Obituaries
Terry Lawrence Allen, 56, of Jonesboro, died Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at his residence.
He was born on Feb. 5, 1963, in Anna, the son of John and Betty Cook Allen Jr.
He married Teresa Poole on June 16, 2017, in Jonesboro.
Mr. Allen is survived by his wife, Teresa Allen of Jonesboro; five...
Virginia “Virgie” Metzger, 61, of Anna, died Monday, June 3, 2019, at her brother’s home in Atlanta, Ga.
She was born on Sept. 12, 1957, in Anna, the daughter of Maurice and Charlotte Phillips Metzger.
She is survived by her two sisters, Carolyn Lemaster of Granite City and Peggy Jean Williams of...
Danny Milton Hartsock, 68, of Cobden, died Monday, June 10, 2019, at his home.
He was born on April 29, 1951, in Anna, the son of Donald Eugene and Dorothy May Hubbs Hartsock.
He married Karen Yvette Porter on Oct. 24, 1969, in Cobden. She preceded him in death on Oct. 12, 2017.
Mr. Hartsock is...
Dennis Lee York, 71, of Anna, died Saturday, June 15, 2019, at his home.
He was born on May 7, 1948, in Poplar Bluff, Mo., the son of Arthur Edgar and Mildred Louise Jiles York.
He married Ann Lackey on Jan. 31, 1981, in Anna.
Mr. York is survived by his wife, Ann York of Anna; children Jennifer...
Juanita Ruth (Nita) Cauble, 82, of Munford, Tenn., and formerly of Anna-Jonesboro, died at 8:33 p.m. Sunday, June 16, 2019, at home in Munford.
She was born in Tamms, the daughter of Jesse Loren and Emma Webb Dillman, in 1936. The entire family was loving and talented; their home was the place to...
Murray Rickliffe Choate, 90, of Charleston, died Friday, June 14, 2019, while at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center.
Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at Wesley United Methodist Church, 2206 Fourth St., in Charleston.
Funeral services to honor and celebrate his life will...
James Allen Metzger, 55, of Atlanta, Ga., died Thursday, June 13, 2019, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta.
Mr. Metzger was born on July 21, 1963, in Anna, the son of Maurice and Charlotte Phillips Metzger.
He graduated from Medical University of South Carolina with a master of science...
Eleanor Elizabeth Sitter Peadro, 94, died peacefully on June 9, 2019, at her residence in Belvedere Commons in Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
She was born on May 2, 1925, in Cairo, the daughter of L. Oard and Beulah Rendleman Sitter.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Peadro; her...
Diana Graham, 70, of Jonesboro, died on June 13, 2019, at her son’s home in Anna.
She was born on Jan. 16, 1949, in Anna, the daughter of Robert Henry and Sybil Jaunita Dean Boyd.
She married John David Graham. He preceded her in death on Sept. 9, 2008.
Mrs. Graham was an faithful member of...
Edmond George Bridewell, of Grand Chain and formerly of Mounds, died at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2019, at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis.
He was born in Cairo on April 12, 1931, the son of Edmond Gottlieb Bridewell Jr. and Versa VonNida Bridewell.
He was preceded in death by his parents...
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