Extracts of Obituaries from the Cairo Citizen, January 2003:
Jan. 23
Helen Marie Hill died peacefully on January 13, 2003, surrounded by her family, in Fair Oaks, CA, where she had been a resident for 50 years.
John Harry Dunn, age 52, of Thebes, formerly of Olive Branch, died at 6:22 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2003 at his home.
Beatrice Hoffner, age 92, of Daytona Beach, Fla., formerly of Dongola, Ill. died Thursday, Jan. 16, 2003 at Indigo Manor in Daytona Beach, Fla.
David Suits, age 93, of Lick Creek, died at 1:10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 17, 2003 at the Union County Hospital in Anna.
Jan. 16
Catherine M. Wood, age 84, of Cairo, died Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 in Memphis, Tenn.
Sondra Redcloud, age 62, of Dongola, died Thursday, Jan. 9, 2003 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo.
Carl W. Axelson, age 90, of Cairo, died at 7:39 p.m. Monday, Jan. 13, 2003 at Life Care Center in LaCenter, Ky.
Wanda Scarpino Martin, age 75, of Sikeston, Mo., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003 at her home in Sikeston.
Ruby Kerley Short, age 80, of Ullin, died at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 at the City Care Center in Anna.
Ada Casper Hefner, age 93, of Perks died at 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2003 at the Good Samaritan Care Center in Metropolis.
Ethel Eddleman Clark, age 96 of Grand Chain, died at 2:45 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2003 at the Massac Memorial Hospital in Metropolis.
Lucille Parker, age 80 of Evansville, Ind., formerly of Cairo died at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 22, 2002 in St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville.
Beverly Nadine Bolles-Snelson was born Sept. 23, 1958 to O.B. and Ola Mae Kizer Bolles in Mounds. She departed this life on Jan. 6, 2003 at St. Francis Hospital in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
