Obituaries
Cynthia Jane Benson, 59, of Anna, died at 8:36 a.m. Sunday, April 2, 2017, at Herrin Hospital.
She was born on July 13, 1957, in Aurora, the daughter of James William and Margarette Francis Cunningham Benson.
She is survived by her mother, Fran (Joe) Waldrop of Tuscola; her father, James (Jean)...
Clara N. Bucher, 90, of Paducah, and formerly of Southern Illinois, died at noon on Friday, April 7, 2017, at Lourdes Hospice and Palliative Care in Paducah.
She was born on June 7, 1926, in Cairo, the daughter of Aud and Allie Vaughn Henshaw.
She married Paul E. Bucher Sr. on May 24, 1943, in St....
Charles W. Hook, 87, of Anna, died at 8:03 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
An inurnment service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 15, at Pleasant Grove Memorial Park Mausoleum, with the Rev. Glen Patterson officiating. Friends are asked to gather...
Paul Dunkin, 77, of rural Makanda, died at 8:23 a.m. Monday, April 3, 2017, at his daughter’s home.
He was born on Feb. 16, 1940, in Shirley, Ark., the son of Malachi and Mary M. Tremel Dunkin.
He married Kathleen Pearl Vines on June 23, 1963, in Anna. She preceded him in death on April 5, 2016.
He...
Wilda Boner, 84, of Anna, died at 10:41 a.m. Sunday, April 9, 2017, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.
She was born on March 29, 1933, in Reynoldsville, the daughter of Sherman and Mary Virginia Reynolds Rogers.
She married William “Bill” Boner in September 1951.
She is survived by her daughter,...
Gayle Page, 81, of Savoy, and formerly of Tuscola, died Friday morning, April 7, 2017, at Willowbrook Memory Care of Savoy.
Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 12, at Hilligoss Shrader Funeral Home in Tuscola. Burial followed in the Tuscola Township Cemetery.
She was born on July 5,...
Florence Mae “Fanny” Winston, 60, of Jonesboro, died at 5:36 p.m. Monday, April 3, 2017, at Herrin Hospital.
She was born on April 16, 1956, in Stoddard County, Mo., the daughter of Clarence and Little G. Wells Winston.
She is survived by all her loving family and friends at Chamness Care....
Shelba Reed, 58, of Cobden, died at 11:30 p.m. Thursday, April 6, 2017, at her home.
She was born on March 5, 1959, in Alto Pass, the daughter of Walter and Irene Ann Smith Tellor.
She is survived by her two daughters, Brandy Yancey of Cobden and Christina Esparasa of Tennessee; two sons, Bill (...
Gordon Johnson, 55, of Hickory, Ky., and formerly of Dongola, died Tuesday, April 4, 2017, at Terre Haute Regional Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind.
He was born on Oct. 11, 1961, in Anna, the son of Walter Clayton and Betty Fields Johnson-Lingle.
He married Sheri Edwards on Feb. 9, 2008.
He was a truck...
Ivis W. Wright, 79, of Anna, died at 11:35 p.m. Monday, April 3, 2017, at his home.
He was born on June 4, 1937, in Johnson County, the son of Douglas and Edith Blades Wright.
He married Mary Lou Craft on May 6, 1995, in Anna.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Lou Wright of Anna; four stepdaughters...
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