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Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, Friday, January 15, 2016: SESSER---Cletus Earl McBride, 78, died at 10:09 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2015, in Saint Louis University Hospital in St Louis. He worked at Butler's, Bracy's and Bowlin's Foodland, and was a member of the Sesser Fire Protection District for 36 years and was chief for the last 30 years. He was a member of First Baptist Church in Sesser.

Cletus was born July 14, 1937, in Franklin County, to Burtis "Big Boy" and Lena Mae (Walker) McBride. He married Constance "Connie" (Allen*) McBride on Aug. 24, 1958, and she survives of Sesser.

Survivors include children, Cletus Eric McBride of Sesser, and Lisa Marie Travelstead of Herrin; grandchildren, Nicole (Jeremy) Shelton of Herrin, and Ashley (Geoff) Hammonds of Herrin; great-grandchildren, Gage Shelton of Herrin, Sophie Shelton of Herrin; and one great-grandchild on the way; surviving niece and nephew, Paula Horn of Sesser, and Glenn Gulley of Sesser. He was preceded in death by his parents; and one sister, Marceline Gulley.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 17, in Brayfield-Gilbert Funeral Home in Sesser, with the Rev. Harl Ray Lewis and Brother Tom DeWitt. Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery Sesser. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 16, at the funeral home. There will be a Firefighter's walk through at 7 p.m. Saturday.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sesser Firefighter's Association and will be accepted at the funeral home. For more information go to www.gilbertfuneralhomes.com.
* unknown why this is Allen it should be Lemons.

Birth	14 Jul 1937	Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois
Death	13 Jan 2016
Burial		Maple Hill Cemetery, Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois

Spouse	Constance Earline Lemons (1939 - )
Child	Eric Cletus McBride (1959 - )
Child	Lesa Marie McBride (1961 - )