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James R. McGill

Springfield, Illinois

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SPRINGFIELD - James Richard McGill, 53, of Springfield, formerly of Peoria Heights, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2007, at his residence.

He was born on Sept. 14, 1954, in Hannibal, Mo., to John and Mary "Patt" Hollis McGill. His mother and grandparents preceded him in death.

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Cousin Jim, There was always a hug, a smile, a laugh, and of course always a story.
I MISS YOU ALREADY!
I will miss so much doing karaoke with you. But I will sing "What's Up" for you.
Love to you always, Cousin Karen

Cousin Jim, I miss you already! These words seem to help me though.
TOGETHERNESS: Death is nothing at all-I have only slipped away into the next room. Whatever we were to each other, that we are still. Call me by my old familiar name,speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together. Play, smile, think of me, pray for me. Let my name be the household word that it always was. Let it be spoken without effort. Life means...

sorry for your loss. we will miss him on the radio waves but we have years of memories with listening to him on wqlz. he gave us all many laughs! I was also lucky enough to take a flight to elko, nevada with wqlz and of course jim. he was a lot of fun on the trip and married the guy sitting beside us. god bless to all of his family. we will miss you jimmy!

im going to miss ya buddy. i still remember the first time i met you and cherish all the great memories i have of you, from the segments on ray's show to just having you bring a smile to my face each and every day i seen you. i love you jimmy and u will most definately be missed

To the McGill Family: My heart goes out to each of you. I know you will dearly miss Jim. He was such a delightful person. We had so much fun when he brought his DJ equipment and we had a Toga party after the family reunion. What a party!!! Those memories will remain with me forever. I will keep each of you in my thoughts and prayers.
Your cousin,

Jimmy we are going to miss you. I don't know how in the world we are going to make it through the wedding without our man the photographer, dj and minister. Maybe we will alope and def. will have a memorial candle for you. Todd and I both miss you dearly. You will always be in our hearts.

PS- Don't you and mom throw a huge party without us :o) save us something. Tell my "Hot Babe" mom Heeeeeyyyy.

What more can you say about Jim McGill. He made his mark on Springfield, I'd even say he loosened up the town a little bit, made it a little more fun. He cared about people and I don't know if he ever classified a person based on race, income or anything. He was just a genuine guy who was always good for a laugh. This town was very lucky to know him.

From my days with the Itchy Pickles, I got the chance to meet Jim and always considered him one of the coolest people I got to know from the morning disaster. Jim you brought smiles to everyone. And for that, I am sure there is a place for you up above. God Speed and keep smiling.

The radio won't be the same without you, although I didn't know you that well but you brought smiles to everyones faces on & off the air.