In Memoriam March 25th

1880 Lillie Richardson age 1 year, 5 months and 5 days the daughter of Edward & Amanda (Gentle) Richardson.  She was born in 1878.

1982 Flossie (Butler) White, 84, a resident of Fairfield and Wayne City, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at 3:15 p.m. Wednesday in Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon.

Mrs. White had entered the Mt. Vernon hospital to have a hip operation.  She had no history of heart complications, the Press was told. 

She had undergone hip surgery in Memorial Hospital in September and resided briefly in Way-Fair Restorium following that operation to regain strength before she was to undergo the more complicated surgery in Mt. Vernon.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Richardson’s Funeral Home in Wayne City with Rev. E.R. Adams officiating.  Burial will be in Thomason Cemetery in Wayne City.

Visitation will be conducted after 6 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.

She was born in Bluford Apr. 14, 1897 the daughter of George and Florence D. (Gentles) Butler.  She attended school in Bluford, Pin Oak School and Brown’s College.

Her husband preceded her in death eight years ago.

Mrs. White was of the Seventh Day Adventist faith.

She had worked as a beautician and nurse’s aide in Centralia and moved to Fairfield from Wayne City two years ago.  Mrs. White made her home in the Diamond Apartments prior to being hospitalized in September.

Survivors include two nephews, Edward Butler, of Wayne City; and Everett Butler, of Evansville, Ind.; and one niece, Mrs. Paul (Mable) Robertson, of Sims.

2005 Veneta (Smith) Hagen age 89 the daughter of Elzo & Mayme (Jones) Smith she was born in 1916.  She married Kermit Hagen and had nine children: Wayne, Roger, Larry, Robert, Darrell, Adeline, Joyce, Barbara and Katherine.  She is buried in Orchard Hill Cemetery, Louisville, IL