Linda Lucille Johnson, age 55, of DeSoto, Ill., died at 9:20 p.m. on May 22, 2002 in DeSoto.

Charles H. McCowen, age 79, of Cairo died at 10:10 a.m. Thursday, May 23, 2002 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Mary Jane Myers, age 65, of Vienna, Ill., died at 7:33 p.m. Friday, May 24, 2002 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.

Vice Admiral (VADM) Edward Patrick Travers, 77, former CEO of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society died of natural causes in Richmond, Va., on May 22, 2002.

James H. Hooppaw, age 81, of Evart, Mich., formerly of Mound City, Ill., died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001 at Metropolitan Hospital in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Reuben Dale Parker, age 83 of Cairo, formerly of Calloway County, Ky. died at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, May 16, 2002 at Daystar Care Center in Cairo.

William H. "Bill" Beasley, age 55 of Olive Branch, died Tuesday, May 14, 2002 at his home.

Norman A. Chambliss, Sr., age 86 of Louisville, Ky., died Monday, March 11, 2002.

Barbara Jean Patterson, age 54, of Cairo died at 9 p.m. Monday, May 6, 2002 in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Lon J. Buie, Sr., age 79, of Miami, Fla., formerly of Mound City and Cairo died February 10, 2002 at the Veterans Medical Center in Miami.

Capt. Sid E. Thomas, age 76, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Cairo died at noon Friday, May 10, 2002 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.

Thomas "Tommy" Edward Sterling of Cairo, formerly of Camden, Tenn., died at his daughter's home at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 8, 2002 in Cairo, Ill.

Elaine E. Palmer Lance, age 84 of Pulaski, Ill., died at 4:29 p.m. Monday, May 13, 2002 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Dorothy B. Kelley, age 75, of Jonesboro, Ill., died at 8:20 a.m. Monday May 6, 2002 at her residence.

Oler Lee Woods was born on June 5, 1900. She died at 12:25 a.m. Monday, April 22, 2002 at Charleston Manor Nursing Home in Charleston.

Jeanette F. Solomon, age 92, of Cairo, died at 5:10 p.m. Monday, April 29, 2002 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Ola M. Lentz, age 104, of Indianapolis, Ind., formerly of Dongola, died Sunday, April 28, 2002 at the Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.

Isabel Lence, age 83, of Anna, died at 9:45 p.m. Sunday, April 28, 2002 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Caroline Davidson, 72, age died at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2002, in Select Specialty Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.

Albert V. Watson, age 91, of Olmsted, died Wednesday morning, April 24, 2002, in his home.

Jean E. Jenkins, age 76, of Dongola, died 10 a.m. Friday, April 26, 2002 at her residence.

Robert "Bob" Canada, age 67, died at 7:50 a.m. Saturday, April 27, 2002, in his home in Belknap.

Frederick E. Wilson, age 72, of Cairo, died at 5:17 p.m. Friday, April 26, 2002 at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo.

D.M. Coleman, age 74, of Seattle, Wash., formerly of Elco, died Sunday, April 21, 2002 in Olympia, Wash.

Josephine Minor, age 70 of Karnak, died at 4:23 a.m. Tuesday, April 23, 2002 at Southgate Care Center in Metropolis.

Jack Hastings, age 76, of Belknap, Ill., died at 8:15 p.m. Saturday, June 22, 2002 at his home in Belknap.

Clara Fields Johnson, age 93, of Pulaski, Ill., died at 4:35 a.m. Thursday, June 20, 2002 at the Union County Hospital in Anna.

Jerry Jerome Vann, age 50, of Cairo died on June 14, 2002 at his residence.

Percy Jones, Sr., age 92, of Cairo, died on June 14, 2002.

Sterling Patrick Henry, age 34, of Mound City, died on Thursday, June 13, 2002.

Sam E. Johnson, age 90, of Villa Ridge, died at 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, 2002 at the home of daughter and son-in-law, in Benton, Ill.

Eileen M. Douglass, age 85, of Cairo, died at 11:35 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, 2002 at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo.

Cecile R. Langan, age 89, of Carbondale, died at 8:10 p.m. Saturday, June 8, 2002 in her home.

Samuel R. DeHaven, age 82, of Cairo, died at 9:15 a.m. Thursday, June 20, 2002 at Daystar Care Center in Cairo.

Joseph Edward Bennett, 68, of Alto Pass died Sunday, June 23, 2002, at Union County Hospital in Anna, Ill.

Grace Pulliam, age 87, of Lick Creek, died at 6:50 p.m. Friday, June 21, 2002 at Parkview Care Center in West Frankfort.

Delois Lingle Reynolds, age 87, of Goreville, died at 12:25 p.m. on Friday, June 21, 2002 at the Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.

Millard E. "Gene" Masterson, age 74, of Grantfork, Ill., died at 5:15 p.m. Saturday, June 22, 2002 at his home.

Glenn W. Lingle, age 86, of Dongola, died at 2:05 p.m. Saturday, June 22, 2002 at Jonesboro Health Care.

Willie J. Tyson, age 70, of Olmsted died at 7:50 a.m. Sunday, June 23, 2002 at his residence.

Dallzey Dillman, age 88, of Olive Branch, died at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, June 16, 2002 at the Union County Hospital in Anna.

Joseph H. Kelley, age 59, of Villa Ridge, died Monday morning, June 17, 2002 at his home in Villa Ridge.

Mary M. Walton, age 72, of Tracy, Calif., formerly of Cairo, died June 17, 2002 at the VA Hospital in Livermore, Calif.

Maggie Barnett Hamilton, age 91, died June 1, 2002.

Charles Edward Willis, age 56, died on June 10, 2002.

Archie Williams, age 98, died at 5:55 a.m. June 10, 2002.

Martin S. Bishop, age 88, of San Antonio, Tex., died Sunday, May 26, 2002 at the Hartland Nursing Home in San Antonio.

Jennie Jenevia Hopkins, age 84, of Aurora, Ill., died at noon Friday, June 14, 2002 in Bethany Health Care Center in DeKalb.

Mary Lou Koonce, age 99, of Ullin, formerly of Mounds, died at 10:45 a.m. Monday, June 17, 2002 at the Britt-Haven in Benton, Ky.

Connie S. Brown, age 64 of Godfrey, Ill., formerly of Karnak died at 4:40 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at the Elmwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Maryville, Ill.

Henry Sager, age 71, died at 3:10 a.m. June 6, 2002.

Leon R. Eaves, age 77, of Anna, died at 11:37 p.m. Saturday, June 8. 2002 at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion.

Bessie M. Connell, age 77 of Godfrey, Ill., formerly of Mounds died at 9:25 p.m. Thursday, June 6, 2002 at St. Anthony's Hospital in Alton, Ill.

James A. Smith, age 82, of Anna died peacefully at his home early Tuesday, June 4, 2002 after a three-year struggle with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

Mikenzie Nicole Bracken, daughter of Darrell Eugene Bracken and Lori Benefield was stillborn on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale.

Sidney Tyrell Clyde Pittman, age 5, died May 24, 2002. He was born on April 27, 1997 at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale to Donna Mackins and Sidney Pittman.

Gaines A. Hogue, age 94, of Detroit, Mich., formerly of Mounds died Tuesday, June 4, 2002 at his residence.

Erika Danielle Sims, age 6, died Tuesday, May 21, 2002 at her home in DuQuoin.

Connie S. Brown, age 64, of Godfrey, Ill., formerly of Karnak, died at 4:40 a.m. Tuesday, June 11, 2002 at the Elmwood Nursing and Rehab Center in Maryville, Ill.

John Dewey Lowe, Jr., age 59, of Cairo, died at 7:55 a.m. Friday, May 31, 2002 at his home.

A. Wayne "Red" Meadows, age 74, of Cairo died at 1:43 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2002 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Gerald Harvell, age 81, of Tamms, died at 7:52 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2002 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.

Michael V. Palmisano, age 79, of Champaign, Ill., died at 9:50 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2002 at the Provena Covenant Medical Center in Urbana.

Rita R. Kealey, age 85, of Hershey, Penn., died Wednesday, May 29, 2002 at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center following an illness.

Kathryn "Katy" Stoltz, age 54, of Marion, formerly of Anna, died at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 30, 2002 at her home.

Edith E. Tucker, age 71, of Paducah, Ky. died at 8:30 a.m. Friday, May 31, 2002 at the Lourdes Hospital in Paducah.

Holly C. Marchildon, Jr, age 87, of Cape Girardeau, Mo. died Thursday, May 23, 2002 at the Lutheran Home.