The year 1963 must have been a slow period for the celebration business, for in that year a representative of a pageant production enterprise came to Marion, with an idea based upon the premise that the county had a 150th anniversary coming up in 1964. Continue reading
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Albert Clifton “Cliff” Storme was born In Marion on Tuesday, Dec. 23, 1919, the son of Samuel Elbert Storme and Lona (Reeves) Storme. Continue reading
Barney Boren, age 78, died at 3:50 p.m. Friday, Aug. 24, 2001, at his home.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Van Natta Funeral Home in Herrin with the Rev. Paul E. Tirey officiating. Burial will be in the Herrin City Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by the VFW and American Legion Posts. Continue reading
Marion Curtis Campbell was the son of Cyrus Campbell and Hannah Wiley. He was born in Williamson County January 12th, 1834. Continue reading
From well before the turn of the century, coal became king in Southern Illinois and reshaped the economies and landscape of many counties, Williamson County among them. Coal mining has always been part and parcel of the lives and livelihoods of most of the citizenry of this county and back in the day if you didn’t work for the coal mines you assuredly knew someone who did. Continue reading