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Coal Miners Memorial IL473 |
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 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
John L. Lewis
President UMWA 1920-1991
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COAL MINERS MEMORIAL
IN MEMORY OF THE 119 MINERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN
THE ORIENT #2 MINE EXPLOSION ON DECEMBER 21ST 1951.
BENTON-
WEST CITY
Arthur Adams
Bill Akins
Fru Austin
Roy B. Beaty
Lawrence Bell
Wm. W. Bell
Carroll Bridges
Aston Lee Bufford
Paul Virgil Dollins
Joseph L. Fitzpatrick
Harry Gunter
Robert Hines
Audrey Huffstutler
Roy Hutchins
John Kucewesky
Lafet Upsey
Wallace Miller
Warren Mitchell
George Novak
Earl Overturf
Shelby Pasley
Andy Peska
Thomas Pierson
Vallie Pritchett
Joe Revak
Robert Rice
Charles Rose
Thomas Runnels
| Wm. D. Sanders
Chalon Howard Smith
Charles Southern
Silas Stewart
Hearstel Summers
Paul Taylor
John D. Thomas
Louis A. Trapper
Charles H. Whitlow
Carl Williams
BUCKNER
Earl Payne
CARTERVILLE
Rivers Ashmore
CHRISTOPHER
Guy Rice
ELKVILLE
Earl R. Rees
HERRIN
Paul Coats
Claude Roland
JOHNSON CITY
Oscar Bartley
James WM Fairbanks
John Farkas
| Archie Ferbus
John E. Haynes
Pete Petroff
Carrol Stubblefield
Alberic Vancauwelaert
Walter L. Woodward
LOGAN
Estel James Bradley
REV Oral Bradley
Lonnie J. Cairel
MACEDONIA
Guy Johnson
MARION
Charles E. Boyd
Ralph Kent
Clyde Moses
PITTSBURG
Clyde Dupree
SESSER
Clarence Eubanks
Rolla Jones
Sam Montgomery
THOMPSONVILLE
John F. Bennett
| Roy Westray
James H. Williams
WEST FRANKFORT
Charles Bartoni
Wilburn Bell
James L. Black
James O. Cantrell
Thomas Clark
Andrew Cunningham
John Dobruff
George R. Dunlap
Frank Eurard
James Fowler
Henry Otis Harper
Herschel C. Harris
Roscoe Karnes
Otis Lewis
Mynett Lockhart
Bill McDaniel
John Matelic
Claude Milligan
Harry Morthland
Edward Munday
Roy L. Neibel
R. L. Newell
Max P. Nolen
Marion Odle
John Polic
George Pollock
| John Quayle
Joseph Quayle
Alexander Ramsay
Ellis Reach, JR.
Ellis Reach, SR.
Tom Roberts
John Sadoski, JR.
Stanley Sadusky
Mike Senkus
Charles R. Smith
Earl H. Smith
George R. Smith
Wm. R. Smith
Leon Summers
Ted Tapley
Howard Wall
Max Wawrzyniak
B.R. Williams
W.E. Wilson
Wm. Zell Yates
Victor Younkin
Louis Zanzuchi
Joe Zeboski
WHITTINGTON
Burton Spencer
Wayne Spencer
ZEIGLER
Jesse Connor |
AND ALL OTHERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN AREA COAL MINES.
Dedicated December 21, 1958; Franklin Coal Miners Memorial Committee: Bobby Baker, Robert D. Burnett, Ross Cockrum, Kenneth Lampley, Lee R. Mumbower, Gerald Owens, Ed Perry, Sr.
Main St. & Pope St., Municipal Bldg lawn, Benton, Franklin County Illinois
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