Stanley Troy Cook
Jan 5, 2016
Stanley Troy Cook age 67 of Louisville, KY passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2016 at 3:45 p.m. at the St. Mary's and Elizabeth Hospital in Louisville, KY. He was born in Alexandria, LA to Ray and Joyce (Pryor) Cook on January 1, 1949.Funeral services will be Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11 a.m. at the Aikins-Farmer Brookport Chapel with Rev....
Milburn Robinson
Dec 24, 2015
Milburn Robinson 74 of Brookport, IL passed away December 24, 2015 at Baptist Health in Paducah, Ky.A native of Robbs, IL, MR. Robinson has lived in Brookport for over Forty years. He was born September 10, 1941 to the late Oakley and Effie Robinson. Funeral services will be at 1:00P.M. Tuesday, December 29, 2015 at The Brookport Funeral Home with...
Ted Luebshaw
Dec 24, 2015
Ted Luebshaw, age 60 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 12:20 pm on Thursday, December 24, 2015 at his residence surrounded by his loving family.Memorial services will be held at 2 pm on Thursday, December 31, 2015 at the Miller Funeral Home with Rev. Bobby Parker officiating. Burial will follow in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens.Ted was retired from the City...
Juan L. "Bim" Lackey
Dec 23, 2015
Juan L. "Bim" Lackey, age 91 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 4:50 am on Wednesday, December 23, 2015 at the Metropolis Healthcare Center.Funeral services will be held at 6 pm on Monday, December 28, 2015 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis. Rev. David Siere will officiate. Graveside services with military rites will be held on Tuesday, December 29,...
Jean Elizabeth (Barnett) Redenour
Dec 22, 2015
Jean Elizabeth (Barnett) Redenour, 85, of the Hillerman community, passed away at 12:00 am, Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at the Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in Metropolis, Illinois. She was born August 25, 1930 in Paducah, Kentucky to Ray W. and Lula (Halstenberg) Barnett.In 1955, she married Joseph Dean Redenour of Princeton, Indiana and he preceded her in death...
Traven Corey Ervin
Dec 17, 2015
Traven Corey Ervin, age 46 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 11:36 pm on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at Baptist Health Paducah.Funeral services will be held at 12 noon on Tuesday, December 22, 2015 at the First Missionary Baptist Church in Metropolis. Rev. Orlando McReynolds will officiate. Burial will follow in the Masonic Cemetery.He is survived by his mother and...
Larry Allen Douglas
Dec 17, 2015
Larry Allen Douglas died December 17, 2015 at the Harrisburg Medical Center after a fall at his Massac County home.He was the fourth child of Kenneth Raphael and Mabel Pearl Marlman Douglas.He grew up near Karnak on his family farm and went to Century High School, where he played basketball and graduated in 1964. After high school, he attended Southern...
Tommy Stoner
Dec 10, 2015
Tommy Stoner, age 55 of Metropolis, IL passed away at 2:00 pm on Thursday, December 10, 2015 at the Metropolis Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.Memorial services will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, December 17, 2015 at the Joppa Baptist Church. Rev. David Wright will officiate. Burial will be held later in the Liberty Ridge Cemetery.Tommy was of the Baptist...
Robert Gene Watts
Dec 7, 2015
Robert Gene Watts, age 63 of Metropolis, Illinois passed away at 6:35 pm on Monday, December 7, 2015 at his residence.Memorial services will be held at a later date.Robert was a retired plumber and roofer. He was an avid fisherman and a veteran of the US Marines Corps serving during the Vietnam Era.Robert is survived by his longtime companion of...
Mary Neil Cornwell
Dec 2, 2015
Mary Neil Cornwell"I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on there is reserved for me the crown of righteousness."Mary N. Cornwell, 67, was called to heaven after a long fight with cancer on December 2, 2015 at her home with the family at her side.Mary was born October 3,...
Lela B. (Walker) Volle
Nov 29, 2015
Lela B. (nee Walker) Volle, 95, of Metropolis, passed away Sunday, Nov. 29, 2015 at Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis. Lela was born Oct. 28, 1920, in Pope County, IL to the late Alonzo Walker and Aretta (nee Christy) Walker. She was preceded in death by her parents and six of her seven siblings; Nell (Herbert) Niles of Muncie, IN,...
Edward Dean Walker
Nov 28, 2015
Edward Dean Walker 91, of Metropolis passed away at 7:25 A.M. on Saturday, November 28, 2015 at Southgate Nursing and Rehab center in Metropolis. Funeral services will be at 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, December 1, 2015 at The Metropolis First Baptist Church with Rev. Louis Brinker and Rev. Brandt Lyon officiating. Burial will follow at Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Military Graveside...
Adeline M. Edwards
Nov 26, 2015
Adeline M. Edwards 91 of Metropolis, IL passed away Thursday, November 26, 2015, at Lourdes Hospice Center in Paducah, Ky. She was born on April 21, 1924 in Metropolis. She was a lifelong member of Metropolis First Baptist Church in Metropolis. She is survived by one son, Don Edwards and wife Connie of Metropolis, three sisters, Mary LaVeau, Ann Taylor,...
Ruth A Metcalf
Nov 23, 2015
Mrs. Ruth A. Metcalf, age 91, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Monday, November 23, 2015, at the Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 pm on Wednesday, November 25, 2015 in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Rev. Glenn Coram officiating. Burial will follow.Ruth was a member of the Immanuel Baptist Church and a...
Mary Jones
Nov 17, 2015
Mrs. Mary Reeves Jones, age 84, of Grand Chain, IL, passed away at 11:05 p.m. on Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, KY.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 21, 2015 at the Aikins-Farmer Funeral Home in Metropolis with Rev. Ben Hottel officiating. Burial will follow in...
Frances Shelton
Nov 15, 2015
Mrs. Frances Shelton, age 91, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Sunday, November 15, 2015 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, KY.Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, 2015, in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Rev. Pete Ryan officiating. Burial will follow. There will be no visitation. Friends are asked...
Harold Warren Fry
Nov 14, 2015
Mr. Harold Warren "Pud" Fry, age 88, of Joppa, IL, formerly of Robinson, IL, passed away on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at his residence.Memorial services will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2015, at the Joppa Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Richard Wayne Fry officiating. There will be no visitation.Harold graduated with the Class of 1945 from...
Donald Lee Laird
Nov 11, 2015
Mr. Donald Lee Laird, age 84, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Metropolis Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2015 in the Metropolis Memorial Gardens with Rev. Frank Forthman officiating. Burial will follow with military rites.Mr. Laird was born August 19, 1931 in Massac...
Amy Sherman
Nov 11, 2015
Ms. Amy Brinker Sherman, age 68, of Calvert City, KY, formerly of Brookport, IL, passed away at 10:44 a.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at Lourdes Hospital.Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, November 14, 2015 at St. John's Church on Waldo Church Road in Metropolis with Rev. Louis Brinker officiating. Burial will follow in the church...
Maurice Harmon
Nov 9, 2015
Mr. Maurice Harmon, age 86, of Metropolis, IL, passed away on November 9, 2015 at the Ray and Kay Eckstein Hospice Care Center in Paducah, KY.Graveside services with military rites will be held at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in the Anderson Cemetery. Burial will follow.Maurice was an Army Korean War Veteran.Maurice is survived by his wife of...
