Obituaries
Claude Stroud, 63, of Cobden, died at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017, at his home.
He was born on Jan. 16, 1954, the son of Claude Stroud and Mamie Rector Aldridge.
He is survived by his daughter, Keeley Leighann Wright of Anna; a son, Stephen Brantley of Texas; one grandson, Connor Wright; two...
Penny Rhymer South, 64, of Cobden, died at 1:15 p.m. Saturday, April 1, 2017, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
She was born on April 19, 1952, in Cairo, the daughter of Lee and Virgie Sims Rhymer.
She was a graduate of Egyptian High School in Tamms, Class of 1970. She proudly dedicated the last 25...
Ollie Bernice Eudy, 83, of Anna, and formerly of Jonesboro, died at 3:50 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2017, at Union County Long Term Care in Anna.
She was born on Aug. 26, 1933, in Jonesboro, the daughter of Fred and Laverne Houseman Mayberry.
She married Ernest Earl “Bus” Eudy on Sept. 30, 1949, in...
Bobbie D. “Bob” Fisher, 73, of rural Dongola, died Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at 5:19 p.m. at his home.
He was born on Sept. 18, 1943, in Dongola. He was the youngest child born to William and Verna Sivia Fisher.
He married Jackie A. McKenzie on Dec. 1, 1963, at the Oak Grove Baptist Church. She...
Betty L. Edwards, 87, of Dallas, Texas, and formerly of Peoria, died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017.
She was born to Russell and Oma Bryant on Jan. 8, 1930, in Flat Rock.
She is survived by her husband, John D. Edwards of Dallas, Texas; daughter, Nancy (Jim) Sherer; grandchildren Hayley and Sean of...
On Monday, March 13, 2017, William Robert (Bill) Bierbaum, 91, a longtime Pullman, Wash., resident died at home, ending his long battle with cancer.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy.
He is survived by his two sons Keith (with his wife Judy) and Bruce (with his wife Mariana), six...
George H. Griffin, 62, of Tamms, died at 1:30 p.m. Monday, March 20, 2017, at Southeast Health in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on July 14, 1954, in Anna, the son of Golburn and Lula Hill Griffin.
He is survived by his sisters, Lou Musgraves of Olive Branch, Tammy Bracken of Tamms and Lee Dickerson...
Evelyn L. Fry, 87, of Cobden, died at 3:46 p.m. Friday, March 24, 2017, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
She was born on June 13, 1929, in Makanda, the daughter of Owen Ross and Stella E. Furlow Deming.
She married William W. “Bill” Fry on Aug. 12, 1974, in Kankakee. He preceded her in death on...
Shelby Palmer, 80, of Anna, died Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Carbondale.
Mrs. Palmer was born in Vienna, on May 5, 1936, a daughter of Everett and Ruth Morris Darnell.
She and her husband, Bob, have been residents of Anna for many years. She was a homemaker with a passion for interior...
Phillip Edward “Phil” Zeigler, 81, of Red Bud, was born on July 29, 1935, in Anna, and died Saturday, March 11, 2017, at Red Bud Regional Hospital in Red Bud.
He was a third generation Mason and his son Tony is a fourth generation Mason. He was a member of Emeth Lodge 1030 A.F. & A.M. in...
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