In Memoriam March 12th

1671 Thomas Little in Massachusetts age 61, he was born in England ca. 1610.  He married Ann Warren in Plymouth, MA in 1633 and they had eight children: Thomas, Mercy, Ruth, Hannah, Patience, Isaac, Ephraim and Samuel.

1913 Della (Robertson) Baldwin age 22 the daughter of John & Theresa (Herman) Robertson was born in 1890.  She married Charles Baldwin in Wayne Co., IL in 1907.  Della is buried in Pin Oak Cemetery in Wayne Co., IL.

1966 Hazel (Knowles) Bryan age 76 was born in Clay Co., IL in 1889.  She married Wesley Bryan in 1909.

1985 Reuverta (Wilson) Parkhill, 86, Route 2, Bluford, died at 11:35 p.m. Tuesday in the Richland Memorial Hospital in Olney.

Mrs. Parkhill was born in Hamilton County April 12, 1898, the daughter of Thomas P. and Mary Etta (Butler) Wilson.  On March 31, 1920, she married John J. Parkhill, who preceded her in death.

She was a member of the Otterbein United Methodist Church in Bluford.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Bluford Funeral Home with the Revs. Robert L. Shook and Alva Merritt officiating.  Burial will be in Mt. Olive Cemetery near Bluford.

Friends may call after 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.

Survivors include one son, Harry A. Parkhill and wife Pauline of Kankakee; one daughter, Mrs. Loren (Fairy) Pilcher of Farina; eight grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandchild; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, Edith Elsie Wilson, and one brother, Horacia Wilson.

Memorials may be made to the Otterbein United Methodist Church, the Mount Olive General Baptist Church and will be accepted at the funeral home.