ObituariesMay 22, 1998

GOREVILLE, Ill. -- The Rev. Raymond McHugh, 79, of Goreville died Wednesday, May 20, 1998, at Marion Memorial Hospital. He was born Nov. 24, 1918, in Tunnel Hill, son of John and Myrtle Corbet McHugh. He and Mary C. Schierbaum were married Sept. 3, 1936, in Metropolis...

GOREVILLE, Ill. -- The Rev. Raymond McHugh, 79, of Goreville died Wednesday, May 20, 1998, at Marion Memorial Hospital.

He was born Nov. 24, 1918, in Tunnel Hill, son of John and Myrtle Corbet McHugh. He and Mary C. Schierbaum were married Sept. 3, 1936, in Metropolis.

McHugh had been a grain and livestock farmer. He was also a Pentecost minister 58 years, serving churches in Southern Illinois and in McCracken County, Ky.

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Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Norma Adami of Goreville; two sisters, Opal Pearce of Mission, Kan., Marjorie Schutter of Princeton, Kan.; three brothers, Paul McHugh of Peoria, John McHugh of Aurora, Donald McHugh of Pittsburgh, Pa.; six grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a son, two sisters, and a great-granddaughter.

Friends may call at Wilson Funeral Home in Karnak from 5-9 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Karnak Pentecostal Church. The Revs. J.R. Wood and Terry Phillip will officiate, with burial in Masonic Cemetery at Cypress.

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