January 24, 2001

BILL CAMERON

MOUNDS, Ill. -- William A. "Bill" Cameron Jr., 68, of Mounds died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2001, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill. He was born Dec. 14, 1932, in Pulaski County, son of William A. and Helen Boren Cameron. Cameron was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mounds, the VFW, the American Legion and the Union of Locomotive Engineers. He was a retired engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad and was a veteran of the Korean War, where he served in the Army...

MOUNDS, Ill. -- William A. "Bill" Cameron Jr., 68, of Mounds died Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2001, at Daystar Care Center in Cairo, Ill.

He was born Dec. 14, 1932, in Pulaski County, son of William A. and Helen Boren Cameron.

Cameron was a member of the First Baptist Church of Mounds, the VFW, the American Legion and the Union of Locomotive Engineers. He was a retired engineer for the Illinois Central Railroad and was a veteran of the Korean War, where he served in the Army.

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He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Cameron of Mounds; a stepson, Dan H. Pirtle of Champaign, Ill.; and two stepgranddaughters.

He was preceded in death by a son.

Friends may call at Barkett Funeral Home in Mounds from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday.

Funeral will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. The Rev. F.M. Speakman will officiate, with burial in the Masonic Cemetery at Grand Chain, Ill.

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