JAMES R. JEFFRIES
, 47, of Princeville died Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at OSF St. Francis Medical Center.
He was born August 23, 1961 in Pittsfield, the son of Gary D. and Jacqualin A. (Doyle) Barker. He married Dawn M. Mulvaney June 14, 2003 in Groveland.
Surviving are his wife, parents and children; Joshua R. Jeffries of Chillicothe, Adam K. Jeffries of Bloomington, Jacob D. Jeffries of Carbondale and Michaela J. Jeffries of Princeville. Also surviving are four brothers, Tim (Mary) Jeffries of Quincy, John Jeffries of E. Peoria, Justin (Maggie) Barker of Perry and J.D. (Melissa) Barker of Clayton, N.C.
He graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bradley University with his Bachelor of Science Degree in Engineering in 1984. He worked for Caterpillar as a CPS Deployment Manager in the Electric Power Division, where he just celebrated his 25th anniversary.
Jim lived for spending time with his family, especially with his wife and children. He loved spending time at home as well as outdoors on his property. -- Riding 4-wheelers and 4-wheeling in his trucks, building bonfires, playing catch, feeding the turtles and catfish in his pond, and watching TV with his family and Fred kitty-cat. He was involved and dedicated with Habitat for Humanity and the Boy Scouts of America. Jim was a beloved husband and father. He will be dearly missed by many family and friends.
Funeral service were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, April 28 at Weber-Hurd Funeral Home. The Rev. Bill Adams officiated. Burial and graveside services were held at 4 p.m. at the Pittsfield Cemetery, Pittsfield. Visitation was Monday, 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home
Contributed by Billie Browning - Pike Press
MARY (LEMERY) JEFFRIES
daughter of Alexander and Susan Lemery, was born in New Hope, Lincoln county, Mo., April 30, 1856, and died at the home of her son, James A. Jeffries, near Griggsville, Ill., on her 75th birthday.
On November 4, 1873, she was united in marriage with William H. Jeffries, at New Hope, Mo. Six children were born to this union, three of whom, Cora, Clarence and Isa May, are deceased, and three of whom survive: Mrs. Leona Ham of Valley City, Ill.; Joseph of Pittsburg, Penn., and James A., of Griggsville, Ill. Her husband died about five years ago. She is also survived by seventeen grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
Most of her married life has been lived in Illinois. During the last fourteen years she has lived at Maysville, where they had purchased a home in which they planned to spend their last years on earth.
She had for many years been a loyal member of the Christian church, uniting later with the U. B. church at Maysville, Ill. She was of a loving, patient disposition and had ministered to many in their hours of sickness and pain.
She had recently suffered five strokes of paralysis, the last one coming Monday, April 27, from which she gradually relapsed into a state of coma, the end coming on Thursday, April 30.
The funeral services were heal from the U. B. church in Maysville Ill., Saturday, May 2, at 2 p. m, and interment made in Griggsville cemetery, the Rev. Oscar F. Jones, pastor of the Griggsville M.E. church, officiating.
Submitted by Delaine Donaldson from the Independent Press Griggsville IL 6 May 1931
