Extracts of Obituaries from the Cairo Citizen, February 2003:
Feb. 27
Cecil May, 52, of Thebes, died at 7:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, 2003, at home.
Eugene Johnson, 62, of Mounds, formerly of Mound City, died Friday at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Lexington, KY.
Dr. Clarence G. Ulrich, 79, of Dongola, IL died Thursday, February 20, 2003 at his lake in Grand Chain, IL.
Larry W. Reasons, 49, of Cairo died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003 at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO.
William Compton, age 82 of Murfreesboro, TN formerly of Southern Illinois, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2003 in Murfreesboro.
Feb. 13
Louis Summers, age 65, of Cairo died at 8:35 a.m. Feb. 2, 2003 at his home.
He was born on May 15, 1937 to the union of Mr. Rufus and Myrtle Berry Summers in Tamms.
Pearl J. Brown, age 92, of Anna died at 5:52 a.m. Feb. 7, 2003 at the Union County Nursing Home in Anna after a long illness.
Tom A. Morrow, age 81, of Jackson, Miss., died at 10 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2003 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Jackson.
Jack Collins, age 79, of Olive Branch, died at 9:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 4 at home.
William "Jack" Earley, age 85, of Peoria, Ill., formerly of East Cape Girardeau, Ill. died Sunday morning, Feb. 9, 2003 at the Methodist Medical Center in Peoria.
Angelica Leigh Virgil, age 20, of Carbondale, died at 8:10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2003 at the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale.
Irma L. Wilson Von Nida, age 76, of Mayfield, Ky., formerly of Mounds died at 11:20 a.m. Monday, Feb. 10, 2003 at her home in Mayfield.
Kenneth Kesler, age 76, of Ullin died at 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2003 at the Union County Hospital in Anna.
Ola Mae Kizer Bolles was born Dec. 4, 1922 in Holly Springs, Miss., daughter of Louis and Georgia Kizer, Sr. She departed this life on Feb. 8, 2003 at Missouri Delta Hospital in Sikeston, Mo.
Feb. 6
Rudell Mulkey Childers, age 89, of Cape Girardeau, Mo., formerly of Mounds and Cypress died Sunday morning, Feb. 2, 2003 at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Annie Helen Mellein, age 81, of Olmsted, died at 1:40 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, 2003 at the Daystar Care Center in Cairo.
Edna B. Gustafson, age 86, of Kuttawa, Ky., formerly of Bardwell, and Cairo died Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003 at the Hill Top Nursing Home in Kuttawa.
Mary Sue Abell Houston, age 64, of Bowling Green, Ky., died Friday, Jan. 31, 2003 at the Medical Center at Bowling Green.
Claude Eugene Willis, age 85, of Miller City, died at 3:40 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 2, 2003 at the Lutheran Home in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Bobby J. Ledbetter, age 59, of Murphysboro, formerly of Cairo died at 3:05 a.m. Monday, Jan. 27 at St. Joseph Hospital in Murphysboro.
Norman Hanna of Altamonte Springs, Fla., formerly of Cairo died Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2003 in Altamonte Springs.
Margaret Racey Carlson, age 92, of Olmsted formerly of Cypress, died at 6:40 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2003 at the Anna City Care Center.
Jack D. Jones, age 63, of Dongola, died at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003 at the St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.
Robert Shelton, age 74 of Anna died Thursday, Jan. 30, 2003 at home.
