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Reba D. Haggard, 86, of 212 S. Pine Street, Zeigler, Illinois died at 4:46
a.m., Friday, December 21, 2001 at Franklin Hospital in Benton,
Other survivors include two sons and a daughter-in-law, Emmitt Haggard
of Zeigler, Curtis and Joni Haggard of Stafford, Virginia; four
grandchildren, Randall and Robert Haggard of Stafford, Virginia, Anna and
Lora Haggard of Las Vegas, Nevada and two great grandchildren, Taylor and
Garrick.
She was preceded in death by her parents, a step-father, Urey
Mrs. Haggard was a member of the First Christian Church in Zeigler and
the Zeigler Eastern Star. Funeral services for Mrs. Haggard will be
held at 10:00 a.m., Friday, December 28, 2001 at Vantrease Funeral Home in
Zeigler with Brother Larry Hallman officiating. Burial will be at
Memorial contributions in memory of Mrs. Haggard may be made to the
Zeigler Library Foundation and will be accepted at the funeral home. |
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Emmitt Haggard, 58, of California, formerly of Las Vegas, Nevada and
Zeigler, Illinois passed away Saturday, April 8, 2006, in Lake Elsinore,
California.
He was a poker dealer in the casino industry. Emmitt is survived by his father, Randall
Haggard; daughters, Lora Nelson and her husband, Jason, and Minna Haggard;
brother, Curtis Haggard and his wife, Joni; grandson, Garrick Dicus;
granddaughter, Taylor Murray; and his longtime companion, Sandy Jones.
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Randall Fidelis Haggard, of 212 South Pine Street in Zeigler,
Illinois, peacefully passed away at home on June 16th, 2006 at 8:10 p.m.; he
was 96 years old. He was born in As a young boy, his family moved to His family returned to Zeigler, and at the
age of 16, he began mining coal at Zeigler Mine Number Two. In all, he mined
coal for 34 years. Originally, he was known as “Fat Hubbard,” since his
Mother had married. When Social Security started, however, he and his Mother
decided that his name would be “Haggard,” legally. At her death, Lora Prudent
was living in the small house near the alley, at With WWII on the horizon, he married Reba
Dean Conley, of Zeigler, on November 8th, 1940, in Jackson Missouri (no
waiting period across the state line). At the start of the war, he joined the
Three years after winning the war, their
first son, Emmitt Ennis was born. Emmitt was a gifted student; skipping the
7th grade. He was a promising baseball pitcher for the American Legion team.
Sadly, Emmitt passed away at the age of 58, on April 8, 2006, in Seven years after Emmitt’s arrival, a second
son, Curtis Dean, came along (to parents 45 and 40 years of age). Curtis
retired from the U.S. Navy in 2002, with 24 years of service. He married Joni
Flegal, of Plainwell Randall also worked for the City of
Zeigler for several years in the early 1960’s, for the Police and Water
Departments. In 1967, he and Reba sold their home at 211 Maple Street in
Zeigler, packed up their Oldsmobile, and headed to Las Vegas, Nevada (Emmitt
was 19 and in the U.S. Air Force in Saudi Arabia, and Curtis was 11 and in
the back seat of the “Delta 88,” going down Route 66). This couple, aged 57
and 52, sold everything and moved “to the Wild West,” with no guarantee of
employment, and thrived in In He was preceded in death by his mother,
wife (Reba passed away in For many years, Randall’s neighbor, Carrie
Hensley-Walter has been the loving caregiver to Reba and Randall. Joni and
Curt would like to publicly thank her for her love and wonderful support to
both of his parents-they will be forever in her debt. Funeral services for Mr. Haggard will be
held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, June 22, 2006 at Vantrease Funeral Home in
Zeigler. Burial will be at He was a proud member of the Zeigler
American Legion and the Zeigler Eagles Lodge. Memorial contributions in memory of Mr.
Haggard may be made to the Zeigler Library Foundation and
will be accepted at the funeral home. |