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Linda Alexander
Nov 24, 2016
Mrs. Linda Alexander, age 62, of Massac County, IL, passed away Thursday, November 24, 2016 at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete with Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home.
James Wiliam Kommer
Nov 21, 2016
Mr. James William Kommer, age 87, of Paducah, KY, died at 1:00 a.m. on Monday, November 21, 2016, at the Forest Springs Health Campus in Louisville, KY. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, November 25, 2016, in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with military rites. Burial will follow. Mr. Kommer was of Lutheran faith and a WWII...
Noah Shane Croft
Nov 21, 2016
Noah Shane Croft, infant son of Wesley and Evangelina (Delao) Croft of Belknap, IL, passed away on Monday, November 21, 2016 at Baptist Health Paducah. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, November 25, 2016 in New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Frank Forthman Jr. officiating. Burial will follow. There will be no visitation. Family and...
Jessie Hugh Sanders
Nov 21, 2016
Jessie Sanders, 83, of Los Angeles, California, formerly of Metropolis, died Monday, November 21 at her home. Visitation will be held on Tuesday evening November 29, 2016 from 6 to 8 PM at Miller Funeral Home in Metropolis, IL. The funeral service will be held at 11 AM on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at Miller Funeral Home with the Rev....
Ann Laird
Nov 19, 2016
Ann Laird, age 63 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 4:15 am on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the Massac Memorial Hospital. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 from 11 am to 1 pm at the Miller Funeral Home in Metropolis. Graveside services will immediately follow at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Rev. Frank Forthman Jr. will officiate....
Betty G Clark
Nov 19, 2016
Betty G. Clark, age 86 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 2:35 pm on Saturday, November 19, 2016 at the Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Monday, November 21, 2016 at the Miller Funeral Home. Rev. Larry Welch will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Betty was a member...
Marilyn Steele
Nov 17, 2016
Marilyn Steele 60, of Metropolis went to be with the Lord on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Southgate Nursing Home in Metropolis, surrounded by her family. Funeral services will be at 1:00P.M. On Monday, November, 21 at Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church. Rev. Bill Schierbaum officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty Ridge Cemetery She was a member of Macedonia Missionary Baptist...
Sonya K Schneider
Nov 17, 2016
Sonya K. Schneider, age 63 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 1:55 pm on Thursday, November 17, 2016 at Baptist Health Paducah. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm on Sunday, November 20, 2016 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Corey Johnston will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Sonya was of the Baptist Faith....
Terry Ray Babb
Nov 15, 2016
Mr. Terry Ray Babb, age 66, of Brookport, IL, died on Tuesday, November 15, 2016 at his residence. Graveside services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, November 18, 2016, in Pell Cemetery. Odell Allbritten will officiate. Burial will follow. There will be no visitation. Family and friends are asked to meet at the cemetery. Mr. Babb was a...
Michael Wayne Harmon
Nov 13, 2016
Mr. Michael Wayne Harmon, age 62, of Marion, IL, passed away on Sunday, November 13, 2016 at his residence. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at the Aikins-Farmer Brookport Chapel with Rev. Larry Call officiating. Burial will follow in Pell Cemetery. Mr. Harmon was a member of the First Christian Church of Brookport...
Eulene Owens
Nov 11, 2016
Mrs. Eulene Owens, age 72, of Brookport, IL, passed away at 5:10 a.m. on Friday, November 11, 2016 at the Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born December 22, 1943 to Lyndoff and Essie (Williamson) Hannah. Funeral services will be Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Aikins-Farmer Brookport chapel with Bro. Mark Staton officiating. Burial...
Naomi L Verbarg
Nov 5, 2016
Naomi L. Verbarg, 85, of Metropolis, Illinois went home to her eternal rest at 6:20 pm on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis, IL. Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, November 10, 2016 at the Miller Funeral Home in Metropolis, Illinois. Rev. Tom Emmerson will officiate. Burial will follow in...
Edwin Eugene Varnum
Nov 4, 2016
Edwin Eugene Varnum, 70, passed away on Nov. 4, 2016 at Lourdes Hospice Center in Paducah, KY. He was born in Murphysboro, IL to Howard and Elsie Varnum. He is survived by a son, Mark Varnum (DeAnna) of Metropolis, IL; a daughter, Michelle Varnum Holder (Ken) of Osceola, IN; a sister, Patricia Conrad (Tom) of Murphysboro, IL; a brother Howard...
Mary Jo House
Oct 31, 2016
Mary "Jo" House held Jesus' hand and went to be with the Lord on Oct. 31, 2016 at the age of 72. Mary Jo was born on March 20, 1944. She was a graduate of Joppa High School and the school of cosmetology. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2016 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral...
Johnny G. Fletcher
Oct 30, 2016
Johnny G. Fletcher, 90, died Sunday, October 30, 2016 at the Colonnade Senior Living Community in O'Fallon, IL. He was born in Saline County IL, at his grandmother's home, the son of Ruth (Serie) Fletcher and John Tucker Fletcher. After graduation, he joined the US Navy serving in the South Pacific during WWII after which he was employed by Peabody...
Jean Meinders
Oct 26, 2016
Mrs. Jean Meinders, age 81, of Metropolis, IL, died at 2:10 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 at the Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Metropolis, IL. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 30, 2016, at Miller Funeral Home with Rev. David Deem officiating. Burial will follow in the St. John Lutheran Church Cemetery....
Laurel Hamm
Oct 25, 2016
Mrs. Laurel "Lollie" Hamm, age 84, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on October 25, 2016 at the Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. There will be no services. Mrs. Hamm was the widow of Ed Hamm of Ed's Lock Shop where she spent many years helping her husband. She is survived by two sons and one daughter. Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home...
John Scott Kennedy
Oct 25, 2016
Scott Kennedy, 79, of Metropolis, Illinois, died at 1:10 a.m., Tuesday, October 25, 2016, at Metropolis Rehabilitation & Health Care Center. Scott was a loving husband, daddy, and pappy. He was a faithful Christian member of Metropolis First Baptist Church for 52 years and a Trustee for many of those years. He retired from USEC on October 30, 1998, after...
Barbara J. Webb
Oct 23, 2016
Barbara J. Webb, age 90, of Metropolis, IL, formerly of Sutherlin, OR, died at 1:46 a.m. on Sunday, October 23, 2016 at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis. Graveside services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 2016 in the New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery with Rev. Frank Forthman Jr. officiating. Burial will follow. There will be no...
Herbert L. Reynolds
Oct 19, 2016
Mr. Herbert L. Reynolds, age 79, of Brookport, IL, passed away on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 at Baptist Health Paducah. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 22, 2016 in Pell Cemetery with Rev. Rick Reeder officiating. Burial will follow. Herb was a member of First Baptist Church in Brookport and worked for Dealer Tire and...
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