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
GAMMON, Edith N. RUSSELL	May 14, 1914 W. Frankfort	Nov 4, 2004 Fairfield	Otis Gammon d. June 19, 1987	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Nov 4, 2004	d/o Guy and Prudence HALL Russell
GARNER, Lola Mae MCKINNEY	Oct 26, 1908 Wayne Co.	Jan 18, 2004 Fairfield	Aug 1925 Omer Garner d. June 2, 1987	Thomason	Wayne Co. Press Jan 19, 2004	d/o James & Julie WRIGHT McKinney
GARRISON, Bobby Owen	Sept 24, 1933 Olney	Nov 23, 2004	Lelah Robertson	Pin Oak	Wayne Co. Press Nov 24, 2004	s/o Harel & Vina WITHROW Garrison Korean War
GASH, Lee Edward “Bill”	Apr 11, 1924 Fairfield	Apr 5, 2004 Elko Navada	Helen Fry	Nevada	Wayne Co. Press Apr 8, 2004	s/o Carl & Lura Gash WWII Vet
GIFFORD, Dennis Ray	Aug 1955 Fairfield	Jan 7, 2004 Mill Shoals			Wayne Co. Press Jan 8, 2004	s/o LATE Hayward & Bessie BROWN Bassett
GLICK, Betty STALLINGS	Sept 15, 1926 Wayne Co.Il.	Aug 25, 2004	Lloyd Click	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Aug 26, 2004	d/o Leslie & Anna NEWBERRY Stallings
GLICK, Lloyd W.	Oct 15, 1927 Wabsh Co., Il.	Sept 5, 2004 Olney	Betty Stalling d. Aug 25, 2004	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Sept 7, 2004	s/o Homer & Priscilla HILL Click
GOWLER, Rufus George Jr.		June 14, 2004 Abiline TX 73y		Donated to Texas Tech	Wayne Co. Press June 21, 2004	Brother of Mrs. Sue Parker Retired Air Force fought in the Korean and Vietnam conflicts
GRADDY, Chester “Chet”	Feb 15, 1910 Fairfield	Jan 25, 2004 Escanaba, Mich	Leona Roberts d. 1980	Rapid River Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press Feb 26, 2004	s/o George & Lillian BROWN Graddy
GRANT, C. Gillard	Apr 23, 1918 Wayne Co., Il.	July 10, 2004 Canton Ohio	Wilma Hedrick	Sunset Hills Memory Gardens	Wayne Co. Press July 22, 2004	s/o Mr. & Mrs. Clarence Gillard
GRANT, Wayne G.	July 29, 1913 Pueblo Colo.	Oct 22, 2004 Cisne	Dec 24, 1933 Marcella Crain		Wayne Co. Press Oct 25, 2004	s/o George & Bertha CLARK Grant
GRAY, Dennis Roger	Feb 26, 1944 Fairfield	Mar 16, 2004 Hardin County		Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Mar 18, 2004	s/o Robert J. & Wilenna WELLS Gray
GRAY, Ruth VAUGHAN	Mar 29, 1922 Wayne Co., Il.	Nov 4, 2004 Fairfield	June 7, 1923 John Curtis Gray Feb 1, 1976	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Nov 8, 2004	d/o Leonard & Mary LOCKE Vaughan
GREEN, Betty MCCLEARY	Nov 17, 1927 Pekin	Jan 21, 2004 Fairfield	Paul Green d. Aug 9, 1988	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Feb 22, 2004	d/o Joe & Bessie RANKIN McCleary
GREEN, James T.	Nov 15, 1942 Wayne Co., Il.	Dec 19, 2004 Indianapolis IN	June 30, 1962 Shirley Coleman	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Dec 20, 2004	s/o Deletis & Mary CARTER Green
GREEN, Thomas Harold	May 14, 1932 Sheridan Wyo.	Oct 21, 2004 Mill Shoals	May 22, 1965 Gillette Wyo. Pauline A. Burr	Shrewsbury Mill Shoals	Wayne Co. Press Oct 25, 2004	s/o Harold & Clara BARTON Green U. S. Navy Vet Korean War
GRIMES, William L.	Apr 25, 1926 Carterville	June 28, 2004 Hillsboro		Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press June 28, 2004 July 1, 2004	s/o John & Mildred REICHERT Grimes
GOLDEN, Vera WILLIAMS	May 1924 Wayne Co., Il.	Aug 12, 2004 Rockford, Il.	Lester Williams	Rochelle	Wayne Co. Press Aug 19, 2004	d/o Raymond & Marie LOYD Williams
GWALTNEY, J. T.	May 31, 1912 Mill Shoals	Feb 29, 2004 White Co., Il.	Oct 15, 1945 Helen Darnell d. Feb 11, 2002	Bt. Prairie	Wayne Co. Press Mar 3, 2004	s/o James & Josephine FUNKHOUSER Gwaltney
GWALTNEY, Mary Edith	Sept 10, 1926 Bt. Prairie	Sept 20, 2004 Carmi, White Co.		Centerville Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press Sept 27, 2004	d/o Paul & Gertrude Jordan Gwaltney
GWALTNEY, Vickey VOELTZ	Nov 8, 1952 Englewood Calif.	July 8, 2004 Mill Shoals	Ronald Gwaltney		Wayne Co. Press July 12, 2004	d/o Vernon & Betty WILLYARD Gwaltney
HAEGELE, John Edwin	Oct 26, 1930 Mt. Zion	Sept 24, 2004 Plant City Fla.	Nov 18, 1951 Betty Louise Backes	Cremated	Wayne Co. Press Sept 27, 2004	s/o Johnie Winfield & Myrtle Marie FOWLER Haegle Korean War
HAEGELE, Ruby TAYLOR	Apr 6, 1929 White Co. Il.	Feb 10, 2004	Mar 27, 1949 Elmer Haegele	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Feb 12, 2004	d/o Charles P. & Elizabeth STAHL Taylor
HALLAM, Ralph E.	Apr 15, 1954 Fairfield	Jan 26, 2004 Evansville Ind.	Norma d. 1999	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Jan 29, 2004	s/o Harvey T. & Dorothy McKAY Hallam
HALLER, Brian K.	Dec 19, 1976 Centralia	Aug 22, 2004 Auto accident Orel Twp.	Kindra Matherly	Crouch Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press July 23, 2004	s/o Russell & Barbara SQUIRES Haller U. S. National Guard
HAMIC, Hilda Edith Fildes		June 16, 2004 Haynesville, La. 84y	Don Hamic d.	Laird Family Cemetery Enterprise	Wayne Co. Press June 17, 2004
HARDY, Mary E. CARPENTER	Sept 12, 1918 Cisne	Aug 10, 2004 Urbana	Dec 4, 1937 Washington Ind. Virgil Hardy d. Feb 13, 1971	Elmwood Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press Aug 12, 2004	d/o William & Flossie HALE Carpenter
HARMON, Rev. Myrel O.	Mar 23, 1910 Xenia	Mar 13, 2004	1932 Regina Tyler d. Dec 16, 1990	New Liberty Baptist Church Cemetery Iuka	Wayne Co. Press Mar 18, 2004	s/o James N. & Nettie ALLEN Harmon
HARPER, Blanche TONDINI	Fairfield	Oct 19, 2004 St. Louis MO. 77y	Charles Harper d. Jan of 2000		Wayne Co. Press Oct 21, 2004	d/o Michael & Mary Tondini
HARRELL, Dr. Julius Grissom	Apr 19, 1914 Carmi	Apr 30, 2004 Carmi	June 26, 1940 Dorothy K. “Vince” Vincel	Cremated	Wayne Co. Press May 3, 2004	s/o Julius J. “J.J.” and Opal May GRISSOM Harrell WWII Army Vet
HARRELL, Michael D.	Dec 29, 1956 Flora	Oct 23, 2004 Nashville, Tenn.		Elmwood Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press Oct 25, 2004	s/o Edward & Wanda McGREW Harrell
HARRELL, Wilma M. SHEHORN	Oct 21, 1921 Wayne Co.	Mar 25, 2004 Davenport Fla.	Mar 16, 1941 Virgil Harrell	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Mar 25, 2004 Mar 29, 2004	d/o Charles & Olive PETTICORD Shehorn
HARRIS, Max K.	Aug 3, 1915 Wayne Co.	Sept 19, 2004 Fairfield	Dortha M. Caldwell	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Sept 20, 2004	s/o Clarence Eugene & Florence SIMMS Harris
HATLETT, Betty		Apr 13, 2004 Savannah Ga.	Sr. Master Sergeant Robert G. Hatlett		Wayne Co. Press Apr 29, 2004	d/o Bertha Caudle Henson
HAUGHT, Janice STRINGFELLOW	July 6, 1930 Greenville Ala.		Thanksgiving 1948 Rex Nolan Haught	Jan 16, 2004 Broken Arrow Okla.	Wayne Co. Press Feb 2, 2004	d/o John & Miriam Stringfellow
HEARN, Charles H.		Feb 27, 2004 Decatur 75y		Ebenezer	Wayne Co. Press Mar 1, 2004
HEIDINGER, James Donald	May 10, 1907 Jasper Twp.	Nov 24, 2004 California	Elsie Marie King	Eureka Calif.	Wayne Co. Press Dec 2, 2004	s/o George Norman & Emily GADDY Heidinger
HEDRICK, Joyce		Mar 25, 2004 Marysville Wash. 72y	Donald Hedrick	Cremated	Wayne Co. Press Apr 5, 2004
HENDERSHOTT, Beulah Fay ROCKETT	Oct 7, 1915 Hamilton Co.	Jan 29, 2004 Enfield	Apr of 1939 Dwight Lyman Hendershott d. Jan 17, 1978	Springerton	Wayne Co. Press Feb 2, 2004	d/o Jesse & Anna Martin Rockett Sr.
HENDERSON, Doris THOMAS	Mar 26, 1917 Clay Co.	Mar 31, 2004 Clay City	Dec 1937 Pearl Richard Henderson d. Nov 13, 1984	Clay City Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press Apr 5, 2004	d/o Kearney & Myrtle TETRICK Thomas
HERBERT, Henry M.	May 19, 1926 Silver Springs Md.	Sept 26, 2004 Columbia Mo.	Jan 1948 Maryann Powell d. 1974 m. 1979 Linda Jackson divorced m. Apr 7, 2003 Billie A. Menefee	Arcadia Fla.	Wayne Co. Press Sept 30, 2004	s/o William  N. & Margaret MORTON Herbert
HERNANDEZ, Martha M. CABRAL	Mar 7, 1948 Mexico	Feb 19, 2004 Xenia	Dec 27, 1973 Arturo Hernadez Jerez Mexico	St. Stephen’s Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press Feb 23, 2004	d/o Manuel & Eva Garcia Cabral
HENSON, Jesse D.	Dec 28, 1929 Johnsonville	Apr 20, 2004 Marion		Mt. Pleasant Xenia	Wayne Co. Press Apr 22, 2004	s/o Robert N. & Lula Bullard Henson Served Korea
HENSON, Vera I. SILVEY	Jan 3, 1905 Xenia	Mar 17, 2004	May 3, 1924 John Kell Henson d. May 12, 1975	Powers Cemetery Xenia	Wayne Co. Press Mar 18, 2004	d/o Melvin O. & Nora E. Silvey
HICKS, Mary Ella EWING	Jan 3, 1903 White Co.	Jan 2, 2004 Mt. Vernon	Aug 25, 1920 William J. Hicks d. Mar 7, 1982	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Jan 5, 2004	d/o Charles & Lena Eola KUYKENDALL Ewing
HILL, James H.	Dec 18, 1923 Paulton	Mar 7, 2004 Fairfield	Emma Lou Mocaby d. 1991	Produe Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press Mar 8, 2004	s/o Albert & Orpha TANNER Hill
HILL, Inez SMITH	Sept 2, 1925 Tyler TX.	Jan 20, 2004	June 7, 1946 Robert Russel Hill d. 1979	Cumberland Chapel	Wayne Co. Press Feb 22, 2004	d/o Marion & Media Alma FIELDS Smith
HOOD, Quma Chalcraft	Nov 19, 1921 Golden Gate	Feb 13, 2004 Centralia	Paul Hood d. Mar 21, 1994	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Feb 16, 2004
HOOPER, Edna CLEVENGER	June 2, 1921 Barnhill	May 10, 2004	May 2, 1940 Gerald Hooper	Wolf Creek Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press May 10, 2004	d/o David & Lizzy SORK Clevenger
HOPSON, Carroll	Sept 29, 1918 Mill Shoals	Apr 3, 2004 Benton	Adelle Starks d. July 7, 2003	Shrewsbury	Wayne Co. Press Apr 8, 2004	s/o Leo & Ella MOSSBERGER Hopson
HOSICK, Lois Grace TULLY	Oct 26, 1920 Olney	Feb 19, 2004 Xenia	May 19, 1946 James I. Hosick Jr. d. Aug 25, 2001	Odd fellows Xenia	Wayne Co. Press Feb 23, 2004	d/o Joseph G. & Pansy HARGRAVES Tully
HOSSELTON, Leon Cletis	July 2, 1916 Zif Twp.	Dec 15, 2004 Olney	Nov 9, 1938 Wilma Fern Pierce Henderson KY	Zif Cemetery	Wayne Co. Press Dec 20, 2004	s/o Earnest R. & Ellen GARRISON Hosselton
HOWARD, Myrna J. JONES	Feb 19, 1946	Dec 9, 2004 Evansville Ind.	Sept 20, 1996 Winston Howard	Cresthaven Memorial Park Claremont	Wayne Co. Press Dec 13, 2004	d/o Grover W. & Leah HECKLER Jones
HUBBLE, Christine		Sept 30, 2004 48y		Lincoln Nebraska	Wayne Co. Press Oct 14, 2004	d/o Dr. Kenneth & Bernice Hubble
HUFFMAN, Mary A. WITHERSPOON	Oct 8, 1922 Chicago	Apr 12, 2004 Fairfield	Eldon Huffman d. July 22, 1993	Maple Hill	Wayne Co. Press Apr 15, 2004
HUNTER, James A.	May 30, 1934 Carbondale	Jan 8, 2004 Mt. Vernon	Nov 30, 1968 Catherin Shelton	Thomason	Wayne Co. Press Jan 15, 2004	s/o Fred L. & Frone GLENN Hunter
HURD, Mona OLSON	Mar 21, 1952 St. Charles	Aug 9, 2004 Clay County	Mar 1, 1974 Harold Hurd Elgin Il.		Wayne Co. Press Aug 12, 2004	d/o Mandley & Jeannie CAMPBELL Olson
HUTCHESON, William	Jan 29, 1929 Wayne Co.	Apr 11, 2004 Rockford, Il.	Irene Hutcheson	Thomason	Wayne Co. Press Apr 15, 2004	s/o Dewey & Dessie WELLS Hutcheson
INGLIS, Ron	Apr 17, 1943 Massic Co.	Aug 29, 2004 Evansville Ind.		Graceland Albion	Wayne Co. Press Sept 2, 2004	s/o Jack & Bessie TEAGUE Ingles
IRVINE, Bertha E. EIKELBERRY	Dec 22, 1910 Geff	Oct 11, 2004 Fairfield