Alan White, formerly of Carmi, Illinois, while doing research on his family found one of his great grandfathers by the name of Amzi A. White who was born in Connecticut and moved to Illinois about the same time as Marion’s John H. White who is memorialized on this site. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: July 2013
A story that began in 1976 has come full circle and resulted in a new Marion City Flag flying over the Tower Square.
In 1976, Mary Lou Roberts won a contest sponsored by the Marion Chamber of Commerce to design a flag for the City of Marion. Her design, with the addition of a sketch of the clock tower done by Pauline Stearns, became the official flag for the city. Continue reading
With 150 red, white, and blue balloons sent sailing skyward from a Conestoga wagon, Williamson County today began a year-long celebration of its 150thanniversary. Continue reading
City officials are beginning to use technology to help keep track of gravesites. Continue reading
Sometimes people just don’t end up where you think they will in life. It might be argued that such was the case of 1957 Marion High School graduate Alan D. Kuhn. Continue reading
