Paul Leonard Williams
Aug 2, 2012
Mr. Paul Leonard Williams, age 86 of Cape Girardeau, formerly of Cobden, died at 10:16 a.m. Thursday, August 2, 2012 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, MO. He was born March 1, 1926 in Royalton, the son of Rassie and Mabel Childers Williams. He married Dorothy L. Smith on September 24, 1945 in St. Louis, MO. She...
Mary R. Longino
Jul 26, 2012
Mrs. Mary R. Longino, age 81 of Anna, formerly of Chicago, died at 4:30 a.m. Thursday, July 26, 2012 at the Chateau Girardeau in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. She was born May 7, 1931 in Ridgley, TN, the daughter of Dewey and Addie M. Porter. She married Nicholas Longino on June 16, 1988. Mary is survived by her three children, De'Neille...
Joann Lisch
Jul 25, 2012
Mrs. JoAnn Lisch, age 74 of Anna, died at 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, July 25, 2012 at the Union County Hospital in Anna. She was born January 30, 1938 in Mill Creek, Illinois, the daughter of John A. and Bessie Lorene Harvel DeWitt. She married Donald H. Lisch on June 25, 1960 in Collinsville. He preceded her in death on February...
Randy W. Kirt
Jul 24, 2012
Randy Kirt, age 53 of Anna, died at 1:00 pm, Tuesday July 24, 2012 at his home in Anna. He was born on September 15, 1958 in Waynesville, Missouri, the son of Don and Dorothy (Dillon) Kirt. Randy is survived by one brother, Rick (Cathy) Kirt of Jonesboro; one sister, Dee (Greg) Blakely of Anna; two nephews, Alex and Nathan...
Silas Franklin Smith
Jul 19, 2012
Silas Franklin Smith, age 62 of Whitewater, MO and formerly of Jackson, MO and Anna, IL, died at 10:53 am Thursday July 19, 2012 at his home in Whitewater, MO. Silas is survived by his wife, Brenda Smith of Whitewater, MO; five children, Janette (James) Hinkebein of Jackson, MO, Deryl Wright of Anna, Valerie (Anthony) Merriweather of Anna, Shara Smith...
Barbara Ann Gulledge
Jul 18, 2012
Barbara Ann Gulledge, age 69 of Cobden, died at 6:05 am, Wednesday, July 18, 2011 at her daughter's home in Anna. She was born on November 20, 1942 in Anna, the daughter of William Howard and Dorothy Mae (Thompson) Gulledge. Survivors include one daughter, Jamie Gulledge of Anna; one son, Eric Gulledge of Cobden; her mother, Dorothy Gulledge of Anna;...
Silas Leonard Zwahlen
Jul 17, 2012
Silas L. Zwahlen, age 64 of Jonesboro, died at 11:48 am Tuesday July 17, 2012 at his home in Jonesboro. He was born on February 12, 1948 in Anna, the son of Perl and Verna (Moore) Zwahlen. Silas Zwahlen is survived by two sisters, Vannah Lee Ratza and Dishona Matthews, both of Jonesboro; two nephews, Denny Goodman of Anna, Gary...
Gayle F. Venson
Jul 14, 2012
Gayle F. Venson, age 60 of Anna, died at 10:46 pm, Saturday, July 14, 2012 at her home in Anna. She was born on September 26, 1951 in Chicago, the daughter of John and Mattie (Harbison) Venson. Gayle is survived by one brother, John Venson and one sister, Arnetta Wimberly, both of Chicago as well as other relatives and many...
Eugene Rendleman Coombes
Jul 14, 2012
Eugene Rendleman Coombes, age 57 of New Haven, Indiana and formerly of Cobden, died on Saturday, July 14, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. He was born on March 26, 1955, the only son of Darrell Eugene and Glenda Rendleman Coombes. Eugene is survived by his mother, Glenda Coombes of Cobden; two sons, Mark Arthur Coombes of New Haven, IN and Alan...
Wilma Jean Schaefer
Jul 14, 2012
Wilma Jean Schaefer, age 79 of Jonesboro, died at 4:15 pm, Saturday, July 14, 2012 at her home in Jonesboro. She was born on February 12, 1933 in Alto Pass, the daughter of Harry and Ada Tellor kinder. Wilma married Jimmie Wayne Schaefer Sr. on May 26, 1951 in Anna. Wilma is survived by her husband Jimmie Schaefer Sr. of...
Mike Dean
Jul 12, 2012
Mr. Mike Dean, 52, of Cobden, died at 5:12 p.m., Thursday, July 12, 2012 at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born February 10, 1960 in Anna. He married Julie A. Baldwin on July 13, 1983. He is survived by his wife, Julie Dean of Cobden; his mother, Barbara Morrison of Anna; one daughter, Kristal Ann Dean (Michael Pearl) of...
Charles W. Craig
Jul 11, 2012
Mr. Charles W. Craig, age 72 of Anna, died at 3:08 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, 2012 at the home of his daughter. He was born October 13, 1939 in Cobden, the son of Harold E. and Grace Armour Craig. He married Ramona Sue Gillespie on August 11, 1958 in Anna. She preceded him in death on April 9, 2008.Charles is...
Mildred Louise Gibbons
Jul 10, 2012
Mrs. Mildred Louise Gibbons, age 84 of Cobden, went to be with her beloved husband, Ernie at 3:50 a.m. Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at the Jonesboro Rehab and Care Center. She was born December 4, 1927 in Cobden, the daughter of Casey L. and Edna M. Adams Newberry. She married Ernest Gibbons on August 2, 1945 in Jonesboro. He preceded...
Trent Owen Eastwood
Jul 9, 2012
Trent Owen Eastwood, month and a half old of Tamms, died Monday, July 9, 2012 in St. Louis Children's Hospital. He was born May 15, 2012 in Carbondale, the son of Charity Eastwood. Trent is survived by his mother, Charity Eastwood of Tamms; maternal grandmother, Angela (Eddie) Summers of Tamms; maternal great-grandparents, Milford (Wilma) Davis of Tamms; maternal great-grandmother, Faye...
Betty Ballard Compton
Jul 9, 2012
Mrs. Betty Ballard Compton, age 82 of Anna, died at 12:20 a.m. Monday, July 9, 2012 at the Anna Rehab & Care Center. She was born November 22, 1929 in Marion, the daughter of Theodore P. and Effie Ann Woolsey Frey. She married Olen Pat Ballard on December 10, 1954 in Herrin. He preceded her in death on September 19,...
Harold Ray Mansfield
Jul 9, 2012
Mr. Harold Ray Mansfield, age 55 of Anna, died at 11:00 a.m. Monday, July 9, 2012 at the Union County Hospital in Anna. He was born November 4, 1956 in Augusta, Georgia, the son of Alton Junior and Opal Elaine Huelson Mansfield. Harold is survived by his mother, Elaine Mansfield of Anna; three brothers, Alton (Peggy) Mansfield of Metropolis, Joe...
Barbara I. Jones
Jul 6, 2012
Mrs. Barbara I. Jones, age 73 of Anna, died at 5:52 a.m. Friday, July 6, 2012 at her home in Anna. She was born May 27, 1939 in Anna, the daughter of George Edward and Annie Blonn Treece Earnhart. She married James Kent Jones on January 1, 1976 in Anna. He preceded her in death on October 27, 2007.Barbara is...
William R. "Shorty" Randles
Jul 5, 2012
Mr. William R. "Shorty" Randles, age 89 of Wolf Lake, passed away with his children at his side at 11:57 p.m. Thursday, July 5, 2012 in the Anna Rehab and Nursing Center in Anna. He was born April 20, 1923 in Jonesboro, the son of James G. and Gladys Wilson Randles. He married Eula Knight on November 29, 1942; they...
Ann Barbara Mccarver
Jul 2, 2012
Mrs. Ann Barbara McCarver, age 76, of Buncombe, died at 11:11 p.m., Monday, July 2, 2012 at Jonesboro Rehab and Healthcare Center. She was born February 12, 1936 in Ware, the daughter of Irvin and Velma Wildy Sadler. She married John L. McCarver in August of 1958 in Anna. Barbara is survived by her husband John L. McCarver of Buncombe;...
Peggy Elaine Smith
Jun 30, 2012
Mrs. Peggy Elaine Smith, age 62 of Jonesboro, died at 11:37 a.m. Saturday, June 30, 2012 at her home in Jonesboro. She was born December 10, 1949 in Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph Vernon Brake and Eileen Marie Wilsey Johnson. Peggy is survived by her husband, Bobby Smith of Jonesboro; three sons, Troy Allen Smith, Bobby Dale Smith...
