Cemetery cleanup honors African American veterans in Southern Illinois
In Bostick Cemetery near Murphysboro a winter cleanup honors Civil War veterans and African American pioneers. Volunteers from St. Andrew's Church Du Quoin Boot Camp and Grand Army of the Republic allies cleared debris while Corene McDaniel and Mike Jones plan ongoing upkeep and plantings.
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David
Rebecca Floeter
Makanda
St. Andrew’s Church
du Quoin
Fenwick
Murphysboro Township
Jones
Bosticks
Stephen
Hardin
Dudley
Grand Army of the Republic
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
G.A.R
Mike Jones
Illinois
McDaniel
Donell Lewis
Tuscan Lodge
Carbondale
Prince Hall
Corene
Death notices from Du Quoin Zeigler Lake of Egypt and Eldorado
Virginia M Mills 71 owner of Mills Janitor Service died Nov 22 2002 at home. Graveside Sunday at Cudgetown Cemetery Du Quoin. Katie Gregurich 97 died Nov 22 2002 in Herrin. Burial Zeigler Cemetery. Maudetta Brown 72 died Nov 23 2002 at Memorial Hospital Carbondale. Visitation Monday Blue Funeral Home Marion. Thelma Mare Peak 88 died Nov 21 2002. Services today Stone Funeral Home West Frankfort. Burial Boner Cemetery First Christian Church.
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Cudgetown
du Quoin
Jerry Aken
Searby Funeral Home
Cudgetown Cemetery
Zeigler
Katie Gregurich
Shawnee Christian Nursing Center
Herrin
Gregurich
Vantrease
Joseph Schrage
Zeigler Cemetery
Lake OF
Brown
Lakeside Assembly
the Lake of Egypt
Marion Unit 2
Eldorado
Thelma Mare Peak
West Frankfort
Ferrell Hospital
Stone Funeral Home
Gene Fox
Boner Cemetery
First Christian Church
NAACP National lobbyist blasts Congress over minority health care gaps
The lobbyist says federal spending ignores diseases hitting African-Americans such as sickle cell and cancer disparities. He cites Black women dying of breast cancer seven times and Black men four times more from prostate cancer, with infant mortality high before birth. He remains hopeful.
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Shelton
Dorothy Rohlfing obituary and local notices
Dorothy A Rohlfing 84 died Nov 21 2002 in St Joseph Memorial Hospital Murphysboro Funeral services Nov 24 2002 at Christ Lutheran Jacob burial church cemetery Visitation at Wilson's Ava and church Details include former Jackson County assessor and Sand Ridge Township clerk Survivors include brothers and sisters many nieces and nephews Mount Vernon notice for Vina Dethrow 86 died Nov 22 2002 at Nature Trail Nursing Home Services Tuesday Hughey Funeral Home Mount Vernon burial Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Visitation Monday First Freewill Baptist Church building fund
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Illinois
Rohlfing
Jackson County
Sand Ridge Township
Dorcas Society
Christ Lutheran Church
Jacob
Arthur
Mary (Schaumber) Heins
Alvin Henry Rohlfing
Robert
Betty Heins
Murphysboro
Margaret Heins
St. Louis
Leona Heins
Rockwood
Wilburn
Harry
Betty Suchman
Alice Abner
Mount Vernon
Vina A. Dethrow
Nature Trail Nursing Home
Hughey
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Waterloo
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Perry County
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Naderic) Martinaga
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Betty Gregurech
Wentzville
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George Trifonoff
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Chicago
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Helen Trifonoff
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John Martinaga
Maudetta Brown
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Myuniversitymall.com
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American Family Theater
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Bank of Herrin
Banterra Bank
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Herrin Chamber of Commerce
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