Noel Cremeens

Funeral services for Noel CREMEENS, 70, McLeansboro, will be at 1 p.m., Saturday at Gholson funeral Home in McLeansboro, with Rev. Carroll Phillips and Rev. Frank Brookman officiating.

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m., today at the funeral home. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery.

Mr. Cremeens, a retired farmer, died Wednesday at 4:01 p.m. at Hamilton Memorial Hospital.

He was born August 3, 1908, the son of Omar and Nora (Reed) Cremeens.

Mr. Cremeens, who also served as custodian for Knights Prairie School, married Velma Harrelson, who survives.

He was a deacon and member of Antioch Baptist Church.

Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Roger of East Peoria; three daughters, Eileen Hopper of McLeansboro, Charlene Ballard of east Peoria and Sharon Darnell of McLeansboro; two sisters, Mrs. Leo Andrews of Princeton, In. and Mrs. Thelma Click of Dayton, Ohio and nine grandchildren.

From: Felty's Legacy of Kin, Vol. II, p. 1106
Pub. Times-Leader; 08 Mar 1979
Noel Cremeens, b. 03 Aug 1908, Ham. Co.; d. 28 Feb 1979, hosp. in McL.; s/o Omar & Nora Reed Cremeens. Married Velma Harrelson. Leaves wife; son: Roger Cremeens of E. Peopria; 3 daus.: Mrs. Eileen Hopper of McL., Mrs. Charlene Ballard of E. Peopria, Mrs. Sharon Darnell of McL.; 2 sis.: Mrs. Leo Andrews of Princeton, IN., & Mrs. Thelma Click of Dayton, OH. Interred Antioch Cem., near Macedonia.