The parents of Amy Neff and Jeremy Wilson announce their engagement and upcoming wedding. Amy is the daughter of Terry and Christina Neff of Wayne City; Jeremy is the son of Robert J. and Sharon Wilson of McLeansboro. The couple will be united in marriage on Oct. 17, 2009. The ceremony will be held at Blooming Grove Baptist Church in McLeansboro, while the reception will be at the Floral Hall in Fairfield. All friends and family are invited.

Nicole Hargett and Bill Bonan II of Benton announce their engagement and upcoming nuptials. Nicole is the daughter of Mary and the late Bill Hargett of Benton. She is a graduate of Benton Consolidated High School and McKendree College, with a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and sociology. She is currently pursuing a master's degree in counseling at Southern Illinois University. Bill is the son of William and Susan Bonan of McLeansboro. He is a graduate of McLeansboro High School and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale with a bachelor's degree. He is the southern district president at Peoples National Bank. A wedding has been planned for 4 p.m. Nov. 7, 2009, at First United Methodist Church of Mt. Vernon

Engagement: Webb - Doerner Tracey and Cara Webb and David and Helen Doerner announce the upcoming wedding of their children, Devin Krystine Webb and David Wayne Doerner. Devin is a 2008 graduate of Hamilton County Senior High School. She is working at SRA In Norris City. David is a 2001 graduate of Norris City-Omaha-Enfield High School. He is employed by Tim Dauby Construction in Norris City. The couple will be married at 2 p.m. Nov. 14 at First General Baptist Church of McLeansboro, with a reception to follow.

Ashley Blackstone and Derek Launius are engaged to be married. Ashley, daughter of Glen Blackstone of Murphysboro and Darlene Waier of McLeansboro, graduated from Hamilton County High School in 2004 and from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2008. She has a degree in mathematics. She is currently teaching math at Carmi-White County High School and is pursuing a master of science degree in mathematics education at SIU-Carbondale. Derek, son of Larry and Elsie Launius of Walpole, graduated from McLeansboro High School in 1999 and from SIU-C in 2007. He has a degree in plant and soil science and a degree in mining engineering. He is currently working as a reclamation engineering specialist for Peobody Energy in Equality and is a cattle farmer. He is pursuing a master of business administration degree at McKendree University. The couple will be united in marriage at Star Baptist Church on Nov. 21, 2009. Invitations have been sent.

Charles and Mae Becker will be celebrating 50 years of marriage on Oct. 17. Charles Becker and Mae Rush were married in Carmi on Oct. 17, 1959. Don and Kathryne Woodrow were their attendants. They are the parents of Terri (deceased), Steve and Linda Becker of McLeansboro, Mark and Robin Becker of Springerton, Kimberly and Sallee of Norris City and Staci and Tony Rubenacker of Mount Vernon, Ind. They have six grandchildren. Cards may be sent to Route 1, Box 136, Springerton, IL, 62887.

Mary Ellen (Johns) Beggs, born and raised in the Walpole/Dale community, will be 90 in November. An open house which will include cake, punch and fellowship is set for 1 to 3 p.m. Nov. 1 at Brookstone Estates, 165 Ron Morse Drive, Harrisburg. The family requests no gifts but would welcome cards with a personal message. Anyone unable to attend may send a card to Mary Ellen Beggs, 165 Ron Morse Drive, Apt. 44, Harrisburg, IL 62946.

Don and Kathryne (Newman) Woodrow will celebrate 50 years of marriage on Oct. 30. They were married at the home of Virgil and Christina Newman in Enfield by Gilbert Wilson. Charles and Mae Becker were their attendants. The Woodrows have been blessed with three children, Kelly Don Woodrow of McLeansboro, Lisa Lynn Woodrow Austin of Wayne City and Dee Ann Woodrow Hodge of Salem, and three daughter- and sons-in-law, Shelly (Compton) Woodrow, Scott Austin and Mike Hodge. They have six grandchildren, Justin, Jason and Kelsey Woodrow, Christopher and Christin Austin and Alesha Hodge. Justin and his wife, Victoria (Sutton) Woodrow, reside in McLeansboro with their two children, Hallie and Sawyer. Jason and his wife, Alison (Sentel) Woodrow, reside in McLeansboro with their three children, Grace, Annabell and Caroline, due in November. Kelsey is a senior at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn. Christopher lives in McLeansboro. Christin is a sophomore at Wayne City High School. Alesha is a sophomore at Kaskaskia College in Centralia. Cards may be sent to P.O. Box 14, McLeansboro, IL 62859. The family requests no gifts.

Lee Eggley of McLeansboro celebrated his 85th birthday on Wednesday. Birthday cards may be sent to Mr. Eggley at 605 S. Marshall, Apt. 171, McLeansboro, IL 62859.

Richard Charles William Prater was born at 11:24 a.m. on Oct. 19, 2009, at St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and was 20 inches long. Richard is the son of April Renee and Joshua Paul Prater of McLeansboro. She has one sibling, Oshean Faith. Maternal grandparents are Kay and Charles Crow of McLeansboro. Paternal grandparents are Linda and Paul Prater of West City

I was at the C.E. Brehm Library in Mt. Vernon recently and they seem to have all of Sharon's cemetery books. I believe her 1992 edition is 5 volumes of selected cemeteries, mostly in the Dahlgren area with a few from other parts of the county. She then plubished a 9-volume set of cemetery books in 1998 called Kin and Friends: v.1. IOOF Cemetery, Dahlgren v.2. Garrison Cemetery v.3. Crouch Cemetery v.4. Blooming Grove Cemetery v.5. Richardson Hill Cemetery v.6. Middle Creek Cemetery v.7. Bethel/Waugh, Crisel and Preston Cemeteries v.8. St. John Nepomucine Cemetery, Dahlgren v.9. Pleasant Hill, Stull, Atchison, Shelton and Rawls Cemeteries I don't know where any copies of Sharon's books can be had. I just wanted to say that Ryan and Micki and others from the Historical Society have the genealogy library at McCoy Library in great shape and it is a great place to do Hamilton Co. research. I wish I lived closer! Mike -----Original Message----- From: Mr. Ryan Nelson Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 12:37 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ILHAMILT] Easley Cem. Books? Micki Faruzzi and I went to the Williamson County Historical Society's genealogy library Thursday and discovered that there are three volumes of Hamilton County Cem. records published by Sharon Easley in 1992. We do not currently have these books in our gen. library in Hamilton County. Does anyone have any idea of where some might be aquired? ______ Over the last few months, we have aquired more than 150 new books. If you haven't been up to the genealogy library in Hamilton County, it is worth looking again. Brand new shelf files and binders have been added. It looks nice. Ryan Nelson Hamilton County Historical Society President

Thanks so much Cindy, for the information. 1973 sounds like that would be about the time I purchased the book. I did some corresponding with Harriet around that time and I know she worked hard at genealogy. I will check into the Shuster books. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Birk Conley" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 3:52 PM Subject: Re: [ILHAMILT] Cemeteries > Donna, > > The last date I see in the Vaught book is 1973, although most of the > readings were in 1963. Mrs. Vaught did genealogy work in White County > from the late 1940s on, and published a number of books which are now > offered by the White County Historical Society. > > The public library in Carmi has several volumes of her notes, which were > donated after her death. Her handwriting is very difficult to read, and > her books contain a number of errors. The Shuster books are very good. I > know they were offered by him for many years and assume the historical > society in McLeansboro offers reprints. > > Cindy > > > > Donna Smith wrote: >> Speaking of cemetery books. I have a copy of one that is called Hamilton >> County Cemeteries & Probate Index, copied by Harriet B. Vaught, Zelia >> Davis, Pat Gholson and Zella Daily. However there is no date in the book >> as to when this was published. Does anyone know? I have had this book >> for some time and when I received it I failed to date it. >> > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List admin: [email protected] > Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html > USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Donna, The last date I see in the Vaught book is 1973, although most of the readings were in 1963. Mrs. Vaught did genealogy work in White County from the late 1940s on, and published a number of books which are now offered by the White County Historical Society. The public library in Carmi has several volumes of her notes, which were donated after her death. Her handwriting is very difficult to read, and her books contain a number of errors. The Shuster books are very good. I know they were offered by him for many years and assume the historical society in McLeansboro offers reprints. Cindy Donna Smith wrote: > Speaking of cemetery books. I have a copy of one that is called Hamilton County Cemeteries & Probate Index, copied by Harriet B. Vaught, Zelia Davis, Pat Gholson and Zella Daily. However there is no date in the book as to when this was published. Does anyone know? I have had this book for some time and when I received it I failed to date it. >

Zelia Edington (Marshall) Davis b. 10-13-1893 and her twin Zella (Paul Daily) were daughters of James and Nellie Rice Edington. Sounds good and old to me! See their pictures on Yesterday's of Hamilton County, Illinois. [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 1:40 PM Subject: [ILHAMILT] Cemeteries > Speaking of cemetery books. I have a copy of one that is called Hamilton > County Cemeteries & Probate Index, copied by Harriet B. Vaught, Zelia > Davis, Pat Gholson and Zella Daily. However there is no date in the book > as to when this was published. Does anyone know? I have had this book > for some time and when I received it I failed to date it. > > I had not heard of the ones published by Sharon Easley. I used to > correspond with her several years ago and I think she still lives in Mt. > Vernon. > Donna Smith > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > List admin: [email protected] > Info/Archives: http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/IL/hamilton.html > USGenWeb site: http://hamilton.ilgw.org > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Speaking of cemetery books. I have a copy of one that is called Hamilton County Cemeteries & Probate Index, copied by Harriet B. Vaught, Zelia Davis, Pat Gholson and Zella Daily. However there is no date in the book as to when this was published. Does anyone know? I have had this book for some time and when I received it I failed to date it. I had not heard of the ones published by Sharon Easley. I used to correspond with her several years ago and I think she still lives in Mt. Vernon. Donna Smith

Ryan, We sure don't have them at the genealogy library in Carmi either. I didn't think there could be much of an improvement over Ed Shuster's booklets, but his were done in 1986 or before making them a little old. Cindy Mr. Ryan Nelson wrote: > Micki Faruzzi and I went to the Williamson County Historical Society's genealogy library Thursday and discovered that there are three volumes of Hamilton County Cem. records published by Sharon Easley in 1992. We do not currently have these books in our gen. library in Hamilton County. Does anyone have any idea of where some might be aquired? > > ______ > >

Micki Faruzzi and I went to the Williamson County Historical Society's genealogy library Thursday and discovered that there are three volumes of Hamilton County Cem. records published by Sharon Easley in 1992. We do not currently have these books in our gen. library in Hamilton County. Does anyone have any idea of where some might be aquired? ______ Over the last few months, we have aquired more than 150 new books. If you haven't been up to the genealogy library in Hamilton County, it is worth looking again. Brand new shelf files and binders have been added. It looks nice. Ryan Nelson Hamilton County Historical Society President _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/ http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/177141664/direct/01/

June Sisk, 63, of Broughton, passed away at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind.She was born in Florida on May 18, 1946. She married James W. Sisk, and he preceded her in death. She served as a home care aide for Addus Health Care, Inc.June was a member of Broughton Baptist Church, the Star of Egypt and the Baptist Missionary Association.Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro with the Rev. David Angelly officiating. Interment will follow at Gholson Cemetery near Broughton.Friends may call from 11 a.m. Saturday until service time at the funeral home.June is survived by a son, James W. Sisk of Mt. Vernon; two daughters, Jennifer Strayhorn of Paducah, Ky., and Trixie Stephenson of San Angelo, Texas; and eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.For further information you may call Gholson Funeral Home at 643-2321. Published in the Mt. Vernon Register News on 10/30/2009

BROUGHTON - June Sisk, 63, died at 10:50 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, in Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Ind. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro, with the Rev. David Angelly officiating. Burial will be in Gholson Cemetery near Broughton. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Published in The Southern Illinoisan on October 30, 2009

Ralph G. Lockwood, 76, of McLeansboro, passed away at 8:10 p.m. Monday, Oct. 26, 2009, at McLeansboro Health Care Center.He was born in Macedonia on June 5, 1933, a son of Riley and Gladys (Mezo) Lockwood. He married Shirley Ann Poynor on Sept. 5, 1953, and she preceded him in death. He retired after 30 years as a miller for J.R. Short Milling in Kankakee. Mr. Lockwood was a United States Army veteran of the Korean War.Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro with the Rev. Andy May officiating. Interment will follow at Antioch Cemetery near Macedonia with graveside military rites by the American Legion Post 106.Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. tonight at the funeral home.Mr. Lockwood is survived by two daughters, Sheila Ames of Shawneetown and Vickie LaGesse and husband Curtis of McLeansboro; four grandchildren, Stephanie Joachim and husband Frank of Joliet, Corey Ames of Joliet, Justin LaGesse of McLeansboro and Natasha LaGesse of McLeansboro; one great-grandchild, Paige Lynn Joachim of Joliet; and a sister, Adelene Warren and husband Max of McLeansboro.He was preceded in death by his parents and wife, Shirley Ann Lockwood.For further information, you may call Gholson Funeral Home at 643-2321. Published in the Mt. Vernon Register News from 10/28/2009 - 10/29/2009

Ruth Abbott, 88, of Broughton, passed away at 5:40 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009, at Saline Care Center in Harrisburg.There will be no public visitation. Graveside services will be held 10 a.m. Friday at Hickory Hill Cemetery in Walpole, with the Rev. Robert Sefried officiating. Burial will follow. Harre Funeral Home in McLeansboro is in charge of all arrangements. Published in the Mt. Vernon Register News on 10/29/2009