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January 2002

Jack Ray Heath, 69, formerly of Sidell
Elsie L. Stoke, 97, Santa Anna, Calif., formerly Fairmount
Marshall Knight, 79, of Indianola on Jan. 7.
William Havens, 86, formerly of Allerton, on Dec. 31.
Ica Myrick, 97, of Fairmount on Jan. 6.
Marvin Cookson, 61, of Sidell on Dec. 22.
Hetty Louise Reed, 78, formerly of Sidell on Dec. 22
James Summers, Sr., 49, of Champaign, on Oct. 10.
Earl Snook, 82, of Sidell on Dec. 30.
Opal Sconce Thode, 87, Wales, Wis., on Nov. 23.

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February 2002

Eddie White, 89, of Fairmount on Feb. 24.
Donald Hillary, 75 of Kernersville, N.C., formerly of Ridge Farm died Feb. 9.
Joseph W. Zimmerman, 86 of Beaver Dam, Wis., formerly Sidell, died Feb. 5.
Bill Johnston, 76, of Sidell on Jan. 30
Mildred Hinton, 93, of Danville, formerly Fairmount on Feb. 2.

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March 2002

Bill Pletch, 70, of Fairmount on March 26, 2002
Brian Spicer, 30, of Fishers, Indiana, formerly of Ridge Farm and Chrisman, March 25, 2002
Velva Cox, 90, of Hume on March 12, 2002.

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April 2002

Barbara Bildilli, 96, of Georgetown on April 20, 2002.
Joyce “Pauline” McNeese, 80, of Covington, formerly Sidell on April 15, 2002.
Kenneth “Andy” Rosnett, 83, of Danville, formerly Fairmount On April 29, 2002.
Don Harvey, 64, Sidell, April 12
Fred Quinlan, 80, Sidell, April 24
Gerald Dean "Jerry" High, 64 of Danville, formerly Indianola, died April 4.
Gladys Fonner, 82, of Catlin, formerly of sidell, died April 6.
Helen Bryant, 85, of Sidell died April 7.
Kenneth Orwig, 55, of Sidell on March 29, 2002.
Monty House, 48 of Los Angeles, formerly Sidell, on March 11.
Lorraine House, 79, of Paducah, Ky., formerly Sidell, on March 2.

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May 2002

Larry Miller, 60, of Allerton, died May 13, 2002
Bertha Yeazel, 86 of Murdock, formerly of Fairmount on May 13, 2002.
Paul Graff, 73, of Fairmount on May 3, 2002
Marjorie Schultz, 95, formerly Indianola, May 4, 2002
Earl George, 75, of Avon Park, Fla., formerly Allerton, on April 27, 2002.

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June 2002

John Edward Durbin, 80, of Catlin on June 21, 2002
Carl “Buzz” Fuller, 63, of Catlin, on June 22, 2002.
Ida K. Current Knight, 80, of Sidell.
Nila Verle Larrance, 64, of Riverside, Calif., formerly Indianola, died June 7, 2002.
Darlene Kilby, 59, of Fairmount, died June 9, 2002.

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July 2002

Mabel Ruth (Rohrscheib) West, 89, of Dyer, Ind., formerly Fairmount area, on July 19, 2002.
David George, 56, of Sidell on July 14, 2002.
Glendola Wax, 83 of Sidell, on July 4, 2002.
John E. Jones, 82, of Allerton, on July 2, 2002.
Pearl Dowers, 98, of Fairmount, on July 6, 2002.
Louise Rohrscheib Wimsett, 70, of Sidell on July 1
Virginia “Gini” Darr Smith, 80, of Danville, formerly Jamaica, on June 27.

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August 2002

Jonathan Collins, 90, of Indianola on July 26.
Opal Harris, 89, of Fairmount, on July 27.
Arcenith Salrin, 95 of  Fairmount died Aug. 5, 2002.
Robert Weller, 62, of Jamaica died on Aug. 11, 2002.
Rose Houchin, 87 of Danville (mother-in-law of Robert Weller) died Aug. 10, 2002.
Alberta Almy, 75 of Cayuga, Ind. on Aug. 14, 2002.
Richard George, 69, of Sidell, on Aug. 14, 2002.
Lloyd Smith, 75 of Oak Creed, Wis., formerly Urbana, on Aug. 15, 2002.
Josephine Fonner, 93, of Tucson, Arizona, formerly Sidell, August 15, 2002.
Robin Kemper, 51, of Fairmount, August 23, 2002
Oris Knoblett, 88, of Palestine, Illinois, August 21, 2002

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September 2002

Virginia (Soards) South, 56, of Cayuga, formerly of Sidell, died August 26, 2002.
Carl Busby, 72, of Ridge Farm, died August 28, 2002.
Rose Wakefield, 82, of Catlin, died August 27, 2002.
Verla Neibarger Jones, 76, of Danville on Sept. 7, 2002.
Ruth Cheney, 79, of Sidell on Sept. 20.
Demarice Ann Gordon, 56, of Sidell, Sept. 19.
Dorothy Moreland, 92, of Indianola on Sept. 21.
Robert Redmond, 74, of Fairmount on Sept. 20.

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October 2002

Wilford Rosnett, 83, of Danville on Setp. 28, 2002.
Carl Underwood, 80, of Charlotte, N.C., formerly Sidell, on Sept. 24., 2002.
Edith Williams, 92, of Ridge Farm on Setp. 28, 2002.
Eva Erp, 84 of Gerogetown, Oct. 5, 2002
Melba Craddock Haskins, 81, of Springfield, Sept. 29, 2002
Ella Jo Tracy, 88 of Sidell, Oct. 7, 2002.
Andy Stoaks, 53, of Sidell on Oct. 12, 2002
Esther Hageman, 87 of Danville, on Oct. 10, 2002.

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November 2002

Frances Ellett, 84, of Forsyth, Mo., formerly Sidell, died Nov. 4.
Alvin Ketchen, 93, of chrisman, the area watermellon man, died Oct. 30.
Edward Moore, 74 of Indianola died Oct. 29.
Susan Stout, 60, of Danville, formerly Jamaica, on Nov. 13, 2002.
Alvin Jones, 92, of Fairmount, on Nov. 13, 2002.
(The editor's mother:) Alta Mae Todd, 72, of Ridge Farm, on Nov. 22, 2002
Shirley Nesbitt, 66, of Indianola, on Nov. 21, 2002

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December 2002

Orville R. Fuel, 83, of Sidell, passed away at 3:55 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3
Walter F. Minick, 88, formerly of Route 1 in Fairmount, and who had been
residing in Mellott, died Dec. 6
Lawrence Eugene “Bud” Pate, 79, of rural Fairmount died Nov. 28.

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