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Robert Dale Ledbetter
Robert Dale Ledbetter, 67, of 1072 Mill Bluff Road, Fredonia, Ky., died at 2 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 23, 1997 at his home.
He was born in Harrisburg on April 6, 1929, to the late Frank and Bessie Parks Ledbetter.
He was employed for many years at Ellis Trucking and after the trucking left Harrisburg, he worked as an iron worker. He was a veteran and a member of the Teamster's Union and Iron Workers Local No. 107 in Evansville, Ind.
On April 12, 1952, he married
the former Peggy McCage and she survives. Also surviving are a daughter, Debbie Rhine of Harrisburg; two sons, Frank Ledbetter at home and Robert Samuel Ledbetter of Elco, Nev.; three grandchildren, Jermy Ledbetter, Dianne Ledbetter and Billie Jean Rhine; two brothers, Richard Ledbetter of Drakesboro, Ky. and Bill Ledbetter of Bolingbrook; and two sisters, Elizabeth Mayes of Drakeboro and Phyllis Casten of Chicago.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Jerry Ledbetter.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lambert Family Funeral Home in Harrisburg, where friends may call after 10 a.m. Saturday until service time. The Rev. Charles Riley will officiate. Burial will be in Sunset Hill cemetery with military rites by the Harrisburg and Carrier Mills Legion.
Freddie Don Smith
Freddie Don "Smitty" Smith, 59, of 409 S. 16th St., Herrin, died Thursday, Jan. 23, 1997 at his home.
Services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in VanNatta Funeral Home in Herrin with Brother Dewayne Taylor officiating. Burial will be in Herrin City cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral Home.
Memorials may be made to Tip of Illinois Hospice.
He was a draftsman and an Army veteran. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the American Model Association.
He was born to Raymond Louie and Lois (Hunt) Smith.
Surviving are his wife, Linda F. Smith; three daughters and sons-in-law, Cheryl A. and David Stewart of Cobden, Kendra L. and Aaron L. Norris of Hurst and Debbie D. and Steven R. Bloodworth of Energy; a son, and daughter-in-law, Rodney L. and Kerri L. Smith of Carterville; his mother, Lois Smith of Herrin; a sister and brother-in-law, Janet Rae and T.A. Sullivan Jr. of Harrisburg; one sister-in-law, Betty Smith of Herrin; six grandchildren.
His father, two brothers, Lester and G.H. Smith, and one nephew, Lester Dale Smith, preceded him in death.
Lorna Yvonne Butler
Mrs. Lorna Yvonne Butler, 73, of Robinson, died at 9:50 a.m. Jan. 22, 1997 at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana.
She was the wife of Pierre A. Butler, formerly of Eldorado.
Mrs. Butler was born on Sept. 2, 1923 in Jasper County to the late Bernard and Eva Reed Jones.
She married
Orvillle Moore York on April 12, 1942 and he preceded her in death. She married
Mr. Butler on June 7, 1978.
Before retirement she was employed by Crawford Electronics in Robinson.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by four daughters; two step-daughters; two stepsons; two sisters; two brothers; 15 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; five stepgreat-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Pulliam Funeral Home in Oblong, where services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday. The Rev. Ralph Graham will officiate and burial will be in Hardinville cemetery.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to the Hardinville Unit Methodist Church or the Crawford County (Ill.) Cancer Society.
Betty Lou (Johnson) Hicks
Mrs. Betty Lou (Johnson) Hicks, 67, of Evansville, Ind., formerly of Eldorado, died at 10:20 a.m. Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. Death was due to an apparent heart attack.
She is survived by her husband, Charles "Tom" Hicks. They had been married
for 49 years. Also surviving are a son, Keith Hicks of Evansville; a daughter, Susan Benjamin of Carol Stream; three grandsons, Bryan, Kyle and Andrew Hicks; nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Joe L. Johnson and William L. Johnson, who lived in Illinois.
Mrs. Hicks was born in the New Hope community on Feb. 6, 1931, to the
late Frank and Mary Johnson.
She was a member of the Calvary Baptist Church in Eldorado and the Order of the Eastern Star in Eldorado.
Services will be held at 10 a.m., Saturday, at the Alexander North Chapel, 4200 Stringtown Road, Evansville, where visitation will be held from 2 to 7 p.m., Friday. The Rev. Mitch Stichler will officiate and burial will be in Sunset Lawn cemetery in Harrisburg. The family will gather at Sunset Lawn at 1 p.m., on Saturday, for graveside services.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Betty Louise Boyd
Mrs. Betty Louise Boyd, 71, wife of Arley Boyd, of Elizabethtown, died at 8:13 p.m. Monday, Nov. 23, 1998, in Hardin County General Hospital at Rosiclare.
She was a member of the Church of Christ in Elizabethtown and a Girl Scout Leader for Troop 217.
In addition to her husband, Arley, she is survived by a son, David E. Boswell of Hillsboro; a daughter, Judy Lanham of Elizabethtown; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Mary Nell Smiglers of Buffalo, N.Y., Marie Brandt of Edmonds, Wash., and Daisy Sheppard of Florida.
Services will be held Friday at 1 p.m. at the Church of Christ in Elizabethtown. Burial will be in I.O.O.F. cemetery in Elizabethtown.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, at Rose-Gilbert Funeral Home in Cave-in-Rock. There will be no visitation Thursday.
Omer L. 'Pid' Holland
Omer L. "Pid" Holland, 94, of a resident of Carrier Mills Nursing Home, former resident of Equality and Johnson County, died Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998 at 8:05 a.m., at the Carrier Mills Nursing Home.
He was born on Jan. 31, 1904, in Missouri, son of the late John Alec and Maude E. (Proctor) Holland.
He was a retired automotive mechanic and a member of the Ozark Baptist Church.
He was married
to the former Beulah Taylor on April 19, 1930, in Harrisburg. She preceded him in death on Dec. 16, 1985.
Surviving are two sons and daughters-in-law, Linden T. and Phyllis Holland of Carrier Mills, and Richard and Pat Holland of Vienna; two daughters and sons-in-law, Lois and Don Kerley of Goreville and LeeAnn and Robert Cremeens of Equality; nine grandchildren: Donna Joplin, Cindy Skvarce, Terri Streich, Kathy Rix, Sandi Unser, Michelle Sullivan, Richard T. Holland, Kevin Cremeens, and April Cremeens; 12 great-grandchildren; and a sister, Edra Elker of Morehead, Minn.
In addition to his wife, and parents, he was preceded in death by three brothers and two sisters.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov. 28, 1998, at 11 a.m., at Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna. The Rev. Michael Abell will officiate. Burial will be in the Taylor cemetery, north of Vienna.
The family will greet friends from 9 to 11 a.m., Saturday, at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association. Memorial envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Beauford 'Boob' Roark
Beauford "Boob" Roark, 70, of New Haven, died on Monday night, Nov. 23, 1998, in Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
He was born on June 30, 1928, in New Haven, to the late Earl and Ethel (Holtzclaw) Roark.
Surviving are his wife, Betty Roark, two daughters and sons-in-law, Jill and Mike Bates of New Haven and Jan and Vince Drone of Ridgway; six grandchildren, Andrea Wargel of Ridgway, Chad Bates and Kelli Bates of New Haven, Randi Vickery of Shawneetown, Jala Drone and Blake Drone of Ridgway; and two great-grandchildren, Gannon Wargel and Giffin Bates.
He was a member of the New Haven Presbyterian Church and the Masonic Lodge.
Services will be held Friday, at 1 p.m., at Cox and Son Funeral Home in New Haven, where friends may call Thursday, from 4 to 9 p.m., with Masonic rites given at 7:30 p.m. The Rev. Julia Hazzard will officiate. Burial will be in Union Ridge cemetery.
In lieu of flowers donations may be given to the Presbyterian Church in his memory. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Gennevieve Pyle
Mrs. Gennevieve Pyle, 85, of 303 Harrison St., Carrier Mills, died at 5:10 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, 1998, at Fountainview Nursing Home in Eldorado.
She married
Harley Pyle on Oct. 11, 1930. He preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 1987.
Mrs. Pyle was a member of New Castle Baptist Church.
Her parents were the late Pleasant and Mary Ellen (Campbell) Milburn and she was born on Oct. 4, 1913, in Saline County.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Richard (Shirley) Boyle of Sky Valley, Ga. and Mrs. Jack (Mary) Overstreet of Carrier Mills; three sons and daughters-in-law, Glendel and Norma Pyle of Independence, Mo., Don and June Pyle of Stonefort, and Bill and Joy Pyle of Harrisburg; a sister, Ruth McNew of Carrier Mills; 12 grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and nine step-great-grandchildren.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Connie Jean Pyle; twin grandchildren, Brian and Sonja Overstreet; three brothers, an infant Claude Everett, and Carl and Kenneth Milburn, and two sisters, Bertha Passmore and Gladys Brandon.
Services were held at 1 p.m., Tuesday, at Absher-Nicholson Funeral Home in Carrier Mills, where visitation was held from 5 to 8 p.m., Monday. The Rev. Harl Cockrum officiated and burial was in Salem cemetery near Carrier Mills.
