Obituary Notices

Denny Burns Denny Burns, 78, died April 20. He was vice president and co-owned Memphis-based Patton-Tully Marine with his wife… Read More

Chris Murphy Christopher Lesley “Chris” Murphy of Manito, Ill., died February 24 at the age of 35. A native of Peoria, Ill., Murphy was the son of James E. Murphy… Read More

Robert Dale Suttles Robert Dale Suttles, a native of Jacksonville, Ill., who spent 26 years working for Pine Bluff Sand and Gravel, died unexpectedly March 5 in Naples, Fla. Read More

John Walding John “Johnny” Walding, born June 18, 1949, in Ensley, Ala., passed away February 6. He was 76 years old. Walding graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham… Read More

Richard William Bludworth Jr. Richard William Bludworth Jr., born August 22, 1948, in Houston, died February 16 in Houston at the age of 77. A graduate of Texas Tech University,… Read More

John Francis “Fran” Mullen, pictured at a boat christening in 2013. Upper Ohio River aficionado and photographer John Francis “Fran” Mullen, 84, of Gallipolis, Ohio, died February 14, following a… Read More

Gary T. Sacks Gary T. Sacks, born in Harford, Conn., and raised in St. Louis, died January 29. He was 84. Sack graduated from Ladue High School in St. Louis… Read More

Michael Gene “Mike” Herschler Michael Gene “Mike” Herschler of Quincy, Ill., died December 23 at Blessing Hospital. He was 81. Herschler was a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River system… Read More

David L. Fields David L. Fields of Calvert City, Ky., died at Mercy Health Lourdes Hospital on December 8. He was 71 years old. Fields had an extensive maritime career,… Read More

Emory Andrew Overstreet Jr. Emory Andrew Overstreet Jr. of Bayou La Batre, Ala., passed away at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., on September 18. He was 68 years… Read More