Blake Keeton
COULTERVILLE -- Blake Lee Keeton, infant son of Jamey Carns and Ashley Keeton, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Coulterville City Cemetery, with Pastor Mary Arnold officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 10:45 a.m. Thursday at Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home.
Don Halstead
DU QUOIN -- Don Harry Halstead, 83, died at 12:15 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Marshall Browning Hospital.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in Searby Funeral Home, with the Rev. Carl Mesiti officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery, with military rites by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 513. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church.
Alfred Little
RIDGWAY -- Alfred Little, 68, died at 5:19 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, in Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado.
Services and burial will be in Columbus, Ohio. Visitation will be from 2 to 7 p.m. today at Vickery Funeral Chapel.
Nellie Mitchell
MARION -- Nellie Mitchell, 90, died at 11:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Parkway Manor.
Arrangements are incomplete at Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home.
Lloyd Slayton
WEST FRANKFORT -- Lloyd Slayton, 78, of 101 Elmwood Addition died at 11:58 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Franklin Hospital in Benton.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Benton, with the Rev. Ken Petty officiating. There will be no visitation.
Hobbs-Johnson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Romona Ashby
MOUNT VERNON -- Romona W. Ashby, 70, died at 6:45 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Jeffersonian Nursing Home.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Hughey Funeral Home, with the Rev. Glen Johnson officiating. Burial will be in Laird Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Elmer Hobbs
HARRISBURG -- Elmer Hobbs, 78, of 801 Sahara St. died at 12:41 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Harrisburg Medical Center.
The body was cremated. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in Robinson-Wise Cemetery in New Burnside, with the Rev. Ownly Williams officiating.
Reed Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
Howard Lanam
ELKVILLE -- Howard E. Lanam, 79, died at 1:25 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday in Jefferson Barracks Cemetery in St. Louis, with military rites by the Missouri Mlitary Funeral Honors Team.
Neal-McClure Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Victor Heinemeyer
RED BUD -- Victor H. Heinemeyer, 91, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis.
Services will be at 8 p.m. Thursday in Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home, with the Rev. Rory Seeger officiating. Burial will be in Wisconsin Memorial Park in Brookfield, Wis. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to St. John Lutheran School, St. John Organ Fund or Christ Our Saviour Lutheran High School.
Edna Lawder
CHESTER -- Edna Alms Lawder, 78, died at 9:14 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001, in Pasadena Care Center in Texas.
Arrangements are incomplete at Schroeder-McClure Funeral Home.
Lois Wallace
DU QUOIN -- Lois Wallace, 75, died at 8:24 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Pinckneyville Community Hospital.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Friday in Old Du Quoin Cemetery, with Brother J.W. Fleming officiating.
Searby Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Claribel Gilbert
DU QUOIN -- Claribel Gilbert, 77, of Middlesburg, Fla., formerly of Du Quoin, died at 4:45 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, at home.
Arrangements are incomplete at Searby Funeral Home.
Randall Prusacki
DU QUOIN -- Randall Prusacki, 53, died at 2:20 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, at home.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with Monsignor Harry Jerome officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Searby Funeral Home. The rosary will be said at 9:30 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to a scholarship fund for his children.
George Bowden
HERRIN -- George Orville Bowden, 91, died at 1:38 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, in Shawnee Christian Nursing Home.
Arrangements are incomplete at Johnson-Hughes Funeral Home.
Joe Holmes
CARBONDALE -- Joe Holmes, 54, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
Arrangements are incomplete at Walker Funeral Home.
Christian Overman-Galloway
MOUNT VERNON -- Christian Leelynn Overman-Galloway, infant son of Randy Galloway and Jennifer Lawson Overman, died at 7:03 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001, in Good Samaritan Regional Health Center.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday in the chapel at Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. Steve Edwards officiating. Visitation will be from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the chapel.
Hughey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Bernice Painter
CARBONDALE -- Bernice Painter, 94, died at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9, 2001.
Arrangements are incomplete at Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home in Carterville.
Virginia Schleper
HERRIN -- Virginia Martell Schleper, 66, formerly of Herrin, died Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001, in St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church, with Monsignor Kenneth Schaefer officiating. Burial will be in San Carlo Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday at Johnson-Hughes Funeral Home.
Josh Potter
CARTERVILLE -- Richard Joshua "Josh" Potter, 17, died Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Herrin Hospital.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Friday in Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday at the funeral home.
Harry Postada
MARION -- Harry Postada, 76, died at 6:42 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001, in Marion Memorial Hospital.
Arrangements are incomplete at Meredith-Blue Funeral Home.
Christian Mitchell
BENTON -- Christian David Chriscoe Mitchell, infant son of David and Ashley (Chriscoe) Mitchell, died Saturday, Dec. 8, 2001, in Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday in Denning Cemetery, with the Rev. Margaret Holley-Gray officiating. Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday at Stone Funeral Home. A prayer service will be held before the procession to the cemetery.
