COBDEN, Ill. -- Graveside service for Michael Kent "Whiskey" Batson of Cobden will be held at 1:30 p.m. today at Cobden Cemetery. The Rev. Clifford Heil will officiate.
Lutz and Rendleman Funeral Home at Cobden is in charge of arrangements.
Batson, 49, was found dead Wednesday, April 22, 1998, at his home.
He was born Oct. 18, 1948, in Anna, son of Bobbie Link and Betty Jean Smith Batson.
Survivors include two daughters, Candy and Liberty of Dongola; his mother and stepfather, Betty and Fred King of Cobden; two brothers, Larry and Doug King of Cobden.
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