Obituaries
and Death Notices
in Pulaski County, Illinois Newspapers
The Mounds Independent &
The Pulaski Enterprise
6 Jan. - 21 Dec. 1928
Mound City, Pulaski County, Illinois
Transcribed and annotated by Darrel Dexter
Mrs. Charles Droge
died Wednesday morning, January 4, 1928, at
9:15 o’clock at her home near Cache and west
of Mounds. She had been an invalid for
more than five years, suffering from
paralysis.
She is survived by her husband; two
sons, Edward and William; three
grandchildren, three sisters and four
brothers.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 1 o’clock at the family
residence. Rev. H. B.
Shoaff, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church of this city, will
conduct the funeral service. Interment
will be made at Villa Ridge with Undertaker
G. A.
James in charge.
((Charles
Droge married Sarah Willard
on 24 Dec 1889, in Alexander Co., Ill.
Her marker in Cairo City Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Sarah
Droge
1858-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Pulaski County Judge Fred
Hood
died in the Illinois Central Hospital in
Chicago, Thursday morning at 2 o’clock of
heart ____.
Judge
Hood
had been in failing health for some months,
but _____ of home, it was not until November
that he was persuaded to enter a hospital
for treatment. Mrs.
Hood
and her father, Thomas
Boyd,
were with him at the time of his death.
He was born in Olmstead, Illinois, some
49 years ago and has resided in Pulaski
County.
He graduated from Dixon law school
and has practiced in Mound City ever since
his graduation.
He was united in marriage to Miss
Blanche
Boyd,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas
Boyd,
of this city. Mrs.
Hood
is at present the president of the 25th
___ Illinois Federation of Women’s Clubs.
Judge
Hood served one term as state’s attorney of Pulaski County and two
terms as Pulaski County judge.
He is survived by his wife, three
children, Fredrick, Mertice and Margaret;
his aged mother, Mrs. Victoria
Hood,
of Mounds; and a half-sister, Mrs. John
Martin, of Olmstead.
The body was brought to Mounds on No. 9
this morning and taken to the family
residence in Mound City. Funeral
services will be held Sunday afternoon at 1
o’clock at the Congregational church, Mound
City. Interment will be made in one of
the Mounds cemeteries.
(His marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
Fred
Hood
1878-1928 Blanche B.
Hood
1887-1976.—Darrel
Dexter))
He had completed his own job for the
day and was helping on another job, wheeling
lime to the slack pond. In dumping the
load of lime, he became over balanced and
pitched head first into the pit; his feet
coming in contact with the wheels helped to
throw him forward. Grasping at a concrete
lattice, he pulled it from its place and
this giving away saved him from plunging
into the water head down, and he landed on
his feet, waist deep. The temperature
of the water was 270 degrees and having lime
dissolved in it, cut the flesh almost away
from the bone, before he could be rescued.
He was taken to a hospital in Peoria,
where he died Sunday in great agony from the
effects of the accident.
We wish to extend our sincere thanks
and appreciation for the sympathy and many
acts of kindness shown us in the death and
burial of our beloved husband, father and
brother.
Especially do we thank Rev.
Weller, the choir, our dear neighbors,
those who sent flowers and those who used
their cars. Their kindness will never
be forgotten.
Mrs. Albert
Haynes, formerly Miss Christina
Seifert, of this city, died at her home, 2205 Washington Avenue,
Cairo, Thursday morning. She leaves a
husband and two children, Billy Lee, age
nineteen months, and an infant daughter ten
days old. She was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. G. W. T.
Seifert.
(The parents may be the same as George
W. T.
Seifert and Nina
Eubanks, who were married on 1 Apr 1899,
in Perry Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Judge Fred
Hood, age 49 years, who had been ill for several months, passed away
at 2:15 o’clock Thursday morning at the
Illinois Central Hospital in Chicago.
His failing health of the past three months
urged him to enter the hospital two weeks
ago and while he showed symptoms of
improvement at times, his death was not
unexpected. Deceased had many friends
and was of a genial disposition and a great
home lover.
Judge
Hood was born in Olmstead, was a teacher in Pulaski County schools,
attended Dixon (Ill.) law schools and began
the practice of law in this city. He
was state’s attorney of Pulaski County for
one term and county judge for two terms.
He served as president of the school board
and was editor and associate publisher of
the
Pulaski Enterprise for a time. He
enjoyed a lucrative law practice.
He is survived by his widow, who before
her marriage, was Miss Blanche
Boyd,,
one son, Frederick, and two daughters,
Mertice and Margaret, also an aged mother,
Mrs. Victoria
Hood,
of Olmsted, and a half-sister, Mrs. John
Martin, of Olmsted. He was a
brother of Judge Harry
Hood, of Cairo, who preceded him in death four years ago.
Mrs.
Hood and her father, Thomas
Boyd, were called Monday to his bedside
in the hospital, although she and the three
children visited him during the holiday
week.
The funeral will be held at 2 o’clock
Sunday from the Congregational Church, Rev.
Thomas
Gray officiating. G. A.
James is in charge of the funeral
arrangements.
(A photograph of Judge
Hood
is published with the obituary.—Darrel
Dexter)
Two victims have been claimed in the
construction of the new bridge across the
Mississippi at Cairo the past week. W.
O.
Kelley, assistant engineer of Savanna,
Ill., fell from the false work near one of
the piers of the new bridge Tuesday night,
and was drowned in 15 feet of water.
The body was recovered within an hour.
Kelly
is survived by his father and his widow and
daughter at Savanna. Wednesday night
Lowell
Foster, of Monroe City, Mo., fell from a
material barge while working on the bridge
and was drowned.
Funeral services for Judge Fred
Hood,
who passed away Thursday morning, Jan. 5th,
at 2:15 o’clock in the Illinois Central
Hospital in Chicago, were held Sunday
afternoon at 10:00 o’clock from the
Congregational church in this city with
interment in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
The services were largely attended both by
Mound City friends and friends from the
entire county. There was a large
number of out-of-town friends from Cairo,
Anna, Marion, Harrisburg and several other
places throughout the state. The altar
was banked with beautiful flowers, a silent
tribute of the respect and esteem in which
Judge
Hood was held by his many friends in the
community. Rev. Thomas
Gray,
who conducted the services, eulogized the
life of the deceased as being one of
usefulness to both his family and the
community in which he resided. He was
a loving husband and father and will be
greatly missed by his family and friends.
Two beautiful hymns were sung by the choir,
“Nearer Still Near” and “Beautiful Isle,”
the latter being sung as a duet by Miss Cora
Fullerton and Mrs. C. S.
Miller and the choir joining in the
chorus. Miss
Fullerton very sweetly sang “Face to Face.” The services were
then given into the hands of the Masonic
order who gave the beautiful Masonic rites
at the church, E. A.
Hartman conducting the services,
assisted by E. P.
Easterday and Rev.
Gray.
The cortege then moved by automobile to
Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds, where
interment was made. G. A.
James
assisted by W. D.
Gates
were the funeral directors. The
pallbearers were Dr. H. C.
Elkins and Roy Connell of
Mounds, Joe
Martin, George
Martin, John
Trampart and D. J. F. Hargan,
of this city.
The Mounds Independent/span>, Friday, 13 Jan 1928:
Mrs. Rachel
Hughes, of the Shiloh Community, passed away after an illness of two
weeks with pneumonia, aged 73 years and
three months. Deceased was one of the
oldest and best known citizens of the
community and was a member of the Shiloh
Baptist Church. She leaves to mourn
her departure 5 sons, one daughter, 17
grandchildren, four great-grandchildren and
a host of friends.
Funeral services were held at the
church Tuesday afternoon conducted by Rev.
W. J.
Ward. The body was laid to rest in Shiloh Cemetery.
Dr.
Beaman and his family were on their way to Murray to spend Christmas
with Dr.
Beaman’s father when the accident
occurred.
W. C.
Prather, a Mounds boy, died in the United States Marine Service in
China last Friday, and his body will be
brought home for burial. News of this
death was received in a radiogram by his
father, W. C.
Prather,, of Mounds. The Marine
died of cerebro spinal meningitis, after a
service of two years in that service.
The body will be brought a distance of
10,000 miles to his home town, half around
the world, and will require 40 days or
longer to make the trip.
Besides his father, the young man is
survived by a sister, Miss Ocean
Prather, of Anna, Ill., and one brother,
Joyce
Prather, of Mounds. His mother
died several years ago.
Funeral services for Pearl
Swain,
colored, age 22 years, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James
Swain,
of this city, who passed away at her home in
this city was held Sunday afternoon from the
A. M. E. church, with interment at Mounds.
She was a well-respected and well educated
girl, being a teacher in the colored school
at America. She came from one of the
most highly respected colored families in
Mound City. Her death came as a great
shock to the family, she having only been
ill a few days. G. A.
James
was the undertaker in charge.
TThursday of last week, W. S.
Sandeson received a message from his
sister, Miss Minnie
Sandeson, that their mother, Mrs. Mary
J.
Sandeson, had passed away at San
Fernando, Calif., early that day. Mrs.
Sandeson was 87 years old and her death
did not come unexpectedly. The body,
accompanied by the daughter, was brought
east and taken to her former home in
Danville, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs.
Sandeson and son left for St. Louis
Monday and met the former’s sister and the
remains. They were joined by Conductor
Edward
Sandeson, another son, of Danville, and
a sister from Joplin, Mo., and accompanied
the body to its resting place in a cemetery
near Danville.
Word has been received here of the
death of Dr.
Brooks, which occurred December 9th
at his home in ____, Illinois. Dr.
Brooks has many friends in this city who
will reget to learn of his death. ___
held special meetings in the Congregational
church, ____ in charge of the services ____
the church parsonage ____ ___rd, at the time
be____ at large for the Congregational
Church of Illinois.
The Mounds Independent, Friday, 20 Jan 1928:
A telegram received by Mrs. __la
Weaver Wednesday told of the death of
Mrs. Alice
Bolstead at the home of her daughter in
Cleveland Heights, Cleveland, Ohio, that
day.
For a number of years the
Bolstead family resided in Mounds.
From here they moved to Cairo where Mrs.
Bolstead has since made her home. Last fall she went to
Cleveland to visit her daughter, Mrs. Frank
Finkleman, nee June
Bolstead. She was taken ill two
months ago and was not able to be brought
home.
She is survived by three daughters,
Mrs.
Finkleman, Mrs. Allen
Moore,
of Cairo, and Miss Fern
Bolstead, of Cleveland.
The sad news of the death of William
Prather, a first class private in the
United States Marines, was conveyed in a
telegram to William C. V.
Prather,, the lad’s father, on last
Friday afternoon. His death had
occurred in Tien Tsin, China that same day
and the news had come to the Great Lakes
Naval Training Station by radiogram.
Major General Commandant John A.
LeJeune of Great Lakes said in the
telegram—“Deeply regret to inform you
radiogram from China states that your son
Private First Class William A.
Prather died Jan. 13 from cerebro spinal
meningitis. Please telegraph
Headquarters Marine Corps, Washington, D.C.
whether you desire remains interred in
Government cemetery or shipped to you for
private burial.”
Mr.
Prather immediately telegraphed a request to have the remains of his
son sent home for burial.
A letter received later contains the information that no
Government ship will sail from nearest port
for America until Feb. 15.
William, who was in his early twenties,
was reared in Mounds, graduated from the
Thistlewood Grammar School and attended
Mounds Township High School, later enlisting
in the Marines. He is survived by his
father, a brother, Joyce
Prather, and a sister, Ocean
Prather.
William
Hutson, age 49, of Bardwell, Ky., was instantly killed and his
grandson, J. B.
Denton,, age 19, was fatally injured when
they fell from an Illinois Central trestle
to the ground 40 feet below in the darkness
Saturday night.
Hutson with his two sons, Jesse, 16, and Robert, 15, and his
grandson,
Denton, had started to drive to Cairo.
At the Mayfield Creek crossing a new highway
bridge is being constructed and the traffic
crosses by barge. Saturday night the
barge was not running and the four attempted
to walk across the trestle.
Denton missed his footing and plunged
into space. Hearing his cry, his
grandfather rushed toward the side of the
trestle and he too fell into space.
One young son waited at the bridge while the
other returned to Bardwell for help.
Hutson’s neck was broken in the fall and
he died instantly.
Denton’s back was broken and he lived
only a day or so.
Dan
Howard, age 56, was found murdered in his cabin four miles east of
Thebes Monday morning. Gib
Thompson, age 26, has been arrested and
charged with the murder of
Howard. He was captured at three o’clock Tuesday morning at
the home of his father, Sylvester
Thompson, five miles north of Thebes and
taken to the Alexander County jail.
Howard was a recluse and lived in a one-room cabin comfortably
furnished.
Thompson has a wife and three small
children, the oldest only five years old.
The men had had a dispute Friday
morning over the shooting of a dog by
Howard in
Thompson’s yard.
Thompson remonstrated and claims that
Howard threatened his life.
Latest reports are to the effect the
Thompson has confessed and claims
self-defense.
(The death certificate for Sylvester
Alexander
Thompson states he was born 19 Nov 1868,
in Thebes, Ill., son of Alec
Thompson and Jane Davis,
and died 6 Sep 1947, in Thebes, Ill.&
His wife and the mother of Gib
Thompson was Arizona
Thompson.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been received by friends of
Mrs. William
Earnest of the death of her mother, Mrs.
Nicholson, who died at her home in
Bardwell, Ky., on Sunday, January 22.
Mrs.
Earnest was with her when she passed
away.
Funeral and burial services were held
at Bardwell Tuesday afternoon.
Gladys Ida
Thornton McClellan died
at her home northeast of Mounds on
Wednesday, Jan. 18, after an illness of
several months.
She was the daughter of William and
Grace
Thornton and was born near Pulaski,
Ill., on June 23, 1901. She died at
the age of 26 years, 6 months and 25 days.
She was married to Clarence
McClellan Sept. 30, 1922.
She is survived by her husband, one
daughter, Maxine
McCoy,
one brother, Earnest
Thornton, of Mounds, and two uncles,
William and Charles
Farnsworth, of Pulaski, besides other
relatives and friends.
She united with the Shiloh Baptist
Church ten or twelve years ago. She
was always ready to lend a helping hand to
neighbors and friends and was loved by all
who knew her.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 1 o’clock. The Rev. Carson
Reeves, of Cairo, who married her and
Mr.
McClellan, conducted the funeral
services. Interment was made at
Shiloh.
(William
Thornton, 20, born in Union Co., Ill., son of Thomas
Thornton and Mary
Chester, married Grace
Farnsworth, 16, born in Villa Ridge,
Ill., daughter of John
Farnsworth aand Mary Pheney,
on 5 Aug 1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Shiloh Cemetery reads:
Gladys
McClellan Born June 23, 1901 Died Jan.
18, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
We want to thank the neighbors and
friends who stood by us all through the
sickness and death of our beloved one.
Also those who rendered the use of their
cars, the minister for his comforting words
at this sad hour and the choir for their
beautiful songs rendered. May God’s
richest blessings rest upon each and every
one of them. Their kindness will never
be forgotten.
The great-great-grandsons acting as
pallbearers were: Wayne
Bronson,, William
Tygett, and Kenneth
Tygett, of Herrin; Louis
Phemister, James
Phemister, and John Willis
Rendleman, Jr., of Carbondale.
The funeral was supposed to have been
held yesterday, but the roads and weather
were so bad that the funeral had to be
postponed until today.br>
(The 27 Jan 1928, issue of
The
Pulaski Enterprise identifies the infant
as a daughter of A.
Trice.—Darrel
Dexter)
(His marker in St. Mary’s Cemetery at
Mounds reads:span style="mso-spacerun:yes">
R. E.
Devore 1900-1928 Son.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Daniel M.
Kelley,, age 61 years, for fourteen years
city commissioner of Cairo, who died
Saturday afternoon at his home, 217
Nineteenth Street, Cairo, were held Monday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at St. Joseph’s
Catholic Church, Father
Jantzen officiating. Immediately
after the services the cortege left by
automobiles for Villa Ridge, where interment
was made in Calvary Cemetery.
Mr.
Kelly was prominent in civic and political affairs of Cairo for many
years. He was born and reared in that
city and was the son of Daniel
Kelly,
both of whom were born in Ireland. His
father died in 1917 and his mother in 1905.
Mr.
Kelly was married to Miss Teresa
Walsh on September 5, 1893. His wife died May 10, 1909.
The surviving children are Mrs. Harry
Creen,
Mrs. Victus
Brown, Miss Ruth Kelly
and Lawrence
Kelly.
(A marker in Calvary Cemetery at Villa
Ridge reads:
The Daniel
Kelley Family.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert E.
Dickson, age 33 years, whose death
occurred Saturday afternoon at 4:30 o’clock
at her home, 723 Thirty-fourth Street,
Cairo, following an illness of several
weeks, were conducted Monday afternoon at
the residence, at 1:30 o’clock by the Rev.
A. R.
Ransom, pastor of the First Methodist
Church. Immediately after the services
the cortege left by automobile for the Tri
State ferry landing, where a ferry boat
conveyed the funeral party to Wickliffe, Ky.
Interment was made in the Wickliffe
Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Neal
Edwards, Earl
Gibson, William Bode,,
Robert
McClary, Harry
Hubbard, and Ben
Kobler.
Paducah, Ky., Jan. 24—Twenty-one school
children and their teacher narrowly escaped
serious injury on the outskirts of Paducah,
Tuesday in one or more tornadoes which
struck in Kentucky and Tennessee and are
believed to have spent their energy in
nearby Illinois without causing any damage
there. Only one life was believed to
have been claimed by the twister.
An infant daughter of A.
Trice,
a farmer, was killed when the
Trice
home near the village of Gage, Ky., was
tossed about until demolished. The tot
was caught beneath the wreckage of a
chimney. Her body was recovered by her
father as a terror stricken mother looked
on.
A one-story frame school structure was
demolished at Lang, barely two miles from
the center of Paducah. Classes were in
progress when the building was struck.
The wind tore the school from its foundation
and rolled it over on this side.
Robert Edgar
Devore age 27 years, died at his home in this city ___day morning
following ___ of tuberculosis. He was
born and reared in Mound City and was a
young man of ___ character and leaves many
friends. He is survived by ___, two
daughters and a ___ besides his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. W.
DeVore, his aged grandmother Mrs. Sarah
DeVore, and other relatives.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 8:30 o’clock at St. Mary’s
Catholic Church, ___ funeral services
the cortege left for Mounds by automobile,
where interment was made in St. Mary’s
Cemetery.
G. A.
James had charge of the funeral.
Funeral services for Fred
Hodges, age 45 years, who was ___ Friday
morning when the ____ which he was driving
to ____ was struck by an Illinois Central
train, were held Sunday ____ at 1 o’clock at
the ___ residence in Hodges Park, ___ by the
Rev. William ___ pastor of the Cairo Baptist
church.
Hodges is survived by two ___. His wife died a few ___.
Burial was made in Beech Grove
Cemetery.
Funeral services for Mrs. M. J.
H
Mrs.
Howely, formerly Miss Mary
Sheehan, was born August _____, in
Philadelphia, Pa. On ___ __, 1872, she
was married to Mr.
Howely, who is one of the most prominent
citizens.
___ children survive her, ___, Thomas
M. and Miss
Howley, of Cairo; Dr. John H.
Howely, of San Diego, Calif., and Mrs.
Thomas
Lindsey of Chicago. Mrs.
Howley was a woman of ___ position and
was loved by all who knew her. She was
one of Cairo’s pioneer residents, and made
her home there for ___ ty years. She
was a member of St. Joseph’s Church and
until recently was active in its affairs.
Her death has left a deep sorrow to the
whole community.
(Michael Joseph
Howley married Mary Ann
Sheehan on 16 Jun 1872, in Alexander
Co., Ill.
Her marker in Calvary Cemetery at
Villa Ridge reads:
Mrs. Mary A.
Howley Died Jan. 22, 1928 Aged 73 Years.
Michael J.
Howley Died Nov. 20, 1934 Aged 85 years.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Jessie
Lewis, mother of Mrs. Fred
Graham, 733 22nd St., East
Moline, died in the Moline City Hospital
Monday morning, Jan. 30, at 1 a.m. following
a cerebral hemorrhage. Until a few
years ago Mrs.
Lewis
had been employed as a nurse in an East
Moline state hospital.
She was born in Villa Ridge, Illinois,
June 7, 1867, and has reached the age of 60
years, 7 months and 23 days.
She leaves to mourn their loss one
daughter, Mrs. Fred
Graham, of E. Moline, and two brothers,
W. L.
Pollock, and W. E.
Pollock, of Carbondale, also five
granddaughters, one niece, Mrs. H. C.
Fellenstein, of this city, and one nephew, C. A.
Pollock, of Miami, Fla.
The funeral was held in Villa Ridge
Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 12:30 p.m. conducted
by the Rev. H. C.
Croslin, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of Mounds.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 3 Feb 1928:
Rockford, Ill.—James
Nichols, 66, who represented the Tenth
Senatorial District at the state
constitutional convention, died Monday at
his home in Polo.
Pana, Ill.—William Harrison
Miller, 88, retired pioneer central
Illinois merchant, who was engaged in
business in Pana, from 1862 to 1900, died
Tuesday of pneumonia.
Mrs. Loye
Andes, his daughter, died a week ago.
Miller was the son of Josh
Miller, who was territorial judge
of Ohio in 1841-45, appointed by President
William Henry
Harrison. He was the last of the
Miller family.
Harrisburg, Ill.—Oveta, 5-year-old
daughter of Sam
Hicks,
died Monday night of burns suffered Sunday
when the
Hicks
home was destroyed by fire.
While her mother was away on an errand,
Oveta got a box of matches and set her dress
on fire. The mother returned just in
time to get Oveta and two other children
from the house. She was burned in
rescuing an infant from a carriage which was
on fire.
Mrs. Helen
Johanson, age 72 years, wife of Gus
Johanson, passed away at her residence on High Street at 3:45
o’clock Sunday morning, following a brief
illness. Her death came as a great
shock to her family and many friends.
Mrs.
Johanson was Miss Helen
Frederickson, before her marriage and
was born in Christiana, Norway, coming to
this country in 1888 and has resided in
Mound City since that time. She was
united in marriage to Gus
Johanson in 1885 and to this union three
children were born.
Left to mourn her passing are her
husband, one son, Carl, two daughters, Mrs.
Harry
Perks and Mrs. Joseph Layton,
all of this city. She is also survived
by eight grandchildren of this city and
several sisters and brothers who reside in
Norway and a host of friends. The
family was with her when the end came.
G. A.
James had charge of the funeral.
(Her marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
Helen wife of Gus
Johansen 1854-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Alto Pass, Ill.—Word was received in
Alto Pass of the death of Herschell
Summers, 20, a convict at the Southern
Illinois Penitentiary at Chester, who
formerly lived here, died from malaria.
A parole was ready for him. He has a
wife and two children who live here.
Carbondale, Ill.—Believed to have been
depressed by financial worries, John
Robinson, 42, prominent farmer,
committed suicide in a barn at his home,
near there, Tuesday by shooting himself in
the head with a shotgun.
His wife and daughter, Mrs. Harold
Jones,
a recent bride, were alone when they heard
the gun report.
Joseph Preston
Kimbrell passed away Thursday morning at 8 o’clock at his home on
North Main Street, following an illness of
several months. He was 59 years old
and has lived in this city for about six
years. He leaves a number of relatives
to mourn his death. Funeral
arrangements have not been completed, but
will be announced later.
(The first part of the obituary seems
to be missing.—Darrel
Dexter)
NEW MADRID, MO., Feb. 10—Sheriff Wade
Tucker said that his deputy would arrive
in New Madrid about Saturday with William
Brown, the Negro who killed Henry
Johnston, of Hickman, Ky., on Christmas Eve 1913.
Johnson manager of the levee camp at
Point Pleasant, Mo., while attempting to
disarm Negro levee workers, was shot and
killed.
The accused slayer has been in Ohio
since that time and just recently
apprehended.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 10—Upon her
husband’s insistence, Mrs. Lillian
Snedecker and their two children went to
a movie show Tuesday night. When Mrs.
Snedecker returned home, she found the
following note on a table:
“Forgive me for doing this. There
is no other way out. Money in my good
coat. Give my watch to Melvin.
Keep up dues in Ladies’ Auxiliary for
Virginia. Your loving husband, Herbert
A.
Snedecker.”
Mrs.
Snedecker found her husband dead. His body was in the
basement. A rubber hose was in his
mouth, the other end being connected with a
gas heater that had been turned on but not
lighted. A fire department pulmotor
was used in an attempt to revive him.
Mrs.
Snedecker said her husband was employed as an engineer to the
Terminal railroad, but was laid off ten days
ago. He was 44 years old.
The Mounds Independent,
Friday, 10 Feb 1928:
Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Graham and daughters who came here
(Villa Ridge) to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Graham’s mother, Mrs. Jessie
Lewis,
have returned to their home in East Moline.
The administrator of her estate found
several thousand dollars hidden at various
places in the hovel she occupied. A draft
for $3,000 paid to her upon a life insurance
policy following the death of her husband,
had never been deposited in a bank. Bills
long hidden, had been converted into a nest
for rats and mice and had been torn into
fragments, being beyond redemption in many
instances.
It also developed that Mrs.
Moore
owned two houses in Clinton and three in
Litchfield. She had been employed as
dishwasher and at other menial tasks in
restaurants of this city.
It was her custom to work all day and
then pick up coal in the railroad yards at
night.
The only known relatives are two
grandchildren, Jacob and Albert
Moore,
of Litchfield, who will probably inherit the
property.
So far as known, there is no will.
CARMI—Last week Mrs. Virgil
Perkins came to Carmi to see her husband, who is in jail for the
fatal shooting of his father.
After the shooting, she went to Fairfield,
expecting to make her home with her sister
in that city until she could obtain
employment and care for her three
children. Her brother-in-law did not meet
her at the train in Fairfield as she
expected and when she arrived at her
sister’s home was greeted with the news that
her sister’s husband had been arrested for
forgery and received a sentence of 14 years
in the penitentiary, leaving her sister in
practically the same plight she faced.
Elisha
Ashworth, 49 years of age, passed away at his home on North Main
Street, at 9:30 o’clock Thursday morning.
Mr. Ashworth had been in failing health for several years, but was
stricken only last Friday. His death
comes as a great shock to his family and
friends.
Mr.
Ashworth was united in marriage in 1898 to Miss Charlotte
Walter and to this union three
children were born, one son, George
Ashworth, and one daughter, Mrs. Hazel
Salmon, of this city, and one daughter,
Mrs. William
McFarland, of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also survived by his
widow, one grandson, Paul
Almon,
one brother, George
Ashworth, and one sister, Mrs. Magenta
Beaver, of this city, also a
half-brother, Mark
Ashworth.
At the time of his death he was
employed at the Obart Hamper Works of this
city and until his employment with this firm
had been in business.
Mr.
Ashworth was born and reared in Mound City and had a wide circle of
friends. Although it was known that
Mr. Ashworth was afflicted with kidney trouble, yet his death has
shocked the community.
He was a kind and loving husband and
father, his first and last thought being for
his family and was a man of charitable
disposition. He served as alderman of
Mound City for several years.
Funeral services will be held Sunday;
the hour has not been announced.
(Elisha J.
Ashworth, 20, married Lottie
Guinn, 18, on 20 Sep 1898, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.
J. E.
Beaver, 20, born in Indiana, son of
Leander
Beaver, married Magenta
Ashworth, 15, born in Mound City, Ill.,
daughter of John
Ashworth, on 21 Mar 1896, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Jackson
Miller, one of Mound City’s oldest and most highly respected colored
citizens, passed away at his home in this
city Monday, February 20, at 11:15 p.m.
His wife preceded him in death in 1914.
One daughter, Sophia
Miller and one son also passed away
several years ago. Surviving him are
three sons.
Deceased was 98 years of age. He
came to this city in 1865, where he has
since resided. Funeral services were
held Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist
church, with interment at Mounds. G.
A.
James was the funeral director.
James A.
Carr passed away at 3:25 o’clock at St. Mary’s Infirmary in Cairo,
Tuesday afternoon after a three weeks’
illness. Deceased had been in poor
health for the past several years, but about
three weeks ago fell, receiving severe
injuries from which he never recovered.
Mr. Carr was 73 years of age and was born near Glasgow, Ky. In the
early years of his life he followed farming,
but later became a railroad man, working for
the Illinois Central Railroad Company, of
Mounds. He was a resident of this city
for a number of years, moving to Cairo about
six years ago, where he has since made his
home. Surviving Mr.
Carr, the widow, to whom he was married in 1881; one son, John; two
daughters, Mrs. N. B.
Settlemoir and Mrs. C. L.
Travis, of Cairo.
He was a member of the Christian Church
and the Modern Woodman of America, being
affiliated with Camp No. 5151 of Mound City.
Mr.
Carr was known and liked by a host of
friends who mourn his death and the sympathy
of the community goes out to the bereaved
family in this hour of sorrow. Funeral
services were held at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. C. L.
Travis, 322 Fifty Street, Thursday
afternoon and interment was made in Dongola
cemetery. E. A.
Burke
was the funeral director.
(James
Carr married Mary F. Harper
on 22 Apr 1881, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in I. O O. F. Cemetery at
Dongola reads:
James A.
Carr
1855-1928 Mary F
Carr
1864-1940.
In loving remembrance.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Elisha
Ashworth, who passed away at his home on
North Main Street Thursday morning at 8:30
o’clock, were held from the family residence
Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o’clock with
interment in Thistlewood Cemetery. The
services were largely attended. The
floral offerings were many and beautiful,
silent tribute of love and esteem in which
Mr.
Ashworth was held by his many friends in
this community. Rev. Thomas
Gray,
pastor of the Congregational Church,
officiated and his remarks were very
beautiful and impressive. The choir
from the Congregational Church sang three
very beautiful hymns, “Face to Face,” “We
are Going Down the Valley” and “Someday We
Will Understand.” The pallbearers were
Thomas
Darragh, Henry Darragh,
George
Rutledge, Robert
Hurst,
Oscar
Atherton and Mannon Bankson. G.
A.
James was the funeral director.
George
Barringer, 79, former superintendent of schools and former sheriff
of Union County, died Feb. 28, in the Anna
City Hospital as a result of injuries
received when he was struck last Saturday by
a Mobile and Ohio passenger train at a grade
crossing. Mr.
Barringer was a resident of Jonesboro.
(George
Barringer, 43, born in Union Co., Ill., son of Charles
Barringer and Matilda
Hileman, maried Mary E.
Chase,
32, born in Joneboro, Ill., daughter of
Charles S.
Chase
and Ellen
Cruse,
on 11 Sep 1892, in Union Co., Ill.
His marker in Jonesboro Cemetery
reads:
George W.
Barringer Born Jan. 2, 1849 Died Feb.
28, 1928.
Mary
Chase Barringer Born Aug. 31, 1860 Died Feb. 18, 1951.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 2 Mar 1928:
The will of Carrie Francis
Spence filed in court for probate last
Wednesday leaves her home on Pearl Street to
the Pilgrim Congregational Church, of which
she was a very closely associated member.
Her personal property in accordance with the
will is to be given to relatives.
Early Saturday evening the Angel of
Death called at the home of Mrs. Carrie
Spence on Pearl Street and removed from
our midst one of the noblest women of our
community. Mrs.
Spence was missed when she failed to
appear at Sunday school Sunday morning.
At the close of Sunday school several ladies
called at her home, thinking she might be
ill. When they failed to gain
entrance, an investigation was made and she
was found lying upon her kitchen floor where
she fell as she had started to light her
fire. She had complained early
Saturday evening of having a touch of
indigestion and after that was not seen
again until she was discovered Sunday
morning dead. Mrs.
Spence was 69 years of age and was born
near Olmstead, Ill., coming to this city
when quite young.
She was united in marriage to Thomas W.
Spence. Through this union two
sons were born. The husband and sons
all preceded her in death many years ago.
Mrs.
Spence has always been active in both
lodge and church work, taking a prominent
part in both. She has a record of not
having missed Sunday school at her own
church for the past ten years. For
this loyalty she received a medal which was
placed upon her breast in death. She
was one of the most devoted and faithful
members of the Pilgrim Congregational Church
of this city and was president of the
Missionary Society and treasurer of the
Sunday school. She was also teacher of
the Friendly Bible Class, which class she
had taught for several years. She was
affiliated with the Mound City Rebekah
Lodge, having served the lodge in 1927 as
noble grand. She had just been elected
as deputy for this lodge. Mrs.
Spence had a wide circle of friends in this community who were
shocked and grieved to learn of her sudden
death. Surviving her are a brother,
Richard
Boren,
of New York, seven nieces, Mrs. George
Schuler, of Mounds, Mrs. E. C.
Hogendobler, of Olmsted, Mrs. Ed
Reichert, of Grand Chain, Mrs. J. W.
Auber,
of Micolet, Minn., Mrs. Francis
Moss,
of Lincoln, and Mrs. G. T.
Johnson, of Minneapolis, Minn., and Mrs.
C. E.
Richey, of this city, and two nephews,
Cole
Moss, his address unknown, and R. C.
Calvin, of Levings. The body was
removed to the home of his niece, Mrs. C. E.
Richey, on Monday and taken to Pilgrim
Congregational Church at one o’clock Tuesday
afternoon and funeral services were held
from that church at 2:00 o’clock with
interment in Beech Grove Cemetery. The
services were very beautiful and impressive
and largely attended. Rev. Thomas
Gray,
pastor of the church, officiated, assisted
by Rev. Lawrence
Smith,
pastor of the First M. E. Church.
Rev.
Gray in his beautifully spoken remarks of the deceased, told of her
wonderful Christian life and of her
faithfulness to the church in its various
departments. She was always in her
place at every service of the church,
responding cheerfully when asked to do some
task for the service of the church, which
she loved.
The choir sang three very beautiful
hymns, “Higher Ground,” “Face to Face,” and
“The Haven of Rest.” At the close of the
services of the church, the Rebekahs gave
their beautiful and impressive services at
the church. Mrs. E. E.
Boyd,
acted as Noble Grand, Mrs. E. P.
Easterday, vice grand, and Mrs. W. T.
Parker chaplain. During the
Rebekah services, Miss Cora
Fullerton sang a very pretty solo appropriate to the services of the
order. The beautiful flowers which
were banked upon the altar and casket was a
silent tribute of love and esteem from the
many friends of Mrs.
Spence. The pallbearers were
Messrs. W. T.
Jaccard, J. F.
Hoffman, W. S.
Sandeson, L. D. Stophlet,
E. S.
Miller and J. E.
Beaver. G. A.
James
was the funeral director.
(Thomas W.
Spence married Carrie Francis
Boren on 8 Oct 1889, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Edna
Carter Ramsey passed away
early Monday morning at the home of her
parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Carter, on North Commercial Avenue.
Deceased was 20 years of age and had been
ill with tuberculosis for several months.
She leaves a number of relatives to mourn
her death. Funeral services were held
Tuesday afternoon at the home of her
parents. Rev. Thomas
Gray,
pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church,
conducting the services. Interment was
made in Spencer Heights Cemetery by G. A.
James funeral director.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jessie
Lewis,
who died at her home in Mounds at 1:00
o’clock Monday morning, were held at Villa
Ridge Wednesday morning by Rev. H. C.
Croslin, pastor of the Baptist Church.
Mrs.
Lewis suffered a paralytic stroke last
June from which she never fully recovered
being unable to move or talk since.
The body was accompanied to Villa Ridge by
her daughter, Mrs. Fred
Graham, and she leaves two brothers,
William
Pollock of Kankakee, Ill., and Walter
Pollock, of Carbondale, a sister-in-law,
Mrs. Ora
Pollock, and a niece, Mrs. H. C.
Follenstine, of Mounds, and a nephew,
Alex
Pollock, of Miami, Fla. Several
from Mounds attended the funeral services.
Word has been received in this city of
the serious illness of Thomas
Cherry, of Carbondale. Mr.
Cherry spent his boyhood days in this
city with his parents and is well known here
with many friends who regret to learn of his
serious illness. Mr.
Cherry has been ill for several months
and his illness has taken a turn for the
worse within the last few weeks.
Little hope is entertained for his recovery.
Mrs. Mary
Dalton, age 66 years, passed away at her home on Third Street,
Wednesday night at 10 o’clock. She had
been in failing health for the past few
years, but since undergoing an operation in
a St. Louis hospital about five months ago
her health seemed to be greatly improved.
She had been confined to her bed since
Monday, yet her illness did not seem to be
of a serious nature until Wednesday
afternoon about 1:00 o’clock when she
suffered an inward stroke. She became
unconscious and never recovered
consciousness.
Mrs.
Dalton was born in Wayne County, Kentucky, and before her marriage
to Newton
Dalton was Miss Mary
Arter.
They were united in marriage on March 22,
1885. To this union seven children
were born, one passing away in infancy.
She came to this city 29 years ago and has
raised here since. She was converted
when 13 years of age, and became a member of
the First M. E. Church of this city 30 years
ago, and since that time has been one of its
most faithful members. She lived
entirely for her family and the church which
she loved. She was a woman of
beautiful Christian character and leaves a
large circle of friends of mourn her
passing. The entire community is
shocked and grieved at her going away.
Mrs.
Dalton leaves to mourn her sudden death four daughters, Mrs. Joe
Lankford, of Chaffee, Mo., and Mrs.
George
Gunn,
Mrs. Louis
Braswell, and Mrs. Virgil
Payne,
of this city, two sons, Harry and Bearl
Dalton, of this city, and nine
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2:30 at the First M. E. Church
with interment in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
Rev. Laurence
Smith,
pastor of the church, will officiate. G. A.
James has funeral arrangements in charge.
(Jasper Newton
Dalton married Mary Elizabeth
Artes on 22 Mar 1885, in Johnson
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Mary E.
Dalton, age 66, a long time resident of Mound City, died Wednesday
night.
Mrs.
Dalton had been ill since Monday, but was taken suddenly worse just
a few hours before her death.
Mrs.
Dalton was born in Wayne County, Ky. Her maiden name was Mary
Arter. Her
husband, Newton
Dalton died three years ago.
Surviving their mother are four
daughters, Mrs. George
Gunn,
Mrs. Lewis
Braswell, Mrs. Virgil
Payne,
all of Mound City, and Mrs. Joe
Langford of Chaffee, Mo., also two sons,
Harry
Dalton and Berle
Dalton, of Mound City.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First
Methodist Church of Mound City with Rev.
Lawrence
Smith
in the pulpit. Interment will be made in
Thistlewood Cemetery with Funeral Director
G. A.
James in charge.
The death of Mrs. Polecy A.
Grandstaff, mother of Lester
Grandstaff, Saturday night, March 10,
1928, at St. Mary’s Infirmary after a
lingering illness, brought to a close a long
and useful life.
Mrs.
Grandstaff, whose maiden name was Polecy A.
Anyan, was born Dec. 30, 1839, in Alexander County, Ill., and was 85
years, 2 months and 10 days old. She was
twice married, first to Bruce
Crippen, who died in 1866, and later to
H. H.
Grandstaff, who died Dec. 25, 1888.
From 1871 to 1902 Mrs.
Grandstaff lived near Villa Ridge. In
1902 she moved to Mounds and her home was at
the corner of Blanche and Second Street in
the house now occupied by J. S.
Gardner. Her health gradually failed
and four years ago she and her daughter,
Miss Mary
Crippen, both badly afflicted by
rheumatism were taken to St. Mary’s
Infirmary, Cairo.
For many years Mrs.
Grandstaff was a member of the Baptist
Church, later transferring her membership to
the Mounds Congregational Church.
Mrs.
Grandstaff is survived by seven children, Miss Mary
Crippen, Edward
Crippen, Harry Grandstaff,
Los Angeles, Calif.; Lester
Grandstaff, Mounds, Ill.; Ray and Troy
Grandstaff, twins, Muskogee, Okla.; and
Mrs. Nell
White,
San Diego, Calif.
Brief funeral services were held Sunday
at the hospital conducted by Sec. J. C.
Mench, of the Mounds Y. M. C. A. who had been a frequent visitor at
the besides of Mrs.
Grandstaff and her daughter. On Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock a second service was
held at the Congregational church this city,
with Sec.
Mench in the pulpit. Interment was made in Rosedale
Cemetery, Pulaski, with Funeral Director M.
O. Cole in charge.
(Henry H.
Grindstaff married Mrs. Polesa A.
Crippen on 15 Jun 1869, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Henry H.
Grandstaff Born Jan. 21, 1827 Died Dec. 26, 1888.—Darrel
Dexter)
R. D.
Mathis, of Mound City, and a former resident of Mounds, died in the
Illinois Central Hospital, Paducah, Ky.,
Sunday, March 11. He had been ill for a
number of weeks.
Mr.
Mathis was born near America, Ill., and was the son of the late Dr.
Mathis, of Mound City. At one time he
was station agent for the Illinois Central
at Mounds and resided in the house which was
later purchased by R. C.
Connell and remodeled into his present residence.
Mr.
Mathis is survived by his widow, four sons, Robert, of Janesville,
Wis., Curtis, of Mounds, John Brown, and
James Frederick, at home; also a
six-year-old daughter, Katherine; his
mother, Mrs. Nellie
Mathis, of Murphysboro; one sister, Mrs. Harry
Neadstine, of Murphysboro; four brothers, Dr. J. B.
Mathis, Ullin, William, of America, A.
M., of Tamaroa, and M. T., of Konawa, Okla.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the M. E. Church,
Mound City with Rev. Laurence
Smith
as pastor in charge. Interment was made in
Spencer Heights Cemetery with Undertaker G.
A.
James directing.
Mrs. Samuel J.
Hayden, of Cairo, died Saturday evening at 6:40 o’clock at St.
Mary’s Infirmary, Cairo, where she had
previously underwent an operation.
Lillian
Bougeno Hayden, age 36
years, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Bougeno, of Paducah, Ky. After her marriage to Samuel J.
Hayden, she came with her husband to
Valley Recluse where they made their home on
a farm. Later they lived in Paducah, Ky.,
and from there came to Mounds, where they
lived for a time. From here they moved to
Cairo where they have since resided.
Funeral services were held in the Cairo
Baptist Church at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon
with interment in Thistlewood
Cemetery. Many sorrowing relatives and
friends were at the cemetery services and
the floral offerings were profuse. Among
these was the vacant chair. Mrs.
Hayden was the first one of her family to pass into the unknown
world.
The death of Mrs. Diana
Stoner occurred at her home near Wetaug
Sunday morning at 9 o’clock after an illness
of short duration.
Mrs.
Stoner was the mother of Mrs. C. A.
Ragsdale, of this city. At the time of her mother’s death, Mrs.
Ragsdale was a patient in the Cairo
hospital. Mr.
Ragsdale was badly injured in a fall
only a few weeks ago and Mrs.
Stoner, who had been helping to care for the two, had been at home
only a week or so before death came so
unexpectedly. Mr. Arthur
Stoner, father of the Misses Juanita and
Lois
Stoner, is a son of the deceased.
(Obadiah F.
Stoner married Diannah Knupp
on 17 Jun 1875, in Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug reads:
Obadiah F.
Stoner Born July 13, 1855 Died Jan. 5, 1907 Dianah
Stoner his wife Born Aug. 25, 1855 Died
March 11, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 16 Mar 1928:
Mrs. P. A.
Grandstaff, age 88 years, passed away at St. Mary’s Hospital in
Cairo Saturday night. Mrs.
Grandstaff had spent about fifty years
of her life near Villa Ridge and was one of
the early settlers of Pulaski County.
Twelve years of her life was spent in
Mounds. She had been confined to St.
Mary’s Infirmary for the past two years.
Her daughter, Miss Mary
Crippen, is also a patient at the
infirmary. Mrs.
Grandstaff’s second husband preceded her
in death several years ago. She is
survived by five sons, Harry, of California,
Ray and Roy of Oklahoma, Lesser, of Mounds,
and Edward, whose present address was not
learned.
Funeral services were held from the
Congregational church of Mounds at 2:00
o’clock the Rev. J. P.
Mench
officiating. Interment was made in
Rose Hill Cemetery at Pulaski, Ill.
Undertaker M. O.
Cole
of Mounds directed the funeral.
Mrs. Sophia Isabell
Osman,
of near Olmstead, died at her home on
Friday, March 9, after a short illness.
Mrs.
Osman was one of the oldest residents of the county. She was
the daughter of Ephraim and Rachel
Mangold and was born near Olmsted in
1849. Mrs.
Osman was united in marriage in 1881 to Joseph
Osman, whose death occurred three months later.
Mrs.
Osman was an active Sunday school worker and was reputed to be one
of the best Bible scholars of her day.
She was known throughout the community in
which she lived for neighborly kindness,
self-reliance and integrity. Preceding
Mrs.
Osman’s death were two brothers, Henry
L. and Thomas E.
Mangold, and one sister, Mary E.
Bagby. She leaves surviving her two sisters, Mrs. H. M.
Britt,
of Olmsted and Mrs. Emmana
Bannister, of Pittsfield, Mass.
Funeral services were held last Sunday
afternoon at Center M. E. church conducted
by the Rev. Mr.
Ditterline presiding minister of the Olmsted M. E. Church.
Interment was at the Concord Cemetery.
(Joseph
Osman married Sophia Isabella
Mangold on 20 Nov 1881, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
R. M.
Bagby
married Mary E.
Mangold on 10 Mar 1875, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Thomas L.
Cherry, formerly of this city, passed away at his home in
Carbondale, Ill., at 11:00 o’clock Saturday
night after a prolonged illness due to
Bright’s disease. Mr.
Cherry had suffered for more than a year
and for the past few months had been
confined to his bed. The end came
peacefully.
Up to just a few hours before his
death Mr.
Cherry remained conscious and realized the end was near and he
apparently resigned himself as much as
possible to the fact.
An active church man, lodge member and
business man, Mr.
Cherry had made many steadfast friends
who are grieved at his passing. He was
a man just in the prime of life, a bright
future in a business way was before him.
Mr.
Cherry was born in Bowling Green, Ky., coming to Mound City with his
parents at the age of 11 years. His
life from that time until he reached the age
of 19 years was spent in this city when he
entered
McKendree College at Lebanon, Ill.,
where he spent three years, then going to
Carbondale, where he entered the insurance
business with C. E.
Hamilton of that city. The firm
was for years known as
Hamilton and Cherry.
Sometime later he entered business with
Clyde L.
Smith and during his career in Carbondale was associated with
Hamilton and
Smith and other business associates.
Mr.
Cherry was married in the year of 1901 and to this union five
children were born, Richard, Luther and
James and daughter, Miss Alice, all of this
city, and George of St. Louis. Besides
his children, surviving him are his widow,
two brothers Albert, of Stanberry, Mo.,
Charles, of Mounds, and four sisters, Mrs.
W. H.
Caldwell and Mrs. George
Slaughter, of Cairo, Mrs. Joe
Slaughter, of Mounds and Mrs. C. W.
Irvine of Memphis.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon from the First M. E. Church of
Carbondale at 2:30 o’clock. The
beautiful and impressive Masonic rites were
given at the cemetery. All business
houses were closed during the hour of the
funeral. Mr.
Cherry had a wide circle of friends in
this city among the older settlers who are
grieved to learn of his death.
(Joseph Henry
Slaughter, 24, born in Mound City, Ill., son of William
Slaughter and Mary
Reed, married Anna E. Cherry
17, born in Bowling Green, Ky., daughter of
R. H.
Cherry and Elisabeth Reeves,
on 27 Apr 1897, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in Oakland Cemetery at
Carbondale reads:
Thomas L.
Cherry 1876-1929.—Darrel
Dexter)
R. D.
Mathis passed away Sunday afternoon at 1:05 o’clock at the Illinois
Central Hospital at Paducah, after being
removed to that place just one week before
on Sunday afternoon. His condition had been
alarming for the past several weeks.
He was 50 years, 11 months and 25 days of
age and he had resided in this city
practically all his life, having been born
at America and coming to this city when
quite young.
He was united in marriage on May 27,
1906, to Miss Beulah May
Roberson. To this union five
children were born, four sons, Robert of
Janesville, Wis., John Brown, Curtis and
James Frederick, and one daughter,
Katherine, all of this city. Besides
his children, he is survived by his widow,
an aged mother, Mrs. Mary
Mathis, of this city, four brothers,
Arch
Mathis, of Tamaroa, Will
Mathis, of America, Dr. Brown
Mathis, of Ullin and M. P.
Mathis of Kanowa, Okla. and a sister,
Mrs. Harry
Neadstine, of Murphysboro. He also
leaves a large circle of friends to mourn
his passing and who extend to the bereaved
family their heartfelt sympathy. Mr.
Mathis had been in failing health for
several months, but he being of robust
build, his illness was not thought to be of
a serious nature until the past few weeks.
His death has shocked the entire community
in which he was so well known. He was
a son of the late Dr.
Mathis, who practiced medicine in this
city for years before his death.
Mr.
Mathis spent seven years as cashier of the First National Bank in
this city and aside from that period with
the bank, the remainder of his life has been
spent in railroad work and at the time of
his death he was station agent for the
Illinois Central in this city. He will
be greatly missed from his post of duty.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 23 Mar 1928:
John
Traver, aged 70 years, passed away at his home in Mounds at 8:35
o’clock Tuesday night. He had been in
failing health since February 26th,
at which time he suffered a paralytic stroke
while on a visit in New Orleans. Mr.
Travers served 46 years as engineer on
the Illinois Central railroad, retiring on a
pension last July.
Mr.
Travers made his home in Cairo from 1869 until 1899. He was
united in marriage in 1886 to Miss Cassie
Melly.
Left to mourn his passing are his
widow, one son, John; one daughter, Mrs. Ed
Raub, all of Mounds, and nine grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
morning at 8:00 o’clock at St. Raphael’s
Catholic Church in Mounds, conducted by
Father
Traynor. Interment was made in St.
Mary’s Cemetery.
Karcher Brothers, Cairo, were funeral
directors.
John L.
Dougherty, familiarly known among his many friends in this city as
“Uncle” John
Dougherty, passed away at his home in
this city at 9:15 Thursday morning. He
was 86 years, 8 months and 29 days of age.
He had been confined to his bed five weeks,
but up to that time had been very active
considering his age. He has been
greatly missed from his daily walks.
He always had a pleasant word and smile when
meeting his friends while taking these
walks. Mr.
Dougherty was born and reared in this city. He was a Civil War
veteran, serving his country four years.
Mr.
Dougherty was united in marriage in 1869 to Miss Elizabeth
Hearld, who survives him. He also
leaves to mourn his passing, two sons, John,
of St. Louis, and James of Kansas City,
Kan.; three daughters, Mrs. Kate
Hester, of Reno, Nev., Mrs. Alice _atons,
of Sterling, Kan., and Mrs. Mary
Hopkins, of St. Louis, besides ten
grandchildren. His children were by a
former marriage.
A brother, whom we all knew and loved,
A. J.
Dougherty, preceded him in death several
years ago.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed, but will probably be held Sunday
afternoon at the M. E. church.
Definite arrangements will be announced
later.
(John L.
Dougherty, 22, of Mound City, Ill., enlisted 22 Dec 1863, in
Chattanooga, Tenn., in Co. C, 1st
Illinois Light Artillery and was mustered 12
Jun 1865, in Springfield, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The body of William Alexander
Prather, private first class, United
States Marine Corps, who died at Tsintein,
China, on January 13, of spinal meningitis,
will arrive in Mounds on Saturday, March 24,
according to news received by his father, W.
C.
Prather, from the Marine quartermaster
depot at San Francisco.
The following message was received:
“Body of your son, private first class,
William Alexander
Prather, shipped this date
via
American Railway Express. Should
arrive March 24.”
On arrival of the body Saturday it will
be taken to the funeral home of Mrs.
Cole,
where it will lie in state that all who wish
to view the remains may do so.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00
o’clock Sunday afternoon with interment in
Rose Hill Cemetery at Pulaski. The
funeral will be a military one with Company
K, 130th Infantry Illinois
National Guard, participating, along with
members of the various veterans
organizations. Although Private
Prather passed away on January 13, his
body only arrived in the United States
Monday when a transport arrived at San
Francisco from China. It was started
on the last lap of the final journey to
Mounds late Tuesday. He had been in
China only a short time when stricken with
the diseases which caused his death.
(William C.
Prather, 32, of Brazil, Ind., married Sylvia E.
Butler on 21 Nov 1898, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Clifford
Moss, who for many years has been a resident of this city, passed
away at 3:00 o’clock Sunday morning at his
home in this city. He was 57 years of
age and had been ill several weeks. He
is survived by two daughters and one son,
besides his widow, of a second marriage.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon,
cortege leaving the residence at 2:00
o’clock for Thistlewood Cemetery, where a
short service was held. Rev. Laurence
Smith
officiated.
Word has been received by relatives in
this city of the death of James
Taylor, of Elgin, Ill. Mr.
Taylor was formerly a merchant and
undertaker at Burnside and for many years
resided at that place. He was a
brother-in-law of the late Mrs. Mary E.
Dalton, who passed away at her home in
this city last week. His death
occurred on the same day as the burial of
Mrs.
Dalton.
John
Travers, one of Mounds’ oldest citizens, died Sunday night, March
18, 1928, at 8:35 o’clock. Mr.
Travers suffered a paralytic stroke some
weeks ago, but recovered sufficiently to be
out. He and Mrs.
Travers were visiting relatives in New
Orleans when he was stricken the second
time. Some two weeks ago he was brought to
his home.
Mr.
Travers was 70 years old on July 17 of last year. He was born in
Donegal, Ireland. On coming to this country
he first made his home in Cairo. He was
married in 1886 to Miss Cassie
Malley.
An employee of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company for 48 years, Mr.
Travers was placed on the pension list
last August. On the occasion of his 40th
anniversary as a member of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers he was presented
with a gold medal by this organization.
He is survived by his widow, one
daughter, Mrs. Ed
Raub,
one son, John H.
Travers, all of Mounds, and nine
grandchildren. Two daughters have died.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
morning at 8 o’clock at St. Raphael’s Church
with Father
Trayner in the pulpit. Interment was made in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
(His marker in St. Mary’s Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
John
Travers 1856-1928 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
U. S. Marine Who Died in Tientsin, China,
Jan. 13, to Be Buried in Rose Hill Cemetery,
Pulaski
The long wait of W. C. V.
Prather is almost over. The body of his
son, William, who died Jan. 13, 1928, in
Brigade Field Hospital, Tientsin, China,
will arrive in Mounds tomorrow Saturday,
March 23, after the long slow trip by sea
and land.
A full military funeral will be
accorded the dead Marine. Since there is no
provision in the Marines for a funeral
escort, Company K, 130th
Infantry, Illinois National Guard, will
accord the honors.
The body will be taken to the M. O.
Cole
Funeral Home where it will lie in
state. There all who care to take a last
look at the mortal remains of the boy Mounds
knew so well, may do so. From the funeral
home the cortege will go on Monday at 2
o’clock to Rose Hill Cemetery, Pulaski,
where the military funeral will be held and
also the church rites. The latter will be
conducted by Rev. H. B.
Shoaff, pastor of the M. E. Church of
this city.
At a later time a memorial service will
be held under the auspices of the M. E.
Sunday School of Mounds.
Private First Class William Alexander
Prather, U. S. Marine Corps, was born
Dec. 7, 1905, at Brazil, Ind. He came with
his parents to Mounds when he was a small
boy and attended the grammar schools and the
high school. He enlisted in the Marine
Corps Sept. 19, 1924, at Paris Island, S.
Carolina. Death claimed him Jan. 13, 1928,
in Tientsin, China, he was taken ill Dec.
18, 1927, and on Jan. 4, 1928, was operated
on for acute mastoiditis, cerebrospinal
meningitis developed on Jan. 11.
He is survived by his father, W. C. V.
Prather, a brother, Joyce
Prather, both of Mounds, a sister, Miss
Ocean
Prather, of Anna, his grandfather and
grandmother, Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Butler, and an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. J. R.
Sneed,
of Pulaski. His mother died November 25,
1922.
Funeral services were held in Tientsin,
China, conducted by S. A. chaplain, Capt.
Luther D. Miller.
The pallbearers were from William’s own squad.
In a letter to his father, the men of
his company express their sorrow over his
passing and pay him this tribute. ”He was a
good soldier and an excellent
shipmate.” His lieutenant colonel Jesse F.
Byer,
wrote thus to his father, “As a member of
our corps your son was respected for his
ability as a Marine, his strict attention to
duty, and the excellent example he always
set the Marines with whom he was associated,
as a man he was held in warm regard by all
who knew him.”
At the instance of the Major General
Commandant, U. S. Marine Corps, a check was
sent from Washington D.C., for the purpose
of procuring a suitable floral tribute to be
placed on William’s grave. Ribbons from the
floral designs from the funeral service in
China were sent to Mr.
Prather and will rest on the lad’s
casket as he lies in state here.
(His marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
William Alexander
Prather Ill. Pvt. 1 Cl. U.S. Marine
Corps Jan. 13, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Military and civil honors were awarded
William Alexander
Prather on Monday afternoon, March 26,
1928, when the dead Marine was taken from
the Cole Funeral Home to this city to his
final resting place in Rose Hill Cemetery
near Pulaski.
Member of Co. K, Illinois National
Guard came from Cairo to act as a military
escort at the funeral. At the grave a
salute was fired and as the body was lowered
in the grave taps were sounded. Captain
Bolen
commanded the squad of members.
The Reverend H. B.
Shoaff, pastor of the M. E. church of
Mounds, performed the religious services and
a quartet from his choir sang several
numbers.
The business houses of Mounds were
closed from 2 till _ p.m. A large number of
cars were in the procession to the cemetery
and the vast crowd at the cemetery showed
the respect and love felt for the dead boy.
Private First Class William Alexander
Prather, U. S. Marine Corps, died in
Tientsin, China, Jan. 13, 1928. His body
was brought by transport to San Francisco
and from there by rail arriving Saturday,
March 26.
Amelia Elvira
Chamberlain, daughter of Franklin and Candaca
Chamberlain, was born December 18, 1867, Pulaski, Pulaski Co., Ill.,
and departed this life March 25, 1928, at
the home of her son, C. B.
Sharp,
at the age of 60 years, 3 months, 7 days.
She was united in marriage to H. B.
Sharp,
March 23, 1884. To this union five
children were born, three sons and two
daughters, all of whom survive her. C. B.
Sharp,
of Pulaski, Ollie, of Carbondale, and Henry,
of East St. Louis, Mrs. Nellie
Boger,
of Mounds, and Mrs. Gladys
Modglin, of Pulaski. She also leaves
one sister, Mrs. Anna
Bartlett, and seven grandchildren,
besides many other relatives and friends to
mourn her departure. Her husband preceded
her in death in September 1926.
She united with Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church, Pulaski, in 1902 and has since lived
a consistent Christian life. She was also a
charter member of Virginia Camp 4145 Royal
Neighbors of America of Pulaski Ill.
Funeral services were held Tuesday,
March 27, at 2 p.m. at the Mt. Pleasant
Baptist Church, with Rev. H. E.
Vick
in charge. Interment was made in Rose Hill
Cemetery. Undertaker W. H.
Aldred directed the funeral.
(H. B.
Sharp married A. E.
Chamberlain on 23 Mar 1884, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.
Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery
reads:
Amelia E.
Sharp
Born Dec. 18, 1867 Died March 25,
1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
(A marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Olive
Rife
1900-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Minerva
Williams, widow of the late Dr. James
Williams, died at her home in Anna, Tuesday, March 20, at the age of
78 years.
She had been ill one week with
pneumonia.
She leaves 4 sons and 4 daughters,
viz: Dr. Ernest
Williams, of West Frankfort, Harry
Williams, of Anna, Arthur
Williams, of New York, Roy
Williams, of Detroit, Mrs. James
Hinkle, of Dongola, Mrs. Dan
Halterman, of Anna, Mrs. Grace
McClellan, of Mounds, and Mrs. Charles
Sitter, of Chicago, also fifteen
grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted at the
Methodist Church in Anna on Wednesday
afternoon. Rev. B. M.
Batson, officiating. Interment was made
in Anna Cemetery—Cobden
Review
(James M.
Williams married Minerva Owen
on 21 Apr 1870, in Union Co., Ill.
James E.
Hinkle, 25, born in Union Co., Ill., son
of Peter
Hinkle and Emily
Anderson, married Olive Williams,
19, born in Union Co., Ill., daughter of
James M.
Williams and Minerva Owen,
on 24 Dec 1891, in Union Co., Ill.
Daniel M.
Halterman, 28, born in Union Co., Ill.,
son of Noah
Halterman and Sarah
Stokes,
married Maud
Williams, 17, born in Union Co., Ill., daughter of James M.
Williams and Minerva
Owens, on 2 Sep 1896, in Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
Minerva
Williams Born Sept. 20, 1849 Died March
20, 1928 Mother.—Darrel
Dexter)
Reed’s note made no mention of the girl’s name, but friends
said he probably meant Miss Jeannette
Castleton, 22, of Murphysboro, formerly
of Elkville.
Mrs.
Lee had tried to start a fire in a hurry, using gasoline, and her
clothes caught from the explosion.
She admitted before death at the hospital she had simply
tried to start the fire “too quickly.” Her
husband is a car inspector for the Missouri
Pacific, going to work at eleven at
night. She was alone with two small
children, both less than three years of age.
We wish to express our sincere thanks
to the Rev. Fathers
Traynor,
Feeney and
Monhar, St. Raphael’s Choir of Mounds, St. Mary’s Choir of Mound
City, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, Ladies Auxiliary of Brotherhood
of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Firemen, Yardmen of
Mounds, Yard Attend Office Employees of
Mounds, Mounds Yard Clerk and all those who
sent beautiful floral offerings, those who
so kindly furnished autos, and all those who
assisted us in any way during the illness
and death of our beloved husband and father,
John
Travers. Your kindness will never be forgotten.
We wish to extend our sincere thanks to
all for their kindness and sympathy
following the death of our beloved son and
brother, William Alexander
Prather, during our long wait for the
arrival of “all that was mortal” and ending
with the sounding of Taps at his grave by
members of Co. K, Illinois National Guard,
of Cairo, who whom we extend our special
thanks.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 30 Mar 1928:
Mrs. Annie
Perkins, who for many years has been a resident of Edith Chapel,
passed away at 10:30 o’clock Sunday morning,
March 25. She was 63 years of age.
She leaves to mourn her death, her husband,
Felix
Perkins, two daughters, three brothers
and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held Tuesday,
March 27, with interment at Johnson
Cemetery. Messrs.
Cole
and Hartwell were funeral directors.
(Felix
Perkins married Alice
Anderson on 6 Aug 1882, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Annie
Perkins, wife of Felix
Perkins and daughter of Peter
Johnson and Jennie
Baucom, black, died 25 Mar 1928, in
Villa Ridge, Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Theodore R.
Rife, age 27, passed away at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar
Stringer, near Pulaski, Friday, March 23rd,
after a prolonged illness lasting for more
than a year. Mrs.
Rife
had only been confined to her bed one week
when the end came. She was stricken
with pneumonia and owing to her weakened
condition was not able to survive the
malady. Mrs.
Rife
was born near Pulaski, April 7, 1900.
She was united in marriage February 13,
1923, to Theodore R.
Rife.
To this union one little son was born, who,
with his father, survive her. Besides
the husband and son, surviving relatives are
the parents, two sisters, Mrs. R. W.
Sichling, of Ullin, Miss Mary Francis
Stringer, of Pulaski, and one brother,
Charles
Stringer, of Pulaski. Mrs.
Rife
was a member of the Order of the Eastern
Star of Pulaski. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon from the Christian
church.
The body of William Alexander
Prather, son of W. C. Z.
Prather, of Mounds, who passed away on
January 13, at Tsintien, China, following a
brief illness of spinal meningitis, arrived
in Mounds Friday and was laid to rest on
Monday afternoon. Funeral services
were held at 2:00 o’clock. Members of
Co. K, Illinois National Guard attended the
funeral, serving as a military escort, and
at the grave a salute was fired and taps
sounded as the body of the young man was
lowered into the grave.
The services were largely attended and
were very impressive. Many beautiful
floral tributes were sent as token of
sympathy. Interment was made in Rose
Hill Cemetery at Pulaski. Mrs.
Cole
was the undertaker in charge.
Mrs. Amelia R.
Sharp passed away at the home of her son, C. B.
Sharp,
March 25, 1928, near Pulaski, Ill.
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock at Mount Pleasant Church
with interment in Rose Hill Cemetery.
Undertaker W. H.
Aldred directed the funeral.
Funeral services for J. L.
Dougherty, which were held from the
First M. E. Church Sunday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock, were largely attended.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Laurence
Smith,
pastor of the church, his remarks being very
fitting and impressive.
Mr.
Dougherty united with the Methodist Church five years ago and since
that has been a devoted member. The
choir sang three very beautiful hymns, “In
the Hour of Trial,” “Beulah Land” and “In
the Sweet Bye and Bye.” The floral
tributes were many and beautiful. The
I. O. O. F. Lodge of this city, of which Mr.
Dougherty had been a member for over
sixty years and the Cairo Encampment
attended the services in a body and at the
grave performing the beautiful and
impressive rites of the order.
Pallbearers were chosen from the I. O.
O. F. of this city and the Cairo Encampment.
Immediately after the services at the church
the cortege moved
via
Interurban cars to Beech Grove Cemetery
where interment was made.
The funeral service of Charles
Roger was held at the M. E. church Thursday afternoon, Rev. C. L.
Phifer, of St. Elmo, officiating. Mr.
Roger
was employed by the C. I. P. S. Co., and was
working at Herrin. He fell from one of
their tracks on what is known as death curve
near Herrin and was killed instantly. His
fellow workmen acted as pallbearers and a
number of friends from Marion and Herrin
attended the funeral.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 6 Apr 1928:
We desire to express our appreciation
to the neighbors and friends for their
kindness and thoughtfulness to us during the
illness and at the time of the death of our
dear husband and father, John L.
Dougherty. We especially desire to
thank Rev. Laurence
Smith
for his words of sympathy, the choir for the
music, the members of the I. O. O. F. and
Rebekah lodges of Mound City, the Cairo
Encampment and those who sent the beautiful
floral offerings. Your kindness will
never be forgotten.
Bertie
Roberts passed away at home in Pulaski Thursday after a sickness of
pneumonia. Mrs.
Roberts is a widow, her husband
preceding her in death several years ago.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L.
____ of Pulaski. She had many friends
in Pulaski and throughout the county who
regret to learn of her death, besides her
parents, she is survived by one daughter,
Miss Imogene
Roberts, who is a member of the office of the Illinois Lumber Yards
in the Drainage District. Mrs.
Roberts is a niece of Mrs. A. W.
Lewis,
who ____ at the home of her daughter, ____
Hurst,
of this city.
The funeral will probably be held
Saturday, although definite arrangements
have not been made.
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertie
Roberts, of Pulaski, who died Thursday,
April 5, at the home of her sister, Mrs. J.
R. Sneed, were held Sunday at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with
interment in Rosehill Cemetery.
Mrs.
Roberts was a sister-in-law of W. C. V.
Prather of this city.
(Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Bertie M.
Roberts 1872-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Victoria
Hood, one of the older residents of the county, died at her home in
Olmsted Wednesday afternoon. She had
reached her seventy-second milestone.
Mrs.
Hood was the mother of the late Judge Fred
Hood, of Mound City and of the late Judge Harry
Hood,
of Cairo. She had lived in Olmstead for
nearly half a century. Mrs. John
Martin, a stepdaughter, and several
grandchildren survive her.
(John L.
Martin married Jennie F. Hood,
27, on 25 Feb 1895, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Olmsted Masonic
Cemetery reads:
V. E.
Hood
1865-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
A memorial service in honor of the late
William A.
Prather, 21-year-old marine who died in
the service of Uncle Sam at Tientsin, China,
January 13, 1928, was held in the Methodist
church Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Members of the church choir sang songs
appropriate to the occasion. C. F.
Melton spoke on William’s connection with the M. E. Church and
Sunday school to both of which organizations
he belonged. Secretary J. C.
Mench,
of the Mounds Y. M. C. A., told of the lad’s
active membership in the Y. and of his
frequent visits to him for counsel and
advice. Miss Kate
Schuler, principal of Thistlewood Grammar School gave a touching
tribute to him as a pupil of the grades from
the first to eighth. These speakers
stressed the same key note when they spoke
of the joyful disposition of the boy who
died so far from home. Rev. H. B.
Schoaff spoke in conclusion.
(Thomas J.
Karraker married Mrs. Minnie L.
Harris on 12 Mar 1896, in Johnson Co., Ill.
His marker in Christian Chapel
Cemetery at Dongola reads:
Thomas Jasper
Karraker Born Nov. 27, 1857 Died April
13, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
(His marker in Grand Chain Masonic
Cemetery reads:
Dan G.
Roach
Born July 23, 1893 Died April 14,
1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Olin
Gallegly, of Lick Creek, Union County, a former resident of Mounds,
died at his home on Friday, April 13, after
an illness of five years duration.
Mr.
Gallegly age 31, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elbert
Gallegly, of Lick Creek. On July 27,
1921, he united in marriage to Miss Maude
Stokes, who survives him.
For two years Mr. and Mrs.
Gallegly made their home in
Mounds. During this time Mr.
Gallegly was employed by the Illinois
Central Railroad Company. In 1923 he was
stricken with a disease of the head that
baffled physicians and surgeons and finally
resulted in death.
Funeral services were held in Hall
Church near Lick Creek. Rev. Dan
Williams, a Presbyterian pastor, preached the funeral
sermon. Interment was made in the Anna
Cemetery.
(His marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
Harvey Olin
Gallegly Born Jan. 27, 1897 Died April 13, 1928.
Maude
Gallegly his wife Born July 15, 1899
Died Feb. 20, 1987.
William H.
Menk
Born July 20, 1896 Died Dec. 28,
1955.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 20 Apr 1928:
(Dongola)
Mrs. Victoria
Hood,
age 72 years, passed away at her home in
Olmsted Wednesday afternoon after a
lingering illness.
Mrs.
Hood
was one of the oldest residents of Pulaski
County and was highly respected and greatly
loved by all who knew her. Mrs.
Hood was the mother of the late Judge Harry
Hood, of Cairo, and Judge Fred
Hood,
of this city, who passed away a few months
ago. Another son, Barney, also
preceded his mother in death several years
ago. She is survived by a
stepdaughter, Mrs. J. L.
Martin, of Olmsted. She is also
survived by three grandchildren, Frederick,
Mertice and Margaret
Hood,
of Mound City, and a step granddaughter,
Mrs. Edward
Comstock, of Carbondale, besides several
nieces and nephews. Mrs.
Hood
had resided in Olmsted for over 40 years and
leaves a host of friends to mourn her
passing. Funeral services will be held
this afternoon at 2:30 o’clock from the
Methodist church at Olmstead, Reverend
Ditterline, pastor of the church
officiating. Interment will be made in
the Masonic Cemetery at that place.
Several friends and relatives from this city
will attend the funeral. G. A.
James
will be funeral director.
Funeral services for Margie Conwell
Merchant, little daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis
Merchant, who passed away at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. L.
Merchant, Friday morning at 5:30 o’clock
were held Saturday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock. Reverend Lawrence
Smith,
pastor of the M. E. Church, officiating.
Interment was at Spencer Heights Cemetery. The
little girl, who was 12 years of age, had
gone through a siege of scarlet fever while
at the home of her grandmother, of Los
Angeles, California. She, thinking she
had recovered sufficiently to make the trip
here to join her father, who had been here
for several weeks, begged her mother to make
the trip. On the way they ran into a
terrific snow storm, which caused the child
to take a relapse from which she never
recovered.
The family formerly resided in
Bakersfield, California, but had come to
this city, where they intend to reside.
Six young girls acted as pallbearers as
follows: Misses Mary
Settlemoir, Marguerite
Throgmartin, Earline
Karraker, Clyde
Watson, Mary Cull and
Edith Camille
Davis.
G. A.
James was the funeral director.
C. W.
Ransom, widely known colored educator and principal of Douglas High
School, died Wednesday morning following a
short illness. Death was caused by cerebral
hemorrhage.
Mr.
Ransom was born in Springfield, Ill., but came to Pulaski County
with his parents early in his life and grew
to manhood near Grand Chain. He was
graduated from Fisk University, Nashville,
Tenn., with an A. B. degree. He taught in a
country school and later enlisted in the
regular army, serving six years in the
Philippines. For the last seven years he
has been principal of the Douglas High
School and Douglas Grammar School. He was a
successful teacher and was active in all
educational movements in this section of the
state.
He is survived by his widow who teaches
in the Douglas Grammar School and his
stepmother who resides at Grand Chain.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed as Mrs.
Ransom is awaiting the arrival of her
mother from California.
Later:
Funeral services will be held Monday
morning at the A. M. E. Church with
interment in the National Cemetery.
(Charles W.
Ransom, sergeant U. S. Army, died 27 Apr 1928, and was buried in
Mound City National Cemetery in section F
grave 4972P.—Darrel
Dexter)
Charles Edward
Woodard, for eight years proprietor of the Woodard Garage, died at
his home in this city Monday. He had been
ill for many months, but remained at his
place of business whenever possible.
Charles Edward
Woodard was born in Dongola, Ill., Feb. 26, 1881, and died at his
home in Mounds, Ill., Apr 23, 1928, at the
age of 47 years, 1 month and 28 days. He
was married to Miss Stella
White, of Olmstead, Ill., March 22, 1903. To this union were born
three children, John, Grace and Doyle, all
of this city. He was a kind and loving
husband and was well liked by all who knew
him.
Eight years ago he moved to Mounds from
Cypress, Ill., and engaged in the automobile
business in which he was interested until
that time of his death. He is survived by
his widow, three children, two grandchildren
and the following sisters: Mrs. Lucy
Beaver, of Mound City, Mrs. Minnie
Lackey, of Messler, Mo., and Mrs. Leone
Adkins, of Mound City, and several
nieces and nephews and a host of other
relatives and friends to mourn his
departure.
Attorney George W.
Crawford, of Jonesboro, died at his home
Tuesday morning. He had been seriously ill
for some time suffering from diabetes.
Mr.
Crawford was the son of the late Judge Monroe C.
Crawford. He leaves a widow and a
daughter, two brothers and a sister.
(Monroe C.
Crawford married Sarah Illinois
Wilbanks on 1 Nov 1858, in Franklin Co., Ill.
His marker in Jonesboro Cemetery
reads:
George W.
Crawford 1875-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 27 Apr 1928:
Edward
Woodard, age 47 years, a former garage owner of Mounds, Ill., passed
away at his home at 11:45 o’clock Monday
night. He had been a resident of
Mounds for the past eight years and ten days
ago he sold his garage to his son.
Surviving Mr.
Woodard are the widow, two sons, John and Doyle, and a daughter,
Mrs. Edgar
Ryan,
and two grandchildren, all of Mounds.
He also leaves three sisters, Mrs. Doc
Adkins and Mrs. Lucy
Beaver, of Mound City, and Mrs. Ed
Lackey, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. Mr.
Woodard also leaves many friends to
mourn his passing. Funeral services
were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:00
o’clock at the Methodist church with
interment at Mounds.
Charles
Ransom, one of the best known colored educators in Southern Illinois
and for more than seven years principal of
the colored high school in Mounds, passed
away at his home in that city Thursday
morning after a short illness. Widely
known as a leader in all educational
movements for the betterment of his race,
Ransom had the respect of white and
colored people alike. He formerly
lived in Grand Chain.
James
Flynn was stricken with paralysis at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
John
Edwards, early last Friday morning.
For several days he remained in a critical
condition and it was feared he would not
recover, but, however, he is very much
improved and able to sit up for a short time
each day. His many friends in the city
are glad to hear of his great improvement
and hope for a complete recovery.
“J. T.,” the infant son of Mr. and Mrs.
J. L.
Johnson, died Wednesday, May 2, at the
family home on Oak Street after a short
illness from double pneumonia.
The little fellow was born August 23,
1927, and was 8 months and 9 days old at the
time of his death.
I wish to thank my friends for the
words of sympathy and countless other acts
of kindness shown me during the recent
illness and death of my beloved husband,
Charles W.
Ransom.
Corzine was driving a borrowed Pontiac roadster. Little definite
information was available here last night,
but stories brought to Cairo by persons who
passed shortly after the accident, indicate
that
Corzine had passed two cars ahead of
him, going in the direction of Dongola, when
his own car got out of control and crashed
from the road, overturning and pinning the
two women beneath it, Corzine
being thrown free.
Miss Anderson
was the niece of Mrs.
Wise
and Mr.
Laws.
(Willie H.
Wise, 23, of Beechwood,
married Effa
Laws,
19, of Villa Ridge, on 12 Apr 1899, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Interment was made in Spencer Heights
Cemetery. G. A.
James,
undertaker, conducted the funeral.
(His marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
James I.
Flynn
1855-1928.
Mary Ellen
Flynn his wife 1853-1926.—Darrel
Dexter)
Leota
Wallis, nine-year-old daughter of B. A.
Wallis, died Friday of pneumonia after only a short illness.
Funeral services were held and
interment was made in Mayfield, Ky.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 11 May 1928:
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L.
Johnson, of Mounds, passed away at the
home of his parents, Wednesday. Burial
took place Friday afternoon at 1:00 o’clock
at the residence, Rev. H. C.
Crossland officiating. The little
one had only been ill a few days.
Pneumonia was the cause of his death.
James I.
Flynn, aged 73 years, one of Mound City’s oldest and most highly
respected citizens, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. John
Edwards, at 7:30 o’clock Sunday evening.
Mr.
Flynn had been a resident of this city
for the past half century. He was
employed at the Illinois Lumber Yards as
night watchman, which position he had held
for the past sixteen years.
Mr.
Flynn had been confined to his bed, but a few days. He
suffered a paralytic stroke about two weeks
ago from which he never recovered. His
wife preceded him in death about two years
ago and since her death his health seemed to
decline rapidly. When in health, Mr.
Flynn
was of a jolly, happy disposition, winning
the respect and love of all who knew him.
He was ever a kind husband and father, being
greatly devoted to his family. Since
the death of his wife he has made his home
with his daughter Mrs.
Edwards, in Mound City.
Mr.
Flynn was a member of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, having
united with that church a year ago. He
was born in Olmstead, Ill., January 8, 1865,
and was the son of the late John and Matilda
Flynn.
He was married to Mrs. Mary
Kennedy in 1877 and three children,
including a son, who died in infancy, were
born to them. Left to mourn his
passing are two daughters, Mrs. John
Edwards, of this city, and Mrs. George
Snider, of Akron, Ohio, also two step sons, Charles and W. T.
Kennedy, of this city. He leaves
18 grandchildren and six
great-grandchildren. Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon from the Pilgrim
Congregational Church in this city with
interment in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
The Rev. Thomas
Gray,
pastor of the church, officiated and his
remarks were very impressive and consoling
to the grief stricken family and friends.
The choir of the church sang three very
beautiful and appropriate hymns. The
altar and casket was banked with beautiful
flowers, silent tributes of the love and
esteem in which Mr.
Flynn
was held among his scores of friends in this
community.
The pallbearers were employees of the
Illinois Lumber Yard and were as follows:
W. F.
Davis, Mose Jones, Vance
Malone, H.
Maylrod, Jesse Cunningham
and Roy
Richmond.
(James
Flinn married Mrs. Ella
Kennedy on 24 Mar 1878, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
John
Edwards, 23, married Minnie
Flinn,
16, on 24 May 1896, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Victoria E.
Hood was born in Tennessee, October 30, 1856, departed this life
April 18, 1928. Age 71 years, 5 months
and 12 days. She was married to J. W.
Hood
in 1875, who preceded her in death 17 years
ago. Five children were born to this
union, all of whom preceded her in death.
She was converted when she was 30 years
of age and joined the Baptist Church at New
Burnside, Ill. Later when she came to
Olmsted she came into the Methodist E.
Church South, and was a faithful and loyal
member until death.
She leaves to mourn their loss, Mrs. J.
L.
Martin, a stepdaughter, and four
grandchildren, Mrs. Edward
Comstock, of Carbondale, Ill., and
Frederick, Mertice and Margaret
Hood, of Mound City, Ill., two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Blanche
Hood,
of Mound City, Mrs. Tatum
Hood,
of Portland, Ore., two sisters-in-law, Mrs.
Elizabeth
Brown,
of Olmsted, and Mrs. Adeline
Hood,
of Vienna, Ill., and many other relatives
and a host of friends.
(John L.
Martin married Jennie F. Hood,
27, on 25 Feb 1895, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Lizzie
Lackey, beloved wife of Ira
Lackey, passed away at her home near
Pulaski Wednesday night after a brief
illness. Mrs.
Lackey was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
W. T.
Reeves, and was well known and had a
large circle of friends in the community.
Besides her husband she leaves to mourn her
passing a large family of children, her
mother and father, three brothers, Hez,
Frank and Arthur
Reeves, and one sister Mrs.
Royal,
of Dongola. Funeral services were
conducted at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon
at the Baptist Church with interment at Rose
Hill Cemetery.
(Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Elizabeth
Lackey 1886-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for the infant son of
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce
Jones
was held at Shiloh Wednesday, Rev. H. C.
Croslin, of the Baptist Church,
officiating, and G. A.
James, undertaker in charge.
Mrs. Sarah E.
Jenkins, stepmother of the late U. S.
Jenkins, died at the Soldiers’ and Sailors Home in Quincy, Ill.,
Monday morning. Funeral services were held
at Rose Hill Church, Pulaski, Thursday
afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Rev. H. B.
Shoaff officiated and G. A.
James was the undertaker in charge.
(James
Jenkins, 42, born in Kent, son of Joseph
Jenkins and Deeley Mitchel,
married 3rd Sarah E.
Cartner, 38, born in North Carolina,
daughter of G. W.
Cartner and Ellen Boston,
on 13 Oct 1889, in Union Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to extend our thanks to our
friends and neighbors for their sympathy and
kindness in our bereavement over the loss of
our son and brother, Elmore W.
Fields. We also wish to thank those who
so freely furnished their cars and
especially do we thank Rev.
Mayfield for his consoling words and the
choir that sang such sweet songs.
We desire to thank our many friends for
their words of sympathy and acts of kindness
shown to us during the recent illness and
death of our beloved husband and father, J.
F.
Sowers.
(J. T.
Sowers married Sarah A.
Hinkle on 14 Sep 1887, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Betty Joe, the infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Joe
Smith,
died Sunday, May 20, and was buried
Monday. This is the third baby for this
young couple to lose by death and the mother
who will be remembered as Miss Rachel
Dye,
has been very low. The latest reports are
to the effect that she is somewhat improved.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 25 May 1928:
Charles D.
Smith, aged 69 years, 9 months and 10 days, passed away at 3:00
o’clock Monday morning at his home in this
city. Mr.
Smith had been a resident of this city for the past ten years and
had made many friends here. He leaves
to mourn his passing his widow, two
daughters Mrs. Blanche
Grimms and Mrs. Agnes
Bradford, both of Paducah, two sons, L.
J.
Smith, of Chicago, and Clarence
Smith,
of this city, also one sister, Mrs. Emma
Steeley, of Anderson, Ind., besides a
number of other relatives.
Funeral services were held Wednesday
afternoon at the residence at 2:00 o’clock
conducted by Rev. Mr.
Overby, pastor of the First Baptist
Church of this city. Interment was
made in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
G. A.
James
was the funeral director.
(His marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
Charles D.
Smith
Born Aug. 11, 1885 Died May 21, 1928.
Mary H.
Smith Born April 6, 1863 Died Jan. 25, 1937.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Joe
Smith, age 19 years, passed away at her home in Mounds Tuesday
morning at 2:00 o’clock. Mrs.
Smith
before her marriage was Miss Rachel
Dye,
of Mounds and was the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest
Dye, of Metropolis, Ill. Besides her parents, he is survived
by three brothers. Three children
preceded her in death, the eldest being 15
months old and the youngest six days.
Funeral services were held Thursday
morning at 11 o’clock at the First Baptist
Church in Mounds, Rev. H. C.
Croslin officiating. Interment was
made in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
(Her marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
Rachel
Smith
1910-1929.—Darrel
Dexter)
The angel of death entered the home of
Thomas
Roche,
of Villa Ridge, Sunday evening at 6:00
o’clock and bore away the spirit of his
wife, Mrs. Rose
Roche.
Mrs.
Roche was a woman of noble Christian character and had a host of
friends who sincerely mourn her passing.
Before her marriage to Thomas
Roche,
she was Miss Rose
Buckle. Mrs.
Roche was engaged in teaching school for many years in which
capacity she was very successful.
By her sunny disposition and pleasing
personality, she made and retained friends
wherever she went. Always being active
in social and civic affairs, she will be
greatly missed. She was a devout
member of the Congregational church.
Surviving her are the bereaved husband, four
sisters, Mrs. Frank
Emmert and Mrs. F. D.
Houghland, of Cairo, Mrs. George
Watson, of Granite City, and Mrs. R. Lee
Johnson, of Pine Bluff, Ark. Also
two brothers, George
Buckle, of Cairo, and Will
Buckle, of Villa Ridge. These
relatives were all at her bedside when the
end came.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the residence
with interment in the Villa Ridge cemetery.
Hustor
Forker, 64 years of age, died in Mound City while on a visit to his
sister here. Mr.
Forker had been here two weeks when the
end came. He formerly made his home in
Cairo, living with a son, Charles
Forker, at 519 Eleventh Street.
Funeral services will be held at the
graveside at 10 a.m. Friday in Thistlewood
Cemetery. G. A.
James
funeral director.
(The 8 Jun 1928, issue of
The
Pulaski Enterprise identifies the
deceased as Huston
Forker.—Darrel
Dexter)
W. A.
Rust, of Barlow, Ky., formerly a deputy sheriff and well and
favorably known citizen of the Kentucky
town, was killed in Detroit, Mich., Tuesday
night. Mr.
Rust
was a special agent on the Wabash Railroad
in Detroit at the time of the accident.
The body was shipped from Detroit
Wednesday evening at 7 o’clock and arrived
in Mounds Friday at 6 a.m.
The body will be carried to Barlow for
burial. Funeral services have not been
announced up to the time of going to press.
G. A.
James funeral director.
Samuel L.
Kern, age 70 years, passed away Friday at the East Side Hospital in
Long Beach, Calif.
Mr. Kern was a
former Mound City resident and a large
circle of friends are grieved to learn of
his death. He had undergone an
operation last Wednesday from which he never
recovered. He had made his home in
Long Beach for the past nine years.
His widow, who was Mrs. Harriet
Fish,
of this city, and a sister of William
Ashbaugh, formerly owner of the
Pulaski Enterprise, survive him.
He is also survived by several sons and
daughters. Mr.
Kern
was a man of very fine character and quickly
made friends wherever he went. While
in this city, he was employed as lotman for
the Illinois Central Railroad. He was
organizer and president of the Fraternal Aid
Union. This was an insurance company
and at one time there was an auxiliary in
Mounds.
Funeral services were held in Long
Beach Tuesday.
Rosella
Buckle Roche, wife of
Thomas
Roche,
died Sunday evening at six o’clock at her
country home near Villa Ridge. She had long
been seriously ill and had been at
Rochester, Minn., a number of times.
Rosella May
Buckle was the daughter of Thomas
Buckle, who came from England to America. She was a school teacher
for many years and was very successful in
her chosen profession. She was born Sept.
9, 1862, and had reached the age of 65
years, 8 months and 16 days. She was a
member of the Villa Ridge Congregational
Church.
She is survived by her husband, Thomas
Roche,
four sisters, Mrs. Frank
Emmert, Mrs. F. D.
Houghland, both of Cairo, Mrs. George
Wheaton, Granite City, Mrs. R. L.
Johnson, of Pine Bluff, Ark., and two
brothers,William
Buckle, of Villa Ridge, and George
Buckle, of Cairo.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the home, with interment in
Villa Ridge Cemetery. G. A. James was the
funeral director.
(Robert L.
Johnson, 30, born in Pine Bluff, Ark., son of W. D.
Johnson and Elizabeth
Womack, married Edith Ellis
Buckle, 28, born in Villa Ridge,
daughter of Thomas
Buckle and Malinda
Boner,
on 3 Jan 1895, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Rachel Marie, wife of Joe E.
Smith,
died Tuesday morning.
Rachel
Dye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest
Dye, was born Oct. 7, 1908, and died May 29, 1928, at the age of 19
years 7 months and 13 days.
She was the mother of three children
who had all preceded her in death. Billy
Joe, the eldest died June 25, 1927, at the
age of 17 months. The second child, Bobby
Eugene, was born July 19, 1927, and died
Aug. 9, 1927. On May 15, 1928, Betty Joe
was born to Mr. and Mrs.
Smith. This
baby died May 20th and the young
mother passed on May 29th to join
her babies.
As a child Rachel was very talented and
under the training of Mrs. Frances
Kellogg, a former music teacher in
Mounds, delighted many audiences. She was
saintly and beautiful and a favorite on
amateur programs.
She is survived by her husband, mother,
father and three brothers.
Funeral services were held Tuesday
morning at 11 o’clock at the Baptist Church
with Rev. H. C.
Croslin officiating minister. Interment
was made in Spencer Heights Cemetery. Cole
and Hartwell were the funeral directors.
(A marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads: Rachel
Smith
1910-1929.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Curtis E.
Cook, 18, born in Union Co., Ill., son of George W.
Cook
and Mary C.
Boswell, married Louanna
Lingle, 17, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Daniel
Lingle and Effarvilla Johnson,
on 24 Nov 1895, in Union Co., Ill.
Her
marker in I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Dongola
reads:
Curtis E.
Cook Born Aug. 25, 1877 Died Dec. 5, 1951.
Luanna
Cook
Born Feb. 27, 1878 Died May 25, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 8 Jun 1928:
We wish to thank our many friends for
their kindness and sympathy during the
illness and death of our father and
grandfather, especially do we thank Rev.
Laurence
Smith and the M. E. Church choir of Mound City, the members of
Trinity Lodge, No. 562, A. F. and A. M., the
escort of the Cairo commandery No. 13,
Knights Templar of their services and all
those who sent flowers.
Ernest
Davis, the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis
Davis, passed away at the home of its grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
George
Cowan,
in Urbandale Sunday night at 11:45 o’clock.
The little one was only three days old.
Interment was made Monday morning in Spencer
Heights Cemetery by Undertaker G. A.
James
funeral director.
Mrs.
Davis is a niece of Mrs. Guy
Rose of this city.
Huston
Forker, 64, passed away early Thursday morning, May 31, at the home
of his sister, Mrs. Mary
Whorley, on North Main Street. Mr.
Forker made his home with his son,
George
Forker, of Cairo, and although in
failing health, he was thought to be
improving and had come to this city for a
visit with his sister, when early Thursday
morning he suffered a hemorrhage from which
he never rallied. The body was removed
to the undertaking establishment of G. A.
James where on Wednesday morning at 10 o’clock short funeral
services were held, conducted by Rev.
Thurman, of Cairo, after which the
funeral cortege moved by automobile to
Spencer Heights Cemetery where interment was
made. Mr.
Forker leaves one son, Charles
Forker, of Cairo, two sisters, Mrs.
James
Forker, of Morehouse, Mo., and Mrs. Mary
Whorley, of this city.
(Huston
Forker, 29, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., son of William J.
Forker and Anna
Odel, married Lizzie
Carr,
16, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., daughter of
John
Carr and Lizzie
McColem, on 16 Oct 1896, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
George Norman
Worley, 35, born in Elvira, Ill., of
Massac Co., Ill., son of J. N.
Worley and M. M.
Mozley, married 2nd Mary
Forker, 37, born in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
daughter of W. J.
Forker and Essie
Oddle, on 6 Jul 1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The angel of death entered the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Elvie
Balentine at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday
afternoon and bore away the spirit of their
little daughter, Blanche Marie, age 2 years
and 27 days of age. The little one had
only been ill a few hours and her death was
a great shock to her parents as it was not
thought she was seriously ill. The
little body was shipped to Florence, Ala.,
at 2:35 Wednesday afternoon where interment
will be made. Mr.
Balentine is employed on the bridge in
Cairo and while in this city are making
their home with Mr. and Mrs.
Castleman. The bereaved parents
have the sympathy of their friends in their
hour of sadness.
Word has been received here announcing
the death of Dr. Gordon
Granger, of St. Louis, which occurred in
that city Friday night. His widow, who is
left to mourn his passing, was before her
marriage Miss Mayme
Schuler, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore
Schuler, former residents of this city.
Mrs.
Granger has many relatives and friends in the city who sympathize
with her in her loss.
H. H.
Huddleston, of Olmstead, Ill., passed away in Cairo shortly after 8
o’clock Wednesday night following an illness
of about two months. Mr.
Huddleston was brought to St. Mary’s
Infirmary for treatment some weeks ago.
He was one of the prominent residents of the
Olmstead community and had been identified
with the activities of that locality for
several years. He was especially
active in affairs of the Odd Fellows
fraternity and was the prime mover in the
organization of Golden Rod Lodge No. 1056 at
Olmstead.
Mr.
Huddleston was 44 years of age and was born in Jasper County,
Illinois, and located near Ullin about 1913.
He has been a prominent resident of that
section of Pulaski County since that time.
For the past four years Mr.
Huddleston had been superintendent of
the Sinclair Oil plant at Olmsted. He
was a member of the Baptist church. He
was also affiliated with various Masonic
orders being a member of Caledonia Lodge No.
47, A. F. & A. M. Cairo Chapter No. 71, and
Cairo Commandry No. 13 Knights Templar.
Mr.
Huddleston is survived by his widow, two daughters and one son.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00
o’clock Saturday afternoon at the residence
in Olmsted. The Odd Fellows will have
the services in charge and interment will be
made in Beech Grove Cemetery. Mrs. M.
O.
Cole of Mounds will direct the funeral.
A.B.
Roberson, aged 93 years, and a resident of Pulaski County for the
past eighty-five years, passed away at his
home near Villa Ridge Monday morning at 1
o’clock. He was thought to be the
oldest resident of the county at the time of
his death. For many years he was a
leading farmer and fruit grower of Villa
Ridge. He retired from business 23
years ago and moved into the home in which
he died. His wife preceded him in
death about a year ago and since her death a
granddaughter, Mrs. W. A.
Hamilton, has made her home with him and cared for him during his
declining years.
Mr.
Roberson was extremely active for a man of his advanced age and was
able to attend to his garden and other
favorite little jobs until two weeks ago.
He was confined to his bed but six days
before his death.
Surviving Mr.
Roberson are one daughter, Miss Mary
Roberson, of Mound City, a member of the Mound City High School
faculty, and five grandchildren, Mrs.
Hamilton, Sister Mary Placide, of Edina,
Mo., Mrs. Eugene
Croft, of Jonesboro, Ark., Gale
Roberson, a student at Harvard University Law School, Cambridge,
Mass., and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Robeson, of Chicago.
Mr.
Roberson was a member of the Trinity Lodge, A. F. & A. M. of Mound
City, and also a member of Cairo Commandery
Knights Templars. Funeral services
were held Tuesday afternoon at 2:00 o’clock
at the residence conducted by the Rev.
Laurence
Smith,
pastor of the Methodist Church of Mound
City. Interment was made in the Villa
Ridge cemetery G. A.
James
was in charge of funeral arrangements.
At the grave the beautiful and
impressive rites of the Masonic order were
conducted. An escort from the Cairo
Commandery Knights Templars attended.
(His marker in Cairo City Cemetery
reads:
Alfred Burton
Roberson Born April 24, 1835 Died June
4, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
H. H.
Huddleston, superintendent of the Sinclair Oil Company’s plant at
Olmstead, died at St. Mary’s Hospital,
Cairo, at 8 o’clock Wednesday night after
having been a patient there for seven weeks.
He was a prominent Mason and Odd Fellow
and was a member of the Mounds Baptist
Church.
Funeral services will be held at the
family residence in Olmstead Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock.
Rev. H. C. Crosslin
will preach the funeral sermon.
Rev.
A. H.
Dave will assist in the services.
(His marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
H. H.
Huddleston Born Jan. 4, 1884 Died June
6, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Alfred Barton
Roberson age 93, died early Monday
morning at his home near Villa Ridge.
Mr.
Roberson came to Pulaski County when about eight years of age. For
many years he had been a prominent figure in
the community. He was a successful farmer
and fruit grower and had lived an active
life. Only two weeks before his death he
was able to work in his vegetable garden.
He was twice married, his second wife
dying about a year ago. Mrs. W. A.
Hamilton, a granddaughter had kept house for him since his wife’s
death.
Mr.
Roberson is survived by one daughter, Miss Mary
Roberson, a teacher in the Mound City
High School, and five grandchildren, Mrs.
Hamilton, Sister Mary Placide, of Edina,
Mo., Mrs. Eugene
Croft, of Jonesboro, Ark., Gale
Roberson, Cambridge, Mass., and Miss Mary E.
Roberson, of Chicago.
Funeral services were held at the home
at 2 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, Rev.
Lawrence
Smith, of the Mound City M. E. Church conducting the services.
Interment was made in Villa Ridge
cemetery with the Masonic order in charge, a
number of Knight Templars assisting.
(A.B.
Robinson married Amanda J.
Essex on 7 Feb 1875, in Pulaski Co., Ill. His marker in Cairo City Cemetery at Villa Ridge reads:
Alfred Burton
Roberson Born April 24, 1835 Died June 4, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Her marker in Ullin Cemetery reads:
Mary Jane daughter of Fred & Maggie
Brust
Born Feb. 17, 1928 Died June 4, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
(J. C. B.
Heaton married Alace F.
Mathis on 15 Oct 1876, in Johnson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The elderly man had risen, pulled some grass, etc., for
the chickens and was seated on the porch
with his wife when suddenly he fell over
into her arms and was dead by the time he
could be hastened to a bed. Whether a sort
of epidemic is hitting Williamson County or
not we cannot say, but this has been the
third elderly person to drop dead in less
than four days.
William Albert
Rust, special agent for the Wabash R. R. Co., was found unconscious
Tuesday night, May 29th, by a Mr.
Dunlap, watchman for the New York Central R. R. near Russell Street
station in Detroit, Mich. Mr.
Dunlap saw the scuffle between Mr.
Rust
and a taxi cab driver, and ran toward the
scene, but the taxi cab driver, jumping into
his car, made a getaway through an
alley. Mr.
Dunlap recognized him to be a Checker
cab driver. He called an ambulance and sent
Mr. Rust to a hospital where he lived until 7:10 a.m. Wednesday, May 30,
never gaining consciousness so as to make a
statement. The cab driver whose name was
Oscar
Hammonds, said Mr.
Rust
refused to pay 80 cents taxi fare and he
followed him to a curb where he said Mr.
Rust
drew his gun and he struck
Rust
twice, his head striking the pavement,
causing his death.
Hammond was held for examination and trial and pleaded
self-defense. It is believed—but there was
no eye witness close enough to be able to
prove—that it was a case of robbery and
murder as Mr.
Rust’s
pocket book with money and papers was
missing and was never found. The man swore
Mr.
Rust drew his revolver with his right
hand when he was left handed and always
carried holster for gun so as to use left
hand. It is thought that perhaps his pocket
book will be found and this may clear up the
affair.
Mr.
Rust was 57 years old. He was born in Graves Co., Ky., in 1871. He
leaves four children, Mrs. H. A.
Hamlett, Marvin C. Rust,
I. W.
Rust, of Mounds, and Joe
Rust,
of Taft, Calif., and two sisters, Mrs. Laura
Moore,
Wickliffe, Ky., and Mrs. E. R.
Albritton, Mayfield, Ky.
His body was shipped to Mounds,
arriving Friday, June 1, and was taken to
Barlow, Ky., Saturday where interment was
made Sunday afternoon, June 3. Funeral
services were held at the Methodist church,
Brother Joe
Ratcliffe, of Bardwell, Ky.,
officiating.—Contributed
We wish to thank each and every one for
the many kind and sympathetic things they
did to help us in the death and burial of
our father, W. A.
Rust. We
wish to thank Rev.
Crosslin and Rev.
Ratcliffe and those who sent the
beautiful flowers.
We wish to thank our many friends for
their kindness and sympathy during the
illness and death of our dear husband and
father. Especially do we thank Rev.
Crosslin, the Baptist Church Choir and the Fraternal Societies and
for the beautiful floral offerings.
F. S.
Crandell, of Cairo, brother of Mrs.
House, of this city, died at his home, 210 Twenty-seventh Street
Tuesday morning, June 12. Mr.
Crandell was 75 years old and had
suffered a protracted illness due to the
infirmities of old age. He is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Mary
Crandell, and by his sister, Mrs.
House.
Funeral services were held at the
residence Wednesday. Interment was made in
Oakland Cemetery, Carbondale.
(Fletcher S.
Crandall married Mary J.
Williams on 10 Jul 1884, in Jackson Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to thank all our friends for
their kindness during the sickness and death
of our loved one Rachel
Smith. Especially
do we thank the Baptist Choir, Rev.
Croslin and Mr.
Mench
for their consoling prayers and loving
words. Also do we thank those who so
generously offered the use of their
automobiles and those who sent the beautiful
flowers, and again do we thank Dr.
Elkins for his faithful service. Mr. and
Mrs. Bob
Anglin, Mrs.
Hillis, Mrs. Allcie
Dycus,
Mrs. Nina
Powers, of Cairo, Illinois and Mr. and Mrs.
Hartwell, and Mrs. Cole.
Word has been received in this city of
the death of Mrs. Q. A.
McCracken, which occurred in New Albany,
Ind., on Monday. Mrs.
McCracken was formerly a resident of this city and was well known
and had many friends among the older
settlers. Her husband, while residing
in this city, was prominent in the lumber
business and was also a former mayor of
Mound City. Mrs.
McCracken was organizer of the Pilgrim
Congregational Church in this city and was
active in church work. She was a woman
of wonderful Christian character and fine
personality. She leaves many close
friends to whom the news of her death will
come as a great shock.
Besides her husband, she is survived by
three sons, Ralph, Frank and Archie, all of
New Albany.
(This may be the same person as Mattie
E.
Tutt, who married Quincy A.
McCracken on 18 Dec 1873, in Coles Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Rev. Laurence
Smith, pastor of the First M. E. Church, was called to Altomount,
Ill., Thursday morning to conduct the
funeral of one of the parishioners of the
church at that place. Rev. Mr.
Smith
was formerly pastor of the M. E. Church of
Altomount and has many friends in that
community.
James W.
Matlock, a highly respected citizen of Cairo, passed away at his
home, 208 Twentieth Street, at 6 o’clock
Wednesday morning following a lingering
illness.
The deceased was 68 years of age.
He was born in Kevil, Ky., on October 12,
1859.
On August 25, 1886, he was united in
marriage to Miss Florence
Thompson and to that union five
daughters were born, all of whom survive
him.
The survivors are Mrs. Stella
McGill and Mrs. Harry
Dishinger, of this city, Misses Anna and
Grace
Matlock, of Cairo and Mrs. J. C.
Moore,
of Brookfield, Mo. His widow and six
brothers also survive. The brothers
are Charles
Matlock, of Cairo, and John, William and
Luther
Matlock, of Kevil, Ky., and Ernest
Matlock, of Gary, Ind., three sisters,
Mrs. William
Flint,
Mrs. C.
Bennett, and Mrs. William
Parker, all of Paducah, Ky. Five
grandchildren also survive. Mr.
Matlock formerly resided in this city
and had a large circle of friends who regret
to learn of his death.
Funeral services were held Thursday
morning at Kevil, Ky., and interment made in
the cemetery at that place.
The Mounds Independent, Friday, 29 Jun 1928:
Halbert D.
Curtsinger, of Cairo, age 23, died June 22, at St. Mary’s Hospital
following an operation for acute
appendicitis.
Mr.
Curtsinger, who was a brother of Mrs. Carrol L.
Pulley, of this city, had spent most of
his life in Cairo. He was the youngest
child of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Curtsinger. For some time he had been a
salesman for the Frigidaire Company.
He is survived by his parents, one
sister and four brothers. He was a member
of the First Christian Church of Cairo and
of the Elks Lodge.
Funeral services were held at the home
of his brother, Robert
Curtsinger. Interment was made in
Spencer Heights Cemetery.
(His marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
Hal D.
Curtsinger 1904-1928—Darrel
Dexter)
Former Mounds Man Succumbs to Sunstroke
Grant
Turbaville, of Cairo, age 56, succumbed to sunstroke at his home
Monday night, just seven hours after having
been stricken while at work grading on Route
150 on the Beech Ridge Road.
Mr.
Turbaville resided here some six years ago and was in the employ of
Hugh
Rhymer. He was a brother of the late Joe
Turbaville. He is survived by two sons
and three sisters, Mrs. H. C.
Danby, of Mound City, Mrs. James
Lackey, of Ullin, and Mrs. Henry
Chaney, of Arkansas.
He was buried in Ullin Cemetery
Wednesday, Undertaker G. A.
James
having charge of the funeral.
(Grant
Turbyville, 23, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., son of William R.
Turbyville and Poline
Mosingo, married Silvaney Horton,
21, born in Union Co., Ill., daughter of
Monroe
Horton and Nicea O’Neal,
on 8 Jul 1894, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
James M.
Lackey married Nora
Turbyville on 11 Dec 1892, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.
Henry M.
Chaney married Beeatty
Turbaville on 30 May 1885, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
John
Towner, age 22, was drowned the morning of the 4th of
July in a slough near the Charles H.
Welridge place south of town. He had
gone in swimming.
Towner was the son of a widow, Mrs. Emma
Towner, of North Mounds, and it is said he was her sole support. He
was employed by the Illinois Central
Railroad as a section hand. The accident
occurred at 10 o’clock in the morning and
the body was recovered at 2 o’clock p.m.
Dr. O. T.
Hudson coroner, held an inquest, the jury’s verdict being accidental
drowning.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon. Interment will be made in
Spencer Heights Cemetery with Undertakers
Cole
and
Hartwell in charge.
Mrs. Elizabeth
Lewis, a former resident of Pulaski County, died at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. C. E.
Aldred, of Cairo, on Monday.
She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April
8th, 1850, and died in Cairo,
Ill., July 2, 1928, at the age of 78 years,
2 months and 24 days.
When a young girl, she came to Illinois
with her parents.
In November 1870, she was married to
Alfred Wesley
Lewis,
who preceded her in death 9 years ago. They
were the parents of nine children, seven of
whom are living, Everett O., Otho O., Addie,
Montella, Alfred W., William G., Effie M.,
and Thomas Earl. She also leaves a brother,
A. L.
Butler, of Pulaski, who is the only
surviving member of their family.
Funeral services were held at Rose Hill
Cemetery, Pulaski, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30
o’clock, conducted by Rev. H. B.
Shoaff, pastor of the M. E. Church of
Mounds.
(Wesley
Lewis married Elizabeth F.
Butler on 30 Nov 1870, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Joshua
Hawkins, age 19, white, and a Kentuckian, died on the Jim
Scruggs farm near Eastwood Thursday. He
had come to Illinois during the strawberry
season and had been engaged by Mr.
Scruggs to pick berries, but was taken
sick and was never able to work. Mr.
Scruggs cared for him during his sickness, which resulted in death
from tuberculosis.
He will be buried by the county, with
Undertakers
Cole
and
Hartwell conducting the funeral.
William Joseph
Bour died Sunday at his home in Valley Recluse, at the age of 67
years.
Mr.
Bour was born in Dayton, Ohio, on November 6, 1860. He came to
Pulaski County in early childhood.
On December 17, 1890, he was united in
marriage to Miss Emma
Crain. Five
children were born to them, only two of whom
are living, Will
Bour
and Mrs. William
Shumaker. His wife died and on April 2,
1902, he married Miss Minnie
Graves. She too, preceded him in
death. Besides his two children, he leaves
a brother, Frank
Bour,
of Mounds, a sister, Mrs. Olive
Wallace, of Pulaski, and ten
grandchildren.
(Joseph
Bour married Emma Crain
on 17 Dec 1890, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
W. O.
Wallace married Adema
Bour
on 2 Oct 1889, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Three young men of Cairo lost their
lives in the Ohio River on July 4th
under unusual circumstances.
The three, all good swimmers, entered
the water near the Singer Sewing Machine
Company’s tramway. They swam to a large log
floating down stream and laughingly
announced that they would ride to Eighth
Street, all unaware that this would be their
ride to death. They had reached a point
opposite the federal barge line terminal, at
Twentieth Street, when men on the steamer,
Iowa, which was tied alongside the terminal heard
Knight, who had left the log and started
to swim ashore, shout that he didn’t believe
he could make it. In the meantime, the
other two had left the log and had started
toward the shore. Whether they intended to
rescue their companion will never be known,
for they, too, soon were in an exhausted
state and calling for help. A boat was
lowered from the steamer, but before the
swimmers could be reached, they had all
disappeared in the depths of the swollen
river.
A number of theories have been advanced
as to the cause of the triple tragedy. Some
claim that the swift current may have caused
a strong undertow as it swirled around and
beneath the terminal. Another is that the
youths had become chilled by the ride down
stream and were seized with cramps.
The bodies have not been recovered and
little hope is entertained for their
recovery until their rise to the natural
course of the water somewhere, sometime.
Funeral services were held at the M. E. church Saturday
afternoon, Rev. S. A.
Morgan officiating.
Interment at the Butter Ridge Cemetery.
(His marker in Butter Ridge Cemetery
near Ullin reads:
John
Staudacher 1842-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 6 Jul 1928:
The deceased was a resident of this place (Dongola) until
a few years ago, and had many relatives and
friends here.
(Jefferson G.
Penrod, 22, born in Union Co., Ill., son of James A.
Penrod and Adline
Ballard, married Cordelia A.
Weatherly, 18, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of James Henry
Weatherly and Alcey Howell,
on 10 Mar 1881, in Union Co., Ill.
His marker in Friendship Cemetery
near Dongola reads:
J. Green
Penrod 1857-1928 Father—Darrel
Dexter)
William Joseph
Bour, age 67, died late last Sunday afternoon at his home four miles
north of Mound City. Mr.
Bour
came from Dayton, Ohio, when young and
settled in Valley Recluse where he has
resided for the past 64 years, during which
period he has formed a great number of very
endearing friendships.
He is survived by one son, William
Bour,
and a daughter, Mrs. Floy
Schumaker, who has been living at the
home place and taking care of her failing
father for the past nine months. A
brother, Frank
Bour,
of Mounds, and a sister Mrs. W. O.
Wallace, of Pulaski, also survive.
Funeral services were held last Tuesday
afternoon at the country residence, Rev.
Joel
Burgess of Princeton, Ill., conducting. Interment was made in
the Beech Grove Cemetery at Mounds. G.
A. James of Mound City, was in charge of the funeral arrangements.
(His death certificate states that
William Joseph
Bour
was born 6 Nov 1860, in Ohio, the son of
Alois
Bour, born in Germany, and Caroline
Moser,
born in Germany, died 1 Jul 1928, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Elizabeth
Lewis, 78 years of age, widow of the late A. W.
Lewis,
of Pulaski, passed away at one o’clock last
Monday morning, July 2, after a brief
illness at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C.
E.
Aldred, of Cairo, Ill.
Mr.
Lewis was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and came with her parents to
Illinois when a girl to make her home in
Villa Ridge, where she was married to Alfred
Wesley
Lewis,
who precede her in death nine years ago.
Mrs.
Lewis was for many years the leading
merchant of Pulaski, Ill.
For the past two years Mrs.
Lewis
had made her home in Mound City with her
daughter, Mrs. R. M.
Hurst,
and family. About three weeks ago she
left to visit her daughter Mrs. C. E.
Aldred.
She is survived by two daughters
Montella
Lewis,
of Cairo, and Effie M.
Lewis,
of Mound City; five sons, Everett, of
Sesser, Ill., Otho
Lewis,
of Texas, William
Lewis,
of Kankakee, Ill., Alfred
Lewis,
of Tulsa, Okla., and Earl
Lewis,
of Centralia, Ill., one brother, A. L.
Butler, of Pulaski, Ill., and several
grandchildren.
Mr.
Lewis was a woman of upright Christian character, a member of the
Caledonia Chapter Order of the Eastern Stars
at Pulaski, Ill., and also the Rebekah
Lodge.
Funeral services, which were largely
attended by hosts of sorrowing friends
throughout the county were held Tuesday
afternoon at the Rose Hill Baptist Church of
Pulaski and interment was made at the Rose
Hill Cemetery beside her husband. W.
H. Aldred of Pulaski was the funeral director.
(Charles E.
Aldred, 24, born in Pulaski, Ill., son of James L.
Aldred and Lucinda
Lackey, married Addie Montella
Lewis,
20, born in Pulaski, Ill., daughter of
Alfred W.
Lewis and Elizabeth F. Butler,
on 31 Jan 1897, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral services for Sam
Guinn,
who passed away at 4:30 o’clock last Friday
afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Lottie
Ashworth, were held Saturday afternoon
at 2:00 o’clock from the family residence.
The Rev. Thomas
Gray,
pastor of the Pilgrim Congregational Church,
conducted the services his remarks being
very fitting and impressive.
Mr.
Guinn was practically a stranger to our citizens, having only been
in this city when visiting his daughter and
had only been here a little over a week on
this visit when he passed away. His
home was at Cottonwood Point, Mo., near
Caruthersville. He underwent a minor
operation Saturday morning after his arrival
on Wednesday. His condition at first
was not thought to be serious, but after at
time he gradually grew weaker and passed
away on the following Friday. Deceased
was 69 years of age and had followed farming
for a livelihood. He leaves to mourn
his passing his daughter Mrs. Lottie
Ashworth, two granddaughters, Mrs. Hazel
Salmon, of this city, and Mrs. William
McFarland, of Shiloh, Ohio, also one
grandson, George
Ashworth, of this city, and one great
grandson, Paul
Salmon.
Immediately following the services the
cortege moved by automobile to Thistlewood
Cemetery, where interment was made. G.
A.
James was the funeral director.
(Samuel
Guinn, 43, of Villa Ridge, Ill., married Mrs. Elvina
Easley, 38, of Mound City, Ill., on 23
Oct 1897, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Elijah J.
Ashworth, 20, married Lottie
Guinn,
18, of Villa Ridge, on 20 Sep 1898, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Grant
Turbaville passed away at ___ Monday night after suffering a
sunstroke while working on the slab ___
Beech Ridge Road, route 150. The
deceased was 55 years of age and resided at
901 Sycamore Street, Cairo.
He was immediately rushed to his home
and a physician summoned, but the ___ had
been too severe and he died shortly after.
G. A.
James took charge of the body and
brought it to his establishment in this
city. Mr.
Turbaville is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. H. C.
Danby,
of this city, and Mrs. James
Lackey, of Ullin, also several nieces
and nephews. One brother, Joe
Turbaville, of Mounds, preceded him in
death two years ago. The body was
taken to Ullin at 9 o’clock Wednesday
morning, where funeral was held and
interment was in Ullin Cemetery.
We wish to express our sincere thanks
to our kind neighbors and friends during the
illness and death of our beloved father, for
their beautiful floral offerings, to Rev. S.
J.
Burgess and also to those who sang.
Mrs. Henry Chaney,
of Laval, Mo., Mr. and Mrs. Z.
Sheppard, and son, and Mrs. Thomas
Sheppard and daughter, of Sikeston, Mo.,
who attended the funeral of the former’s
brother, Grant
Turbaville, have returned to their
respective homes.
Emma
Dixon Webb, an aged
colored woman of South Mounds, died Friday,
July 5, 1928, at 9:50 p.m.
She was born in Cadiz, Ky., July 31,
1865. She professed a hope in Christ in her
childhood days and joined the Free Will
Baptist Church at Olmstead, Ill. She moved
to Mounds 34 years ago and in 1915 became a
member of St. Paul Church, proving a
faithful Christian worker until death. She
was a woman of lovable character and was one
of Mounds’ best citizens.
Her health began to decline in 1925 and
she would often say to her daughter and her
grandson that they would soon be left by
themselves. She was a cheerful disposition
and bore her illness without murmuring. She
leaves one daughter, Julia
Bryant, two brothers, one sister, one
grandson and a host of relatives and friends
to mourn her demise.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at St. Paul M. E.
Church, conducted by Rev. W. E.
Mayfield, pastor. Interment was made in
Thistlewood Cemetery.—Contributed
Dr.
Sibley had been waiting several minutes for the arrival of the
little patient, following receipt of a
telephone communication from Emma that a
baby, feared to be choking to death, was
being rushed to him, and quickly made an
examination and found that life was extinct,
the little boy having died while en
route to the physician.
The parents, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Lowery, were stunned with grief at their
untimely death of their little son, Charles
Henry. The little boy was sitting on the
floor playing, watching an older child cut
pictures from a paper. The baby put some of
the scraps of paper in his mouth and a piece
of the paper lodged across the windpipe and
could not be removed before death ended his
suffering.
Whether he sat there deliberately
awaiting death or had fallen asleep is not
known, but there were several Carrier Mills
people of the opinion that he committed
suicide. He was not known to have any
reason for wanting to die, but had been at
the home of William
McNew
ten minutes before the arrival of the train
that hit him.
His home is north of East End Crossing
and adjoins the Big Four right of
way. Between the time he left the
McNew
home and the accident, he had taken the
sitting posture and removed his shoes. The
train had already made the stop at Carrier
Mills station and was pulling out of the
city when it hit him.
The train hit his left side and bruises
there and along his neck were thought to
have been instantly fatal. He was dead when
lifted to the stretcher on which he was
taken to his residence.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 20 Jul 1928:
(Olmstead)
(A marker in Christian Chapel Cemetery
at Dongola reads:
Caleb
Lingle Born Feb. 11, 1860 Died Sept. 10,
1909 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
Hon. Wiley
Clutts, aged 86 years, passed away at his home in Thebes Wednesday
night. Mr.
Clutts was born and reared on a farm in
the northern part of Alexander County.
When a boy of only 20 years and when the War
Between the States began, he entered Company
G, 11th Illinois Volunteers and served his
country, participating in many engagements.
Upon returning home at the close of the war,
he engaged in farming and was one of the
successful farmers of the country. Mr.
Clutts took a great interest in
activities of the G. A. R., of which
organization he was long a member, always
attending the nation, state and local
gatherings.
Surviving the deceased are the
deceased’s wife, three sons, William H.,
Vernel and Frank; one daughter, Mrs. Julia
Henderson; a brother, John; one sister,
Mrs. Julia
Durham; a number of grandchildren and
great-grandchildren.
J. E.
Clutts, of Cairo, United States
commissioner, is a nephew, Paul
Clutts, county clerk, is a grandson.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon and following these the body of
the aged soldier was laid to rest in the
Thebes Cemetery. Six grandsons acted
as pallbearers.
(Wiley
Clutts married Caroline M.
Reece on 5 Jun 1879, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.
Francis M.
Durham married Julia
Clutts on 18 Dec 1881, in Alexander Co.,
Ill. Wiley
Clutts, 20, of Thebes, Ill., born in
Alexander Co., Ill., light complexion, blue
eyes, light hair, enlisted 15 Aug 1862, as a
private in Co. B, 109th Illinois
Infantry.
He was transferred to Co. G, 11th
Illinois Infantry, and was mustered out 14
Jul 1865, in Baton Rouge, La.
His
marker in Thebes Cemetery reads:
Wiley
Clutts Co. G 11 Ill. Inf.—Darrel
Dexter)
George
Wall, 58 years, colored, was painfully injured when he was struck by
an interurban car between Mounds and Mound
City about one o’clock Monday morning.
The motorman placed the injured man aboard
the car and carried him to Cairo and to St.
Mary’s Infirmary annex, where an examination
was made. It denoted he had suffered a
broken rib and also received cuts and
bruises about his face and head.
It was reported that
Wall
made the statement “that it would be okeh to
throw him off the car and let him die,” led
to the belief that he probably had intended
this as a mode of suicide. His home is
in Hell Springs, Miss.
John
Holcomb, a highly esteemed and respected citizen of Olmstead, died
at St. Mary’s Hospital, Cairo, July 20th,
from injuries sustained in an accident at
Dam 53, where he was employed as foreman of
a group of men.
Mr.
Holcomb was born April 4, 1887, at Vienna, Illinois, being 41 years,
3 months and 1 day of age at the time of his
departure. He was a son of Benjamin
and Ellen
Holcomb, both deceased. His death
brings sadness to the whole community, for
he had a genial and kind disposition and had
a host of friends.
When a young man he professed faith in
Christ and united with the United Brethren
Church. After the accident he was
conscious till the end. Those waiting
upon him said that all was well and he was
prepared to go.
Blessed are the dead that die in the
Lord.
Funeral services were held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. John
Cook,
father and mother of Mrs.
Holcomb, Sunday afternoon in Olmstead,
conducted by Rev. W. J.
Ward, of Jonesboro. Music was rendered of the Olmsted quartet.
A large crowd was in attendance and the body
was laid to rest in the new cemetery at
Mounds.
The pallbearers were L. A.
Cook,
R. L.
Willis, George Sanders,
W. C.
Bain, S. R.
Hicks,
and G. T.
Cole. Officials and foremen of Dam 53 acted as honorary
pallbearers.
(Leonard John
Wehrle married Dorothy Lois
Holcomb on 22 Apr 1922, in Kane Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Ella
Herron, 26 years of age, of Olmstead, passed away at St. Mary’s
Infirmary, Cairo, Sunday afternoon at 2:30
after but a few days illness. She is
survived by her husband, William
Herron, a little daughter, Mary Francis,
aged 5 years, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Stephens, of Wickliffe Ky., one brother,
Pete
Stephens, of Milburn, Ky., and one
sister, Mrs. Frank
Puckett, of Bardwell, Ky.
Funeral services were held in the
Pentecostal Church at Olmstead at 2:30
o’clock Monday afternoon with interment in
the Masonic Cemetery at Olmstead.
Karcher brothers conducted the funeral.
Johnston
Barrett, aged 57 years, one of the most prominent citizens of Cairo,
died Tuesday evening at 5:40 o’clock at St.
Mary’s Hospital. Mr.
Barrett was manager of the Barrett Lines
and extremely popular among a wide circle of
both in Cairo and Mound City. He has
been in failing health for some time, but
the news of his death comes as a shock to
his many friends.
Mr.
Barrett is survived by his widow and five daughters, of Cincinnati,
Ohio, and by a brother, Captain Oscar F.
Barrett, also of Cincinnati.
Mr.
Barrett was an old resident of Cairo, having resided there for six
years prior to 1911, and returned to reside
there permanently four years ago. He
has been acting as manager of the Cairo
division of the Barrett Lines and was deeply
interested in the vast holdings of that
company.
The body was sent to Cincinnati
Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services
were held Thursday at Newport, Ky., followed
by interment in Evergreen Cemetery in
Newport. Funeral arrangements were in
charge of E. A.
Burke,
Cairo.
Mrs. Cynthia
Butler, wife of Henry Butler,
died at the family home west of Mounds,
Monday afternoon, July 23, after a lingering
illness of Bright’s disease. She had
reached the age of 62 years.
(Henry
Butler married Cynthia
Carpenter on 20 Aug 1882, in Franklin
Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Elias
Hoffner, of Villa Ridge, died Monday night following a six weeks’
illness. Death was caused by apoplexy.
Mr.
Hoffner was a brother of Mrs. R.
Stewart and an uncle of Mrs. Henry
Nordman. He leaves a son, Charles
Hoffner. His age at death was 66 years, 6 months and 8
days.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at 3:30 o’clock at Villa Ridge
with Rev. H. C.
Croslin officiating. Interment was in Villa Ridge cemetery in
charge of undertakers
Cole
and
Hartwell.
(Robert J.
Stewart married Mrs. Mary E.
Hofner on 7 Feb 1892, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
John
Holcomb, age 41, whose death resulted from an accident last Friday
at Dam 53 near Olmstead, was buried Sunday
afternoon.
Funeral services were held at the home
by Rev. J. W.
Ward,
pastor of the First Baptist Church of
Murphysboro. Interment was in a Mounds
cemetery.
(His marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
John
Holcombe 1887-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Henry D.
Rice, age 5 months and 10 days, died at the home of his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. William Otis
Rice,
on Thistlewood Street, early Wednesday
morning, July 25, of dysentery and was
buried at 2:30 p.m. The baby was born in
Villa Ridge. The mother, Grace
Knight
Rice, is
a former Mounds girl. It will be remembered
that both of his parents died here a number
of years ago.
Mrs. Martha
Curd, colored, perhaps the oldest resident of Pulaski County, died
at the home of her son northwest of Mounds,
July 18, at the advanced age of 93 years, 4
months and 3 days. She was born in
Kentucky. Her maiden name was Martha
Sled. She
leaves four sons, Bluford, Henry and Alex,
of Mounds, and Ed, who lives elsewhere; also
one daughter, Mrs. Jack
Imes,
of this city. Interment was made in
Thistlewood Cemetery, conducted by
undertakers
Cole
and
Hartwell.
“Josh”
Williams, colored, of North Mounds, was born in Dresden, Tenn., May
17, 1857, and died in North Mounds, July 22,
1928, at the age of 71 years, 2 months and 5
days. He was the son of Reuben and Emily
Ward Williams.
He is survived by his widow, Mattie
Williams, one son and one daughter.
Funeral services were held Thursday,
July 26, at 2 p.m. Interment was in charge
of Undertakers
Cole
and Hartwell.
She was the mother of two children.
He was working on a bunting, one of the
timbers which protects the shaft from the
surrounding soil and rocks, and while taking
a bolt out, fell into the shaft, taking the
unfortunate worker with it to the bottom.
It was recalled that
Hulsey experienced a similar
accident, although not serious, back in
1923, when he and two other workers fell
down the escapement shaft of the East Side
mine at Christopher. It so happened that
one of the steps in the stairway in the
shaft gave way on this occasion and
precipitated the men into the pit
below. However, they were not far from
the bottom and the fall proved not serious.
James
Utter, father of Mrs. Leo
Westerman, of this city, Miss Helen
Utter,
of Cairo, and brother of R. B.
Utter,
died at the Anna State Hospital Wednesday
night at 9:45 o’clock. He will be buried in
Mt. Carmel today.
The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. D. V.
Parmley died Friday morning, July 27, at
the age of two months and one day.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 3 Aug 1928:
Funeral services were held at Salem Church Monday.
(The 10 Aug 1928, issue reports his
name as James Daniel
Bayless.—Darrel
Dexter)
A simple funeral will be conducted
today for George E.
Brennan, Democratic National
Committeeman from Illinois.
A private service at the home and
services at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church
have been planned.
The last rites were observed Wednesday
morning at 9:30 o’clock from his late
residence, 2615 Elm Street, for Adolph
Kaufman. The body of the
well-known Cairo merchant arrived from New
York Tuesday morning and was accompanied by
his brother, Leo, and his son, Irvin, being
taken directly from the train to the
residence.
The services Wednesday morning were
conducted by Rabbi
Witt
of St. Louis and following the services the
funeral party left by automobile for Mounds
where the body was interred in the cemetery
there.
Mr.
Kaufman senior member of the firm of
Kaufman Brothers Dry Goods Store, expired in New York City last
Saturday afternoon of an attack of heart
trouble. He and his brother had been
there on a marketing tour and were to leave
for home that night when the elder brother
suddenly expired.
E. A.
Burke, Cairo, was the funeral director.
Mrs. A. R.
Lazarus, affectionately known among her many friends in this city as
“Grandma”
Lazarus, passed away at her home in
Jonesville, Miss., and Thursday evening at
the age of 90 years, 3 months and 29 days.
She was the mother of Mrs. W. C.
Painter of this city, who left Wednesday for Jonesville, who was
called there by the serious illness of her
mother. Mrs.
Painter arrived at the bedside of her mother just fifteen minutes
after the end came.
“Grandma”
Lazarus had visited this city on several occasions, visiting with
her daughter.
While on these visits she had formed
many sincere and lasting friendships.
Her many friends here are grieved to learn
of her death. Mrs.
Lazarus’ sweet and sunny disposition had endeared her to all with
whom she came in contact. She was a
regular attendant of the First M. E. Church
when in the city and when absent there was
always a good reason. She was a member
of “Class Nine” of the First M. E. Sunday
School. Her reason for preference for
Class Nine to the Woman’s Bible Class was
her love for the one who at the time of her
frequent visits to this city was teacher of
the class, who was Mrs. George E.
Martin, now residing in Urbana.
She also preferred the young life of the
class who were no younger than “Grandma” in
spirit, even if they were younger in years.
The girls always considered “Grandma”
Lazarus as one of them. There are only a few remaining members in
the class who were members at the time she
was a member, but the few retain a loving
remembrance of the “dear old lady” who was
present every Sunday. “Grandma”
Lazarus was laid to rest in Jonesville
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Nancy Demrois
Garret, wife of W. T.
Garrett, passed away at her home on
Pearl Street, at 7 o’clock Friday evening
after a lingering illness. Mrs.
Garrett had only been confined to her
bed for about two weeks, though she had been
in failing health for several months.
Mrs.
Garrett was 72 years, 7 months and 11 days of age. Although
her death was not unexpected, it has shocked
and grieved her many friends in this
community. She was a member of the
First M. E. Church of this city and until
her failing health, was a regular attendant.
She leaves to mourn her passing, her
husband, W. T.
Garrett, two daughters, Mrs. Andrew
Serbian, of Cairo, and Mrs. August
Kievesahl, of Chicago, also two
grandchildren, Grace and Marjorie
Flournoy, of Mason, Tenn. Mrs.
Garrett had made her home in Cairo for
thirty-five years and was at the time she
lived in Cairo Mrs. Charles
Edmonds. She was married to W. T.
Garrett, of this city, in 1916 and moved
to Mound City where she had since remained.
Funeral services for Mrs.
Garrett were held Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the first M. E. Church, the
Rev. Laurence
Smith, pastor of the church, officiating. Rev.
Smith
delivered a very impressive sermon. He
extoled the life of Mrs.
Garrett as being a woman of a beautiful
Christian character, a wife and mother whose
life was above reproach. The altar of
the church was banked with beautiful floral
offerings which silently represented the
sympathy and esteem of the many friends of
the deceased and her family. The choir
sang two beautiful hymns, “Beautiful Isle of
Somewhere” and “It Is Well with My Soul.”
The quartet of the church sang very sweetly,
“We Are Going Down the Valley, One by One.”
James Daniel
Bayless died at his home near Karnak, at 11:50 o’clock, July 28,
aged 74 years, two months and 16 days.
His funeral took place at 11 a.m. Monday,
July 30, at Salem Church, in the western
part of Massac County. The Rev. Mr.
Harmon
Etter,
of the First Baptist Church in Metropolis,
was the officiating minister.
Aikins &
Fleming directed the funeral.
The body was laid to rest in Salem
Cemetery.
James Daniel
Bayless, son of Baptist minister, William
Bayless, and wife, Lucy
Bayless, was born near Hollow Rock,
Carroll, Tennessee, on May 12, 1854.
He was left fatherless at eight years of
age, his father being a soldier lost in the
Vicksburg campaign. While yet a boy,
he came to Illinois, where he grew to
manhood and married Nancy H.
Miller, daughter of Jacob
Miller, who lived near the Salem Church,
November 12, 1876.
To this happy union were born seven
sons and seven daughters, nine of whom
survive him: Arnold, of Los Angeles,
Calif.; Rolla, Mark and Harlie and Mrs. Nora
Essex, of Grand Chain; Ray and Mrs. Lucy
Kanupp, of Olmstead; Oma of Jacksonville, Ill.; and Mrs. Grace
Wood,
of Seattle, Wash. Nineteen
grandchildren survive him as do also his
brothers, Clark and George, of Williamson
County, a half-brother, Robert
Holiday, of Marion, and a half-sister,
Mrs. Mary
Howell, of Carbondale, and many other
relatives and friends.
Waiting for him on the other shore were
his wife, Nancy, and five children, Eva,
William, Louis, Mrs. Ethel
Bayless
Evers, and Mrs. Anna Bayless
West.
Mr.
Bayless was loved and respected by all who knew him. He was a
good neighbor, loving husband and father and
a good citizen of his community. He
was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Grand
Chain. While yet a young man, he
became a Christian and joined the Missionary
Baptist Church in which faith he lived a
useful life.
(James
Bayless married Nancy Miller
on 12 Nov 1876, in Massac Co., Ill.
Arnold
Bayless, 22, born in Massac Co., Ill.,
son of James
Bayless and Nancy
Miller, married Ella
Peck,
21, born in Massac Co., Ill., daughter of H.
H.
Peck and Mary
Douglas, on 16 Sep 1900, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill. —Darrel
Dexter)
Two Illinois Central passenger trains
were wrecked at 3:15 o’clock Monday morning,
Aug. 6, when No. 3, Chicago to New Orleans
flyer, going south at a speed of 60 miles
per hour, was derailed and ploughed into the
northbound Chickasaw No. 16, Memphis to St.
Louis flyer, which was standing still on an
adjoining track.
The accident occurred in the new north
Mounds yards and was one of the worst in the
history of the Illinois Central system. The
cars of the two trains were crowded and
jammed together, some being driven with
mighty force clear over the tops of others,
the whole forming a mountain of steel. The
fact that the cars were of steel and not
wood prevented a much greater loss of
life. The cause of the wreck was a section
of sewer pipe 12 inches in diameter and 16
feet in length, which is believed to have
fallen from a freight car.
Louis A.
Drennan, 40, home 2510 Prairie Ave., Mattoon, Ill., express
messenger on No. 3
Mrs. Annie
Kovey, 28, 433 Gregory Ave., West Orange, New Jersey, vaudeville
singer
Joe
Zdenck, 30, brother of Mrs.
Kovey, also from West Orange, N.J.
Mrs. Dilly
Townsley, colored, who made her home with her daughter, Pinkie
Rice,
of Harvey, Ill. She had started to Henning,
Tenn., on a visit. She was identified at
the
James undertaking
establishment by her two daughters.
Mrs. Mercedes
Simon, colored, age 35, Glencoe, Ill., identified by her husband at
the
Cole and
Hartwell undertaking rooms
Mrs. Kissie
Dunaway, colored, about 56, Grenada, Miss., identified at
Cole
and Hartwell’s.
An unidentified colored woman
William
Douglas, colored, who died Monday afternoon at the Cairo hospital.
Theodore
Williamson, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar
Williamson, died Sunday morning, Aug. 4th, 1928, at 1:20
o’clock at the Illinois Central Hospital, in
Paducah, Ky., after a short illness from
uraeumic poisoning.
Mr.
Williamson was born in Cairo, Ill., 29 years ago. He was united in
marriage to Miss Mary
Whitson, of Finley, Tenn., six years
ago. Two children were born to them, Mary
Elizabeth, 5 years of age, and Eugenia, 3
years. He leaves besides his wife and two
daughters, his father, mother, two brothers,
Judson and Earl, and a sister, Rowena. The
Williamson family tie is a very close one, each member being closely
attached to the others.
Theodore was a member of the First M.
E. Church and was an exemplary young man. He
was a trusted employee of the Illinois
Central. During his illness, when he
realized the approach of death, he made
arrangements for his family and even told
his father of his small obligations, that he
desired to have settled without delay. This
was only an added proof of his inherent
honest and integrity.
Funeral services were held Tuesday in
the Methodist Church at Finley, Tenn., the
former home of his wife and also his
mother. He was buried at Dyersburg, Tenn.,
in the burial ground of his wife’s family.
Highway Patrolman Guy
Casey,
of Route No. 2, who was brought to the
office of Dr. H. J.
Elkins for first aid Saturday night
after a motorcycle accident, died in the
Anna Hospital Monday. Casey,
who was riding his motorcycle, collided with
a wagon without tail light near Pulaski on
Route 2. L. W.
Brown,
superintendent of schools of Union County,
brought the injured man to Mounds in his
car. His kneecap was injured and he was
taken to the Anna Hospital. Evidently he
had received internal injuries which caused
his death. His age was 25 years.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 17 Aug 1928:
With the identification of a colored
woman who had been held at the
Cole
Undertaking establishment for several days
and then given burial in the cemetery at
Mounds, all persons who were killed in the
wreck have been identified. A colored
man and woman, who claimed to be a brother
and sister of the dead woman, arrived in
Mounds and after having the body exhumed,
made positive identification as that of
their sister, Euseed
Johnson, who resided at 542 Brown
Avenue, Chicago. The relatives said
she was
en
route to New Orleans.
It was reported by the sisters at St.
Mary’s that all of the injured, except eight
of the 59 who were brought to the infirmary,
had been able to leave for their homes.
The bodies of Mrs. Bud
Snyder and her brother were removed by
the woman’s husband to West Orange, N.J. for
burial, he having recovered sufficiently to
leave the hospital. It is understood
that
Snyder was the professional name and the
woman’s name was Annie
Covey.
On Saturday, Aug. 11, identification
was made of the last one of the eight
victims of the Illinois Central wreck which
occurred Monday morning, Aug. 6th
in the north yard.
The body, which was that of a colored
woman, had been buried after having been
held for identification. It was exhumed and
identified by a brother and sister as Euzeed
Johnson, of Chicago, who was on her way
from that city to New Orleans.
Junior
Melvin, 7-year-old Ullin lad, who was apparently drowned Tuesday,
was saved by the Boy Scout resuscitation
method of artificial respiration applied by
Franklin
Carraker and Harold
Woolard, of Cobden, who were hauling
apples from the
Bell
farm near Ullin.
Junior, with his sisters, Mary, age 8,
and Edna Mae, age 10, had been picnicking
near Indian Creek and decided to wade in the
creek. The little fellow got beyond his
depth and his sister, Mary, who tried to
rescue him, almost lost her life. Edna Mae,
the older sister, threw a chunk of wood to
Mary, who by holding to the chunk managed to
reach the shore. The two young men,
Carraker and Woolard,
passed by just in time to rescue Junior.
Charles
Casper, age 30, and a farmer, killed his wife with a hammer at their
home east of Dongola Friday, August 24.
He then walked to the home of a
neighbor, asked that officers be called and
surrendered peacefully upon their arrival.
To officers
Casper told a story of having called his wife to the barn to hold a
board while he drove a nail in it. He then
attacked her with the hammer, beating her
until she was dead.
Casper is said to have shown signs of insanity for the past two
weeks.
The dead woman was the daughter of
Elder H. W.
Karraker, a Baptist minister. She
leaves two small children.
(Charles Burton
Casper, son of John R. Casper
and Alice
Schluter, married Anna Arminta
Karraker, daughter of Henry W.
Karraker and Ina Arminta
Davis, on 8 Apr 1917, in Union Co., Ill.
Her marker in Mt. Olive Cemetery near
Dongola reads:
Charles B.
Casper Born Feb. 16, 1898 Died May 21, 1984.
Annie A.
Casper his wife Born May 7, 1898 Died
Aug. 24, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Donald
Knupp, of Carterville, a nineteen-year-old employee of the Central
Illinois Public service Company, who was
working with a line crew at Tamms, died from
a shock sustained Tuesday when he took hold
of a wire that was supposed to be “dead.”
Death was not instantaneous. Young
Knupp
called for help several times, according to
the testimony of Holton
Norman, a fellow employee.
U. A.
Hess and Stanly Boswell
were taking the wires down from a pile while
Knupp and Norman were
carrying them across the Mobile and Ohio
tracks. Hess
testified that the primary circuit had been
shut off from the wires being handled and
Stanley
Boswell said he had let the wire down with bare hands. It was the
second wire handled that killed
Knupp. The
mystery is how it had become “hot.”
The eleven-month-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Hallie
Lee
(colored), of South Mounds, died Tuesday
from a dose of carbolic acid given her by
her little three-year-old brother. The baby
had been sick and the little boy had seen
the parents giving her medicine. In some
way he found a bottle of carbolic acid and
held it to the baby’s lips. The bottle was
found half empty and the baby died soon
after the poison had been given her. Mrs.
Lee,
the mother, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Tom Ogden, well known colored people of South Mounds. The tragedy is a
severe blow to the parents and grandparents.
The Pulaski Enterprise, Friday, 31 Aug 1928:
Thomas M.
Helm, son of Thomas C. and Melvina
Helm, was born December 11, 1857. He departed this life at his
home in Grand Chain, Ill., on August 27,
1928, at 5:45 p.m. having reached the age of
70 years, 8 months and 16 days.
He was married to Mary M.
Graves March 20, 1887. To this
union four children were born, two sons and
two daughters. One daughter died in
infancy, one son, Charles C., died July 29,
1893. His wife departed this life
April 7, 1907.
His second marriage was to Mrs. Eunice
Paisley June 26, 1914. To this
union five children were born, four sons and
one daughter.
He is survived by his wife and seven
children, Mrs. W. M.
Wilson, and W. T.
Helm,
of St. Louis, Mo., Donald L., Louise, Edgar,
Franklin, Russel and Kenneth at home, and
one stepdaughter, Mrs. Inez
Easter, of Toledo, Ohio, one grandson,
Joseph
Clymone, of St. Louis, one brother of
Poplar Bluff, Mo., and one brother in New
Mexico.
Thomas M.
Helm accepted his Christ and became obedient to his covenants and
was buried in baptism with Christ August 11,
1928.
Mr.
Helm had many friends in this world.
Herschel L.
Conley, pastor of the Christian Church of Grand Chain, officiated.
(Thomas M.
Helm married Mary M. Graves
on 20 Mar 1887, in Johnson Co., Ill.
His death certificate gives his
parents as Thomas C.
Helm and Melvina Mosely.—Darrel
Dexter)
Myrtle Emma, the 13-month-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John
Wright, of Valley Recluse, passed away
at the home of her parents, Friday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at the residence,
conducted by Father Eugene
Traynor, of St. Mary’s Catholic Church
of this city. Interment was made in
Beech Grove Cemetery.
Calling his wife to the barn to hold a
board while he drove a nail in it, Charles
Casper, 30, a farmer living about four
miles east of Dongola, struck her with a
hammer while she held the board and then
struck her a number of times to make sure
she was dead.
Casper had been acting strangely for
some time and had showed signs of being
demented and his family had been warned that
they should take him to the State Hospital,
but thinking he was not dangerous, did not
have him removed to the hospital.
Casper, it was stated, said that he was
sorry that she was dead, but that there were
two more he must kill, naming two of his
closest friends, who, he stated, exerted a
queer power over him. The slain woman
was the daughter of E. W.
Karraker, widely known Baptist minister
living in Dongola, and was a second cousin
of Mr. E. A.
Karraker, of this city. The couple
had two small children. Funeral
services were held for Mrs.
Casper on Sunday afternoon.
Miss Delia
Craig, formerly of this city, but who had been confined in the State
Hospital in Anna for the part thirty years,
passed away at the hospital at 2 o’clock
Tuesday morning. Miss
Craig
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Craig,
who reside in Nebraska with their daughter,
Mrs. Alice
Mates, and family. Her death was not unexpected as she has
been in failing health for the past several
months, which necessitated an operation from
which she never recovered. Her sister,
Mrs.
Mates, and a brother, Ed
Craig,
of Indiana, were with her at the time of the
operation, but could not remain with her
until her recovery. They, not being
able to return to her at the time of her
death, placed her body in charge of a
girlhood friend, Mrs. Ethel
Moore, and Undertaker
Aldred of Pulaski. As soon as the
end came, they had the body removed to
Pulaski where interment was made in Rose
Hill Cemetery on last Tuesday afternoon.
Before coming to Mound City to reside the
Craig
family resided in Pulaski and Miss
Craig
had expressed a desire to be buried in the
Rose Hill Cemetery, which request was
carried out.
(Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Della
Craig
Born Nov. 19, 1878 Died Aug. 28,
1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Thomas M.
Holm, age 70 years, passed away at his home in Grand Chain
after ___ illness. He is survived by
two children by his first marriage and five
by his second marriage. Funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon in
____ church in Grand Chain, Rev. Herschel L.
Conley officiating. Interment was made in the Grand Chain
cemetery. G. A.
James
of Mound City was funeral director.
(His obituary published in the same
issue gives his name as Thomas M.
Helm.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Mina M.
Keller, aged 34, wife of Cecil
Keller, died at her home Friday, August
31, after a short illness of typhoid fever.
Mrs.
Keller’s husband and four little girls,
the eldest 10 years old, are left to mourn
her loss.
Funeral was held Sunday at Mt. Zion
Church, services being conducted by the Rev.
Mr. Williams.
The bereaved family as the heartfelt sympathy of the
entire community.
(A marker in Mt. Zion Cemetery near
Dongola reads:
Herman Cecil
Keller 1896-1982
Mina Malinda
Keller his wife 1894-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Marie Elizabeth
Pletcher, aged 70, died at 1:30 o’clock
Thursday morning at her home west of Mounds,
after an illness of about a year of cancer
of the stomach. She was born in
Switzerland and 46 years ago left that
country to settle in Mounds. Her
husband, John
Pletcher, who became a prosperous famer
in Pulaski County, died January 15, 1923.
Surviving Mrs.
Pletcher are two sons, Hans and Otto; one daughter, Mrs. L. B.
Armstrong, and three grandsons, all of
Mounds; a sister Mrs. Christine
Kluge,
of Villa Ridge, and other relatives in
Switzerland.
Funeral services will be conducted at 2
o’clock Friday afternoon at the
Congregational church in Mounds by the Rev.
C. R.
Dunlop, of Cairo, pastor of the Lutheran
Church, of which Mrs.
Pletcher was a member.
Interment will be in the Thistlewood
Cemetery.
(Her death certificate records that
Mary E.
Pletscher was born 12 Dec 1857, in
Switzerland, the daughter of M.
Spangler, and died 7 Sep 1928, in
Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Miss Gail
Yost, who arrived in this city Thursday to resume her duties as
teacher in the M. C. C. H. School, which
convened Monday morning, was called to her
home in Carbondale Sunday on account of the
sudden death of the girl chum, Miss Lucille
Clifford, who was drowned at
Indianapolis, Ind. Miss
Clifford, with another girlfriend from
Carbondale, were visiting friends in
Indianapolis and were with a swimming party
when the accident occurred. The
tragedy came as a great shock to the young
lady’s family and friends.
Miss
Yost returned to this city Sunday evening in order to be here for
the opening of school on Monday morning and
Monday afternoon she returned to attend the
funeral.
(Her marker in Oakland Cemetery in
Carbondale reads:
Lucille A.
Clifford 1902-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
The death of June
Walbridge Paulk at 11
p.m. last night brought sadness to the
entire community, for here she had been born
and reared.
At 9 a.m. Mrs.
Paulk became the mother of a baby girl. She seemed to be getting
along normally until last evening when she
grew worse and passed away, conscious to the
last.
Mrs.
Paulk, age 25, is the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Walbridge, Senior. She was the wife of
Jasper
Paulk,
a World War veteran. Surviving her are her
husband, three small children—the baby only
a few hours old at the mother’s death, her
mother and father, three brothers, Louis H.,
Charles T., and Johnnie, and one sister,
Mrs. E. J.
Hattoon, of Charleston, Mo., who will be
remembered as Miss Effie
Walbridge.
Another sad feature for the family is
that Mrs.
Paulk
and Mr.
Hattoon’s sister, Mrs.
Loomis, of Cairo, both died the same
day, Sept. 6. This date is also the date of
Mrs.
Hattoon’s birth.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed, but it is thought the funeral
will be held Sunday.
Mrs. John Pletcher Dies Following Long
Illness
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth
Pletcher, widow of the late John
Pletcher, died at her country home
Thursday morning at 1:30 o’clock following a
long illness.
Mrs.
Pletcher was born in Switzerland on December 12, 1857, but has lived
near Mounds for 46 years. Her husband died
a number of years ago. She is survived by
three children, Mrs. L. B.
Armstrong, Hans and Otto
Pletcher, all of this place; a sister,
Mrs. Christine
Kluge,
of Villa Ridge; three grandsons, of Mounds,
also other relatives in Switzerland.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Congregational
church. Rev. Robert C.
Dunlap, of Cairo, officiating. Interment will be made in
Thistlewood Cemetery with undertaker J. A.
James
in charge.
Mrs. Hattie
Hattoon Loomis, wife of
P. J.
Loomis, of Cairo, died early Thursday
morning at St. Mary’s Infirmary, Cairo,
where she had been a patient for five weeks.
Mrs.
Loomis was well known in Mounds and was a sister of E. J.
Hattoon, a former businessman of this
place, who now resides in Charleston, Mo.
She was born April 3, 1876, in Tyre,
Syria, of French parents and was a woman of
considerable education, speaking five
languages. In 1895, she was married to Mr.
Loomis, in Milwaukee, Wis., and in 1909 they built up a large
confectionery business known as the North
Pole Candy Kitchen.
Funeral services will be held Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the Church of the
Redeemer in Cairo. Interment will be made
in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
(Annie
Hattoon, husband of Peter John
Loomis,
was born 3 Apr 1876, in Tyre, Syria, the
daughter of Joseph
Hattoon and Anastasia
Basille, and died 6 Sep 1928, in Cairo,
Alexander Co., Ill. Her marker in Spencer
Heights Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Annie H.
Loomis 1876-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Death came as a relief Monday night to
Mrs.
Dever, wife of Rev. J. S.
Dever,
at the Hiller Hospital in Murphysboro,
following a long and painful illness.
The Reverend and Mrs.
Dever
made their home in Mounds for four years,
leaving last September for Pinckneyville
when Mr.
Dever
was transferred from the pastorate of the M.
E. Church in this city to the Pinckneyville
pastorate.
Funeral services were held in
Pinckneyville yesterday afternoon and
interment was made in the cemetery at Mt.
Vernon, Mrs.
Dever’s
old home.
Among those from Mounds who attended
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. C. H.
Bauer,
Mrs. Sarah
Thistlewood, Mr. and Mrs. A.
Burris, Mr. and Mrs. Zen
Walston, Mrs. George
Titus
and daughter, Mrs. Wayne
Gelming, Howard
Copeland, Mrs. E. G. Wildy,
Mrs. Lucy
Prindle, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Wildy,
and Miss Lois
Wildy.
(The 21 Sep 1928,
Mounds Independent reported that Mrs.
Dever died in Hiller Hospital in Pinckneyville, Ill., instead of
Murphysboro.—Darrel
Dexter)
J. L.
Rudd died at his home on South Front Street early Wednesday morning,
Sept. 12, having previously suffered a
paralytic stoke.
John Linford
Rudd was born Oct. 14, 1857, and was married to Lula
Terry,
Sept. 8th, 1879.
The most of his life has been spent on
his farm near Ragland, Ky., where his family
was reared. He became a Christian at the
age of fifteen and joined New Liberty
Church, of which he was a member at the time
of his death.
He was one who lived a clean, pure,
Christian life, ever ready to testify of a
saving grace and a home not made with hands.
Death came Sept. 12th,
1928. He leaves his devoted wife, two sons,
Richard
Rudd,
Paducah, Ky., and Sidney
Rudd,
Detroit, Mich.; four daughters, Mrs. S. J.
Coon,
Detroit, Mich., Mrs. Albert
Simpson, of Mounds, Ill., Mrs. Bennie
Hatch,
Mounds, Ill., and Mrs. Steve
Elrod,
of Kevil, Ky. Also one brother, Richard
Rudd, Sr., of Benton, Ky., eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren.
On Thursday morning a brief prayer
service was held at the home, the funeral
cortege then leaving for New Liberty Church
near Ragland, Ky., where funeral services
were conducted by Rev. H. B.
Shoaff, pastor of the M. E. church of
this city. Interment was made in the church
cemetery.
A number of Mounds people attended the
funeral services.
(John L.
Rudd married Leulia Terry
in Massac Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
June
Walbridge Paulk was born
in Mounds, Ill., June 20, 1903, and died at
her home in Mounds at 11 p.m., Sept. 6,
1928, age 25 years, 2 months and 17
days. She was the youngest child of Charles
H.
Walbridge and Hattie D.
Ent
Walbridge. On her mother’s side she was
of Revolutionary ancestry, one of her
ancestors having been a color bearer in the
Revolutionary War. She received her
education in the Mounds schools. This was
supplemented by a course in nursing at St.
Mary’s Infirmary, Cairo.
She was married to Jasper N.
Paulk,
of Cairo, on February 16, 1922, at the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Mound
City. The romance of the young people began
in St. Mary’s where Mr.
Paulk,
who is a World War veteran, was a
patient. To this union were born four
children, June, who died in infancy, Ola
Grace, who will be four years old in
October, Charles, who will be two in
November, and Virginia Lee, who was born the
day of her mother’s death and was named by
her mother.
She is also survived by her husband,
father, mother three brothers Louis, Charles
T. and one sister, Mrs. Effie
Walbridge
Hattoon, of Charleston, Mo.
Funeral services were held at the
residence on Sunday afternoon with Dr. J.
Turner
Hood, of Cairo, officiating. The Ladies Auxiliary to the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen had charge
of the service at the grave. Interment was
made in Spencer Heights Cemetery.
(Her marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
June
Walbridge Paulk 1903-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to extend our sincere thanks
for the kindness and sympathy shown us
following the sudden death of our beloved
one, June
Walbridge
Paulk.
We wish to express our thanks to all
for their sympathy and kindness during the
illness and after the death of our husband
and a father, especially are we grateful for
the consoling words of Rev.
Shoaff and the many floral offerings.
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 14 Sep 1928:
Mr. June
Paulk,
beloved wife of Jasper
Paulk,
passed away Thursday night at her home in
Mounds after an hour’s illness of heart
trouble. Mrs.
Paulk
was, before her marriage, Miss June
Walbridge and had resided in Mounds
practically all her life. She was 25
years of age. A baby daughter was born
to Mr. and Mrs.
Paulk
Thursday morning and Mr.
Paulk
had gone to his wife, thinking his wife was
in good condition.
She suddenly grew worse and before
the doctor could be summoned she had passed
away.
Surviving
Mrs.
Paulk are her husband and three
children, one son, age 4 years; a daughter,
2 years; and an infant daughter. She
also leaves her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles
Walbridge, of Mounds; a sister Mrs. E.
J.
Hattoon, of Charleston, Mo., formerly
Miss Effie
Walbridge; and three brothers, Charles,
John and Louis, of Mounds.
Mr.
Hattoon was called to Cairo just one day
before the death of Mrs.
Paulk
on account of the death of his sister, Mrs.
P. J.
Loomis.
Mrs.
Paulk
was the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs.
Walbridge and was a very beautiful young
woman. She was taking a course of
training in the nurses’ training school at
St. Mary’s Infirmary, Cairo, when she met
Mr.
Paulk, who was a patient at the
infirmary. From this meeting resulted
a romance which culminated in the marriage
of the young couple. They have lived
happily together and reared a beautiful
little family since. The sudden death
of the young wife and mother has caused much
sorrow in the community. She was a
niece of L. C.
Ent
and Mrs. Lucy
Hill, of Cairo.
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon at
Mounds, conducted by the Rev. J. Turner
Hood,
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of
Cairo, with interment in the Mounds
cemetery.
(Charles H.
Walbridge married Hattie D.
Ent
on 15 May 1881, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads June
Walbridge Paulk 1903-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. J. S.
Dever,
wife of Rev. Mr.
Dever,
of Pinckneyville, Ill., passed away at her
home Monday night. Mrs.
Dever
had many friends in Mounds who will regret
to learn of her death. Rev. Mr. Dever
was formerly pastor of the Methodist Church
of Mounds for several years.
Funeral
services were held Thursday afternoon at 1
o’clock at the residence in Pinckneyville.
Interment was
in the cemetery at Mt. Vernon. A large
number of friends from Mounds attended the
funeral.
J. L.
Rudd
died Wednesday morning at 1:45 o’clock
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. D. A.
Hatch, in Mounds.
Funeral
services were held Thursday at 12 o’clock at
the New Liberty Church in Ragland, Ky.,
conducted by the Rev. H. B.
Schoaff, the pastor. Interment was
in the cemetery there.
Mr.
Rudd
is survived by his widow and six children,
Mrs. Albery
Simpson and Mrs.
Hatch,
of Mounds, Mrs. J.
Coon
and E. S.
Rudd, of Detroit, Mich., R. N.
Rudd,
of Paducah, and Mrs. S.
Elrod,
of Kevil, Ky. He is also survived by
eight grandchildren and two
great-grandchildren. A granddaughter,
Mrs. J. C.
Rife, of Detroit, arrived to attend the funeral. Mr.
Rudd
had made his home for the past six years in
Mounds. He was born in Kevil, Ky.,
October 14, 1857.
Virginia Lee
Lentz, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Andy
Lentz, died in Dongola while
visiting her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank
Keller. Miss
Lentz with her parents was visiting at the
Keller home when she was taken ill and
succumbed within a few hours.
The body was
laid to rest in the Friendship Cemetery.
(Her marker
in Friendship Cemetery near Dongola reads:
Virginia Lee daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
A. L.
Lence Born March 11, 1928 Died Aug. 7,
1928.
She is buried next to her parents,
Audie L. and Carrie M.
Lence.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Leona
Adkins, age 34, passed away at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Abe
Beaver, at 4 o’clock Friday morning
after a lingering illness of tuberculosis.
Mrs.
Adkins had been a patient sufferer from
this dreaded disease for the past two years,
gradually growing weaker until the end came.
Mrs.
Adkins had made her home with her sister
practically since her illness. Mrs.
Beaver had watched over and cared for her during her illness and was
faithful to the end. She leaves to
mourn her passing one son, Russell, and two
sisters, Mrs.
Beaver, of this city, and Mrs. E.
Lackey, of Missouri. She was a
woman of sunny and cheerful disposition,
making many friends since coming here.
She was a member of the Methodist Church of
Mounds.
Funeral
services were held from the Pilgrim
Congregational Church in this city Sunday
morning at 11 o’clock, Rev. Thomas
Gray,
pastor of the church, officiating. His
remarks were very fitting and impressive,
stressing love as the one great deal of the
true Christian character. The church
as filled with relatives and friends of the
deceased and the floral offerings, which
were silent tributes of sympathy to the
bereaved relatives, were many and beautiful.
The choir of the church sang three hymns
which were special favorites of the
deceased, “Face to Face,” “The Old Rugged
Cross,” and “Going Down the Valley.”
The
pallbearers were Jesse
Cunningham, R. M.
Hurst,
Oscar
Atherton, Imon
Bankson, M. C. Sheerer
and Walter
Waite.
Immediately after the services at the church
the cortege moved by automobile to
Thistlewood Cemetery, where interment was
made.
Mrs. James
Wilson, age 42 years, wife of James
Wilson, passed away at her home in this
city at 12 o’clock Tuesday. She had
only been ill a short time and her death has
come as a shock to her family and friends.
She has resided in Mounds since 1914, at
which time her husband was appointed deputy
sheriff of the county. She was a
member of the Free Will Baptist Church,
uniting with this church at Mt. Zion and
when she removed to this city she placed her
membership with the Main Street Free Will
Baptist Church. She was also active in
lodge circles, being a member of the
Tabernacles, Guiding Stars and the Elks,
acting as treasurer of the latter at the
time of her death.
She is
survived by her husband, three sons, Roy,
age 20, James Jr., aged 9, and Eddie Alfred,
age 7; one daughter, ___ine aged 17, who was
a graduate of Mound City High School and was
preparing to leave for Carbondale Monday to
enter the State Normal. She leaves her
mother, Mrs. Susan
Hall, of this city, one brother, Frank, of ____ Ohio, and one sister
of Grand Chain.
The services
were held at 11 a.m. Thursday morning from
the Baptist church in this city and burial
was made in the Grand Chain cemetery.
The High Priest and members of the
Tabernacles accompanied the remains to the
cemetery.
The Mounds Independent, Friday, 21 Sep 1928:
Beatrice
Stich Dever, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A.
Stich,
was born in Mt. Vernon, Ill., August 31,
1894, died in the Hiller Hospital in
Pinckneyville, Illinois, September 10, 1928,
at the age of 34 years.
On October 26, 1916, she was united in
marriage to James S.
Dever,
a pastor in the Southern Illinois
Conference, and made many true and lasting
friendships, both in and outside of the
churches they have served.
In July of 1926, she was afflicted with
that awful malady cancer, and while
everything that could possibly be done, it
was of no avail, but through all the long
months of her suffering she has shown forth
her beautiful traits of character. She was
confined to her bed most of the time from
February 4th this year, until the
time of her death.
She leaves to mourn their loss, the
husband, James S.
Dever,
pastor of the Methodist Church in
Pinckneyville, Ill., her father and mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A.
Stich,
and two sisters, Misses Beulah and Pauline
Stich,
all of Chicago, also a host of other
relatives and friends.
The funeral services were held at the
Methodist church on Thursday afternoon at 1
o’clock in charge of W. M.
Brown,
District Superintendent of Carbondale
District, assisted by others. The Methodist
choir furnished the music.
Mrs. Rose H.
Smith, wife of Rev. Lawrence
Smith, died at her home in Carbondale
Sunday, Sept. 16, at 4:30 a.m.
Rev.
Smith is pastor of the M. E. Church in Mound City, but had moved to
Carbondale just eleven days before the death
of Mrs.
Smith, having planned to retire from the ministry at the close of
the present conference year.
Mrs.
Smith had been an invalid for several years. She leaves her
husband, a son, Floyd, at home and a
daughter, Mrs. Charles
Adams,
of Pittsburg, Pa., who was with her at the
time of her death.
For twelve years he was an
invalid. For a part of that time, he was
deaf, dumb and blind, and one arm had been
amputated. For the past three years he had
been entirely helpless and had to be fed by
attendants at the hospital. In spite of all
these ailments, death was due to cancer on
the back of the neck.
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 21 Sep 1928:
Robert
Obadiah
Rider
age 43, died September 13, at the City
Hospital in Anna, following an operation for
appendicitis. Interment was at Mt.
Pisgah Cemetery Sunday at 11 a.m.
Services were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Kress and Wetaug Camp No. 7173 M. W. of A., of which organization he
was a member. A wife and three sons
are left to mourn his loss.
(His marker
in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery near Wetaug reads:
Robert O.
Rider 1888-1928. Mary
Ellen
Rider 1888-1967.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Lucille
Lowe,
aged 32 years, wife of Harlan
Lowe,
of 223 Sixteenth Street, passed away Friday
morning at St. Mary’s Infirmary following a
serious surgical operation. Besides
her husband, Mrs.
Lowe leaves to mourn her passing five small children, one son and
four daughters. She is also survived
by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Meyers, two brothers, Barney and Raymond
Meyers, and one sister, Miss Evelyn
Meyers, all of Cairo. Mrs.
Lowe’s
father was formerly owner of the Palm
Theater of this city and while in this
business Mrs.
Lowe
assisted her father as ticket seller.
Mr.
Lowe was also a former resident of Mound
City, having resided here with his parents
in the
Ulen
property on Poplar Street.
Funeral
services were conducted last Saturday
afternoon at 1:30 o’clock at the residence
by Father R. E.
Jantzen, pastor of St. Joseph’s Church.
Immediately after the services the cortege
left by automobile for Ullin, where
interment was made. E. A.
Burke
directed the funeral.
Mrs. Birdie
Ethel
Douglas, wife of Edward E.
Douglas, aged 40 years, passed away at
St. Mary’s Infirmary, in Cairo, Wednesday
morning following an illness of about three
weeks. Her husband and a sister, Mrs.
C. F.
Corzine, of Cambria, Ill., were at her
bedside when the end came. Besides her
husband and sister, Mrs.
Corzine, she leaves, to mourn her
passing five children, Calista, age 16;
Genevieve, 13; Wilma, 8; Preda, 4; and an
infant 20 days of age. She also leaves
three brothers, Luther
Morehead, of Grand Chain; Arthur and
Louis
Morehead, of Karnak. The body was
removed to the
Karcher Brothers funeral home Wednesday
morning and was taken to Karnak Wednesday
evening and from there to the home five
miles from Karnak. Funeral services
were held at the Salem Church Thursday
afternoon, the pastor officiating.
(Her marker
in Salem Cemetery in Massac Co., Ill.,
reads:
Birdie E.
Douglas Born March 30, 1888 Died Sept. 19, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Rose H.
Smith,
beloved wife of Rev. Lawrence
Smith,
pastor of the Methodist Church, Mound City,
passed away at her new home in Carbondale,
Sunday evening at 3:45 o’clock.
Mrs.
Smith’s
age was 73 years. She had been an
invalid for a number of years, having been
confined to her bed for the past year.
About a year ago she fell from the porch in
the rear of the home, the Methodist
parsonage, from which she received serious
injuries. She recovered from this fall
sufficiently to be able to be around the
parsonage at times, but was never able to
attend services at church again, which was a
great disappointment to this good woman, as
she always loved to go and hear her husband
preach.
She was a
noble woman of unusual intelligence and was
of fine Christian character, always seeing
the bright side of life; through her many
years of pain and suffering she never
complained. Though Mrs.
Smith was afflicted physically, she remained the same helpful
companion to her husband, the same loving
mother to her devoted son and daughter that
she had been before her serious illness.
She was already ready with a word of advice
and encouragement for Rev.
Smith in his work and her prayers were such a help to him in his
life’s work.
Mrs.
Smith
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Balsiger and was born in Illinois.
She was united in marriage to Rev. Laurence
Smith
in 1891. To this union two children
were born, one son, Lloyd, and one daughter,
Mrs. Margaret
Adams,
of Pittsburgh, Pa. Lloyd has remained
at home with his parents and his devotion to
his parents is remarkable. He was
always at his mother’s side to care for her
and relieve her suffering as much as in his
power.
Rev.
Smith
and family left Mound City just two weeks
ago for Carbondale, where they intended to
make their home, Rev.
Smith
having retired from the ministry in order to
give more of his attentions to his invalid
wife. The move was made in the hope
that it would be of benefit to Mrs.
Smith’s
health. The family and friends did not
see that the end was so near. After
she was settled in their new home, she began
to rally and her family was encouraged, but
for only a short time, when she gradually
began to grow weaker and early Sunday
morning the death angel entered the home and
took away the spirit of their beloved one.
Her death has brought great sorrow to her
many friends in this city.
Her physical
condition would not allow her to take an
active part in the church she lived, yet her
prayers accomplished more than her ___ could
ever have accomplished. In the passing
of this good woman, besides her devoted
husband, son and daughter, is one grandson,
Charles
Adams, Jr., of Pittsburg, Pa. Funeral services were held at
the residence by the pastor of the First M.
E. Church of Carbondale, when the remains
were removed to the church and at __ o’clock
services were held, Rev. ___ officiating.
Floral
offerings were numerous and beautiful, which
alone showed the affection in which Mrs.
Smith
was held by the many friends throughout the
district.
___
McVey’s
remarks were impressive tribute paid to the
life of ___ by Rev. John
Shaddrick not exaggerated, for too much could never be said of the
beautiful life of Mrs.
Smith.
Rev.
Shaddrick and ____ were intimate
friends of the family and Rev.
Shaddrick was in a position to know that
what __ of the life of this dear woman ___
the numerous visits of ___ family in the
Smith
home, Mrs.
Smith
would always have ___ for her. Her
request was that ___
Shaddrick, son of Rev.
Shadrick, would sing ___ Me” at her
funeral and she asked that Rev.
Shaddrick __ should sing “God Be with You Till We Meet Again,” which
was ___ church quartette of the Carbondale
church very sweetly sang, “___ Pilot Me,”
which was an special favorite of Mrs.
Smith.
Rev.
Shoaff of the First M. E. Church, ___,
read the scripture and ____ of the First
Church of ___ read the obituary. Rev.
Smith
___ superintendent of the ____ district,
also assisted in conducting the beautiful
services. Immediately following the
services at the church, the cortege moved by
automobile to Oakland Cemetery, where
interment was made. Ministers of this
district, all intimate friends of the
Smith family, acted as pallbearers. G. A.
James, of Mound City, was the funeral director.
(Her marker
in Oakland Cemetery at Carbondale reads:
Rose H.
Smith
1855-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Mary
Hardin
Folks, daughter of James and Martha
Hardin, and wife of the late George
Folks, departed this life Wednesday morning at 6:30 o’clock,
September 19, 1928.
Mrs.
Folks
was born November 28, 1872, in Pope County,
Illinois, and when a child removed with her
parents to Grand Chain, where she grew to
womanhood. She was united in marriage
to George
Folks,
January 3, 1892. Her husband preceded
her in death January 15, 1898.
Mrs.
Folks
has made her home in the country east of
Grand Chain for the last forty years, and
has always been a good neighbor, a true
friend and a kind and loving mother.
She leaves to mourn her death one daughter,
Mrs. Earnest _augh, of near Grand Chain, and one son, George Frederick
Folks,
who lived at home with his mother, One
sister, Mrs. Adelia
Hampton, of Rector, Ark., was at the
bedside when she passed away. An aged
mother, Mrs.
Hardin, also a brother, Charlie
Hardin, who reside at Rector, Ark., were
unable to be present. Another brother,
Henry
Hardin, lives in Washington. Besides these relatives, Mrs.
Folks
leaves many friends and neighbors by whom
she will be sadly missed.
Funeral
services were conducted at Salem Church
Thursday afternoon at 3 o’clock, September
20, Rev.
Isaacs officiating. A number of
friends and relatives from out of town
attended the funeral, among whom were Mr.
and Mrs.
Hampton and son, of Rector, Ark.; Mr.
and Mrs.
Hall
and daughter, of Cairo; Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Talley, and Mrs. MaHundro,
and sister of Mound City.
Mrs.
Folks
united with the Christian Church of Grand
Chain in early life.
(John Samuel
Johnson, 36, born in Massac Co., Ill.,
son of A. B.
Johnson and Anna
Williams, married Mrs. Mary A.
Folkes, 28, born in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
daughter of James
Hardin and Martha
Cardin on 7 Mar 1900, in Pulaski
Co., Ill.
Henry
Hardin, 30, of Yates Landing, born in Pope Co., Ill., son of James
Hardin and Martha
Clarady, married 2nd Mrs. Anna
O’Connor, 24, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., daughter of Isaac
Little and J.
Moss, on 23 Jan 1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Salem Cemetery in
Massac Co., Ill., reads:
Mary A.
Folks
Born Nov. 28, 1872 Died Sept. 19,
1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
We wish to
extend our sincere thanks to our many
friends who so kindly assisted us in the
last illness and death of our beloved wife,
mother and sister and for the floral
offerings, especially the pieces from Mr.
and Mrs. Ruben
Dever,
of Cairo, Mr. Harry and Earl
Wood,
of Cairo, Mrs. J. T.
Hawkins, of Cairo, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon
Weber,
of Karnak, Mr. C. J.
Douglas, of Karnak, Mr. and Mrs. J. N.
Smith,
and family of Karnak, and the large roof
from friends of Dam 53.
Also, we wish
to thank the choir for the beautiful music.
When sad
hours like these come to you, as they must
come to all, may you have shown to you the
same kindness and love as has been shared
with us.
Mounds Man
Dies in Paducah
William
Davis,
age 54 years, passed away Friday afternoon
at the Illinois Central Hospital in Paducah.
He had been ill for some time, his death
being caused by an ulcerated stomach.
He was a machinist for the Illinois Central
at Mounds for the past eleven years and had
formed many friendships in Mound City.
Surviving him
are his widow and seven children, James,
Mamie, Jack, Joe, Mary, June and Dick.
He also leaves a brother, Herman
Davis, of Paris, Tenn. The body was removed to Mounds Saturday
and funeral services were held Monday
afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the residence
with interment in the Mounds Cemetery.
G. A.
James, of this city, was funeral
director.
Jack
Wade, well-known
and highly respected colored man, passed
away at his home in this city at 8:10
o’clock Sunday evening. He had been
ill several months and while his death was
momentarily expected, yet it came as a shock
to his family and friends.
Mr.
Wade
had lived in this city about thirty-five
years and had many friends among his own
race as well as among the white population.
Always
conducting himself as a good citizen should,
he had made many friends and for years he
had conducted a prosperous grocery store on
Pearl Street. He was a member of the
Sir Knights and Masons.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Wade leaves to mourn his passing, his widow, several ___ and a host
of friends.
Alma Arlene
Shehorn, age twenty months, little
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elmer
Shehorn, of Pulaski, passed away
Thursday morning at the home of her parents.
Funeral arrangements had not been completed.
W. H.
Aldred will be the funeral director.
(Her marker
in Rose Hill Cemetery at Pulaski reads:
Earline
Shehorn 1927-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Betty June,
infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Knight, passed away at the home on
Poplar Street in this city Thursday morning.
The little one was one month and 20 days of
age and was a twin, the other baby passing
away on September 2. Funeral services
will be held this afternoon at Dongola with
interment in the Dongola Cemetery. G.
A.
James is funeral director.
M. C.
Davis was born August 7, 1872, at Lebanon, Tennessee, and died at
the Illinois Central Hospital at Paducah,
Ky., September 21st, 1928, at
2:30 o’clock, at the age of 56 years, 1
month and 14 days.
On October 2, 1904, he was married to
Ollie Eugene
Petty,
at Gardner, Tennessee.
Mr. and Mrs.
Davis, with their family became residents of Mounds, on August 18,
1917.
Mr.
Davis leaves to mourn his loss, a faithful and ever loving wife,
James W.
Davis,
eldest son, Mamie D.
Davis,
John J.
Davis, Joseph A. Davis,
Mary Alice
Davis,
June
Davis, and Dick
Davis, also one brother, H. B.
Davis, of Tennessee Ridge, Tennessee, and a host of kind friends.
The funeral services were held at the
home at 200 S. McKinley at 2:30 o’clock
Monday afternoon, Sept. 24th,
1928. He was laid to rest in Spencer
Heights Cemetery. The Masons officiated at
the burial.
(His marker in Spencer Heights Cemetery
at Mounds reads:
Melza C.
Davis
1872-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
We desire to extend our sincere thanks
for the kind expressions of sympathy shown
us during the illness and death of our
husband and father, M. C.
Davis. Especially
do we thank Mr. and Mrs. L.
Schneider, Mrs. and Mrs. J. J.
Twomey, and Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Adler.
The passing of Civil War Veteran John
Beedles leaves but two old veterans in
this community, Judge T. W.
Hanes
is one and Alex
Freeman, colored, is the other.
John
Beedle, son of Johnson and Harriet
Beedle, was born in Terre Haute, Ind., on Jan. 23, 1846, and died in
Mounds, Ill., Sept. 28, 1928, at the aged of
82 years, 8 months and 5 days. When six
years old he moved with his parents to Coles
County and later from there to Alexander
County.
He has resided in Mounds for the past
22 years.
He enlisted in the 4th
Illinois Cavalry at the age of 15. During
his first enlistment he was sent from
Charleston, Ill., to Louisville, Ky., as a
fill out, took fever in Tennessee and was
discharged. He re-enlisted in the 79th
Illinois Infantry and was discharged at New
Orleans at the close of the war. He was in
action in the battles of Stone River Tenn.,
and Shiloh. After his discharge he worked
his way to Cairo as roustabout on a
steamboat and walked from Cairo to Coles
County.
Mr.
Beedle hauled ties for the Illinois Central with an ox team when the
Chicago branch was built.
Funeral services were held Sunday
afternoon at 2 o’clock in the Methodist
Church, J. C.
Mench officiating. After the services the cortege left for the
National Cemetery near Mound City where
Company K, Illinois National Guards paid
military honors. A salute was fired over
the grave. Taps was sounded by the bugler
and a flag was placed on the grave of the
departed war veteran.
(John
Beedle, 18, of Douglas Co., Ill., 5’6”, light hair, blue eyes, fair
complexion, farmer, born in Coles Co., Ill.,
enlisted as a private in Co. K, 79th
Illinois Infantry on 24 Aug 1862, and was
discharged for disability on 16 Feb 1863,
near Nashville, Tenn.
John
Beedle died 28 Sep 1928, and was buried
in section F grave 5187A in Mound City
National Cemetery.—Darrel
Dexter)
Lloyd A.
Hogendobler, son of Mrs. and Mrs. Horace G.
Hogendobler, of Villa Ridge, died early Sunday morning in an
Evanston, Ill., hospital from injuries
received in an automobile accident Saturday
afternoon in Chicago.
According to information received by
his parents, Mr.
Hogendobler and three friends were
riding in a car during a heavy fog, the
pavement was slippery and the car skidded
and turned over. Mr.
Hogendobler was fatally hurt, two of his
companions slightly injured, while the third
escaped unharmed.
The
Cairo Citizen states that Mr.
Hogendobler was born Feb. 3, 1898. He
attended school, in Villa Ridge and while
still in his “teens” ventured to Chicago to
make his way in the world. To prove that
determination wins, he had worked up in his
chosen field from bonds salesman to vice
president of the Leight & Co. Bonding
Investment House. This coming winter he was
prepared to take his thirty-second degree in
Masonry.
Though not of age, during the World
War, he enlisted in the aviation service and
served in France in that capacity. He saved
the life of a French captain for which he
received the
Croix
de Guerre and was made a lieutenant. He
had returned to Chicago about a week ago
after nearly a month’s vacation with
relatives and was the picture of health.
Surviving him are his parents, three
brothers and five sisters, Mrs. Helen
Merrill of Elmhurst, Ill., Mrs. Daisy
Martin, of Paris, Tenn., Mrs. Eloise
Davis,
of Christopher, Ill., George
Hogendobler, of Everett, Wash., Alice
Hogendobler, of Cairo, and Mrs. Inez
Bride,
Charles and Clyde
Hogendobler, of Villa Ridge.
Funeral services were held Thursday
afternoon at the Congregational church of
Villa Ridge, Rev. Joel
Burgess, of Carbondale, officiating.
(H. G.
Hogendobler married Lizzie E.
Miller on 25 Dec 1879, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(A. W.
Robinson married Susan P.
Bohannon, daughter of J. P.
Bohannon, on 18 Aug 1858, in Union Co.,
Ill.
Her marker in Anna City Cemetery
reads:
A. W.
Robinson Born Feb. 19, 1833 Died Dec.
29, 1913. Susan
Bohannon Robinson Born April 6, 1840
Died Sept. 28, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
I, Leo
Kinnison, sentenced in the July 1920 term of Pulaski County Circuit
Court to serve fifteen years for the crime
of murder will make application for definite
sentence parole at the November 1928 meeting
of the parole board.
We want to thank the friends and
neighbors for the many kindnesses shown to
us in the time of sickness and the death of
our beloved husband and father, John
Beedle, the Rev. Croslin,
and J. C.
Mench,
for their services, those who gave the use
of their cars and for the love and sympathy
so beautifully expressed in flowers, the
choir and
Adler sisters.
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 5 Oct 1928:
We wish to
thank the many friends for their kindness
during the illness and at the death of our
dear husband and father, Mr. J. C.
Wade. We want especially to thank the choir for their
beautiful songs and those who sent the
beautiful flowers.
Lloyd A.
Hogendobler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Horace
G.
Hogendobler, Sr., of Villa Ridge, passed
away early Sunday morning at St. Francis
Hospital in Evanston, following a fatal
accident Saturday afternoon in Chicago.
Information received in Villa Ridge
regarding the accident indicates that Mr.
Hogendobler and three friends were
riding in a car during a heavy fog, that the
pavement was slippery and that the car
skidded, turning over and fatally injuring
the Villa Ridge man. Two of his
companions were reported as only slightly
injured and the third escaped uninjured.
Mr.
Hogendobler is survived by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Horace G.
Hogendobler, three brothers, George
Hogendobler, of Everett, Wash., Charles
and Clyde, of Villa Ridge; five sisters,
Mrs. Helen
Merrill, of Elmhurst, Ill., Mrs. Daisy
Martin, of Paris, Tenn., Mrs. Eloise
Davis,
of Christopher, Ill. Miss Alice
Hogendobler, of Cairo, and Mrs. Inez
Bride,
of Villa Ridge. Besides these he
leaves to mourn his passing a number of
relatives in this vicinity.
Mr.
Hogendobler was born February 1, 1898.
He attended school in Villa Ridge and while
still in his “teens” ventured to Chicago to
make his way in the world. He had
worked his way up in his chosen field from
bond salesman to vice president of the
Leight & Co., bonding investment house.
Mr.
Hogendobler was preparing to take his 32nd
degree in Masonry this coming winter.
Though not of age, he enlisted in the World
War as an aviator and served in France in
that capacity. He saved the life of a
French captain, for which he receive the
Croix
de Guerre and was made a lieutenant.
He had returned to Chicago about a week ago
after nearly a month’s vacation with
relatives and was the picture of health.
The entire community sympathizes with his
bereaved parents, brother and sisters.
Charles and Alice
Hogendobler went to Chicago Sunday
morning and accompanied the remains to Villa
Ridge.
Funeral
services were held Thursday afternoon at 2
o’clock at the Congregational church, the
Rev. A. J.
Burgess officiating. The Masonic
ritualistic services were held in Chicago
Tuesday afternoon and the body arrived in
Villa Ridge Wednesday noon.
Mr. John
Beedles, aged 83 years, passed
away at his home in Mounds at 3:30 o’clock
Friday afternoon. The deceased was a
veteran of the War Between the States.
He is survived by four children, Clarence
Beedles, of St. Louis, Everett
Beedles, of Mounds, Mrs. Ed
Buckhanan, of Mounds, and Mrs.
Marty,
of Tuscola, Ill. Funeral services were
held Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock at the
Methodist church and interment was made in
the National Cemetery at Mound City.
(His death
certificate states that John
Beedle was born 23 Jan 1846, in Terre
Haute, Ind., the son of Johnson
Beedle and husband of Clara
Beedle, and died 30 Sep 1928, in Mounds, Ill. John
Beedle, 18, of Douglas Co., Ill., born in Coles Co., Ill., 5’6”,
light hair, blue eyes, fair complesxion,
enlisted on 24 Aug 1862, in Co. K, 79th
Illinois Infantry, and was discharged for
disability on 16 Feb 1863, in Nashville,
Tenn.
There
is a marker in Mound City National Cemetery
for John
Beedle who died 28 Sep 1928, and was
buried in Section F grave 5187A.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Nellie
Moyers, wife of W. N.
Moyers, passed away at her home on __
Street Tuesday night at 8:30 o’clock,
following an illness of several months.
The deceased was 59 years of age. She
had been confined to her bed for the past
month and although her death was not
unexpected, it has come as a great shock to
her family and friends.
Mrs.
Moyers has resided in this community for
the past twenty-three years and had many
lasting friendships. She was a woman
of beautiful Christian character and was a
valued member of the Pilgrim Congregational
Church. She was known for her many ___
and was active in club circles and was a
member of the Queen of ___ Chapter No. 309,
Order of Eastern Star and also a member of
the Mound City Woman’s Club. She is
survived by her husband, five daughters,
Mrs. J. L.
Wall,
of Cairo, Miss ___
Moyers, of DuQuoin, Miss Hazel
Moyers, of Arlington Heights, Ill., Mrs.
__el
Harper, of Chicago, and Miss ___
Moyers, of Mound City; also two sons,
Lawrence, of Chicago, and Robert, of ___ton,
Ill.; a stepson, Dr. Odin
Moyers, of Tennessee; and two
granddaughters also survive.
Mrs.
Moyers was a sister of the late Hester
M.
Smith, who at one time was county
superintendent of schools.
Funeral
services will be held this Friday at 1:00
o’clock at the Congregational church the
Rev. Gray officiating. Interment was
made in the Grand Chain cemetery. G.
A.
James funeral director.
Pall bearers
will be chosen from the Fidelis Class of the
Congregational Sunday School, of which Mrs.
Moyers’ daughter, Miss ___ is a teacher.
(William N.
Moyers married Nellie
McGhee on 17 Aug 1893, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her marker in Grand Chain Masonic
Cemetery reads:
Nellie
Moyers 1869-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
The infant
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C.
Keller passed away ___ evening at 3:30
o’clock at the home of her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. ___ll
Crain,
on North Main Street. The little one
was ill only a few hours and death was a
severe shock not only to her friends and
relatives, but the entire community.
She was ten
___ and had always been a fine healthy baby.
We wish to
thank and ___ appreciation to our friends
for the many acts of helpfulness and ___
shown us during our ___ sadness.
(Her marker
in the I. O. O. F. Cemetery at Dongola
reads:
Edna
Foster Coleman Born Dec. 31, 1898 Died
Sept. 17, 1928.
Miles D.
Coleman Born Dec. 12, 1898.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. Anna
McGorder, who was called here (Dongola)
by the death of her sister, Mrs. Edna
Coleman, of Chicago, returned to her
home in Fairland, Okla., Friday.
Mr. E. R.
Frieze, a merchant of Ullin, is in a
serious condition in St. Mary’s Infirmary,
as a result of an accident Sunday, when an
automobile driven by W. F.
Sichling, an ice and coal dealer, also of Ullin, ran into the
caboose, of a Missouri-Illinois freight
train at a railroad crossing near Nashville,
Ill.
(The 12 Oct
1929,
Mounds Independent reports his name as
S. E.
Freeze.—Darrel
Dexter)
James
Simpkins, age 84, passed away at the
home of his daughter, Mrs. W. A.
Dougherty, Cairo, at 1:15 o’clock Sunday
morning. Mr.
Simpkins had been ill for several months and the end was not
unexpected, although he had only been
confined to his bed a few days. Mr.
Simpkins was a veteran of the War
Between the States, and a military escort
was in attendance from the American Legion
and Company K, Illinois National Guards.
At the grave a salute was fired and taps
sounded by a bugler.
Besides Mrs.
Dougherty, he is survived by another
daughter, Mrs. J. E.
Charles, of Columbus, Ohio, and a
grandson, William
Dougherty, of Cleveland, Ohio, and two
granddaughters, Barbara and Ruth
Dougherty, of Cleveland. Mrs.
William
Dougherty made Mound City her home for
several years and has many friends who
extend their sympathy in her bereavements.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday morning at 9
o’clock from the First Christian Church,
Cairo.
Immediately
after the services in Cairo, the cortege
left by automobile for Metropolis, where
interment was made in the cemetery by the
side of his wife.
Pallbearers
were J. P.
Buchanan, Wallace
Gore,
Scott
Patterson, R. Dever, John
Thistlewood, I. P.
Gibson, Luther
Murdaugh, and J. L. Benson.
E. A.
Burke, Cairo, was the funeral director.
(His death
certificate states he was born about 1844,
the son of Robert and Modora
Simpkins, and died 7 Oct 1928, in Cairo,
Ill.
James
Simpkins, of Lewistown, Ill., 20, 5’9”, light hair, blue eyes, light
complexion, born in Cumberland Co., N.J.,
enlisted on 4 May 1864, in Chicago, as a
private in Co. D, 132nd Illinois
Infantry and was mustered out 17 Oct 1864,
at Chicago.
He was buried in the Masonic Cemetery
at Metropolis, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Funeral
services for Mrs. W. N.
Moyers, who passed away at her home on
High Street on Tuesday evening of last week,
were held Friday afternoon at 1 o’clock from
the Pilgrim Congregational Church, conducted
by Rev. Thomas
Gray,
pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev.
S. J.
Burgess, pastor of the Christian Church of Carbondale. The
services were very impressive and the church
was well filled with friends of the deceased
and her family. The ladies’ quartet
sang “Lead Kindly Light” and “Abide with Me”
and the church choir sang, “All the Way My
Savior Leads Me.” The church altar was
banked with beautiful floral tributes which
silently told of the high esteem in which
this noble woman was held.
Pallbearers
were John
Trampert, John
Edwards, D. D.
Harris, Al Schuler, E. P.
Easterday, and R. C.
Magill. Interment was in the Grand
Chain Cemetery.
Thomas S.
Wilson, an old resident of Tamms, Ill., passed away at the home of
his son, Charles, Sunday at 1:30 a.m. at the
age of 73 years. He leaves to mourn his
departure five sons, Frank, of St. Louis,
Mo., Lloyd, of Benton, Ill., Charles and
Ralph, of Tamms, Tom, of Brownsville, Tenn.,
and one daughter, Mrs. Sarah
Hopkins, of Brownsville, also eight
grandchildren and a host of friends.
He has been in office work since he was
21 years old, serving first as constable in
Tennessee, then as police in Jackson, Tenn.,
after which he came to Cairo and then to
Tamms and served as marshal from 1905 to
1924.
He was a member of the Tamms Baptist
Church, from which place funeral services
were held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with
interment in Beech Grove Cemetery. Rev. H.
W. Vick, pastor of the church, conducted the services. Undertaker W.
H.
Aldred directed the funeral.
S. E.
Freeze, a prominent merchant of Ullin, died Monday night from
injures received early Sunday morning while
he and R. W.
Sichling, a coal and ice dealer of Ullin, were
en route to St. Louis to attend the World Series baseball game
between the Cardinals and Yankees. Mr.
Sichling was slightly injured.
Sichling, who was driving at the time, said they were going at a
good rate of speed when they ran into the
freight train. He said he did not see it in
time to stop. Freeze
was thrown from the car and severely cut
about the face. The accident occurred at
the crossing of the Atlantic and Pacific
trail and the Missouri-Illinois
tracks. Both were taken to a hospital in
Centralia.
Mr.
Sichling was able to come home Sunday evening.
(His marker in I. O. O. F. Cemetery at
Dongola reads:
Samuel E.
Freeze 1899-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word was received here last night that
Harry
Drewry, a former resident of Mounds, had
been found in the Illinois Central Yards at
Bluford at 11 p.m. with a leg cut off and an
injury to his head. Later word came of his
death at 2 o’clock this morning in a Mt.
Vernon hospital.
Mr.
Drewry was a conductor on the Illinois Central Railroad and slept in
the caboose of his freight train. When
found he had on only his B. V. D.’s. In so
far as we can hear it is not known whether
he had been walking in his sleep or whether
he had met foul play.
Mrs.
Drewry was summoned at her home in Fulton, Ky., to which place they
had moved from here only a short time ago.
Accompanied by her sister, Mrs.
Allen,
of Greenfield, Ky., and Tom
Parham, she drove through to Mt.
Vernon. Before she arrived in Mounds she
had learned of Mr.
Drewry’s death.
Edgar Ryan, a
nephew, accompanied the party from here to
Mt. Vernon.
Shortly before 8 o’clock Wednesday
morning, Alfred
Lackey, 32, of Paris, Ill., was shot to
death by Illinois Central Agent H. L.
Dye,
of Pulaski, when
Lackey drew a gun on
Dye.
Lackey and George Stokes,
of Union County, had been arrested by
Constable N. A.
Royal, of Pulaski, following a search for men who had robbed a
number of stores in Villa Ridge Tuesday
night. Constable
Royal
and W. M.
Cheniae, of Villa Ridge, whose store had been robbed, started, as
did Special Agent
Winchester, of Mounds, and others, to
search for the robbers and ran upon them in
the
Porterfield barn at Pulaski. Royal
covered them with a gun and
Cheniae searched them. They were taken
to the depot at Pulaski and Constable
Royal
asked Agent
Dye to guard them while he telephoned for Sheriff
Gleason. Mr.
Dye
took them into his office and after locking
the door proceeded with his work at the
telegraph keys. Suddenly
Lackey commanded him to unlock the door
and turning around he found himself covered
with a gun. He walked toward the door and
Lackey approached him getting closer and
closer. Mr.
Dye made a motion with his left hand as if he was unlocking the door
and as he did this reached his right hand
into his sweater pocket, drew his gun and
shot
Lackey through the heart. In the
coroner’s inquest held by Dr. O. T.
Hudson,
Dye was completely exonerated.
Stokes confessed that the two had committed a dozen robberies in
the two weeks’ time that they had been
tougher, having combined their efforts at
Carbondale. Both were wearing clothing
stolen from
Cheniae’s store.
It seems that when searched,
Lackey must have had his revolver hidden
in his sleeve.
Stokes was taken to the Pulaski County jail at Mound City.
Lackey’s mother was located at Paris and will claim her son’s
body.
Harry
Cunningham, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert C.
Cunningham, died at the home of his parents west of town on Sunday,
October 14. He was born Oct. 9, 1897, and
had reached the age of 31 years and 5
days. He was a grandson of Mr. and Mrs. R.
A.
Cunningham, of this city.
Funeral services were held at the home,
Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock, Rev. H. C.
Croslin, pastor of the First Baptist Church officiating. Interment
was made in Beech Grove Cemetery.
(Robert
Cunningham married Ollie
Morrow on 24 Oct 1893, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Robert A.
Cunningham married Sarah H.
Holmes on 5 Apr 1870, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 19 Oct 1928:
Mrs. Elsie
Orr,
age 45, wife of F. L.
Orr,
passed away Monday evening at 6:45 o’clock
in the Missouri Baptist Sanitarium, St.
Louis, following an illness of several
weeks. Mrs.
Orr
was the daughter of Mrs. W. R.
Rodman, of Vienna, and the late W. R.
Rodman, of this city, her father before
his death was a prominent druggist of this
city. Besides her husband and mother,
she is survived by one son, Billy, age 10
years, of St. Louis; a sister, Mrs. E. T.
Snyder, of Mound City; three nieces, Misses Mary
Snider, of Evanston, Ill., Mrs. Fred
Brinkmeyer, of Cairo, and Miss Helen
Snyder, of this city; also a nephew,
Billy
Snyder, of Mound City.
Mrs.
Orr
received her education in the Mound City
schools and was reared from girlhood in this
city. She was a woman of fine
character and leaves many close friends in
this city who sincerely mourn her passing.
Although her death was not unexpected, it
has brought deep sorrow to all who know her.
She was a
past worthy matron of Queen of Egypt
Chapter, No. 509 Order of Eastern Star.
Her mother
and sister, Mrs.
Snyder, were at her bedside when the end
came. Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon at Vienna, Ill., with
interment in the cemetery at Vienna.
(Elihu T.
Snyder, 28, born in Franklin Co., Ill.,
son of T. S.
Snyder and Mary
Dobbins, married Minnie
Rodman, 19, born in Johnson Co., Ill.,
daughter of W. R.
Rodman and Julia
Jones,
on 20 Nov 1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. J. W.
Settlemoir and her brother, W. F.
Davis,
received word that their uncle, James A.
Davis
passed away at his home in Los Angeles,
Calif., Sunday, October 21.
Interment was made in Los Angeles.
Davis was a brother of the ____ Davis
and had visited his ____ nephew in this city
in 191_ ___ the only time they had seen him
since they were _____.
Mrs.
Josephine
Stradlis, aged 67 years, passed away at
the home of her son, Henry
Modelin, of Pulaski, at 11:30
o’clock Friday night following a prolonged
illness. Mrs.
Stradlis had resided in the vicinity of
Pulaski for many years and was held in high
esteem by a large circle of friends.
She is survived by four sons, Henry
Modelin, of Pulaski, George, of Bluford, Ill., John, of Elmo,
Mo., and William, of Olive Branch.
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon at 2
o’clock from the Rose Hill Baptist Church,
with interment in the Rose Hill Cemetery.
W. H.
Aldred of Pulaski was the funeral
director.
(A marker in
Rose Hill Cemetery at Pulaski reads:
Josephine
Modglin 1852-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Word has been
received by relatives in this city of the
death of A. D.
Slocombe, known among his Mound City
friends as Bert
Slocombe. He was 68 years of age.
His death occurred in a hospital at Long
Beach Calif., following a prolonged illness.
Mr. Slocombe formerly resided in Mound City, leaving for Long Beach
several years ago. He leaves many
friends among the older settlers of this
city who regret to learn of his death.
He was born in Indiana, coming to Mound City
with the Mound City Furniture Co.
He is
survived by a daughter, Mrs. W. H.
Ashbaugh, formerly Miss Margie
Slocombe, of this city. He is also
survived by two nieces, Miss Cora
Fullerton and Mrs. Charles
Griffith, of this city.
Funeral
services were held in Long Beach Saturday
and his body placed in a mausoleum at Long
Beach.
Mrs. John L.
Dougherty, of this city, and her
brother, George
Hearld, of Olmstead, were called to
Kattawa, Ky., Thursday on account of the
serious illness of their father.
Several weeks ago Mrs.
Dougherty and her sister, Mrs. Anna
Bise, of West Frankfort, Ill., and Mr.
Hearld, of Olmsted, went to Kattawa to help their father celebrate
his 88th birthday anniversary.
Mr. Hearld has visited several times at the home of his daughter in
Mound City and his friends here regret to
learn of his illness.
Sheriff
Gleason has revealed the fact that upon the examination of the gun
of Alfred
Lackey, dead bandit, it was found that
one shell had been snapped.
Agent H. L.
Dye, of Pulaski, can count himself all the more fortunate since this
discovery. It will be remembered that Mr.
Dye on Wednesday morning Oct. 17, shot and killed
Lackey while covered with a gun in
Lackey’s hand, in the Illinois Central
depot at Pulaski.
Mrs. Marion
Carr, sister of J. E. and W. A.
Harrell, died at her home in Piggott, Ark., on Wednesday, October 5,
1928, following an illness of several
months.
Delphia
Harrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. A.
Harrell, was born in Sandusky, Ill., on Dec. 21, 1897. She was
married to Marion
Carr,
Oct. 16, 1916. Three children blessed this
union, namely:
Marion Jr., Louie and Ray. Her husband and children
survive her, as do father, F. A.
Harrell, and five brothers, Julius E.
and W. A.
Harrell, of this city, Walter, Eugene,
and Charles, of Piggott, Ark.
Another brother, F.
Harrell, was killed in France during the
World War. Her mother died soon after the
death of this son.
A fitting tribute was paid to her
memory in the Piggott, Ark.,
Banner,
of Friday, Oct. 12.
Floyd
Watson, of Benton, a former candidate on the Democratic ticket for
state representative from the 50th district,
was re-arrested when Charles
Richardson, a farmer, died from a
gunshot wound received when assaulted by
Watson on Oct. 4.
The shooting occurred near the
schoolhouse where
Watson taught, when a dispute arose
between the two over whippings. Watson
had administered to three daughters of
Richardson, who attended
Watson’s school. A bullet pierced
Richardson’s back and stomach.
When arrested
Watson claimed that
Richardson met him on the road near the
schoolhouse and started to beat him, and
that after he had been knocked down three
times he fired. He admitted that a few days
before he had whipped every girl in the
school in order to punish the one
responsible for breaking one of his rules.
Watson was allowed to file bond and a charge of assault to
murder, but was re-arrested when
Richardson died and is being held on a
charge of murder.
Watson visited Mounds a number of times during his candidacy for
office and doubtless is remembered by a
number of people.
The Mounds Independent, Friday, 2 Nov 1928:
Bessie
Lackey Reeves, age 39,
wife of W. A.
Reeves, of Pulaski, died Thursday, Nov.
1st, at her home after a long
illness.
She is survived by her husband, her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cleo
Lackey, and two sons, all of Pulaski and
vicinity.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at 2 o’clock at Mt. Pleasant
Baptist Church.
(Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Bessie L.
Reeves 1889-1928—Darrel
Dexter)
Word came early Saturday morning from
Paducah, Ky., to the effect that Charles
Slaughter had been killed instantly in
the Illinois Central shops at that place
when the firebox of a locomotive on which he
was working overbalanced and fell on
him. His head was crushed between the front
end of the combustion chamber and a wooden
block.
Mr.
Slaughter had been working in Paducah since July. He was a boiler
maker helper apprentice and was preparing to
drive rivets under the combustion chamber on
the fire box of engine No. 2404, according
to the report from Paducah. He was sitting
on the floor, pulling a wooden block toward
him to make a foot rest so he could take the
proper position to hold the riveting
gun. His head was directly over the block
when the fire box was overbalanced by the
weight of two men who were working inside.
Charles, a young man in his early
twenties, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Slaughter, of Route One. He is survived by his parents, his wife,
formerly Miss Gladys
Primm;
a one-year-old son, four sisters, Mrs. Roy
Volner, Misses Betty, Anna, Catherine
and Madeline
Slaughter, and three brothers, Joseph of
Colorado, Bernard and Robert, of Mounds.
Funeral services were held at the St.
Raphael’s Church Monday morning at 9
o’clock, Rev. Father
Traynor conducting high
requiem mass. Interment was made in St.
Mary’s Cemetery.
(Joseph Henry
Slaughter, 24, born in Mound City, Ill., son of William
Slaughter and Mary
Reed, married Anna E. Cheery,
17, born in Bowling Green, Ky., daughter of
R. H.
Cherry and Elisabeth Reeves,
on 27 Apr 1897, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
His marker in St. Mary’s Cemetery at
Mounds reads:
Charles E.
Slaughter Born Feb. 3, 1904 Died Oct.
27, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mrs. M. O.
Cole passed away at her home here Wednesday morning, Oct. 1. Mrs.
Cole
has been in failing health or a number of
years, but continued to remain at her
undertaking parlors, transacting business
until only three days before her death. She
had been in business for eleven years.
Minnie Olive
Cole was born at Mill Creek, Ill., Dec. 18, 1870, and died at
Mounds, Ill., Oct. 31, 1928, age 57 years,
10 months, and 13 days. Surviving her are
her husband, Thomas L.
Cole, 5 sons, G. E. Giles,
of this city, W. W.
Standard and Charles
Standard, of Bensonville, Ill., Elmer
Standard, of Columbus, Ohio, and Thomas
C.
Cole, of Chicago; two brothers, Will and
Frank
Poole, of Tamms, Ill., two sister, Mrs.
Dora
Key, of Tamms, and Mrs. Nettie
Cauble, of Mill Creek; also eleven
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 2
o’clock today at the M. E. church, Rev. H.
B.
Shoaff preaching the sermon.
(George W.
Giles, 36, born in Alexander Co., Ill., son of Austin
Giles
and Fannie
Minton, married Irene Minnie O.
Huston, 16, born in Alexander Co., Ill., daughter of Jeremiah
Huston and Nancy
Reger, on 24 May 1887, in Union Co., Ill.
S. A.
Standard married Mrs. Minnie
Giles on 22 Mar 1890, in Alexander Co.,
Ill.
Jeremiah
Huston married Nancy M.
Riger
on 28 Feb 1869, in Union Co., Ill.
Peter
Poole married Mrs. Nancy
Houston on 15 May 1878, in Alexander
Co., Ill.
Minnie Olive
Cole
was born Dec. 18, 1870, in Mill Creek,
Ill., daughter of Jerry A.
Houston and Nancy Riggor,
died Nov. 2, 1928, according to her death
certificate.—Darrel
Dexter)
George Giles
Skyles, a resident of this vicinity for 14 years and a car inspector
for the Illinois Central, was found dead at
6:05 o’clock Saturday morning between two
tracks in the Cairo yards by Ray
Keller, also of Mounds, who was switching cars past the spot where
Mr.
Skyles lay dead. Not ten minutes before
he had been seen alive near the same place.
A coroner’s jury gave a verdict of
death due to natural causes. Mrs.
Skyles has been suffering from heart trouble for nearly a year and
had taken treatment at the I. C. hospital in
Paducah, Ky.
Mr.
Skyles has been an employee of the I. C. for 28 years having entered
the service July 25, 1900.
He was married to Bertha
Clanton Jan. 1, 1893. To this union
eight children were born, four of whom
precede their father to the great
beyond. Those surviving are: Elmer, Ada,
and Mrs.
Denham, all of Mounds, and Mrs. Clyde
Dixon,
of South Bend, Ind. Besides the above named
loved ones, he leaves to mourn his
departure, his wife and brother, Charles, of
Bird’s Point, Mo., and six grandchildren and
other relatives and friends. He was a good
devoted husband and father.
Funeral services were held at the
family home Monday afternoon at 1:30
o’clock, conducted by Rev. H. C.
Croslin, of the First Baptist
Church. Interment was made in Liberty
Cemetery near Pulaski, fellow members of the
Odd Fellows Lodge conducting the burial
rites.
(George G.
Skiles married Bertha Clanton
on 1 Jan 1893, in Alexander Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
(Wiley V. L.
Misenhimer, 27, born in Union Co., Ill., son of Eli A.
Misenhimer and Susanna
Poole,
married Olive
Giles,
19, born in Alexander Co., Ill., daughter of
George W.
Giles
and Mary C.
Brown,
on 12 Feb 1893, in Union Co., Ill.
His marker in St. John’s Cemetery
reads:
Wyley V.
Meisenheimer 1865-1928 Olive, wife of
Wyley
Meisenheimer 1876-1956.
Wyley Valentine
Meisenheimer was born June 16, 1865, in Union Co., Ill., son of Eli
and Susanna
Meisenheimer, died Oct. 15, 1928, in
Elgin, Kane Co., Ill.
He was an attendant at Elgin State
Hospital according to his death
certificate.—Darrel
Dexter)
Robert
Ent died Saturday night, Oct. 27, at the Anna State Hospital,
following an illness of long duration.
Mr.
Ent was born Dec. 25, 1874, and had reached the age of 53 years, 10
months and 2 days.
He was an employee of the Illinois
Central beginning as messenger boy and
resigning as station accountant when his
health failed. He was a brother of Mrs.
Charles H.
Walbridge, of this city, and L. C.
Ent,
and Mrs. Lucy
Hill, of Cairo.
Funeral services were held at the M. E.
church Tuesday afternoon, Rev. H. B.
Schoaff officiating.
The burial was in Beech Grove Cemetery.
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 2 Nov 1928:
Loren Talley
Badly Wounded
Loren
Talley, 14-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Mark
Talley, of this city, was badly injured
Saturday afternoon in the first hunting
accident of the season to be reported in
this city.
While hunting with a party of
boyfriends on the river road a short
distance from Mound City, George
Hicks, a boy friend of the
Talley boy, had cocked his shotgun to
fire at some ducks, but for some reason did
not fire at that time.
A few minutes later he placed the gun
on the ground and in some manner it was
accidentally discharged, the charge striking
the
Talley boy in the right leg.
The
knee cap was ripped off and the leg
frightfully torn and shattered.
Screams of the injured boy and cries
of his companions attracted the attention of
Moses
Jones, who was also hunting in that
area.
Jones
rushed the boy to Mound City and from here
he was carried to St. Mary’s Infirmary,
Cairo, where for a time it appeared that
amputation of the leg might be necessary.
Later, however, this was determined
to be unnecessary and although he suffered
great pain, the lad spent a fairly good
night and at the present time is resting
much better than was expected.
Attending
physicians state they believe he will be
able to save the leg.
Mrs. Minnie
Cole Claimed by Death
Mrs. Minnie
O.
Cole, 57 years old, of Mounds, passed
away at her home in Mounds Wednesday morning
at ___ o’clock following an illness of ___
days. Mrs.
Cole
had been in ___ health for some time, but
had been able to be about her place of
business. She had been in the
undertaking business in Mounds for the past
eleven years and is well and favorably known
throughout the community.
She is
survived by her husband, __ sons, Earl
Giles,
of Mounds, and ___
Standard, and Charles
Standard, of Chicago and Tommy
Cole,
of ___.
Funeral
services will be held today, Friday
afternoon.
Robert Ent
Dies at Home in Mounds
Robert
Ent,
age 53 years, died Saturday night at his
home in Mounds, following an illness of
several years’ duration. Mr.
Ent
was born December 25, 1874, and lived in
Cairo for several years before going to
Mounds to reside. He is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Charles
Walbridge, of Mounds, and Mrs. Lucy
Hill,
of Cairo, and one brother, of Cairo.
Funeral
services were held Tuesday afternoon at 1:30
from the Methodist church of Mounds, Rev.
Shoaff officiating. Interment was
in Beech Grove Cemetery.
(Robert
Ent,
24, of Cairo, Ill., married Edith
Litherland, 19, of Cairo, on 29 Aug
1899, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Charles H.
Walbridge married Hattie D.
Ent
on 13 May 1881, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
George
Skyles, age 53 years, a car inspector
employed by the Illinois Central, was found
dead between the tracks Saturday morning
about six o’clock at 34th and
Ohio streets. His body was found by
Ray
Keller, of Mounds, an engineer, as a cut
of cars were being switched past the spot
where the body lay. Death was due to
natural causes, according to Coroner O. M.
Dickerson, who was summoned.
Mr.
Skyles with his family lived near
Mounds. He is survived by his wife,
three daughters and one son. He was
held in high esteem by his superior officers
and fellow workmen and the suddenness of his
death has caused deep sorrow among his many
friends.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at the
residence at Mounds, the Rev. H. C.
Croslin pastor of the Baptist Church of
Mounds, officiating. Interment was in
the Liberty Cemetery at Pulaski. The
I. O. O. F. Lodge, of which Mr.
Skyles had been a member, conducted the services at the grave.
(His marker
in Liberty Cemetery reads:
George
Skyles 1869-1928 Father.—Darrel
Dexter)
Charles
Slaughter, aged 25 years, of Mounds, a
boiler maker, was killed early Saturday
morning in the Illinois Central shops at
Paducah, when a boiler fell and crushed him
to death, according to information received
by his family.
He was a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph
Slaughter, of Mounds. The body was
brought to Mounds Saturday night and taken
to the home of his brother, Bernard
Slaughter.
Mr.
Slaughter had been working in Paducah
shops for about four months. He was
extremely popular in the athletic circles in
this vicinity, having appeared frequently on
boxing cards staged for the benefit of the
Municipal Christmas fund at Mounds.
The message
conveying the news of the death of the young
man stated that he was a boilermaker
apprentice and while working on the firebox
of a locomotive, it became overbalanced and
fell on him. His head was crushed
between the front end of the combustion
chamber and a wooden block. He was
preparing to drive rivets under the
combustion chamber on the firebox of engine
No. 24044 when the accident occurred.
He is survived by his wife, one son, 1 year
old; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Slaughter; four sisters, Mrs. Roy
Bolmer, Misses Betty, of Cairo, Anna
Catherine, and Madeline, of Mounds; three
brothers, Joseph, of Colorado, and Bernard
and Robert, of Mounds.
Funeral
services were held Monday morning at 9
o’clock from St. Raphael’s Catholic Church
at Mounds, Father Eugene
Traynor officiating. Interment was
in the Catholic cemetery at Mounds. G.
A.
James was the funeral director.
(Joseph Henry
Slaughter, 24, born in Mound City, Ill.,
son of William
Slaughter and Mary
Reed,
married Anna E.
Cherry, 17, born in Bowling Green, Ky.,
daughter of R. H.
Cherry and Elisabeth
Reeves, on 27 Apr 1897, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
His marker in St. Mary’s Catholic
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Charles E.
Slaughter Born Feb. 3, 1904 Died Oct.
27, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
R. C.
Magill received a message stating that
his sister, Mrs. Martha
Beatty, had passed away Sunday at noon
at her home in Patrickburg, Ind. Mr.
Magill left Monday to attend the funeral
services which were conducted Tuesday
afternoon.
Mrs. Bessie
Reeves, age 39 years, wife of W. A.
Reeves, passed away at her home in
Pulaski at 7 o’clock Thursday morning after
an illness of more than a year. She
was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Lackey, and was well known throughout the county. She leaves a
large circle of friends who are grieved to
learn of her untimely death. Besides
her husband and parents, she is survived by
two sons and a number of other relatives
living near Pulaski. Mrs.
Reeves was a cousin of Mrs. L. C.
Settlemoir, of Mound City.
Funeral
services were held at 2 o’clock Friday
afternoon at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist
Church, where she was a member. Rev.
H. E.
Vick, of Tamms, officiated at the services. W. H.
Aldred was the funeral director.
(George W.
Lackey married Emma D.
Essex
on 3 Nov 1878, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Rose Hill Cemetery at
Pulaski reads:
Bessie L.
Reeves 1889-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
I.N.
Herald, a Civil War veteran, was called
by death in Kuttawa, Ky., Sunday morning,
October 28, at 4 a.m. at the age of 89
years.
He was born
near Golconda, Illinois, and lived there
until he enlisted in the Civil War as
cavalryman.
His horse was
shot from under him and he was wounded.
He went home on a short furlough until he
was able to return to war, and during that
time, on August 14, 1863, he was married to
Miss Susie
Shernantine.
He moved to
Pulaski County about fifty years ago.
Up until this time, he had been a member of
the Methodist Church. After he came to
this county he joined the United Brethren
Church at Old Cache Chapel, near Ullin.
He never moved his membership from this
place.
He was a
lifelong Christian and delighted in church
and Sunday school work. When the time
came that he could not attend services at
church, he could be heard singing his old
favorite songs and conducting his family
worship at home.
Mr.
Herald moved to Joppa, Illinois, about
thirty years ago, and was mail carrier from
Joppa to Metropolis for several years.
At this
place, his first wife, the mother of his
children, died in 1920, and was buried
there.
Later he was
married to Miss Mattie
Warfield, who survives him, and also his
children, G. W.
Herald, Olmstead; J. L.
Herald, of Grand Chain; Charles, of
Baton Rouge La.; Mrs. Joseph
Bise, of West Frankfort, Ill.; Mrs. John
Dougherty, of Mound City. Ten grandchildren, seven
great-grandchildren, and a number of other
relatives and a host of friends are left to
mourn his departure.
Mr.
Herald had only lived in Kentucky about
six years, but during that time he had made
many friends who helped to brighten his last
days by their kindness and thoughtfulness.
Funeral
services were conducted at his home in
Kuttawa, then a short service at the grave
in Joppa, where he was laid to rest in the
family lot.
Mr. Sam
Glenn,
undertaker of Kuttawa, had charge to
Metropolis, where he was met by the
Metropolis undertaker, but Mr.
Glenn
being a very dear friend of Mr.
Herald, followed him to his last resting
place. Mr.
Herald had asked him to cross the river
with him when his time came to go and he did
so.
(Isaac
Herald, 22, of New Liberty, Pope Co.,
Ill., born in Nashville, Tenn., 5’10 ½”,
dark hair, hazel eyes, light complexion,
enlisted as a corporal in Co. H. 131st
Illinois Infantry on 4 Aug 1862, in Pope
Co., Ill.
He was transferred to Co. E, 29th
Illinois Infantry and was mustered out on 6
Nov 1865, in Hempstead, Texas.—Darrel
Dexter)
Mr. and Mrs.
Joe
Price and family were called to Cypress
Friday on account of the death of Mr.
Price’s brother, Walter Price.
He and his wife have made frequent visits in
Mound City at the home of his brother, his
wife having been here on several occasions
in a business way. Mr.
Price
had been ill for several years and his death
was not unexpected.
Fred
Erskine, engineer, and George
Land, both of Centralia, were killed
Tuesday morning, Nov. 7, at 3:32 o’clock
when the Illinois Central’s Panama Limited,
northbound, struck an under rail one mile
south of Centralia. Charles
Thompson, flagman, suffered a wrenched neck and a colored Pullman
porter was also injured. Several passengers
were jarred when the engine and first six
coaches left the track. The first two
coaches were smashed into a “V” shape.
Mrs.
Canine who was formerly Miss Mary
Poynton, was enjoying good health until shortly after dinner today.
She is survived by her husband and
three children, Robert, Raymond, and Mary
Louise
Canine.
During the three weeks’ period that
Stokes accompanied
Lackey and committed a total of 17 crimes,
Lackey told Stokes of
having shot and killed a railroad officer
near Memphis. According to
Stokes, “Lackey took great pride in relating crimes that he committed in the
past.”
Special Agent J. H.
Misekell, of this city, summoned Special
Agent T. M.
Kimsey, of Grenada, Miss., who was
familiar with circumstances surrounding the
murder of
Baum,
and following the arrival of the latter
Stokes was told to relate what
Lackey had told him. This information
tallied with the circumstances that
investigation at the time had disclosed.
Baum was detailed to round up gasoline thieves operating at
Raines, Tenn., just south of Memphis.
On the night in question he saw two men going in the
direction of a gasoline shed and started to
follow, when one of the men, who had
separated from the other, shot him in the
abdomen, from ambush. Baum
died 24 hours later in a Memphis hospital.
We desire to express our heartfelt
thanks and appreciation to the kind friends
who assisted us in any way during the period
of great sorrow through which we have just
passed, occasioned by the sudden death of
our husband, son and brother, Charles
Slaughter. To all those who gave and sent the beautiful floral
tributes and to those who furnished cars we
extend our special thanks.
Mrs. T. L.
Summers died Tuesday evening between 5 and 6 o’clock at her home on
South Elm Street after a long and painful
illness. She became unconscious some time
before her death and passed away quite
peacefully.
Funeral services were held at the First
Baptist Church Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock with the pastor, Rev. H. C.
Croslin officiating. Interment was made
at Bardwell, Ky.
The following obituary was read by the
Rev. Mr.
Croslin:
Mrs. Pet
Rowland Summers, daughter
of A. W. and Elizabeth
Rowland, was born in Ballard Co., Ky.,
Dec. 7, 1874, and died at her home in
Mounds, Illinois, Nov. 13, 1928, aged 53
years, 11 months and 6 days. She was
married to Mr. Truman
Summers Dec. 23, 1907. To this union
two children were born, namely: Joseph T.,
and Anita E., both of whom are at home.
She was converted a number of years ago
and in the autumn of 1925 united with the
First Baptist Church of this city, where her
membership remained until death. Sister
Summers’ ill health would not permit her
to be a regular attendant at services, but
we have felt that she came possibly many
times when she was physically unable to do
so. The very desire of her soul seemed to
be to live before her children that they
would be constrained to follow her Master
and her Lord, as she often expressed
herself.
Besides her husband and children, she
leaves to mourn her departure, four bothers
and one sister: W. J., R. W., S. I., J. N.
Rowland, and Mrs. M. A.
Megary, all of Carlyle Co., Ky., and
other relatives and a host of friends. G.
A.
James directed the funeral.
Alden P. Jackson
Britt was born February 16, 1859, and died November 10, 1928, age 69
years, 8 months and 20 days. He was married
to Nancy J.
Chism,
of Olmstead, the 28th day of
December 1865. To this union seven children
were born, William, Rufus, Arthur, Pearl,
Collie, Charlie and Randal. Pearl, Collie
and Charlie preceded him in death. He
leaves to mourn his death his wife, four
sons, twenty-two grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren, and a host of
friends. He professed religion when 15
years of age and joined the Methodist
Church.
The last rites of the Masonic
Fraternity were rendered by Caledonia Lodge
No. 47 A. F. and A. M., of Pulaski, of which
he was a member for 40 years. Interment in
Concord Cemetery. J. L.
Woolverton of the Methodist Church of
Pulaski officiated. W. H.
Aldred, funeral director.
(According to his death certificate,
Jackson Aden
Britt
was born 16 Jan 1859, in Tennessee, the son
of William
Britt
and Julia
Butler, died 10 Nov 1928, in Pulaski,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Ella Louise
Jordan, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. W.
Jordon, of Tamms, Illinois, was born
July 7th, 1928, and died November
13th, 1928, age 4 months and 6
days. She leaves to mourn her loss her
father and mother, two sisters, Lorraine and
LaVerne, and one brother, Leonard, one
sister, Lucille, having preceded her in
death; she also leaves her grandparents and
other relatives.
Funeral services were conducted by Rev.
Morgan of the Methodist Church of Ullin,
Illinois. W. H.
Aldred, funeral director.
Carl
Hughes, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Ora
Hughes, died at Lincoln, Ill., Nov. 14, 1928, at the age of 1 year,
3 months and 19 days. The body was bought
to Mounds and funeral services were held at
Shiloh at 10:30 this morning. Mr. and Mrs.
Hughes are former resident of Shiloh
neighborhood. G. A.
James
had charge of the funeral arrangements.
(His marker in Shiloh Cemetery reads:
Carl L.
Hughes 1927-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Harry
Handley was found dead in bed at the home of his son, Herbert, in
Paducah, Ky., Wednesday morning, Nov.
14. Tuesday evening he had suffered an
attack of indigestion and a doctor had been
called. He was much better when the family
retired.
Mr.
Handley is survived by his former wife, Mrs. Sarah
Carpenter, of Mound City, two sons,
Harry
Handley, Jr., of Mound City, and
Herbert, of Paducah, two sisters, Mrs. Myra
Turbaville, of this city, and the former Miss Jessie
Handley, who is married and lives in
Detroit, Mich.
(Harry Vantrees
Handley, 30, born in Grand Tower, Ill., son of Manuel
Handley and Margaret C.
Pulley, married Sarah Duncan
Hurst,
28, born in Villa Ridge, Ill., daughter of
Michael and Margaret Jane
Hurst,
on 16 Sep 1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 16 Nov 1928:
Word has been
received by friends in this city of the
death of Ike
McElroy, who passed away in a hospital
in St. Louis at 10:30 o’clock Thursday
morning. He was the youngest son of
Mrs. A.
McElroy, who resided in this city
several years ago. He was also a
brother of Mrs. Josephine
Compton, of Kansas City, Mo., and a
nephew of Dr. Hall
Whiteaker, of Anna, who were former
residents of Mound City.
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon at the
M. E. church, Vienna, with interment in
Vienna Cemetery.
Ben
Thomas, age 75 years, passed away at his
home west to Mounds, Friday night at 9
o’clock.
Funeral
services were held Sunday afternoon in the
Bethel Church and interment was in the
Church Aid Cemetery. George P.
Hartwell was the funeral director.
Mrs. T. L.
Summers, age 54 years, wife of T. L.
Summers, of Mounds, passed away at her
home Tuesday evening at 3 o’clock following
an illness lasting over a number of years.
Besides her husband, she is survived by two
children, Anita and Joseph
Summers; a sister, Mrs. M. A.
McGary; and four brothers, all of
Bardwell, Ky.
Mrs.
Summers was a member of Queen of Egypt
Chapter No. 509 Order of the Eastern Star,
of Mound City. He had many friends in
this order who regret to learn of her death.
Mrs.
Summers was born in 1874 and had spent
practically all her married life in Mounds.
She leaves many friends to whom her death
has brought great sorrow.
Funeral
services were held Wednesday morning at 11
o’clock at the Baptist Church of Mounds,
Rev. H. C.
Croslin, pastor, officiating.
Following services at the church the cortege
left for Bardwell, where interment was made.
Relatives and a number of friends from
Bardwell attended the services in Mounds and
accompanied the remains to the last resting
place.
Harry V.
Handley Dies in Paducah
Harry V.
Handley, aged 58 years, passed away at
the home of his son, Herbert, in Paducah,
Wednesday morning. Mr.
Handley’s death was very sudden and it
has been a shock to his family and friends.
He had gone to Paducah to spend a few days
with his son and family and was taken
suddenly ill Tuesday, but his illness was
not thought to be serious. A doctor
was summoned and later in the evening he was
thought to be greatly improved, though death
overtook him Wednesday.
Mr.
Handley was born at Grand Tower, Ill.,
moving to Mound City when a young man, where
he has since resided. For a number of
years he was a railroad conductor.
His death was
caused from an attack of acute indigestion.
Mr.
Handley was a member of Trinity Lodge
No. 562, A. F. & A. M. and also a member of
the Shriners at Little Rock, Ark.
He is
survived by two sons, Herbert, of Paducah,
and Harry, who resides with his mother in
this city; one sister, Mrs. Myra
Turbaville, of Mounds, and a grandson,
of Paducah.
Funeral
services will be held in this city at the
Handley home on Main Street this
(Friday) afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. Mr.
Bruce,
pastor of the First M. E. Church,
officiating. Interment will be in
Beech Grove Cemetery at Mounds.
(Harry
Vantrees
Handley, 30, born in Grand Tower, Ill.,
son of Manuel
Handley and Margaret C.
Pulley, married Sarah Duncan
Hurst,
28, born in Villa Ridge, Ill., daughter of
Michael and Margaret Jane
Hurst, on 16 Sep 1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Aden P.
Jackson
Britt,
was born February 16, 1850, and died
November 10, 1928, aged 69 years, eight
months and twenty days. He was married
to Nancy J.
Chism,
of Olmstead, the 28th day of
December, 1875. To this union seven
children were born: William, Rufus,
Arthur, Pearl, Collie, Charlie and Randle.
Pearl, Charlie and Collie preceded him in
death. He leaves to mourn his death
his wife, four sons, twenty-two
grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and
a host of friends. He professed
religion when 15 years of age and joined the
Methodist Church.
The last
rites of the Masonic fraternity were
rendered by Caledonia Lodge No. 47, A. F. &
A. M. of Pulaski, of which he was a member
of forty years.
Interment was
in Concord Cemetery.
Rev. J. L.
Woolverton, of the Methodist Church of
Pulaski officiated. W. H.
Aldred funeral director.
(J. R.
Britt,
20, born in Tennessee, son of A. J.
Britt
and Miss
Chism,
married Leora May
Tate,
17, born in Pulaski Co., Ill., daughter of
Lawcus
Tate
and Martha Ann
Smith,
on 31 Jan 1900, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Eulia Louise
Jordan, youngest daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. D. W.
Jordan, of Tamms, Ill., born July 7,
1928, died November 13, 1928, age four
months, six days. She leaves to mourn
her loss her father and mother, two sisters,
Lorraine and Laverne; and one brother,
Leonard; one sister, Lucille, having
preceded her in death. She also leaves
her grandparents and other relatives.
Funeral
services were conducted by Rev. Mr.
Morgan, pastor of the Methodist Church,
of Ullin. W. H.
Aldred funeral director.
Simpson when arrested was going under the assumed name of Steve
O’Brien.—Marion Post
Philip
Karch, who died on Friday before the election in a St. Louis
hospital, had voted before he left the city
to be operated on for cancer and the
question has arisen, “Can the vote of a dead
man be counted?”
The best answer to the question,
according to legal authority, is for the
election officials to receive his ballot, as
they cannot refuse it and have no right in
such a case to pass on the question of
legality of the ballot. Such a case has
never been passed on by the court in
Illinois.
Thursday morning of last week a fire
occurred at the home. This home was hooked
up for an electric range. Three wires
entered the home, one with 220 volts and two
with 110 volts. These wires crossed over
the clothesline unnoticed by persons at the
fire. After the fire, Mrs.
Rapses went to remove some rugs from the clothes line. Not knowing
the wire was down, no precaution was taken,
because of her clothing being wet and the
ground sloppy. Upon touching the wire she
was attached to it receiving the full
voltage and died within a few minutes.
Mrs. Vive
Runalls, of Cairo, age 46 years, died at St. Mary’s Infirmary Cairo,
Friday night, Nov. 23. Mrs.
Runalls was the wife of Whitfield
Runalls, agent for the American Express Company, at Cairo. Mr.
Runalls is a son of the late Rev. J.
Runalls, a former pastor of the Mounds
Congregational Church.
Funeral services were held at the
family residence in Cairo Sunday afternoon
at 2 o’clock. Interment was made in Beech
Grove cemetery.
(This may be the same person whose
marker in St. John’s Cemetery at Mill Creek
reads:
George W.
Clutts Born April 11, 1870 Died Dec. 29, 1922 Cora E.
Clutts his wife Born Aug. 1, 1881 Died
Nov. 26, 1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
(John W.
Kendall married Mahala Frances
Tharp
on 7 Mar 1882, in Alexander Co., Ill.
His marker in Baumgard Cemetery reads:
John
Kendall 1854-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
(George Thomas
Hileman, 26, born in Union Co., Ill., son of Jacob
Hileman and Tena
Sifford, married Mrs. Harriet Eleanore
Bynum, 21, born in Eldorado, Ill., daughter of William
Bynum
and Elizabeth
Nicoles, on 11 Sep 1888.
Eugene B.
Goe married Harriet E. Bynum
on 10 Aug 1882, in Saline Co., Ill.
Her
marker in Anna City Cemetery reads:
George T.
Hileman 1861-1933 Hattie E.
Hileman 1866-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 30 Nov 1928:
Mrs. A. J.
Riding was called to Memphis, Tenn.,
last Friday on account of the death of her
mother who passed away Thursday at the
advanced age of 97 years.
Miss Ruby
Ellis,
of Ullin, who has been confined to her home
for the past several months by illness
remains in a critical condition.
Miss
Ellis
with her parents, left Mound City several
months ago to reside in Ullin and she has
been ill since making her residence there.
While in this city she was employed
at the telephone office and her many friends
regret to learn of her illness.
Rev. B. A.
Hoar, pastor of the M. E. Church of Mounds, from 1911 to 1915, died
at his home in Anna, Illinois, Friday, Nov.
30, 1928, after an illness of several years.
Benjamin Albert
Hoar was born in Knox County, Ohio, October, 5, 1850. His father
was Jesse K.
Hoar. The
family came to Illinois in 1859.
On September 1, 1872, Mr.
Hoar
was married to Lydia A.
Sapp,
of St. Elmo, Ill.
He was licensed to preach in 1879 and
spent a long and useful life in the
ministry. His service was marked by many
conversions. He was truly a pastor, a
spiritual father.
Surviving him is his widow, three
daughters, Mrs. Effie
Pavey,
Mt. Vernon, Mrs. Mary
Bunker, California, Miss Kate
Hoar,
at home, and four sons, Silas, of Cornell,
Ill., and Clark, of Afton, Iowa, both M. E.
ministers, Clinton, of Pueblo, Col., and
Dee, of Sarasota, Fla.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon, December 3, in the M. E. Church
of Anna, with a number of M. E. ministers in
the pulpit.
Among those from Mounds who attended
the funeral were Rev. and Mrs. H. B.
Shoaff, Miss Imogene
Quinn,
Mrs. E. G.
Wildy,
Mrs. Art
Mattson, Mrs. Henry Perry,
Mrs. Lorene
Sullivan, Mrs. Herbert
Melton, Mrs. C. H.
Bauer, Mrs. William Earle,
Mrs. G. E.
Chance, C. F.
Melton, and Sam
House.
(Benjamin A.
Hoar married Lydia A. Sapp
on 1 Sep 1872, in Fayette Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
B. E.
Wallis, for many years a resident of this city, met instant death
Monday afternoon, December 3, when he fell
from the roof of the old Cairo brewery, his
head striking the side walk, crushing his
skull; his neck, and arm and fingers were
broken.
At the coroner’s inquest held Tuesday,
testimony indicated that Mr.
Wallis, after helping to pry a heavy
concrete coping clear of the building,
stepped on a loose brick which rolled off
the wall and sent him crashing downward two
stories.
Mr.
Wallis was an employee of the Illinois Central Railroad for a number
of years. At one time he clerked in the old
Crafts Store and later he and a brother
conducted a grocery store in the same
building occupied previously by the Crafts
Store.
He was twice married and is survived by
his widow and six children.
Mr.
Wallis was living in Cairo at the time of his death. Guyla, the
oldest child, is now Mrs. Henry
Moreland, of Cairo. He is also survived
by four brothers, Henry, of Cairo, Russell,
of Paducah, Ky., Clarence, of Mayfield, Ky.,
C. G. Wallis, of Farmington, Mo., and a
sister, Mrs. Edward
West,
of Mayfield, Ky.
Funeral services were held in Mayfield,
Ky., Wednesday afternoon. Interment was made
in Chapel Hill Cemetery.
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 7 Dec 1928:
The Rev. B.
A.
Hoar, aged about 80 years, a retired
minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
passed away at his home in Anna Friday.
The Rev. Mr.
Hoar
was formerly pastor of the Methodist Church
of Mounds and also of Villa Ridge. He
was pastor of the church in Mounds in 1914.
He was well known throughout the community.
He is
survived by his widow and several children,
two of his sons being Methodist ministers
located in Iowa and Illinois. He had
been a member of the Southern Illinois
Conference of many years.
Funeral
services were held Monday afternoon at 1:30
o’clock at the M. E. church, with Rev. W. M.
Brown,
district superintendent of Carbondale,
officiating. He was assisted by other
Methodist ministers of the district.
Interment was in the Anna Cemetery.
Among those
from this city who attended the funeral of
Miss Ruby
Ellis, which was held Tuesday morning, at the Baptist church at
Ullin were Mrs. William
Baccus, Mrs. J. W.
Henning, Mrs. John
Atkinson, Miss Jewel
Moore,
Mrs. George
Beaver, Mrs. L. C. Settlemoir,
Mrs. John
Edwards, Mrs. Virgil
Edwards, Mrs. Hosea
Dunlap, Alva
Smith, Guy Benton, and
Mrs. Pearl
Salmon.
Jesse Robert
Anglin, age two years, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Warren
Anglin, of Pulaski, passed away at the
home of his parents, Thursday morning.
Funeral
services will be held this (Friday)
afternoon at 2:00 o’clock at the Christian
church in Pulaski, Rev. Mr.
Hillman, pastor, officiating.
Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
W. H.
Aldrich will direct the funeral.
The little boy is survived by his parents
and three sisters, Rada, Hazel and Annie
May.
(His marker
in Rose Hill Cemetery at Pulaski reads:
Jessie Robert
Anglin 1926-1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Aubrey Gene
Huddlesun, 14-month-old son of Mr. and
Mrs. A. M.
Huddlesun, of Olmstead, passed away at
the home of his grandmother, Mrs. Homer
Huddlesun, 815 Washington Avenue, Cairo,
at 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Funeral
services will be held this (Friday)
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the First Baptist
Church of Mounds, the Rev. Mr.
Croslin officiating. Interment
will be in Spencer Heights Cemetery,
Hartwell & Son, undertakers will be in
charge.
(His marker
in Spencer Heights Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Gene
Huddlestun Born Oct. 9, 1927 Died Dec.
5, 1928 Baby.—Darrel
Dexter)
H. E.
Wallis, age 42 years, who lived at 1612
Walnut Street, Cairo, was killed when he
fell from the roof of the old Cairo Brewery,
building at Fourth Street and Halliday
Avenue, about 4:30 o’clock Monday afternoon.
It is supposed that he slipped and became
overbalanced while prying off a piece of
concrete slab. He struck the sidewalk
on his head and his skull was crushed, his
neck and arm and fingers broken.
Mr.
Wallis was a former resident of Mounds,
where he was employed for many years by the
Illinois Central Railroad and where he and a
brother conducted a grocery. He was a
member of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Mounds.
He is survived by his widow and six
children, also by four brothers, Henry, of
Cairo, Russell, of Paducah, Clarence, of
Mayfield, Ky., and C. G.
Wallis, of Farmington, Ky.; and a
sister, Mrs. Edward
West,
of Mayfield, Ky.
Testimony at the coroner’s inquest
indicated that Mr.
Wallis after he pried the heavy concrete
coping clear of the building and while it
was swinging clear on a rope to be lowered,
he stepped on a loose brick, which rolled
off the wall and sent him crashing downward.
He only fell two stories.
Miss Ruby
Ellis,
age 18 years, passed away at her home in
Ullin Sunday evening at 7:20 o’clock after a
lingering illness of several months.
She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. W.
Ellis,
of Ullin. The
Ellis
family formerly resided in Mound City,
leaving this city for Ullin about a year
ago. Miss Ruby was well known here and
had a large circle of friends in both the
younger and older set. She was a
prominent member and active worker of the
First Baptist Church of this city.
Miss
Ellis
was, before moving to Ullin, an operator for
the Illinois Bell Telephone Company.
Besides her
parents, she is survived by a sister, Miss
Geneva Agnes
Ellis,
three half-brothers, Fred
Ellis,
of Cairo, Clarence
Ellis,
of West Palm Beach, Fla., Charles
Ellis,
of Oregon, and a half-sister, Miss May
Ellis,
and other relatives.
Miss
Ellis
had realized her condition for some time
before her death and had selected her
pallbearers and funeral services were held
Tuesday morning at 11 o’clock at the Baptist
church of Ullin.
Interment was in Rose Hill Cemetery
near Pulaski.
W. H.
Aldred of Pulaski directed the funeral.
Lucinda
Lackey, daughter of Joel and Lucinda
Lackey, was born at Pulaski, Ill., Aug. 12, 1846, and departed this
life at her home in Pulaski, Ill., Dec. 2,
1928, age 83 years, 3 months and 21 days.
She was converted and united with the
Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church at an early age
and lived a true Christian life until her
death. Her presence will be greatly missed
as she was present at all services unless
hindered by some unavoidable circumstances.
She was married to Aaron
Barringer December 1872. He died some
forty years ago. To this union three
children were born—two having died in
infancy and Mrs. Zetta
Aldred, who preceded her to that Great Beyond several years ago.
She leaves two brothers, George W., of
Pulaski, and F. D.
Lackey, of Tamms, one sister, Matilda
Peeler, of Cypress, two stepdaughters
and a host of other relatives and friends to
mourn her departure.
(Aaron
Barringer married Lucinda
Lackey on 22 Dec 1872, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Elmer J.
Aldred, 20, born in Pulaski Co., Ill.,
son of James
Aldred and Lucinda
Lackey, married Zettie
Barringer, 18, born in Union Co., Ill.,
daughter of Aaron
Barringer and Lucinda
Lackey, on 27 Jan 1895, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
S. C.
Peeler married Mattie M.
Lackey on 5 Mar 1876, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Little Betty Jean
Mench, two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Logan
Mench,
died at the family home yesterday evening
after a short illness from meningitis.
Betty Jean was a granddaughter of Sec.
J. C.
Mench, of the Y. M. C. A. and Mrs.
Mench
and Mr. and Mrs. George P.
Hartwell.
She was an attractive and lovable child
and the parents and grandparents are
heartbroken over her sudden passing.
A private funeral will be held at the
home this afternoon.
Lee
Rhodes, colored, died at his home in North Mounds Tuesday, December
11, at the age of 62 years. He had been
sick for almost two years.
He was born in Carroll County, Tenn.,
in 1866 and had lived in Wingo, Ky.,
Mattoon, and DuQuoin, Ill., before coming to
this community. For a number of years he
worked on farms near here. He was a good
gardener having learned the art on a
southern estate.
In 1916, he began working for W. L.
Toler,
both at the store and the home, and
continued this work until sickness prevented
all work. He was faithful, honest and loyal
to his employer.
He leaves a daughter, Myrtle, age 18,
who cared for him through his long illness;
two brothers, Henry, of Paducah, Ky., and
Lark, of Tiptonville, Tenn., also a sister
in Los Angeles, Calf. One daughter, Anna
May, died in 1925 at the age of 18.
Funeral services were held Thursday,
December 13, at 11 a.m. at the grave in
Spencer Heights Cemetery. Squire
Scurrlock read the service for the dead,
prayed and talked. Two songs were sung by
Lee’s friends.
Undertaker George P.
Hartwell conducted the funeral.
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 14 Dec 1928:
Loren Talley
Passed Away Thursday after Operation
The death
angel entered the home of Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Talley about 10:30 o’clock Thursday
morning and bore away the spirit of their
son, James Loren.
Loren, who was known as “Bud” by his
many friends, was 13 years, 7 months and 9
days of age.
Eight weeks ago, while hunting with a
boyfriend in the woods near Mound City,
Loren was accidentally shot in the knee by
his comrade.
He was immediately removed to St.
Mary’s Infirmary in Cairo, where he
underwent an operation.
At that time it was not thought
advisable to try to remove the shot.
He remained at the hospital for three
weeks and his parents, thinking he was
improving, had him removed to his home in
Mound City.
Thursday morning, his physicians made
an examination and thought it best to
perform a second operation.
The anesthetic was administered from
which he contracted pneumonia and did not
revive.
Loren was a
manly little fellow, always jolly and even
laughed and joked with his sisters and
brothers and read the paper to his mother on
the morning of his death.
He was a great favorite too among the
children of his own age and the older ones
as well.
His sudden death has brought much
sorrow to the community and it has been a
great shock, as he was thought to be
improving.
Besides his
parents, he leaves three sisters, Lorena,
LeWanda, and Helen Ludine; four brothers,
Earl, Mark, J. C. and Billy.
His is also survived by two
grandfathers, Ben
McDaniels and James Talley,
and two great-grandmothers, Mrs.
McDaniels and Mrs.
Hale,
besides uncles, aunts, and cousins.
Funeral arrangements have not been
completed at this time, but will probably be
Saturday afternoon at the residence.
G. A.
James
has charge of the funeral arrangements.
(Mark
Tally,
son of James W.
Tally
and Mary Elizabeth
Folks,
married Emma Arimina
McDaniel, daughter of Benjamin Harrison
McDaniel and Nettie Bell
Gilmore, on 21 Sep 1911, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Loren’s
great-grandmother was Amanda
Dexter McDaniel—Darrel
Dexter)
The Pulaski
Enterprise,
Friday, 21 Dec 1928:
A message
came to Sam
Smith
one day last week that Ethel
Smith,
of West Frankfort, was dead.
(Dongola)
Otto
Foster and wife of Pulaski were here one day last week and reported
Mrs.
Barringer, of Pulaski, was laid to rest.
(Dongola)
(Aaron
Barringer married Lucinda
Lackey on 22 Dec 1872, in Pulaski Co.,
Ill.
Her death certificate states that
Lucinda
Barringer was born in August 1845,
daughter of Joel
Lackey and Miss
Russell, and died 2 Dec 1928, in
Pulaski, Ill.
Her marker in Mt. Pisgah Cemetery
near Wetaug reads:
Lucinda
Barringer 1849-1930.—Darrel
Dexter)
C. C.
Wehrenberg Passes Away
Charles C.
Wehrenberg, one of the oldest and most
highly respected residents of Mound City,
passed away at the home of his son, Charles,
in Virden, Illinois, Monday evening at the
advanced age of 80 years.
Mr.
Wehrenberg was prominent in Pulaski County for several years in
political circles and was also assessor and
treasurer of the county for a term, later
going into the real estate business.
Several years
ago he left this city for Tamms, where he
has since resided with his daughter, Mrs. R.
C.
Parker.
Mr.
Wehrenberg was hale and hearty until
just a short time before his death and was
stricken while visiting his son and family.
The sudden news of his death has
shocked the community as his friends were
not aware of his illness.
Mr.
Wehrenberg leaves to mourn his passing
one son, Charles, of Virden, Illinois, one
daughter, Mrs. Roy C.
Parker, of Tamms, a number of
grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Funeral
services were held at the home of his son in
Virden, Wednesday afternoon, the body was
brought to Mounds at 10:00 o’clock Thursday
morning and interment was in the family lot
in Beech Grove Cemetery.
G. A.
James
directed the funeral upon the arrival in
Mounds.
(This may be
the same person as Charles
Wehrenberg, who married Mary
Curry
on 15 Apr 1873, in Pulaski Co., Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Little Betty
Jean Mench Passes Away Thursday Night
Betty Jean
Mench,
age twenty months, infant daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Logan
Mench, of Mounds, passed away at the home of her grandparent, Mr.
and Mrs. George
Hartwell, Thursday night following a
brief illness.
The little girl was up and playing
the night before and was suddenly stricken,
which at first was thought to be a case of
poisoning, but later it was decided by the
physician that spinal meningitis caused the
little one’s death.
She is survived by her parents and a
five-year-old brother, also her maternal
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George
Hartwell, and her paternal grandparents,
Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Mench,
of Mounds.
Private funeral services were held
Friday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock at the
residence, conducted by the Rev.
Benninger, pastor of the Congregational Church.
Karcher Brothers directed the funeral.
(George B.
Hartwell, 25, of Villa Ridge, married
Bessie A.
Stoddard, 18, of Villa Ridge, on 3 Nov
1898, in Pulaski Co., Ill.
Her marker in Spencer Heights
Cemetery at Mounds reads:
Betty Jean
Mench
Born Dec. 21, 1926 Died Dec. 13,
1928.—Darrel
Dexter)
Respected
Colored Woman Dies Here
Mrs. Hattie
L.
Thompson, age 65 years, widow of Jerry
Thompson, well known colored man, died
Thursday afternoon.
She is survived by seven sons and
five daughters, Scott A.
Thompson and Mrs. Mary
Phillips, of Cairo, Mrs. Violet
Horn,
of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Thomas H.
Thompson, also of Cedar Rapids, Mrs. Ora
Slaughter and Charles
Thompson, of Decatur, Illinois, Dewitt
Thompson, of St. Louis, Frank G.
Thompson, of Chicago, and Anna, Bertha,
Roy and Leonard
Thompson, of Mounds.
Deceased was a member of the A. M. E.
Church of Mounds.
(Her death certificate states that
Hattie L.
Thompson was born 4 Jun 1863, in
Tiptonville, Tenn., the daughter of Frank
Meriweather, wife of Jesse M.
Thompson, and died 13 Dec 1928, in
Mounds, Ill.—Darrel
Dexter)
Former Mound
City Man Passes Away in Chicago
Mr. Dan
Drake,
age 47 years, passed away at his home in
Chicago Wednesday night at 11:30 o’clock
following a brief illness of pneumonia.
Mr.
Drake
was a former Mound City resident and his
death has come as a shock to his many
friends in this community.
Left to mourn his passing are his
widow, his father, of Florida, one brother,
Ray, of Chicago, and one sister, Mrs. James
Finley, of this city.
Mrs.
Finley left Sunday to be at the bedside
of her brother.
Nothing definite was learned as to
the funeral arrangements.
Joan, 4-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. V. P.
McMenamy, died Sunday morning at the
family home in Bluford after a short
illness.
Funeral services were held in Centralia
at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs.
McMenamy and family are former residents of Mounds and their
children were great favorites in the
neighborhoods in which they lived. News of
little Joan’s death brings a deep feeling of
sadness to her friends in Mounds.
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