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Joyce Q. Dodd, 93, of Decatur passed away Sunday, June 2, 2013 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. A graveside service to celebrate Joyce’s life will be 2 p.m Thursday, June 6, 2013 in Graceland Cemetery. Arrangements were made with Moran & Goebel Funeral Home and Cremation Services. The family of...

Clarence Donald Wood 71, of Decatur, passed away Saturday, June 1, 2013 in St. Johns Hospital in Springfield. He was born June 10, 1941 in Keokuk, Iowa, the son of Hubert L. and Gertrude A. (Rathje) Wood. 'Woody', as he was known, graduated from Eisenhower High School in 1959. He graduated from...

Charlie Taylor passed away June 1, 2013 at home with his family. Charlie was born October 26, 1917, in Haywood County, Tennessee to George and Della Dotson-Taylor. He is the youngest of 18 children. He became a member of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Brownsville, Tennessee at an early age. He...

Decatur-Thomas Eugene Jones, 66, of Decatur, passed away, Friday, May 31, 2013 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. He was born November 21, 1946 in Coffeen, Illinois, the son of Thomas and Elizabeth (Moore) Jones. He proudly served his country in the USMC. He was employed as an Operating Engineer with...

Odell J. Reed Jr., 55, of Caseyville formerly of Decatur passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in Caseyville Nursing and Rehab Center. Odell was born on January 22, 1958 in Brownsville, TN the son of Odell J and Bertha May (Greer) Reed Sr. He had worked for Wagner's Casting Company. Surviving are...

Loretta Mae Ballard, 91, of Decatur passed away on Thursday, May 30, 2013 in Heritage Manor Nursing Home. Loretta was born on December 11, 1921 in rural Macon, IL at the Gibson/Cross family farm. Loretta was the daughter of Rollie E. and Ethel M. (Cross) Scribner. Loretta attended Stephen Decatur...

Thomas Charles Radley, 79, of Decatur passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013 in St. Mary’s Hospital. Tom was born May 23, 1934 in Effingham, IL, the son of Charles Radley and Grace Brosius. He proudly served in the Naval Reserves, and later worked as a pipefitter and retired from A.E. Staley...

Jerlean Taylor Johnson Emerson, 79 of Decatur went to be with the Lord on Sunday May, 2013 in St. Mary's Hospital. Jerlean was born on August 28, 1933 in Brownsville, TN, the daughter of the late Rev. Allen and Louella Reed Spates. In her earlier years, she was raised by her adopted parents, the...

Decatur-Dolores Hawbaker, 93, of Decatur, passed away Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Ash Flat Healthcare and Rehab Center in Ash Flat, Arkansas. She was born December 4, 1919 in Decatur the daughter of Byron and Blanche (Hynds) Barnett. She married Paul Hawbaker February 23, 1940 in Decatur. He...

Gary W. Ray, 58, of Decatur passed away 9:00 am on May 20, 2013 in St. Mary's Hospital with his family by his side. His death was due to Congestive Heart Failure. No services are scheduled. Burial will be held at Macon County Memorial Park in Harristown, IL Gary was born October 2, 1954 in...

Obituary for May 20th Tornado Memorial It is at times like this, when we have been fortunate enough to have survived a major storm without injury or personal loss, that we reflect on not only how lucky we are, but also on the losses others have faced. The tragic storms and loss of life in our...

Archie Lee Johnson, 70, of Decatur departed this life Sunday, May 19th, 2013 in his home. Archie was born Oct. 16th, 1942 in Perthshire, MS to the union of Jim and Lizzie Mae Johnson. He moved to Decatur in 1950 where he was raised by his brother and sister-in-law Will and Roosevelt...