2006 Wayne County Press

Obituaries

By

 Betty Wheat

Betty Wheat has collected the obituaries out of the Wayne County Press for the year 2006 and assembled them into a book. Below is a summery of the obituaries. Complete obituary is available by request. Many thanks to Betty for all her hard work! lselpien@msn.com

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Name

Birth date

Death date

Married

Buried

Obituary

Date

Father /Mother

GABBARD, Marcia F. HICKS

June 10, 1921

W C Il.

Sept 24, 2006

Fairfield

William Gabbard

d.

Cisne

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 25, 2006

d/o Obie Levi & Verda Ellen BARNES Hickes

GARNER, June SHUCK

May 11, 1940

Kismet, Kan.

Dec 23, 2006

Malvern Ohio

Dec 19, 1959

Cecil Garner

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 26, 2006

d/o Shelton & Ruby SIDE Shuck

GAITHER, Jack Edwards

Feb 2, 1961

Jefferson IN.

Dec 8, 2006

Seabrook TX

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 11, 2006

s/o James & JoAnn WOODS Gaither

GAITHER, James S. Jr.

 

May 13, 2006

73y

Evansville IN.

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

May 15, 2006

s/o James S. & Alice CREIGHTON Gaither

Full military rites

GARRETT, William “Bill”

Aug 24, 1924

Rector Ark.

May 17, 2006

1947

Norma Jean Duggan at Piggott Ark.

d. Dec 12, 1981

m2 Sept 11, 1987

Radean Pennington

Cisne

Wayne Co. Press

May 18, 2006

s/o Artie & Ester WILSON Garrett

WWII Vet

GARRISON, Doris DIXSON

Mar 14, 1907

Stronghurst

Dec 24, 2006

Nashville TN

1945

Dave Garrison

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 26, 2006

d/o Delbert & Sadie Dixson

GIFFORD, Denise Lyn DAGLEY

Jan 17, 1947

Evansville IN.

May 23, 2006

Fairfield

Ron Gifford d.

Kingdom

Carmi

 

Wayne Co. Press

May 25, 2006

d/o Marion Lee& Margaret BURRIS Dagley

GILL, Glenna JONES 

Feb 23, 1936

Marion Co., Il.

May 1, 2006

Fairfield

m.1 James Hutchraft d.

m.2 Gene Gill

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

May 4, 2006

d/o Ben & Mary SMITH Jones

GINN, Louise F. LEATHERS

Nov 8, 1937

Mt. Vernon

 

June 22, 2006

Rochelle

May 21, 1960

George David Ginn Sr.

Trinity Mem.

Gardens

Wayne Co. Press

June 29, 2006

Twin of Lois Shreve

d/o Fred & Elsie RAPP Leathers

 GINTHER, Michael Ray

Oct 5, 1951

Chicago

June 16, 2006

Jacksonville Fla.

Dec 7, 1974

Grace O’Donnell

Oaklawn

Indianapolis

Wayne Co. Press

June 26, 2006

s/o Jack & Marlene JONES Ginther

 GOIN, Vergene BARR

Nov 11, 1916

Delafield

Nov 30, 2006

Evansville Ind.

Oct 19, 1935

James O. Goin

d.

Blooming Grove

McLeansboro

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 4, 2006

d/o Arthur “Otie” and Lala E. DALE Barr

 GOOD, Harold R.

Mar 17, 1915

Wilson Co. Kan.

Feb 23, 2006

Flora

July 6, 1938

Madge L. Foster

Russell Kan.

 Clay City Cem.

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 2, 2006

s/o Preston Roland & Ruth ROBERTS Good

GOODEN, Emma Ruth GRICE Holt

Mar 14, 1917

Geff

June 13, 2006

Danville

m.1 Aug 18, 1936

J. Ed Holt

d. Nov 1, 1957

m.2 Feb 14, 1960

Sanford E. Gooden

d. Sept 18, 2003

Floral Hill

Hoopeston

Wayne Co. Press

June 15, 2006

d/o Lee & Bessie CREIGHTON Grice

 GOODMAN, Ida Vada HEADLEY

Oct 9, 1930

Wynn Ark.

Oct 19, 2006

Cisne

Apr 30, 1981

Dick Goodman

d. May 12, 1990

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 23, 2006

d/o George & Ida BAKER Headley

GRANDSTAFF, Elmer

May 9, 1922

Evansville Ind.

Apr 5, 2006

Evansville In.

Nov 15, 1952

Doris FARRIS Grandstaff

Laird

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 10, 2006

s/o Henry & Marie FLEENER Grandstaff

GREEN, Harold

Mar 30, 1947

WC, Il.

Feb 27, 2006

Pensacola Fla.

Vietnam Vet.

Union

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 2, 2006

s/o Hugh Carroll & Audrey Jean MERRITT Green

GREEN, Lula Mae Kay

Sept 3, 1918

Pattisville, Ky.

June 10, 2006

Fairfield

Aug 11, 1934

Miller Greene

Ohio Co., Ky.

d. Jan 16, 1999

Olive Branch

Wayne Co. Press

June 12, 2006

d/o David Shelton & Victoria WHITE Kay

 GREENWALT, Harlan D. “Hod”

Mar 30, 1919

Jefferson Co., Il

Apr 14, 2006

Mt. Vernon

Oct 28, 1939

Morganfield Ky.

Bailey

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 17, 2006

s/o Ira & Ethel COIL Greenwalt

GREGORY, Ernest E.

Aug 18, 1921

WC, Il.

May 20, 2006

Fairfield

Feb 1, 1942

Geneva Ellis

Fairfield

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

May 22, 2006

s/o Owen & Bertha HEADLEE Gregory

 GREGORY, Vernon

Aug 4, 1937

Monticello

Mar 21, 2006

Lakewood, Ca.

Wilberta Weber

From 1956-1996

Koontz

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 27, 2006

s/o George & Maud SORK Gregory

GRIESHEIMER, Nancy PATTERSON

June 12, 1961

Douglas Co., Il.

Apr 24, 2006

Toledo

 

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 27, 2006

d/o William A. & Marilyn Sue SUMMER Patterson

GRIFFI, Lena BRATTON

WC, Il.

Oct 8, 2006

St. Louis MO.

 

St. Louis MO.

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 26, 2006

d/o Nora & Arlie Bratton

 GROTE, Elaine WELLS

Feb 21, 1938

WC Il.

Dec 26, 2006

Sims

Aug 16, 1958

Kenneth Grote

Thomason

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 28, 2006

d/o Carl & Freda STAGGS Wells

 GRUBB, Florence VAUGHN

May 22, 1919

WC, Il.

Mar 28, 2006

Fairfield

Glenn Grubb

d. Dec 28, 2001

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 30, 2006

d/o Thomas Jefferson & Lucinda MUSGRAVE Vaughn

GRUBB, Harold

Jan 3, 1928

Wayne Co., Il.

Sept 1, 2006

McLeansboro

Feb 1, 1960

Catherine Kaufman

St. Clements

McLeansboro

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 5, 2006

s/o Walter & Laura CURRY Grubb

GRUBB, Lorene McRILL

July 6, 1913

 

June 27, 2006

Fairfield

Cecil Grubb

d. July 30, 1999

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

June 29, 2006

d/o Adolphus & Jennie JONE McRill

 GRUDOSKY, Rovenna HILLIARD

 May 12, 1918

Cisne

July 28, 2006

Ohio

Charles Moncey

d. 1971

Alphonse Grudosky d. 1984

 St. Mary

Ohio

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 3, 2006

d/o William F. & Lelah M. SCHOFIELD Hilliard

GUINN, Donald

Apr 12, 1930

Flora

May 23, 2006

Cisne

June 2, 1952

Lavaida R. Hockman

Brown

Wayne Co. Press

May 25, 2006

s/o Henry & Margaret MINOR Guinn

 GWALTNEY, Elmer

Feb 28, 1924

Springerton

Oct 24, 2006

Fairfield

Mar 11, 1944

Mary Ruth Phelps

Enfield

Pleasant Grove

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 26, 2006

s/o Ernest & Alice NEWBY Gwaltney

HAND, Katie COLBERT

Aug 27, 1934

WC Il.

Sept 15, 2006

Olney

Sept 4, 1954

Pat Hand

Haven Hill

Olney

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 18, 2006

d/o James & Alice CHILDRESS Colbert

HANKS, Wilma GOULD

Sept 9, 1924

Hamilton Co., Il.

June 8, 2006

Eldorado

Harold G. Hanks

d.

I. O. O. F.

McLeansboro

Wayne Co. Press

June 12, 2006

d/o Samuel E. & Mitzi Gay RICHARD Mason

HAMMIL, Earnie

 

Aug 30, 2006

Mt. Morris

 

 

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 30, 2006

Brother-in-law to Donald Wheat

HARBETT, Nancy Pearl GWALTNEY

Apr 23, 1919

White Co., Il.

Sept 30, 2006

Noblesville In.

July 3, 1938

Roy David Harbett d.

Linton Ind.

Garland Brook

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 2, 2006

d/o Delia Jane Files & martin Lane Gwaltney

HARDEN, Ethel HOUSER

Jan 9, 1911

Grayville

July 9, 2006

McLeansboro

Fred Harden

d. July 29, 1982

Pleasant Grove

Wayne Co. Press

July 10, 2006

d/o David & Rose SANDFORD Houser

HARRELL, Charles

Sept 5, 1927

Johnsonville

Mar 29, 2006

Flora

Jan 24, 1946

Ferne Bussey

Johnsonville

Cisne

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 30, 2006

s/o Herbert & Verda TIBBS Harrell

HARRIS, Charles

Dec 11, 1927

Chestnut

Sept 16, 2006

Mt. Vernon

Emma Jean Vaughn

d. Feb 12, 2003

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 18, 2006

s/o Herman & Pearl THOMASON Harris

HARRIS, William Rogers

Nov 26, 1933

WC Il

July 9, 2006

Kankakee

Feb 28, 1964

Rose Marie Stout

Memorial Gardens

Wayne Co. Press

July 13, 2006

s/o Walter & Avel SAMPSON Harris

HARRISON, Eleanor DUNN

Dec 18, 1907

St. Louis Mo.

Mar 18, 2006

Fairfield

Feb 1, 1965

Fred Harrison

Koontz

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 20, 2006

d/o George & Sue SIMMONS Dunn

HARRISON, Ruth C. STURGEON

Jan 4, 1940

Louisville Ky

Oct 11, 2006

Fairfield

Judge Joe Harrison

Cave Hill Cem

Louisville Ky.

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 12, 2006

d/o Edward C. & Katherine Sturgeon

HART, David

Dec 18, 1917

St. Francisville

June 25, 2006

Carmi

Aug 18, 1941

Dorothy Timmons

Graceland

Wayne Co. Press

June 26, 2006

s/o George A. & Naomi SAWYER Hart

HASTINGS, Harold

 

Jan 1, 2006

Florida

 

 

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 9, 2006

 

HAWKINS, Goldie HART

Apr 20, 1923

Ludlow

Sept 24, 2006

Fairfield

Nov 16, 1980

Charles Hawkins

d.

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 25, 2006

d/o Tommie & Marie MORLAN Hart

HAWKINS, Milford

Oct 3, 1927

Orchardville

May 5, 2006

Fairfield

Jan 5, 1947

Kathern Marie Johnson

Mt. Pleasant

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 8, 2006

s/o Lyle Reid & Lora Jane JONES Hawkins

WWII Vet

HAYNEY, Loretta Mae LEINARD

July 17, 1927

Fairfield

Sept 18, 2006

Redland Cal.

Everett Paul Haney d.

 

 

d/o Vern & Mildred Leinard

HAYS, Violet SMITH

Feb 8, 1957

Flora

July 2, 2006

Flora

Auto Crash

Oct 9, 1988

Ernie Hays

Morgansfield Ky.

Powers

 Wayne Co. Press

July 3, 2006

d/o Earl & Dorothy HENSON Smith

 HAYWARD, Ida May TURNER

Jan 24, 1909

Johnsonville

Oct 22, 2006

Springfield

1928

Robert W. Hayward

d. 1981

Maple hill

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 6, 2006

d/o Frank A. & Martha ELLIS Turner

 HAYWARD, James Donald

Feb 27, 1938

Fairfield

Dec 14, 2006

Springfield

Shirley Kay Whitaker

Lincoln Mem Gardens

Wayne Co. Press

Dec 18, 2006

s/o Robert W. Sr. & Ida May Turner Hayward.

HEARN, Marjorie EMERSON

Feb 26, 1917

Fairfield

Sept 6, 2006

Fairfield

Eugene Hearn

d. Oct 25, 1983

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 7, 2006

d/o Edwin “Ted” & Ora Bell CLARK Emerson

HENRY, Frank

Jan 21, 1949

WC, Il

Nov 3, 2006

Salem

Jan 3, 1974

Rebecca Marshel

Pin Oak

Wayne Co. Press

Nov 6, 2006

s/o Eugene & Jola WILKERSON Henry

HENSON, Elsie E. SNETHEN

Mar 21, 1913

Darling Miss.

Jan 3, 2006

Fairfield

May 8, 1929

m.1Earl Rankin d. 1950

m.2 Oct 7, 1953

Burl Henson

d. May 22, 1996

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 5, 2006

d/o William & Lucy GALEANER Snethen

HENSON, Leonard S.

 Dec 14, 1922

Johnsonville

Sept 24, 2006

Mt. Vernon

83y

Nov 7, 1944

Mary Louise Cornstubble

 Garrison Temple

Wayne Co. Press

Sept 28, 2006

s/o Bryan & Ordelia McRENOLDS Henson

WWII Vet Army Air Corps

HENSON, Ralph “Huck”

May 15, 1921

Cisne

Jan 28, 2006

Flora

 

Mt. Pleasant

Xenia

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 30, 2006

s/o Fred & Mary Elizabeth HUFHINES Henson

HENSON, Thelma CLEMENT

Oct 12, 1915

Livingston Co.

Jan 27, 2006

Flora

Apr 20, 1935

Alva Henson

WC, Il.

Brush creek

Xenia

Wayne Co. Press

Jan 30, 2006

d/o Clyde & Lucy WILSON Clement

HERTEL, Robert “Ed”

Feb 24, 1971

Evansville IN.

July 31, 2006

Fairfield

 

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

Aug 3, 2006

s/o Robert S. & Rosie I. POWELL Hertel

 HERTENSTEIN, Vera DRAPER

 Feb 3, 1918

Dayton

Apr 19, 2006

Rockford

John Irvin Hertenstein

Olive Branch

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 20, 2006

d/o Chancy & Zelma Draper

 HIGGINSON, Jewell SPRUELL

Sept 17, 1943

Bellmont

Oct 4, 2006

Cowling

July 3, 1977

Glenn Higginson

 

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 5, 2006

d/o Jewell & Leota WADDLE Spruell

 HILL, Charles Dean

Feb 3, 1935

Jonesboro

Oct 16, 2006

Springfield

m.1 Treva Halfacre divorced

m.2 Apr 21, 1968

Beck Ann ROBBINs

Palatine Cem.

Wayne Co. Press

Oct 19, 2006

s/o Bert John & Nora GETTINGS Hill

HILL, Floretta

Mar 11, 1925

Owasso, Ok

July 19, 2006

Augusta Ga.

Forrest “Joner” Hill d.

 

Wayne Co. Press

July 27, 2006

 

 HILL, Judge Robert

 Oct 10,

 June 9, 2006

Benton 82y

Georgia SHAKOFF

Cremated

Wayne Co. Press

June 15, 2006

 s/o W. Joe Hill

 HOFFEE, Wanda Ile

Aug 10, 1926

Golden Gate

May 6, 2006

Fairfield

Mar 3, 1945

Galen Hoffee

d. Jan 15, 1987

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

May 8, 2006

d/o Elmer & Lila Atteberry Ile

 HOLLEMAN, Mildred I. CATES

Aug 8, 1928

Fairfield

Feb 13, 2006

Cisne

Aug 8, 1928

Ivan Turner d.

Sept 27, 1968

Dale Holleman d.

 

 Shrewsberry

Mill Shoals

Wayne Co. Press

Feb 16, 2006

d/o John & Mary POWELL Cates

HORNTROP, Blanche

Mar 13, 1922

Massac, Co.

July 14, 2006

Fairfield

 

St. John’s

Metropolis

Wayne Co. Press

July 17, 2006

d/o Henry & Verona RIEPE Horntrop

 HOSICK, Betty ANDERSON

July 24, 1933

Pope Co.

Mar 22, 2006

Mill Shoals

July 30, 1950

Ralph Hosick

d. Jan 19, 1999

Garrison

Wayne Co. Press

Mar 23, 2006

d/o Joshua & Velma HORNEY Anderson

HOSSELTON, Vivien LAND

Apr 9, 1922

Summer

July 18, 2006

Apr 6, 1947

Russell Hosselton

Olney

Crest haven

Wayne Co. Press

July 20, 2006

d/o Albert fountain & Lena Belle SHIDLER Land

HUBBLE, Leon

Oct 20, 1922

Wayne Co

Apr 11, 2006

Bettendorf Iowa

Apr 8, 1945

Firn Troutman

Davenport Mem

Cem.

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 13, 2006

s/o Sherman & Ellen MOSLEY Hubble

 HUDDLESTON, Virginia

Dec 9, 1920

Grayville

Apr 16, 2006

Cisne

June 9, 1946

William L. Huddleston

Louisville, KY

d. Nov 2, 1980

 Johnsonville

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 17, 2006

d/o Francis M. Pearl PERRY Rachels

 HUNT, Alverda GLENN

Mar 14, 1922

Benton Co., Iowa

Apr 15, 2006

Hillsboro

Howard Hunt

d. 1965

Olive Branch

Wayne Co. Press

Apr 20, 2006

d/o Harry & Fern BONESTEEL Glenn.

 HUNTER, Velma POWLESS

Nov 23, 1919

Johnsonville

May 12, 2006

Newburg Ind.

Buster Hunter

Maple Hill

Wayne Co. Press

May 15, 2006

d/o Clarence & Inez Powless

 IRWIN, Alma MILLER

July 4, 1920

Wayne Co., Il.