Emory H. Armes, 89, of Hightstown, New Jersey, and formerly of McLeansboro, Illinois, died at 5:35 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22, 1997, at Sunlawn Nursing Center in Highstown.
Mr. Armes was born on May 5, 1907, in Hamilton County, a son of John C. and Alma (Parker) Armes. He married Colleen R. Wright on June 7, 1930. He was a retired prison guard for the Illinois Department of Corrections at the Statesville Prison in Joliet. He was a member of Antioch Baptist Church.
The funeral was at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, January 27, 1997, at Gholson Funeral Home in McLeansboro. Rev. Mark Lee officiated. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery near Macedonia.
Mr. Armes is survived by one daughter, Dorothy Patterson and husband Charles of Cranbury, New Jersey; two grandchildren, Charles Patterson of Medford Lakes, New Jersey, and Susan Colleen Schreib of Austin, Texas; five great-grandchildren, Christian Cody Schreib, Thomas Colby Schreib, Richard Schrieb, Charles Aaron Patterson and Casandra Patterson.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, five brothers and three sisters.