Alonzo McBride, 67, a lifelong Ava area resident, died in St. John's Sanitarium in Springfield Thursday after an illness of six months.
He was born in Kinkaid Township in 1890. McBride was married to the former Minnie Bilderback, who survives.
He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Willa Scaglione of O'Fallon; sons Ardell and Wendell, both of Ava; Leslie of Lockport, and Norman of Cairo; 12 grandchildren, a brother, Ben McBride of Ava, and sisters Mrs. Ada Jones, Mrs. Edith Pulcher and Mrs. Millie Morris, all of Ava, and Mrs. Grace Shields of Murphysboro. One sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the Wilson Funeral Home in Ava after 7 p.m. today until services Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. W. W. Thurman will officiate. Burial will be in the Ava Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Southern Illinoisan, Friday, January 17, 1958
Obituary provided by contributor #47619237
He was born in Kinkaid Township in 1890. McBride was married to the former Minnie Bilderback, who survives.
He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Willa Scaglione of O'Fallon; sons Ardell and Wendell, both of Ava; Leslie of Lockport, and Norman of Cairo; 12 grandchildren, a brother, Ben McBride of Ava, and sisters Mrs. Ada Jones, Mrs. Edith Pulcher and Mrs. Millie Morris, all of Ava, and Mrs. Grace Shields of Murphysboro. One sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the Wilson Funeral Home in Ava after 7 p.m. today until services Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. W. W. Thurman will officiate. Burial will be in the Ava Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Southern Illinoisan, Friday, January 17, 1958
Obituary provided by contributor #47619237
Alonzo McBride, 67, a lifelong Ava area resident, died in St. John's Sanitarium in Springfield Thursday after an illness of six months.
He was born in Kinkaid Township in 1890. McBride was married to the former Minnie Bilderback, who survives.
He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Willa Scaglione of O'Fallon; sons Ardell and Wendell, both of Ava; Leslie of Lockport, and Norman of Cairo; 12 grandchildren, a brother, Ben McBride of Ava, and sisters Mrs. Ada Jones, Mrs. Edith Pulcher and Mrs. Millie Morris, all of Ava, and Mrs. Grace Shields of Murphysboro. One sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the Wilson Funeral Home in Ava after 7 p.m. today until services Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. W. W. Thurman will officiate. Burial will be in the Ava Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Southern Illinoisan, Friday, January 17, 1958
Obituary provided by contributor #47619237
He was born in Kinkaid Township in 1890. McBride was married to the former Minnie Bilderback, who survives.
He also leaves a daughter, Mrs. Willa Scaglione of O'Fallon; sons Ardell and Wendell, both of Ava; Leslie of Lockport, and Norman of Cairo; 12 grandchildren, a brother, Ben McBride of Ava, and sisters Mrs. Ada Jones, Mrs. Edith Pulcher and Mrs. Millie Morris, all of Ava, and Mrs. Grace Shields of Murphysboro. One sister preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the Wilson Funeral Home in Ava after 7 p.m. today until services Sunday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. W. W. Thurman will officiate. Burial will be in the Ava Evergreen Cemetery.
Source: Southern Illinoisan, Friday, January 17, 1958
Obituary provided by contributor #47619237
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