Mildred I. Hemphill

Mildred I. Hemphill, 86, of Aledo, died Saturday, January 17, 2009 at Mercer County Nursing Home, Aledo.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Bewley Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Aledo. Visitation will be 5 - 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Candor Cemetery, Seaton, Ohio Grove Township. Memorials may be made to the College Avenue Presbyterian Church or Pope Creek Church in Candor Cemetery.

Mildred was born May 8, 1922 in Ohio Grove Township, Mercer County, Illinois, the daughter of David Bopes Candor and Martha Etta Kinnamon. She married James W. Hemphill on June 14, 1944 in Ohio Grove Township. He died on August 13, 2006.

She was a 1939 graduate of Aledo High School. Mildred was employed by the Aledo Community Unit School District No. 201 as a secretary to the Superintendent. She retired in June 1989. Previously, she was a legal secretary for the Church & Felton Law Firm, Allen & Allen Law Firm and secretary to the late Judge James A. Allen for 10 years.
Mrs. Hemphill was a member of the College Avenue Presbyterian Church, Aledo, Women’s Association of the Church, Mercer County Home and Community Education Association, M.E.H. ERS Unit, Mercer County Senior Citizen Center, William Dennison Chapter, National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution #5-119-IL, serving as Treasurer and Mercer County Historical Society.

Survivors include her son, Mark; grandchildren, Heather Hemphill, Kristie (Roger) Berg, Kathryn, David and Mark Alan Hemphill; a special niece, Kay Cumming Tipsord and several other nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James and sister Kathryn Candor Cumming.