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Local Obituaries and Military Training Update
William Farmer of Jonesboro died Friday in Mis om Pacific Hospital. He was born March 3, 1887 in Union County, a former Missouri Pacific Railroad foreman. Survived by sister Elizabeth Piggott and several brothers. funeral Sunday at Norris and Sons Funeral Home with burial in Jonesboro Cemetery. Also burial notices for Amy Rails Farthing of West Frankfort and John W Webb of Colp, with service details and family listings. Army Pvt Stephen Knupp from Jonesboro completed eight weeks of military police training at Ft Gordon, Ga.
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William “Jack” Farmer
Jonesboro
Misom Pacific Hospital
Louis
Union County
James
Belle Cook Farmer
Missouri-Pacific Railroad
Cneeds
Masonit
Longo
Blanche Brazze
Lie
Clara Allen Hileman
Elizabeth Piggott
Chicago
Reber, C
Hurst
Joe
Zeigler
Henry
Norris and Sons Funeral Home
Charles Mayberry
Reedy Funeral Home
West ‘Art
Amy Rails Farthing
Rock Falls
Farthing
West Frankfort
Colonial Acres
Franklin County
L. K
Jemima Rains
Carl
Sam Merriman
Minerva Hagberg
Rock Fails
Arthur
Independence
Darrel
Rochester
Ind
Paul
Elmhurst
M. Foulen
Tower Heights Cemetery
Wes. Frankfort
Own W. Webb
Colp
John W. Webb
Hervin Hospital
Alabama
George
Jin Anna Webb
Nellie Lawberty
Webb
Maxie
Lloyd Webb
Clarence Webb
Carbondale
George Baker
Eloise Washington
Mt. Olive Baptist Church
Raymond Davis
Dewmnaine Cemetery
Jackson Funneral
Army
Stephen B. Knupp
Harry F. Knupp
Ft. Gordon