Capt. Ernest T. Reed, 63, of Caseyville, Ill., died on January 2 at his residence. Ernest was a U.S. Army Reserves Veteran. He worked as a towboat captain for 43… Read More
Obituary Notices
Freddy L. Smith died January 4 at his home in McCrory, Ark. He was 69. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, where he received two Purple Hearts and… Read More
Capt. Gene Neal died November 24 at Merit Health River Region Medical Center, Vicksburg, Miss. He was 86. A native of Washington County, he had been a resident of Vicksburg… Read More
Robert L. Scragg, 91, died January 1 at the Suwannee Health and Rehab Center in Live Oak, Fla. A World War II Navy veteran, Scragg worked in the 1950s as… Read More
James “Gumby” Hemby, 65, of Puxico, Mo., died January 1 at his home of cancer. He worked about 35 years in the industry, beginning at Huffman Towing Company, and then… Read More
Earl Walton, 94, of Huntington, W.Va., passed away December 8. He was a World War II U.S. Army veteran, and for many years operated Walton Marine, servicing towboat radars, radios… Read More
Tim Thomas, vice president of Eagle Marine Industries, St. Louis, died November 27. A resident of Collinsville, Ill., he was 64. After receiving his MBA from Washington University, he went… Read More
Capt. Larry Starker, 79, of Aurora, Ind., died October 17. He started his long river career on the Aurora ferry in 1957. The next year, he joined The Ohio River… Read More
Daniel S. Erb, 63, died October 5 at his home in Bonne Terre, Mo. He started working at JB Marine Service on January 2, 1997, as a mechanic in the… Read More
Capt. Harold Wayne Smith, 88, of Poplarville, Miss., died August 6 at his home, surrounded by family. He grew up in the piney woods of Alabama, and began his career… Read More
