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The Times, January 31, 1924.
daughter of Edward and Sarah Trammel, born March 20, 1836, departed this life January 27, 1924. United in marriage August 28 1885 to Thomas Green; 11 children. He and five of the children have preceded here to the Great Beyond. She leaves to mourn her loss; John H., Joel, George, Adam , Mrs. Tobitha Rose, and Elizabeth Vaughn. Brothers Ruben and Douglas (Parma Mo.) sisters; Melissa Green (Dextor) $ Mrs. Elizabeth Boner (Malden, Mo.) 19 grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Burial was at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery, Hamilton Co. IL.
RECORD, 1941.
OFFICIAL NAVY CASUALTY LIST
FIRST LIST OF WAR RELEASED MONDAY NAMES LELAND GOOD
Leland
Good, Wayne City, was among the first total of 142 Illinois youth killed in
the war. He was named Monday night by the War Department in its first official
casualty list of the war. Next of kin was notified after Good was killed while
serving his country and the incident was reported by this newspaper. This week
the Navy Department listed officially for the first time, the Illinois
casualties which include all actions since Pearl Harbor. Good was a first-class
seaman. (Served on the Arizona pictured left)
Read Leland’s Letters
Peg Jones
Wayne County Press
1943
Mrs. Fanny E. Gurley, wife of Lewis Gurley, died at the home of her niece, Mrs. J.F. Matter in Wayne City, Nov. 30. Her husband preceded her in death nine years ago. She was 82 years and seven months of age.
Jan. 20, 2004 Register –News online
95, OF Wayne City died 12:33 p.m. Jan. 18, 2004, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Fairfield. She was a homemaker. Mrs. Garner was born Oct. 26, 1908, in Wayne County to James and Julia (Wright) McKinney. She married Omer Garner in August 1925; he died June 2, 1987. Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at Wayne city Baptist Church. The Rev. Gene Phillips will officiate. Burial will be at the Thomason Cemetery. Mrs. Garner is survived by Norris Garner and wife Kathleen of Wood River, Herman Garner of Wayne city, Raymond Garner and wife Cordy of Wayne City and Joe Garner of Wayne city; daughters Phyllis Clark of Wayne City and Alice Cook and husband Cully of Blytheville, Ark., nine grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, an infant son, a son-in-law and two brothers. Mrs. Garner was a member of the Wayne city Baptist Church.
76 year old Fairfield resident, Lloyd W. Glick, died at 4:15 a.m. Sunday, September 5th 2004 at the Olney Care Center. He had been in vending machine sales.
Survivors include a son, Alan Glick of Fairfield; daughters, Carol Muckelroy of Texas and Cheryl Glick of Fairfield; and three grandchildren.
Graveside services for Lloyd W. Glick will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 8, at Maple Hill Cemetery in Fairfield. There will be no visitation.
The Johnson Funeral Home in Fairfield is in charge of all the arrangements.
Donated by Sarah Hemp
Obituary of Jasper Garrison
Chicago Tribune (IL) - June 6, 1987
JASPER GARRISON, 107, OLDEST U.S. WAR VETERAN
The nation's oldest war veteran, who helped occupy Cuba after the Spanish-American
War, is dead at 107.
Jasper Garrison of Christopher, Ill., a great admirer of ''Rough Rider''
Teddy Roosevelt, died, apparently of heart failure, Thursday in the Veterans Administration Medical Center at Marion, said spokes woman Frances Gilliam.
Mr. Garrison, who was born in a log cabin in Wayne County, observed his
107th birthday May 1 at the Veterans Hospital and for the third straight year
received a birthday letter from President Reagan.
Gov. James Thompson attended the 106th birthday party for Mr. Garrison
at the hospital. Thompson, also an admirer of Roosevelt, presented the white-
haired veteran with a Teddy Roosevelt plate from his private collection.
Mr. Garrison's death followed that of another Spanish-American War
veteran, Jessie Jackson, who died June 2 in Seymour, Ind., at 104, and leaves
three surviving veterans of that war: L. Leroy Mendel, who will be 103 on June
23 and resides in Illinois; John Fitzgerald, 102, of New Jersey; and Nathan
Cook, 101, of Arizona.
Mr. Garrison joined the Army in 1898, enlisting in Company F of the 4th
Illinois Volunteer Army at Mt. Vernon.
He was training in Florida when Roosevelt led his ''Rough Riders'' in
the charge up San Juan Hill.
Mr. Garrison, a lifelong Republican, said he later saw Roosevelt ''lots
of times'' when he was sent to Cuba after the armistice was signed Aug. 12,
1898.
A message from Reagan to Mr. Garrison for his 106th birthday said, ''We
are a nation free and prosperous today only because of the sacrifices of quiet
heroes like you.''
Funeral arrangements were pending.
Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - June 6, 1987
Jaspar Garrison, 107, oldest war vet
MARION, Ill. Jaspar Garrison, the nation's oldest war veteran, is dead
at 107.
Mr. Garrison, among the troops who occupied Cuba after the brief
Spanish-American War ended in August, 1898, died Thursday night in the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Marion, spokeswoman Frances Gilliam said.
Last year, Gov. Thompson was among those attending a party in the
hospital here when Mr. Garrison, a resident of Christopher, Ill., turned 106.
Both were admirers of the late President Theodore Roosevelt, who led the
charge of the Rough Riders up San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War, and
Thompson presented Mr. Garrison with a Roosevelt plate from his collection.
When the white-haired veteran observed his 107th birthday on May 1 at
the veterans facility, he received a congratulatory letter for the third
straight year from President Reagan.
Mr. Garrison was born in a log cabin in Wayne County, Ill. He enlisted
in 1898 as a member of Company F of the 4th Illinois Volunteer Army at Mount Vernon and was training in Florida when Roosevelt led the "Rough Riders" at
San Juan Hill.
The lifelong Republican said he later saw Roosevelt "lots of
times" when he went to Cuba after the armistice was signed Aug. 12, 1898.
Mr. Garrison's death followed by two days that of another veteran of the
Spanish-American War, Jessie A. Jackson, in Seymour, Ind. He was 104.
That leaves three surviving veterans of the war that lasted less than
four months: L. Leroy Mendel, who will be 103 on June 23 and also lives in Illinois; John T. Fitzgerald, 102, of New Jersey, and Nathan E. Cook, 101, of Arizona.
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Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - June 7, 1987
DEATHS IN THE NEWS
Jasper Garrison, 107, a Spanish-American War veteran, died of heart
failure Thursday at the Veterans Administration Hospital at Marion, Ill. He enlisted in the 4th Illinois Volunteers in June, 1898, and arrived in Havana, Cuba, that August. He spent nine months in Cuba and later returned to Illinois where he and his wife, who died in 1962, had four children.
Memorial Cards Collection of Burl &Virginia Shaw Index
by Marlene Olson, genealogy800@yahoo.com
Wayne County Press
LULA
(SHAW) GRUBB daughter of John D. & Laura
(Smothers) Shaw
Mrs. Lula (Shaw) Grubb, 91 yr, died at Memorial
Hospital at 9:10 A.M.,
Monday, 6 May 1991, from causes incident to her
advanced age.
Mrs. Grubb was a lifelong resident of the
Fairfield, Wayne Co, IL area and
resided at 303 West King.
Rites Friday
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday from the Johnson Funeral Home,
with Elder Russell Blackford officiating. Interment will be in Bailey
cemetery north of Wayne City. Visitation is 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday
(tonight) at Johnson's Chapel. She was born in Wayne County 2 June 1899 ,
the daughter of John D. and Laura (Smothers) Shaw. On 16 April 1919, she was
married to William David Grubb.
Mrs. Grubb was baptized at age 14 and was a member of the RLDS church here. She
was preceded in death by her husband; an infant daughter; a sister, two
brothers, her parents and a step-son.
The Survivors
Survivors are three daughters, Mrs. Everett (June) McConnell, Mrs. Earl (Alice)
Bankston and Mrs. Rose Hiley, all of Fairfield; one
brother, Burl Shaw of Fairfield; six grandchildren and a number of
great-grandchildren.
LULA
GRUBB
born: 2 June 1899 in Wayne Co, IL
died: 6 May 1991 in Fairfield, IL
services conducted from Johnson Chapel
on Friday, 10 May 1991 in 10:30 A.M.
minister: Elder Russell Blackford
concluding services: Bailey Cemetery
services conducted from: Johnson Funeral Home
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Memorial Card
WILLIAM DAVID GRUBB
born: 16 Feb 1885 in Effingham Co, IL
died: Thursday, 14 Oct 1948 in Olney, Richland Co, IL
services at Bailey Church
on Sunday, 17 Oct 1848 at 2 P.M.
officiating: Rev William Courtright
assisted by Rev. Nelson Shields
concluding service: Bailey Cemetery
In charge of services: Nale's Funeral Home
(Fairfield, IL and Albion, IL )
Donated by Bob Jones rjones1mtz@insightbb.com
Lorene “Rene” Garrison, 94
(No picture included)
Lorene “Rene” Garrison, 94, of Wayne City died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, November 3, 1988 at the Rest Haven Nursing Home in Albion. She was the mother of Bailey Garrison of Fairfield.
Services Held
Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday (today) at the Sims Congregational Church with Rev. Charles Marshal officiating. Burial followed in the Pin Oak Cemetery north of Sims. The Richardson Funeral Home in Wayne City was in charge of the arrangements. Mrs. Garrison was born in Wayne County on May 30, 1894, the daughter of S.J. and Armilda (Dallas) Marshal. She married John Garrison and he preceded her in death on January 21, 1974. She was a livelong member of the Sims Congregational Church and a member of the Wayne City Eastern Star and the Sims Rebekah Lodge.
The Survivors
Among survivors are two sons, Barney of Carlyle; and Bailey of Fairfield; one daughter, Mrs. Tom (Wilma) Fleming of Houston, TX; two sisters, Lydal Scarborough of Fairfield; and Lulu Stroud of Anderson, IN; 15 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband.
Additional notes:
1) This obituary was received from Lorene’s grandson, Bill Garrison, bgarrison@ec.rr.com on December 5, 2007.
2) Lorene’s father was Strauder J. Marshel. The spelling of Marshall vs Marshel is debatable. Most documents list Strauder’s name as Marshall, but it is Marshel on his tombstone in Arrington Prairie cemetery.
3) Rev. Charles Marshel was Lorene’s nephew, s/o of Jesse Alvin Marshel. That line an all its descendants did & do spell their names Marshel, as do other Marshel descendants of Strauder’s in the Sims area.
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