Ava celebrates centennial city status in northwestern Jackson County
A 44 page history traces Ava from Headquarters tavern founded 1850 by Ellis Wright to post office 1857 and depot donation by George W. Johnson. The 1870s railroad through, 1894 incorporation as Village of Ava, and 1901 city status after population surpasses 1,000, with westward area named for U S Rep Kent E Keller.
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Ava
Jackson County
Ellis Wright
Murphysboro-Chester
George W. Johnson
St. Louis
St. Louis and Cairo Railroad (Later the Mobile and Ohio R.R
Johnson
Keller Highway
Illinois 15
U.S
Kent E. Keller
Ava’s Dean family built business hub inspiring town nickname
The Dean family in Deanville owned the Dean Brothers Mill Dean Mercantile Co and Opera House the Bank of Ava and a cooper shop. Ava in the 1880s boasted hotels saloons blacksmiths wagon shops hardware stores dry goods groceries the Ava Register and a photography studio. Civil War veteran concentration and Ringling Brothers Circus visits are highlighted in Ava history. A history book Ava From Headquarters to City the Early Years documents early structures and founding details. Address for publication details given to Mayor Steven L Grace Ava Missouri.
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Crab Orchard Lake
George Rogers Clark
Kaskaskia
Ringling Brothers
Ava
Steven L. Grace
West Main
Melvin Felts Dies at 76 in Marion
Melvin Felts, 76, died at 4 10 p.m. Wednesday October 10 2001 at his home in Marion. Services are incomplete at Mitchell Hughes Funeral Home in Marion.
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Marion
Melvin Felts
Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home
Cent alia Obituary Notes Five Deaths Across Illinois
Centralia and surrounding towns report multiple deaths Oct 2001. Arlene W Neer of Centralia aged 82, longtime Gibberman Brothers seamstress. service at First United Methodist Church with Rev Smith and Rev Lappin. Other notices include Lora L Davis of Carbondale and Rick Forrester of Carrier Mills, plus Mildred Mellett of Mount Vernon and Robert Bisching of Creal Springs. Memorials to veterans aids and local charities.
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Centralia
Arlene W. Neer
St. Mary’s Hospital
First United Methodist Church
Elaine Smith
William Lappin
Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary
Cancer Aid
Garnier and Sons Funeral
Tamaroa
Ollie
Anna (Guenther) Klingberg
Rock Island
Pinckneyville
Dean Klingberg
Helen
Creal Springs
Robert Klingberg
Marge
Macon
Marcella Hall
Norma R. Dunn
Lacy
Lucille Hill
Shirley McCrary
Robert Bisching
Egyptian Hills Drive
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
Wood Lawn Memorial Park
W. Jefferson St
Joliet
American Heart Association
Herrin
Bisching
Northern Illinois Gas Co
Church of God In
Elks, Moose and
Eagles
Illinois
Shorewood
Joliet High School
Joliet Junior College
Stephen
Mildred
Schultz) Bisching
Carol (Conlish) Bisching
Alan Bisching
Roseville
Robert
Cynthia Bis
Ada Robertson 91 Former West Frankfort Resident
Ada Robertson, 91, of Linton Indiana, formerly of West Frankfort, died October 9 2001 at Glenburn Village Home in Linton. Services set for 11 am Friday at Union Funeral Home with burial at Denning Cemetery. Visitation after 6 pm Thursday at the funeral home.
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West Frankfort
Ada Robertson
Linton
Ind
Glenburn Village
Union Funeral Home
Denning Cemetery
Funeral
Irvin
Centralia
Hillcrest Lakeside Mausoleum
Peggy White obituary in McLeansboro area
Peggy L. White 74 Route 2 McLeansboro died 6 57 a m Wednesday October 10 2001 in Deaconess Hospital Evansville Indiana. Visitation 5 to 8 p m Thursday October 11 2001 in Gholson Funeral Home McLeansboro burial Crouch Cemetery Belle Prairie.
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Mcleansboro
Peggy L. White
Deaconess Hospital
Evansville
Ind
Gholson Funeral Home
Crouch Cemetery
Belle Prairie
Power outage lingers as Murphysboro reopens schools
In Murphysboro the new elementary school continued classes using daylight after a citywide outage. Superintendent Mike Mugge said keeping one building closed limited disruption while meals shifted to peanut butter and chips. Hospital administrator Betty Gaffney noted generators powered patient areas but not offices. power returned there by 11 30 a m. AmerenCIPS prioritized restoring hospital power, possible lightning caused eight breakers to trip at a substation near Hardees. Three transformers were replaced as crews checked lines before re energizing to ensure safety.
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Bengelman
Lora Davis
Lora L. Davis
Country Club Road
Hosick Funeral Home
Rossclare
Rick Forrester
Carrier Mills
Felty Funeral Home
Funeral Home
Wolf Creek Cemetery
Harrisburg American Legion
Larry Shea
Mildred Mellett
Mount Vernon
Mildred L. Mellett
Mount Vernon Countryside Manor
Hughey
Jimmie Smithson
Jimmie Park Smithson
Kosciusko
Miss
Patsy Parker
Patrick Parker
Anna
Jordan Funeral Home Chapel
Parkway Cemetery
Gib’ Lynch
Central City
Gilbert L. “Gib” Lynch
Centralia Fire Protection District
Central City Lions Club
Murphysboro
Mike Mugge
Mugge
Betty Gaffney
St. Joseph Memorial Hospital
Gaffney
Leigh Morris
Amerencips
Morris
Hardees
Larry Meyer, M.D
Dr. Meyer
Aurora
Missouri
University of Missouri At Columbia
Louisiana State University
Shreveport
Meyer
Kieseye.com
Kies
Larry Meyer
Don McNeely
Kfws-Tv
Kies Eye Center
1000 West DeYoung, Marion
DermaCare
Body Boutique
Herrin, IL
Derma Care Body Boutique
Illinois Centre
Ruby
Winchester Cobalt
Winchester
Cornelius
Essen
Security & Monessen
Carbondale Brick & Block Company
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