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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1985

Page

8

Ex-sheriff Frank Mount 82 dies in Vienna

Frank Mount 82 of Hillview Health Care Center Vienna died Tuesday January 29 1985 at Union County Hospital Anna He served as Union County sheriff Illinois State Police Johnson County treasurer investigator for the Illinois Department of Registration and Education and retired barber at Anna State Hospital He was a Mason Vienna Methodist member born August 17 1902 in Johnson County He married Verna Sutton in 1923 She died 1958 Survivors include a daughter Mary Frances and Bob McGee Anna two brothers Bill Vienna Herman Carlisle six grandchildren one great grandchild one daughter in law Mary Ellen Mount Miles City Mont Preceded by one son Tom one brother Robert one grandchild Services 1 pm Saturday Aly Funeral Home Vienna Burial Vienna Fraternal Cemetery Friends may call after 5 pm Friday at the funeral home Masonic rites 730 pm Friday by Vienna Lodge 59

Vienna Frank Mount Hillview Union County Anna Mount Illinois State Police Johnson County Illinois Department of Registration and Education Anna State Hospital Masonic Lodge 59 Vienna Methodist Church Thomas and Bell Pickens Mount Verna Sutton Mary Frances Bob McGee Bill Herman Carlyle Mary Ellen Mount Miles City Mont Tom Robert Aly Funeral Home Lodge 59 of Nashville William Dooley Pyatt Funeral Home Lake View Memorial Gardens Belleville Dooley St. Mary’s Hospital Clayton Hunter Packing Co East St. Louis Ainad Temple Scottish Rites Church of God Assembly of God Harrisburg William Sarah Johnson Dooley Jeanette Neudecker Mildred Bessle du Quoin Janet Esmon Highland Jane Hamilton Upland Calif Jess Dooley Vicksburg Mich Carl Gene Robertson T. Ave Creal Springs Bronson Hospital Irene Robertson Frank Irene Horn Robertson Schoolcraft Kalamazoo State Hospital Navy Portage Church of Christ Donna van Putten Craig Portage, Mich Steven Barbara Constant Caledonia Deborah Robertson Chicago Brenda Stermer Kalamazoo Cathy Hambright Fulton, Mich Diane Robertson Don Portage Gary Wayne Boughton Wichita Kan Eldon E. Gohring Herrin Veteran’s Hospital Mr. Gohring Marshalltown Iowa Lester Beulah Gehring Darlene Susan Palmer Dianne Byers Sherry Belton David Wulf Mortuary Garden Plain Pleasant Ridge Cemetery Goddard Centralia Henry T. Stutsman S. Locust St Good Samaritan Hospital Mount Vernon Stutsman Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Klein Armature Works Demaree United Methodist Church American Association of Retired Persons Thurman L Flossie Richardson Stutsman Effie Faye Sinks Julia Lumke New Minden E. L. Stutsman Bensenville Juanita Foltz Payson Ariz Verlyene Suer Hillcrest Memorial Park van Fund John L. Carnage Westinghouse Electric Co Mr. Carnage St. Bede the Venerable Catholic Church The Eagles Aerie Ambrose Maria Carnago Marie York Phyllis Hackett Mary Bushong Jim Charles John Carnage Archie Attilio St. Mary Cemetery Evergreen Park Friends Brady-Gill Funeral Home 87Th St Goreville Elmer R. Justice St. Johns Hospital Springfield Justice Barbara Peterson Lillian Painter Key West Fla Bonita Reeves Lavena Hill Sadie Holley Decatur Herschel Justice California Goreville Baptist Church Pleasant Grove Memorial Gardens Murphysboro Whitney Funeral Home Metropolis Bessie Cooley Southgate Colley St. Paul Ame Kentucky Henry Cooley Jackson Funeral Home Masonic and Odd Fellows Cobden Alice Acklin Joliet Felita Hutton Cape Girardeau Laura E. Marks Caseyville Glenda Y. Burris Mobile Ala Mary Acklin Stanley Burris Clarksville Lutz-Rendleman Funeral Home Alto Pass American Cancer Society Dongola Ward Mull Union County Hospital Mull John Vida Legerla Mull Elizabeth Meeks Ollie Keller Juanita Young Mill Creek Norman Hinckle Bonita Newman Raleigh Warren Young Christopher Colleen Benden Peoria Calvin Young Pensacola George Nordmeyer Chestnut Ellen Mull Crain Funeral Home Victoria Zucca Route 2 Carterville VanNatta Funeral San Carlo Zucca Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church Italy Traci Lea Phillips Charles W Mary A. Stinson Phillips E. Park St Pinckneyville Community Hospital Dennis Wayne Phillips Debra Kay Phillips Hershel Phillips William Stinson Houston Texas Irene Millikan Geneva David and Amanda Lemons Lesser Mulkeytown Cemetery Lucy A. Miller Marshall Browning Miller First Baptist Church Sharon Tenn John A Amy Emerson Newhouse Walter Davis Renos C. Miller Lela Reese de Soto Lenny Robinson Elkville Max Neal Dana West West St. Francis Medical Center U.S. Army Belknap Ruth Burnam West Naomi Wood Charleston Janet Whiteside Thompsonville United Methodist Children’s West Frankfort Flossie Whitehead Davidson Union Funeral Home Denning Davidson Union Hospital First Church of God Everett Emily Ramsey Shirley Serles Tim Serles Deborah Martin Alberta Brumley Lucille Boyd Mona Aaron Baltimore

Bartlett Watermelon King of the Valley Dies at 96

Homer A Bartlett 96 of Phoenix formerly Ava dies Jan 30 1985 in Phoenix. Services set 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson Funeral Home Ava with burial at Looney Springs Cemetery Campbell Hill. He taught rural Ava area schools and later raised watermelons in Arizona earning the nickname Watermelon King of the Valley. He was Baptist born January 7 1889 in Ava to James M Bartlett and Mary Modglin Bartlett. Survived by two daughters in law Frances and Margaret, three grandchildren Byron Barbara Carol, two half sisters Ellen Russell and Bertha Manor, and two sons Gordon and Paul preceded him. Friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday.

Ava Homer A. Bartlett Phoenix Ariz Wilson Funeral Home Looney Springs Campbell Hill Bartlett Desert Terrace Arizona James M. and Mary Alice Modglin Bartlett Frances R. Bartlett Margaret Bartlett Campbell, Calif Byron Bartlett Yardley Barbara White Colorado Springs Colo Carol Holmes San Jose Calif Ellen Russell Bertha Manor Gordon Paul

Death notices cluster from Metropolis to Kennewick

Obituaries and funeral notices for Bessie Cooley 103 Metropolis Henry Cooley, stepfamily lists, burial in Ma sonic and Odd Fellows Cemetery. Cobden Alice Acklin 51 Joliet former Cobden, married Howard Acklin, services Lutz Rendleman in Cobden. Dongola Ward Mull 83, operating engineer, services Crain Funeral Home in Dongola. Benton Albert Hause 65 Homewood, formerly Benton, funeral at Poulson Funeral Home. Carterville Victoria Zucca 86 route 2, service VanNatta Herrin, burial San Carlo. Du Quoin infant Traci Phillips stillborn. Lucy Miller 86 Du Quoin, First Baptist, burial Sunset Memorial Park. Vienna Dana West 64 Vienna, retired plumber, World War II veteran, burial Vienna Fraternal Cemetery. Du Quoin Mary Webb 62, Peggy's Dinette owner, funeral Old Du Quoin Cemetery. West Frankfort Flossie Davidson 64, First Church of God, burial Denning Cemetery. Placerville Freeman Brown 70, cremation in California. Kennewick Albert Jordan 93, former Herrin, burial East Lawn Memorial.

Kennewick Wash Albert Earl Jordan Herrin VanNatta Funeral Home East Lawn Memorial Gardens

Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Illinois Regions

Hospital notes list admissions and discharges by facility and town including St Joseph Murphy Marion Memorial Union Franklin Herrin Union County Harrisburg Medical Center Washington County and Nashville. Names span Bellmann Hale Mueller Townsend Hart Gaston Walton Moore and many others with multiple towns such as Willisville Murphysboro Du Quoin and Carbondale recording patient movements on specified dates.

Deaths three local residents listed with funeral plans

Johnston City Roxie Hansford 93 of 805 Grand Ave died Jan 31 1985 at Franklin Skilled Care Unit Benton funeral arrangements pending Murman Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City Murphysboro Audrey Irene Dobbs 76 of 1617 Logan St died Jan 30 1985 St Joseph Hospital Murphysboro funeral arrangements Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel West Frankfort Cora Filkins 71 of 711 W Ninth St died Jan 30 1985 at home funeral arrangements Union Funeral Home West Frankfort

Johnston City Roxie Hansford Grand Ave Franklin Benton Murman & Wilson Funeral Home Murphysboro Audrey Irene Dobbs Logan St St. Joseph Hospital Crawshaw Mortuary West Frankfort Cora Filkins Ninth St Union Funeral Home

Pasadena Woman Genevieve McPhearson Saverage Dies

Genevieve McPhearson Saverage of Pasadena Texas formerly of Murphysboro died Wednesday January 30 1985 in Bay Shore Hospital Pasadena. Funeral arrangements are pending at Pettett Funeral Home.

Pasadena Texas Genevieve McPhearson Saverage Murphysboro Bay Shore Hospital Pettett Funeral Home

Robbery At West Frankfort Mini Mart Seeks Suspect

Police seek a 6 foot tall man in a camo jacket and green ski mask who robbed Leroy's Mini Mart four miles east of West Frankfort Wednesday after 2 p.m. taking more than 200 dollars from a cash register. He fled in an old brown Chevrolet without a front plate. no arrests yet.

Franklin County West Frankfort

Cerebral Palsy benefit dance set for Feb 4 in Carbondale

A United Cerebral Palsy benefit dance, postponed after a dispute over proceeds, is rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday February 4 at Gatsby's Billiards in the Campus Shopping Center Carbondale. Entertainment will be by the Newsboys and a later announced band with a $1 door contribution. Sponsors include United Cerebral Palsy Miller beer The Obelisk II yearbook.

United Cerebral Palsy Carbondale Gatsby’s Billiards Newsboys Mel Browning Wtao Radio Hangar 9 Miller Beer

Lottery Numbers Drawn and Estimated Grand Prize

Wednesday results show Daily Game numbers 4 6 7 and Pick Four 7 4 9 6. Estimated Lotto grand prize reached 6 million dollars.

Herrin and Murphysboro Births Reported in Local Hospitals

In Herrin Hospital Johnie and Marty Thornton welcomed a daughter on Friday January 25 1985. In Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Anna Beck and Doyle Beck welcomed a son on Wednesday January 30 1985. In Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Ton ya Willard and Edward Willard welcomed a son on Wednesday January 30 1985.

Herrin Thornton Johnie Marty Herrin Hospital Murphysboro Beck Anna Doyle Memorial Hospital of Carbondale West Frankfort Willard Tonya Edward Memorial Hospital of

Marion man pleads guilty in traffic death

James Watson, 43, Marion, pleaded guilty to reckless homicide in Williamson County circuit court. He was involved in the May 9, 1982, three car crash north of Marion on Illinois 37 that killed Craig M. Chappell of White Salmon Washington. Judge Robert Howerton set sentencing for February 19. Reckless homicide is a Class IV felony with penalties up to three years in jail, a $10,000 fine, or probation up to 30 months.

James Watson Marion Williamson County Watson Illinois Craig M. Chappell White Salmon Wash Robert Howerton

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