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Obituaries 11-5-2014: Terry Kingery

News Progress Posted on November 5, 2014 by webmasterNovember 5, 2014

Terry Kingery Obit PicTerry Kingery

Terry Lee Kingery, 68, of Sullivan passed away at 12:39 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 2014 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.

Funeral services honoring his life will begin at 10 a.m. Friday in Schilling Funeral Home, 1301 Charleston Avenue in Mattoon. Burial with military rites will follow in Smyser Cemetery. Visitation for family and friends will be from 5-8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Masonic rites will begin at 7:30 p.m.

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Obituaries 11-5-2014: Merrill Pound

News Progress Posted on November 5, 2014 by webmasterNovember 5, 2014

Merrill Pound

Merrill E. Pound, 84, of Decatur died at 9:10 p.m. Monday, November 3, 2014.

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Obituaries 11-5-2014: Dora Hudson

News Progress Posted on November 5, 2014 by webmasterNovember 5, 2014

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Dora Deane Hudson, 104, of Bethany, formerly of Decatur, passed away at

12:45 a.m. November 4, 2014 in Mason Point, Sullivan.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany, with the Rev. Joel Stevenor officiating. Visitation will be held one hour prior to the service. She will be laid to rest between her daughter and her husband in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany.

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Obituaries 11-5-2014: Ralph Stuart

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RStuart obit photoRalph Stuart

Memorial services for Ralph H. Stuart, 93, of Sullivan were held at 10:30 a.m. Monday in Mason Point Chapel in Sullivan with Pastor Charliam Renner officiating. Masonic services were conducted by George A. Sentel Masonic Lodge #764. Burial with military rites was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan.

He passed away at 8:44 p.m. Monday October 27, 2014 in St. Mary’s Hospital, in Decatur.

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Obituaries 11-5-2014: Berniece Tucker

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Funeral services for Berniece M. Tucker, 94, of Sullivan were held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany.

She passed away at 10:18 p.m. Saturday, November 1, 2014 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.

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Obituaries 10-29-2014: Ralph Stuart

News Progress Posted on October 29, 2014 by webmasterOctober 29, 2014

Ralph Stuart

Ralph Stuart, 93, of Sullivan died at 8:44 p.m. Monday Oct. 27, 2014 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.

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Obituaries 10-29-2014: Tommie Yokley

News Progress Posted on October 29, 2014 by webmasterOctober 29, 2014

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Funeral services for Tommie Lue Yokley, 92, of Lovington were held at 11 a.m. Saturday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial was in Keller Cemetery in Lovington.

She passed away at 10:11 a.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in her home in Lovington.

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Obituaries 10-29-2014: Edwin Owens

News Progress Posted on October 29, 2014 by webmasterOctober 29, 2014

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Funeral services for Edwin Perry “Easy Ed or Grumpy” Owens, 80, of Lovington were held at 2 p.m. Sunday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial with military rites by Lovington American Legion Post #429 was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bethany.

He passed away at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday, October 22, 2014 in his home in Lovington.

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Obituaries 10-29-2014: Jim Butt

News Progress Posted on October 29, 2014 by webmasterOctober 29, 2014

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James W. ‘Jim’ Butt, 87, of Sullivan, died at 4:58 p.m. Tuesday October 21, 2014 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.

Memorial services will be at 7 p.m. Friday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Jim Maroon officiating. Public Masonic services will be conducted by the George A. Sentel #764 Masonic Lodge. Visitation is 5-7 p.m. Friday in the funeral home.

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Obituaries 10-29-2014: Robert Butt

News Progress Posted on October 29, 2014 by webmasterOctober 29, 2014

R Butt obit photoRobert Butt

Celebration of Life services for Robert E. Butt, 69, of Sullivan were at 2 p.m. Monday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Charliam Renner officiating. Burial was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Bethany.

He passed away at 2:37 a.m. Tuesday October 21, 2014 in Sullivan Rehabilitation and Health Care Center.

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