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Paul Edward Corzine

Paul Edward Corzine

Feb 10, 2016

Paul Edward Corzine, 92 of Metropolis, IL, went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at Baptist Health Paducah. He was born in Karnak, IL, in 1923 to Adam Douglas and Hattie Porter Corzine. He graduated from high school in 1941 and was inducted into the Army's 292nd Combat Engineers Division in December 1943. Paul spent...

Joy Holder

Joy Holder

Feb 9, 2016

Joy Holder, 59, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at Baptist Health Paducah.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 13, 2016 at the First United Methodist Church in Metropolis with Rev. Shalom Renner officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Joy was a member of the First United Methodist Church...

Jeffrey R Werner

Jeffrey R Werner

Feb 7, 2016

Mr. Jeffrey R. Werner, age 43 of Brookport, IL, passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2016 at Baptist Health of Paducah.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, February 12, 2016 at the Brookport Funeral Home with Bro. Scott Darnell officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Sterling Church Cemetery. Jeffrey is survived by his wife of 15...

Katelyn Nicole Suggs

Katelyn Nicole Suggs

Feb 4, 2016

Katelyn Suggs, 19, of Brookport, IL, passed away at 3:55 a.m. on Thursday, February 4, 2016 due to an automobile accident.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, February 8, 2016 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home. There will be no burial.Katelyn is survived by her parents, Kristal Suggs and Brian Suggs; brother, Blake Suggs; sister Kandace Suggs all...

Jimmy Lee "Jug Head" Bailey

Jimmy Lee "Jug Head" Bailey

Feb 3, 2016

Mr. Jimmy Lee "Jug Head" Bailey, age 60, of Brookport, IL, passed away at 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, February 03, 2016 at his home with his family by his side.Visitation will be held on Friday, February 5, 2016 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Brookport Funeral Home. There will be no funeral services.Jimmy is survived by his wife, Sandy...

Gary Lee Atnip

Gary Lee Atnip

Feb 2, 2016

Mr. Gary L. Atnip, 69 of Brookport, IL, formerly of Danville, IN, passed away on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville, TN.Graveside services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, February 7, 2016 in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Metropolis, IL with Rev. Shalom Renner officiating. Gary was a retired truck driver and a member of the...

Chancily Stephen Jeffords

Chancily Stephen Jeffords

Jan 30, 2016

Mr. Chancily Stephen Jeffords, age 44, of Brookport, IL, passed away on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at Baptist Health Paducah in Paducah, KY.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 3, 2016, at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. Louis Brinker and Rev. Trad York officiating. Burial will follow in Otterbien Cemetery in Pope County, IL.Chancily was...

Martha Border

Martha Border

Jan 29, 2016

Ms. Martha Border, age 76 of Northlake, IL, formerly of Brookport, IL, passed away on Friday, January 29, 2016, at the Foster G. Mcgaw Hospital in Proviso Township, IL. Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the Brookport Funeral Home with Rev. David LeNeave officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens....

William E Cockerill

William E Cockerill

Jan 27, 2016

William E. Cockerill, age 91 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 7:05 am on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at his residence.Graveside services will be held at 1 pm on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at the Metropolis Memorial Gardens. Rev. Louis W. Brinker will officiate.William was retired from Honeywell, which was formerly known as Allied Signal. He was a member of...

Carol Louise Young

Carol Louise Young

Jan 26, 2016

Carol Louise Young, 68, of Harker Heights, TX, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2016 at the Indian Oaks Living Center in Harker Heights, TX.Carol Louise Young was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri at St. Francis Hospital on February 13, 1947 and baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Cape Girardeau on March 23, 1947. She grew up as the eldest...

Doris (Korte) Krueger

Doris (Korte) Krueger

Jan 23, 2016

Doris (Korte) Krueger, known by many as Mawgee, age 87 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 6:00 pm on Saturday, January 23, 2016 at Lourdes Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Rev. Timothy A. Bean will officiate. Burial will follow in the IOOF Cemetery in Metropolis.Doris married...

Quincy Bayless Bohannon

Quincy Bayless Bohannon

Jan 22, 2016

Quincy Bayless Bohannon 92, of Brookport, IL died Friday, January 22, 2016 at Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Metropolis. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, January 27, 2016 at the Brookport Funeral Home with Bro. Jack Thompson officiating. Burial will follow in Pell Cemetery in Brookport. Bayless worked for the Hudson Oil Company, working as an...

Eunice Louise Abrams

Eunice Louise Abrams

Jan 16, 2016

Eunice "Louise" Abrams, age 87 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 12:07 am on Saturday, January 16, 2016 at her residence.Funeral services will be held at 1 pm on Wednesday, January 20, 2016 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. Joe Buchanan and Rev. Cliff Easter will officiate. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Mrs. Abrams was a...

Lindell J Wehrmeier

Lindell J Wehrmeier

Jan 15, 2016

Lindell J. Wehrmeier age 95 of Brookport, IL Passed away Friday, January 15, 2016 at 9:11 a.m. at the Southgate Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Metropolis, IL. He was born February 18, 1920 on his farm where he lived and farmed all of his life. He was the son of Edward and Lydia Anna (Korte) Wehrmeier, who preceded him in...

James Hunerkoch

James Hunerkoch

Jan 14, 2016

Mr. James Hunerkoch, 67, of Chicago, IL, formerly of Metropolis, IL, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2016 at the Presence Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago, IL.Funeral services will be on Thursday, January 21, 2016 at 1 p.m. at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. Tom Emmerson officiating, Entombment will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Mr. Hunerkoch is survived...

Donald Weaver

Donald Weaver

Jan 11, 2016

Mr. Donald Weaver, 84, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2016, at Superior Care Home in Paducah, KY.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, January 14, 2016 at Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. Alan Milligan and Pastor Mindy Farren officiating. Burial will follow in St. Stephens Lutheran Church Cemetery. Donald was a...

Robert Wayne Wilke

Robert Wayne Wilke

Jan 10, 2016

Robert Wayne Wilke, 83, of Metropolis, IL, passed away peacefully at 9:45 a.m. on Sunday, January 10, 2016, at home with family at his bedside.Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church with Rev. Timothy A. Bean officiating. Interment will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with military rites.Robert...

Kenneth Gurley

Kenneth Gurley

Jan 9, 2016

Kenneth Gurley, age 69 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 2:00 pm on Saturday, January 9, 2016 at the Lourdes Hospital.Graveside services with military rites will be held at 11 am on Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at the Masonic #10 Cemetery in New Columbia, IL. Rev. David Le Neave will officiate.Kenneth was retired from Honeywell, an Army veteran, a member...

Gary Yates

Gary Yates

Jan 6, 2016

Gary Yates, 69, of Metropolis, IL, formerly of Lake in the Hills, IL, passed away on Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at Massac Memorial Hospital.Services will be held in the Lake in the Hills area at a later date.He was born in Joppa, IL on December 22, 1946 to Herbert and Mary (Cook) Yates. He graduated from Larkin High School in...

Linda S. Cremeens

Linda S. Cremeens

Jan 6, 2016

Linda Sue Cremeens age 67 of Metropolis, IL passed away Wednesday January 6, 2016 at the Lourdes hospital in Paducah, Ky. She was born January 17, 1948 to Russell and Lula (Becker) Lewis in Cincinnati, Ohio. Funeral services will be Saturday Jan. 9, 2016 at 2 p.m. at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Peterson officiating.She is survived by...

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