Obituaries
Harry Taylor Sr., 79, of Anna, died Monday, Dec. 23, 2019, at the Life Care Center of Cape Girardeau.
He was born on Sept. 16, 1940, in Anna, the son of Logan and Anna Tolbert Taylor.
He married Gloria L. Wollard on July 15, 1961, in Joliet. She preceded him in death on Oct. 30, 2003.
Mr. Taylor...
Wanda Lee Woods, 80, of Batavia, died Friday, Dec. 20, 2019.
She was born on Jan. 18, 1939, in Anna, the daughter of David Benjamin and Opal Mae Elkins Spurlock.
She married Donald Woods on Nov. 24, 1956, in Anna.
She is survived by her children, Karen Macko, Donna Woods, Dale Woods, Rodney...
John O. Gilmore III, 78, of Anna, died peacefully on Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019.
He was born on March 31, 1941, the son of Charles Griffin and Nellie Mangrum Gilmore.
Mr. Gilmore is survived by his children, Robin Blumenfurth of Scottsdale, Ariz., Christopher C. Gilmore of Chandler, Ariz., and Lorna...
Jack Richard Graves Sr., 63, of Cutler, and formerly of Percy, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, at his home.
Mr. Graves was born on April 7, 1956, in Detroit, Mich., the son of Charles Reuben and Helen Blanche Magasark Graves.
He worked at Gilster-Mary Lee as a forklift driver for several years. He...
Nathan Anthony Bell, 37, of Anna, died Saturday afternoon, Dec. 14, 2019, at 1:52 p.m. in Anna.
He was born on Dec. 20, 1981, in Carbondale.
He married Ashley Sullivan on Jan. 21, 2012, in Mill Creek.
Mr. Bell is survived by his wife, Ashley Bell of Anna; his parents Daryl and Barbara (Bell) Turner...
Wanda R. Lovitt, 93, of Belleville, was born on Jan. 14, 1926, in Ullin, and died peacefully on Dec. 13, 2019.
She grew up in Ullin. She graduated from Southern Illinois University Carbondale with a degree in both home economics and special education.
A member of the First Baptist Church in Anna,...
Geraldine I. Winstead, 96, of Carbondale, and formerly of Cobden, died Monday, Dec. 16, 2019, at her home.
She was born on July 31, 1923, in rural Cobden, the fifth of 13 children born to William Herman and Ruth Rose Brown.
She married Glenn Winstead on Feb. 4, 1945, at the First Baptist Church...
Gene Schaefer, 94, of Navarre, Fla., and formerly of Anna, died Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019, at his home.
He was born on Aug. 19, 1925, in Wolf Lake, the son of Raymond C. and Lena M. Markert Schaefer.
He married Barbara Peters on Jan. 5, 2008, at the First Baptist Church in Jonesboro.
Mr. Schaefer...
Ronald M. Davis, 44, of Anna, died at 6:45 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, 2019, at Union County Hospital in Anna.
He was born on April 3, 1975, in Murphysboro to Marvin Dean and Karen Lee Galbraith Davis.
He was a 1994 graduate of Anna-Jonesboro Community High School. He currently worked at ILS as a...
Ray Sadler, 95, of Jonesboro, died at 7:04 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, 2019, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna.
He was born on Jan. 21, 1924, in Anna, the son of William and Carrie Wray Sadler.
He married Margaret Hankla on April 13, 1946. She preceded him in death on Dec. 7, 2008.
Mr. Sadler...
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