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Charles Groves

Charles A. Groves, 92, of Lincoln died at 3:33 p.m. Monday, April 15, 2002, at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

Cremation rites were accorded.

Graveside services for family and friends will be at 10 a.m. Friday, April 19, at Atlanta Cemetery. Pastor Lee Morrisett will officiate.

Groves was a railroad foreman for 49 years. He retired in 1976.

He was born March 13, 1910, in Pekin to Thomas and Dolly Groves. He was married on Oct. 28, 1932, in Atlanta. His wife, Ruby A. Groves, died Jan. 2, 1993.

Surviving are one son, Perry E. Groves (and Sophia) of Lincoln; seven grandchildren, Marianne Pekins (and Tom) of Dawson, Sophia Talkington (and Terry), Perry Groves Jr. (and Carie) and Kayla Groves, all of Lincoln, and Merita, Dale and Gayle Groves, addresses unknown; two great-grandchildren and two step-great-grandchildren.

He was also preceded in death by one son, Jack; three brothers, Lester, William and Irving Groves; and one sister, Sadie Martin.

He attended the Christian Church in Lincoln.

Memorials may be made to the donor’s choice.


Edith Mitchell

Edith E. Mitchell, 96, of Emden died at 8:40 a.m. Saturday, April 13, 2002, at Hopedale Medical Center.

Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 16, at Holland and Barry Funeral Home in Lincoln.

Her funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holland and Barry with Chad Ragsdale officiating.

Burial will be in Bethel Cemetery, Emden.

Mrs. Mitchell was a nurse at Peoria Methodist Hospital in the 1940s and at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital in the 1950s.

She was born Nov. 20, 1905, in Emden to Bert and Zora Gemberling Smallwood. She married John Benedict Mitchell in Chicago on Jan. 19, 1931. He died in November 1997.

Surviving are two sons, Lloyd Mitchell of Emden and Ken Mitchell (and Natalie) of Middletown, Calif.; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by two sisters and one brother.

She was a member of Bethel Church.

Memorials may be made to the Old Bethel Church Association.

 

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Billie Marlett

Billie D. Marlett, 68, of Heyworth, formerly of Minier, died at 12:05 p.m. Saturday, April 13, 2002, at his home.

Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the Minier Christian Church.

His funeral will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the church. Norvin D. Condy, Kurt Flora and Melvin Gresham will officiate.

Burial, with military rites, will be in Mountjoy Cemetery, rural Atlanta.

Quiram Funeral Home in Atlanta is handling arrangements.

Marlett farmed in the Heyworth area for 25 years and worked for Hicksgas of Bloomington from 1989 to 2001.

He served in the U.S. Navy from 1953 to 1957.

He was born March 17, 1934, in Reyno, Ark., to Lucian and Ruby Murdock Marlett. He married Leta Gresham on Nov. 12, 1957, at Armington. She survives.

Also surviving are his father, of Hoopeston; two daughters, Jody Adair of Heyworth and Kim (and Rick) Bell of Heyworth; three sons, Dee (and Susan) Marlett of Heyworth, Bryan (and Tina) Marlett of Heyworth and Shane Marlett of Normal; 11 grandchildren; two sisters, Mary (and Curt) Phillips of Niceville, Fla., and LaVonda (and Don) Sherrill of Hoopeston; many nieces and nephews; and special friends Joe and Diane Tackett of Armington.

He was preceded in death by his mother and his brother, Jake Marlett.

He was a member of the Minier Christian Church and a former member and board member of the Heyworth Christian Church.

He was a devoted husband, father and grandfather and dearly loved by his family and friends. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

Memorials may be made to BroMenn Hospice, 1322 S. Main St., Normal, IL 61761; Community Cancer Center, 407 E. Vernon Ave., Normal, IL 61761; Minier Christian Church, 405 E. Stringtown Road, Minier, IL 61759; Heyworth Christian Church, Heyworth, IL 61745; or to a charity of the donor’s choice.

 

 

 

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