Mr. Carrol Grammer, age 88 of Makanda, died at 6:05 a.m. Thursday, April 17, 2014 in the Memorial Hospital in Carbondale. He was born March 28, 1926 in Wolf Lake, the son of James Andrew and Elsie Lily Hood Grammer. He married Julia Lawrence on September 17, 1950 in El Monte, California.
Aileen C. Dillow, 93, passed away April 13, 2014, at her home in Apple Valley, CA. Born July 7, 1920, in Cobden, Ill., Aileen was a 35-year resident of Apple Valley and a 71-year resident of California.
Aileen was active in the Apple Valley Senior Citizens Club, Victorville Senior Citizens Club and the Apple Valley Grange.
Jesse E. White, Jr., 99, of Elco, died at 5:50AM Wednesday, April 23, 2014 at Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center in Marion.
Jesse was born Nov 13, 1914 in Mounds, son of Jesse Earl and Rosa Heater White Sr. He married Reba West on Aug. 29, 1947, she preceded him in death on Jan, 20, 2008.
Mary Josephine “Jody” Flummer of Carbondale, passed away Sunday, December 22, 2013 at Cape Girardeau.
Memorial service for Mary Flummer will be held Friday, April 4, 2014 at 6:00 PM at the Caledonia Community Church in Olmsted, Illinois.
Crain Pleasant Grove-Murdale Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Family in charge of local memorial service.
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Eight officials from various national and state agencies spent Tuesday, April 8, visiting various Trail of Tears sites in Pope, Johnson and Union counties.
The officials visited locations that have been certified as sites visited or trail segments that were part of the 1838-1839 Cherokee Trail of Tears when the Cherokee Nation was removed from North Carolina to Oklahoma.
The group of visitors who came to Southern Illinois included:
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