For three months, Jonesburg resident Mickey Williams has been in the hospital due to COVID-19 complications.

Mary Wright wanted to do something about it.

“Mickey is one of my best friends,” said Wright, who is another Jonesburg resident.

So Wright made a king-sized St. Louis Cardinals quilt that is made of 36 Cardinals T-shirts donated by numerous residents of the Jonesburg community and is hanging on the wall at the Warehouse Bar & Grill. The quilt is part of a fundraiser to help pay for Williams’ medical bills.

“Everyone who pitched in shirts to help us, we’re really gratefully appreciative,” Wright said.

The Warehouse Bar & Grill, which opened for business in July, is selling raffle tickets for the quilt for $5 each.

“As soon as we get rid of that roll of tickets, we’ll go have them do a Facebook Live drawing,” Warehouse Bar & Grill co-owner Sherry Lato said.

Wright also made a St. Louis Blues quilt and plans to donate it to a fundraising event called Wishes for Williams, which is scheduled for 10 a.m. on Feb. 13 at the Warrenton Elks Lodge, and will include a cornhole tournament, a gun raffle, a cash bar and a silent auction. Proceeds will also help pay for Williams’ medical expenses.

“I already had that one done,” Wright said. “It was over a year ago when I did that. That’s when I used to go to craft shows. So I’m just going to donate it.”

Wright said she used to make a lot of quilts until she recently had back surgery.

“Right now, I’m not able to do a whole lot,” Wright said. “I do what I can and then stop, work on them, then stop.”

Lato said she appreciated Wright making the Cardinals quilt. It took Wright two weeks to make it.

“She has done an excellent job,” Lato said. “She donated all of her time. A lot of people around Jonesburg donated the T-shirts that they took to make that.”

Lato said she has been heavily promoting the quilt ever since it arrived at the bar in late January.

“I put it on several Facebook sites,” said Lato, who co-owns the bar with son Shawn Corder. “I am currently contacting other businesses around here and all the way to Wright City and Montgomery City to see if they would help in selling the tickets as well.”

Williams is Lato’s sister. She was working in karaoke events with her husband, Brian, for years before she was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Nov. 7. She’s currently staying at St. Mary’s Hospital in Clayton.

“It’s been horrible,” Lato said. “She’s been transferred to her second hospital and they’re getting ready to transfer her again to a rehab center.”

Lato said she’s pleased with the way the Jonesburg community has helped out since Williams’ COVID-19 diagnosis.

“They’re awesome,” she said. “Everybody here in town is awesome. Mickey and husband Brian have been doing karaoke for 20 years now. They’re pretty well-known.”

Wright said Wright One Hauling in Jonesburg also has been helping out with donations.

“It’s my husband’s company and he hauls rocks and sands,” she said. “He works back and forth through St. Louis to Columbia.”  

Williams and Wright have been friends for 30 years. Williams was a maid of honor at Wright’s wedding.

Wright said even though Williams remains in the hospital, they remain in touch.

“She FaceTimes me,” Wright said. “I keep in touch that way or she’ll message me.”