Obituaries
Josephine Pearl Poole, 80, of Tamms, died at 11:50 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, 2019, at her residence, surrounded by family.
She was born on Jan. 7, 1937, in Ullin, the daughter of William and Lillian E. Berry Dakin.
She retired after 16 years as a dietitian from the Choate Mental Health and...
Shelly Nimmo, 43, of Anna, died Saturday, May 25, 2019.
She was born on May 30, 1975, in Carbondale, the daughter of Weldon Ray and Diann Adkisson Nimmo.
She is survived by her two sons, Sheldon and Nicholas McGrath, both of Anna; her mother, Diann Nimmo of Anna; her maternal grandmother, Estalee...
Tracy Lynn Derossett, 46, of Anna, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on Sept. 9, 1972, the daughter of Larry Derossett and Connie Leeson Weible.
She is survived by her son, Tyler Henderson of Anna; her mother, Connie (Kenneth) Weible of...
Sue Ann Peters, 80, of Benton, and formerly of Anna, died Thursday, May 30, 2019, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon.
She was born on Jan. 21, 1939, in Murphysboro, the daughter of Kenneth and Susan Jones Jobe.
She married the love of her life, Charles Edwin Peters, on September...
Marilyn D. Nall, 82, of McClure, died Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau.
She was born on July 21, 1936, in Havana, Ill., the daughter of Herman and Ida Haage.
She married Wilmer Nall on Dec. 28, 1961, at the Havana Church of Christ.
She attended elementary school in...
Goldie Delores Pearson, 85, of Cambria, and formerly of Cobden, died Friday, May 31, 2019, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
She was born on July 29, 1933, in Kennett, Ark., the daughter of Arthur Steve and Minnie Eva Scritchfield Wheetley.
She married Donald Pearson on June 9, 1949, in Cobden...
Peggy Gale Woodard, 67, died Sunday, May 26, 2019, at Silver Cross Hospital in New Lenox.
She was of the Baptist Faith. She was born on Feb. 27, 1952, in Anna, the daughter of Russell L. Woodard and Mary Ann Woodard.
She graduated from Dongola High School in 1969. She earned her bachelor’s degree...
Katherine “Kathy” Anderson, 85, of Anna, and formerly of Metropolis, died Monday, May 27, 2019.
Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Friday, May 31, at Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home, with Ryan Anderson and Brian Anderson officiating. Burial was in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mrs....
Kathy Lentz, 69, of St. Petersburg, Fla., and formerly of Dongola, died on Monday, May 20, 2019, at St. Anthony’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla.
She was born on Nov. 8, 1949, in Cairo, the daughter of Gilbert and Rosann Baker Lentz.
She worked for a non-profit organization, the Disability...
Wanda Gulley, 89, of Pinckneyville, and formerly of Dongola, died on May 23, 2019, at Fairview Health and Rehabilitation.
She was born on Dec. 19, 1929, in Pulaski County, the daughter of Oscar and Coba Elizabeth Meisenheimer Shaffer.
She married Glenn “Bally” Gulley on Nov. 20, 1948. He...
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