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Monday, April 03, 2017Survivors include her husband, Bob of Anna; two daughters and one son-in-law, Brenda and Dan Parr of Murphysboro, and Jill Rendleman of Anna; one son, Brad Palmer of Perryville, Missouri; five grandchildren, Jamie (Lisa) Edwards of Palm Coast, Florida, Kelly (Lance) Richter of Bossier City, Louisiana, Samantha (Bill) Krieger of Murphysboro, Ryan Palmer of Perryville, Missouri, and Emily Fisher of Jackson, Missouri, two great-grandchildren, Jenna Richter and fiancé, Claude Daniel of Bossier City, Louisiana, and Hanna Edwards of Palm Coast, Florida; one sister, Roma (Rudy) Boester of Marion; and other relatives and friends.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society and will be accepted at the funeral home.
Monday, March 27, 2017MURPHYSBORO — Nettie (Calandro) Boyer Graff, 98, formerly of Murphysboro, died on the morning of Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Shelbyville, Kentucky.She was born March 29, 1918, in Murphysboro, to Andrew and Frances (Schiro) Calandro.Nettie married Ernest B. Boyer on Feb. 5, 1944, in Portsmouth, Virginia, while Ernest was in the Navy. He died on March 17, 1984. On April 16, 1988, she married Fred Graff and they were married until Fred’s death on June 5, 2005.Nettie was one of 10 children and attended St. Andrew’s grade school. At the age of 14 she went to work at the Brown Shoe Company. As a young lady, she and her sister, Josie, sang and yodeled on a Saturday afternoon radio program on WJPF in Herrin, while playing a guitar. She and Josie also played on the Brown Shoe softball team. After she was married, Nettie got a job as a chauffeur on the Navy Base in Portsmouth. When Ernie was stationed in New York, she worked at the Army base where she drove tractors and fork...
Monday, February 20, 2017NDALE — Members of the Carbondale Muslim Center board completed this month payments to double their mosque’s offerings at Al Baqih Garden, part of Crain Funeral Home's Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Murphysboro.The board doubled its 92-plot footprint in the cemetery, and board member Rahim Khalil said this was in an effort to lay a foundation for the next generation, giving them the tools to continue to establish a Muslim community in Carbondale.Tareq Khaaliq, also a CMC board member, said this expansion was to keep up with a steadily growing Muslim community.“We have a growth in permanent community members,” Khaaliq said, adding that in the past, many of the mosque’s members were transient.Khalil said he expects to see this trend continue. He foresees Muslims will immigrate to the United States and ultimately some will land in Carbondale.While it is not necessary, Khaaliq said it is nice to be buried as a community.“For those who have passed, family members would still like to know … it would be something that would be exclusive and they could visit without intruding on other religious memories,” he said. #video-ad-asset-container, #video-ad-asset-container-playe...
Sunday, February 12, 2017The J.H. Churchill Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.CynthiaJeannene PettettCynthia Jeannene Pettett, 78, of Hardin, Kentucky, formerly of Murphysboro, Illinois, entered into eternal rest on Oct. 30, 2016, in Stafford, Virginia.She was born Feb. 2, 1938, in Pana, Illinois, to Eugene J. and Winifred R. Southwell Hinton.She graduated from Pana High School and received her bachelor’s degree in women’s physical education from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.During her lifetime, Cynthia taught at the Chillicothe High School in Chillicothe, Illinois; Keller Grade School in Peoria Heights, Illinois; and the Gorham Schools in Gorham, Illinois. She worked several years helping her husband, Gene, at Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro, and was the retired owner/operator of Kenlake Marina and Cindy’s on the Barge restaurant located at Kenlake State Resort Park in Aurora. She was a member of St. Matthew by the Lake Lutheran Church in Benton.She married Herbert E. “Gene” Pettett on Nov. 22, 1964, in Pana, Illinois. Born to this union were two daughters, Monique N. Pettett of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Jeannene P. (Kristian) Hall of Stafford; and one granddaughter, Emma W. Hall of Stafford. Also surviving are two brothers, Eugene W. Hinton of Hardin and George W. Hinton of Springfield, Illinois.The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, at Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro, with Melissa Waterman officiating. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Lacon Cemetery in Lacon, Illinois. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, and on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, until the funeral hour at the funeral home.Memorials may be made to St. Matthew by the Lake Lutheran Church, 3966 U.S. Hwy 641 North, Benton, KY 42025.Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro, Illinois, is in charge of arrangements.Evelyn A. RietdorfEvelyn A. Rietdorf, 102, of Murray, Kentucky, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at Spring Creek Health Care in Murray.She was born on Oct. 17, 1914, in Paducah, Kentucky, to Walter Attebury and Alice Sayer Attebury. She retired from the Florsheim Shoe Factory in Paducah before it closed and was the oldest member of Palestine United Methodist Church.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Rietdorf, and four brothers, Donald, Charles, Paul and Walter “Bud” Attebury.Mrs. Rietdorf is survived by one sister, Lucille Blankenship of Reidland, and several nieces.A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Paducah, Kentucky with Robert McKinney officiating. Burial will follow. There will be no public visitation.Online condolences may be left at www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.The J.H. Churchill Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.William ‘Bill’ NewsomePastor William “Bill” Theodore Newsome, 93, of Kirksey, Kentucky, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016.He was born Jan. 28, 1923, in Ashland, Kentucky, to Rev. William McKinley Newsome and Anna Springer Newsome. He was a retired Free Will Baptist Minister for over 40 years, pastoring churches in Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee. He proudly served his country aboard the U.S.S. General SD Sturgis AP137 during WWII in the Pacific Conflict going almost completely around the world to keep America safe. He was present on VJ Day on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay at the signing of the peace treaty. He was also a Kentucky Colonel.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by beloved wife, Violet Newsome; two sisters, Francis McCage and Opal Mitchell, and two brothers, Russell Newsome, and Tvis Henry Newsome.He was a loving father, and grandfather. Rev. Newsome is survived by two daughters, Sharon Collings and husband Don of Middletown, Maryland, and Pamela Newsome...
Monday, January 09, 2017Ohio, the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After obtaining his masters of Divinity, he returned to southern Illinois where he served churches in Enfield, Shipman, Murphysboro, Jerseyville, Carterville, East St. Louis, Benton, and Mt. Carmel. As a pastor, he actively participated in the camping program of the Southern Illinois Methodist Conference at Little Grassy Methodist Camp on Little Grassy Lake. He helped build the original structures, and he and Juanita both directed camps there. In his spare time his hobbies were woodworking, gardening, hunting, and fishing.He retired in 1979 to Newton where he served as interim pastor at the First Christian Church, Blair United Methodist Church, and Kedron United Methodist Church. In 1999 he and Juanita decided to move to Carbondale to be near their daughter, Jean, and her children and grandchildren. There they enjoyed the fellowship of several other retired ministers and attending the First United Methodist Church in Carbondale. He and Juanita also volunteered at the Visitors’ Center at Giant City State Park where Earl was considered the resident CCC historian.Earl is survived by three children: daughter, Jean and Peter Wories of Carbondale, daughter, Sue Dickey and Tom Pollard, of Alameda, CA, and son, Lee and Dana Dickey of Redding, CA; grandchildren, Kevin (Rosemary) McCamish and Megan Harmon all of Carterville, Casey (Nico) Anselmi of Fidenza, Italy, Rebecca Renfroe of Clarkesville, TN, Adam Wories of Carbondale, and Rachelle (Brandon) Ridgeway of DuQuoin; eleven great-grandchildren, Kaleb McCamish and fiance Rachel Tate of Ft. Collins, CO, Colby and Corbin Harmon, Paige and John Stephen McCamish, Mikenzie Minnick, all of Carterville, Wiley and Annalee Renfroe of Clarkesville, TN, Ryleigh and Ty Ridgeway of DuQuoin, and Amelia Anselmi of Fidenza, Italy; two brothers, Ernest (Rozella) Dickey of DuQuoin and Wesley (Pat) Dickey of Waltonville; sister, Lillie (William) Loman of Blue Springs, MO and numerous nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, eight siblings, and two infant daughters.
Monday, October 24, 2016DeSoto and Dowell Police Departments in cooperation with the Jackson County Ambulance Service and Elkville first responders.Pettett Funeral Home of Murphysboro is in charge of the arrangements.Another Coroner'sCase InvestigatedThe coroner's office is also investigating the death of a 33-year-old Carbondale man who died at his home on Blue Jay Drive in Carbondale on Saturday. Christopher Brooks Geyerman was transported by Jackson County Ambulance Service to the emergency room at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale at 1:49 a.m. Saturday.He was unresponsive following cardiac arrest. Paramedics provided emergency resuscitative treatment which continued during from the time paramedics answered the call until the time they got to the hospital. An autopsy is planned. Toxicology tests are being done from blood samples.
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Monday, April 03, 2017Survivors include her husband, Bob of Anna; two daughters and one son-in-law, Brenda and Dan Parr of Murphysboro, and Jill Rendleman of Anna; one son, Brad Palmer of Perryville, Missouri; five grandchildren, Jamie (Lisa) Edwards of Palm Coast, Florida, Kelly (Lance) Richter of Bossier City, Louisiana, Samantha (Bill) Krieger of Murphysboro, Ryan Palmer of Perryville, Missouri, and Emily Fisher of Jackson, Missouri, two great-grandchildren, Jenna Richter and fiancé, Claude Daniel of Bossier City, Louisiana, and Hanna Edwards of Palm Coast, Florida; one sister, Roma (Rudy) Boester of Marion; and other relatives and friends.In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society and will be accepted at the funeral home.
Monday, March 27, 2017MURPHYSBORO — Nettie (Calandro) Boyer Graff, 98, formerly of Murphysboro, died on the morning of Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at her daughter’s home in Shelbyville, Kentucky.She was born March 29, 1918, in Murphysboro, to Andrew and Frances (Schiro) Calandro.Nettie married Ernest B. Boyer on Feb. 5, 1944, in Portsmouth, Virginia, while Ernest was in the Navy. He died on March 17, 1984. On April 16, 1988, she married Fred Graff and they were married until Fred’s death on June 5, 2005.Nettie was one of 10 children and attended St. Andrew’s grade school. At the age of 14 she went to work at the Brown Shoe Company. As a young lady, she and her sister, Josie, sang and yodeled on a Saturday afternoon radio program on WJPF in Herrin, while playing a guitar. She and Josie also played on the Brown Shoe softball team. After she was married, Nettie got a job as a chauffeur on the Navy Base in Portsmouth. When Ernie was stationed in New York, she worked at the Army base where she drove tractors and fork...
Monday, February 20, 2017NDALE — Members of the Carbondale Muslim Center board completed this month payments to double their mosque’s offerings at Al Baqih Garden, part of Crain Funeral Home's Pleasant Grove Memorial Park in Murphysboro.The board doubled its 92-plot footprint in the cemetery, and board member Rahim Khalil said this was in an effort to lay a foundation for the next generation, giving them the tools to continue to establish a Muslim community in Carbondale.Tareq Khaaliq, also a CMC board member, said this expansion was to keep up with a steadily growing Muslim community.“We have a growth in permanent community members,” Khaaliq said, adding that in the past, many of the mosque’s members were transient.Khalil said he expects to see this trend continue. He foresees Muslims will immigrate to the United States and ultimately some will land in Carbondale.While it is not necessary, Khaaliq said it is nice to be buried as a community.“For those who have passed, family members would still like to know … it would be something that would be exclusive and they could visit without intruding on other religious memories,” he said. #video-ad-asset-container, #video-ad-asset-container-playe...
Sunday, February 12, 2017The J.H. Churchill Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.CynthiaJeannene PettettCynthia Jeannene Pettett, 78, of Hardin, Kentucky, formerly of Murphysboro, Illinois, entered into eternal rest on Oct. 30, 2016, in Stafford, Virginia.She was born Feb. 2, 1938, in Pana, Illinois, to Eugene J. and Winifred R. Southwell Hinton.She graduated from Pana High School and received her bachelor’s degree in women’s physical education from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.During her lifetime, Cynthia taught at the Chillicothe High School in Chillicothe, Illinois; Keller Grade School in Peoria Heights, Illinois; and the Gorham Schools in Gorham, Illinois. She worked several years helping her husband, Gene, at Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro, and was the retired owner/operator of Kenlake Marina and Cindy’s on the Barge restaurant located at Kenlake State Resort Park in Aurora. She was a member of St. Matthew by the Lake Lutheran Church in Benton.She married Herbert E. “Gene” Pettett on Nov. 22, 1964, in Pana, Illinois. Born to this union were two daughters, Monique N. Pettett of Fredericksburg, Virginia, and Jeannene P. (Kristian) Hall of Stafford; and one granddaughter, Emma W. Hall of Stafford. Also surviving are two brothers, Eugene W. Hinton of Hardin and George W. Hinton of Springfield, Illinois.The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, at Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro, with Melissa Waterman officiating. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016, in Lacon Cemetery in Lacon, Illinois. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016, and on Monday, Nov. 7, 2016, until the funeral hour at the funeral home.Memorials may be made to St. Matthew by the Lake Lutheran Church, 3966 U.S. Hwy 641 North, Benton, KY 42025.Pettett Funeral Home in Murphysboro, Illinois, is in charge of arrangements.Evelyn A. RietdorfEvelyn A. Rietdorf, 102, of Murray, Kentucky, died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, at Spring Creek Health Care in Murray.She was born on Oct. 17, 1914, in Paducah, Kentucky, to Walter Attebury and Alice Sayer Attebury. She retired from the Florsheim Shoe Factory in Paducah before it closed and was the oldest member of Palestine United Methodist Church.In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Willie Rietdorf, and four brothers, Donald, Charles, Paul and Walter “Bud” Attebury.Mrs. Rietdorf is survived by one sister, Lucille Blankenship of Reidland, and several nieces.A graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016, at Woodlawn Cemetery in Paducah, Kentucky with Robert McKinney officiating. Burial will follow. There will be no public visitation.Online condolences may be left at www.thejhchurchillfuneralhome.The J.H. Churchill Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.William ‘Bill’ NewsomePastor William “Bill” Theodore Newsome, 93, of Kirksey, Kentucky, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Monday, Oct. 31, 2016.He was born Jan. 28, 1923, in Ashland, Kentucky, to Rev. William McKinley Newsome and Anna Springer Newsome. He was a retired Free Will Baptist Minister for over 40 years, pastoring churches in Michigan, Missouri, Kentucky, North Carolina, and Tennessee. He proudly served his country aboard the U.S.S. General SD Sturgis AP137 during WWII in the Pacific Conflict going almost completely around the world to keep America safe. He was present on VJ Day on Sept. 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay at the signing of the peace treaty. He was also a Kentucky Colonel.In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by beloved wife, Violet Newsome; two sisters, Francis McCage and Opal Mitchell, and two brothers, Russell Newsome, and Tvis Henry Newsome.He was a loving father, and grandfather. Rev. Newsome is survived by two daughters, Sharon Collings and husband Don of Middletown, Maryland, and Pamela Newsome...
Monday, January 09, 2017Ohio, the Eastern Shore of Maryland. After obtaining his masters of Divinity, he returned to southern Illinois where he served churches in Enfield, Shipman, Murphysboro, Jerseyville, Carterville, East St. Louis, Benton, and Mt. Carmel. As a pastor, he actively participated in the camping program of the Southern Illinois Methodist Conference at Little Grassy Methodist Camp on Little Grassy Lake. He helped build the original structures, and he and Juanita both directed camps there. In his spare time his hobbies were woodworking, gardening, hunting, and fishing.He retired in 1979 to Newton where he served as interim pastor at the First Christian Church, Blair United Methodist Church, and Kedron United Methodist Church. In 1999 he and Juanita decided to move to Carbondale to be near their daughter, Jean, and her children and grandchildren. There they enjoyed the fellowship of several other retired ministers and attending the First United Methodist Church in Carbondale. He and Juanita also volunteered at the Visitors’ Center at Giant City State Park where Earl was considered the resident CCC historian.Earl is survived by three children: daughter, Jean and Peter Wories of Carbondale, daughter, Sue Dickey and Tom Pollard, of Alameda, CA, and son, Lee and Dana Dickey of Redding, CA; grandchildren, Kevin (Rosemary) McCamish and Megan Harmon all of Carterville, Casey (Nico) Anselmi of Fidenza, Italy, Rebecca Renfroe of Clarkesville, TN, Adam Wories of Carbondale, and Rachelle (Brandon) Ridgeway of DuQuoin; eleven great-grandchildren, Kaleb McCamish and fiance Rachel Tate of Ft. Collins, CO, Colby and Corbin Harmon, Paige and John Stephen McCamish, Mikenzie Minnick, all of Carterville, Wiley and Annalee Renfroe of Clarkesville, TN, Ryleigh and Ty Ridgeway of DuQuoin, and Amelia Anselmi of Fidenza, Italy; two brothers, Ernest (Rozella) Dickey of DuQuoin and Wesley (Pat) Dickey of Waltonville; sister, Lillie (William) Loman of Blue Springs, MO and numerous nieces and nephews.He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, eight siblings, and two infant daughters.
Monday, October 24, 2016DeSoto and Dowell Police Departments in cooperation with the Jackson County Ambulance Service and Elkville first responders.Pettett Funeral Home of Murphysboro is in charge of the arrangements.Another Coroner'sCase InvestigatedThe coroner's office is also investigating the death of a 33-year-old Carbondale man who died at his home on Blue Jay Drive in Carbondale on Saturday. Christopher Brooks Geyerman was transported by Jackson County Ambulance Service to the emergency room at Memorial Hospital of Carbondale at 1:49 a.m. Saturday.He was unresponsive following cardiac arrest. Paramedics provided emergency resuscitative treatment which continued during from the time paramedics answered the call until the time they got to the hospital. An autopsy is planned. Toxicology tests are being done from blood samples.
