Mervyn Tripp, of rural Anna, Illinois, 77 years of age, departed this world mid-morning Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at home and quietly with family after a lengthy and exhausting journey with metastatic prostate cancer.
Merv was born, a twin, on the 20th of February, 1946, to Earl and Sarah...
Frank Tinsley, 80, of Mounds, died Sunday, Sept. 17, 2023, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on July 28, 1943, in Anna, the son of William and Hazel Dailey Tinsley.
He married Frances Murphy on May 24, 1980. She preceded him in death on June 1, 2004.
Mr. Tinsley was a...
Mary Ann Steinhouse Simpson, 93, of Carlinville, and formerly of Cairo, died at 11:40 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, at the Carlinville Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.
She was born on Feb. 25, 1930, in Cairo, the daughter of Edwin and Ruby Roberts Steinhouse.
She married her high school...
John Thomas “Tom” Sill, 88, died peacefully at home in the early hours of Saturday, April 29, 2023.
He was born on Feb. 16, 1935, the son of John D. and Madge Rendleman Sill, and raised in Carbondale, Illinois.
At the age of 5, he was enrolled in the University School on the campus of Southern...
Ruby Jean Middleton, 93, of Vienna, and formerly of Jonesboro, died Saturday, June 3, 2023, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion.
She was born on Nov. 21, 1929, in Anna, the daughter of Willie Everett and Mildred Viola Nimmo Landis.
She married Charlie Leslie Middleton on Feb. 19, 1951...