Longtime Carterville educator Taft Baker dies at 94
Taft Baker 94 of Carterville died Nov 10 2002 at Herrin Hospital burial in Hillcrest Cemetery. He taught 46 years in Williamson County and 33 years as Carterville grade school principal and first superintendent of Carterville Unity School District. He was a 32nd degree Mason and active Lions Club member. Memorials to Carterville First Baptist Church.
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George L
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Charles
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Dallas
Texas
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Ondria
Chad Ezzell
Wheelock
Greg Baker
Longmont
Colo
Robert
Ashley Baker
Robinson
Kathryn Baker
Raylee Ezzell
Edith
Clifton Lloyd
Roscoe Morton
James Oral Baker
Leta Mae Barnes
Williamson County
West Hampton School
Spillertown
Crainville
Southern Illinois
Phi Delta Kappa
Education Council of 100, Inc
Illinois
Illinois Education Association
National Education Association
Southern Illinois Reading Council
Illinois Retired Teachers Association
Who
Midwest
Southern Illinois School Credit Union
Lions Club
Melvin Jones
Benton man Richard Lee Jones dies at 70
Richard Lee Jones 70 died at 3 15 a m Tuesday Nov 12 2002 in the Jeffersonian Care Center Mount Vernon He was born Jan 1 1932 in Benton son of Jesse and Dorothy Jones He married Betty Tucker Oct 4 1952 in Benton a Korean War veteran and retired from Illinois Power He loved hunting fishing birdwatching and was a member of the Benton Elks and Boneyard Bocce Club Surviving: Betty two daughters Terrisa Hansen and Cydney Condit a son Michael Jones seven grandchildren and a brother Robert Earl Jones Burial Friday Nov 15 at Morton and Johnston Funeral Home with military rites by Benton American Legion and VFW Posts Memorials to First Baptist Church Benton or a charity of choice.
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Tenn
Charles Monroe
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Indiana
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Jane
Johnston City
Joyce Lawrence
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Sandy Adams
Tom
Energy
Lynda Mueller
Dean
Portland
Ore
David James
Twilla
Iowa
Bill Lawrence
Joyce
John Adams
Melissa
DeSoto
Meredith-Waddell Funeral Home
East Lawn Memorial Gardens
Jonesboro
Deloris Eudy
Ray
Bertha Rhymer Miller
McClure
Deloris
Anna
Reynoldsville Baptist Church
Milo Eady
Stan Eudy
St. Charles
Steve Eudy
Marjorie Stark
Paul Miller
Conrad Miller
Allin
Hileman and Parr
West Frankfort
Christine
Chris) Testa
Stone Funeral Home
Ray Maragni
Denning
Chris Testa
Townmount Baptist Church
Hallidayboro
Marion
Della Kelly
Carl Testa
Chris
Smitty’s
Red Bird Cafe
Marty and Waynes
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Fenton, Mo
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Matthew
Shawn
Nicole
Destiny Jones
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Kiel
Kate Gunter
Sidney
Alyssa Brown
Natalie
Bobby Clark
Debbie Gregory
Bentonrichard Lee Jones
Jeffersonian
Mount Vernon
Richard
Benton
Jesse and
Dorothy
Fulgham) Jones
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Betty
Terrisa Hansen
John
Spring Valley
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Brad
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Jaime
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Tyler
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Jacy Sapp
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Philip Ingle
Benton American Legion
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Cairo
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Cape Girardeau
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Cairo Baptist Church
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