Death notices merge across Illinois regions in late June 2002
A string of obituaries from Anna Murphysboro Carbondale Metropolis Carrier Mills Olive Branch Tamms Karnak and nearby areas report deaths June 26 27 28 2002. Individuals include Orville Webb Ada Mays Bill Youther Elizabeth Holt Boots Rushing Edna Hamilton Dathal Sams Wanda Bellamy Henry and others with funeral plans and burial details at local churches and cemeteries. Memorials designated to Hospice of Southern Illinois Anna Heights Baptist Church Berean Christian Church and related institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson- Hughes Funeral Home
Bill Webb
Blairsville
Ilinois
Orville
Williamson County
Alonzo Harrison & Stella (Taylor) Webb
Lettie Pauline Summers
Perryville
Missouri
Orient #6
Waltonville
Crossroads Tabernacle Church
Bush
JoNell
Larry Havens
Carbondale
Bill
Judy Webb
Murphysboro
Jeff Loring
Sandy
de Soto
Tami Barnes
Terry
Chesterfield
Rebecca Griffith
Dan
Flora
Jody Tewell
Andy
Anna
Melville Webb
Mary Belle Stomberski
Hughesfuneralhomes.com
Karnak
Wanda Bellamy Henry
Bourbonnaise
Prolific historian to be laid to rest
Dongola. Ann Dorrough 81 former Dongola died 3 40 am Friday June 28 2002 Memorial Hospital Belleville Graveside services 11 am Monday St John s Cemetery Rev Robert Goins Crain Funeral Home Dongola visitation after 10 am Monday. Roxie Penrod 97 died 3 45 pm Friday June 28 2002 Memorial City Hospital Houston incomplete at Crain Funeral Home Dongola West Frankfort Earl Carr 78 died noon Friday June 27 2002 Severin Health Care Benton incomplete at Union Funeral Home West Frankfort Metropolis Grace A Jones 92 died 8 04 am Lourdes Hospital Paducah incomplete at Bailey Funeral Home Vienna.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Gilbert
Canaan
Massac County
Boots
Darlene
Delmar O’kelley
Belleville
Mich
Carrier Mills
Edna Hamilton
Carrier Mills Nursing Home
Felty Funeral Home
George Ritter
Wise- Robinson
Ozark
Murphysboro
Edna Casper
St. Joseph Hospital
Crain Funeral Home
Pleasant Grove Chapel
Sheri Williams
Oakland Cemetery
Carbondale
Dongola
Ann Dorrough
Memorial Hospital
St. John’s Cemetery
Robert Goins
Roxie Penrod
Memorial City Hospital
Houston
Texas
West Frankfort
Earl Carr
Severin
Benton
Union Funeral Home
Metropolis
Grace A. Jones
Lourdes Hospital
Paducah
Bailey Funeral Home
Vienna
Ridgway
Southern Illinois
Pond
Gallatin County
Lucille Lawler
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Wilton Gregory
Lawler
Quick action prevents disaster after ammonia spill
Massac County authorities credit rapid response for containing an 8,000 gallon anhydrous ammonia leak near Mermet Grain Co at U.S. 45 and Teage Hill Road. Firefighters sprayed water, no evacuations were needed, and 1,000 to 2,000 gallons leaked after a hole was drilled to steal chemical for meth production. No arrests yet. leads are being pursued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolis
Massac County
Bob Griffey
Mermet Grain Co
U.S. 45
Teage Hill Road
Sheriff's Office
Massac
Griffey
Boil orders issued for Carterville North West Grand area
Carterville Water and Sewer Department imposes a boil order for customers from West Grand Street north to Wisebrook Lane Dent Street and Stable Drive after a contractor broke a water line. The Lake of Egypt Water District extends boil restrictions east of KP Lake Canaville Road Saline River Road West Ellis Road Cherry Valley Road Old Creal Springs Road Bing Lane Koester Road East Remington Road Hanks Lane Markley Lane and all customers east of Boles due to water main repairs.
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Carterville
Bradley Lane
Remington Rd
Hanks Lane
Markley Lane
Boles
Hospital Notes Brief Discharges and Admissions
Du Quoin and Murphysboro hospitals report several patient movements. Discharged June 27 were Jackie Short, Helen Dennis, Alvenia Peters, Roy Pickens, all of Du Quoin. Admitted June 26 at St. Joseph Memorial Murphysboro were Roberta Goetz, Betty Buser, Barbara Carruthers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin Marshall Browning Hospital
Short
Jackie
du Quoin Dennis
Helen
du Quoin Peters
Alvenia
du Quoin Pickens
Roy
du Quoin
Murphysboro
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Goetz
Roberta
Buser
Betty
Vergennes Carruthers
Barbara
Tractor Plunges 49 Feet Killing Cahokia Man
A 34 year old Cahokia man Gary Mathes died when his 1994 Ford tractor toppled 49 feet from an Interstate 55 70 ramp in East St. Louis. The crash occurred at 6 37 p.m. He was transported to St Mary’s Hospital in St. Louis and pronounced dead at 6 49 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East ST. Louis
Cahokia
Gary Mathes
Tudor Avenue
Mathes
St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Louis
Auto theft probe spans Carbondale and nearby towns
Carbondale police seek 19 year old Carl J Griffith of 7032 Orange Lane for stealing a teal green 1994 Chevy Cavalier valued at 4000 from 509 W Owens St between 3 am and 8 41 pm. Vehicle registration Illinois Y230004. Griffith allegedly waited in the victim’s home for a ride after helping move. Other items include a burglary suspect Giwa jailed on a warrant, a Jonesboro man with domestic battery probation, a DUI crash near Cedar Lake Dam Road, and a Vergennes burglary under investigation. Road closures announced for Pecan Street, Hunter Woods, and College Street July 1–3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Carl J. Griffith
Orange Lane
W. Owens St
Illinois
Osamu Tsukimo
Yinka A. Giwa
Giwa
High St
Dutch Ridge Road
Cedar Lake Dam Road
Kimberley
Busing
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Murphysboro
Robbery at Corner Express prompts manhunt on 600 E Grand
Police pursue a white male suspect in his late 20s who robbed Corner Express Thursday night at 600 E Grand Ave around 9 02 p m. He demanded Marlboro Lights sunglasses and cash, then fled east toward Papa John s Pizza wearing a gray zip sweatshirt blue jeans white sneakers and chrome sunglasses. The man is 5 11 180 pounds with a thin face and broad forehead. A separate Carbondale residence tied to two burglaries yielded one warrant arrest Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Corner Express
E. Grand Ave
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William Webb
William Orville Webb
Ada Catherin Mays
Southeast Missouri Hospital
Cape Girardeau
Joppa
Joseph S. Andrinta
Wilshire) Farris
Grover M. Mays
Ada
Sherman Mays
Connie
Allen Mays Sr
Sandra
Beverary Mays
Grover Mays Jr
Vicki
Ronnie Mays Sr
Debbie
Clara Cavitt
Lucille Eller
Virginia Newman
Sherman Lee Mays Jr
Anna Cemetery
Lutz & Rendleman Funeral Home
Eastern Star
Anna Heights
Anna Eastern Star Chapter
William Youther
William R
Bill” Youther
St. Elmo
Memorial ‘Hospital
Kessel
Elizabeth Holt
St. Joseph's Memorial Hospital
Hurst
Richard James Holt
Dellia (Hutchins) Holt
Brown Shoe Company
Berean Christian Church In
Pettett Funeral Home
Mark Wingo
Murdale Gardens of Memory
Funeral
Berean Christian Church
Ruth Barber
Port Charlotte
Fla
Peggy
Wallace Akin
Des Moines
Iowa
Beverly Holt
Deborah Frey
Jim Holt
Lee Silkey
Mike Barber
Dianne Downing
David Akin
Aline Holt
Ruby Holt
Richard Holt
Elsie
Elsie “Boots” Rushing
Massac Memorial Hospital
George Willard and
Krystal Sexton
Taylor, Mich
George and
Ivy Lee (Reynolds) Sexton
The
V.F.W. Women’s Aux
Atkins-Farmer Funeral Home
Dathal Sams
Trinity Assembly of God Church
Olive Branch
Tamms
Wanda Henry
Wilson Funeral Home
Webb
Grace Jones
John D. Homan
Jon Musgrave
Southern Illinois Normal University
Maple Grove
James T. Lawler
SIU
Wanda Avila
Washington, D.C
Mark D. Stec
Illinois Humanities Council
Studs Terkel
Old Shawneetown
John Marshall
the Historical Society
Tim Petrowich
Jackson County
Osamu Tsukimori
Jonesboro
Patrick Rendleman
Union County
Rendleman
Vergennes
Jackson County Sheriff's Department
Colp
Colombia
Frederick E. Wills
Boone County
Columbia
Wills
Sheriff's Department
Illinois Department of Corrections
Columbia Police Department
Pecan Street
Poplar Street
Irvin Avenue
Hunter Woods
Laurel Street
College Street
Hayes Street
Forest Avenue
Pentecost Rd
Marion
Everett E. Randall
Fresenius Center
Carbondale Memorial Hospital
Connie Randall, Beverly & Linda
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