The Rev. Edward L. “Shorty” Alsip, 79, passed away at 7:15 a.m. Friday, July 3, 2015, at home in Marion with his family by his side.
He was born on Monday, Nov. 15, 1935, in Creal Springs, the son of Edward Ellis and Mary Polly (Newton) Alsip.
Shorty grew up in Creal Springs, and graduated from the Crab Orchard High School class of 1953.
He was employed at the American Can Company of Chicago where he met the love of his life, Charlene, on a pair of roller skates. She was from Tennessee, the couple met in Illinois and were married in Mississippi.
He was united in marriage to Charlene “Tiner” Duke on Aug. 31, 1957, in Corinth, Mississippi, and together they shared over 46 years of marriage until her death, June 27, 2004. Shortly after they were married they moved back to Creal Springs and Shorty went to work for Jake’s Tire in Marion before he started to work for Fabick Machinery in Marion where he worked for 33 years and retired in 1998.
He was a member of the Ohio Association of General Baptist of Southern Illinois and the International Association of Machinists and Aero Space Workers.
He was baptized and became a lay minister in the Methodist Church in Creal Springs before joining Mount Moriah General Baptist Church where he was ordained in the late 1960s and preached there for eight years. The church grew in membership under his leadership allowing them to build a new sanctuary. He moved on to Spillertown Baptist Church, where he preached for over 23 years and retired, April 27, 2008, while there the membership grew and allowed the congregation to build the present sanctuary. He came out of retirement and preached at the Reynoldsburg Church for three years.
During his years of preaching, he lead numerous revivals, preformed countless marriages and presided over many funerals. Shorty touched lives of thousands of individuals in Williamson County and Southern Illinois.
The three loves of his life were the Lord, his wife and family and his Can-Am Motorcycle. He also enjoyed the fellowship of his friends at the Marion Senior Citizens Center.
He always said “God is good all the time, all the time God is good,” “Praise the Lord.”
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and John Lazorchak; two sons and daughter-in-law, Keith and Becky Alsip of Marion, and Ricky Alsip and companion, Theresa Avants of West Frankfort; four grandchildren, Hannah Lazorchak and her fiancé, Carl Brooks of Carbondale, Joshua Lazorchak of West Frankfort, and Matthew Alsip and Abigail Alsip, both of Marion; sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Jim Robertson of Creal Springs; other extended family; and many friends.
He was preceded by his parents; infant son, James Ellis Alsip and his wife, Charlene Alsip.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home.
Services will be at noon Tuesday, July 7, in Spillertown Baptist Chuch, with the Revs., Eddie Donelson, Kevin McNeely, Jeff Owens, Ed Krantz, Bob Nolen and Bobby Ferguson officiating. Interment will follow in McKinney Chapel Cemetery South of Marion. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 6, at Wilson-McReynolds funeral Home at 900 N. Court St., of Marion, and visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the church.
For those who prefer, memorials may be made to the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Missions. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and the church or may be mailed in care of Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home, P.O. Box 370, Marion, IL 62959.
For additional information, to leave a condolence of memory or light a candle in memory, visit www.wilsonmcreynolds.com or call the funeral home at 618-993-2131.
He was born on Monday, Nov. 15, 1935, in Creal Springs, the son of Edward Ellis and Mary Polly (Newton) Alsip.
Shorty grew up in Creal Springs, and graduated from the Crab Orchard High School class of 1953.
He was employed at the American Can Company of Chicago where he met the love of his life, Charlene, on a pair of roller skates. She was from Tennessee, the couple met in Illinois and were married in Mississippi.
He was united in marriage to Charlene “Tiner” Duke on Aug. 31, 1957, in Corinth, Mississippi, and together they shared over 46 years of marriage until her death, June 27, 2004. Shortly after they were married they moved back to Creal Springs and Shorty went to work for Jake’s Tire in Marion before he started to work for Fabick Machinery in Marion where he worked for 33 years and retired in 1998.
He was a member of the Ohio Association of General Baptist of Southern Illinois and the International Association of Machinists and Aero Space Workers.
He was baptized and became a lay minister in the Methodist Church in Creal Springs before joining Mount Moriah General Baptist Church where he was ordained in the late 1960s and preached there for eight years. The church grew in membership under his leadership allowing them to build a new sanctuary. He moved on to Spillertown Baptist Church, where he preached for over 23 years and retired, April 27, 2008, while there the membership grew and allowed the congregation to build the present sanctuary. He came out of retirement and preached at the Reynoldsburg Church for three years.
During his years of preaching, he lead numerous revivals, preformed countless marriages and presided over many funerals. Shorty touched lives of thousands of individuals in Williamson County and Southern Illinois.
The three loves of his life were the Lord, his wife and family and his Can-Am Motorcycle. He also enjoyed the fellowship of his friends at the Marion Senior Citizens Center.
He always said “God is good all the time, all the time God is good,” “Praise the Lord.”
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and John Lazorchak; two sons and daughter-in-law, Keith and Becky Alsip of Marion, and Ricky Alsip and companion, Theresa Avants of West Frankfort; four grandchildren, Hannah Lazorchak and her fiancé, Carl Brooks of Carbondale, Joshua Lazorchak of West Frankfort, and Matthew Alsip and Abigail Alsip, both of Marion; sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Jim Robertson of Creal Springs; other extended family; and many friends.
He was preceded by his parents; infant son, James Ellis Alsip and his wife, Charlene Alsip.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home.
Services will be at noon Tuesday, July 7, in Spillertown Baptist Chuch, with the Revs., Eddie Donelson, Kevin McNeely, Jeff Owens, Ed Krantz, Bob Nolen and Bobby Ferguson officiating. Interment will follow in McKinney Chapel Cemetery South of Marion. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 6, at Wilson-McReynolds funeral Home at 900 N. Court St., of Marion, and visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the church.
For those who prefer, memorials may be made to the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Missions. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and the church or may be mailed in care of Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home, P.O. Box 370, Marion, IL 62959.
For additional information, to leave a condolence of memory or light a candle in memory, visit www.wilsonmcreynolds.com or call the funeral home at 618-993-2131.
The Rev. Edward L. “Shorty” Alsip, 79, passed away at 7:15 a.m. Friday, July 3, 2015, at home in Marion with his family by his side.
He was born on Monday, Nov. 15, 1935, in Creal Springs, the son of Edward Ellis and Mary Polly (Newton) Alsip.
Shorty grew up in Creal Springs, and graduated from the Crab Orchard High School class of 1953.
He was employed at the American Can Company of Chicago where he met the love of his life, Charlene, on a pair of roller skates. She was from Tennessee, the couple met in Illinois and were married in Mississippi.
He was united in marriage to Charlene “Tiner” Duke on Aug. 31, 1957, in Corinth, Mississippi, and together they shared over 46 years of marriage until her death, June 27, 2004. Shortly after they were married they moved back to Creal Springs and Shorty went to work for Jake’s Tire in Marion before he started to work for Fabick Machinery in Marion where he worked for 33 years and retired in 1998.
He was a member of the Ohio Association of General Baptist of Southern Illinois and the International Association of Machinists and Aero Space Workers.
He was baptized and became a lay minister in the Methodist Church in Creal Springs before joining Mount Moriah General Baptist Church where he was ordained in the late 1960s and preached there for eight years. The church grew in membership under his leadership allowing them to build a new sanctuary. He moved on to Spillertown Baptist Church, where he preached for over 23 years and retired, April 27, 2008, while there the membership grew and allowed the congregation to build the present sanctuary. He came out of retirement and preached at the Reynoldsburg Church for three years.
During his years of preaching, he lead numerous revivals, preformed countless marriages and presided over many funerals. Shorty touched lives of thousands of individuals in Williamson County and Southern Illinois.
The three loves of his life were the Lord, his wife and family and his Can-Am Motorcycle. He also enjoyed the fellowship of his friends at the Marion Senior Citizens Center.
He always said “God is good all the time, all the time God is good,” “Praise the Lord.”
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and John Lazorchak; two sons and daughter-in-law, Keith and Becky Alsip of Marion, and Ricky Alsip and companion, Theresa Avants of West Frankfort; four grandchildren, Hannah Lazorchak and her fiancé, Carl Brooks of Carbondale, Joshua Lazorchak of West Frankfort, and Matthew Alsip and Abigail Alsip, both of Marion; sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Jim Robertson of Creal Springs; other extended family; and many friends.
He was preceded by his parents; infant son, James Ellis Alsip and his wife, Charlene Alsip.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home.
Services will be at noon Tuesday, July 7, in Spillertown Baptist Chuch, with the Revs., Eddie Donelson, Kevin McNeely, Jeff Owens, Ed Krantz, Bob Nolen and Bobby Ferguson officiating. Interment will follow in McKinney Chapel Cemetery South of Marion. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 6, at Wilson-McReynolds funeral Home at 900 N. Court St., of Marion, and visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the church.
For those who prefer, memorials may be made to the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Missions. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and the church or may be mailed in care of Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home, P.O. Box 370, Marion, IL 62959.
For additional information, to leave a condolence of memory or light a candle in memory, visit www.wilsonmcreynolds.com or call the funeral home at 618-993-2131.
He was born on Monday, Nov. 15, 1935, in Creal Springs, the son of Edward Ellis and Mary Polly (Newton) Alsip.
Shorty grew up in Creal Springs, and graduated from the Crab Orchard High School class of 1953.
He was employed at the American Can Company of Chicago where he met the love of his life, Charlene, on a pair of roller skates. She was from Tennessee, the couple met in Illinois and were married in Mississippi.
He was united in marriage to Charlene “Tiner” Duke on Aug. 31, 1957, in Corinth, Mississippi, and together they shared over 46 years of marriage until her death, June 27, 2004. Shortly after they were married they moved back to Creal Springs and Shorty went to work for Jake’s Tire in Marion before he started to work for Fabick Machinery in Marion where he worked for 33 years and retired in 1998.
He was a member of the Ohio Association of General Baptist of Southern Illinois and the International Association of Machinists and Aero Space Workers.
He was baptized and became a lay minister in the Methodist Church in Creal Springs before joining Mount Moriah General Baptist Church where he was ordained in the late 1960s and preached there for eight years. The church grew in membership under his leadership allowing them to build a new sanctuary. He moved on to Spillertown Baptist Church, where he preached for over 23 years and retired, April 27, 2008, while there the membership grew and allowed the congregation to build the present sanctuary. He came out of retirement and preached at the Reynoldsburg Church for three years.
During his years of preaching, he lead numerous revivals, preformed countless marriages and presided over many funerals. Shorty touched lives of thousands of individuals in Williamson County and Southern Illinois.
The three loves of his life were the Lord, his wife and family and his Can-Am Motorcycle. He also enjoyed the fellowship of his friends at the Marion Senior Citizens Center.
He always said “God is good all the time, all the time God is good,” “Praise the Lord.”
He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Sherry and John Lazorchak; two sons and daughter-in-law, Keith and Becky Alsip of Marion, and Ricky Alsip and companion, Theresa Avants of West Frankfort; four grandchildren, Hannah Lazorchak and her fiancé, Carl Brooks of Carbondale, Joshua Lazorchak of West Frankfort, and Matthew Alsip and Abigail Alsip, both of Marion; sister and brother-in-law, Linda and Jim Robertson of Creal Springs; other extended family; and many friends.
He was preceded by his parents; infant son, James Ellis Alsip and his wife, Charlene Alsip.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home.
Services will be at noon Tuesday, July 7, in Spillertown Baptist Chuch, with the Revs., Eddie Donelson, Kevin McNeely, Jeff Owens, Ed Krantz, Bob Nolen and Bobby Ferguson officiating. Interment will follow in McKinney Chapel Cemetery South of Marion. Visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, July 6, at Wilson-McReynolds funeral Home at 900 N. Court St., of Marion, and visitation will be from 11 a.m. to noon Tuesday at the church.
For those who prefer, memorials may be made to the Cooperative Program of the Southern Baptist Missions. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and the church or may be mailed in care of Wilson-McReynolds Funeral Home, P.O. Box 370, Marion, IL 62959.
For additional information, to leave a condolence of memory or light a candle in memory, visit www.wilsonmcreynolds.com or call the funeral home at 618-993-2131.
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