Extracts of Obituaries from the Cairo Citizen, December 2001:
Dec. 27
Stanley Kesler, age 52, died at 10:32 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001, enroute to the hospital.
Donna Kay Dowdy McKee, age 57, of Olive Branch died at 10:28 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
I.B. Allbritten, age 82, of Oshkosh, Wisc., formerly of Cairo died at 6:05 p.m. Monday, Dec. 17, 2001 at the Park View Health Center in Oshkosh.
Roger Wadley, age 53, of Mounds, Ill., formerly of Cairo died Wednesday morning, Dec. 19, 2001 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Bertha H. Hinman, age 79, of Mound City, died Saturday morning, Dec. 22, 2001 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
Dec. 20
Donna L. King, age 71, of Anna, died at 5:35 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2001 at her residence in Anna.
Annie Ruth Steward was born on Oct.. 29, 1919 in Manchester, Ga., to the late Charlie Wright and Mary Rosser Wright who preceded her in death. She departed this life on Dec. 9,2001 at 7:20 a.m. with her daughter, son-in-law and grandson at her bedside.
Georgia Bellamy, age 84, of Meridian Manor Nursing Home in Mounds died at 7:05 a.m. Dec. 5, 2001 at the nursing home.
Ella Carothers Malone, age 91, of Cordova, Tenn. a former long-time resident of Cairo, Ill., died at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Modelle H. Fischer, age 84, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Dec. 17, 2001.
Stephen M. Orselski, 53, of Anna formerly of Mounds, died at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 15, 2001, at his home.
Robert E. Hafford, age 66, of Cairo, died at 2:41 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Ruth Short, age 85, of Grand Chain, formerly of Ullin, died Sunday, Dec. 16, 2001 at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Metropolis.
John Martin, age 58, of Murphysboro, Ill., formerly of Grand Chain, died at 10:15 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 13, 2001 at his home.
Dec. 13
David White, age 83, of Springfield, formerly of Cairo, died at 5:50 a.m. Nov. 30, 2001 at the Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill.
Jessie Mae Butler was born in Ullin, Ill. to Martha Curd Meals and Jesse Meals. On Sunday, Dec. 2, 2001 she made the transition from life to everlasting life at 10:43 p.m. at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
William M. "Witz" Colyer, 72, of McClure died Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Robert Lee Suggs was born on Sept. 21, 1944 in St. Louis, Mo. to the late William Henry Suggs and Bertha Mae Johnson. Robert died on Friday, Nov. 30, 2001 following a lengthy illness at the age of 57.
Zelma Pettigrew Harris, age 75 of Pulaski, departed this life on Dec. 4, 2001 at Carbondale Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill.
Eunice "Polly" Lackey Masterson, age 84, of Lake Barrington, formerly of Pulaski, died at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 10, 2001 at the Long Grove Manor in Long Grove.
Ethyl Corzine, age 100, of Seminole, Fla., formerly of Mounds and Cape Girardeau died Thursday morning, Dec. 6, 2001 at the Seminole Nursing Pavilion in Seminole, Fla.
Dec. 6
Karen Muriel Adkinson, age 50, of Mounds, died Dec. 2, 2001 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Ernestine Johnson was born on Sept. 4, 1937. She departed this life on Nov. 19, 2001.
Harley S. McKee, age 68, of Cairo, formerly of Olive Branch died at 7:42 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 29, 2001 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Bill Parmley, age 88, of Ullin, formerly of Dongola, died at 6:14 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2001 at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo.
Zipporah Latrese Tabb was born Nov. 25, 2001 at the Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Ill.
Floyd E. "Slim" Fair, age 84, of Cairo, died at 11:05 a.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2001 at his home.
Natalie Brown, age 76, of Dundee, Ill. died at Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 at the Heritage Nursing Home in Elgin, Ill.
Michael Balos, Jr., age 75, of Jackson, Tenn., formerly of Grand Chain died at 7:06 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001 at the Jackson Madison County Hospital in Jackson, Tenn.
Leta Martin Meyer, age 66, of Karnak, died Saturday evening, Dec. 1, 2001 at the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
Margarett Lee "Nana" Bagby, age 85, of Mt. Vernon, formerly of Cairo died at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 at the home of her son in Marion, Ill.
Ella Carothers Malone, age 91, of Cordova, Tenn., a former long-time resident of Cairo, Ill., died at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001 at Baptist Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.
Harlan Nimmo, age 83, of Dongola, died at 8:50 p.m. Monday, Nov. 26, 2001 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
