John “Jack” Martin Haase Jr., 84, of Anna, died at 5:25 p.m. Saturday, May 30, 2009, at Jonesboro Healthcare Center in Jonesboro.
He was born on March 27, 1925, in Blue Island, the son of John Martin and Cornelia Kloostermann Haase Sr.
He married Ella Mae Bernhard on April 26, 1947, in Jonesboro.
Irene Morrison, 85, of Wetaug died at 12:31 a.m., Thursday, June 25, 2009, at her home.
She was born on December 22, 1923, in Wetaug to Stante and Minnie (Ramage) Goines. She married James Morrison on November 17, 1946. They have enjoyed 62 years together.
She was a member of the Wetaug Church of Christ. She was a homemaker.
Lick Creek School announces 2009 8th grade graduates:
Kelsie Clutts. Amanda Conaway. Katie Grant. Rebecca Kristoff. Brittany Lence. Nina Mattingly. Shyann McLernon. Rebecca Mitchell.
Kimberly Mixen. Zoey Neighbors. Chandra Parr. Alexis Schaefer. Michael Tripp. Ian Turpin. Lonita Womack. Kenzie Dillow.
Two Anna-Jonesboro Community High School high school athletes have been named to the 2009 Southern Illinois Coaches Association All-South track team.
J.R. Woodward and Sully Edwards from A-JCHS earned the postseason honors.
Woodward, a junior, had a season-best 300-meter hurdle time of 40.5 and a best effort of 15.4 in the 110-meter hurdles.
Edwards had a season-best discus toss of 151-6. The senior was Southern Illinois River-to-River conference and sectional discus champion.
Both athletes advanced to the state track meet.
Ruby G. Yates, 98, of Cobden, died at 8:58 p.m. Thursday, June 4, 2009, at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
She was born on Feb. 15, 1911, in Cobden, the daughter of William and Lona Nicholson Garner.
She married Wilburn W. Yates on Aug. 25, 1928. He preceded her in death on Feb. 17, 1971.
Maurice Furlow, 65, of Jonesboro, died at 12:10 a.m., Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at the Jonesboro Rehab & Health Care Center. He was born August 10, 1943, in Mulkeytown, the son of Donald and Viola Silkwood Furlow.
Maurice is survived by one daughter; Sheila Patterson of Spencerville ,Ohio, two sons; Vince Furlow of Virginia Beach, Va., and Adam Furlow of Creal Springs, nine grand-children and one great-grandchild. He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers; Evan and Roger Furlow.
Virginia L. Brayfield, 87, of Jonesboro, died at 2:07 p.m. on June 8, 2009, at the Union County Nursing Home in Anna.
She was born on Dec. 15, 1921, in Oklahoma City, Okla., the daughter of John and Kathleen Treffts Chasteen.
She married William Dean Brayfield on May 17, 1940, in St. Louis.
She was of the Baptist faith.
Don Boyd Jr., 83, of Mt. Morris, Miss., died on May 26, 2009, at his home in Mt. Morris.
He was born on Dec. 25, 1925, in Union County, the son of Donald and Della Zwahlen Boyd of Dongola.
He graduated from Dongola High School in 1943.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1944 to 1945.
After the war, he attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale, earning a bachelor’s and master’s degree.
He taught psychology and sociology at the General Motors Institute in Flint, Mich., from 1956 until his retirement in 1986.
the past week no doubt was rather abrupt, and a bit of a shock to our systems.
Nevertheless, it is summer time in Southern Illinois, and we all know what that means. It’s likely we can look forward to plenty more heat and lots of high humidity, two conditions which make summer in Southern Illinois so extra special.
The heat certainly is unpleasant, but it also will help gardens to grow. Home-grown tomatoes, if not already here, should be ready to pick at almost any time.
Thomas Wesley Cramner, 77, of Olmsted, died at 8:48 a.m. Thursday, May 21, 2009, at his home.
Mr. Cramner was born on May 21, 1932, in Delaplaine, Ark., the son of Francis D. Cramner and Elsie G. Watson Cramner.
Mr. Cramner was an Army veteran. He was a retired truck driver. He was a member of Boaz Pentecostal Church.
Mr. Cramner was preceded in death by his first wife, Ella Bernice Cramner on July 17, 1984.
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