1991

Wayne County Press Obituary Summaries

Originally saved and organized by Verla Morrie & Bettie Wheat

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Name

Birth Date

Death Date

Married

Buried

Obit Date

Father/Mother

Baker, Albert

Sims

Oct. 15, 1991, Huron, OH

Ella Robery; died 1967

 

Oct. 21, 1991 WCP

Jesse Baker & Mrs. Esther Frenk

Ballard, Ernest

Dec. 18, 1923, St. Louis, MO

Jan. 24, 1991, Peoria, IL

Hazel Shreve, dec'd

Thomason Cem.

Jan. 31, 1991 WCP

Ernest & Lena Todd Ballard Sr.

Barnard, Ralph

Jul. 2, 1899, Wayne Co.

Feb. 3, 1991, Cisne

Ruth Peddicord, died May 18, 1985

Bailey Cem.

Feb. 7, 1991 WCP

Elie & Melvina Henson Barnard

Barnes, Homer

Mar. 2, 1908, Cisne

Feb. 8, 1991, Fairfield

Icel Harrel, Mar. 10, 1934, Geff

Cisne Cem.

Feb. 11, 1991 WCP

Edward & Sarah Auvil Barnes

Benskin, Ethel

Apr. 13, 1903, Wayne Co.

Jan. 26, 1991, Flora, IL

Orville Benskin, Feb. 9, 1927, Olney; died 1983

Kneff Cem.

Jan. 28, 1991 WCP

Lafayette & Nancy Kauble Gill

Borah, Lillian

Aug. 3, 1917, Mt. Erie

Aug. 29, 1991. Fairfield

Percy Borah, Jul. 11, 1942, Mt. Erie

West Cem.

Sep. 2, 1991 WCP

William & Stella Billingsley McDowell

Brach, Gladys

1907, Fairfield

Jun. 20, 1991, Denver, CO

 

 

Jun. 24, 1991 WCP

Walter & Emma Brach

Bratton, Millie Chloe

Mar. 7, 1899, Wayne Co.

Feb. 8, 1991, Mt. Carmel

Herbert Bratton, Sep. 19, 1915; died 1963

White Co. Memorial Gardens, Nr. Carmi, IL

Feb. 11, 1991 WCP

O.O. & Louella Weaver Leathers

Bright, Mabel C.

Jul. 6, 1915, Wayne Co.

Jan. 29, 1991, Mt. Vernon

Emil Bright

Jacob Hill Chapel Cem.

Jan. 29, 1991 WCP

Elezo M. & Ida May Bailey Withrow

Bunting, Virgil

Oct. 3, 1910, Wayne Co.

Feb. 20, 1991, Olney, IL

Geraldine Mann, Sep., 1932, Goldengate

Bethel Cem., nr. Ellery, IL

Feb. 21, 1991 WCP

Frank & Alice Hodgson Bunting

Burch, Verna Lee

Apr. 5, 1921, Wayne Co.

Feb. 28, 1991, LaCrosse, WI

M1-Phillip Clark, 1937; died 1984 M2- Walter Burch, 1985

Lakewood Memorial Park Cem.

Feb. 28, 1991 WCP

Fred & Elsie Sons Dawson

Cariens, Flora

Aug. 6, 1898, Geff

Feb. 24, 1991, Fairfield

Edgar Cariens, Sep. 9, 1919, Fairfield; died Mar. 19, 1968

Bestow Cem.

Feb. 25, 1991 WCP

William Hester & Martha Jelley Smith

Carnahan, Carrie Ivers

Dec. 22, 1893, Beal, IN

Dec. 18, 1991, Evansville, IN

Martin Carnahan, died- Mar.,1968

Koontz Cem.

Dec. 19, 1991 WCP

Walter & Emmaline Barnes Ivers

Chapman, Vernie A.

Aug. 18, 1919, Geff

Nov. 19, 1991, Fairfield, CA

Dorothy M. Shehorn

Maple Hill Cem.

Nov. 21, 1991 WCP

Orville & Virgia Withrow Chapman

Chase, Eva

Jun. 28, 1900, Wayne Co.

Mar. 28, 1991, Mt. Vernon

 

Mt. Zion Cem., Keenes

Apr. 1, 1991 WCP

Frank & Minnie Mateer Chase

Clevenger, Lizzie

Sep. 9, 1900, Barnhill

Apr. 4, 1991, Eldorado

Dave Clevenger, died May 5, 1953

Koontz Cem.

Apr. 4, 1991 WCP

John & Mary (Peer) Sorks

Cote, Marie

Feb. 5, 1924, Rochelle

Dec. 28, 1991, Fairfield

Roger Cote

Richland Cem., Boyleston

Dec. 30, 1991 WCP

Charles & Erma Braddy Fyre; WWII-USN

Crask, Gary

Oct. 10, 1969, Mt. Vernon

Jan. 18, 1991, Saudi Arabia

 

 

Jan. 21, 1991 WCP

Stanley & Evelyn Evans Crask; Vet 1st Gulf War

Curneal, Grace

Jun. 18, 1895, Wayne Co.

Sep. 8, 1991, Albion

M1-Thomas J. Atteberry, Jun. 23, 1916, dec'd; M2- Elder Lester Curneal, died- Jan. 21, 1969;

Pleasant Grove Cem.

Sep. 9, 1991 WCP

George & Indiana Harris Locke;

Davis, Marie

Aug. 11, 1904, Oakland City, IN

Apr. 29, 1991, Fairfield, IL

Walter H. Davis, dec'd;

Maple Hill Cem.

Apr. 29, 1991 WCP

William & Eva Foley

Dickey, Lois (Simpson)

Feb. 1, 1913, Wayne Co.

Aug. 22, 1991, Mt. Vernon

Glenn O. Dickey

Thomason Cem.

Aug. 22, 1991 WCP

William G. & Retha Draper Simpson

Draper, Hubert

May 6, 1910, Wayne Co.

Nov. 18, 1990, Winter Haven, FL

Wanda (????)

Lakeside Memorial Park

Jan. 28, 1991 WCP

Levi & Eulalia Draper

Draper, Maurice

Oct. 1, 1901, Wayne Co.

Dec. 21, 1991, Wayne City

Nona Koontz, Jul 5, 1924

Thomason Cem.

Dec. 23, 1991 WCP

Marion & Bertha Ballard Draper

Duke, Rada

Jul 6, 1893, Wayne Co.

May 11, 1991, Fairfield

Clinton M. Duke, Oct. 23, 1910, Enterprise

Cisne Cem.

May 13, 1991 WCP

George Douglas & Susan Sanders Shaw

Eckelberry, Ruth V.

Jan. 1, 1904, Wayne Co.

Oct. 7, 1991, Mt. Vernon

Harry Eckelberry, Dec. 28, 1919, died-Apr. 21, 1964;

 

Oct. 7, 1991 WCP

Tom & Della Fry

Farmer, Cecil

Feb. 21, 1920,

Oct. 17, 1991, Wayne Co.

Helen Jessup, Oct. 13, 1956

 

Oct. 17, 1991 WCP

Herman & Flossie McCormick Farmer; WWII

Farmer, Elmer D.

May 3, 1918, Wayne Co.

Mar. 27, 1991, Mt. Vernon

Margaret Zimmerman, 1944

Maple Hill Cem.

Mar. 28, 1991 WCP

Herman & Flossie McCormick Farmer

Galiher, Zelma Pearl

Apr. 12, 1902, Rinard

Feb. 13, 1991, Mesa, AZ

Raymond Galiher, 1919,-dec'd;

Mountain View Memorial Gardens, Mesa, AZ

Feb. 14, 1991 WCP

Clyde & Angie Flanders Whitlock

Galloway, Gerald

Dec. 9, 1915, Boyleston

Feb. 4, 1991, Fairfield

Gladys Cravens, 1939, Kentucky- died 1954

Maple Hill Cem.

Feb. 7, 1991 WCP

Charles Abner & Flossie Refern Galloway

Gammon, Carl W.

Jun. 10, 1921, Hamilton Co.

Jan. 26, 1991, Texico

Ruth Buhler

Olive Branch Cem.

Jan. 28, 1991 WCP

Johnce G. & Naomia Wilton Gammon

Garrison, Stella Mae

Jun. 21, 1911, Bluford

Feb. 19, 1991, Mt. Vernon

M1- William H. Rudolph- died 1962; M2- Raliegh C. Garrison, Apr. 2, 1976, Mt. Vernon

Stokes Chapel Cem. Nr. Crossville

Feb. 25, 1991 WCP

Warren & Matilda C. Page Stone

Hallam, Helen

Sep. 19, 1898, Goldengate

Nov. 12, 1991, Fairfield

Otis Hallam, Sep. 11, 1923, died-1972;

Maple Hill Cem.

Nov. 11, 1991 WCP

Horace & Florence Cox Holt

Harris, Ford

Feb. 13, 1909, Lamard Twp.

Jan. 19, 1991, Fairfield

Thelma Burton, Oct. 19, 1930,- died Jul. 20, 1988

Pleasant Grove Church Cem.

Jan. 21, 1991 WCP

C.E. & Ida Florence Simms Harris

Hillard, Samanth Jo

Sep. 11, 1990

Apr. 13, 1991, Warner-Robbins, GA

 

 

Apr. 15, 1991, WCP

Martin & Dwandra Leach Hilliard

Hood, Florence

Oct. 9, 1901, Wayne Co.

Dec. 22, 1991, Mt. Vernon

Lemma Hood,died- Oct. 14, 1977;

Thomason Cem.

Dec. 23, 1991 WCP

George W. &Emma Ellen Merritt Scott

Hunt, Inez Morris

Oct. 9, 1896, Hamilton Co.

Oct. 2, 1991, McLeansboro

M1- Joseph Morris; M2-M.L. Hunt Sr.

IOOF Cem., McLeansboro

Oct. 3, 1991 WCP

David & Paralee Carey Thompson

Hutchison, Eugene

Aug. 15, 1915, Mt. Vernon

Jun. 6, 1991, Fairfield

Forrestine Scott, Jun. 30. 1946, Goldengate

Maple Hill Cem.

Jun. 10, 1991 WCP

Eugene & Alma Estes Hutchison

Ivers, Fred

 

Sep. 15, 1991, Highland, IN

Wreath Friend

Highland, IN

Sep. 16, 1991 WCP

Walter & Emmaline Ivers

Jett, Arnold E. "Ed"

Nov. 6, 1942, Mt. Vernon

Jun, 1991, Phoenix, AZ

Sharon Morris Thompson

 

Jul. 1, 1991 WCP

Arthur L. & Fern Harris Jett

Jones, H.W.

Sep. 1, 1895, Nevada, MO

Aug. 14, 1991, Cisne

Beulah Sperzel, Oct. 27, 1919, New Albany, IN

Cisne Cem.

Aug. 15, 1991 WCP

Asa W. & Caroline Ready Jones

Keener, Mary

Dec. 25, 1905, Wayne Co.

Feb. 16, 1991 Mt. Carmel

George Keener, Nov. 4, 1922, Carmi,died-Aug. 14, 1986;

Graceland Cem., Albion

Feb. 21, 1991 WCP

Peter F. & Amanda Plumley Daniels

Lane, Thelma K.

Nov. 29, 1900, Rinard

Aug. 27, 1991, Fairfield

Howard Lane, Mar. 6, 1922, died- May, 1988;

Indian Prairie Twp.

Aug. 29, 1991 WCP

George Washington & Almeda Kessel Daughenbaugh

Leathers, Otis M.

Jul. 1, 1921, Argenta, IL

Mar. 29, 1991, St. Louis, MO

Dorothy C. Farthing

Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens

Apr. 1, 1991 WCP

Hubert & Elsie Rapp Leathers; WWII- Us Army

Lowery, Mabel Miles

Feb. 7, 1909, Bluford

Jan. 19, 1991, Mt. Vernon

M1-Lester Miles- died Jan. 3, 1972; M2-Roland Lowery- died Mar. 16, 1982

Thomason Cem.

Jan. 21, 1991 WCP

Homer & Hettie Williamson Wood

Malone, Glen

Jan. 12, 1910, Wayne Co.

Jan. 28, 1991, Fairfield

Ellen McNew, Aug. 24, 1944, Morganfield, KY

Maple Hill Cem.

Jan. 31, 1991 WCP

William & Elizabeth Shehorn Malone

Maricle, W. Lee

Mar. 26, 1911, Mill Shoals

Nov. 3, 1991, Fairfield

Addie Rush, Jan. 30, 1937

Maple Hill Cem.

Nov. 4, 1991 WCP

Victor & Alta Files Maricle; WWII

Marlin, Della

Jan. 25, 1896, Burnt Prairie

Apr. 2, 1991, Fairfield

 

Lakeview Cem., Silver Lake, IN

Apr. 4, 1991 WCP

James H. & Emmaretta Ward Marlin

Martin, McDowell "Mac"

Aug. 10, 1907, Burnt Prairie

Oct. 9, 1991, Fairfield

Justine Meyer, Jun. 21, 1941, died-Dec. 25, 1982;

Maple Hill Cem.

Oct. 10, 1991 WCP

Oscar C. & Alice (McDowell) Martin

Matherly, John E.

Jan. 14, 1904, Clark Co., KY

Feb. 19, 1991, Kincaid Acres

Flossie Beard

Maple Hill Cem.

Feb. 21, 1991 WCP

John H. & Martha Adams Matherly

Matthews, Lucille

Nov. 27, 1907, Athens, GA

Feb. 21, 1991, Fairfield

C. Deneen Matthews, 1944, died-May 6, 1982;

Maple Hill Cem.

Feb. 25, 1991 WCP

Joseph B. & Lottie Lucille Holmes

McCleary, Rosella

Jan. 9, 1922, Wayne Co.

Feb. 21, 1991, Fairfield

David A. McCleary, Jul. 16, 1942

 

Feb. 21, 1991 WCP

James Benjamin & Ida Elizabeth Shelby Harrison

McCormick, Eugene "Mac"

Feb. 15, 1921, Wayne Co.

Jan. 23, 1991, Fairfield

 

Veterans Memorial Cem.

Jan. 24, 1991 WCP

Elmer & Sarah Maude Easley McCormick; WWII- US Army

McDannel, Florine

Oct. 11, 1904, Woodford Co., IL

Mar. 13, 1991, Fairfield

George McDannel, 1923, died- Jan. 10, 1980;

Maple Hill Cem.

Mar. 14, 1991 WCP

Mr. & Mrs. Calvin Freeman

Michels, Elbert O.

Sep. 24, 1918, Rinard

Jan. 29, 1991, Carbondale

Ann Bruchhauser, Jun. 5, 1941, Altenberg, MO;

Anna City Cemetery

Jan. 31, 1991 WCP

Hugh H. & Flossie Cunningham Michels; WWII US Army

Milner, Harvey J.

May 26, 1911, Johnsonville

Sep. 7, 1991, Fairfield

Iva Clevenger, died-1971

Bailey Cem.

Sep. 9, 1991 WCP

Harvey F. & Josie Flynn Milner

Musgrave, Helen B. VandaVeer

Jan. 31, 1909, Mt. Erie

Feb. 26, 1991, Tucker, GA

 

McKendree Cem., Mt. Erie

Feb. 28, 1991 WCP