2004 Wayne County Press

Obituaries

By

 Betty Wheat

Betty Wheat has collected the obituaries out of the Wayne County Press for the year 2004 and assembled them into a book. Below is a summery of the obituaries by Laurie Selpien. Complete obituary is available by request. Many thanks to Betty for all her hard work! lselpien@msn.com

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Name

Birth date

Death date

Married

Buried

Obituary

Date

Father /Mother

ADAMS, Joseph Vincent

June 16, 1934

Nov 8, 2004

Apr 28, 1956

Sue Carol GRAVES

St. Mary’s Mt. Vernon

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 10, 2004

s/o Raymond & Ann LATO Adams

AGGERS, William “Bill”

Pennsylvania

Apr 12, 2004

55y

 

 

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 15, 2004

 

ALLBRIGHT, Jesse

Apr 4, 1929

Sept 11, 2004

 

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 11, 2004

s/o Fred & Lucy Albright

Korean War Vet

AMAN, Elgie O.

July 6, 1912

Donie TX

May 10, 2004

Mt. Vernon

Feb 1, 1932

Sallie Rand

d.Sept 22, 1995

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

May 10, 2004

s/o H. O. & Myrtle Mae RASCOE Aman

ANDERSON, James

Dec 11, 1937

Chicago

Jan 17, 2004

Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Wilma MEWES Anderson

Moravian

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 19, 2004

s/o Andrew & Wilma MEWES Anderson

ANDERSON, Wanda Glenn SHIELDS

Oct 2, 1918

Wayne Co.

Nov 19, 2004

Earl Anderson

d. Apr 14, 2001

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 22, 2004

d/o Raliegh & Fern SWAN Shields

BAILEY, Edna R. GROTHE

Sept 16, 1909

 

Aug 11, 2004

Fairfield

Carl Bailey

d. July 7, 1977

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 12, 2004

d/o Jennie Emma MYER Grothe

BAKKER, Karen

 

Nov 9, 2004

Fort Wayne IND

Gary

Fairfield

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 10, 2004

 

BALLARD, George E.

July 11, 1931

Marion Co.

Jan 16, 2004

Sebring Florida

Rita Ballard

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 19, 2004

s/o Stanley & Emma COX Ballard

BARNARD, Haskell “Happy”

July 26, 1920

Feb 14, 2004

Evansville Ind.

Apr 30, 1948

Lubine Meyers

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 16, 2004

s/o Rosco P. & Clara GROVE Barnard

BARNES, Dorothy BROWN

May 3, 1926

Sims

May 13, 2004

Olney

Robert Barnes

d. Nov 26, 1993

Pin Oak

Wayne Co. Press

May 17, 2004

d/o Modie & Stella WHITE Brown

BASSETT, Alfred “Gene”

Sept 22, 1927

Apr 30, 2004

Fairfield

June 1962

Bessie Brown Gifford d.

Shrewsbury

Wayne Co. Press

May 3, 2004

s/o Alfred & Alta FILES Bassett

BAYLES, Harry H.

June 14, 1915

Wayne City

Feb 3, 2004

Morton

 

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 5, 2004

s/o Roy Gregory & Nettie Chase Jones Bayles

WWII Vet

BELANGEE, Verna RICHARDS

May 12, 1919

Wayne Co.

May 12, 2004

Fairfield

Apr 26, 1941

Leland Edward Belangee

d. Dec 4, 1996

Oak Valley

Wayne Co. Press

May 13, 2004

d/o Simon & Harriett Lucenda JELLEY Richards

BERG, Lora E. HUSSELTON

Aug 18, 1918

Wayne Co.

May 11, 2004

Springfield

June 12, 1948

Bernard Berg

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

May 13, 2004

d/o John & Mary SCHMIDT Husselton

BELL, Faye HENDERSON

Mar 12, 1912

Wayne Co.

Feb 11, 2004

Maryland Heights, MO

Aug 20, 1948

Gilbert C. “Bob” Bell

d. Nov 1984

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 12, 2004

d/o Charles Edgar & Dora BORAH Henderson

BELVA, Charles

Sept 10, 1946

Olney

Mar 6, 2004

Olney

Emily

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 8, 2004

s/o Charles & Ella May MCCAIN Belva

BERRY, Bill S.

Nov 9, 1930

Cisne

Apr 15, 2004

Fairfield

Mar 24, 1951

Margaret R. Fuller

d. Mar 22, 1998

m.2

 Oct 26, 2001

Charlene Carter

 

Cisne

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 15, 2004

s/o Cletis “Ned” & Lydia Jane SQUIRE Berry

BEST, Jean M. CROOKS

June 15, 1922

Cisne

Dec 15, 2004

Beardstown

May 18, 1941

H. Clayton Best

d. Jan 12, 1986

Brown

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 16, 2004

d/o Ernest L. & Ruth Irene HOWELL Crooks

BLOCK, Helen TOLLIVER

Mar 29, 1927

Louisville

Feb 14, 2004

Mt. Vernon

Nov 8, 1947

Randall C. Block

Cisne

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 16, 2004

d/o Lawrence & Elphelita DEAN Toliver

BOLDREY, Joyce D. TROYER

Oct 25, 1942

Akron Ohio

Mar 20, 2004

Bridgeport

 

McKeendree

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 22, 2004

d/o Herschel & Elsie GILLARD Troyer

BOZARTH, Burrell James

Oct 18, 1914

Wamac

Sept 21, 2004

Wayne City

Drucilla

Sept 27, 2003

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 23, 2004

s/o Sheridan & Effie Hollingsworth Bozarth

BRADDOCK, Pauline MAXEY

Apr 12, 1920

Jefferson Co.,

Apr 24, 2004

Bluford

May 17, 1938

Nolan H. Braddock

d.

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 26, 2004

d/o Ray & Mae MCCORD Maxey

BRADHAM, Harry Eli

July 22, 1949

W. Salem

Mar 2, 2004

Evansville IND.

 

Body donated

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 4, 2004

s/o Herman A. & Evamse FISHEL Bradham

BRYAN, Lee Gayle

Dec 12, 1919

Flora

Feb 18, 2004

Fairfield

Jan 27, 1946

Wanda Haegele

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 19, 2004

s/o Lankferd & Cloe COGGIN Bryan

WWII Vet

BRYAN, Wanda M. HAEGELE

July 31, 1925

Mt. Zion

Feb 28, 2004

Mt. Vernon

Jan 27, 1946

Lee Bryan

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 1, 2004

d/o J. Winfield & Myrtle FOWLER Haegele

BRICKER, Dorothy MCDOWELL

Sept 5, 1927

Clay City

Sept 13, 2004

Effingham

Oct 17, 1954

Carl L. Gray

d.June 13, 1953

Dec 11, 1954

Ralph O. Bricker

d.Feb 23, 1987

 

Clay City cemetery

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 16, 2004

d/o Clayson A. & Nella Grace LUKE McDowell

BRIGHT, Edward Merle

Jan 23, 1922

Wayne Co.

Dec 22, 2004

 

Julia

Fairlawn

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 27, 2004

s/o Edward & Floy CORNSTUBBLE Bright

BROOKS, Etheline MCMINN

Mar 27, 1926

Moulton MO.

Sept 19, 2004

Fairfield

June 26, 1947

Wesley Brooks

d. Feb 1, 2004

White Co. Memorial Gardens

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 20, 2004

d/o Jesse Lee & Oma SHAW McMinn

BROOKS, Wesley

Sept 19, 1921

Butler Co. KY

Feb 1, 2004

Mt. Vernon

June 26, 1947

Etheline McMinn

White Co. Memorial Gardens

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 2, 2004

s/o Elvis & Anna Belle LACEFIELD Brooks

WWII U. S. Army Vet

BROWN, Geraldine “Gerry” SHRADER

Mar 8, 1935

Wayne Co.

July 11, 2004

Olney

June 4, 1966

George M. Brown

d. Dec 21, 1993

Elmwood

Flora

Wayne Co. Press

July 15, 2004

d/o Edward & Ada Bell RUSSELL Shrader

BROWN, Sally MCVOY

 

Sept 15, 2004

Asheville N. C.

Robert

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 20, 2004

 

BUCHANAN, James Emmett

Nov 26, 1929

Fairfield

Apr 6, 2004

Rockford

May 3, 1953

Faye Hudson

Sunset Memorial Gardens

Rockford

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 8, 2004

s/o James R. & Novella HARRIS Buchanan

BURDEN, Martin Fielden

Harrisburg

Sept 17, 2004

Carmi 75y

Jean

Sunset Hill

Harrisburg

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 20, 2004

s/o Martin L. & Ottice BROCKETT Burden

BURGESS, Bobbie L.

Aug 4, 1935

Orchardville

Apr 18, 2004

Flora

Apr 6, 1984

Carolyn Edminson Shreve

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 19, 2004

s/o Roy “Blue” & Freda STONECIPHER Burgess

BUNDY, Owen E.

 

Nov 10, 2004

Mt. Vernon

 

Mt. Olive

Mt. Vernon

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 15, 2004

WWII U. S. Army Vet

CAIRNS, Mary BRAKE

Albion

July 3, 2004

Port Huron Michigan 75y

Dean Cox

d. 1955

m.1961

Edward Cairns

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

July 8, 2004

d/o Clifford & Nina Brake

CALDWELL, Lee Edward

July 16, 1942

Wayne Co.

Sept 14, 2004

Earlington, Ky.

Phyllis Ann White

Sherry Childers

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 16, 2004

s/o Richard & Martha Mae REED Caldwell

Vietnam War Vet

CARLTON, Edgar DeVaughan

Jan 3, 1912

Nocatee Fla

July 27, 2004

Florida

Haline McCracken

Joshua Creek Cemetery

Arcadia Florida

Wayne Co. Press

July 29, 2004

s/o Albert & Lucy GARNER Carlton

WWII U. S. Navy Vet

CARNER, Norlin

Dec 28, 1921

Feb 9, 2004

Carrier Mills

June 1, 1941

Esther Sullivan

d. Nov 2002

Providence

Carrier Mills

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 12, 2004

s/o James Lee & Barbara Carner

CARRELL, Myrtle M. HUNT

Mar 20, 1908

Wayne Co.

Jan 23, 2004

Fairfield

 

Olive Branch

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 26, 2004

d/o B. H. & Pinkey WHEELER Hunt

CARTER, Thelma Griffith SONS

July 21, 1928

Wayne Co.

Sept 11, 2004

Car accident

Dennis Carter

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 13, 2004

d/o Seth & Ruth MONTGOMERY Sons

CATES, Estrage Delbert

Dec 23, 1901

Wayne Co.

Aug 25, 2004

Mt. Pulski

July 5, 1926

Inez Lucille Hilliard

d. Nov 5, 1998

Mt. Pulski Cemetery

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 30, 2004

s/o John & Wilda ANDERSON Cates

CAUSEY, Joy W. ASBURY

Oct 3, 1936

E. St. Louis

July 21, 2004

Fairfield

Oct 22, 1955

Charles Causey

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

July 26, 2004

d/o Samuel & Virginia HORNESS Asbury

CHAPMAN, Edwin

Jan 1, 1909

Mt. Erie

Feb 22, 2004

Streator

1970

Marie Dezouche

d.

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 23, 2004

s/o James & Mattie DOUGLAS Chapman

CHAPMAN, Eldon Marlin

July 15, 1937

Wayne Co.

Apr 1, 2004

Pikeville Hospital

Rosa Bartley

d.

Dow-Brooks

Cemetery

Draffin, KY

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 5, 2004

s/o Fred & Eva ALLISON Chapman

U. S. Army

CHAPMAN, Otis

Oct 23, 1910

Mt. Erie

Mar 2, 2004

Olney

Nov 26, 1930

Goldie Ferguson

d. June 23, 1987

McKendree

Mt. Erie

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 4, 2004

s/o James Wilson & Mattie May DOUGLAS Chapman

CHASTAIN, Robert E.

Dec 19, 1929

Carmi

Oct 6, 2004

Wayne Co.

June 2, 1951

Carolyn Pierson

Bog Prairie

Carmi

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 2, 2004

s/o Robert S. & Minnie C. JONES Chastain

CHILDERS, Ford Del

Feb 26, 1915

Jan 6, 2004

Cape Girardeau

Ethel Blessing

d. Dec 4, 2003

Cobden Cemetery

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 8, 2004

s/o Jesse Allen & Eliza Ellen PEARSON Childres

CHIZK, Blanche Buchanan GILBERT

May 1, 1912

Wayne Co.

July 21, 2004

Wayne Co.

Willard Buchanan

50 years

Olive Branch

Wayne Co. Press

July 22, 2004

d/o Taylor & Ella MILLER Gilbert

CHRISTY, Randall B.

Oct 20, 1926

Fairfield

Oct 13, 2004

Mt. Vernon

Dec 23, 1975

Phyllis Staton Warren

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 14, 2004

s/o Ira & Leona MARTIN Christy

WWII Navy Veteran

CLARK, Freda SHAW

Oct 28, 1927

Stewart

Apr 10, 2004

Dixon

 

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 12, 2004

d/o Verne E. & Mary RAINWATER Shaw

CLAY, Mildred M. JOHNSON

Dec 18, 1913

Clay Co.

Dec 27, 2004

Evansville IND

Richard Clay d.

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 27, 2004

d/o Atwood & Clara OBRECHT Johnson

CLEMENTS, Geraldine F. DESELMS

Aug 5, 1926

Mt. Vernon

Apr 18, 2004

Evansville IND.

Aug 12, 1946

Roy E. Clements

Brush Creek

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 19, 2004

d/o Lewis & Nora WARREN DeSelms

CLEMENTS, Nellie V. THACKER

Jan 24, 1907

Carmi

Feb 2, 2004

Anderson IND

July 26, 1952

Sherman Clements

d. Jan 19, 1987

Anderson Memorial

Anderson Indiana

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 16, 2004

d/o Charles & Katie ALEXANDER Thacker

CLEMENT, Blondee F. FARMER

Nov 2, 1906

Wayne Co.

Apr 21, 2004

PONCA City Okla.

Nov 4, 1928

Roy Edward Clement

d. May 24, 1995

Russell Cemetery

 

Rinard

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 22, 2004

d/o Frank & Ruth VAUGHN Farmer

CLEVENGER, Peggy Jean MONROE

July 2, 1930

Jasper Twp.

Oct 28, 2004

Fairfield

Elmer “Rod” Clevenger

d. May 24, 2000

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 1, 2004

d/o Herschel & Molly WOLFE Monroe

CLUTTER, Carroll Eugene

Feb 6, 1919

Cisne

Apr 2, 2004

Carrollton TX

Feb 11, 1942

Mary Etta Rush

d. Mar 8, 1995

Springerton

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 5, 2004

s/o Earl & Vesta HUBBLE Clutter

Colonel U. S. Army 32y veteran

COCHRAN, Diana Lynn MUSGRAVE,

Apr 10, 1952

Fairfield

Dec 21, 2004

Lees Summit, Mo.

Richard Cochran

Longview Memorial Gardens

Kansas City MO.

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 27, 2004

d/o Charles & Margaret TRIBE Musgrave

COTHRAN, Lou Eloise PUCKETT

Jan 15, 1915

Bt. Prairie

Nov 14, 2004

Fairfield

1972

Cecil “Swede” Cothran

d. 1989

Pleasant Grove

 

Fairfield

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 15, 2004

d/o Sylvester & Julia GWALTNEY Puckett

COLEMAN, Loretta A.

 

Feb 23, 2004

E. Moline

 

National

Arsenal Island

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 4, 2004

Mother of David Allen of Cisne

COLLINS, Pauline CLINE

Oct 28, 1915

Ottumwa, Iowa

Jan 14, 2004

Mt. Vernon

Sept 16, 1935

John Collins

d. June 13, 2001

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 15, 2004

d/o Paul & Katie LAIRD Cline

CONARD, Ivan Red

Feb 28, 1930

Cisne

Oct 20, 2004

Midland TX

March 25, 1955

Mary Anne Vaughan

Trinity Memorial Park

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 21, 2004

Korean War Vet

CONARD, Marie B.BUNNELL

Sept 7, 1919

Rinard

June 29, 2004

Flora

Oct 19, 1939

Charles R. Carnard

d. Aug 16, 1939

Elmwood

Flora

Wayne Co. Press

July 1, 2004

d/o Justin & Rhonda BULLARD Bunnell

CORNSTUBBLE, Herman Logan

Aug 20, 1921

Wayne Co. Il

June 4, 2004

Florrissant, Mo.

Never married

Olive Branch

Wayne Co. Press

June 7, 2004

s/o Stephen A. & Mary Catherine SEENEY Cornstubble

U. S. Army WWII

COURTRIGHT, Shane

May 19, 1983

Effingham

May 17, 2004

Evansville IND

Motorcycle accident

 

Orchard Hill

Louisville

Wayne Co. Press

May 20, 2004

s/o Scott Courtright & Sheila Dawkins

COX, Thomas L.

July 26, 1937

Michigan

Apr 24, 2004

Rio Hundo, TX

Pat Lay Cox

 

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 26, 2004

s/o Luther & Irene KING Cox

b/o Mary Mier & J. L. Cox