Alice Owens
Mar 25, 2017
Alice Owens, age 86 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 11:12 pm on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Friday, March 31, 2017 at the First United Methodist Church in Metropolis. Rev. Jon Cockrel will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Alice retired from Central School where...
Terry Wayne Jacobs
Mar 25, 2017
Terry Wayne Jacobs 64 of Brookport, passed away Saturday, March 25, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be 11:00A.M. Wednesday, March 29, 2017 at Mt. Sterling Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Rev. David LeNeave officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Mr. Jacobs was a devoted member of Mount Sterling Cumberland Presbyterian Church. He was a devoted family man...
Luard C. Belt
Mar 23, 2017
Mr. Luard C. Belt, age 73, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Baptist Health Paducah. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, March 26, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home with Don Selvidge officiating. Burial will follow in the Davisson-Baumgarner Cemetery with military rites. Mr. Belt was a retired Sergeant from the...
Frances M Bremer
Mar 23, 2017
Frances M. Bremer, age 87 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 4:30 pm on Thursday, March 23, 2017 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Monday, March 27, 2017 at St. John Lutheran Church. Rev. David Deem will officiate. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Frances was retired from IKT Auto...
Harmon Meyer
Mar 22, 2017
Mr. Harmon Meyer, age 79, of Metropolis, IL, passed away Wednesday, March 22, 2017 at the Krypton House in Metropolis. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the St. Stephen's Lutheran Church with Rev. Tom Emmerson and Rev. David Deem officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Harmon is survived by his...
Jack Leonard Jones
Mar 21, 2017
Mr. Jack Leonard Jones, age 84, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 5:45 am on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 at his home. He was born on September 11, 1932 in Pope County, IL to Ray and Ruth (Whiteside) Jones. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Friday, March 24, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with...
Freda Jo Whitnel
Mar 21, 2017
Freda Jo Whitnel, 88, of Metropolis passed away at 6:45PM on Tuesday March 21 at home with her family at her side. Funeral services will be held at 11am on Saturday, March 25, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Jim Faughn and Robert Guinn officiating. Burial will follow in Berea Cemetery in Johnson Co., IL. Mrs. Whitnel...
Justin E Lollar
Mar 20, 2017
Mr. Justin E. Lollar, (Tolbert J. Curington) age 67, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, March 20, 2017 at his residence. Visitation will be held on Monday, April 3, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. There will be no funeral services. Mr. Lollar is survived by two sons, Randy Curington and Justin Curington.; siblings, Ruby Nelson and...
Larry Schneider
Mar 16, 2017
Larry LaVelle Schneider, 68, of Metropolis, Illinois, passed away on March 16, 2017, at Lourdes Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, Kentucky. Larry was born in Paducah, Kentucky to Clarence LaVelle and Violet (Armstrong) Schneider on June 4, 1948. He attended Metropolis Community High School with the graduating class of 1966. He went on to earn several...
Milfred "Fred" Jones
Mar 10, 2017
Milfred "Fred" Jones, age 63 of Paducah, Kentucky passed away at 5:15 pm on Friday, March 10, 2017 at Continued Care Hospital at Baptist Health Paducah. Fred was retired from Allied Chemical/Honeywell. After he retired he started Millstone Counseling Center where he worked as a marriage and family therapist. He was of the Baptist Faith, was a veteran of the...
Elsie Irene Goddard
Mar 7, 2017
Elsie Irene Goddard, age 83 of Brookport, Illinois passed away at 9:50 pm on Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at the Massac Memorial Hospital. Per her wishes there will not be any services and she donated her body to Southern Illinois University with cremation to follow. Elsie worked in retail for many years. Elsie is survived by her daughter, Sheryl Cobb...
Helen B Perry
Mar 6, 2017
Mrs. Helen Perry, age 93, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 1:25 a.m. on Monday, March 06, 2017 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday, March 9, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. Jon Cockrel and Pastor John Aitken officiating. Burial will follow in Metropolis Memorial Gardens....
Elsie E. Gilbert
Mar 1, 2017
Elsie E. Gilbert, age 91, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 01, 2017 at the Massac Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, March 4, 2017 at the Cherry Street Pentecostal Church with Rev. Harry Greaves and Rev. Russell D. Gilbert officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens....
Evelyn "Bea" Williamson
Mar 1, 2017
Evelyn "Bea" Williamson, age 89 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 11:25 am on Wednesday, March 1, 2017 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be held at 2 pm on Friday, March 3, 2017 at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Dr. Joe Buchanan will officiate. Evelyn was of the Baptist Faith. Evelyn is survived by her daughters,...
Haven E. Burk
Feb 27, 2017
Haven E. Burk, 88, of Metropolis, passed away Monday, February 27, 2017, at Baptist Health in Paducah, KY. Haven was born April 3, 1928 in Mason Effingham County, IL to Haven and Pearl (Nave) Burk. Sadly, his mother died 13 days later from complications. At age 5, he got a "new mother" Marie, whom he loved dearly. Funeral services will...
Edna Louise Baker
Feb 25, 2017
Edna Louise Baker 87 of Brookport passed away Saturday, February 25, 2017 at Lourdes Hospice Center of Paducah. Funeral services will be 2:00P.M. Monday, February 27, 2017 at the Brookport Funeral Home with Rev. Frank Forthman officiating. Burial will follow at the Pell Cemetery. Mrs. Baker was a member of Waldo Baptist Church, as well as New Frontier Homemakers. She...
Alta Rose Baldwin Burlingame
Feb 21, 2017
Alta Rose Baldwin Burlingame, of Metropolis, Illinois formerly of Beaumont, TX went to the next chapter in her life to live with her heavenly father, family members, friends, and her beloved pets. Alta was born on March 30, 1937 and passed at 1:35 pm on Tuesday, February 21, 2017. Graveside services will be held at 2:30 pm on Sunday, February...
Carlos Garrett
Feb 20, 2017
Mr. Carlos Garrett, age 81, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, February 20, 2017 surrounded by his loving family. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, February 24, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. Jon Cockrel officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with military rites. Mr. Garrett was an US Army...
Mary Jean Pace Proffitt
Feb 16, 2017
Mary Jean Pace Proffitt, age 94 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 2:35 am on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Graveside services will be held at 11 am on Saturday, February 18, 2017 at the Antioch Cemetery in Rosebud, IL. Dr. Joe Buchanan will officiate. Jean was a member of the First Baptist Church of...
Elizabeth Craw
Feb 12, 2017
Ms. Elizabeth Craw, age 73, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 2:10 p.m. on Sunday, February 12, 2017 at Southgate Healthcare Center. Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 16, 2017 in the IOOF Cemetery in Metropolis with Rev. Tammy Horn officiating. There will be no visitation. Friends are asked to meet at the cemetery. Elizabeth...
