Roby Verne Longstreet

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Roby Verne Longstreet

Birth
Argenta, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Death
26 Oct 1973 (aged 84)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois, USA
Burial
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Verne R. Longstreet, 84, of 615 W. Center St. died 7:20 p.m. Friday in Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, where friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery.

Mr. Longstreet was born in Argenta, a son of Joseph Wikoff and Lillian Garver Longstreet.

He was a retired grocery store operator. He operated a store at 22nd and Locust street from 1930-49. Mr. Longstreet was a veteran of WWI and a member of the American Legion Post 105.

On March 15, 1911, he was married to Gertrude Harrison in Macon County. She died in 1961.

Survivors include a son, John M., of Decatur, four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Verne R. Longstreet, 84, of 615 W. Center St. died 7:20 p.m. Friday in Decatur Memorial Hospital.

Funeral services will be 11:30 a.m. Monday in the Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home, where friends may call 6 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery.

Mr. Longstreet was born in Argenta, a son of Joseph Wikoff and Lillian Garver Longstreet.

He was a retired grocery store operator. He operated a store at 22nd and Locust street from 1930-49. Mr. Longstreet was a veteran of WWI and a member of the American Legion Post 105.

On March 15, 1911, he was married to Gertrude Harrison in Macon County. She died in 1961.

Survivors include a son, John M., of Decatur, four grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.