Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.
Betty Irene (Phillips) Head
Feb 9, 2015
Betty Irene Head, 79, of Shawneetown, passed away with her family at her side on Monday, February 9, 2015, 11:25 p.m., at the Ridgway Manor Nursing Home in Ridgway. She was born on November 14, 1935 in Johnston City, the daughter of Charles Raleigh and Eunice Flo (Stephens) Phillips. Betty Irene married Bill Head on November 25, 1954. A...
David Lee Dees
Feb 8, 2015
David Lee Dees, 85, of Harrisburg formerly of Equality, passed away on Sunday, February 8, 2015, son of the late Ivan and Irene (Bell) Dees, joined his wife Joann (Alvey) in the arms of God. A long-time resident of Equality, at the end of his life he found friends and a second home at Brookstone Estates in Harrisburg. His...
Melba (Eleam) Beasley
Feb 7, 2015
Melba L. Beasley, 95, of Junction, passed away on Saturday, February 7, 2015, 11:30 a.m. at the Saline Care Center in Harrisburg. She was born in Brownsville on May 21, 1919, the daughter of James and Ora (Farmer) Eleam. Melba married James E. Beasley on September 8, 1975 and he preceded her in death on November 26, 1998. She...
James Wayman Gibbs
Feb 6, 2015
James Wayman Gibbs, 72, of Evansville, Ind. formerly of Shawneetown, passed away at his home on Friday, February 6, 2015, 8:00 p.m. He was born on November 17, 1942 in Shawneetown, the son of Wallace Wayman and Maggie Lou (Murphy) Gibbs. Jim was married to Jenny Gordon on February 14, 1998. He worked a number of years for the...
Hope (Lambert) Kaegi
Feb 5, 2015
Hope Lambert Kaegi, 93, of Morganfield, Ky. formerly of Golconda, Ill., passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2015, 10:40 a.m. at the Morganfield Nursing and Rehab Center in Morganfield, Ky. Hope was born on February 1, 1922 in Cave-In-Rock, Ill., the daughter of Ray and Edna (Devers) Lambert. She married William H. Kaegi on March 7, 1946 and he...
Edna Hope (Lambert) Kaegi
Feb 5, 2015
Hope Lambert Kaegi, 93, of Morganfield, Ky. formerly of Golconda, Ill., passed away on Thursday, February 5, 2015, 10:40 a.m. at the Morganfield Nursing and Rehab Center in Morganfield, Ky. Hope was born on February 1, 1922 in Cave-In-Rock, Ill., the daughter of Ray and Edna (Devers) Lambert. She married William H. Kaegi on March 7, 1946 and he...
Jesse Lee Calvert
Feb 5, 2015
Jesse Lee Calvert, 73, of Shawneetown, passed away at his home on Thursday, February 5, 2015, 9:33 a.m. He was born in Shawneetown on July 27, 1941, the son of John and Lorene (Hughes) Calvert. Jesse was a retired coal miner and a Vietnam War Army Veteran. He was a member of the Junction First Baptist Church and also...
Katherine Ruth (Rogers) Milligan
Jan 28, 2015
Katherine Ruth Milligan, 62, of Equality, passed away at her home on Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 7:02 p.m. She was born on June 17, 1952, the daughter of Sam Tandy Rogers and Freida Betty (Sullivan) Reed. Katherine married her husband, Thomas R. Milligan on November 7, 2012. She was a tax accountant and owned and operated the Personal Touch...
Edward Carl Sieverding
Jan 26, 2015
Edward Carl Sieverding, 92, of Sturgis, Ky., formerly of Equality, Ill., passed away at his home on Monday, January 26, 2015, 1:10 p.m. He was born on November 27, 1922 in Rosewell, S.D., one of thirteen children born to Ben J. and Elizabeth (Hoffman) Sieverding. A Navy Veteran of World War Two he was also a member of the...
Aldora L. (Vinyard) Barnett
Jan 9, 2015
Aldora L. Barnett, 85, of Equality, passed away on Friday, January 9, 2015, 1:25 p.m., at the Carrier Mills Nursing Home in Carrier Mills. She was born on October 17, 1929 in Kedron, the daughter of Ernest Charles and Mary E. (Keasler) Vinyard. Aldora was married to the late John Andrew Barnett who preceded her in death on October...
James T. Coyle
Jan 8, 2015
James T. Coyle, 74, of Equality, died at his home on Thursday, January 8, 2015 at 6 a.m. Jim was born in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Ray and Betty (Staphenhorst) Coyle. He was the owner of Shawnee Telephone Company. Jim married Jane R. Pankey on December 12, 1972 and she preceded him in death on October 10,...
Ida (Brown) Jackson
Jan 1, 2015
Ida Jackson, 86, of Ridgway, passed away on Thursday, January 1, 2015, 10:43 a.m., at the Ridgway Manor Nursing Home in Ridgway. Ida was born on June 20, 1928 in Greenfield, Ark., the daughter of Charlie Roby Brown and Lillian May (Rockwood) Brown Hise. She married Walter David Jackson on March 25, 1970 who preceded her in death on...
Rita Mae (Nelson) Kingston
Dec 28, 2014
Rita Mae Rushing Kingston, 79, of Shawneetown, passed away on Sunday, December 28, 2014, 9 a.m., at the Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. She was born on April 13, 1935 in Henshaw, Ky., the daughter of Tobe and Estelle Nelson. Rita was the widow of Carroll Kingston who passed away on October 25, 1969. She retired as a nurses aide...
Beckett Michael Sparks
Dec 22, 2014
Beckett Michael Sparks, stillborn infant of Megan Ashley Golden of Norris City and Ryan Austin Sparks of McLeansboro, passed away on Monday, December 22, 2014 at 2:05 a.m. at the Carbondale Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. Beckett is survived by his parents and also by his maternal grandfather, Brad and Amy Golden of Norris City; his maternal grandmother, Cindy and...
Eric Lee Ferrell
Dec 14, 2014
Eric Lee Ferrell, 43, of Evansville, Ind., formerly of Harrisburg, passed away at his home in Evansville on Sunday, December 14, 2014. He was born on May 28, 1971 in Eldorado. Eric was a truck driver and a personal fitness trainer. He is survived by his mother, Judy (Bethel) Blankenship of Harrisburg; two sons, Jonathan Ferrell of Carterville, Gabe...
Debra Sue (Pinkston) Moore
Dec 14, 2014
Debra Sue Moore, 48, Shawneetown, passed away on Sunday, December 14, 2014, 10:15 p.m. at the Harrisburg Medical Center in Harrisburg. She was born in Eldorado on October 9, 1966, the daughter of Thomas Ezra and Josephine (Smith) Pinkston. Debbie married Timothy Roy Moore on March 24, 1989. She worked as a nurse for Doctor Ewell at the Eldorado...
Pauline (Rother) Drone
Dec 10, 2014
Pauline R. Drone, 85, of Ridgway, Ill., passed away on Wednesday, December 10, 2014, 5:13 a.m., at the Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. She was born on February 14, 1929 in Washington, Mo., the daughter of William and Edna (Kuenzel) Rother. She entered into marriage on September 19, 1953 to the late Aaron “Peanut” Drone. Peanut preceded in...
Emma Jane (Kingston) Wallace
Dec 4, 2014
Emma Jane Wallace, 89, of Ridgway formerly of Equality, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Thursday, December 4, 2014, 3:20 p.m. at the Ridgway Manor Nursing Home in Ridgway. She was born on March 14, 1925 in Equality, the daughter of Lafayette S. and Dona (Roberts) Kingston. Emma Jane married Leonard Monroe Wallace on August 24, 1965...
Catherine Ann (Porter) Hopper
Nov 23, 2014
Catherine Ann “Cathy” Hopper, 66, of Equality, passed away on Sunday, November 23, 2014, 8:52 a.m. in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. She was born in Shawneetown on June 2, 1948, the daughter of Charles Allen and Mary C. (Haney) Porter. Cathy married Bobby Wayne Hopper on February 6, 1971 and he preceded her in death on July 31, 2010. ...
Carroll "Smokey" Harrelson
Nov 17, 2014
Carroll “Smokey” Harrelson, 101, of Ridgway, passed away on Monday, November 17, 2014, 10:11 a.m. at the Ridgway Manor Nursing Home in Ridgway. He was born on the fourth of December in 1912 in Ridgway, the son of Rufus and Bertha Jane (Rodgers) Harrelson. He married Kathryn “Peggy” O’Neal on May 26, 1954, who preceded him in...
