Peoria Journal Star, November 12, 1996

BATH - Services for Rodney Lee Richardson, 30, of P.O. Box 191, who was pronounced dead at 8:35 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 9, 1996, four miles northeast of Havana, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hurley Funeral Home in Havana. He died after his car struck a deer.

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Bath Cemetery, where graveside rites will be accorded by Havana Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6408.

He was born Aug. 13, 1966, in Havana to Leroy "Chub" and Marette Marr Richardson.

Surviving are his father of Bath; his mother, Marette Abbott of Chandlerville; one brother, Shane of Bath; two sisters, Brandi Rich of Bath and Amy Richardson of Chandlerville; and his grandparents, Benny Marr and Frances Marr, both of Chandlerville.

He was a heavy equipment operator in construction.

He served in the Air Force.

Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation.

State Journal-Register, Springfield, IL, November 12, 1996

BATH - Rodney Lee Richardson, 30, of Bath died Saturday near Havana.

Survivors: father, Leroy "Chub" Richardson of Bath; mother, Marette Abbott of Chandlerville; maternal grandparents, Benny Marr and Frances Marr, both of Chandlerville; a brother, Shane Richardson of Bath; and two sisters, Amy Richardson of Chandlerville and Brandi Rich of Bath.

Services: 2 p.m. Thursday at Hurley Funeral Home in Havana. Burial: Bath Cemetery.

Contributed by Sara Hemp