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Southern Illinoisan, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1999 Page 3B THE RECORD Mary Brandibas CHRISTOPHER Mary E. Brandibas, 76, died at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1999, in Franklin Hospital i in Benton. Services will be at noon Saturday in Gilbert Funeral Home, with the Rev.

Perry Musgrave officiating. Burial will be in Mulkeytown Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the funeral home. Mrs.

Brandibas was a homemaker. She was a Catholic. She was born Aug. 13, 1923, in Christopher to Lester and Dora (Montgomery) Smith. She married Paul Space.

She later married Eli Brandibas. Both preceded her in death. Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Paula J. and Mike Saul of Christopher; four brothers, Norman Smith of Valier, Bob Smith of Christopher, Lester Smith of Herrin and James Smith of Granite City; one sister, Carol Sue Maibaum of Kokomo, two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Her parents and one sister also preceded her in death.

Jessie May Reiman MURPHYSBORO Jessie May Reiman, 100, died at 11:10 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, at home. Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday in Pleasant Hill Christian Church, with the Revs.

Paul Hicks, Ryan Perry and I Bob Miller officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Saturday and from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Sunday at Wilson's Funeral Home in Ava. Memorials may be made to the cemetery or the Murdale Baptist Church Building Fund. Mrs. Reiman was a homemaker. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Church for 83 years.

She was born Nov. 1898, in Oraville to Ed E. and Cora Alice (McBride) King. She married Rudolph E. Reiman on Oct.

25, 1925, in Paducah. He died May 16, 1972. Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne D. and Arscele Reiman and Christopher and Nevlyn Reiman, all of Murphysboro; one daughter, Bernadine Schnaare of Murphysboro; nine grandchildren, Steve and Martie Reiman, Mark and Marilyn Reiman, Alan and Nancy Reiman, Paula and Ed Goodwin, Carol and Bob Miller, Dale and Debbie Reiman, Regina and Steve Graff, Roger and Caron Turk, and Darlene and John Lambert; eighteen greatgrandchildren, Janelle, Rachel and Lori Reiman, Mark and Stephanie Hill, Jeff Hill, Brad and Ann Hill, Samuel and Hannah Goodwin, Rachel Joe and Benjamin Miller, Heather Reiman, Amanda Graff, Heather, William and Shannon Turk, Dawn and Scott Secket, Todd Lambert; five great-great-grandchildren, Heather, Jessica, Brittany, Braden and Brandt Hill; two nieces, Jackie and Ralph Peckler and Mary King; and her special friends, Alice Reiman and Enola King. Her parents, one son, Troy, one brother, Clain King, and one nephew, Warren King, also preceded her in death.

Esther M. 'Bonnie' Dungey MARION Esther M. preceded her in death. Lorene Kirk "Bonnie" Dungey, 79, died at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Sept.

28, 1999, at home. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Eastlawn Cemetery in Energy, with Dr. Joey Brent officiating. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.

Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Dungey was retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Department, where she had worked as a secretary for more than 20 years. She was a Protestant.

She was born Jan. 13, 1920, in Howe, to Nick and Mary Burgi. She married Woodrow "Bussie" Dungey in Marion. He died Nov. 27, 1964.

Survivors include four sis, Chloe Dungey, Mary Swafford, Kathleen Rader and Mary Dungey, all of Marion; and several nieces and nephews. Her parents, and two brothers, David and Ralph Burgi, also SESSER Lorene Kirk, 80, died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, in Fair Acres Nursing Home in Du Quoin. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the First Christian Church, with the Revs.

Dan Williams and Shannon Bobb officiating. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today and from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church.

Johnston Funeral Home in Mount Vernon is in charge of arrangements. Roscoe D. Craft ANNA Roscoe D. Craft, 87, of Anna died 5 a.m. Thursday Sept.

30, 1999, at his home in Anna. He was born on June 7, 1912, in Whitewater, the son of Alfred and Bertha (Gohn) Craft. He married Florence Adams. She died in 1957. He then married Clara Smith.

She died in 1990. A son John Mark Craft, two grandsons Brad Jones and Alex Melton, also preceded him in death. He is survived by a very special friend Electa Hayes of Anna; four sons, Ralph David Craft of Makanda, Ross and wife, Sue Craft, of Kansas City, Thomas Craft of Lawrence, Kan. and Steven Craft of Scottsdale, seven daughters, Doris and husband, Levi Yoder, of Ballwin, Joyce Craft of Mount Vernon, Bertha and husband, Elmer Jones, of Granite City, Betty Martell of Mount Vernon, Margaret and husband, Richard Cunningham of Springfield, Nita and husband, Paul Griffin of Columbia and Ruth and husband, Ted Druch of Chesterfield, one sister, Betty Bauer of Mobile, grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Christ guided his life since he was 16 years old.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, with the Rev. Bon Reynolods officiating. Interment will be in Anna Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Lela (Alger) Newman Garner ALTO PASS Lela (Alger) Newman Garner, daughter Otis and Nellie Champion Alger, was born in Alto Pass on Aug. 24, 1911, and passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, at the Eden Village Care Center in Glen Carbon. Mrs.

Garner was married to Claude A. Newman in Edwardsville in 1928, and he preceded her in death in 1949. She was then married to Audra "Red" Garner on Aug. 20, 1955, in Jonesboro, and he also preceded her in death on April 23, 1997. Lela worked as an LPN at the Union County Hospital and later retired from the former Anna State Hospital.

She was a member of Lockard Chapel Baptist Chruch. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Gerald and Rose Newman of Glen Carbon; six daughters and sons-in-law, Doris Jean Newman of Anna; two stepsons, Andrew "Sonny" Garner and Roy Garner; four stepdaughters Lorene Vincent, Freda Boyer, Nina Jean Householder and Glenda Moore; many grandchildren; many great-grandchildren; five sisters, Lindle De Witt of Glen Carbon, Afton Bailey of Des Peres, Ruth Newman of Murphysboro, Minnie Wright of Herrin and Rosemary Schrader of Granite City. She was preceded in death by one son, Donald; two stepsons, Paul and Bill Garner; one brother, Carl Alger; two sisters, Lois McCormick and Imogene Orr. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Hileman and Parr Funeral Services in Jonesboro, with the Rev.

Gene Hart officiating. Burial will be in St. John's Cemetery. Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Helen J. Quails MURPHYSBORO Helen J. Qualls, 76, died at 9:40 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, in Barnes- Jewish Hospital in St.

Louis. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Christ Community Church, with burial in Tower Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 9 p.m. today and until 10 a.m.

Saturday at Pettett Funeral Home. Mrs. Qualls had been a nurse's aide at local nursing homes. She attended Christ Community Church. She was born Oct.

16, 1922, in Caruth, to Jacques and Laura (Arnold) LeFleur. She married Bert Qualls on June 20, 1940, in Ava. He died April 29, 1991. Survivors include six children, Bert Eugene Qualls of Bossier City, Darlene Fox of De Soto, Carol Sanders and Steven and Robert Qualls, all of Murphysboro, and Phyllis Johnson of Texas City, Texas; many loving sons-in-law and daughters-in-law; two sisters, Marcianna Brewer of Peoria and Margaret Rusk of Orville; a special friend, Phyllis Woosley; 25 grandchildren; and 17 greatgrandchildren. Her parents, one son and one daughter also preceded her in death.

Mobile Home Owners 1 Pc. Insulated Rubber Roofs Stop Leaks, Noise, Maintenence Vinyl Tilt Windows Siding CRABB 1-800-447-6878 Robert J. 'Bob' Hill MARION Robert J. "Bob" Hill, age 73, of Marion, and Bradenton, died at 10:20 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

28, 1999, in Fountains Nursing Home in Marion. He was born on Nov. 16, 1925, to Opal Lee and Jessie (Cunningham) Hill in Marion. Bob was married to Virginia B. Swanson, July 24, 1965, in St.

Charles and she survives. Bob was a Methodist and a member of the United Mine Workers of America, Local Union 9878 of West Frankfort. He spent his working years in coal mining and was a mine examiner when he retired. Bob was a veteran and served as a Merchant Marine during World War II. Bob is survived by his wife, Virginia Hill of Marion and Bradenton, one daughter and son-in-law, Valerie and Doug Tallman of the Creal Springs Lake of Egypt Community; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert J.

and Nicole Hill of Colorado Springs, and Larry and Debbie Crouse of Saltillo, four grandchildren, Stephanie Finke and husband, Chris, Justin Tallman, Cheyenne Hill, and Mark Crouse; one great-granddaughter, Emily Finke; one sister and brotherin-law, Helen and Cy Braun of Homewood. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, one brother, William Hill who died in 1942 during combat in World War II, and one granddaughter, Savannah Hill. Graveside services for Mr. Hill will be held in Maplewood Cemetery in Marion at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct.

2, 1999, with Rev. Marlin Otte officiating. Before the service the family will meet with friends at 9 a.m. at the Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home in Marion. The family request expressions of sympathy be in the form of donations to Tip Hospice, envelopes will be available at the funeral home or mailed care of Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home, PO Box 370, Marion, 62959.

For additional information, please contact the funeral home at 993-2131. Joseph Michael Duncan CREAL SPRINGS Joseph Michael Duncan, age 8, of Egyptian Hills Drive in Creal Springs, passed away at his home on Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1999. Joseph Michael was a student at Goreville Grade School in Goreville. He is survived by his mother, Donna M.

Duncan of Goreville and father, James E. Williams of Marion; his sister, Elissa Heaven Bruny; grandparents, Joseph C. and Karen K. Lill of Dongola and Marjorie Williams of Marion; aunts and uncles, Michael J. and Sheri L.

Duncan of Centralia and Gary W. and Carrie A. Childers of Johnston City, Michelle M. Mayo of Marion and Larry W. Mayo of Florida, and Ed, Mike, and Tim Williams; cousins, Austin J.

and Ashley Duncan, Joshua R. and Kylee N. Duncan, and Caryn K. Mayo; a brother, Nathan Williams, and sisters, Jamie and Ashleigh Williams; and several great-aunts, great-uncles and cousins. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m.

Sunday, Oct. 3, 1999, at the Whitnel Funeral Home in Goreville. Burial will follow at Lake View Cemetery in Johnston City. Friends may call from 10 a.m. until the time of services at the funeral home Sunday.

Clyde Frey MARION Clyde L. Frey, 67, died at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, at home. A memorial service will be at 1:30 p.m.

Sunday in MitchellHughes Funeral Home, with the Rev. Floyd Dorris officiating. Visitation will be from noon to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Mr.

Frey was a retired operating engineer. He born Sept. 25, 1932, in Williamson County to P.T. and Effie (Woolsey) Frey. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1301, and Local 318, and was a veteran of the Korean War.

Survivors include one ter, Ramona Robison of Marion; one grandson, Christopher Robison of Marion; and three sisters, Mary Roberts of Alabama, Betty Compton of Anna and Reba Phillips of Carbondale. His parents and three brothers, Oland, Bryce and Donald Fey, preceded him in death. ELDERLY CARE 988-8800 Westwood Retirement Home William Austin 'Bill' Stewart MURPHYSBORO William Austin "Bill" Stewart, 68, died at 11:03 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, in St.

Joseph Memorial Hospital. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Crawshaw Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mark Twain officiating. Burial will be in Murdale Gardens of Memory.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the First Christian Church. Mr. Stewart was a very good man, a special Pa-Pa and was very much loved by his family.

He was the owner-operator of Bill Stewart Bookkeeping and Tax Service of Murphysboro. He was a member of the First Christian Church and Ducks Unlimited. He was born Jan. 13, 1931, in Du Quoin to William Wallace and Pauline (Brumley) Batteau Stewart. He married Phyllis Fricke on Sept.

16, 1951, in Murphysboro. She survives. Other survivors include his mother, of Murphysboro; one daughter and -in-law, Sue Ann and Terry Wilson of Ava; two sons and daughters-in-law, Rick and Vickie Stewart of Murphysboro and Mike and Brenda Stewart of Ava; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Shirley A. and George Frost, Paula and Darryl Huppert and Mary Ellen and Randle Pierson, all of Murphysboro; two brothers and sisters-in-law, James W. and Sheila Stewart and Frank E.

and Jane Stewart, all of Murphysboro; six grandchildren, Byron Stewart, Stephanie Stewart, Scott Stewart and wife, Erin, Travis Stewart, Brooke Crombar and husband, Lance, of Murphysboro and Jeffrey Wilson of Ava. His father preceded him in death. Carl Thompson Sr. MOUNT VERNON Carl E. Thompson 83, died at 12:40 a.m.

Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, in Jeffersonian Care Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Hughey Funeral Home, with the Rev. Merle Fullerton officiating.

Burial will be in Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. Military flag presentation services will be conducted by the chaplain of American Legion Post 141. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Bill Shane MOUNT VERNON William Roy "Bill" Shane 66, died Wednesday, Sept.

29, 1999, in Good Samaritan Regional Health Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the chapel of Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. Hughey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Martin Groh ANNA Martin Paul Groh, 42, died Tuesday, Sept.

28, 1999, near Dongola. Services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, the Rev. Tom Miller officiating. Burial will be private.

There will be no visitation. Elsie Baggott ANNA Elsie W. Baggott, 91, died at 8:13 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, 1999, in Union County Hospital.

Services will be at 1 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna, with Pastor Rick Hertenstein officiating. Burial will be in Anna City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to Mount Moriah Lutheran Church. Thelma Catton WEST FRANKFORT Thelma R. Catton, 85, died at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, in Herrin Hospital.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in Parker-Reedy Funeral Home, with burial in Tower Heights Cemetery. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Edith Klein CARTERVILLE Edith Ludene Klein, 62, of Geneva, formerly of Carterville, died Wednesday, Sept.

29, 1999, in Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala. Arrangements are incomplete at Riggin-Pillatsch Funeral Home. Mary Bruning CHESTER Mary Bruning, 84, died at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28, 1999, in St.

Ann's Healthcare Center. Memorial services will be later. Shroeder-McClure Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mae Coffel DUBOIS Mae E. Coffel, 90, died at 4:19 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999, in Washington Hospital in Nashville. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday in Chapel Hill Cemetery. Searby Funeral Home in Tamaroa is in charge of arrangements.

Mary Garoutte MARION Mary A. Garoutte, 66, died at p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999. Arrangements are incomplete at Mitchell-Hughes Funeral Home.

Catherine Hale MAKANDA Catherine Hale, 71, died at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999, at home. Arrangements are incomplete at Huffman-Harker Funeral Home in Carbondale. Joe Morrison NEW BURNSIDE Joe Morrison, 37, died at 6:30 a.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 29, 1999. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in Absher-Nicholson Funeral Home in Carrier Mills, with burial in Arnold Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m.

today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the family. Florence Brooks NASHVILLE Florence Brooks, 73, of Nashville, for-: merly of Madison, entered into rest at her residence at 6:45 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30, 1999.

She had attained the age of 73 years, one month and 21 days, having been born on Aug. 9, 1926, at Island, to Henry Balentine and Elizabeth (Wheeler) Arnold. She was united in marriage on Jan. 14, 1946, in Granite City, to Jack Darrell Brooks, Sr. and he preceded her in death on.

Dec. 29, 1965. She was of the Baptist Faith. and was a supervisor at SISCO Corp. until her retirement in January 1994.

She is survived by five son, Jack Brooks of Nashville, Gregory Brooks Sr. and wife, Cheryl of Henderson, Alan Dale Brooks and wife, Barbara of Bennington, Randy Thomas Brooks and wife, Juliann of New Memphis, and Bruce Lee Brooks and wife, Beverly of Simivalley, two daughters, Peg Dayton Jones and husband, James of Granite City, and Elizabeth Shelley Faught of Clear Lake, Iowa; one brother, Henry B. "H.B." Arnold and wife, Doris of Fairfield; one ter-in-law, Gracey Arnold of. Shreveport, 17 grandchil-: dren; and nine great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents, one brother, Wilbur Arnold and one sister, Marie Scott.

Funeral services will be held Monday, Oct. 4, 1999, at 10 a.m. at Krupp Funeral Home Chapel in Nashville, with Rev. Andrew Easton officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunset Hill Cemetery in Edwardsville.

Friends may call Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home in Nashville and on Monday until the time of service. OUR TOWNS Old Slave House Continued from 1B 1858, when Lincoln came to Working in conjunction with Southern Illinois to debate the equally legendary Billy Not all the stories about the Stephen Douglas. However, Potts, an innkeeper on the house are grim. One of the most Lincoln was in Gallatin County Illinois side of the Ohio, popular is that Abraham in 1840 to spend more than a members of the Ford gang Lincoln visited Hickory Hill.

week participating in seven robbed and killed travelers. For years, Jeniza Gates debates in Shawneetown and While doing research on Harrelson told her Equality, and proponents say Crenshaw, Nelson discovered a grandchildren she danced with that's when Lincoln would have "stray book" in a Kentucky Lincoln at a ball at the house, visited Crenshaw, probably for courthouse. while Crenshaw's own niece, a reception held to honor all the According to the laws of the Mariah Crenshaw Wallace, told debate participants, regardless time, finders of stray livestock her family Lincoln rode in on a of political affiliation. were required to record their horse to see her uncle. There are other legends that finds the court in hope with the of keeping them.

The outlaws Critics say Lincoln would tie Crenshaw to notable figures stretched the laws to allow never stay in the a of the day, including some them to keep "stray" flatboats. house of slave holder, especially one infamous ones. Nelson found a Ironically, Ford was the who belonged to an opposing link between Crenshaw and Livingston County, sheriff political party. "The women outlaw James Ford, leader of and a justice of the peace. He who said they danced with the Ford's Ferry Gang.

amassed wealth, but was great Lincoln in the Old Slave House Known as "Satan's gunned down in 1833 by a might as well have said they Ferryman," Ford was a pirate, group of vigilantes. were dancing with Elvis," John thief and murderer who Until his death, Ford had Y. Simon, professor of library terrorized travelers along the leased the Lower Lick Salt affairs at Southern Illinois Ohio River from his base on Works. Nelson learned that University at Carbondale, said. Hurricane Island, a small island after Ford's death, the salt Originally, the visit was across from Elizabethtown on works was turned over to none assumed to have taken place in the Kentucky side of the river.

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