Bestow Cemetery is located in Geff, Wayne County, Illinois. My 88 year old Aunt, Nancy Jane Sharp Odom and I audited this cemetery in Spring 2006. We will be returning to take more pictures and to read all stones in fall of 2007. Ira Sharp Dennis aka Tootie Dennis

 

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BESTOW CEMETERY

 

Information in this color is based on Deselm Funeral Home Cards donated by Betty Wheat 

 

 

Name

Birth

Death

 

Illinois Death Cert # & SS#

Obit/Picture

Additional Information

ANDERSON, Oliver

June 6, 1883

Jan 7, 1977

m.1 Carrie Goldman

m.2 Roxa White

 

 

 

BATES, Forrest Carroll

Oct 24, 1906

Nov 6, 1974

m. Marie Johnson

Sept 7, 1905-1987

m.2 Edna Farmer

 

 

f. Samuel Bates

Feb 28, 1877-Nov 23, 1951

m. Lena Barnes

Nov 7, 1877-Nov 28, 1964

BLACKBURN, Bessie C. MORGAN

Oct 1, 1886

Mar 1, 1968

m. Charles Blackburn

 

 

 

f. Cyrus M. Morgan

m. Hannah Eikleberry

BLACKBURN, Charles W.

Apr 3, 1882

Jan 11, 1963

m. Bessie Morgan

 

 

f. Wm. H. Blackburn

m. Eliza J, Klingaham

Brown, Edythe

Jan. 31, 1895, Grayville, IL

Feb. 4, 1983, Fairfield, IL

Ross E. Brown,

Dec. 22, 1915

Bestow Cem.

Feb 7, 1983, WCP

Henry & Carrie (O'Dell) Nicklaus

Brown, Wayne H.

May 31, 1912, Lamard Twp.

Jul. 26, 1985, Fairfield

Naomi Sons, Jul 5, 1962, Albion

Bestow Cem., Geff

Jul. 29, 1985 WCP

Julius & Grace McDannel Brown

 COPELAND, William R.

Dec 5, 1897

May 13, 1964

 m. Myrtle Smith

 

 

 f. George Copeland

m. Dora Miller

 COURTRIGHT, Stokley Rude

Sept 27, 1881

Sept 4, 1963

 m. Gladys Fields

 

 

 f. Roark Courtright

m. Selesta Spriggs

 FANSLER, Villa

Sept 18, 1888

Dec 20, 1975

 m. Roy Fansler

 

 

 f. Benton Smith

m. Martha Jelley

 FITCH, Joseph A.

Feb 28, 1900

Sept 27, 1971

 m. Avis McCormich

May 9, 1900-1936

m.2 Lucille McCormich

Aug 22, 1913-mar 14, 1943

m. 3 Edna Ray

Sept 25, 1900- June 20, 1971

 

 

 f. Ed Fitch

July 9, 1873-may 31, 1950

m. Alice Pudgett

May 4, 1871-June 30, 1950

GREEN, James Arthur

Feb 12, 1913 MO

 Aug 22,1983 Evansville, IND.

 

 

memorial

 

 GROVE, Carl

Mar 21, 1887

July 30, 1971

 Mary Trotter

Aug 27, 1889-Feb 10, 1957

 

 

f. Wm. Grove

1851-1944

m. Evaline Clay

June 19, 1855-May 2, 1935

GROVES, Carl Albert

June 27, 1918

Lamard, WC

Feb 2, 2005

Wanda Hawk

 

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 3, 2005

s/o Carl Clifton & Mary TROTTER Grove

 GROVE, Mildred L.

Feb 8, 1914

Jan 25, 1975

 

 

 

 

 GRUBB, Albert M.

July 20, 1893

Apr 24, 1964

 Martha Bright

d. Oct 21, 1958

 

 

 f. George Grubb

Aug 19, 1867-Aug 12, 1944

m. Flora Mosteller

 GRUBB, Carrie M. MOSTELLER

Feb 26, 1878

Nov 19, 1968

 m. James E. Grubb

Aug 21, 1873-Mar 13, 1965

 

 

 f. Silas Mosteller

Aug 16, 1847-Apr 17, 1921

m. Mary Etta Carpenter

d. 1880

 GRUBB, James E.

Aug 21, 1873

Mar 13, 1965

 m. Carrie Mosteller

1878-1986

 

 

 f. Daniel B. Grubb

1840-1920

m. Solome Owens

1842-1922

HAWK, Flora E.

Oct 8, 1880

Sept 8, 1965

 

 

 

 

Hawk, Herman

Apr. 14, 1904, Lamard Twp.

Dec 28, 1983, Olney, IL

M1- Myrtle Crews-

died Mar. 27, 1957,

M2-Goldie Johnson,

Feb 27, 1959,

Fairfield

Bestow Cem., Geff, IL

Dec. 29, 1983 WCP

Neal & Lora (Tibbs) Hawk

HEADLEY, Roger Alan

Aug 25, 1941

Golden Gate

May 17, 2005

Mt. Vernon

Apr 7, 1961

Susie E. Riley

 

Wayne Co. Press

May 19, 2005

s/o Charles Alan & Mabel Marie ELLIOTT Headley

Hilliard, Russell E.

Aug. 23, 1920, Cisne

Aug. 30, 1995, Geff

Juanita M. Cariens, Dec. 20, 1941, died- Dec.27, 1984;

Bestow Cem., Geff

Aug. 31, 1995 WCP

Edward & Daisy Sweeney Hilliard

HOSSELTON, Eugene “Gene”

Dec 29, 1936

Mar 16, 1998

 

 

Obit

Headstone

s/o Harold & Maurine MOLT Hosselton

HOSSELTON, William Harold

Mar 22, 1914

Nov 14, 1997

Maurine Molt

Nov 2, 1931

 

Obit

headstone

s/o William Seth & Dorothy MOSELY Hosselton

HOSSELTON, Maurine MOLT

Mar 6, 1911

Nov 14, 1997

Harold Hosselton

Nov 2, 1931

 

Obit

headstone

d/o Frank & Carrie TRUITT Molt

JAMISON, Albert M.

Fe 3, 1886

Jan 9, 1967

m. Bessie

 

 

f. Henry Jamison

m. Betty Jones

JELLEY, Dallas R.

Apr 9, 1947

Fairfield

July 8, 2005

Geff

Dean Jelley

 

Wayne Co. Press

July 11, 2005

s/o William Ray Jelley & Della Marie HARRISON

Kerr, Kathryn

Apr 14, 1913,

Wayne Co.

Apr. 1, 1985,

Urbana, IL

M1-Robert Dale McNeely,

Dec. 6, 1939,

Morganfield, KY-

he died Jan. 4, 1981;

 M2 Harold Kerr

Feb. 27, 1983

Bestow Cem.,

Geff, IL

WCP

William & Maude Pyle Brock

KING, Maye KEYSER

Jan 8, 1902

Mar 8, 1974

m. Ivan King

Jan 4, 1900-July 17, 1891

 

 

f. Harrison Keyser

Mar 27, 1865-Mar 31, 1931

m. Flora Trotter

Oct 12, 1870-Sept 2, 1929

KINNEY, Marie MORGAN

Aug 31, 1908

Geff

Jan 1, 2005

Effingham

Oct 3, 1931

John Kinney

d. Jan 7, 1993

 

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 3, 2005

d/o Walter & Clara MCDANNEL Morgan

KIRKPATRICK, George C.

Mar 16, 1904

Nov 28, 1974

m. Emma Baker

 

 

f. Andrew Kirkpatrick

m. Anna Mae Carter

LAMBRICH, Bob N.

Aug 20, 1923

Jan 6, 1973

m. Wilma Lee Murphy

 

 

f. Frank Lambrick

Jan 4, 1892-Nov 23, 1958

m. Nadine Holman

LANE, Loretta M. TUBBS

July 2, 1949

Geff

Sept 5, 2005

Evansville IN

W. Leon Lane

 

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 6, 2005

d/o Elmo & Marie WOLFE Tubbs

McNEELY, William Pierce

Sept 24, 1896

WC, Il

July 21, 1985

 

M1 Glenn DYE in 1920 d. 1939

M2 Ruby GRUBB

Obit

son of Lon and Grace (GRICE) McNeely

MILLER, Alberta MOSSEBURGER

May 18, 1908

Jan 21, 1964

Walter (BUD) Miller

 

 

Samuel Mosseburger

Mary Jackson

MILLER, Clarence E.

Dec 16, 1895

Feb 18, 1974

Eva Morgan d. 1949

m.2 Mabel Wolf

d. Mar 1973

 

 

H. T. Miller

Mahala Galloway

MILLER, Mabel S.

Apr 24, 1899

Mar 29, 1973

Ebb Wolf

m. 2 Clarence Miller

 

 

 

MCDANNEL, Thomas  Michael (Mike)

Aug 10, 1946

May 30, 1972

Diana Mitchell

 

 

Tom McDannel

MCNELY, Wayne

June 5, 1907

May 1, 1968

Martha

 

 

 

McNeely, William Pierce

Sep. 24, 1896, Wayne Co.

Jul. 21, 1985, Geff

M1- Glenn Dye, 1920, died-1939; Ruby Grubb, 1940

Bestow Cem., Geff

Jul 22, 1985 WCP

Lon & Grace (Grice) McNeely; WWI

MURPHY, Russell Dane

Mar 31, 1913

Jeffersonville

Oct 10, 2005

Way-fair Restorium

Aug 24, 1932

Wanda Marie Berg

Bestow

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 13, 2005

s/o Roy & Rhonda RUTGER Murphy

Murphy, Vern N.

Dec. 16, 1904, Wayne Co.

Sep. 11, 1983, Mt. Vernon

Novella Parks, Aug. 16, 1933, St. Francis, KS

Bestow Cem., Geff

Sep. 12, 1983 WCP

Roy & Roda (Rutger) Murphy

POWELL, Johnie O.

Sept 12, 1903

Dec 30, 1976

Mary Morlan

2. Carrie Richards

 

 

Tobia Powell

Apr 15, 1860-Aug 23, 1946

Mary Brand

June 4, 1862-Mar 22, 1947

REEVES, Flossie M. WALLER

Jan 8, 1896

Feb 9, 1973

Charles Reeves

 

 

Ephrem Waller

Nov 30, 1850-Dec 17, 1912

Hanna Cooper

Sept 25, 1856-Aug 6, 1925

RICHARDS, Sylvia M. RODGERS

Nov 14, 1912

Iola

Jan 20, 2005

Fairfield

May 29, 1931

Thomas L. Richards

d. Aug 27, 1982

Bestow

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 20, 2005

d/o Francis & Lillie MURRAY Rodgers

RILEY, William Arthur “Art”

Apr 30, 1923

Wayne Co.

Feb 19, 2005

Marion

 

Bestow

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 21, 2005

s/o William Earl & Bessie M. LANR Riley

WWII Vet

ROCHELLE, Bessie M.

Oct 18, 1887

Jan 1, 1966

single

 

 

James Rochelle

Sarah J. Nelson

Rodgers, David L.

Dec. 21, 1964, Wayne Co.

Jul. 30, 1985, Flora

 

Bestow Cem., Geff

Apr. 1, 1985 WCP

Robert & Nelda Harshbarger Rodgers

RUSSELL, Bertha BASEHORE

Sept 13, 1889

June 9, 1964

Charles A. Russell

1889-1966

 

 

Daniel Basehore

Elizabeth Cassell

RUSSELL, Charles A.

Jan 9, 1889

Feb 9, 1966

Bertha Basehore

1889-1954

 

 

Robert F. Russell

Barbra E. Alkine

SHINE, James M.

Sept 5, 1909

June 16, 1974

Elizabeth Krause

 

 

Michael Stine

Julia Vaughn

SMITH, Johnie Hester (Male) *

Jeffersonville Il.

Aug 6, 1909

1y 1m, 24d

 

 

 

SMITH, Earl *

May 8 1912

Fairfield

June 20, 1912

 

 

 

Son of James B. & Bernice RINARD Smith

Spaulding, Carrie C.

Oct. 19, 1897, Enterprise

Mar. 20, 1987, Fairfield

Loy Spaulding, Dec. 26, 1928, Mt. Carmel, died February, 1985

Bestow Cem.

Mar. 23, 1987 WCP

Melvin & Martha Best

Spaulding, Loy C.

Sep. 25, 1895, Cisne

Feb. 18, 1985, Fairfield

Carrie Best, Dec. 26, 1923, Mt. Carmel

Bestow Cem., Geff

Feb. 21, 1985 WCP

George A. & Laura Mae Carson Spaulding; WWI- US Army

 TUBBS, Fred A.

Sept 10, 1893

Aug 2, 1968

 

 

 

 No obit

 TUBBS, Laura A. SPAULDING

June 26, 1897

Jan 1, 1976

 widow

 

 

 G. A. Spaulding

Laura Carson

 WOLFE, Leroy Allen

Jan 30, 1946

Clay co.

Oct 20, 2005

Olney

 

Bestow

 Wayne Co. Press

Oct 20, 2005

s/o Theron C. & Julia GOINGS Wolfe

Wayne County Illinois Death Records 1886-1910 by Betty Ann Butler Beeson

Wayne County Illinois Death Records 1910-1916 by Betty Ann Butler Beeson

 

 

Lula(Shaw)Grubb, dec'd  and L.A.(Grubb)Bankston Wayne County Collection of Memorial Cards and obit. Typed by Marlene Olson. genealogy800@yahoo.com

Memorial Card
JAMES ARTHUR GREEN
b.12 Feb 1913 in MO.
d. 22 Aug 1983 in Evansville, IND.
Services held at Nales Funeral Home
Wed, 24 Aug 1983 at 2 p.m.
officiating: Rev. Ronald Bula
concluding services: Bestow Cem.

 

 Picture from Tootie Dennis

 

 

 

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