Leon County, Florida Obituaries and Death Notices

Knowles, George RUSHVILLE - George Edward Knowles, 78, of Tallahassee, Fla., formerly of Rushville, (Illinois) died Monday, Feb. 9, 1998, in Tallahassee. Born Aug. 27, 1919, in Rushville to George and Edith Bradbury Knowles, he married Grace Agnes Fowler on March 10, 1945. She died Jan. 10, 1992. Surviving are two sons, Douglas and David, both of Tallahassee; three daughters, Wendy Poppell of Panama City, Fla., Deborah Erickson of Minneapolis and Christine Melton of Tallahassee; one sister, Lillian Ellis of Rushville; 11 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. He was a World War II and Vietnam War veteran, serving in the Army. He also served in the Army Air Forces and retired from the Air Force after a 32-year military career. He was a member of the National Association for Uniformed Services and the Good Sam RV'ers Club. He was a member of Kiwanis International, Rantoul Masonic Lodge 470, AF&AM, for 46 years, and Fellowship Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church, Rushville. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday at Wood-Roby Funeral Chapel, Rushville. Burial will be in Rushville City Cemetery, with Masonic rites by Rushville Masonic Lodge 9, AF&AM, and military rites by Schuyler American Legion Post 4. Memorials may be made to Florida Elks Children's Hospital, Box 49, Umatilla, Fla., 32784 [Peoria Journal Star, February 11, 1998, submitted by Sara Hemp] Wicker, Charles Gustavus - Listed in the 1843 Chicago City Directory as "Charles G. Wicker & Co., bds Tremont; Died, Tallahassee, Fla., December 26, 1889, aged 69 2/3" Submitted by K. Torp

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