Lemons, P.J.

Family/Spouse: Watters, E.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Watters, J.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: LEMO.C001
• _FGRAVE: 132147869

Notes:

Charlie was better known as "Poppy" by close friends. He graduated from Fairfield Community High School in 1954. He spend most of his adult life working in the oil fields. Throughout his career he worked for Don Durr, National Oil Well, E.O.A. Mann, and Charlie's Pump Shop with Randy Mitchell. For more than 50 years, his name has been well known in the oil community in Southern Illinois.

Died:
Facebook message from Gayla Tanner (June 27, 2014):

"I'm sorry I didn't post sooner, we've had problems reaching some family, and the day was chaotic.

Poppy passed away today at 2:55pm.

I had taken him to the hospital Wednesday after he ditched his car. He had a bad laceration on his arm, which he said he got falling into the dresser.

They admitted him because his sodium levels were really low. They said it could cause his pain and dizziness.

They X-rayed his chest to make sure he didn't crack a rib, but instead of a break they found a shadow on his lungs. They did a CT scan and it showed that he clearly had an advanced form of cancer.

We decided not to tell him what it was until this morning because my brother, Leon, and already left and we wanted the doctor there when we talked to him.

This morning the doctor told him his options and he insisted on going home. We started making arrangements with hospice.

At lunch he started choking. His lungs were filling up. They gave him some medication to help dry out hos lungs and to help him rest. While we were talking to the hospice coordinators he started to decompensate quickly. And then he simply stopped breathing.

It was all so fast we hadn't even told all of the family about the cancer before he was gone.

We will work out details for a visitation and funeral a little later, we all need to regroup after today."

Buried:
Graveside services will be held at 4 p.m Tuesday, July 15, at Hanna Cemetery

Charles married Holmes, T.R. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: LEMO.J001
• _FGRAVE: 36016758

James married Sheets, Mary Alice. Mary was born on 19 Feb 1915; died on 3 Aug 1979; was buried in Bestow Cemetery, Geff, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Reference Number: SHEE.M002
• _FGRAVE: 36016761

Charles married Endsley, Florence Victoria on 2 Oct 1887 in Wayne County, Illinois. Florence was born on 29 Aug 1871 in Wayne County, Illinois; died on 3 Oct 1949; was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Fairfield, Wayne County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]