Extracts of Obituaries from the Cairo Citizen, January 2002:
Jan. 31
Mrs. Henrietta Jones Evers, age 58, of Belknap, Ill., died at 8 p.m. Wednesday evening, Jan. 23, 2002 at Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah.
Bobby Lynn Eddleman, age 66, of Mounds, died at 8:20 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002 at the Western Baptist Hospital in Paducah.
Harold E. Walker, age 93, of Urbandale, died at 2:10 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, 2002 at the Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro.
Joyce Churchill, age 76, of Dongola, died at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 26, 2002 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Guy Weeks, age 91, of Dongola, died at 11:05 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Edith McCormick, age 81, of Tamms, died at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2002 at her home.
Tereasa Kindle, age 76, died on Jan. 17, 2002.
William Russell Clark, age 84, of Grand Chain died at 8:45 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002 at the South Crest Hospital in Tulsa, Okla.
James Russell Burnham, age 53, of Marion, Ill., died at 5:45 a.m. Monday, Jan. 28, 2002 at the Carbondale Nursing and Rehab Center in Carbondale.
Hazel Foster, age 92, of Olive Branch, died at 4:15 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2002 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Louise Parker, age 65, of Ullin, died at 9:45 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 27, 2002 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Otis Curtis Williams was born Nov. 17, 1920 in Forman, Ark. to the union of the late Rev. Carson and Fannie Williams. He passed away in January 2002.
Jan. 24
Ora Hardamon, age 96, resident of Hodges Park, Ill., died Jan. 17, 2002 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Harold E. Walker, age 93, of Urbandale, Ill., died Monday, Jan. 21, 2002 at the Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro, Ill.
Verna Lee Kesler, age 73, of Ullin, died at 7:10 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002 at her home.
Steve G. Hill, age 85, of Arthur, Ill., formerly of Karnak died at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2002 at the Sarah Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, Ill.
Robert Lee, age 82, of Bourbonnais, died Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002 at the Riverside Medical Center.
Verlia L. Williams, age 91, of Robinson, Ill. died at 11:04 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2002 at Crawford Memorial Hospital in Robinson.
Barbara E. Rose, age 38, of Dickson, Tenn., formerly of Johnson County, Ill. died Jan. 13, 2002 near Centerville, Tenn. the result of an automobile accident.
Pearl Britt, age 79, formerly of Olmsted, died Jan. 15, 2002 at the Westwing Place in DeWitt, Iowa.
Jan. 17
Nancy J. Wright, age 59, of Cairo, died at 11:07 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2002 at her home. (Salute to Nancy Wright)
Benjamin Tally, age 79,of Mounds died at 7:24 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
John Henry Kindle, age 55, died Jan. 4, 2002.
Darrell DuRall, age 64, of Grand Chain, died at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002 at his home.
Monroe Norris, age 83, of Thebes, died at 6:08 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2002 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Threda Jones, age 82, of Cairo, died at 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, 2002 at Daystar Care Center in Cairo.
Lucille H. Monan Fite, age 90, of Mound City, died at 4:52 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2002 at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Raymond Jones, age 65, of Jonesboro, and formerly of Olmsted, died at 1:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2002 at Union County Hospital in Anna.
Melbourne Helton, age 52, of Chaffee, Mo., formerly of Cairo and Mound City, died at 10:15 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, 2002 at the Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.
Madhuben Patel, age 62, died Jan. 9, 2002 at the Beverly Health and Rehabilitation Center in New Madrid, Mo.
Eddie Jones, age 87, of Mounds died at 2:20 p.m. Jan. 3, 2002 at City Care Center in Anna.
John L. Sutton, age 52, of Tamms and formerly of Decatur, died at 6:12 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, 2002 at H & S Care Center in Tamms.
Jan. 10
Susan "Susie" Diane (Sissom) Modglin, age 51, of Paragould, Ark., formerly of Olive Branch, Ill. died at 3:31 p.m. Friday, Jan. 4, 2002 at the Regional Medical Center in Jonesboro, Ark.
Pat RedCloud, age 57, of Elco, died at 11:37 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 at the Union County Hospital in Anna.
Vella Mae Yarber, age 62, of Metropolis, formerly of Cairo, died at 4:25 a.m. Sunday, Jan 6, 2002 at her residence.
Mary Smith, age 65, died on Dec. 23, 2001.
Emma Augusta Sanders, age 90, of Chicago, died at 9:07 p.m. Dec. 27, 2001.
Tameka Latwana Purdiman died on Dec. 29, 2001 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.
Daisy O. Harris, age 81, died Dec. 27, 2001.
Martha Dennis, age 58, of Wickliffe, Ky. died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001 at 2:54 a.m. at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
Helen E. Stoehr Rundles, age 67, of Cairo, Ill. died at 7:45 a..m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002 at her home.
Vernell Kesler, age 89, of Paducah, Ky., formerly of Dongola, died at 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 3, 2002 at the Superior Care Home in Paducah.
Marguerite B. Ward, age 83, of Dyersburg, Tenn., formerly of Mounds, died at 10:21 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2002 at Dyersburg Methodist Hospital in Dyersburg, Tenn.
Juanita Jones, age 91, of Daystar Care Center in Cairo died at 11 p.m. Dec. 28, 2001 at Southeast Missori Hosptal in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Rose Kunsman Tanksley, of Granite City, Ill., died Sunday morning, Jan. 6, 2002 at 8 a.m. at her home.
Jan. 3
Martha Dennis, age 58, of Wickliffe, Ky., died Monday, Dec. 31, 2001 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
Rooney O. Cruse, age 96, of Anna, died at 3:20 a.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2001 at the Jonesboro Health Care Center in Jonesboro.
Mrs. Janet VanMeter Sears, age57, of Metropolis, died at 12:14 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001 at Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky.
Alice Inman Goines, age 86, of Karnak, died at 9:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001 at the Hillview Health Care Center in Vienna, Ill.
Tracy "TC" Calvert, age 38 of Sikeston, formerly of Olive Branch, died at 10:21 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2001 in an auto accident near Kewanee, Mo.
Sue Barnett, age 79, of Barlow, Ky., formerly of Cairo and Olive Branch, died Sunday, Dec. 23, 2001 at Life Care Center in LaCenter, Ky.
Kathleen Frances Grandstaff, age 87, of Mounds, died Thursday, Dec. 27, 2001 at 3:10 p.m. at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo.
Keith B. McHarry, age 35, of Olive Branch, died Monday morning, Dec. 24, 2001 in a 7:30 a.m. traffic accident on Highway 3 a mile north of Thebes.
Mary Ann Clark DeWeese, age 73, of Wickliffe, Ky. Formerly of Grand Chain, Ill. and Pasedena, Calif., died at 9:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 28, 2001 at her home in Wickliffe, Ky.