
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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GAITHER, Jack Edwards |
Feb 2, 1961 Jefferson IN. |
Dec 8, 2006 Seabrook TX |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Dec 11, 2006 |
s/o James & JoAnn WOODS Gaither |
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GAITHER, James S. Jr. |
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May 13, 2006 73y Evansville IN. |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press May 15, 2006 |
s/o James S. & Alice CREIGHTON Gaither Full military rites |
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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 |
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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 |
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GIFFORD, Denise Lyn DAGLEY |
Jan 17, 1947 Evansville IN. |
May 23, 2006 Fairfield |
Ron Gifford d. |
Kingdom Carmi
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Wayne Co. Press May 25, 2006 |
d/o Marion Lee& Margaret BURRIS Dagley |
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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 |
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GINN, Louise F. LEATHERS |
Nov 8, 1937 Mt. Vernon
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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GRIESHEIMER, Nancy PATTERSON |
June 12, 1961 Douglas Co., Il. |
Apr 24, 2006 Toledo |
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Thomason |
Wayne Co. Press Apr 27, 2006 |
d/o William A. & Marilyn Sue SUMMER Patterson |
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GRIFFI, Lena BRATTON |
WC, Il. |
Oct 8, 2006 St. Louis MO. |
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St. Louis MO. |
Wayne Co. Press Oct 26, 2006 |
d/o Nora & Arlie Bratton |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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GRUBB, Lorene McRILL |
July 6, 1913
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June 27, 2006 Fairfield |
Cecil Grubb d. July 30, 1999 |
Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press June 29, 2006 |
d/o Adolphus & Jennie JONE McRill |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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HAMMIL, Earnie |
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Aug 30, 2006 Mt. Morris |
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Wayne Co. Press Aug 30, 2006 |
Brother-in-law to Donald Wheat |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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HASTINGS, Harold |
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Jan 1, 2006 Florida |
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Wayne Co. Press Jan 9, 2006 |
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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 |
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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 |
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HAYNEY, Loretta Mae LEINARD |
July 17, 1927 Fairfield |
Sept 18, 2006 Redland Cal. |
Everett Paul Haney d. |
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d/o Vern & Mildred Leinard |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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HENSON, Ralph “Huck” |
May 15, 1921 Cisne |
Jan 28, 2006 Flora |
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Mt. Pleasant Xenia |
Wayne Co. Press Jan 30, 2006 |
s/o Fred & Mary Elizabeth HUFHINES Henson |
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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 |
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HERTEL, Robert “Ed” |
Feb 24, 1971 Evansville IN. |
July 31, 2006 Fairfield |
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Maple Hill |
Wayne Co. Press Aug 3, 2006 |
s/o Robert S. & Rosie I. POWELL Hertel |
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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 |
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HIGGINSON, Jewell SPRUELL |
Sept 17, 1943 Bellmont |
Oct 4, 2006 Cowling |
July 3, 1977 Glenn Higginson |
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Wayne Co. Press Oct 5, 2006 |
d/o Jewell & Leota WADDLE Spruell |
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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 |
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HILL, Floretta |
Mar 11, 1925 Owasso, Ok |
July 19, 2006 Augusta Ga. |
Forrest “Joner” Hill d. |
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Wayne Co. Press July 27, 2006 |
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HILL, Judge Robert |
Oct 10, |
June 9, 2006 Benton 82y |
Georgia SHAKOFF |
Cremated |
Wayne Co. Press June 15, 2006 |
s/o W. Joe Hill |
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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 |
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HOLLEMAN, Mildred I. CATES |
Aug 8, 1928 Fairfield |
Feb 13, 2006 Cisne |
Aug 8, 1928 Ivan Turner d. Sept 27, 1968 Dale Holleman d.
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Shrewsberry Mill Shoals |
Wayne Co. Press Feb 16, 2006 |
d/o John & Mary POWELL Cates |
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HORNTROP, Blanche |
Mar 13, 1922 Massac, Co. |
July 14, 2006 Fairfield |
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St. John’s Metropolis |
Wayne Co. Press July 17, 2006 |
d/o Henry & Verona RIEPE Horntrop |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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IRWIN, Alma MILLER |
July 4, 1920 Wayne Co., Il. |