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Bobbie Reynolds
Apr 26, 2017
Mr. Bobbie Reynolds, age 79, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at the Zion United Church of Christ in Metropolis with Rev. David Deem officiating. Burial will follow in the Zion UCC Cemetery. Mr. Reynolds was retired after 35 years...
Stewart "Mutt" Mcdearmon
Apr 19, 2017
Stewart "Mutt" McDearmon, age 86, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 2pm on Sunday, April 23, 2017 at the First Christian Church in Metropolis with Rev. Keith Tilford officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Mr. McDearmon or "Mutt" as he...
Louise E Reid
Apr 16, 2017
Louise E. Reid, age 72 of Metropolis, Illinois formerly of Chicago, Illinois passed away on Sunday, April 16, 2017 at Baptist Health Paducah. Funeral services will be held at 10 am on Thursday, April 20, 2017 at the Miller Funeral Home in Metropolis. Father Michael Christopher Mujule will officiate. Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery. Louise was a member...
Virginia Phelps
Apr 12, 2017
Virginia Phelps, 93, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at Southgate Health Care Center on Wednesday, April 12, 2017. Virginia was born on December 11, 1923 in Johnson County, IL to Mike and Emma Robinson. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Monday, April 17th, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. Wiley Godfrey and Rev. Haley Hausman...
Robin (Meyers) Little
Apr 2, 2017
Ms. Robin Little, age 44, of Grand Chain, IL, passed away Sunday, April 2, 2017, at Baptist Health Paducah. Visitation will be held from 5-7 pm on Thursday, April 6, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home. There will be no funeral services. Ms. Little worked for Addus Home Healthcare. Robin is survived by her mother, Linda Easley; daughter, Maci Bolyn...
Danny Mayberry
Apr 1, 2017
Mr. Danny Mayberry, age 58, of Metropolis, passed away on Saturday, April 1, 2017. A memorial potluck will be held on Wednesday, April 19, 2017 from 1-4pm at the Heartland Worship Center in Paducah, KY. Mr. Mayberry was a devoted member of the Heartland Worship Center. Danny is survived by his mother, Patricia Ann Clark and three sisters, Alisa Wilkerson,...
Eva Mae Gurley
Mar 30, 2017
Mrs. Eva Gurley, age 88, of Metropolis, IL, passed away at 9:52 a.m. on Thursday, March 30, 2017 at Massac Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 2, 2017 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home with Bro. Justin Wolfe officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Gurley worked as a CNA for...
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....
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