Obituaries
Debra L. “Lonnie” Prater, 60, of Anna, died Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at her home.
She was born on July 14, 1956, in Kansas City, Kan., the daughter of Victor and Ruby White Petty.
She is survived by her two daughters, Jamie (Glen) Prater of Cobden and Jennifer (Michael) Garrett of Alto Pass; one son,...
Lois Brooks, 57, of Jonesboro, died at 12:38 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at Jonesboro Healthcare.
Arrangements were pending at Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Anna.
Eleanor B. Ketchie, 96, of North Charleston, S.C., and formerly of Anna, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
She was born on Feb. 13, 1921, in Anna, the daughter of Dee Brimm and Vica Young Brimm. She married Irvin Ketchie.
She loved the outdoors, and could be found working in her yard surrounded by...
Gerald “Jerry” Edwin Miltenberger, 82, of Carbondale, died at 2:06 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, at his home in Carbondale with his family by his side.
He was born on Sept. 5, 1934, in Anna, the son of Virgil E. and Nellie Boyd Miltenberger.
He was a 1952 graduate of Dongola High School. Following...
John Harold Rodgers, 81, of Cape Girardeau, and formerly of Cobden, died at 12:05 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, 2017, at his home.
He was born on June 25, 1935, in Chicago, the son of Francis and Loyola Powers Rodgers.
He married Doris Bigler on Dec. 28, 1957, in Cobden.
He is survived by his wife, Doris...
Dean Golliher, 73, of Anna, died at 5 a.m. Friday, Feb. 10, 2017, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.
He was born on Aug. 4, 1943, in Murphysboro, the son of Willard Otis and Mary Jane Tindall Golliher.
He married Janet Rowley on Oct. 4, 1965, in Murphysboro.
He is survived by his wife of 51...
Charles W. Hook, 87, of Anna, died at 8:03 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at Saint Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
He was born on Aug. 14, 1929, in East St. Louis, the son of Charles Wesley and Marguerite Root Hook.
He married Jeanette Liggett on Aug. 29, 1985.
He was a manager with the...
Donovan C. Smith, 68, of Cobden, died on Feb. 3, 2017, at 3:10 a.m. at his home, surrounded by his family.
He was born in Anna on Nov. 5, 1948. He was raised by his grandparents, Eppie and Helen Smith of Jonesboro, and considered them his parents. He graduated in the Anna-Jonesboro Community High...
John Harold Rodgers, 81, of Cape Girardeau, and formerly of Cobden, died at 12:05 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6, at his home.
Funeral arrangements were pending at Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Cobden.
To leave online condolences for the family, visit www.rendlemanhilemanfh.com.
Rendleman &...
Connie Sherfy, 69, of Jonesboro, died at 9:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 3, 2017, at her home.
She was born on Oct. 18, 1947, in Anna, the daughter of Donald and Grace Salyers Aldridge.
She married Theodore Sherfy Jr. on Sept. 12, 1966, in Odessa, Texas.
She is survived by her four sons, Alan Earl (Tammy)...
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