Josephine Creech

	Josephine Creech, 83, of Willisville, formerly of DuQuoin, passed away Friday, July 26, 2002 at 1:10 a.m. at Randolph County Nursing Home in Sparta.
	Mrs. Creech had been a machine operator at St. Louis Pen Factory.  She was of the Baptist faith.
	She was born May 10, 1919 at DuQuoin, the daughter of John and Josephine (Krov) Liska.  She married Cecil Ray Creech on July 19, 1937 at Charleston, Mo. and he preceded her in death on September 2, 1979.
	Surviving are three sons, Melvin Don Creech of Tilden, Bobby Wayne Creech of Willisville and Edward Eugene Creech of St. Louis; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
	She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, three brothers and three sisters.
	Funeral services were Sunday, July 28 at 2 p.m. at Neal-McClure Memorial Chapel with Rev. John Lewis officiating.  Interment was in Old DuQuoin Cemetery.
	Friends called at the Neal-McClure Funeral Home in DuQuoin on Sunday from 12 p.m. until time of service.
