Obituaries
Nelson Berbling, 68, of Sikeston, Mo., died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022.
He was born on Nov. 24, 1953, in Cairo, the son of Theodore and Juanita Boyd Berbling.
He was a graduate of Murray State University and a life-long lover of history.
He was one of the founding members of the 8th Illinois Infantry...
Larry Ray Lingle, 71, of Dongola, died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at his residence.
He was born on Dec. 28, 1959, in Anna, the son of Van Hugh and Irene Eddleman Lingle in Anna.
He married Rae Lingle on June 30, 1973. She survives.
Mr. Lingle was retired from the Southern Illinois Electric...
Melvin Hazelwood, 78, of Fordyce, Ark., and formerly of Tamms, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at the VA Hospital in Little Rock, Ark.
He was born on June 20, 1944, in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of Perry Clifford Hazelwood Sr. and Sadie Marguerite Randall Wade.
Mr. Hazelwood was preceded in death by his...
Jo Ann Yates, 83, of Anna, died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022, at home, with her family by her side.
She was born on Sept. 3, 1938, in Charleston, Mo., the daughter of Glen and Doris Bibb Middleton.
She married Lowell Dean Yates on Sept. 18, 1954, in Cobden.
She is survived by her husband, Dean Yates...
Richard Wild, 81, of Mounds, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on Oct. 16, 1940, in Valmeyer, the son of Louis and Verda May Thompson Wild.
Mr. Wild was a retired mail carrier for the United States Postal Service.
He loved teaching Bible...
Helen Hight Miller, 90, of Wetaug, died Friday, Aug. 26, 2022, at her residence.
She was born on Dec. 4, 1931, in Detroit, Mich., the daughter of Harley Walter and Edna Mae Staudacher Hight.
She marred Donald Ray Miller on April 3, 1954. He preceded her in death on Nov. 20, 2011.
She was a member...
Norman G. Hickam was born in rural Alto Pass on Nov. 19, 1921, the son of George Allen and LuMeda Belle McKinney Hickam, and died on Aug. 28, 2022, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna, where he had resided since June 2021.
He was the eighth of 10 children, with three sisters and six brothers. ...
Ray Wall, 71, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, at the Jonesboro Rehabilitation & Health Care Center.
He was born on Dec. 27, 1950, in Anna, the son of Ralph Sr. and Agnes Williams Wall.
Mr. Wall is survived by his daughters, Michele Long of Makanda, Maria McDaniel of Florida and...
Emilie Marlene Atwood (nee Ulrich), 86, of Anna, went to be with our Lord and Savior, while surrounded by her loving family, on Aug. 26, 2022, after her struggles with congestive heart failure.
She was born on March 5, 1936, in Chicago, the daughter of Kurt and Josephine Ulrich.
She married...
Julia Eleanor Hazzard, 96, of Benton, died Friday, Aug.26, 2022, at Benton Rehab.
She was born on June 6, 1926, the daughter of Harry L. and Callie S. Hazzard.
She was a Presbyterian minister throughout the later years of her life.
Survivors include her cousins, Greg Taake of Ullin and Janet...
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