Shirley Harris
Jun 5, 2013
Mrs. Shirley (Cox) Harris, age 77 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 2:15 am on Wednesday, June 5, 2013 at Baptist Health Paducah.Private family services will be held.Shirley was of the Baptist Faith.She is survived by 2 brothers, Jim Cox and wife Stella of Reevesville, IL and Joel "J.E." Cox and wife Jackie of Dixon Springs, IL; several nieces and...
Karla Sawyers
Jun 2, 2013
Karla Sawyers, age 62, of Metropolis, IL passed away on Sunday June 2, 2013 at Western Baptist Hospital.Karla was born on July 11, 1950 to Ira William Englehardt and Velma Louise Lowry.She retired from Southgate Nursing Home as a registered nurse. She was a loving mother with a passion for nursing and helping others. Graveside services will be held at...
Wilfred Horntrop
Jun 2, 2013
Mr. Wilfred Horntrop, age 101 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 7:15 pm on Sunday, June 2, 2013 at his residence.Funeral services will be held at 10:30 am on Thursday, June 6, 2013 at the Zion United Church of Christ. Dr. James D. Nelson will officiate. Burial will follow in the St. John's Church Cemetery.Wilfred was a lifelong farmer and...
Brian Howell
Jun 1, 2013
Mr. Brian P. Howell, age 42 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 10:26 pm on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Lourdes Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 7, 2013 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home. Rev. Louis W. Brinker will officiate. Burial will follow at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Brian was a kid who could bring...
Marilyn Womack
May 31, 2013
Ms. Marilyn Womack, age 67, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 5:02 a.m. on Friday, May 31, 2013 at Southgate Health Care Center.A memorial service will be held at 11:00 am on Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at the Aikins Farmer Funeral Home. Pastor Shawn Vandergriff will officiate. There will be no burial.Marilyn attended First Church of God in Metropolis for...
Gladys Travis
May 30, 2013
Gladys Travis, age 82, of Massac County, IL passed away on May 30, 2013 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Gladys was born on April 7, 1931 to Henry and Amanda (Windhorst) Foss Sr. She was baptized and confirmed at Zion E & R (United Church of Christ) at the age of 14. She played the organ and piano at...
Roy "Buddy" Kennedy Jr
May 26, 2013
Mr. Roy "Buddy" Kennedy Jr., age 75 of Brookport, IL passed away at 7:32 pm on Sunday, May 26, 2013 at his residence.Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2013 at the Aikins Farmer Brookport Funeral Chapel. Rev. Larry Call will officiate. Burial will follow in the Pell Cemetery. Roy was born in Mayfield, KY...
Lucy English
May 26, 2013
Lucy English 95, of Metropolis, died Sunday, May 26, 2013 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis.Survivors include one daughter, Carol Fiorentini and husband Joe of Metropolis, one son, Archie English and wife Shirley of Greeneville, TN; five grandchildren, Jeffrey Mitchell and Joel Fiorentini and wife Lesli all of Metropolis, Kimberly Wynn and husband David of Lucas, TX, Darrin...
Lester Barger
May 23, 2013
Lester Barger, age 74, a life long resident of Metropolis, IL, passed away at Baptist Health of Paducah on Thursday, May 23, 2013.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 26, 2013, at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Metropolis. Rev. Frank Forthman will officiate. Lester had worked at Southern IL Steel in Metropolis, and retired as a mechanic...
Mable A Cohoon
May 19, 2013
Mrs. Mable A. CohoonToday God called a sweet angel home. Mable Alean (Bradshaw) Cohoon, age 80, of Brookport, IL passed away at 1:35 pm on Sunday, May 19, 2013 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Graveside services will be held at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at Pell Cemetery. Rev. Scott Harner will officiate. Mable was born October 12,...
Robert George Shelton
May 17, 2013
Robert "George" Shelton, 90, passed away May 17, 2013 at Sylvia's Hospice House in Ocala, Florida. He was born October 1, 1922 in Kingsburg California, the son of the late Harve and Kate Shelton. Although he was born in California, the family returned to Massac County. An army veteran of WWII, he drove a fuel truck for Mobile Oil and...
George W Harris
May 16, 2013
George Harris, 66, of Brookport, IL, passed away at 12:52 p.m. on Thursday, May 16, 2013 at Lourdes Hospital with his family by his side.There will be no service. Mr. Harris will be cremated according to his wishes.George worked at IGA as a meat cutter. He also worked construction, building log homes across the country. He was an avid outdoorsman...
Millege Bremer
May 16, 2013
Millege Bremer, 78, of Massac County, IL, died at 7 am, Thursday, May 16, 2013 at his home surrounded by his loving family after a long, hard battle with illness.He was a teacher, principal, and coach at New Columbia Elementary and taught at Jefferson Elementary and Pope County High School. He attended and was a lifelong member of St. John...
Mary Louise Rehlmeyer
May 11, 2013
Mrs. Mary Louise Rehlmeyer, age 91 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 8:01 am on Saturday, May 11, 2013 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 at the Miller Funeral Home in Metropolis. Todd Sumner will officiate. Burial will follow in the Round Springs Cemetery.Mary had worked as a...
Donald L Lafond
May 10, 2013
Donald L LaFond, 73 of Metropolis, IL, formerly of Albuquerque, NM went to be with god on May 10, 2013 at home with his loving family and caregivers at his side.He was in the US Navy, retired from United Airlines. He is survived by his loving wife Barbara LaFond, sisters Shirley (Owens) and Richard Kotter of Brookport, IL, and Delores...
Ida Jackson
May 5, 2013
Ms. Ida Jackson, 78, of Metropolis, IL, passed away Sunday, May 5, 2013 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, KY.There will be no funeral services. Burial will be held at the Evergreen Cemetery in Evergreen Park, IL.Ida is survived by one grandson, Chris Jackson of St. Charles, IL; 3 granddaughters, Kalliegh Jackson, Kaitlin Jackson, and Casidy Jackson al of St. Charles,...
Verna Mae Buldtman
May 4, 2013
Verna Mae (Brenningmeyer) Buldtman was born February 20, 1928 in Massac County to Clarence and Alice (Korte) Brenningmeyer. She was baptized in the home of her parents on February 24, 1928 by Rev. H. Wittke. She was confirmed at St. John Lutheran Church on August 23, 1942 by Rev. Henry Roloff. She was educated in Massac County Schools graduating from...
Virginia E. Barnes
May 4, 2013
Virginia E. Barnes age 86 of Metropolis, IL passed away Saturday May 4, 2013 at the Baptist Health in Paducah, KY at 1:21 a.m. Funeral services will be Tuesday May 7, 2013 at 11 a.m. at the Brookport Chapel with Rev. Larry Call officiating, burial will follow in the Pell Cemetery.Virginia is survived by three children, Edward Barnes of Eldorado,...
Nelson Waggoner
Apr 30, 2013
Mr. Nelson Waggoner, 70, of Elizabethtown, IL and Metropolis, IL, passed away on April 30, 2013 at Landmark Hospital in Cape Girardeau, MO.A graveside service will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, May 6, 2013 at the I.O.O.F. cemetery in Elizabethtown, IL. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery.Nelson was born Feburary 27, 1943 in Rosiclare, IL, to...
Electa Mcdearmon
Apr 29, 2013
Electa L. McDearmon 81, of Metropolis passed away at 1:00P.M on Sunday, April 28, 2013, at her residence with her family by her side. Funeral services will be at 11:00A.M. Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at the First Christian Church in Metropolis. Rev. Mike Duncan will officiate. Burial will follow at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Electa worked at and retired from Valco...
