers Clara Rogers and Velma Lindsey, a sister Tanya Rogers, brother James Marty Rogers, three half sisters, three half brothers, three stepsisters and three stepbrothers. Mrs Korando was fatally injured in an automobile accident Sunday. Funeral services were held in Murphysboro this morning. It also corrects a prior report about the accounting firm Marchildon Rice and Heal. their West Frankfort office remains open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Shelia Korando
Murphysboro
William Dean Korando
Lee Roy Rogers
Clara Rogers
Velma Lindsey
Carbondale
Tanya Rogers
James Marty Rogers
Carlene Doty
Mt. Zion
Timmi Scroggins
Westhaven
Kim Lipe
Makanda
Hospital Notes reflects a long, scattered patient list across Illinois towns
A dense hospital notes page lists admitted and discharged patients across multiple counties and towns including Sparta, Pinckneyville, Memorial, Herrin, Union, St Joseph, and Carbondale. Names appear with limited or no patient details, covering hospitals in Harrisburg, Benton, Du Quoin, Murphysboro, Anna, Dongola, Vienna, Goreville, and surrounding areas. The fragment emphasizes discharge entries with many names and places, showing a snapshot of patient flow across several facilities.
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Bettie
Benton Vollmer
Nicole
du Quoin
France
Kimberly Martin
Charles
Hesketh
Muesetta Duran
Feliciana
Murphysboro
Brayshaw
Wiley
Elkville
Arnold
John
West Frankfort
Jacobs
Jake
Two held in thefts of $4,000 in clothes
Jackie Weems and Deborah Akins both of St. Louis were arrested after thefts totaling over $4,000 from Brooks Hecht's Meis stores in University Mall and Mammoth in Mount Vernon. A Brooks worker flagged suspicious activity and a car tied to Weems was stopped. search found a $729 blue fox fur coat and other stolen items.
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Jackie Weems
Deborah Akins
St. Louis
Brooks, Hecht’s
Meis
University Mall
Mammoth
Mount Vernon
Brooks
Ms. Weems
Jackson County Sheriff’s
Illinois 13
127
Births in Southern Illinois Hospitals January 1982
In Carbondale Memorial Hospital a son was born to Greg and Lelia Dreyer on January 27 1982. Also in Carbondale Memorial Hospital a son for William Arbeiter and Joyce Murphysboro on January 27 1982. Harrisburg Doctors Hospital reports a daughter for Rick Brown and Karen on January 26 1982 and a daughter for Jessie Hagan and Doreene on January 26 1982. In Ridgway Doctors Hospital Har sure reports a son for Eric Simpson and Mary on January 27 1982.
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DE Soto
Dreyer
Greg
Lelia
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale
Murphysboro
Arbeiter
William
Joyce
Memorial Hospital of
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Brown
Rick
Karen
Doctors Hospital
Hagan
Jessie
Doreene
Ridgway
Simpson
Eric
Mary
Har
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Leslie Hartley
Joseph Grant
Helen Zacheis
Steeleville
Memorial Hospital
Zacheis
Presbyterian Church
Oakdale
United Methodist Church
Women’s Missionary Society “of Church
Quilting Circle
St.Louis
William and
Della Neil Robinson
Henry Zachceis
Gerald Zacheis
Gale Zacheis
Mary Craig
Coulterville
Stanley Robinson
Prophetstown
William Robinson
Morrison
Steelville
Oakdale Cemetery
Wilson Funeral Home
James N
Addison
Ruth Mitchell
Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home
Wolf Creek Cemetery
Eldorado
Mary Jones
Mamie Rose Bray
Vienna
Aly Funeral Home
Raleigh Masonic Cemetery
Bray
Hillview Care Center
George
Cora Durham Thompson
Roy Henry Baker
Edwin Bray
Vera Hearn
Faye Greenspan
Conda Harris
Frank
Galatia
Alice Westbrook
W. 5Th St
Johnston City
St. Mark‘s Episcopal Church
Samuel
Mary Hufstedler Brooksher
Alfred Westbrook
Roselia Rawson
Windsor
Joe Preston
Peru
Illinois Valley Community Hospital
Indiana
Andrew
Anna Gall Pekelnicky
Ida Belle Sprague
Marsha Franches
Dixon
Mary Lipton
Betty Balabas
Esther Benetave
Washington, D.C
Andy Preston
New Albany
Ind
Jim Preston
California
Mike Preston
Madison
St. Andrew Catholic Cemetery
Gilbert Funeral Home
Steven K. Balsano
Mobile Ranch Trailer Court
St. Joseph’s Memorial Hospital
Christopher Edwin Kendall
Nancy Jo Crawford
Maple
Ronald Joe Westerfield
Don Ragsdale
Ragsdale
Westerfield
Route 4
Mr. Westerfield
Marchildon, Rice and Heal, Certified Public Accountants
S. van Buren St
Sparta
Lewis
Bobby Dean
Cutler Davis
Paige Robert Fortner
Lucille Hood
Twila
Sheila
Gerber
Lee Ann
Marissa Burns
William Ingram
Helen
Hancock
New Athens
Washington County
Nashville
Slayton
Wenedy Scanlan
Bertha Rogers
James Malick
Robert
Ashley Williams
Henry Stegman
Phyllis
Addieville
Anderson
Rube McCormick
Darius Race
Gary, du Quoin
Marshall Browning
Burberry
Benton Norris
Bonnie Glade
Jason
Ava Coffel
Mary Ridgway
Ronald
Tamaroa Wright
Kathryn
Dowell
Wolfe
Darrel
Tamaroa Wheatley
Lyle Colyer
Linda
Zeigler
Moore
Bessie Adams
Leslie Tanner
Elsie Flower
Wendell Jones
Beverly Brush
Hazel Thompson
Grace Huck
William Fleming
Deborah
Batts
William Michell
Neila McAnelly
Ethel Bundren
Orpha Butler
Rhone Walker
Maude Coonce
Lucille Gibson
Mary McKinney
Ronald Stockton
Zetta
Clark
Oma Dooley
Everett Budzius
Barbara Walker
Fred Eirchorn
Mary Funeral
Anthony Blackman
Virgil
Neunlist
Buckner Chaffin
Joan Dilliner
Carroll
Sesser Johnson
Harley
Sesser
Fletcher
Bury Taylor
Leland
Ewing Dreen
Della Vaili
Naomi
Herrin Hospital
Mezo
Thomas Randolph
Elizabeth
Sesser Tidwell
Evelyn Owens
Lavernon Johnson
Susan Spiller
Harold
Zeigler Pearce
Lois
Sciluffo
Nicholas
Algonquin Kerrigan
Margaret
Marion Wear
Reba Coulter
Carterville
Prewitt
Demari Oldani
Charles Hall
Elbert
UNION
Burke
Hugh Kuboth
August Morthland
Martha Pritchett
Judy
Christopher Murray
Ralph
Freeman Spur
ST. Joseph
Derosset
Gorham Edwards
Roy Fox
Leila
Ava Wiseman
Cambria Fox
Louis Gould
Dennis Farmer
Walter Foley
Nita
Catlett
Laburn
Hurst McKown
John and Son
Carterville Waller
Martin
Veraqgennes
Chandler
Mary Davis
Coy Lee
Landrum
Jerry
Harold Partain
Jimmy
Toler
Clarence
Iefert
Des Qecar
Ron Walker Food Mart
North Park
Brewster Motors
Bologna
Meadow Gold
Metzger
Richtex
Wonder
Krey
Red Delicious
Doz
Borden Glacier Club
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