Obituaries and Death Notices in the Jonesboro Gazette

1933

Jonesboro, Union County, Illinois

Transcribed by Darrel Dexter

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6 Jan 1933:

Sarah Jane Rinehart died 30 Dec 1932, aged 81 years, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  Her funeral was at the Baptist church in Jonesboro.  She was born 15 Nov 1851, the daughter of John Rinehart.  She was a sister of the late Henry Rinehart and Marshall Rinehart.

 

Two unidentified gunmen were shot and killed Tuesday in a second-story flat by police in Cape Girardeau, Mo.  They were suspected of burglarizing a café in Morehouse, Mo., and in other robberies in southeast Missouri and southern Illinois.

 

John Harmon died last Thursday (29 Dec 1932) in a state hospital in Anna, and was buried at Ina.  He was from Jefferson County and had been married four times.  He weighed 450 pounds.

 

13 Jan 1933:

Samuel H. Stricklan died 2 Jan 1933, at home west of Buncombe, aged 83 years, 7 months, 10 days, and was buried in Hall Cemetery.  His funeral was at home.  He was born 21 May 1849.  He married on 1 Jun 1871, Martha E. Ragsdale, who died in 1891.  They had five children, Mary E. Lough, of Jonesboro, George Stricklan, Luther Stricklan, both of Buncombe, Johnson County, Dialpha Jones and Rachel Rattree, both deceased.  He married in 1895, Margaret Lence.  They had four children, all of whom died in infancy.  He also left four grandchildren, Leo Jones, of Johnston City, Williamson County, Samuel Stricklan and Freddie Stricklan, of Buncombe, and Lois Lough, of Jonesboro; and three great-grandchildren, Geneva Mae Jones, May Evelyn Jones, and Rose Elizabeth Jones, all of Johnston City.

 

Charles N. Groves died 3 Jan 1933, aged 69 years, 3 months, 2 days, and was buried in Alto Pass Cemetery.  He was born 1 Oct 1863, in Union County.  He joined the Baptist Church in Alto Pass in early manhood and transferred to Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Ware.  He married on 17 Feb 1889, Martha A. Smith, who died 15 years ago.  They had four children, two of whom preceded him in death.  He left two children, Winnie Vancil, of McClure, Alexander County, and Clarence Groves, of Zeigler; three half brothers, Andrew Morgan, of Alto Pass, J. S. Groves, of Alto Pass, and Allen Morgan, of Granite City; seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

 

Kenneth Ray Ballard died, aged 5 years, 3 months, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  He was the son of E. E. Ballard, of Owensboro, Ky.  His funeral was 4 Jan 1933, at First Baptist Church in Cobden.

 

Vivian Irene Dillow died 6 Jan 1933, aged 12 years, 2 months, 27 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  She was born 9 Oct 1920, the daughter of Everett Dillow.  Her funeral was at the Pentecostal church.

 

Rev. Lee Futrell committed suicide last Friday (7 Jan 1933).  His funeral was at Carbondale, Jackson County.  He lived in Carbondale and was former pastor of Beech Grove Baptist Church.

 

Joe Anna Ridenour died Monday (10 Jan 1933) at home in Dongola, and was buried in Dongola I. O. O. F. Cemetery.  Her funeral was at home.  She was the daughter of Harry C. Ridenour

 

20 Jan 1933:

Leroy G. Keith committed suicide 18 Jan 1933, at home in Alto Pass, by shooting himself with a revolver in bed, aged 55 years.  He was born 4 Aug 1879, near Alto Pass, the son of John J. and Elizabeth Keith.  He lived on the farm where he was born his entire life.  He was educated at Alto Pass and Union Academy in Anna.  He married on 27 Nov 1902, Myrtle Cauble.  He was founder and president of Farmers State Bank in Alto Pass.  He was a member of the Congregational Church at Alto Pass and was a Mason.  He left a widow, two married daughters, Ethel wife of Wilbur Valentine, of Carbondale, Jackson County, and Virginia wife of Ned Foley, of Marion, Williamson County; and one son, Gordon Keith, of Alto Pass; three grandchildren, two brothers, Harry E. Keith, of Alto Pass, and B. Frank Keith, of Los Angeles, Calif.; and one sister, Mrs. Tom Duncan, of Los Angeles, Calif.  (See also 27 Jan 1933, issue.)

 

Nathaniel McClure Godwin died 17 Jan 1933, at home near Beech Grove Church, of tuberculosis, aged 53 years, 8 months, 8 days, and was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery.  His funeral was at Beech Grove Freewill Baptist Church, of which he was a member.  He was baptized 3 May 1908.  He was born 8 May 1879, in Jackson County.  He lived on a farm near Alto Pass.   He married on 18 Sep 1900, Julia Pirtle. He left a widow, a mother, one son (two sons?), Lawrence Godwin; three daughters, Dona Ashley, Ada Glasco, and Clela Godwin, at home; an aged mother, Mrs. Clara Godwin, of Anna; two sister, Suffrona wife of J. L. Fulenwider, of Jonesboro, and Mrs. Ollie Bridgeman, of Anna; one brother, Melvin Godwin, of Pomona, Jackson County; and a niece, Mrs. Robert Morgan, of Murphysboro, Jackson County.  (See also 27 Jan 1933, issue.)

 

William “Billie” Klemens died in St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo., of stomach cancer, aged 57 years.  His body was taken home to Fornfelt, Mo.  His funeral was at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, of which he was a member.  He was born 17 Feb 1876, in Germany.  He married in 1905, Mary Williford, of Jonesboro.  He worked at Hehenberger’s sawmill.  He was a member of the Jonesboro Band and the Kornthal Band.  He lived in Jonesboro until 22 years ago when he moved to Fornfelt.  He was head machinist at General Box Co. factory.  After that plant closed he worked three years in a box factory at Shreveport, La.  He was a member of the Municipal Band from 1909 to 1926 and played the clarinet.  He was also member of the 140th Infantry Band at Chaffee, Mo.  He left a widow, three sons, Fred Klemens, of Kansas City, Mo., Oscar Klemens, of Winchendon, Mass., and Lester Klemens, of Fornfelt, Mo.; and one daughter, Bessie Brumley, of Fornfelt.—Southeast Missourian.

 

John M. Bolen died last Sunday (15 Jan 1933) at home in Anna, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Methodist Episcopal Church in Anna, which he joined in 1918.  He was born 30 Jan 1869, at Lick Creek.  He moved when 4 years old with his parents to Henderson Co., Tenn.  At the age of 21 he returned to Union County and married on 9 May 1895, Etta Farmer Gurley, who died 23 Dec 1916.  They had six sons, of whom one preceded him in death. He married 2nd on 18 Jan 1921, Eva May Brown, of Anna.  He ran a grocery or was a grocery clerk in Anna.  He was elected police magistrate in 1915 and served four years. He was a member of Anna Masonic Lodge No. 520 and Union Camp No. 5217 of Modern Woodmen of the World.  He left five children, Harry Bolen, of Cairo, Alexander County, Hallie Bolen, of Chicago, Harless Bolen, of Cairo, Tommy Bolen, and John Arthur Bolen, of Anna; two brothers, Dr. C. E. Bolen and William R. Bolen; and one sister, Mrs. R. W. Carrington, all of Wildersville, Tenn.

 

27 Jan 1933:

Joseph Engelhart died 21 Jan 1933, at home in Pocahontas, Mo., of pneumonia, aged 92 years.  He left eight children, Theresia Bacher, Lena Kasten, Joseph Engelhart, August Engelhart, and Bertha Engelhart, all of Pocahontas, Mo., Mary Schade, of Jackson, Mo., the Rev. Frank Engelhart, of Duluth, Minn., and Bert Engelhart, of Jonesboro; 27 grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.  Only two grandchildren, Curtis Engelhart, of Washington, D.C., and Leon Engelhart, a student at Illinois College in Jacksonville, were not able to attend the funeral.

 

Ira Kerley committed suicide Tuesday (24 Jan 1933), by shooting himself in the head with a shotgun, aged 19 years, and was buried in Simpson Cemetery in Johnson County.  He lived in Cobden, but had been with his uncle, John Burris, on the George J. Heilig farm on the Jonesboro to Cape Girardeau road.  He told the family at the supper table that he intended to kill himself, but no one believed him.  “Oh, I mean it,” he said and went to his room and shot himself in the head.  He left his parents, four brothers, and two sisters, of Cobden.

 

Hubert Luther Johnson died 24 Jan 1933, at Anna City Hospital, of double pneumonia, aged 48 years, 4 months, 29 days, and was buried in the Catholic cemetery in Villa Ridge, Pulaski County.  His funeral was at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Cobden.  He lived at Sandusky, Alexander County.

 

James Norton died and his funeral was last Thursday (19 Jan 1933) in Alto Pass.

 

Howard E. Kimmel died Sunday (22 Jan 1933) in Marshall Browning Hospital in DuQuoin, Perry County, of cerebral hemorrhage, aged 54 years.  He was state’s attorney of Perry County.

 

3 Feb 1933:

Elsa L. DeShon died 24 Jan 1933, in a hospital at Larned, Kan., of pneumonia, aged 45 years, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  Her funeral was at the home of Mrs. Leonard Moore.  She was born 3 Aug 1888, at Dongola.  She moved from Dongola when she was 17.  She married in 1905 William H. DeShon.  She was a nurse at a hospital in Larned, Kan.  She joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in Indianapolis, Ind.  She left three children, Mrs. George Eastridge and Bonita DeShon, of Macksville, Kan., and Otis DeShon, of San Pedro, Calif.; her mother, Mary File (?), of St. Louis; three sisters, Daisy Lambert, of Centralia, Alice Keller, of St. Louis, and Golda Keller, of Dongola; one brother, Francis File, of Roodhouse.

 

Mary Caraker died last Sunday (29 Jan 1933) at the home of Labold Schlenker, aged 72 years, 25 days, and was buried in Trinity Cemetery east of Anna.  Her funeral was at First Methodist Episcopal Church.

 

Willis A. Sumner died Saturday (28 Jan 1933) at his home, aged 70 years, 3 months, 24 days, and was buried in Cobden Cemetery.  He moved from Cobden to Anna several years ago.  His funeral was at the Congregational church in Cobden.  He left his widow, two sisters, Mrs. Walter Parmley, of Cobden, and Mrs. Mitchell Ferrill, of Alto Pass. 

 

Gilbert L. Nimmo died 25 Jan 1933, at home, of rheumatic fever, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  He was born 19 Nov 1907, in Anna, the son of Harry and  Mamie Nimmo.  He graduated from high school in 1925 and received a scholarship to Illinois State University.  He graduated with high honors and was offered a position as an assistant professor at Northwestern University and at Cornell University in Ithica, N.Y.  He chose Cornell and remained there two years, completing his Ph.D.  His father died 12 years ago.  He left his mother, and one sister, Mrs. Lawrence Anderson, of Phoenix, Ariz.

 

10 Feb 1933:

Elijah C. Dillow died Tuesday (7 Feb 1933) at home in Mill Creek, aged 68 years, and was buried in St. John's Cemetery.  His funeral was at St. John's Church.  He was the son of Peter and Mary (Poole) Dillow.  He was a businessman in Mill Creek.   He left a widow, three sons, and one daughter.

 

William Thomas Hamilton died this morning (6 Feb 1933) at home at 576 South Wildwood Ave., Kankakee, aged 73 years, and was buried in Mound Grove Cemetery.  He had been ill nine and a half years.  His funeral was at home.    He was born 5 Oct 1859, in Brazier, N.Y., the son of William and Jenny Hamilton.  At the age of 6 he moved to Kankakee.  He was a member of First Methodist Episcopal Church.  He married in 1886 Minnie A. Andrews, a brother of George J. Andrews, of Jonesboro.  He left his widow, three sisters, Kate Lee, of Joliet, Frances Bell and Jennie Ubellar; and a nephew, Howard Brown.--Kankakee Republican, 6th inst.

 

H. W. Brown died Wednesday (8 Feb 1933) at home on West Sycamore Street, Murphysboro, Jackson County, aged 63 years, and was buried at Ashley.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church in Carbondale, Jackson County.  He was a coal salesman and went to get a load of coal.  He returned home and died a short time later.  He was born in Jonesboro.  He moved to Carbondale 12 years ago.  He left his widow, eight children, Monroe Brown, Earl Brown, Flossie Brown, at home, Howard Brown, Frank Brown, Lena Brown, of St. Louis, Elsie Brown, of Chicago, and Myrtle Nelson, of Carbondale; two brother, Joe Brown and Monroe Brown; and one sister in Jonesboro.—Murphysboro Independent, Feb. 1st.

Mrs. Dave Woods died.

 

Earl Sherman Tucker died 29 Jan 1933, and was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery.  His funeral was at home.  He was the son of L. H. Tucker.  He left his parents, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Winn, of Ware, and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Tucker, of Reynoldsville.

 

John Wallace died at Mountain Glen.


17 Feb 1933:

Laura A. (Frick) Hanners died 8 Feb 1933, at the home of her son, William P. Hanners, 1655A South Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, aged 82 years, and was buried in Lakewood Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Bethlehem Congregational Church.  She was born 22 Feb 1850, in Jonesboro, one of two sons and four daughters of Paul Frick.  She was educated in Jonesboro public schools and at the Seminary established in Jonesboro by Willis Willard.  She taught school in town and rural Jonesboro schools.  She married in 1873 William S. Hanners, Union County clerk, who died in 1911.  They moved to Murphysboro, Jackson County, when her husband opened a livery stable there.  Her ancestor named (Jacob) Frick was a soldier of the Revolutionary War and is buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  Her mother died when she was a child.  Her brother, Wattie Frick, died in childhood and her brother W. Dennis Frick died several years ago.  An older sister, Alice wife of Davis W. Miller, died in Jonesboro a few years ago and a younger sister, Fannie wife of Alvan Cook, died a number of years ago.  She left one daughter, Helen wife of Donald Armstrong, of Omaha, Ill.; one son, William P. Hanners; one sister, Helen widow of Judge W. Scott Day, of Santa Barbara, Calif.

 

Lula Beatrice Corgan died 9 Feb 1933, in a Cook County hospital of pneumonia, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Norris Funeral Home.  She was born 9 Apr 1885, in Alto Pass, the daughter of Walter B. and Mattie (McCready) Corgan.  The family moved to Anna about 30 years ago.  Her father died four years ago and is buried in Anna Cemetery.  She started nurse's training at Hale Sanitorium in 1906.  After six years she went to the Masonic hospital in Sullivan, Ill.  She was also employed at Watseka a short time.  She was nurse in the home of Earl Bruce Millar, in Chicago.  She left one sister, Mattie Corgan, of Chicago.

 

Caleb Dillow died 6 Feb 1933, aged 84 years, 10 months, 25 days, and was buried in Treece Cemetery.  He was born 11 Mar 1848, the son of Levi and Margaret Dillow.  He married in 1868 Amanda Thornton, who died in 1870.  He married in 1872 Mahulda Treece, who died 26 Nov 1924.  He left one son, Lafayette Dillow; three daughters, Minnie Dillow, Mrs. John Walker, and Mrs. Ernest Brooks; one sister, Mrs. John Kerr, of Jonesboro; and 10 grandchildren.

 

Mary E. Lingle died Tuesday (14 Jan 1933) at home in Cobden.  Her funeral was at the Presbyterian church in Cobden.  She left her husband, Dr. W. E. Lingle; one daughter, Kathyrn Lingle, at home; one son, Leland Lingle, track coach at Southern Illinois Teachers College; one sister, Mrs. L. R. Harrington, of Springfield; and five brothers, George G. Patterson, James A. Patterson, Edward E. Patterson, Herbert W. Patterson, and Sam Z. Patterson, of Carbondale, Jackson County.

 

Ora Thorne died Tuesday (14 Jan 1933) at home east of Anna, aged 44 years, 8 months, 23 days, and was buried in Trinity Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Trinity Church.  She was born in Union County, the daughter of James and Mary Gourley.  She left her husband, William Thorne; three children, Mrs. Ben Koonce, Ernest Thorne, and Mrs. Mattie Chamness, all of Anna.

 

William T. Menees died 13 Feb 1933, at Anna State Hospital, aged 76 years, 6 months, 16 days, and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery east of Anna.  His funeral was at Norris Funeral Home.

 

Louise Kinder was shot and killed last Saturday (11 Feb 1933) by her brother-in-law, while visiting her sister in Detroit, Mich., and was buried in Wisconsin.  Her brother-in-law came home intoxicated and also shot and killed his wife.  She left her husband, Layton Kinder; and a little son, Williford Kinder, aged 22 months.  Layton Kinder returned home from Detroit to the home of his parents,  Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kinder (3 Mar 1933, issue).

 

Grandma Hancock died.

 

24 Feb 1933:

Dewitt T. Hartwell died 18 Feb 1933, in a St. Louis hospital, aged 54 years, and was buried at Marion, Williamson County.  His funeral was at Marion.  He served 18 years as a circuit judge.  He left a widow, a brother, and a sister.  A memorial was held for him at the courthouse in Marion in April 1933 (28 Apr 1933, issue).

 

Mrs. M. H. Ogden died 2 Feb 1933, in San Diego, Calif.  She lived in Carbondale with her husband, who had a hardware business.  E. G. Kerth, of Anna, was a silent partner in the firm.  She was a sister of former circuit judge J. P. Roberts, deceased, of Murphysboro.

 

Bobbie Walker died Friday (17 Feb 1933), of pneumonia, aged 8 years, 5 months, 22 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at home.  He was the son of Robert Walker


3 Mar 1933:

Hugo Dorrow died last Sunday (26 Feb 1933) at Springfield, Ohio.  He was the father of Mrs. C. E. Engelhard, of Jonesboro.  He was pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Golden, Ill., for 38 years.

 

Rebecca Miller died Sunday (26 Feb 1933). Her funeral was in Kirksville, Mo.  She was the sister of E. C. Finch.

 

John M. Halstead died Sunday (26 Feb 1933) at home in Carbondale, Jackson County, of cancer.  He was a Mason.  He left three daughters, Ethel Womble, of Carbondale, Wilda Hemple, of West Frankfort, Franklin County, and Floy wife of W. D. Wiley, of Anna; one brother, Fred Halstead, of Denver, Colo.; and three sisters, Eva Zimmerman, of Carbondale, Lizzie Brown, of Centralia, Marion County, and Bessie Shoemaker, of Indianapolis, Ind.

 

Barbara Sprague was accidentally killed last Friday (24 Feb 1933) in the elevator of the center building at Anna State Hospital, and was buried in the hospital cemetery.  Her head was caught between the elevator and the floor during an epileptic seizure.  There was a coroner's inquest.  She was from St. Clair County and had been at the hospital eight years.

 

Francis Lester Kelley died 28 Feb 1933, at home five miles south of Anna, aged 34 years, 11 months, 18 days, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church in Jonesboro.  He was born 10 Mar 1898, the youngest son of Mike Kelley.  His father died 22 Apr 1928.  He joined Mission Chapel Baptist Church 13 years ago, and served as Sunday school superintendent.  He married on 25 Jul 1920, Mae Lingle.  They had six children.  An infant son preceded him in death nine months ago.  He left his widow, four sons, Rosco Francis Kelley, Oren Lester Kelley, Elmer Conrad Kelley, Harold Ujean Kelley; and one daughter, Mary Lucille Kelley; his mother, Belle Kelley; two brothers, William Kelley, of Cairo, Alexander County, and Raymond Kelley, of Dongola; two sisters, Maude Knupp and Delia Lingle, both of Jonesboro; an aged grandfather; and an aunt, Mrs. Kate Brown, of Anna.

 

Luvica Foster died 25 Feb 1933, at Wolf Lake, aged 64 years, 5 months, 12 days.  She was born 13 Sep 1868, at Jerusalem, Jackson County.  She joined the Methodist Church at an early age.  She married on 30 Jan 1887, Elison Foster.  They had eight children, of whom one preceded her in death.  She left four daughters and three sons, John Foster, George Foster, Minnie McMahan, Ethel Whitlock, all of Wolf Lake, Esther Knight, of Grand Tower, Cora Bolen, of Cairo, Alexander County, and Charles Foster, of East St. Louis, St. Clair County.; three sisters, one brother, and 18 grandchildren.

 

Willie A. Lingle died 21 Feb 1933, at home in Pontiac, Mich. of asthma and heart trouble, and was buried in Christian Chapel Cemetery.  His funeral was at Christian Chapel, of which he was a member.

 

John Carlock died and was buried in Union Cemetery.  His funeral was Monday (20 Feb 1933?) at Dongola. 

 

10 Mar 1933:

William Carrol Rinehart died 2 Mar 1933, and was buried in Peoria.  He was the son of Luther H. Rinehart, of Peoria.  He left his parents, one brother, Dorran Robert Rinehart; his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Rinehart, of Jonesboro; two aunts, Mrs. Elva Shirley, of Utica, Mrs. James Marshall, of Stonington; and three uncles W. W. Rinehart, of East St. Louis, Everett W. Rinehart, and Ed S. Rinehart, of Jonesboro.

 

Henry Miller committed suicide last Saturday (4 Mar 1933) at home in Carbondale, Jackson County, by hanging himself from a water pipe with a rope in the basement, and was buried in Cobden Cemetery.  He used to live in Cobden and had lived in Carbondale about six months.  He was found by his son.  He was born in Cobden and was postmaster several years.  He left his widow, and two children, Mary Helen Miller and Robert Miller.

 

Elizabeth C. "Aunt Betty" Davis died 3 Mar 1933, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Meffie Lingle, in Anna, of heart disease, aged 80 years, 3 months, 4 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at First Methodist Church in Anna, which she joined in 1925.  She was born 27 Nov 1852, in Dongola.  She joined Camp Ground Cumberland Presbyterian Church in November 1878.  She married on 28 May Sidney B. Davis, who died 10 years ago.  They had four children, Charles A. Davis, of Colorado Springs, Colo., F. L. Davis, of St. Louis, Dora Hileman, of Anna, and Meffie Lingle, of Anna; eight grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

 

Edith Elsie (Hill) Cash died 5 Mar 1933, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was a First Baptist Church in Anna.  She was born 3 Sep 1909, in Anna, the youngest daughter of George A. and Lillie (Simmerman) Hill.  She married on 5 Apr 1931, Lee Cash.  She left her husband, a son, Donald Lee Cash, her father, and seven sisters.

 

17 Mar 1933:

Harry S. Krammer died last Friday (10 Mar 1933), aged 58 years.  He was born in Fairfield.  He went to Alaska in 1908 in the gold rush and was successful.  He was a Mason and member of Ainad Shrine, and Elks and Rotary clubs.

 

Walter Hastings alias Lingle was shot and killed Tuesday (14 Mar 1933) at home by Carlos Green, aged 30 years.  Green, aged 32 years, worked on the John Burns farm, and lived with HastingsHastings worked on the Ward Mathis farm.  He claimed it was self defense.  He left a widow and a 4-year-old child.

 

Nephew of Jesse Vaughn, of Balcom, died.  His funeral was Monday (13 Mar 1933) at Cambria, Williamson County.  He was a grandson of Mrs. Frances Vaughn.

 
24 Mar 1933:

Christopher Jeremiah "Jerry" Boyd died 20 Mar 1933, at home two miles south of Anna, aged 84 years, 5 months, 10 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at home.  He was born 2 Oct 1848, in Knox Co., Tenn., near the city of Knoxville, the oldest of five children of Jonathon I. and Almirah (Johnson) Boyd.  In the fall of 1851 they moved to Illinois, the trip taking nine weeks by way of Golconda, Pope County, arriving on 25 Dec 1851 in Union County.  His father died when Jerry was 12.  He had a trying time during the Civil War trying to support his family.  He was a farmer and fruit grower and charter member of Anna Shipping Association and organizer and president of Union Fruit Package Company.  He was township trustee for nearly 40 years, and county commissioner from 1906 to 1909.  He was a member of the Baptist Church.  He married on 27 Oct 1870, Emily Minerva Hess, who died three years ago.  They had eight children, of whom one son, Owen Boyd, was accidentally killed while hunting.  He left seven children, Ernest C. Boyd, John J. Boyd, Charles W. Boyd, Herbert J. Boyd, Mrs. J. L. Hartline, and Homer Boyd, of Anna, and Dr. T. Van Boyd, of East St. Louis; one brother, J. B. Boyd, of Anna; and many grandchildren.

 

J. M. McMillan died 14 Mar 1933, at Anna City Hospital, aged 87 years, 2 months, 15 days, of infirmities of old age, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church in Anna.  He lived in Anna 10 years.  He was a veteran of the Civil War  and drew a pension. 

 

Nancy C. Howerton died 16 Mar 1933, aged 74 years, 1 month, 22 days, and was buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Mt. Hebron Church, north of Lick Creek.  She was born 24 Feb 1859, the seventh of nine children of Jones Stokes.  She left her husband, two sons, Dan L. Howerton, of Wilmington, and Frank Howerton, of Anna, and six grandchildren.

 

Geneva Washington died 20 Mar 1933, at Anna City Hospital.  She was admitted to the hospital on 18 Mar 1933, after being injured in an automobile accident.  She was from Pulaski, Pulaski County.
 
31 Mar 1933:

Marie Magdalena (Hehenberger) Foehr died 28 Mar 1933 (or Wednesday, 29 Mar 1933) at home south

of Jonesboro, and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Ebenezer Evangelical Church, of which she was a member and of which her father was an organizer.  She was born 8 Jul 1865, the eldest daughter of Michael and Anna (Ecker) Hehenberger.  She married on 14 Feb 1889, George P. Foehr.  She had four children, Fred M. Foehr, Edna A. Foehr, Harvey L. Foehr, who died in infancy, and Ralph E. Foehr, who died in infancy.  She also left two grandchildren, Margaret Louise Foehr and Robert E. Foehr.   (See also 7 Apr 1933, issue.)

 

Cora McLain died 27 Mar 1933, at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, Ind.  She was the daughter of the late Dr. W. L. McLain, of Dongola.  She was a nurse and was in the first class graduated from city hospital in Indianapolis, the 1890s.  She volunteered as a nurse during the Spanish-American War and served in the Nurses' Corps until the end of the war.  She was a member of Central Christian Church in Indianapolis.  She left her stepmother, Nellie McLain, a foster sister, Elizabeth McLain, of Los Angeles, Calif., and a brother, Frank McLain, of Minto, N.D.

 

Zachariah Z. Lyerla died 21 Mar 1933, aged 71 years, 3 months, 13 days, and was buried in Alto Pass Cemetery.  His funeral was at his home in Alto Pass.  He was born 8 Dec (1861).  He left a stepson, Harry Smith, of Irving; his wife, Clara Lyerla, and a brother, Adam Lyerla, of Grand Tower, Jackson County. 

 

W. H. Smith died Friday (24 Mar 1933) of pneumonia, and his wife died Saturday (24 Mar 1933), a few hours apart, and they were buried in Casper Cemetery.  Their double funeral was at the Methodist church in Anna.  They lived on a small farm north of Anna on Route No. 2.  Their son, Harry Smith, is employed as an engineer at Anna State Hospital.

 

7 April 1933:

Ella Trovillion died last Monday (27 Mar 1933?) in Herrin, Williamson County, aged 81 years, and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery, south of Norris City, White County.  She was born in Fredonia, Ky., and came to Illinois as a young girl.  She left a son, Hal W. Trovillion, of the Herrin Journal; and two daughters, Mrs. T. B. F. Smith, of Carbondale, Jackson County, and Mrs. Bessie McClintock, of Anderson, Ind.

 

Clyde Grantham committed suicide Monday (3 Apr 1933) on the road near Tamms, Alexander County, by shooting himself with a revolver.  He was a station agent at Tamms.

 

Clara (Batson) Morgan died 2 Apr 1933, of cancer, aged 48 years, 3 months, 7 days, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  Her funeral was at First Methodist Episcopal Church in Jonesboro.  She was stricken with influenza in March 1932.  She was born 25 Dec 1884, near Jonesboro, the daughter of James Batson.  She married on 20 Dec 1906, Harry Morgan, of Jonesboro.  She left four children, Opal Morgan, Homer Morgan, Mabel Morgan, and Harry Morgan, Jr.  She also left two brothers, Dennis Batson, of Jonesboro, and Dan Batson, of Anna; two uncles, and nieces and nephews.

 

Nannie L. (Hartline) Sitter died last Friday (31 Mar 1933) at home on North Main Street in Anna, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at the Presbyterian church.  She was born 12 Apr 1878, near Cobden.  She married on 4 Apr 1897, Gilbert L. Sitter.  She left one son, Ralph G. Sitter; one granddaughter, Mary Lou Sitter; four brothers, Edgar I. Hartline, of Anna, J. D. Hartline, of Danville, G. O. Hartline, and Van L. Hartline, of Cobden; and (two sisters?) Mrs. Charles L. Kimmel, of Chicago, and Mrs. C. R. Holcomb, of Alto Pass.

 

Charles C. Trees died last Sunday(2 Apr 1933) at home in Anna, of heart trouble, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church.  He was born 23 Jul 1869, in Union County.  He married on 14 Apr 1898, Lula Catherine Mackey.  He left a widow and one son.

 

14 Apr 1933:

George W. Dillow died last Thursday (6 Apr 1933) at Anna State Hospital, following an operation, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church, of which he was a member.  He was born 31 Jul 1865, in Union County, the son of Jefferson and Malinda Dillow.  He married on 5 Aug 1888, Francis Dillow.  He moved from his farm east of Anna to town about 15 years ago.  He had two sons, James Edward Dillow, who died in 1902, and Ernest Nelson Dillow.

 

21 Apr 1933:

Sarah Frances (Trees) Crowell died 16 Apr 1933, at home in Jonesboro, aged 60 years, 18 days, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  She was born 28 Mar 1873, near Anna, the daughter of George and Elizabeth Trees.  She married on 23 Aug 1896, Bertram Crowell, of Jonesboro.  One son died in an accident 15 years ago.  She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Rebekah Lodge in Jonesboro.  She left four sisters, Nellie Trees, Mrs. Fulton Sherill, Mrs. Walter Grammer, and Mrs. T. R. Oldham, all of Anna; two nieces, and two nephews.

 

28 Apr 1933:

Susan Minton died in Alto Pass, aged 81 years, and was buried in Alto Pass Cemetery.  She left a daughter, Mrs. D. B. Smith, and one son, Andy Minton.

 

Mary (Brothers) Davis died 21 Apr 1933, at home in Anna, aged 74 years, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church in Anna.  She was born 8 Aug 1859, in McLeansboro, Hamilton County.  She moved to Anna when a child.  She married in October 1878, William Marshall Davis.  She had eight children, of whom seven are living, Louis Davis, of Anna, Emory Davis, of Curtis, Neb., Maude Davis, of Napa, Calif., Ethel wife of Henry Halterman, of Vincennes, Ind., Cecil Davis, of Santa Cruz, Calif., Harry O. Davis, of Anna, and Floyd Davis, of Anna; eight grandsons, and two granddaughters.

 

5 May 1933:

Eva (Kerth) Loomis died Monday (1 May 1933) in Englewood Hospital in Chicago.  She was the wife of Marion Loomis, of San Pierre, Ind., and the sister of E. G. Kerth, of Anna, and Addison Kerth, of Chicago.

 

12 May 1933:

John Reams died Wednesday (10 May 1933) at a Cape Girardeau hospital after he was struck by an auto driven by Luther Walker, of Cardwell, Mo., on State Highway 150 south of Reynoldsville, aged 70 years, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  His funeral was at the church in Reynoldsville.  The coroner’s inquest found Walker to be negligent in trying to pass a truck.  He was a farmer near Reynoldsville and lived on the Walton land for 49 years.  He left a widow and eight daughters.

 

Frank Jaeckel died Saturday (6 May 1933) in the cab of his engine on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad as it was pulling into Tamms, Alexander County, aged 65 years, and was buried at East St. Louis, St. Clair County.  He lived in East St. Louis and worked for the railroad for 35 years.  He left a widow, one son, one daughter, and four grandchildren.

 

19 May 1933:

Clinton C. Decker died Monday (15 May 1933) in his bed at home in Murphysboro, Jackson County, aged 69 years, and was buried in Tower Grove Cemetery.  his funeral was at First Presbyterian Church.  He worked for Mobile & Ohio Railroad for 53 years and part of the time was a locomotive engineer.  Mrs. George E. Fager, of Anna, was his daughter.

 

Son of Covey Wilson, of McGuire, was buried Friday (12 May 1933) in Beech Grove Cemetery.

 

Infant son of Albert Dallas died at Alto Pass.

 

26 May 1933:

Samuel L. Wright died Sunday (21 May 1933) trying to jump off a Missouri Pacific freight train in the yards at Gale, Alexander County, and was buried at Mounds, Pulaski County.  He boarded the train at Chester, Randolph County.  He left two sons, one of whom resided in Cape Girardeau.—Cairo Citizen

 

Vera Voile Smith was killed by an automobile near her home in Springfield, Sangamon County.  Her funeral was Friday (19 May 1933) in Pinckneyville, Perry County.  She was the daughter of Percy Smith.

 

Sister of the Rev. R. C. Patterson died in Columbus, Ga.

 

2 Jun 1933:

Charley Leonard died 1 Jun 1933, at home in Jonesboro, of tuberculosis resulting from being gassed while in the service in World War I, aged 41 years, 7 months, 16 days, and was buried in Morgan Cemetery.  His funeral was at the Methodist Episcopal church.  He was born 15 Oct 1891, and lived on a farm near Ware during early manhood.  He married in his early 20s Mary Walker.  He entered the service on 20 Sep 1917, during World War I.  He saw active duty in France one and a half years and served a total of two and a half years.  He returned to his home near Ware on the Walton and Davie farms until five years ago when he moved to Jonesboro.  He left  his widow, his mother, Mrs. Lewis Gibson; one brother, John Leonard; and one sister, Mrs. John Hubbs, all of Dixon.  (See also 9 Jun 1933, issue.)

 

J. N. Elliott died and was buried at Bloomington.  He was the former pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Anna and left Anna about two years ago.  He left several grown children. 

 

Eliza Ann Taylor died 28 May 1933, aged 72 years, 5 months, 13 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at the Pentecostal church.  She was born 9 Dec 1861, near Ozark, Johnson County.  She married on 14 Sep 1884, Bernice Taylor.  She left her husband and three children.

 

9 June 1933:

Dr. Eugene Cohn died 30 May 1933 at Kankakee, while delivering a memorial address at Aroma Park Methodist Episcopal Church, aged 59 years.  He was born at Lansburg, Germany, and came to America when 16.  He was former chief of staff at Anna State Hospital. He went to Kankakee in 1907 as managing officer of the Kankakee state hospital.  He had a private practice in Kankakee for the past 15 years.  He left a widow, two sons and one daughter.

 

16 Jun 1933:

Joseph Schiller committed suicide Wednesday (14 Jun 1933) by shooting himself in the head with a 38 caliber revolver, aged 61 years, and was buried at Cobden.  He was born in Germany and came to America as a young man.  He was caretaker at East St. Louis Gun Club house, southwest of Jonesboro.  He left a widow and two daughters in St. Louis.

 

Rev. S. A. Morgan died Monday (12 Jun 1933) at Steelville, of heart attack, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  His funeral was at Carbondale, Jackson County.  He was the former pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in Jonesboro for three years.  He left a widow and a grown son, Bruce Morgan, of Karnack, Pulaski County.

 

Tom Musselman died 10 Jun 1933, at home in McClure, Alexander County, aged 72 years, and was buried in Lindsey Cemetery in McClure.  His funeral was at the church in McClure.  He was a farmer all his life in the Mississippi Bottoms.  He left one sister, Ida Diedrich, of Bucyrus, Ohio.

 

Jacob Meier died 8 Jun 1933, at a hospital in Milwaukee, Wis., following an operation for goiter, and was buried at Marionette, Wis.  He was pastor at Kornthal Evangelical Lutheran Church.  He left a widow and four children, who moved to Marionette, Wis., in July 1933.   A memorial service was held at Kornthal on 25 Jun 1933. (See also 23 Jun 1933, issue.)

 

Mary Francis (Fox) Rendleman died 13 Jun 1933, at home in Wolf Lake, aged 63 years, 1 month, 28 days, and was buried in Morgan Cemetery.  Her funeral was at home.  She was born 14 Apr 1870, in Williamson County, the daughter of D. T. and Adeline Fox.  She married on 2 Dec 1894, William Rendleman.  She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Williamson County.  She had three children, the oldest dying at age 6 months and the other two in infancy.  She reared five (seven) orphans, Warren Chandler, who died 10 Mar 1924; Arthur Farmer, of Ware; Rose Jordan, Mary Smith, and Loren Gore, all of Wolf Lake; and Mattie Gore and Bob Rendleman, deceased.  She also left her husband, one brother, Will Fox, of Wolf Lake; three sisters, Maude Mayes and Mrs. Clyde Johnson, of Jonesboro, and Flora Walker, of Wolf Lake; four nieces, and two nephews.  (See also 23 Jun 1933, issue.)

 

Nancy A. (Rushing) Misenhimer died 3 Jun 1933, in Oregon, aged 84 years, and was buried in Oregon.  She was born in Union County and was a sister of W. P. Rushing, of Jonesboro.  She married  in Union County, Joshua L. “Josh” Misenhimer, who died a few years ago.  About 1870, they and their three children moved to Oregon.  He was a school teacher.    He ran for Union county clerk and was defeated by one vote.  A picture of them shows them going home after their wedding, both mounted on one horse and another shows them in a car celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary.  She left three daughters, eight grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.


30 Jun 1933:

Richard Miller died Tuesday (27 Jun 1933) at Anna City Hospital and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  He was accidentally scalded on Tuesday at McClure, Alexander County, when he fell into a pan of hot water on the kitchen floor for washing.  He was the son of Homer (or Richard) Miller.

 

Nancy E. Verble died Monday (26 Jun 1933) at the home of her son, Glen Verble, in Dongola, aged 78 years, and was buried in McGinnis Cemetery, near Mt. Pleasant.  Her funeral was at First Baptist Church.  She left three children, Arley Verble, of near Dongola, Minnie Ferguson, of Vienna, Johnson County, and Glen Verble; eight grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.

 

7 Jul 1933:

Mrs. Thomas Moore died, aged 72 years.  Her funeral was at Wednesday (5 Jul 1933) at White Water Mo.  She was the sister-in-law of Mrs. William Clingingsmith and aunt of Coby Clingingsmith and Otis Clingingsmith, and great-aunt of Odie Mangum.

 

14 Jul 1933:

Daniel Roe died Wednesday (12 Jul 1933) at home in Jonesboro, aged 79 years.  He left a son in Texas and Calvin Roe, of the Chicago Police Department, who was unable to attend the funeral because of a physical disability.

 

Eugene L. Finch died last Monday (3 Jul 1933?) in Memphis, Tenn., and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was conducted in Cairo, by a Christian Science reader.  He was the son of N.D. Finch, of Cairo, Alexander County, and nephew of E. C. Finch, of Anna.  He was a Mason.  He also left his widow, one son, and one brother, Edgar A. Finch, of Cairo.

 

21 Jul 1933:

Laverne Miller was murdered 6 Apr 1933, at home, aged 14 years.  She was the daughter of Vernon "Verne" Miller, special deputy at the mine being picketed and a United Mine Worker at DuQuoin.  Emery Albers, 27, Sam Ferro, 22 or 24, Barney Bosetto, 20 or 29, Robert Shingleton, 20 or 21, and Otis Battaglia, 18 were five DuQuoin miners tried for the murder in Union County on a change of venue from Perry County.  Albers got 40 years in prison and the other four got life in prison.  Ferro was convicted of firing the rifle, Battaglia of driving the car, and Bosetto of supplying the weapons and concealing them.  She left her parents and four siblings.  Dean Miller, aged 19 years, was a sister. (See also 28 Jul 1933, 4 Aug 1933, 11 Aug 1933, and 18 Aug 1933, issues.)

 

W. A. Coleman, Jr., died Tuesday (18 Jul 1933) from injuries sustained in an automobile accident in St. Louis, aged 21 years, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  His funeral was in Cobden.  He was the son of Will Coleman and a nephew of Mrs. J. W. Lingle, of Jonesboro.

 

Grover Misenhimer drowned 29 Nov 1932, in Clinton River near Mt. Clemens, Mich., and was buried in Clinton Grove Cemetery.   He was a proprietor of a roadhouse near the river and drowned attempting to rescue his little dog, which had broken through the ice.  His wife threw him a rope, but he failed to grasp it.  He was a member of the American Legion.  He was born in Union County and was a brother of Mrs. Charles Turner, Mrs. Ed Tripp, and Douglas Misenhimer.  He had not been in Union County since he enlisted and went overseas during World War I. 

 

George T. Hileman died Tuesday (18 Jul 1933) at home in Anna, aged 72 years, 5 months, 13 days.  His funeral was at First Presbyterian Church in Anna.  He had been confined to his bed for the past seven or eight months.  He was born 25 Jan 1861, in Anna, the son of Jacob Hileman.  He married on 11 Sep 1888, Harriet E. Byrum, who died 24 Nov 1928.  He left one brother, William Watson Hileman, of Kansas City, Mo.

 

Benjamin Franklin Myers died 22 Jun 1933, at the home of his son, Clarence Myers, in Paxton, Neb., aged 93 years, 1 month, 2 days.  He was born 20 May 1840, at Maryville, Mo.  He married Mary Smith, a daughter of John Smith, who died 9 Jun 1867.  They had two children, both of whom died in infancy.  He married Harriet Lyerly, of Jonesboro, who died in 1921, aged 23 years.  They had seven children.  He was also preceded in death by three daughters, Mary Myers, who died in child hood; Mrs. Ollie Dunn, of Verango, Neb., and Serena Wallin, who died at Paxton; and two sons, Adam Myers and Harrison Myers.  He moved from Marysville to Alto Pass, where he lived until 1885, when he moved to Overton, Neb.  In 1914 he moved to a farm 10 miles south of Paxton.  Since 1926 he had lived with his son.  He left one daughter, two sons, 14 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

 

James E. Sharp died 12 Jul 1933, at the state hospital in Independence, Iowa, following an operation for appendicitis, and was buried in Casper Cemetery.  His funeral was at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church.  He was born 30 May 1872, near Anna, the son of William and Mary Ann Sharp.  He was employed at various state hospitals and at the one in Independence for the last nine years.  He left two sisters and one brother.  Mrs. Laura Stegel, of south of Anna, was a sister.

 

28 Jul 1933:

Essie (Williams) Oliver was killed in an automobile accident in St. Louis, aged 53 years.  She lived with her stepdaughter, Miss Dorothy Oliver, at 4926 Labadie Ave., St. Louis, Mo.  She was the daughter of Theodore Williams, who resided in Jonesboro a number of years ago.

 

Mrs. Charles Heilig died Tuesday (25 Jul 1933) at home in Mill Creek, of heart trouble, aged 62 years, 10 months, 17 days, and was buried in St. John's Cemetery.  Her funeral was at St. John's Church.  She was the daughter of John Brown, of Thebes, Alexander County.

 

Clorah Eileen Corzine died 22 Jul 1933, aged 43 years, 4 months, 5 days, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  Her funeral was at First Baptist Church in Jonesboro.  She was born 17 Mar 1890, near Wolf Lake, the daughter of Willis and Minerva Corzine.  Her mother died 35 years ago.  She graduated from Carbondale and Urbana and became a teacher.  She taught 19 years.  She joined Christian Chapel near Dongola when 14.  An infant brother also preceded her in death.  She left her father.

 

Mary Elizabeth Clingingsmith died 21 Jul 1933, at home on North Main in Jonesboro, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  She was born 11 Jan 1860, near Sedgwickville, Mo., the daughter of William C. and Isabell Moore.  She married on 11 Jul 1875, William Clingingsmith.  They had eight children, of whom four preceded her in death, three in infancy and Nancy Lumae Mangum died 18 years ago.  She joined First Baptist Church in Jonesboro 27 years ago.  She left her husband, four children, Otis O. Clingingsmith, Sarah Katherine, Clingingsmith. Cora Isabelle Clingingsmith, and David M. Clingingsmith; a grandson, Otis M. Mangum; two brothers, Thomas A. Moore, of Whitewater, Mo., and Jacob Moore, of Fruitland, Mo.; and one sister, Mrs. Sarah Probst, of Swedgwickville.

 

Jacob Monroe Brooks died 21 Jul 1933, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles Boyd, near Jonesboro, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church.  He was born 12 Dec 1851, near Lick Creek.  He married on 12 Aug 1870, Prudence Kimbro, who died five years ago.  They had seven children, of whom three survive.  He joined First Baptist Church at Nashville, Ill., over 50 years ago.  He moved his membership to Hopewell Baptist Church where he was ordained a deacon.  When the church disbanded, he became deacon with First Baptist Church at Anna.  He left two brothers, Matthew Brooks, somewhere in Kansas, and John Brooks, of Union County; three children, John E. Brooks, of Anna, Alvie J. Brooks, of Chicago, and Mrs. Charles Boyd; and Mrs. Charles Calhoun, loved as a child and reared in his home, of West Frankfort, Franklin County; 21 great-grandchildren, and nine grandchildren.

 

Dave Rollins died last Saturday (22 Jul 1933) at a St. Louis hospital, aged 20 years.  He had been treated at Anna City Hospital for three weeks for blood poisoning before being transferred to St. Louis.  He lived at Alto Pass.

 

David Rawlings, Jr., died.  His funeral was Monday (24 Jul 1933) at Alto Pass.

 

4 Aug 1933:

Jack Daws died on his way to the hospital after Oscar Kelley shot him through the heart with a revolver,  Kelley, at the home of Charles Kelley near Wayside in northeast Union County, aged 27 years.  Oscar Kelley, aged 61 years, came outside accompanied by Constable Everett Mangum and the two men quarreled over a horse trade they had made months earlier.  After Daws was shot, Kelley and Mangum fled and were arrested by Sheriff Blaylock.

 

John L. Ballard died 31 Jul 1933, at home in Mill Creek, aged 78 years, 9 months, 1 day, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  He was born near Vienna, Johnson County, and was married three times.  He used to live in the first ward in Jonesboro.  He left a widow, one daughter, four brothers, and one sister.

 

V. Bourland died 28 Jul 1933, at Anna City Hospital, of cancer, aged 76 years.  Her funeral was at Ullin, Pulaski County.  She was the wife of Adam Bourland.

 

Donald Wayne Stone died 29 Jul 1933, aged 6 months, 24 days, and was buried in Beech Grove Cemetery.  His funeral was at Beech Grove Church.  He was born 8 Jan 1933, the son of Albert and Mary Stone.  His father died one year and 16 days before him.  He left his mother, four brothers, Glen Stone, James Stone, Jennings Stone, and Charles Albert Stone; three sisters, Ruby Stone, Freida Stone, and Lawanda Stone; a grandmother, uncle and aunt.

 

Sarah Elizabeth Hill died 28 Jul 1933, aged 76 years, 18 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at First Baptist Church in Anna.  She was born 10 Jul 1857, in Florence, Ala., the daughter of William T. Rogers.  She married on 13 Sep 1880, the Rev. John Albert Hill.  She left three children, Mrs. R. O. Thomas, James Calvin Hill, of Marion, Williamson County, and Robert Vernon Hill, of Peoria.

 

Henry J. Goodman died Thursday at home in Jonesboro, of heart trouble and dropsy, aged 81 years, and was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.  His funeral was at Jonesboro Baptist Church, of which he was a member.  He was born on a farm south of Jonesboro and was a carpenter.  He left his widow, Susan Goodman, and three children, Cora Lackey, of Marion, Williamson County, Charles W. Goodman, and John L. Goodman, both of Jonesboro; 11 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

 

William Stone died at the home of his son, William S. Stone, at 215 E. McDowell Road, Phoenix, Ariz., and was buried in Greenwood Memorial Park in Phoenix.  He was born 7 Aug 1867, in Alto Pass, the son of William and Sarah (Rendleman) Stone.   His ancestors settled in southern Illinois from North Carolina shortly before the War of 1812.   He was a farmer.  He moved from Villa Ridge, Pulaski County, to Arizona 13 years ago.  He operated a service station at 24th Street near McDowell Road.  He left his widow, Anna Stone; seven children, William S. Stone, dean of Phoenix Union High School, Mrs. W. Ross Kelsay, Mrs. Robert C. Hall, Paul D. Stone, Don B. Stone, Mrs. W. Earl Bodine, and Gail Stone; 10 grandchildren, three sisters, Belle Stone, Mrs. George Bonnell, of Mattoon, and Alice Newberry, of St. Louis.—Republic, Phoenix, Ariz.

 

11 Aug 1933:

Martha Ann Tripp died 7 Aug 1933, aged 6 months, 29 days, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  Her funeral was at her home on Mississippi Street in Jonesboro..  She was the daughter of Russell Tripp.  She left her parents and several brothers and sisters.  (See also 18 Aug 1933, issue.)

 

Roy L. Cates committed suicide or was murdered Monday (7 Aug 1933) in his car at the forks of the road a short distance east of Casper Church, and was buried in Casper Cemetery.  He was found by his uncles, John R. Cates and Ford Cates, shot in the breast with a double-barreled shotgun.  He had been at the home of Ethel Craig, with whom he was keeping company and to whom he had earlier made threats of suicide.  There were two coroner's inquests, one finding death by suicide and the other murder.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church.  He was born 27 Dec 1904, near Cobden, the son of Ernest and Millie Cates.  His father died in 1917 and the family moved to Anna.  He was a linotype operator at The Talk newspaper office in Anna and had worked there since the age of 16.  He left his mother, two brothers, Raymond Cates and Emery Cates, and two sisters, Lucille Cates and Mrs. Fred Womick, all of Anna.  (See also 18 Aug 1933, issue.)

 

Millie Phillips died last week at the home of her daughter, Mary Phillips, in New Rochelle, N.Y., and was buried at New Rochelle.  She was the daughter of Dr. F. S. Dodds, who died years ago.  Col. Frank Dodds , of the U. S. Army, now deceased, and Ford Dodds, of California, were her brothers.  She was the widow of A. J. Phillips

 

O. J. Hagebush died Sunday (6 Aug 1933) when he fell down the stairs at his home in Ashley, striking his head on a radiator, aged 55 years.  He was the former superintendent of the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane in Anna.

 

Edward Beisswingert died Sunday (6 Aug 1933) at his home in Mounds, Pulaski County, of heart trouble, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at home.  He used to live in Anna and Jonesboro.

 

Jacob Taylor Misenheimer died 3 Aug 1933, aged 85 years, 6 months, 6 days, and was buried in St. John's Church.  His funeral was at the Baptist church in Mill Creek, of which he was a member and a deacon.  He was born 27 Jan 1848, the son of John and Elizabeth (Penninger) Misenheimer.  He joined Big Creek Baptist Church in 1889 and moved his membership to Mission Chapel and from there to Mill Creek.  He married on 24 Dec 1874, Margaret Jane Verble, who died 7 Nov 1917.  They had four children, Mrs. Luetta V. Corzine, Johnnie O. Misenheimer, who died in infancy, Cora B. Goodman, and Cora Jane Kohler, all of Jonesboro.  He also left three sisters, Ellen Fullenwider, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Julia Fullenwider, of Cape Girardeau, and Laura Dillow, of Belcherville, Texas; one brother, Giles Misenheimer; four grandchildren, Leona Karraker, Ual Kohler, Doil Kohler, and Kenneth Kohler; four great-grandchildren, Elvin Taylor Karraker, Geraldine Ruth Kohler, Billie Dean Kohler, and Henry Eugene Kohler; and three sisters (?) Mattie Brown, Margaret Poole, and Sarah Caster.


18 Aug 1933:

George W. Cantrell died 10 Aug 1933, at Anna City Hospital from injuries after he was run over by a gravel truck driven by Cecil Knight (son of Ike Knight) on the hard road west of Jonesboro, aged 52 years, and was buried in Casper Cemetery.  His funeral was at the Pentecostal church in Jonesboro.  There was a coroner's inquest.  This was the second man killed by a truck driven by Knight.  His wife's first husband, Ernie Norris, was shot and killed several years ago near McClure, Alexander County.  He was born 7 May 1881.  He left a widow, Anna Cantrell; four sons by a former marriage, Roy Cantrell, of Carbondale, Jackson County, Hampton Cantrell, of San Francisco, Calif., Woodrow Cantrell, of Pittsfield, and Leo Cantrell, at home; one daughter by a former marriage, Mrs. Vinnie Willyard, of Jonesboro; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Gladys Tomkins, of Anna, and Mrs. Bess Whigston, of Peoria; one stepson, Carl Norris, of Peoria; his mother, Mrs. Nancy Baker, of Herrin, Williamson County; two brothers, John Cantrell, of Herrin, and Village Cantrell, of Thornton; three sisters, Mrs. C. L. Brown, of Herrin, Mrs. H. M. Mullinix, and Mrs. Everett Stout, of Herrin; and two grandchildren, George Lewis Willyard, and Leroy Cantrell, Jr.

 

Jeff Roberts died Sunday (13 Aug 1933) at home near Lick Creek, of heart trouble, aged 73 years, 1 month, 24 days, and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery.  His left a widow and a foster daughter, Mrs. Ford Hiller, of Carbondale, Jackson County.

 

Melvin Adams died 15 Aug 1933, at Anna City Hospital, aged 16 years, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  He was run over by an Illinois Central freight train last Monday (14 Aug 1933) after he fell from the top of a car between two cars.  There was a coroner's inquest.  He was the son of Oscar Adams, living on the T. P. Sifford farm east of Anna.


25 Aug 1933:

Olga Broadway died Thursday last week (17 Aug 1933) at home, and was buried in Cobden Cemetery.  She left her husband, Blake Broadway, of Cobden, and several children. 

 

Rev. H. H. Wallace died 17 Aug 1933, in Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.  His funeral was in Herrin, Williamson County.  He was pastor of Jonesboro Baptist Church many years ago and was in the ministry 45 years.  He left a widow.

 

Leceal Alexander "Eck" Jenkins died 17 Aug 1933, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. K. A. Farrell, in Ann Arbor, Mich., and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at his residence in Anna.  He was born 3 Mar 1865, in Western Saratoga.  The last few years he resided in Anna.  He served several terms as constable in Anna Precinct and was bailiff in circuit court under A. J. Nimmo, C. P. Baggott, L. Rich, and other sheriffs.  He married on 1 Feb 1891, Idella Johnson, who died two years ago.  They had four daughters, Nellie Ferrell, of Ann Arbor, Mich., Leona Jenkins and Elsie Jenkins of New Orleans, La., and Mae Jenkins, of Anna.  He also left two brothers, John Jenkins and Webb Jenkins, of Western Saratoga; and one sister, Ella McCarty, of Western Saratoga.

 

1 Sep 1933:

Joseph A. Fullenwider died 25 Aug 1933,  at home on Heacock Street in Jonesboro, of a stroke of apoplexy, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  His funeral was at the Baptist church in Jonesboro.  He was born 22 May 1858, in Rowan Co., N.C.  He came to Illinois as a young man and married on 10 Oct 1878, in Anna, Ellen C. Meisenheimer.  He was converted 14 or 15 years ago and joined Mission Chapel Baptist Church in October 1897.  He was shortly afterward ordained as a preacher.  He helped organize the Baptist church at Reynoldsville.  Two children preceded him in death, John A. Fullenwider, died aged 4 years, and Bessie J. Conrad.  He left a widow, seven children, Josie A. Davis of Curtis, Neb., Ellen C. Ury, of Mounds, Pulaski County, Grace A. Barton, of Santa Fe, N.M., Mary A. Heilig, of Carbondale, Jackson County, Oscar S. Fullenwider and Gilbert Fullenwider, of Denver, Colo., and Raymond J. Fullenwider, of Anna; 10 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

 
8 Sep 1933:

Elizabeth Sanford died and was buried Friday (1 Sep 1933) in Beech Grove Cemetery.  She left five children, Robert Smith, of Wolf Lake, Virgil Smith, of Alto Pass, Ernest Smith, of Clear Creek, Lena Cox, of Alto Pass, John Sanford and Annie Sanford, at home.

 
15 Sep 1933:

Elizabeth (Minton) Cook died Sunday (10 Sep 1933) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. A. J. Malaer, in Holcomb, Mo., aged 86 years, and was buried in Alto Pass Cemetery.  Her funeral was at the Baptist church in Alto Pass.  She was reared in the old homestead west of Alto Pass, the daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Minton.  She was the widow of John Cook.   She left two daughters, Belle Cook, of Ware, and Mrs. A. J. Malaer, of Holcomb, Mo.; two brothers, J. I. Minton and H. C. Minton, of Alto Pass.

 

J. H. Kelley died Wednesday (13 Sep 1933) at Holden Hospital, aged 82 years.  He was the only “colored” telegraph operator in the United States for 52 years.  He worked for the Illinois Central Railroad until seven years ago, when he retired on a pension.  He was ticket agent at Anna for 22 years.  The remaining 30 years he was in the telegraph office at North Yards in Carbondale.  He was Past Grand Master of Prince Hall Lodge at Alton and member of Masonic Lodge No. 44 in Marion, Order of the Easter Star and past patron of the Easter Star.--Carbondale Herald, 8th inst.

 

22 Sep 1933:

Fred Philip Baldwin died last Thursday (14 Sep 1933) at his home in Anna, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.   His funeral was at First Christian Church.  He was born 14 Oct 1875, in Anna.  He married on 14 Oct 1906, Sarah Fox.  He was city water superintendent for four years and worked at the garment factory until it closed.  He left his widow, two sons, his father, his mother, one grandchild, two sisters, Lena Corzine, of Anna, and Elsie Shelton, of Jonesboro, and two brothers, Ralph Baldwin, of Anna, and Harold Baldwin, of Jonesboro.

 
29 Sep 1933:

Francis Mayer died 26 Sep 1933, at home in Jonesboro, aged 92 years, 11 months, 23 days, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  The funeral procession left his home and proceeded to Salem Lutheran Church in Jonesboro.  He was born 3 Aug 1841, in Efferding, Austria, near the German line, the son of John and Mary Mayer.  He immigrated to America at the age of 12 with his parents, landing at Baltimore, Md., thence to Willard's Landing in Union County.  Friends met them in an ox cart.  The cart was loaded with baggage, and they walked to Jonesboro, except Mother Mayer and her baby.  He was confirmed when almost 16 in a class of 18 at St. Paul's or Kornthal Lutheran Church south of Jonesboro.  He married at the age of 20 Charlotte Sensmeier, who died 8 Sep 1916.  He then lived with his brother, Joseph Mayer, Sr., nieces, and nephews.  His parents, sister, two brothers, and his wife preceded him in death.  He left one brother, Joseph Mayer, Sr., nieces, and nephews.  (See also 6 Oct 1933, issue.)

 

C. Monroe Dorris died 25 Sep 1933, at home in Cleveland, Ohio, and was buried at Cleveland..  He married on 2 Sep 1903, Elsie Cozby, the daughter of H. P. Cozby.  They lived in Vienna, Johnson County until August 1924 when they moved to Cleveland.  He was a brick mason.  He left his widow, three sons, one daughter, and four grandchildren.

 

Tilman Central Manus died 24 Sep 1933, at home in Jonesboro, aged 78 years, 10 months, 8 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Methodist Church.  He was born 16 Nov 1854, near Woodberry, Tenn., the son of Tilman and Margaret Elizabeth Manus.  He came to Union County at an early age.  He married on 5 Oct 1880, Margaret Bartlett, who died 5 May 1925.  They had six daughters, Jennie Manus, Myrtle Manus, and Maudie Manus, all deceased, and Mrs. C. E. Brown, of Anna, Mrs. Will Wallace, of Kaolin, and Mrs. H. E. Lockard, of Mulberry Grove; and two sons, Harry Manus, of St. Louis, and Joe Manus, of Anna.  He married on 17 Mar 1926, Mrs. Ellen Crowell, who survives.  He also left an aged father, Tilman Manus, of Anna; five half brothers, two half sisters, one stepson, and a number of grandchildren.

 

Joseph Miller died 21 Sep 1933, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Earl Davis, in Anna, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church.  He was born 23 May 1857, near Fort Donnellson, Tenn.  He married on 2 Dec 1885, Nannie Shepherd.  They had 11 children, of whom one preceded him in death.  He was a farmer most of his life in Union County.

 

Debbie Hartline died.  Her funeral was Sunday (24 Sep 1933) at Casper Church.

 
6 Oct 1933:

Bethune Brown died Monday (2 Oct 1933) in Anna City Hospital, aged 75 years, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  He lived in Anna many years.

 

13 Oct 1933:

Coy Mills was killed Sunday (8 Oct 1933) just south of Anna when a large General Motors truck loaded with calves for the St. Louis market, which he was driving, plunged into a hillside near the Ernest Rushing home on Route 2, aged 30 years.  He lived in Mayfield, Ky., and worked for Wyman Bros. trucking.  Thomas Horn was a passenger and seriously injured.

 

Eva Goodman died 11 Oct 1933, at the home of her father, James M. Goodman, south of Jonesboro, of tuberculosis, aged 46 years, 6 months, 10 days, and was buried in St. John's Cemetery.  She was a member of St. John's Church.

 

Adam C. Ballance died 7 Oct 1933, at home near Wolf Lake, aged 63 years, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  He married on 10 Mar 1892, Etta Bittle.  He was a member of Beech Grove Baptist Church and Jonesboro  Independent Order of Odd Fellows Lodge.  He left a widow, six children, 20 grandchildren, a brother, and a sister. 

 

Isaac J. Hartline died 5 Oct 1933, at home in Carbondale, Jackson County, aged 87 years, 6 months, 14 days, and was buried in Casper Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church.  He married in 1870 Sarah Louise Cassel, who died 22 Jun 1896.  He married on 23 Oct 1901, Frederika Nordling, of Anna.  He was a farmer, resided in Anna a few years after his retirement, and then moved to Carbondale about 20 years ago.

 

20 Oct 1933:

Hannah (Bauer) Roberts died Saturday (14 Oct 1933) at home south of Jonesboro, aged about 48 years,

and was buried in Ebenezer Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Ebenezer Church.  She was the wife of Logan Roberts.

 

Benjamin Brooks “Ben” Davis died 14 Oct 1933, and was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.  His funeral was at St. John’s Lutheran Church.  He was born 4 Aug 1845, on a farm east of Anna, the 9th of 12 children of David and Nancy Davis.  He was confirmed at St. John’s Lutheran Church.  He transferred from St. John’s to Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church on 8 Apr 1928.   He was school director at Knupp School and director of Anna Fruit Growers Association. He married on 16 Dec 1868, Nancy L. Lyerle, and they moved to a farm south of Anna.  She died 16 Jan 1884.  He married in 1886 Lucinda H. Lyerle, who died 13 Apr 1915.  He left one son, Ira A. Davis, of Anna; three daughters, Caro Ellen Davis, of Anna, Eva Belle Rinehart, of St. Louis, and Ollie Edith Davis, of Anna.

 

William Shannon died last Friday (13 Oct 1933) and was buried at Dayton, Ohio.  He was the brother of R. L. Shannon, of Anna.

 

Emma Freeze died 18 Oct 1933, at home in Anna, and was buried in the Odd Fellows Cemetery in Dongola.  She was born 17 Aug 1868, in Pulaski County.  She  married on 23 Dec 1883, Lewis Freeze, who died 35 years ago.  She left six children.

 

Mary Josephine Rendleman died 13 Oct 1933, at home near Anna, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at First Baptist Church, of which she was a member.  She was born 12 May 1873, near Wetaug, Pulaski County.  She married on 5 Mar 1890, J. Lawrence Rendleman, who died 18 years ago.  She left two children, Roy Rendleman and Mrs. Roy E. Poole, of Anna; two grandchildren, Mary Albertine Rendleman and Roy Lawrence Rendleman; and one sister, Mrs. William Zwick, of Little Rock, Ark.

 

Eva Goodman died 11 Oct 1933, aged 46 years, 6 months, 10 days, and was buried in St. John’s Cemetery.  Her funeral was at home.  She was born 1 Apr 1887, the oldest daughter of James Goodman.  She joined Mt. Calvary Evangelical Church when she was 18 and transferred to Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church.  She was a member of Royal Neighbors Lodge of Jacksonville.  She left her parents, three brothers, Herbert Goodman, Ernest Goodman, and Lewis Goodman; and two sisters, Mrs. Oscar Hartline, of Jonesboro, and Mrs. Daniel Sullinger, of Senath, Mo.

 

27 Oct 1933:

John “Johnny” Rumfelt died Saturday (21 Oct 1933), aged 6 years, and William Rumfelt died Tuesday (24 Oct 1933) at Anna City Hospital, aged 4 ½ years, when a car they were in was smashed by a cement truck driven by Lyle Brown, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., near the Clark Drum home, and were buried in Grand Tower Cemetery.   Their mother was injured and left the hospital on Tuesday.  Their car was stalled at night north of Wolf Lake and their father was pushing it off the pavement.  Their funeral was at McGuire School.  They were sons of Vester Rumfelt, of Wolf Lake. 

 

Charles Bartsch died 19 Oct 1933, at home, and was buried in Casper Cemetery.  He suffered from disease for seven years.  His funeral was at Casper Chapel.  He was born 27 Mar 1870, in Murphysboro, Jackson County.  He married on 21 Nov 1895, Alice Hartline.  They had six children, of whom five are living, Mrs. Harry Cruse, of Anna, Lee Bartsch, of Cobden, Anna Bartsch, Elijah Bartsch, and William Bartsch, of Anna.  He also left his widow, one sister, Mrs. Otto Theis, of Balcom, and six grandchildren.

 

John H. Israel died 23 Oct 1933, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident last Thursday (19 Oct 1933), and was buried in Hamilton County.  He worked at Anna State Hospital for several years.  He left the hospital and failed to make the turn on Lincoln Street corner.  His funeral was at New Salem Church, three miles west of Dale, Hamilton County.

 

Ward Aden died Sunday (22 Oct 1933) at a hospital in Springfield, Sangamon County, and was buried in Big Creek Cemetery.  His funeral was at the Catholic church in Cobden.  He was the son of H. P. Aden.  He left a widow, his parents, two brothers, Claude Aden and Leonard Aden; two sisters, Farhen Mae Aden and Mrs. Jimmy Baker, of St. Louis.

 

3 Nov 1933:

Ira Hastings died Sunday (29 Oct 1933) in a hospital in Evansville, Ind., aged 59 years, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at Cairo, Alexander County.  He lived in Cairo for 38 years.  The last few years he lived in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and at McClure, Alexander County, where he operated Hastings Cannery.  He left a daughter, Mrs. Phil H. McNemer, of Cairo; two sons, Ira V. Hastings and Warren S. Hastings, of McClure.

 

Jesse M. Brown died Friday (27 Oct 1933) in Carterville, Williamson County.

 

10 Nov 1933:

Levi Brown died last Thursday (2 Nov 1933) at home east of Anna, aged 76 years, 9 months, 26 days, and was buried in Trinity Cemetery.  His funeral was at home.  He was born 6 Jan 1857.  HE came to Union County when 3 years old.  He married on 1 Feb 1883, Fannie Millis, who died 18 Aug 1907.  He had nine children, of whom seven were living.  He also left nine grandchildren and one sister.  He left a son, Thomas G. Brown, of East     Chicago, and a daughter, Mrs. George Poppenhagen, of Hammond, Ind.

 

Alice Caroline Lingle died and her funeral was last Wednesday (1 Nov 1933).  Lloyd Lingle, the son of Mrs. Meffie Lingle, of St. Louis, was a grandson.

 

17 Nov 1933:

W. W. Sims died Wednesday (15 Nov 1933) at home in Pinckneyville, Perry County, aged 74 years.  He published a newspaper in Anna before moving to Pinckneyville.  He was publisher of the Pinckneyville Advocate and was mayor of Pinckneyville.  He left a widow and two sons, Howard W. Sims, editor of The World at Staples, Minn., and Walter W. Sims, editor of The Press, at Chester, Randolph County.

 

Julia M. Fulenwider died Wednesday (15 Nov 1933) at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George W. Walker, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., of bronchial pneumonia, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Walker Funeral home in Cape Girardeau and at Salem Lutheran Church, which she joined on 18 Jun 1893.  Since 1923 she had lived with Dr. and Mrs. Walker in Cape Girardeau.  She was 76 on 10 Sep 1933.  She was born on a farm five miles south of Jonesboro, the seventh of 10 children of John and Elizabeth Misenheimer.  A daughter, Edith Fulenwider, and two stepchildren, Dr. H. L. Fulenwider and Minnie Fulenwider, preceded her in death. She married in 1877 William M. Fulenwider, a Civil War veteran, who died 14 Feb 1905.  She also left a son, Dr. John Fulenwider, of Collinsville, and another daughter, Mrs. Austin Nimmo, of Monrovia, Calif.; eight grandchildren, and two sisters, Laura Dillow, of Texas, and Ellen Fulenwider, of Jonesboro. 

 

24 Nov 1933:

Leroy Gammon committed suicide last Sunday (19 Nov 1933) by shooting himself, aged 49 years.  He was postmaster at Thebes, Alexander County, for the last six years.

 

Dr. T. W. Culp died last Sunday (19 Nov 1933) at home in Ava, Jackson County, of acute indigestion, aged about 66 years.  His funeral was at Ava.  He and Dr. Nusbaum graduated from the same class at St. Louis Medical College.  In the late 1880s, he practiced medicine in Jonesboro, before locating at Pomona, Jackson County, and then at Ava.  A son preceded him in death two years ago.  He left a widow and one son.  Mrs. J. L. Nusbaum, of Jonesboro, and Eva Cruse, of Carbondale, Jackson County, were sisters.

 

Mitchell Wallace died 14 Nov 1933, at Carrsville, Ky., aged 66 years, and was buried at Carrsville.  He came to Union County in the late 1870s from Tennessee with John Wallace and Frank Wallace, his brothers; and Mrs. Ellen Cavaness, his sister.  In 1890 he removed to near Marfield, Ark., and a number of years later moved to Carrsville.  He left a widow, two sons, one daughter, and a sister.

 

Elizabeth Louisa (Cozby) Stephens died 21 Nov 1933, at Moore Hotel in Jonesboro, aged 87 years, 9 months, 18 days, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  Her funeral was at the Moore Hotel.  She was born 3 Feb 1846, near Verona, Miss., the daughter of James O. Cozby.  She came from Mississippi to Illinois with her parents and three brothers on 10 Dec 1867.  She married on 15 Aug 1869, Robert Lee, who died about five years later.  She married on 30 Jun 1878, George H. Stephens, of Helena, Ark., who died 7 Mar 1930.  In 1906 they moved to Jonesboro from Arkansas, but in August 1928 returned to Helena.  She returned to Jonesboro in 1930.  She left one brother, Henry P. Cozby; two stepsons, one stepdaughter, several stepgrandchildren, of Helena, Ark., and several nephews and nieces in Jonesboro.

 

William Pruitt died.  Six years ago he lived in Karraker School community.  Andrew Pruitt was a son.
 
1 Dec 1933:

Dr. G. A. C. Parker died Sunday (26 Nov 1933) at home in Dongola, aged 70 years, and was buried in I. O. O. F. Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church in Dongola.  He had lived in Dongola about 25 years.  He was member of the school board and was Dongola mayor for two terms.  He was the physician for the Illinois Central Railroad at his death.  He was a member of the Baptist Church, Masonic Lodge, Consistory, Shrine, O. E. S., Royal Neighbors, and the Modern Woodmen of America.  He left a widow, Lillian Parker; three children, Charles M. J. Parker, Edith White, and Zillah Lee, of St. Louis; four brothers, Lucas Parker, of Vienna, Johnson County, Guy Parker, of Los Angeles, Calif., Dr. W. A. Parker, of Asheville, N.C., and the Rev. B. E. Parker, of Langdon, Kan.; and one sister, Myrtle Sears, of Oklahoma City, Okla.--Cairo Citizen.

 

Florence Katherine Long died last Monday (27 Nov 1933) at the home of her brother on Kirk Street in Anna, aged 36 years, and was buried in Casper Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Casper Church.  She left her husband and four children.

 

Philip Faris died last Sunday (26 Nov 1933) at Santa Monica, Calif.  He had lived in California for several years.  He left two sons, who live with his sister, Mrs. C. H. Wiley, of Anna.

 

8 Dec 1933:

Claude Ivy was electrocuted last Monday (4 Dec 1933) on the farm of Milas (also as Silas) Smith near Wolf Lake, aged 32 years, and was buried at New Burnside, Johnson County.  He was digging drain holes on the farm and was using an augur 28 feet long.  The handle came in contact with a high line wire of Central Illinois Public Service Co.  Smith, of Alto Pass, was also badly burned and was admitted to Anna City Hospital on 5 Dec 1933.  There was a coroner's inquest.  (See also 15 Dec 1933,. issue.)

 

Ralph H. Linson died 30 Nov 1933, at the home of his grandfather, Floyd L. Miller, of Wolf Lake, aged 2 months and 4 days, and was buried in Morgan Cemetery.  He was the son of Will E. Linson.

 

J. Fred Corzine died last Thursday (30 Nov 1933) at home in Anna, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at First Baptist Church in Anna, of which he was a member and Sunday school superintendent for 12 years.  He was born near Lick Creek.  The family moved to Anna when he was a child.  At age 19 he went to work for Sanford Company and continued there until his death.  Sixteen years ago he became a partner.  He was a Mason.  He married on 16 Jun 1913, Mary Norris.  He left his widow, two brothers, Harry E. Corzine, of Anna and J. L. Corzine, of Columbia, S.C.; one sister, Mrs. Mack Dillow, of Kansas City, Mo. 

 

Bessie Hazel died Wednesday (6 Dec 1933) in Chicago, aged 47 years, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at the Christian church.  She was the daughter of Mrs. M. A. Hazel.  She had worked in Chicago for a number of years.

 

Mrs. L. B. Harrison died in St. Louis following an operation for cancer of the stomach, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Christopher.  She left her husband, six brothers, and two sisters.  Paul W. Baker, of Anna, was a brother and his son, Don Baker, was a nephew.

 
15 Dec 1933:

Elizabeth Rose died 7 Dec 1933, at the home of her daughter in Paducah, Ky., and was buried at Golconda, Pope County.  She was the widow of James A. Rose, Illinois Secretary of State from 1897, until his death in 1912.

 

Mrs. E. A. Knupp died 9 Dec 1933, at home in Mill Creek, aged 76 years, and was buried in St. John's Cemetery.  Her funeral was at Mill Creek Baptist Church.  She left her husband, two sisters, Mrs. Nora Groves, of Ullin, Pulaski County, and Mary Knupp, of Jonesboro.

 

William Arthur "Covy" Wilson died Friday (8 Dec 1933) at St. Andrew's Hospital in Murphysboro, Jackson County, from injuries sustained Thursday last week (7 Dec 1933) when he was caught under a falling tree near Wolf Lake.  He was a Civilian Conservation Corps worker.  He was born 18 Apr 1894, near Alto Pass.  His mother died nine days after he was born and his father died when he was 3.  He was reared by his aunt, Emmeline Bittle, who died in June 1931.  He married Ida Randles.  They had one son.  He left his widow, a son, Lloyd Wilson; a son by his former marriage, William Wilson; a sister, Ella Kenney, of Carterville, Williamson County; two uncles, Calvin Wilson, of Wolf Lake, and Willis Wilson, of Reynoldsville.  Five cousins and a nephew, all of Wolf Lake, were pallbearers, Harry Wilson, Dewey Wilson, Rolla Wilson, Olen Wilson, Earl Wilson, and Clyde Thomas.

 

Troy Murphy was shot and killed Saturday (9 Dec 1933) at a roadhouse barbecue stand one-half mile west of Vienna, Johnson County, aged 28 years.  He was shot by Lloyd Hayden, aged 40 years, who was the father of eight children.  Hayden was placed in the Jonesboro jail, and Ben Evers, the owner of the roadhouse, was in Johnson County jail.  He left a widow and four children.

 

Richard Harvey died last Sunday (10 Dec 1933) at home in Danville.  He was a brother of Mrs. H. C. George, of Anna.


22 Dec 1933:

Lucy J. Davis died 15 Dec 1933, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Irvin Smith, in Memphis, Tenn., aged 83 years, 1 month, 2 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at the Methodist church in Anna.  She was born 13 Nov 1850, near Steeleville, the second oldest of 11 children of Samuel and Mary (Jay) Harris.  She married on 24 Jul 1877, Samuel E. Davis.  They had four children.  Mary Davis, the oldest, died in infancy.  She left three children, Nannie Chloe Smith, of Memphis, Tenn., James S. Davis, of Anna, and Esther Sauerbrunn, of Jonesboro; four grandchildren, five great-grandchildren, and one half brother, Henry Harris; nieces and nephews.

 

Rolla Monroe Kerr died 18 Dec 1933, of heart trouble, aged 50 years, 10 months, 18 days, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  He became ill near the express office in Anna and died before he could be taken to a physician's office.  His funeral was at Jonesboro Baptist Church.  He was born 30 Jan 1883, near Cobden, the son of John R. and Alice Kerr.  He joined Bethel Baptist Church at age 16.  He was a fruit and vegetable solicitor and traveling salesman for the same company for 18 years.  He was a member of Lake Masonic Lodge No. 158 in South Haven, Mich. and joined Independent Order of Odd Fellows on 6 Jun 1906, and was a member of Southern Lodge No. 241 in Jonesboro.  He married on 27 Jul 1905, Ella Fisher, deceased.  They had two children, John Davis Kerr, who died in infancy, and Margaret Kerr, who died aged 5 years.  He married on 24 Dec 1920, Elsie M. Moore.  He left his widow, his parents, two sisters, Mrs. A. J. Halterman and Mrs. Noah Cooper, of Jonesboro; two uncles, Charles Kerr, of Murphysboro, and George Kerr of New Orleans, La.; one aunt, Mrs. Belle Black, of East St. Louis; and one stepdaughter, Mrs. Phil Nuernberger, of Carbondale, Jackson County.


29 Dec 1933:

Mary Alma (Tygett) Hendrickson died 22 Dec 1933, at the Peoria hospital, aged 26 years, 4 months, 29 days, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  Her funeral was at First Baptist Church in Jonesboro, which she joined as a young girl.  She was born 22 Jul 1907,. near Cobden, the daughter of John and Ida Tygett.  She graduated from Jonesboro public schools and completed two terms at A-J High School.  She completed nurses training at Peoria State Hospital and graduated in 1928.  She worked as a nurse in Peoria.  She married on 17 Nov 1929, Dale Hendrickson, of Peoria. She left her husband and a 3-year-old son, one sister, Golda Tygett, of Manteno; and three brothers, Glen Tygett, of Paris, John Tygett, of Jonesboro, and Olie Tygett, of Jonesboro.

 

Harry G. Cozby committed suicide Wednesday (27 Dec 1933) in his garage at home in Harrisburg, Saline County, by monoxide gas poisoning, and was buried in Anna Cemetery.  His funeral was at Mt. Moriah Lutheran Church in Anna.  He was the oldest son of H. P. Cozby.  Merle Bundy Cozby of South Main Street, was a brother. 

 

Henry Washington Norris died 22 Dec 1933, aged 76 years, 10 months, and was buried in Jonesboro Cemetery.  His funeral was at home.  He was born 22 Feb 1857, at Anna, the son of Ephraim and Amanda Norris.  He married in 1879 Ida Brown.  They had 11 children.  He was preceded in death by three children, Clara Norris, Emeral Norris, and Cora Clutts. He left his widow, eight children, Martin Norris, Harry Norris, Jesse Norris and Bertha Brown, of Jonesboro, William Norris, of Benton, Mo., Dona Hurd, of Mt. Vernon, Jefferson County, Belle McNew,  and Marie Norris, of Centralia; two brothers, D. P. Norris and A. J. Norris, of Anna.

 

Nathan W. Golden died 23 Dec 1933.  His home about six miles east of Anna, was destroyed by fire last Saturday (23 Dec 1933) morning.  He attempted to start the kitchen fire with coal oil and the can exploded, scattering the oil about the kitchen and over his clothing.  He was badly burned from the waste down to his toes.  His hands and arms were also badly burned.  He was brought to Anna hospital with his wife, who received a bad burn on the arm.  Their five children escaped from the burning home by breaking out the bedroom window glass. 

 

A. Herman Frogge died 24 Dec 1933, of stroke of paralysis, aged 63 years, 8 months, 28 days, and was buried in Grand Tower Cemetery.  His funeral was at Beech Grove Church.  He was born 26 Mar 1870.  He and his first wife had five children.  He and his second wife had three children and his wife died when the children were small.  He left his third wife and seven children, Tiff Frogge, Homer Frogge, of Wolf Lake, Mollie Rhodes and Olivia Smith, of Clear Creek, Jasper Frogge, of Missouri, Tena Frogge and Woodrow Frogge, at home.

 

J. A. Corzine died last Thursday (21 Dec 1933) at home in Anna.  He used to live at Balcom. 

 

F. B. Hines died Wednesday (27 Dec 1933) at home on West Main Street in Carbondale, Jackson County, of typhoid fever, and was buried in Graceland Cemetery in Albion.  He used to live at Alto Pass and operated a large stock farm.  He was former pastor of the Congregational church in Alto Pass.  His funeral was at the Presbyterian church in Carbondale.  He left a widow and several children.

 

Infant daughter of Delbert Parmley died and was buried Friday (22 Dec 1933) in Alto Pass Cemetery.

 

Joseph Norton died Saturday (23 Dec 1933) at the home of his son in Carterville, Williamson County, and was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery.  He used to live in Rendleman School community. His funeral was at Walnut Grove Church.


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