Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.
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...
Linda L. (Berry) Daily
Nov 16, 2014
Linda Daily, 68, of Shawneetown, passed away at her home on Sunday, November 16, 2014, 11:20 a.m. She was born on February 10, 1946 in East Prairie, Mo., the daughter of Wilson Lynn Edward and Helen Ruth (Hooper) Berry. Linda married John Henry Daily Jr. on October 24, 1968, who survives. Also she is survived by her daughter, Valerie...
Earl Ray Edwards
Nov 12, 2014
Earl Ray Edwards, 79, of Omaha, passed away at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado on Wednesday, November 12, 2014 at 12:26 p.m. He was born in Harrisburg on October 7, 1935, the son of Herdis C. and Ethel M. (Sarver) Edwards. He married Susan Mitchell on August 20, 1954 and they had celebrated their sixtieth anniversary this August. Ray was...
Thomas Hubert Davis
Nov 9, 2014
Thomas Hubert Davis, 72, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Shawneetown, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2014, 6:10 p.m. in Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. He was born on November 21, 1941 in Shawneetown, the son of Raymond Davis and Elizabeth Hazel (Dodge) Clayton. His father died in 1948 and he was raised by Harry Fred Clayton. He served our...
Larry Dale Golden
Oct 31, 2014
Larry Dale Golden, 68, of Shawneetown, passed away on Friday, October 31, 2014, 12:16 a.m., at the Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. He was born on March 17, 1946 near Shawneetown, the son of George and Leda Fern (Mobley) Golden. He was a retired farmer. Larry is survived by his daughter, Jill Golden of Shawneetown; his son, Brad...
Rosalie (Allen) Rodgers
Oct 26, 2014
Rosalie Rodgers, 82, of Omaha, passed away on Sunday, October 26, 2014, 11:32 p.m. at the Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. She was born on December 18, 1931 near Omaha, the daughter of Freeman David and Gladys Matilda (Akers) Allen. Rosalie was a homemaker and a former secretary at Logsdon Farms. She was a member of the New Hope...
Mary Ruth (Fuhr) York
Oct 25, 2014
Mary Ruth Fuhr York, 86, of Harrisburg, passed away on Saturday, October 25, 2014, 11:25 p.m., at the Fountain View Nursing Home in Eldorado. She was born on June 7, 1928 in Junction, the daughter of Anthony Edward and Laura Mae (Black) Fuhr. In 1989 she retired from Home Health of Creston, Iowa. Mary Ruth is survived by her...
Damon Acie Gwaltney
Oct 17, 2014
Damon Acie Gwaltney, 44, of Marion, passed away at his home on Friday, October 17, 2014, 2 p.m. He was born on June 16, 1970 in Eldorado, the son of Acie Eugene and Donna Sue (Frohock) Gwaltney. Damon is survived by his parents, Acie and Sue Gwaltney of Marion; one brother, Douglas and Billie Kaye Gwaltney of Marion; two...
David Paul Ahrens
Oct 12, 2014
David Paul Ahrens, 72, of Ridgway, passed away at his home on Sunday, October 12, 2014, 2:05 p.m. He was born on February 3, 1942 in Valmeyer, Ill., the son of Eugene H. and Lucretia (Unterseh) Ahrens. David married Rose Anna Wuertz on April 16, 1966 and she preceded him in death on the eleventh day of November 2009. ...
Mary Ann (Wallace) Bosaw
Oct 6, 2014
Mary Ann Bosaw, 86, of Omaha, passed away on Monday, October 6, 2014, 4:10 p.m., at the Shelbyville Manor in Shelbyville. She was born on October 7, 1927 in Omaha, the daughter of Albert H. and Veva (Blackard) Wallace. She married Glenn Andrew Bosaw on September 4, 1951, who preceded her in death on December 12, 2009. Mary Ann...
Joseph Logsdon Barlow Jr.
Oct 3, 2014
Joseph L. “Joe”, Barlow Jr., 78, of Troy, Ill. formerly of Junction, also know as “Pook”, passed away on Friday, October 3, 2014, 10:40 p.m., at the Gateway Regional Hospital in Granite City. The son of Joseph L. Sr. and Wilma E. (Tucker) Barlow, he was born in Junction on March 31, 1936. Joe was retired form Amax Coal...
Charles W. "Red" Smith
Sep 28, 2014
Charles W. “Red” Smith, 87, of Shawneetown, passed away at the Fountain View Nursing Home in Eldorado on Sunday, September 28, 2014 at 3:35 p.m. He was born on April 18, 1927 in Bowlesville, the son of Eschol B. Smith Sr. and Ann Violet (Barnes) Smith Barnard. Red married Emma Stacey on June 8, 1966. He retired in 1994...
Nilah Kathleen (Cook) Fillingim
Sep 25, 2014
Nilah Kathleen Fillingim, 80, resident of Ridgway passed away Thursday, September 25, 2014 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. Nilah was born June 1, 1934 in North Manchester, Indiana to the late Chester and Mable (Hinkle) Cook. She was a member of the Ridgway Presbyterian Church and the Red Hats Society. She was a retired teacher, teaching at several Gallatin...
John Vessell
Sep 20, 2014
John C. Vessell, 79, of Leawood, KS, passed away on September 20, 2014. John was born on May 24, 1935 in Harrisburg. John is survived by his son, Jason Vessell. He is preceded in death by his parents; loving wife, Sherrill (Davis) Vessell; daughter, Jahna. Graveside inurnment will be held on Saturday, September 27, 2014 at 11 a.m. at...
