Elizabeth
“Libby” (Compton) Basham, 94, passed
away on Thursday, September
15, 2011 at 8:15pm at the Mt.CarmelSeniorLivingCenter
in St. Charles, MO after a short illness.
Elizabeth
was born August 2,
1917, in Memphis, TN, the daughter of Marvin Ditzler
Compton
and Anna Mae (Simpson) Compton. She married John Thomas Wimberly on May 18,
1935 at Texico, Jefferson Co, IL. They divorced in 1969. John passed
away on
July 30, 2007. Four children were born from this union: Janice, Thomas,
Brenda, and Jackie.
Elizabeth
married Ralph
Jennings Basham onMay 4, 1988, and
he
passed away on October 6, 1993 in Elizabethtown, KY.
Elizabeth “Libby” was a
restaurateur and was the owner or
manager of several restaurants in Marion, IL.
She
owned
Libby’s
restaurant
located
in
the
former
Travelodge Motel building in 1968-1969 and was
manager of
the Skelly Truck Stop Restaurant when it first opened in Marion. She was
the hostess for the Motel
Marion Restaurant for several years. Elizabeth
was known for her delicious “Chicken & Dumplin’s.”
Elizabeth is survived by a
brother, Alfred Marvin Compton,
of Peoria, Arizona, and a sister, Ada Blanche Sodders of Mt. Vernon,
IL; a son,
Thomas L. Wimberly of Marion, IL; daughters Janice Ramelle Evans of
Springfield, IL; Brenda Kay Dare (Mike) of St. Charles, MO; and Jackie
Lynn
Hack (Bob) of Elizabethtown, KY; grandsons Jeffrey Scott Lindner
(Paula) of
Marion, IL; Shannon Lee Wimberly (Rachel) of Carrier Mills, IL; Steven
Michael
Wimberly (Cindy) of Roeland Park, KS; Michael Sean Dare (Jennifer) of
Wentzville, MO; Jesse Andrew Dare (Gretchen) of St. Charles, MO; and
Brad Allen
Jones (Tiffany) of Bridge City, TX; granddaughters Jilayne Wood Horn
(Dan) of
Auburn, IL, Leslie Lynn Pena-Santos, Elizabethtown, KY, Elizabeth Ann
Harvey (Jeremy), West Liberty, KY, and
Jennifer
Lynn Miller (Jeffrey) Elizabethtown, KY; 17 great-grandchildren,
and
many nieces and nephews.
Elizabeth
was preceded in death by her parents, brothers, Floyd Ditzler Compton,
Clyde
Abernathy Compton, Kenneth Oakley Compton, sisters Lucille Virginia
Smith, Christine
Gertrude Yule, and Lula Mae Richards
Private Family viewing will be at 1:00pm with graveside services at
2:00pm on Tuesday, September 20th, 2011, in the chapel at the Mt.
Vernon, IL Memorial Gardens Cemetery, 3.9 miles West of interstate 57
on State RT 15 with the Rev. Merle Fullerton officiating. Those wishing
to attend gather at the chapel prior to the 2pm service.
The Baue Funeral Home of O'Fallon, MO is in charge of the graveside
services.
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