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Visitation 2 p.m. Sunday at Caudle-Rutledge-Daugherty Fu­neral Home, Lindale. GEORGE OLIN CONN, 75, formerly of Wills Point, died June 22. Hiett’s Ly­Brand Funeral Home, Wills Point. LEROY GABRIEL, 93, Keller, formerly of Tyler, died June 29. Visitation 1-2 p.m. Monday at Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler. BOBBYE (BLAIR) GATEWOOD, 69, Palestine, died June 26. Cottle Funeral Home, Troup. KENNETH DAVID GODDEN, 83, Tyler, died June 28. Jackson’s Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home, Tyler. ELVA JEANETTE GREEN, 87, Tyler, June 29. Visitation 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler. RON HILL, 46, Magnolia Arkansas, formerly of Tyler, died June 28. Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler. ERMA (MOSLEY) JOHNSON, 88, Tyler, died June 25. Brooks Sterling & Garrett Funeral Directors, Tyler. TOM J. SHEFFIELD, 97, Tyler, died June 27. Caudle-Rut­ledge-Daugherty Funeral Home, Lindale. FUNERALS TODAY SUE WILLIFORD EVANS, 61, Whitehouse; Funeral service 2 p.m. Friday at Wyman Roberts Funeral Home, San Augustine. RHYLIN SKYE JOHNSON, 11 days, Jacksonville; Funeral service 2 p.m. Friday at Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville . BETTY LOU PETREA MCGEE, 78, Tyler; Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday at Union Chapel Cemetery. Hilliard Funeral Home, Van. JUDY CLARK MAULDIN, 89, Marshall; Funeral service 10 a.m. Friday at Downs Funeral Home, Marshall. JAY THOMAS NICHOLS, 27, formerly of Wills Point; Funeral service 11 a.m. Friday at Robinwood Baptist Church, Seagoville. Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home, Wills Point. JOE RICHARD RASBERRY, 76, Whitehouse; Graveside service 2 p.m. Friday at Whitehouse Cemetery. Jackson’s Burks Walker Tippit Funeral Home, Tyler. BENJAMIN “BEN” SONNTAG, 43, Athens; Visitation 9 a.m. Friday at Autry Funeral Home. Funeral service 10 a.m. Friday at Autry Funeral Home, Jacksonville. BRUCE EDWARD WATERS, 61, Tyler; Funeral service 2 p.m. Friday at Stewart Family Funeral Home, Tyler. JATHEL WILLIAMS, 94, Tyler; Funeral service noon Friday at New Days Community Church. Brooks Sterling & Garrett Funeral Directors, Tyler. FUNERALS TOMORROW NANCY (OWEN) A...

Denniston, 50, of Waterloo, died Wednesday, March 8, at Cedar Valley Hospice Home in Waterloo; services 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 11, at Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Waterloo; visitation from 5 to 8 p.m. today, March 10, at Hagarty-Waychoff-Grarup Funeral Service on South Street, 234-6274, and also for an hour before services Saturday at the church; memorials to the family.WATERLOO -- Patricia Ann Welch, 77, of Urbandale, formerly of Waterloo, died Tuesday, March 7, at Senior Suites of Urbandale; services 11 a.m. Saturday, March 11, at First Baptist Church, with burial in Garden of Memories Cemetery, both Waterloo; visitation will be for an hour before services Saturday at the church; memorials to A Heinz 57 Pet Rescue & Transport, P.O. Box 188, DeSoto 50069; Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138.WATERLOO -- Betty J. High, 80, of Waterloo, died Wednesday March 8, at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City of complications from cancer; Locke Funeral Home, 233-6138.WATERLOO -- William G. "Wild Bill" Hines Jr., 51, of Waterloo, died Thursday, March 9, at Covenant Medical Center.DECORAH -- Virginia Halverson, 69, of Decorah, died Wednesday, March 8, at the Ossian Senior Hospice, Ossian; Schluter-Balik Funeral Home, Decorah, (563) 382-8651.DENVER -- Sterling Edgar, 87, of Denver, died Thursday, March 9, at Western Home Communities-Thalman Square in Cedar Falls; Kaiser-Corson Funeral Home, Denver, 984-5379.NEW HAMPTON -- Delores Immerman, 92, of New Hampton, formerly of Fredericksburg, died Thursday, March 9, at New Hampton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center; Hugeback Johnson Funeral Home, Fredericksburg, (563) 237-6212. IOWA FALLS -- Robert "Bob" Pekarek, 92, of Iowa Falls, died Tuesday, March 7, at Hansen Family Hospital, Iowa Falls; Surls Funeral Home in Iowa Falls, (641) 648-9554.RIDGEWAY -- Raymond W. Myers, 81, of Ridgeway, died at home Wednesday, March 8, of Lou Gehrig's disease; Hindt-Hudek Funeral Home, Cresco, (563) 547-3501.WAVERLY -- Henry Hanson, 92, of Waverly, died Wednesday, March 8, at Bartels Lutheran Retirement Community, Waver...

Minnie Shackelford’s husband, Andreas Shackelford, 41, was arrested by Decatur police Monday and charged with murder in her death. He was being held in Morgan County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bail.A family member found Minnie Shackelford, 44, beaten and strangled to death in her home at 220 Fourth Ave. N.W. early last Thursday, according to Decatur police Lt. John Crouch.“Minnie was an overall loving person,” said Adrianna Tapscott, a family friend. “She was very forgiving and caring. She would give anyone anything they needed.”Tapscott said she is a close friend of Minnie Shackelford’s son, Jerry Rankin. Rankin and Tapscott grew up together in Decatur, and Tapscott said she spent many days with him at Minnie Shackelford’s residence.When asked about Minnie Shackelford’s relationship with husband Andreas Shackelford, her tone changed.“No, it was never good,” Tapscott said of the Shackelfords' marriage. “She knew he wasn’t good for her, but she was so forgiving.”Tapscott said Minnie Shackelford recently wanted to file for divorce, but she opted to “give it another try.” No divorce documents for Minnie Shackelford or Andreas Shackelford were filed.Tapscott said she was never close to Andreas Shackelford, and that Andreas Shackelford was not Rankin’s father.Rankin could not be reached for comment.Pamela Bolding, director of the Neighborhood Christian Center, said Minnie Shackelford used to attend the center’s Tuesday night women’s Bible study, but that she had not regularly attended in the past six months.“She always had positive insight into our studies and was an encouragement to all,” Bolding said in an email.According to police, the couple was married and living together at the time of the killing, but court documents show Andreas Shackelford provided a Hillsboro address to authorities.Andreas Shackelford’s booking report shows he was employed by Wayne Farms in Decatur, but listed his employer as “none” in court documents."Shackelford continually lied about his whereabouts during the investigation and continually misled investigators," Decatur police Dete...