Obituaries
Fred Stanley Hayden, 89, of Barlow, Ky., and formerly of Cairo, died at 8:40 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at Life Care Center in LaCenter, Ky.
Mr. Hayden was born on Dec. 6, 1931, in Villa Ridge, the son of Fred Earl and Blanche Leidigh Hayden.
Mr. Hayden served in the U.S. Army during the Korean...
Stewart David Goins, 89, of Grand Chain, and formerly of Karnak, died at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, at his home, with his family by his side.
Mr. Goins was born on Sept. 29, 1931, in Karnak. He was a graduate of the Karnak High School.
Stewart and Roberta Taylor were united in marriage on Dec....
Carol Jean Peddie, 91, of Wickliffe, Ky., and formerly of Cairo, died at 3:28 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, at Lourdes Mercy Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
She was born on Dec. 30, 1928, in Mounds, the daughter of John and Ethel Taylor Littell.
Mrs. Peddie was a social worker with the State of Illinois...
Lester Dirden, 71, of Jonesboro, died Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at his home.
He was born on June 23, 1949, in Anna, the son of Jessie and Helen Harvel Dirden.
He married Christine Hileman on April 20, 1973, in Jonesboro.
Mr. Dirden is survived by his wife, Christine Dirden of Jonesboro; children...
Charlotte Lee Rooney, 74, of Dongola, died Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.
She was born on Sept. 3, 1946, in Cairo, the daughter of Albert Lee and Vera Faye Foster Jones. She married John Rooney.
She is survived by her husband, John Rooney of Dongola; children Bonnie Rooney of Anna, Kenny Demery of Anna...
Buddy Warren, 80, of Miller City, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020, at St. Francis Health Care Center in Cape Girardeau.
Mr. Warren was born on March 31, 1940, in Pulaski County. He was the second of 11 children born to Elige and Lois Robertson Warren.
On Aug. 7, 1957, he married Dora Bell...
At 84 years old and in the worst global pandemic, our dad chose to help his community, serve and heal, fight in the frontlines. No one could convince him to retire, especially not when the community he loved needed him most. Ultimately, he died doing what he loved. Covid took an amazing man,...
Barbara Ellen Stegle Sweitzer, 97, of Cobden, died at 3:00 p.m. on December 2, 2020, at Hickory Point Christian Village in Forsyth, Ill.
Barbara was the daughter of John and Josephine Cerny Stegle.
Barbara married Walter L. Sweitzer on December 23, 1948, in Cobden, Ill. Walter died on Aug. 24,...
Adrian L. Pender, 82, of Cobden, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at his home.
He was born on Dec. 1, 1938, in Alto Pass, the son of George R. and Mary Edith Leggans Pender.
He married Geraldine Raigner on Dec. 22, 1959, in Jonesboro.
Mr. Pender is survived by his wife, Geraldine Pender of Cobden;...
Glenda Y. Russell, 83, of Wolf Lake, died Monday, Dec. 7, 2020, at the Du Quoin Nursing and Rehab Center.
She was born on Oct. 17, 1937, in Breckenridge, Minn., the daughter of Arthur and Vivian Wagner Hogness.
Mrs. Russell is survived by her children, Kevin Russell of Murphysboro, Missy Fairbank...
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