All Obituaries

Phillip “Flop” Larrison, age 77 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 12:19 pm on Monday, November 11, 2019 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home with Pastors Tom Emmerson and Charles Tate officiating. Phillip worked for R & W Marine, James Marine, and retired from Ingram Barge Line after 33 years of working on the river. He was a guest member of the American Legion, where he...

Mrs. Maxine Schneider, age 92, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 4:52 pm on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 surrounded by her family and friends. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, November 16, 2019 at the Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home with Joey Dunning officiating. Burial will follow in Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Schneider was a homemaker and member of Word of Life Tabernacle. Maxine is survived by two daughters, Teresa Mansfield and Denise Dunker and...

Mrs. Bobbie Gorke, age 70, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Thursday, November 14, 2019 at Baptist Health Paducah. Services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Gorke was of Baptist faith. Bobbie is survived by her mother, Alice Harris; one daughter, Anna Rose Sullivan; five sons, Robert Harris, Joseph Gorke, Charles Steven Harris, Eddie Ray Harris (Andria), and Josh Coontz; one sister, Debra A. Luker and husband Edward; 23 grandchildren; several great grandchildren, nieces and...

Allene Cockerill, age 91 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Rev. Cliff Easter officiating. Mrs. Cockerill is survived by one daughter, Jan Rudolph and husband Larry. She was a member of Metropolis First Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, Roscoe and Noma Russell Kersey, and her husband of over 70 years,...

Stewart Ray Oliver, age 64 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 12:45 pm on Friday, October 25, 2019 at Baptist Health Paducah. Memorial services will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, November 9, 2019 at the First Missionary Baptist Church, 7th and Vienna Streets, Metropolis with Rev. Orlando McReynolds officiating. Stewart was a member of First Missionary Baptist Church in Metropolis. Stewart’s family would like to express their appreciation to all of his friends and church family...

Hazel Violet Harvill, age 94 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 3:15 pm on Monday, November 4, 2019 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be held at 1 pm on Friday, November 8, 2019 at Mt Sterling Cumberland Presbyterian Church Cemetery with Bro. Cletus McLane officiating. Hazel was of the Baptist Faith. Hazel is survived by her son, Richard Harvill and wife Patricia; several grandchildren and several great grandchildren; several nieces and...

Jim Lester died on Wednesday October 9, 2019, in the comfort of his home, surrounded by his family. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, November 3rd, at 3:00 pm at the First United Methodist Church in Metropolis. Rev. Cockrell and Pastor Shalom Renner will officiate. A visitation will be held from 1:00-3:00 prior to the service. He is survived by the love of his life and wife of 63 years, Judy Pat; four children: Scott (Terri) Lester of Burleson Texas, Janet (John) Foster of...

Sandra Rae Lillie 60 of Houston, Texas – formerly of Hollywood, Florida took her last flight out at 5:50 am on Tuesday, October 29, 2019. Sandra was born in Paducah, Kentucky on March 2, 1959. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, November 2, 2019 at Loftus-McManus Brookport Funeral Home with Pastor Tom (Terrific) Emmerson officiating. Burial will follow at Pell Cemetery. Sandra worked as a flight attendant for Continental Airlines in Houston, Texas, later retired...

Paul Gene Little, 85, of Metropolis, passed away on Wednesday, October 30, 2019 at Southgate Health Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 10 am on Friday, November 1, 2019 at the Aikins-Farmer-Loftus-McManus Funeral Home with Rev. David Wright and John Housewright officiating. Burial will follow in Masonic Cemetery in Cypress, IL, with military rites. Mr. Little was retired from SIU and had previously worked at LaFarge. Paul was a US Air Force veteran serving in the Korean Conflict...

Wanda Louise (Richardson) Laird, age 89 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away in her home surrounded by family and friends on October 26, 2019 at 5:28 pm. Wanda was born in Samoth, Illinois on November 4, 1929 the daughter of Lester and Ruby (Henderson) Richardson. She remained in the surrounding area throughout her childhood. In 1951, she married Charles W. “Charlie” Laird and soon moved to northern Illinois. There they raised three sons; Stanley, Robert, and Lester. Wanda drove...