Wmson Co Obits

LaBotte, William Louis, 76, Route 1, Marion died at 3:50 p.m. Sunday at the Marion Memorial Hospital.He was born June 23, 1891 in Murphysboro, the son of John and Kate Wills LaBotte.LaBotte married Flora Drury in Marion on January 22, 1912.He was a member of the Cedar Grove Methodist Church and the United Mine Workers of America Local No. 9754.  LaBotte, a retired miner, was preceded in death by his parents and one son.  He leaves his wife, one son, Clifford. L. LaBotte of San Francisco; two daughters, Mrs. Don (Emma) Eastman of Kankakee; and Mrs. James (Helen) Fuller of Marion; three brothers, Noah and Jake LaBotte, both of Marion; and Harry LaBotte of Johnston City; two sisters, Mrs. Mary Jack of Marion and Mrs. Katie Parola of Richardson, Calif.; 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Mitchell Funeral Home. Rev. James T. Bryant will officiate. Burial will be in the Maplewood Cemetery.  Friends may call at the Mitchell Funeral Home in Marion after 6 p.m. Tuesday.

Lance, Sarah Ann Lance, Marion Rt. 1, age 89 widow of John Henry Lance who died in 1934 passed away Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Mrs. Lance was born in Williamson County Jan. 19. 1859 and was 89 years old. She was the daughter of James and Mary Henson Boles.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Ed Bowman, Mrs. Sam Jack and Mrs. Grover Taylor, one foster son David Presley all of Marion and one foster daughter Mrs. Cecil Boles who lives in Missouri. She also leaves five grandchildren and two great grand children. She was member of the Spillertown Baptist Church where funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Friday. Burial will follow in Freedom Cemetery.
The body will remain at the Maller Funeral Home until late Wednesday night when it will be removed to the family home. Marion Daily Republican 27 Oct 1948

Lanham, Virginia Pauline (nee Crain), wife of George Lanham of Chicago, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Caesar Crain of this city, who passed away Wednesday were held Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock from the First Christian Church with the Rev. Warner Muir officiating. Mrs. Alene Garrigus, accompanied at the organ by Miss Helen Longbons, sang, Flee as a Bird, and The Lord is my Shepherd. Floral tributes were carried by Dorthea Storme, Lola Pearl Heltsley, Cleo Crain, Evelyn Singleton, Kathryn Moore, Bernice, Eva Jean and Chloe Murray, Mrs. John Crain, Mrs. Carl Franklin and Virginia Woodard. The casket was carried by Lloyd and Wesley Lanham, George Woodard, Carl Franklin, Lester Wimberly and Ceville Whittington. Interment was made in Maplewood Cemetery. Deceased was born May 21, 1912, in Marion, and was 22 years, 9 months and 9 days of age. Besides her parents and husband, four small daughters survive, although the baby was ill at the time of it's mother's passing and just as the funeral cortege was leaving the home of the bereaved parents, for the church, a telegram came stating the little Virginia, aged only eight months, had joined the young mother in death. Three surviving daughters are, Shirley Jean, Kathryn Ann and Helen. Brothers and sisters surviving are Charles Crain of St. Louis, Helen, Hazel and Mary Louise Crain of Chicago; Jack, Carl, Bobby, Jean, Billy and Charles Crain of this city.  Marion Post 25 Mar 1935
 

Lauder, Thomas, 88, died at his home at 215 East Illinois Street in Carterville at 6:15 p.m. on Thursday. Deceased was a native of Scotland, but came to America 65 years ago and had lived in Carterville for 60 years. For the last 56 years he had lived in the home where he died. He is survived by five married children, his wife having preceded him in death eight years ago.Mr. Lauder was a prominent Odd Fellow and that organization will have charge of his funeral which will be held from the Christian Church at Carterville at 2 p.m. Sunday, October 25, with Rev. Charles Stalker of Tamaroa, his former pastor, officiating. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery.

Lee, Clyde Washington was born 29 Apr 1896 in Williamson County to Neri James Lee and Amanda Mariah (Lewis) Lee and died 17 Nov 1991 in Herrin, IL. He was married to the former Lois Walker of Carterville, IL. on 21 Mar 1915.   Clyde and Lois were married 64 years living most that time on their farm north of Pittsburg, IL. Clyde was a farmer and coal miner, working in the coal mines at the age of 14 years. Four daughters were born to them, three surviving: Cleottus Mae Lee, wife of Guy Midgett; Patricia Ann Lee, wife of Eugene Ramsey; and Sue Allyn Lee, wife of Charles Schroeder. A daughter, Vivian Lelle Lee proceeded her parents in death in 1919. Clyde married for a second time to Mrs. Hazel Ragen in 1980, she surviving him.  Service will be held at the Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home and burial in Rose Hill Cemetery.

Little, George W. Sturgis, Ky., 70, retired coal miner, uncle of William Little  of Route 5. Marion and James Little, Johnston City, died at 12 p.m. Thursday in the Veterans Hospital, Marion, Ill.  He was a veteran of World War I.  He as born in Union County, Ky November 17, 1891 the son of the late Isaac and Sarah McDaniel Little.  Survivors are a brother, Grant Little, Sturgis, Ky.; nephews, William and James
Little and Ray Little of Aurora. Funeral service at 3 p.m. Saturday will be at Mitchell Funeral Home conducted by the Rev. J.W. Hogg and the Rev. L.G. Hartley.  Burial will be in the Odd Fellows Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home.   Marion Daily Republican
08 Feb 1962

Little, Grant Thomas Little, 80, of Sturgis, Ky. will be 2 p.m. Friday in the Mitchell Funeral Home, Marion. The Rev. J.W. Hogg will officiate.  Burial will be in Odd Fellows Cemetery.  Friend may call at the funeral home.  Mr. Little died at 7:50 a.m. Wednesday in Western State Hospital in Hopkinsville, Ky.  He was born in Union County, Ky. April 15, 1887, a son of the late Isaac and Sarah McDaniel Little.  He married to Tillie Grimes, who dies in 1953. He was a retired farmer. Mr. Little leaves sons, William of Rt. 5, Marion, James of Johnston City, Ray of Aurora, Richard of East Alton, and Robert of Kalamazoo, MI; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.   Marion Daily Republican 08 Jun 1967

Little, Rev James R. Sr., 60, of R.R. 3, Marion, dies at 7:20 a.m. Wednesday, June 17, 1987 at the Marions Veterans Administration Medical Center.  He was born June 28, 1926 to Grant T. and Tillie Grimes Little in Dekoven, Ky.  He married Nancy Clendenin on January 3, 1949 in Morganfield, Ky.  She services. Other survivors include three sons, James Little Jr. of Marion, Ron Little of  Berwyn, Ill. and Larry Little of Marion; two daughters, Brenda Radcliffe of Marion and Sandra Allison of Marion; 15 grandchildren; two brothers, a twin Ray
D. Little of Thomson, Ill., and Bill Little of Marion; two half-brothers Richard Little of Alton, Ill. and Elbert Simmons of Channhan, Ill; and two half sisters, Stella Pulley of Smithland, Ky. and Ruby Milligan of Harrisburg.  The Rev. Little was the pastor of Trinity Pentecostal Church in Marion and retired from Allen Industries in Herrin in 1976.  He was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict.  He was a member of the Trinity Pentecostal Church and the Full Gospel Ministers' Association in Paducah, Ky.  Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 20 at Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home with the Rev. Orval Simmons officating.  Burial will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.  Friend may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday June 18 and Friday, June 19.   Marion Daily Republican 18 Jun 1987