Obituaries
Johnny Leroy Brown
Jan 31, 2023
Johnny Leroy Brown, 99, of Carmi, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023. He was born on March 17, 1923, in Centerville, Illinois, the son of Clarence and Mary Ethel (Cox) Brown. Leroy married Verla Maxine Kiefer on December 26, 1942. and she preceded him in death on March 14, 2022. He proudly served his country in the...
Sue Dusablon
Jan 31, 2023
Sue (Severns) DuSablon, 79, of Seymour, IN, and formerly of Carmi, IL, passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 at the Lutheran Community Home in Seymour, IN. She was born in Evansville, IN on December 22, 1943, the daughter of Frank and Thelma (Bowers) Severns. Sue married Arthur B. "Art" DuSablon, on December 15, 1990. She was a...
Melba Fulkerson
Jan 30, 2023
Melba M. (Vaughan) Fulkerson of Carmi, passed away on Monday, January 30, 2023, at The Villas of Holly Brook Reflections Memory Care Unit in Mt. Carmel, Illinois. She was born on September 14, 1930, in Overland, Missouri, the daughter of Gleason and Mary Ellen (Wallace) Vaughan. Melba married Allen Fulkerson on August 11, 1949, and he preceded...
Mary Jane Wheeler
Jan 29, 2023
Mary Jane Wheeler, 92, of Silvis, Illinois, passed away on Sunday, January 29, 2023, at the Richard L. Owens Hospice Home in Peoria, Illinois. She was born on April 26, 1930, in Norris City, Illinois, the daughter of Orville and Delia (Satterfield) Spence. Mary married Clarence Wheeler on August 10, 1952, and he preceded her in death. She...
James E. Crouch
Jan 26, 2023
James Eugene Crouch, 74, of Norris City, passed away on Thursday, January 26, 2023, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, Illinois. He was born on August 6, 1948, in Eldorado, Illinois, the son of Raymond and Daphne Elizabeth (Morehead) Crouch. Jim married Brenda Joyce Howard on May 16, 1975, and she survives. He was a member of the...
Thomas D. Muse
Jan 24, 2023
Thomas D. Muse, 77, of Carmi passed away on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. He was born in Highland, IL the son of Dorsey S. and Betty (McNeill) Muse on June 10, 1945. Tom worked in the oil industry and retired from AB Oil. He had also operated Muse Trucking. Tom was...
Judith Ann Poore
Jan 16, 2023
Judith Ann (Dozier) Poore, 83, of Enfield, passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023, at Enfield Rehabilitation and Healthcare. She was born on May 27, 1939, the daughter of Marvin H. and Mary Kathryn (Leathers) Dozier. Judy married Maurice Donald "Donnie" Poore, and he precedes her in death. She worked with her husband as owner and operator of...
John Obermeier
Jan 15, 2023
John Fred Obermeier, 89, of Norris City, passed away on Sunday, January 15, 2023, at Enfield Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. He was born on July 9, 1933, in Okawville, Illinois, the son of John H. and Ella M. (Bordewisch) Obermeier. John proudly served his country in the United States Army during the Korean War. He married Kathryn Marie Shubert on...
Jimmy Keith Brown
Jan 13, 2023
Jimmy Keith Brown, 75 of Carmi, IL, passed away on Friday, January 13, 2023, at Carmi Manor Rehabilitation and Nursing Center. Jimmy was born on, July 24, 1947, in Carmi, IL, the son of Johnny Leroy and Verla Maxine (Kiefer) Brown. He married Beverly Ann Fryburger in 1983 and together they shared over 23 years of marriage before her passing...
Carl Dean Hughes
Jan 11, 2023
Carl Dean Hughes, 83, of Norris City passed away at 1:04 p.m., Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at Heart to Heart Hospice in Evansville, IN. He was born in Norris City, IL on February 7, 1939, the son of Marion Parker Hall Hughes and Lillian Marie (Bryant) Hughes. Dean graduated from Norris City High School and went on...
Mary Ella Doerner
Jan 6, 2023
Mary Ella Doerner, 86, of Norris City passed away on Friday, January 6, 2023 surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Heralds Prairie Township, IL on September 1, 1936 the daughter of Lawrence Raymond and Lula Pearl (Sutton) Aud. Mary Ella married Kern L. Doerner. The Rev. Wayne Sutton, Mary Ella's uncle, officiated at their wedding on...
Mabel Porter
Jan 2, 2023
Mabel Zadel Porter (nee Cozart), of Norris City, Illinois, passed away on January 2, 2023, at the age of 94, after a difficult battle with Alzheimer’s disease.
Mabel was born December 22, 1928, the youngest daughter of Ernest and Letha Cozart of Harrisburg, Illinois. She was united in marriage to Samuel E. Porter of Norris City, Illinois, on July 11,...
Betty Jean Howell
Jan 1, 2023
Betty Jean Howell, 85, of Carmi, IL passed away Sunday, January 1, 2023 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. She was born July 19, 1937 in Mt. Vernon, IN to Stella and Merrel Bell. She worked as a waitress for several years, and retired early with health issues. She enjoyed playing on her tablet and spending time with all...
John M. Sneed
Dec 29, 2022
John M. Sneed, 92, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, December 29, 2022, at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. He was born on April 11, 1930, in Hamilton County, the son of Robert and Angie (Smith) Sneed. John married Alma Jane Bryant on September 3, 1960, and she preceded him in death on June 14, 1978. He worked...
Shirley Ann Kimmel
Dec 28, 2022
Shirley Ann Kimmel of Carmi, IL has passed away as of December 28th, 2022 at the Ferrell hospital in Eldorado, IL. She was preceded in death by her parents; Paul and Agnes Ellis. Her husband; Harold Kimmel; her three children; Theodore Mark Vaupel, Angela Talley, Jeffrey Vaupel and three siblings; Betty Davis, Roy Ellis and Agnes June Ellis....
Delilah Ann Patton
Dec 26, 2022
Delilah Ann Patton, 95, of Enfield passed away on Monday, December 26, 2022 at her home. Delilah was born April 2, 1927 in New Haven to Lee Wilkerson Kennedy and Lillian Rose (Travelstead) Kennedy. She attended Ridgway and Norris City Schools. In 1946 she married Lehman Aud of Herald. From this union, they had two daughters Deanna and...
Dona Mae Trout
Dec 25, 2022
Dona Mae Trout, 90, of Newburgh, IN formerly of Carmi passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2022 at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, IN. She was born in Burnt Prairie Township, IL on November 29, 1932 the daughter of Fred and Lena Grace (Williams) Schumaker. Dona had a long career at White County Bank, beginning as...
Linda Knight
Dec 25, 2022
Linda D. Knight, 75, of Carmi passed away on Sunday, December 25, 2022. She was born in Herald, IL on May 30, 1947 the daughter of Leonard "Bunny" and Daisy (James) O'Neal. Linda married Roy May, Jr. and he preceded her in death on January 11, 1998. She later married Roger Knight in 2000. Linda was a...
Peggy (Murphy) Bryant
Dec 24, 2022
Peggy Jo Bryant, 65, of McLeansboro passed away at her residence on Saturday, December 24, 2022. She was born in Carmi, IL on August 15, 1957 the daughter of Robert and Dorothy Vivian (Harvey) Murphy. Peggy graduated from Carmi Community High School in 1975 and had worked as a waitress at the Carmi Motel Coffee Shop in Carmi....
Ann H. Niekamp
Dec 24, 2022
Ann H. Niekamp received her heavenly crown on December 24, 2022. Ann was born September 26,1940 to Harry Hankins and Elizabeth Stewart Hankins. She is survived by her daughter, Jo Haley; grandson, Duff Haley; numerous nieces and nephews; and many special friends who she considered family.
Ann’s marriage to Melvin L. Niekamp began July 6, 1958...
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