Obituaries
Frances C. Choate, 85, of Charleston, died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, while at the Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home in Mattoon.
Funeral services were at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 8, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Charleston, with the Rev. Janice Kahl officiating.
A committal service was held at 1 p.m....
Ruby Britt, 94, of Cobden, and formerly of Mounds, died at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018, at Manor Court in Carbondale.
She was born on Aug. 24, 1924, in Alexander County, the daughter of Frank and Mary Randolph Aldred.
On Sept. 28, 1946, Ruby married the love of her life, William Earl Britt...
Marilyn Kay Forrest, 75, of Bradenton, Fla., and formerly of Jonesboro, died on Feb. 22, 2018, at Manatee Memorial Hospital in Bradenton, Fla.
She was born on Dec. 20, 1942, in Anna, the daughter of John Marion and Hester Naomi Johnson Forrest.
She is survived by many aunts, uncles, cousins...
June Johnson, 80, of Paducah, died Tuesday, Oct. 9, at her home.
Funeral arrangements were pending at Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home of Anna.
To leave online condolences for the family, visit www.rendlemanhilemanfh.com.
Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Anna is in charge of...
Michael Ray Davidson, 59, of Jonesboro, died Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at 4:06 a.m. at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on June 12, 1959, in Kankakee, the son of Edmund Charles and Florence Lorene Taylor Davidson.
He married Lori M. Dillow on Nov. 17, 1988. She survives.
He...
Ralph Jerry Wall Jr., 76, of Cobden, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018, at his home.
He was born on March 24, 1942, in rural Anna, the son of Ralph Sr. and Agnes Williams Wall.
He married Marva Hill in 1983 in Anna.
He is survived by his wife, Marva Wall of Cobden; two daughters, Melanie Morrison of Anna...
Blanche Wright, 89, of Anna, died Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, at her home.
She was born on Aug. 7, 1929, in Vienna, the daughter of George W. and Nellie Howard Morgan Mathis.
She married Everett Earl Wright on Sept. 27, 1946, in Jonesboro. He preceded her in death on Dec. 27, 1985.
She is survived by...
David Hartline, 44, of Cobden, died Friday, Oct. 5, 2018, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on Oct. 22, 1973, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Curtis “Corky” and Lou Ann Shadowens Hartline.
He is survived by his children, Alaina, Jenna, Connor and Colby Hartline all of...
Paula Richard Jones Keistler, 67, of Anna, and formerly of Beulah, Ky., died Thursday night, Oct. 4, 2018, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
She was member of the Anna First Baptist Church and former member of the Beulah Baptist Church. She was a retired bookkeeper from the Campbell Tobacco Company...
Orris L. Mosby, 85, died Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, at his farm on Old Cape Road, Jonesboro.
He was born on April 19, 1933, in Alexander County, the son of Orris Mosby and Blanche Meisenheimer Mosby.
He was a 1951 graduate of Wolf Lake High School and attended Southern Illinois University Carbondale...
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