U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
Howard H. McRaven
JONESBORO -- Howard H. McRaven, 62, son of Claude and Sophronia Harwood McRaven, was born in Jonesboro Oct. 20, 1940, and passed away Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, at the Union County Hospital in Anna. Mr. McRaven was united in marriage to Peggy Bird in Cobden on Aug. 28, 1958. He was a carpenter, and owner of the Gibbs-McRaven Shelter Care Home in Jonesboro since 1968. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Jonesboro. Mr. McRaven loved to fish and travel, and was very dedicated to his profession. However, his most treasured moments were the times he spent with his grandchildren, and the much-anticipated birth of his first great-grandchild in May. Survivors include his wife, Peggy, of Jonesboro; one son and daughter-in-law, Mitch and Lisa McRaven of Herrin; one grandson and wife, Jory and Richelle McRaven of Energy; one granddaughter, Maci McRaven of Herrin; his mother, Sophronia McRaven of Jonesboro; and one brother and wife, Allen and Kay McRaven of Anna. Mr. McRaven was preceded in death by his father; one brother, David McRaven; and two sisters, Martha McRaven and Louise McRaven. Services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, in the chapel of Hileman and Parr Funeral Services, with the Rev. Joe Aldridge officiating. Interment will be in the Jonesboro Cemetery. Friends may visit from 4 to 8 p.m. today, Feb. 16, 2003, at the funeral home.
Louise Armes
MARION -- Louise Armes, 93, passed away at 11:25 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, at Fountains Nursing Center in Marion. Private services will be held. Burial will be at Rose Hill Cemetery, Marion. Blue Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Memorials may be made to Hospice of Southern Illinois. Envelopes are available at the funeral home, or may be sent in care of Blue Funeral Home, P. O. Box 411, Marion, IL 62959. Mrs. Armes was born on Aug. 22, 1909, in Dexter, Mo., to Spencer and Nella P. (Connor) Gamble. She married Carl Armes. He preceded her in death on Jan. 27, 1976. Survivors include daughter, Dorothy Winn of Marion; grandson and wife, Daryl and Lucinda Winn of Marion; grandson, Scott Winn of Marion; and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and brothers, Raymond Gamble and Roy Gamble. Mrs. Armes was retired from the Marion Memorial Hospital Housekeeping Department. She was a Baptist.
Jacquelynn Brumley
CARBONDALE -- Jacquelynn Brumley, 46, of Carbondale passed away at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003, at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, at Meredith Funeral Home, Carbondale, with Mr. Paul Giessler officiating. Interment will be held at Rowan Cemetery, Makanda. Friends may visit from 10 a.m. until time of the service at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, 2003, at the funeral home. Jacquelynn was born Dec. 8, 1956, in Wisconsin to Milo and Betty (Livingstone) Schendell. She married Daniel Edward Brumley on Dec. 18, 1989, at the Bible Baptist Church, Carbondale. They were the first couple married at the church. Survivors include her husband, Daniel Brumley of Carbondale; and one sister, Patty Mercer of Savannah, Ga. Jacquelynn was a member of Trinity Baptist Church, Murphysboro. She had worked as the Baptist Student Center as a counter. She loved God.
Charlene Allen
MOUNT VERNON -- Charlene Boone "Joyce" Allen, 74, died at 4:05 a.m. Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, in Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Johnston Funeral Home, with burial in Old Siloh Cemetery. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Robert Miles
RED BUD -- Robert H. Miles, 76, of Waterloo, formerly of Prairie du Rocher, died Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, in Red Bud Regional Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Welge-Pechacek Funeral Home in Red Bud.
Holden Sanders
HERRIN -- Holder Eugene Sanders, 74, died at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 13, 2003, at home. Arrangements are incomplete at Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home in Marion.
Joseph Dixon
MOUNT VERNON -- Joseph H. "Joe" Dixon, 85, died at 9:50 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, in Crossroads Community Hospital. Services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Hughley Funeral Home, with burial in Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association.
Virginia Reavis
MOUNT VERNON -- Virginia I. Reavis, 87, died at 3:45 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, in Good Samaritan Regional Health Center. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the cemetery. Memorials may be made to Central Christian Church. Hughey Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Fred Spurlock
JONESBORO -- Fred Spurlock, 75, died Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, in the Jonesboro Healthcare Center. Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday in Jonesboro Cemetery. Hileman and Parr Funeral Services is in charge of arrangements.
Howard Cantway
MOUNT VERNON -- Howard A. Cantway, 80, died at 4:26 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, in Good Samaritan Regional Health Center. Arrangements are incomplete at Johnston Funeral Home.
Maurice Watkins
MOUNT VERNON -- Maurice Watkins, 77, died at 9:20 p.m. Friday, Feb. 14, 2003, in Good Samaritan Regional Health Center. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Johnston Funeral Home, with the Revs. Everett Lemay and Steven Edwards officiating. Burial will be in IOOF Cemetery
in Woodlawn. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
Robert Namen
ANNA -- Robert J. Namen, 74, died at 3:40 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2003, in Union County Hospital. Arrangements are incomplete at Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home in Anna.
Lowanda Thornton
GOREVILLE -- Lowanda Thornton, 81, passed away at 12:05 p.m. in her home in Goreville. She was born April 12, 1922, in Johnson County, the daughter of Willis Dalton and Martha Gurley Dalton. Lowanda was united in marriage to John F. Thornton on Sept. 19, 1936, in Metropolis. He preceded her in death on April 13, 2003. Survivors include four sons and daughters-in-law, Dallas Glenn Thornton of Elgin, Mickey Lynn Thornton of Centralia, Donnie Joe and Ruth Ann Thornton of Springfield, and Jack E. Thornton and Beth McMahan of Wolf Lake; three daughters and sons-in-law, Kathy and Don Waters and Rita and Jerry Vaughn, all of Marion, and Patricia and Steve Russell of Goreville; 20 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren; a son-in-law, H. V. Trammell of Stonefort; a niece, Peggy Etheridge; and a nephew, Larry Gurley. In addition to her parents and husband, Lowanda was preceded in death by a daughter, Sharon Kay Trammell, and a daughter-in-law, Peggy Thornton. Lowanda was a homemaker. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and dear friend. Lowanda was a member of the Cedar Grove Church near Buncombe. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2003, in Bailey Funeral Home in Vienna, with the Rev. Don Eberhart officiating. Burial will be in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today in the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Cedar Grove Cemetery, c/o Doug Reid, 6920 Buncombe Road, Buncombe, IL 62912 or to Hospice of Southern Illinois, 1110 N. Johnson St., Marion, IL 62959. Memorial envelopes will be available at the funeral home.
Augusta O. Marlow
PINCKNEYVILLE -- Augusta O. Marlow, died at 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2003, in Pinckneyville Community Hospital Skilled Care Unit. She was born July 8, 1910, in Perry County, the daughter of Frederick and Sophia Heumann Sutter. She was united in marriage to Karl G. Marlow on March 9, 1940, in Cape Girardeau, Mo., and he preceded her in death on June 25, 1985. Augusta and her husband owned and operated the Marlow's Paint Store in Pinckneyville and she also worked as a clerk at McCant's in Pinckneyville. Augusta was a member of the St. Paul's United Church of Christ where she was a choir member and Sunday school teacher. Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Robert G. and Kathy A. Marlow of Pinckneyville; a daughter and son-in-law, Karla K. and Charles F. Keene of Shipman; and five grandchildren, Kirk Keene, Robert Marlow Jr., Kyle Keene, Krista Griffin and Kara Marlow. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, two brothers, William and Jake, four sisters, Kati Franklin, Clara Knapp, Emma Wool and Sophia Ende. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 23, 2003, in St. Paul United Church of Christ in Pinckneyville, with the Revs. Chuck Keene and Howard Self officiating. Interment will be in Sutter Cemetery
in Du Quoin. Friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2003, and from 8 to 9 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22, 2003, in Pyatt-Harrawood Funeral Home in Pinckneyville, and from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday in the church. Memorials may be made to Sutter Cemetery
Association.
Ferne Reed
CREAL SPRINGS -- Ferne Reed, 94, died at 1:20 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18, 2003, in Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion. Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21, 2003, in First United Methodist Church in Creal Springs, with the Revs. Kenny Burns and Shorty Alsip officiating. Burial will be in Creal Springs Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today in Cosby-Sloan Funeral Home in Creal Springs and from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday in the church. She was born Aug. 1, 1909, in Carrier Mills, to Walter Wayne and Bessie Sims Travelstead. She married Carl R. Reed Aug. 10, 1931, in Creal Springs Methodist Parsonage. She was a homemaker and a member of Creal Springs United Methodist Church and Creal Springs Ladies VFW Auxiliary. Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn Ann and Jack Brown of Creal Springs; three brothers, Lowell Wayne Travelstead of Marion, Alvin Eugene Travelstead of Creal Springs, and Marvin Dale Travelstead of Rector, Ark.; a sister, Naoma Ruth Messier of Marquette, Mich.; four grandchildren, David L. Brown, Brenda Anne and Jim Hines, Kimberly Anne and Monty Pearce, and Teresa Lynn and Carroll Fred; five great-grandchildren, Joshua Fosse, Keith Pearce, Eleah Pearce, Nathan Fred and Missy Fred; several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter, Merilyn Reed, son, Ellis Reed, two brothers, Cyrus Clarence and Kenneth "Jack" Travelstead, and two sisters, Esther Z. Carter and Lillie Mae Jack.
