Robert Wright
Aug 21, 2017
Mr. Robert Joe Wright, age 72, of Metropolis, IL, died Monday, August 21, 2017 at his home. Graveside services will be held at 11am on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at Reevesville Cemetery with military rites. Friends and family are asked to meet at the cemetery. Mr. Wright was an Army Veteran and a member of the American Legion Post 306....
Tommy H Hulsey
Aug 11, 2017
Tommy Hulsey, age 75 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 6:15 am on Friday, August 11, 2017 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center. Memorial services will be held at 2 pm on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at the First Baptist Church in Metropolis. Dr. Joe Buchanan will officiate. Tommy was a member of First Baptist Church since...
Joe Warren Konemann
Aug 10, 2017
Joe Warren Konemann, age 71 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away unexpectedly at 3:48 pm on Thursday, August 10, 2017 at the Massac Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, August 13, 2017 at Immanuel Baptist Church. Rev. Glenn Coram and Rev. Gary Cruse will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with military...
Patricia Diane Laird
Aug 9, 2017
Patricia Laird, age 66 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away Wednesday evening August 9, 2017 at her residence. Graveside services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, August 12, 2017 at the Masonic Cemetery in Metropolis. Rev. Mike Hardison will officiate. Patricia was a member of Community Christian Church. She is survived by her husband, Don Laird; son, Donald Ray...
Katherine Neftzger
Aug 8, 2017
Katherine Neftzger, age 99 of Brookport, Illinois passed away at 12:15 am on Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be held at 11am on Friday, August 11, 2017 at Pell Cemetery. Rev. David Siere will officiate. Katherine was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church in Brookport where she was active in WMU....
Candi L. Goins
Aug 5, 2017
Candi Goins, age 48, of Metropolis, passed away Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Baptist Health Paducah. Memorial services will be held at 6 pm on Friday, August 18, 2017 at New Life Tabernacle at 1117 Bell Avenue, Paducah, Kentucky. Candi is survived by her son, Jeremy Goins; daughter, Chloe Higgins; sister, Ruby Tucker and husband Tim; one granddaughter, Kendyl Goins;...
James Stevens
Aug 5, 2017
James L. Stevens, age 57 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 11:26 am on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at Baptist Health Paducah. Services will be held at a later date. James is survived by his children, Jeremy Stevens, James Clint Stevens, Dakota Stevens, Kimberly Stevens, Jessie James Stevens, Casandra Meyers; 10 grandchildren; siblings, Eunice Schuler, Mary Stevens, Homer Stevens, Linda...
Dennis "Jack" Johnson
Aug 3, 2017
Mr. Dennis "Jack" Johnson, age 85, of Metropolis, IL, passed away Thursday, August 03, 2017 at his daughter's home. Graveside services will be held at 11am on Monday, August 7, 2017 in Kirkland Memorial Gardens in Point Pleasant, WV with Dr. Joe Buchanan officiating. Friends and family are asked to meet at 10:30am at the Foglesong Funeral Home in Mason,...
Charles "Moose" Griffey
Aug 2, 2017
Charles "Moose" Griffey, 73, of Joppa, IL, passed away at his home August 2nd, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Monday, August 7, 2017 at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. David Keyes and Bro. Justin Wolfe officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Charlie was an alumni of Joppa High School and enjoyed...
Wilma Altenberger
Jul 31, 2017
Mrs. Wilma Altenberger, age 78, of Metropolis, IL, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, August 5, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Oak Grove Cemetery. Wilma is survived by two daughters, Kathy Jo Little and husband Harvey of Metropolis and Jenny Thomasson and husband...
Steve Johnson
Jul 31, 2017
Mr. Steve Johnson, 66, of Metropolis, IL, passed away Monday, July 31, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 1pm on Wednesday, August 2, 2017 at the Living Waters Full Gospel Church in Joppa, IL with Rev. Shane Baker officiating. Burial will follow in IOOF Cemetery in Metropolis. Mr. Johnson was a member of Living Waters Full...
Betty M Sexton
Jul 27, 2017
Betty M. Sexton, 79 of Metropolis, IL, passed away on July 26, 2017 at Baptist Health Paducah. Betty is survived by her husband of 51 years, David L. Sexton of Metropolis, IL; two sons, Joseph L. Sexton of Joppa, IL and Chester "Chez" L. Sexton of Paducah, KY; one daughter, Rebecca L. Hyde of Greenville, SC; 7 grandchildren; 14 great...
Edna Bernice Wiseman
Jul 26, 2017
Mrs. Edna Bernice Wiseman, 99, of Golconda, IL, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 26, 2017. Funeral services will be held at 1pm on Saturday, July 29, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Bro. Justin Wolfe and Rev. Keith Tilford officiating. Burial will follow in Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Wiseman was the oldest member of the First...
Melba Joyce (Copeland) Bacon
Jul 22, 2017
In loving memory, Melba Joyce Copeland Bacon departed this life peacefully on Saturday, July 22, 2017 at Rose Haven Retreat with her husband, Norman, at her bedside. Joyce was born on August 4, 1933 to Joe and Bessie Copeland in Metropolis, Massac County, Illinois. She was raised in Metropolis with her older sister, Joanne and younger brother Glen. She attended...
Mildred L Steinkamp
Jul 19, 2017
Mildred L. Steinkamp, age 90 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 5:50 pm on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 3 pm on Sunday, July 23, 2017 at St. Stephens Lutheran Church. Pastor Tom Emmerson will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mildred had worked at the...
Barbara Rose Fulkerson
Jul 17, 2017
Barbara Rose Fulkerson, 89, passed away on July 17, 2017 at 1:29 p.m. at Baptist Health in Paducah, Kentucky. She was born January 8, 1928 in Joppa, Illinois. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 on Thursday, July 20, 2017 in Metropolis Memorial Gardens in Metropolis, IL, with Rev. Keith Tilford officiating. There will be no visitation. Friends are asked...
Patsy Gaye Suddarth
Jul 15, 2017
Patsy "Gaye" Suddarth died at the home of her daughter on ¬Saturday, July 15, 2017 in Metropolis, IL. She was 81 years old. (Mrs. Suddarth or Gaye) was born January 30, 1936 in Braggadocio, MO, to her parents Ode and Ruby Scott. She graduated from Southeast Missouri University in Cape Girardeau, MO with a degree in education. Gaye taught school...
Kenneth Ray Laird
Jul 14, 2017
Kenneth Ray Laird, age 79, of Metropolis, Illinois passed away on Friday, July 14, 2017 Graveside services will be held at 10 A.M. Tuesday July 18, 2017 at the Masonic Cemetery with Dr. Ed Hollis officiating. He was a member of the Metropolis Masonic Lodge 91, and also Bay City Masonic Lodge 771. Kenneth is survived by his wife of...
Kenneth Wayne Phillips
Jul 7, 2017
Kenneth Wayne Phillips, age 85, of Brookport, Illinois passed away at 10:29 am on Friday July 7, 2017 at Baptist Health in Paducah. Funeral services will be held at 12:00 noon on Monday, July 10, 2017 at the Brookport Funeral Home. Bro. Scott Darnell will officiate. Burial will follow in the Pell Cemetery. Kenneth was born on February 15, 1932...
Sandra Belle Clauson
Jul 7, 2017
Sandra Belle Clauson, age 70 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 2:02 am on Friday, July 7, 2017 at Baptist Health Paducah. Memorial service will be held at 3 pm on Sunday, July 9, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Tim Pearcy will officiate. Sandra retired from Lourdes Hospital. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in...
