Obituaries
Jerry Alsip, 72, of Anna, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, at 1:18 p.m. at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Alton.
He was born on May 9, 1949, in Southern Illinois, the son of Dallas and Naomi Walker Alsip.
He married Cheryl Isom on Feb. 22, 1979. She survives.
Mr. Alsip was the owner of Alsip...
Russell Mertz, 75, of Paducah, and formerly of Anna and Cairo, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah.
He was born on Dec. 9, 1946, the son of Everett and Charlotte Russell Mertz in Cairo.
He married Ellen Rose on Aug. 16, 1975. She survives.
He was...
Patricia Elaine Horn, 76, of Cobden, died Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
She was born on July 25, 1945, in Makanda, the daughter of Earl and Evelyn Cobb Lott.
She married Paul Horn on May 16, 1966, in Mt. Vernon.
Mrs. Horn is survived by her husband, Paul Horn of...
Betty Zimmerman, 87, of Ava, and formerly of Anna, died Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
She was born on Sept. 11, 1934, in McClure, the daughter of Henry N. and Myra L. Wilson Davis.
Mrs. Zimmerman is survived by her children, Dennis (Selma) Zimmerman of Ava and James (...
Robert Lee “Bob”Spiller, 80, of Anna, died Sunday, Dec. 26, 2021, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
He was born on Aug. 26, 1941, in Carbondale, the son of John Dee and Mary Louise Clutts Spiller.
He married Laura King on Sept. 6, 1960, in Reynoldsville.
Mr. Spiller is survived by his wife,...
Clarence L. Lang Sr., 81, of Dongola, died Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021, at Shawnee Senior Living in Herrin.
He was born on Dec. 18, 1940, in De Soto, the son of Samuel and Clara Duty Lang.
He married Effie Pearl Poole on May 29, 1959, in Jonesboro. She preceded him in death on Sept. 25, 2012.
Mr....
Ruby G. Hartje, 98, of Du Quoin, died at 5:38 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, at Integrity Healthcare in Wood River.
She worked for the International Shoe Company while living in Chester in 1941.
In Anna, she was employed by Bean Jewelers for seven years then worked at the Union County Courthouse in...
Thelma Mae Smothers, 98, of Jackson, Mo., and formerly of Olive Branch, died at 2:30 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021, at The Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on April 26, 1923, in East St. Louis, the daughter of Walter and Mattie Pulliam Minton.
She married Thomas Sherman Smothers on Jan...
Edith Tompkins, 98, of Nashville, Tenn., died on Dec. 11, 2021.
She was born in Dongola, the daughter of Calvin and Bessie Keller.
Edith passed away peacefully holding the hands of those she loved dearly. The hands that she helped create, the hands that she nurtured, were the ones that grasped...
Hadley Dale Allen, 58, of Anna, died Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
He was born on Oct. 12, 1963, in Perryville, Mo., the son of Hadley Francis and Velda Sivia Allen.
He married Bonnie Allen. She preceded him in death on Dec. 24, 2017.
He is survived by his mother,...
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