Obituaries
Jared Newman, 32, of Anna, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at his home.
He was born on Sept. 16, 1985, in Cape Girardeau, the son of Bruce and Kay Halterman Newman.
He married Heather Freeman on May 25, 2013, at Ferne Clyffe State Park near Goreville.
Jared is survived by his wife, Heather Newman of...
Echo Blue Newman, 1, of Anna, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at her home.
She was born on Nov. 20, 2015, in Carbondale, the daughter of Jared S. and Heather Freeman Newman.
Echo is survived by her mother, Heather Newman of Anna; a brother, Jet Newman of Anna; paternal grandparents Bruce and Kay...
Russell S. Brinker, 85, of Makanda, died Saturday, Nov. 4, at home.
Graveside services were at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, at Mound City National Cemetery.
Crain Funeral Home in Anna-Jonesboro was in charge of arrangements.
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Wilson L. Dover, 70, of rural Anna, died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
He was born on Sept. 1, 1947, in Anna, the son of Carl and Edna Lucille Webb Dover.
He married Sharon Gibbons on June 30, 1992, in Paducah.
He was a long time member of the Church of God. He served...
JoAnn Phillips Wahlstrom, 92, of Salem, died on Nov. 9, 2017, at her home.
She was born on July 19, 1925, in McClure, the daughter of Romyn B. Phillips and Dorothy B. Brown Phillips.
She married Keith Wahlstrom on June 11, 1958. They were united in marriage by Dr. Robert Stewart of the First...
Maurice Ginsburg, 80, of Anna, and formerly of Makanda, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017, at the Illinois Veterans Home in Anna.
He was born on March 1, 1937, in Hayti, Mo., the son of Harry and Lucille Deming Ginsburg.
He is survived by his two sons, Dr. Gregg Ginsburg of Festus, Mo., and Nicholas...
Robert A. Andrews, 92, of Cape Girardeau, died Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017, at Chateau Girardeau. “The train has come to take you home.”
He was born on March 18, 1925, in Chaffee, Mo., the son of Robert and Mabel Thompson Andrews.
He married Rosemary Bagby on Feb. 9, 1941. She preceded him in death on...
Mary Ada Pope Parks, 97, passed away quietly at 11:21 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10, 2017, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau. A few days earlier it had been determined she had heart and kidney problems.
She was born on Jan. 4, 1920, the daughter of Jeanette Austin and Hugh Kennefy Pope in Yorkville....
Elvira Martha Lampe Althoff, a resident of Cairo since 1945, died Monday, Nov. 13, 2017, at 4:55 p.m. at the home of her daughter in Indianapolis, Ind., at the age of 98.
She was born on Aug. 11, 1919, in St. Louis, the daughter of Henry William and Martha Helen Mueller Lampe.
She was preceded in...
Ruth Cavaness, 85, of Roswell, Ga., and formerly of Anna, died Thursday, Nov. 9, 2017.
She was born on July 1, 1932, in Pomona, the daughter of Augusta May Casper.
She married Donald Clifford Cavaness on July 15, 1952, in Cobden. Later, she married Don R. Shadowens.
She is survived by one daughter...
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