Hi Scott,
I saw your posting, and sent it to my Aunt. She is my father's sister. My father was Russell Eugene Aly (deceased in 1990). I would recommend you contact Ralph Aly, as my Aunt recommends. He has done a great deal of geneology research, and should certainly be able to fill in some missing spots for you.
Sincerely,
Sherrie Aly


Sherrie: I would put the Aly man intouch with Ralph Aly. He has a lengthy geneology on the Aly family. I feel sure this man, Scott, is a relative in some way. Ralph's address is: Ralph Aly
Box 69
Eddyville, IL. 62928
Phone: 618-672-4222
As I know you remember, Ralph has had funeral homes in the Pope-Johnson county area for almost a half century now. They had three sons - Charles, Douglas, and Jeffrey. Douglas married a Pope county girl - had one daughter - was divorced and took over one of the funeral homes after he finished embalming school. He remarried and was then tragically killed in a car wreck in 1983. Ralph, realizing he was reaching an age that he wouldn't be able to continue with the business convinced the older son, Charles, to go to embalming school. Charles (Chuck) is married with children and is now in charge of the funeral homes in Eddyville and Golconda, Ralph has since sold the one in Vienna, IL. Chuch's son, Mark, is also an embalmer, funeral director and coroner for Pope county. So, it has become a family business. I have a cursory knowledge of the family lineage but ScottAly almost HAS to have ties to our family. There were only four brothers who came to this country. Two married and stayed in Pope county and the other two moved on - one to Mississippi and the other to Louisiana. If this Scott Aly will just make contaact with Ralph I am sure he will be able to get a lot more information.