Obituaries
Creva Loretta Henson, 81, of Anna, died Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
She was born on Feb. 4, 1938, the daughter of George Phillip and Julia Elizabeth Flick.
She is survived by her sister, Hazel Reichrath of Anna; other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death...
Mary K. Loomis, 57, of Clermont, Ga., died Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2020, at her residence following a long battle with breast cancer.
Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, in the chapel of Memorial Park Funeral Home in Gainesville, Ga. Burial followed at 2 p.m. in Milton Fields Cemetery....
Richard Waltner, 72, of Cobden, died Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on June 20, 1947, the son of Clyde and Mary Pusich Waltner.
He married Jeannie Hudspeth on Nov. 6, 2016, in Jonesboro.
Mr. Waltner is survived by his wife, Jeannie, of Cobden...
Robert Lee Gore, 40, of Wolf Lake, died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2020, near Whittington.
Mr. Gore was born on July 2, 1979, in Kennett, Mo., the son of Larry and Vicki Dodson Gore.
Mr. Gore is survived by his mother, Vicki (her husband Richie) Tweety of Wolf Lake; his father, Larry (his wife Tiffany)...
Linda S. Clark, 72, of Anna, died Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at Baptist Health in Paducah.
She was born on Sept. 6, 1947, in Cobden, the daughter of Ethel Louise Kerr.
She married John E. Clark Sr. on Jan. 14, 1967, in Makanda. He preceded her in death on June 19, 2012.
Mrs. Clark is survived by her...
James “Jim” Beisner, 82, of Anna, and formerly of Hanna, Wyo., died at 8:40 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2020, at his home.
He was born on July 24, 1937, in Ava, the son of William August and Ola Mable Nelson Beisner.
He married Helen Riddle on Nov. 13, 1959.
For 23 years, Mr. Beisner worked for the...
Vivian Sue Byrd, 70, of Cape Girardeau, died at 1:38 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2020, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on April 30, 1949, in Cape Girardeau, the daughter of Clifford and Elsie Leota Brown Jacobs.
She married Edwin “Ed” Byrd on Nov. 14, 1981. He preceded...
Edna Havlen, 81, of Dongola, died at 3:20 p.m. Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at her home.
She was born on Feb. 3, 1938, in Charleston, Mo., the daughter of Robert E. and Addie Chumblee King.
She was an LPN for many years.
She is survived by her three daughters, Kathy (Scott) Brady of Alabama, Donna (Barry...
Ann Etta Seliger, 82, of Anna, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
She was born on June 19, 1937, in Union County, the daughter of Lester Osman and Cynthia Mae Williams Miller.
She married George Seliger on May 11, 1963. He preceded her in death on Jan. 24, 2009.
She...
Fred Alfred Frailey, 87, of Lick Creek, died Friday, Jan. 10, 2020, at Herrin Hospital.
He was born on Nov. 22, 1932, in Fidelity, the son of Sam and Anna Leivers Frailey.
He married Norma Jean Cline on June 6, 1953, in East Alton.
Mr. Frailey was a gifted guitar player. Throughout their 66-year...
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