1993

Wayne County Press Obituary Summaries

Originally saved and organized by Verla Morris & Bettie Wheat

Transcribed with permission from above April, 2008 by Michael J. Von Gebel in conjunction with Laurie Selpien, if you would like an actual copy of the obituary you can email me at vongoebel@hotmail.com

 

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Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Married

Buried

Obit Date

Father/Mother

Akin, Calvin

Mar. 6, 1898

Jan. 6, 1993, Mt. Vernon

Florence McKemie

East Fork Cem., West Frankfort

Jan. 11, 1993 WCP

John Willie & Lourane Melvin Akin

Anderson Vera Lee

Oct. 26, 1926, Wayne Co.

Mar. 16, 1993, Fairfield

 

Maple Hill Cem.

Mar. 18, 1993 WCP

Cecil & Alta Nehf Anderson

Atkinson, Joseph G.

Jan. 13, 1913, Boyleston

Oct. 17, 1993, Indiana

Shirley Edith Denham, Sep. 17, 1942, died-Nov. 16, 1988

Sunset Memory Gardens Cem.

Oct. 18, 1993 WCP

James Thomas & Edna Jane Wells Atkinson; WWII-US Army

Atkinson, Max L.

Jun. 2, 1925, Fairfield

Dec 29, 1993, Geff

Juanita Jones

Maple Hill Cem.

Dec. 29, 1993 WCP

Charlie & Opal Young Atkinson; WWII

Atteberry, Lucille

May 25, 1912, Geff

Apr. 17, 1993, Fairfield

Walter Atteberry, Apr. 27, 1932, Geff

Cisne Cem.

Apr. 19, 1993 WCP

Charles & Bertha Bashore Russell

Atteberry, Orval (Pete)

Nov. 5, 1921, Milfay, OK

Mar. 17, 1993, Springerton

Gracie McCleskey, Nov. 5, 1983

Maple Hill Cem.

Mar. 18, 1993 WCP

Walter A. & Mabel Naney Atteberry; WWII

Aydt, John K.

Jun. 6, 1906, Hamilton Co.

Mar. 25, 1993, McLeansboro

M1- Catherine Roesch, dec'd; M2- Lela White Severs, May 6, 1938, died-May 15, 1989

Crouch Cem.

Mar. 29, 1993 WCP

John Kapstrain & Rose Addie Hall Aydt

Aydt, Macie

Nov. 30, 1903, Canneyville, KY

Dec. 31, 1993, McLeansboro

Jake Aydt, dec'd;

St. John's Cem., Dahlgren

Dec. 31, 1993 WCP

John & Minnie C. Careton Ellegood

Barnard, Carmen

Feb. 13, 1906, Wayne Co.

Aug. 13, 1993, Fairfield

Elmer Barnhard, died- Mar. 8, 1989

Thomason Cem.

Aug. 16, 1993 WCP

Frank & Olive Lowe Peddicord

Barnard, Lowell

Jan. 3, 1912, Wayne Co.

May 1, 1993, Fairfield

Wreatha (????), died 1987

Bailey Cem., Wayne City

May 3, 1993 WCP

William H. & Lillie (Barnard) Barnard

Barnfield, Paul D.

May 24, 1910, Franklin Co.

Feb. 18, 1993, Fairfield

Elva P. Vaughn, 1928, Johnsonville, died-Oct. 3, 1985

Bunker Cem., Rinard

Feb. 22, 1993 WCP

Berlie & Mary Robinson Barnfield

Barth, Anna D.

Jan. 6, 1913, St. Louis, MO

Dec. 27, 1993, Cisne

M1- Carl Lawson, St. Louis, died- Nov. 3, 1963; M2-Reuben Barth Jr., Jun. 22, 1968, St. Louis, MO, died- Apr. 12, 1979;

Calvary Cem., St. Louis, MO

Dec. 30, 1993 WCP

Anthony & Anna Konarzewski

Beck, Wayne

Jun. 7, 1915, Geff

Feb. 12, 1993, Geff

never married

Pleasant Grove Cem., nr. Cisne

Feb. 15, 1993 WCP

Charlie & Bessie Sons Beck; WWII

Berner, Pearl Alexander

 

Jan. 6, 1993, Monmouth

 

 

Jan. 11, 1993 WCP

 

Berry, Ella J.

Dec. 7, 1907, Saline Co., IL

Feb. 9, 1993, Mt. Carmel

Orson Berry, Jun. 6, 1928, died-1961;

West Antioch Cem., nr. Mill Shoals

Feb. 11, 1993 WCP

Sylvester & Margaret Day Hale

Black, Robert A.

Jul. 21, 1907, Wayne Co.

Jul. 20, 1993, Fairfield

Letha Brown, Dec. 12, 1940

Maple Hill Cem.

Jul. 22, 1993 WCP

Ernest & Mary Crews Black; WWII

Blair, Mildred

 

Nov. 1, 1993, Mt. Carmel

Ted Blair, dec'd;

 

Oct. 25, 1993 WCP

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Willis

Bonham, Everett H.

Aug. 4, 1897, Crawford Co.

May 16, 1993, Effingham, IL

Lena (????), 1927, died-1985

Oskaloosa Cem.

May 20, 1993 WCP

George & Mary Boyles Bonham

Bonner, Etta E.

Jul. 12, 1897, Fairfield

Dec. 14, 1993, Fairfield

Oscar Penny (Ped) Bonner, Aug. 5, 1937, dec'd;

Maple Hill Cem.

Dec. 16, 1993 WCP

Raymond & Nancy Wood Davis

Borah, Flossie E.

Oct. 8, 1896, Mt. Erie

Feb. 25, 1993, Fairfield

William L. Borah, May 4, 1914, die- Jan. 17, 1989;

West Cem., Mt. Erie

Mar. 1, 1993 WCP

George W. & Ella Mahon Best

Bowyer, Alice

Jul. 4, 1906, Williamson Co., IL

Feb. 15, 1993, Mt. Vernon

Jake Bowyer, died-1972

Thomason Cem.

Feb. 18, 1993 WCP

Archie & Nellie Woods Jones

Bozarth, Elva V.

Aug. 22, 1902, Fairfield

Oct. 13, 1993, Fairfield

Jesse Bozarth, Jun. 6, 1925, died- Mar. 28, 1967

Thomason Cem.

Oct. 14, 1993 WCP

Asbury & Sarah Porter Sampson

Bretschneider, Deanna Carter

Jul. 17, 1943

May 11, 1993, Lancaster, PA

 

 

May 13, 1993 WCP

Robert H. & Kay Carter

Brock, Alice

Aug. 3, 1925, Lincoln

May 19, 1993, McLeansboro

Almon (Shorty) Brock

Enfield Cem.

May 20, 1993 WCP

Darcus & Anna Herman Hunter

Broom, Minnie Harl

May 4, 1903, Burnt Prairie

Mar. 10, 1993, Mt. Vernon

Joseph wilson Harl, Oct. 19, 1920, died-Mar. 16, 1952

East Antioch Cem., Burnt Prairie

Mar. 11, 1993, WCP

Phillip & Nora Gooch Walker

Brown, Alfred

Jan. 18, 1915, Bueyrus, OH

Dec. 28, 1993, Evansville, IN

Ruth Jordan, Dec. 13, 1980

Oak Valley Cem., nr, Geff

Dec. 30, 1993 WCP

George C. & Jennie Brown

Brown, Dr. Marcus

Oct. 8, 1934, Hornbeck, LA

Dec. 5, 1993, St. Louis, MO

Ivani Esteves, Jul. 19, 1960

West Union Cem., nr. Brownsville

Dec. 9, 1993 WCP

Marcus L. & Lottie Mae MacFarland Brown; Veteran;

Burton, Leota

Oct. 18, 1918, Patton

Sep. 30, 1993, Mt. Carmel

James Burton, Jul. 23, 1935, died-Jul., 1987

Highland Memorial Cem.

Oct. 4, 1993 WCP

Luther & Evelyn Compton Stoneberger

Bute, Donald R.

Jan. 15, 1927, Flora, IL

Dec. 27, 1993, Centralia, IL

Janice Courtright, Jun. 17, 1947, Flora, IL

Elmwood Cem., Flora, IL

Dec. 27, 1993 WCP

Homer & Mary Hardy Bute

Cabbage, Sarah Evalyne

Island, KY

Apr. 15, 1993, Island, KY

Alex (Stony) Cabbage, died, Jul. 24, 1992;

Richland Ch. Cem., Livermore, KY

Apr. 26,1993 WCP

Homer & Eva Vincent Bates

Cameron, Opal F.

Jan. 21, 1914, Keenes

Nov. 22, 1993, Flora, IL

Andrew J. Cameron, Jan. 1, 1936, died-1965

Maple Hill Cem.

Nov. 25, 1993 WCP

Maggie Anderson Wood

Carlton, Terry

Feb. 25, 1943, Biloxi, MS

Sep. 9, 1993, Fairfield

 

Thomason Cem.

Sep. 9, 1993 WCP

Richard & Genevieve Payne Carlton

Carroll, Ada May

Jun. 14, 1902, Xenia

Mar. 26, 1993, Springfield

M1- Hugh Higgason, died-1931; M2-??

Oddfellows Cem., Xenia

Apr. 1, 1993 WCP

Dr. Harry & Lucille Meredith East

Carter, Kathryn E.

Apr. 21, 1923, Dahlgren

Feb. 5, 1993, Albion

Delous Carter, Sep. 21, 1940, Albion

Graceland Cem., Albion, IL

Feb. 18, 1993 WCP

Robert Franklin & Nola Kluck Porter

Carter, Ornetta

Wayne Co.

Jan. 2, 1993, Olney, IL

Leslie E. Carter, Mar. 17, 1934

Brown Cem., Mt. Erie

Jan. 4, 1993 WCP

George & Myrtle Weisenberger Barnhart

Cash, Carl

Feb. 24, 1906, Flora, IL

Oct. 18, 1993, Evansville, IN

Ruey Schofield, Sep. 20, 1930, Louisville

Mt. Zion Church Cem.

Oct. 18, 1993 WCP

Samuel & Leila Cheek Cash

Clark, Richard W.

 

Apr. 7, 1993, Huntsville, AL

 

Huntsville, AL

Apr. 8, 1993 WCP

Marshall & Elsie Clark

Colclasure, James L.

Dec. 2, 1979, Glendale, CA

Mar. 15, 1993, Evansville, IN

 

Maple Hill Cem.

Mar. 18, 1993 WCP

James E. & Carol Firth Colclasure

Colclasure, Robert E.

Jan. 27, 1950, Wayne Co.

Sep. 13, 1993, Fairfield

 

Maple Hill Cem.

Sep. 16, 1993 WCP

Clyde & Paula McKitrick Colclasure

Colyer, Kenneth A.

Feb. 5, 1917, Edwards Co.

Oct. 16, 1993, Fairfield

 

Bethel Cem., nr. Ellery

Oct. 18, 1993 WCP

Albert & Leta Abby Colyer

Cook, Leroy

May 5, 1916, Bible Grove, IL

Feb. 24, 1993, Flora, IL

Dorothy Mae Cook, 1937

Orchard Hill Cem.

Mar. 1, 1993 WCP

Roy & Ida Tolliver Cook

Cooper, Louise

Jul. 23, 1915, White Co.

Aug. 24, 1993, Durango, CO

Sam Cooper

Durango, CO

Aug. 26, 1993 WCP

Mr. & Mrs. Tom Venters

Cox, Darlene J.

Feb. 6, 1934, Pernell, OK

Oct. 2, 1993, Byhalia, MS

M1- Raymond Ward, died-1963; M2-Jerry Cox, Dec. 11, 1964;

Graceland Cem., Albion, IL

Oct. 7, 1993 WCP

James & Winnie Fanning Bailey

Cox, Loren

Jan. 18, 1912, Wayne Co.

Feb. 16, 1993, Coldwater, MI

Jean (????)

Coldwater, MI

Feb. 18, 1993 WCP

Virgil & Mary Martha Dix Cox

Crain, Charles

Oct. 17, 1927, Williamson Co.

Jan. 10, 1993, McLeansboro

Wanda L. Smith, May 23, 1947

Hickory Hill Cem., Broughton

Jan. 11, 1993 WCP

Charles S. & Beatrice Kincannon Crain

Crask, Elizabeth

Feb. 19, 1905, Wayne Co.

Dec. 16, 1993, Albion

 

Ten Post Oak Cem.

Dec. 20, 1993 WCP

James & Ella Perkins Crask

Cravens, Ralph Brooks

Nov. 11, 1917, nr. Burnt Prairie

Aug. 18, 1993, Texas

M1-Joyce Hicks, died-1968; M2- Bobbie Dulin

Gaines County Memorial Cem.

Aug. 19, 1993 WCP

Percy P. & Laura Edna Reeves Cravens

Dalton, James H.

Oct. 29, 1931, Crittenden, KY

Sep. 18, 1993, Fairfield

Joyce Bond, Dec 23, 1950, Edwards Co., IL

Maple Hill Cem.

Sep. 20, 1993 WCP

Jesse & Grace Riley Dalton

Davis, Carrie

Dec. 4, 1895, Edwards Co.

Mar. 26, 1993, Mt. Carmel

Roy Davis, August, 1916, died-Apr. 8, 1961

Union Cem.

Mar. 29, 1993 WCP

Joseph & Mary Spruell Elliott

Day, Rose

Nov. 6, 1907, Barnhill Twp.

Feb. 20, 1993, Fairfield

Alfred Day, 1927, died- Nov., 1951

Union Cem.

Feb. 22, 1993 WCP

James L. & Nancy Vaughan Sanders

Delong, Bertha M.

Mar. 16, 1901, Goldengate

Dec. 30, 1993, Mt. Vernon

M1- Harry Locke, died-1956; M2- William Delong, died-1983;

Maple Hill Cem.

Dec. 30, 1993 WCP

Thomas & Alta Pell Mathews

Dennison, John

Jul. 25, 1915, Tulsa, OK

Aug. 13, 1993, Princeton, KY

Lyndall Brissenden, Dec. 15, 1939, St. Clair, MO.

Floral Garden of Memories, Flora, IL

Aug. 16, 1993 WCP

George & Bessie Brush Dennison

DeSelms, Edna D.

Jul. 11, 1904, Wayne Co.

Aug. 29, 1993, Xenia

M1- Owen Miller, Dec. 28, 1921, died- Feb. 21, 1958; M2- Lewis DeSelms, Dec. 3, 1960, Xenia, died- Jun. 8, 1987;

Oddfellows Cem., Xenia

Aug. 30, 1993 WCP

Joe & Lucinda Henson Burkett

Dickens, Mildred R.

Jun 12, 1913, Fairfield

Nov. 8, 1993, Pontiac, IL

Edmund S. Dickens, Aug. 10, 1935, Belvidere, IL, died-Jan. 18, 1983

Camp Esman Cem., Odell, IL

 

James F. & Prinnie E. Cunningham Wilson

Dickey, Mary Isabelle Campbell

Nov. 15, 1915, Carbondale, IL

Feb. 9, 1993, Mt. Carmel