Obituary of E O DIAL, Williamson & Franklin County, Illinois This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Susan Merrell ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Obituary clipping found among my grandmother and great grandmothers belongings. Obit of E.O. Dial Dated in by hand in ink as Nov 30, 1949. Newspaper unknown. Veteran Benton Magistrate, 74, Died Last Night E.O. Dial, 74, police magistrate in Benton, was found dead in bed by his wife when she returned home from a picture show about 10:30 o'clock last night. He had apparently died in his sleep following a heart attack. Dial, a pioneer resident of Franklin County, had lived most of his life in Benton and community. For many years he was prominent in Democratic politics. He was a brother of the late Judge H. R. Dial of this city. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. E.O. Dial, Benton; two sons, Howard of Flint, Mich., and Harold of St. Louis; two daughters Mrs. Ann Dial of Los Angeles, Calif., and Mrs. Helen Goddard of Montrose, Mich.; two half- brothers, L.P. Hunter of West Frankfort, and Samuel N. Hunter of East St. Louis, and a half-sister, Mrs. Lucille Norman of California. The body will lie in state after 3 o'clock this afternoon at his home, 411 North Madison Street in Benton. Funeral rites will be held at 3 pm Sunday at the First Baptist church in Benton. Burial will be in IOOF and Masonic cemetery at Benton.