This Saturday, the 20th, there are two projects going on at Camp Hope where some help will be needed.

1) The duct work for the heating/AC will be delivered and run in the auditorium part of the building.

2) Bro. Bryant Harris has ordered the sheetrock and it will be delivered.   Help will be needed to unload it and if there is enough help, we might be able to put some of it up.  If you have some men in your church who might be able to come, even for a couple of hours, any help will be greatly appreciated.

Please contact Ivan Ryan with any questions.

Thanks.

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Floyd Arthur Wilderman, 89, of Mt. Vernon, passed away at 6:50 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010, at St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon.

He was born in Mt. Vernon on Monday, April 26, 1920, the son of Lewis Logan and Carrie Elsie (Derington) Wilderman. He married Mildred Rosalee Shaffer in Clayton, Mo., on June 26, 1941, and she preceded him in death on Sept. 6, 2003.

Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Sunday at Bakerville Free Will Baptist Church in Bonnie with the Rev. Tom Skinner and the Rev. David Milburn officiating. Interment will follow at Cubb Prairie Cemetery in Jefferson County. Members of the Mt. Vernon American Legion Post 141 will conduct full military honors at the cemetery.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the church and from 1 p.m. until the 2 p.m. service time Sunday at the church.

Mr. Wilderman is survived by two sons, Jerry Wilderman and wife Sheryl of Bonnie and Leroy Wilderman and wife Debbie of Belleville; four daughters, Jeanne Culli of Mt. Vernon, Pat Neal of Mt. Vernon, Linda Skinner and husband the Rev. Tom Skinner of Charleston and Terri Mielke of Mt. Vernon; 17 grandchildren, Steven Price and wife Lisa of Hawaii, Daniel Price, Kathy Scott and husband Alan all of Mt. Vernon, Brent Wilderman and wife Dawn of Bonnie, Mindy Gauger of Waltonville, Chad Wilderman and wife Kelli of Centralia, Phillip Neal and friend Robert of Florida, Patrick Neal of Laverne, Tenn., Tammy McLintock and husband Lee of Mulkeytown, Leslie Bryson and husband Eddie, Vicky Summers and husband Brian, all of Mt. Vernon, Leigh Ann Keefer and husband David of Charleston, Treva Lea Grimes and husband Justin of Oakland, Thomas Alan Skinner and wife Rebecca of St. Louis, Bryan Skinner of Atlanta, Ga., Brandon Wilderman of California and Jace Wilderman and wife Amanda of Belleville; 32 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

His parents; his wife; two brothers, Logan and Otis Wilderman; two sisters, Vivian Wilson and Freda Milliner; one grandson, Duane Culli; and three sons-in-law, Lester Neal, Gary Culli and Bill Price, preceded him in death.

Floyd was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II who served in Hawaii following the bombing of Pearl Harbor as an Aviation Radio Technician Third Class. He was an appliance repair technician for Sears and other companies and was a member and the eldest living deacon of Bakerville Free Will Baptist Church.

For those who wish, memorials may be given to the Bakerville Free Will Baptist Church and will be accepted at the funeral home, or from the online obituary at www.hugheyfuneralhome1969.com, or mailed to Hughey Funeral Home, P.O. Box 721, Mt. Vernon, IL 62864.

Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Hughey Funeral Home where you may call 242-3348 or visit www.hugheyfuneralhome1969.com for further information and to send condolences.

From Mt. Vernon Register-News

http://www.register-news.com/obituaries/local_story_042200524.html

Hazel Lewis, 89, of Sesser died at 1:45 a.m. Thursday, Feb. 4, 2010, at the Shawnee Christian Nursing Home in Herrin.

A funeral service is set for 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 8, at the Hazel Dell Freewill Baptist Church in Sesser, officiated by the Rev. Harl Ray Lewis and Brother Gene Outland. Burial will be in the Horse Prairie Cemetery in Sesser. Visitation will be after 5 p.m. Sunday at the Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home and from 1 p.m. Monday until the time of the service at 2 p.m. at the church.

Hazel was born on July 16, 1920, in Franklin County, the daughter of William McKinley Klinker and Rosie Mae (Whitlow) Klinker.

She was married to Everett Lewis, and he preceded her in death on July 22, 1976.

Mrs. Lewis was a cook at the Franklin Hospital in Benton. She was a member of the Sunshine Girls at Hazel Dell Freewill Baptist Church in Sesser, where she was also a member of the church.

She is survived by her children, Verna and Larry Woodland of Sesser, Bill and Kathleen Lewis of Sesser, Enola and Mark Joplin of Shelbyville, Ind., and Ernie and Suzanne Lewis of Cisne; 13 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and one stepsister, Dixie Klinker of Sesser.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; stepmother, Thelma Klinker; one sister, Pansy Galloway; and two brothers.

From Benton News:

http://www.bentoneveningnews.com/obituaries/x503199570/HAZEL-LEWIS