Obituaries

Jul 24, 2014

Darrell Dean Lawler, 71, of Carmi passed away at 4:16 a.m., Thursday, July 24, 2014 at his residence. He was born June 14, 1943 in Danville, IL the son of Robert and Pauline (Swank) Lawler. Dean married Sheila Louise Dalton on June 12, 1971. He had worked at Home Depot and for TWA Airlines at O'Hare International Airport in...

Jul 23, 2014

Reverend Everett E. Gott, 89, of Enfield, IL, passed away July 23, 2014, at his daughter's home in Gordon, Georgia. Everett Earl Gott was born Wallace Everett, to Mildred (Baldwin) Smith and Robert Earl Gott. His father died when Everett was 10 months old, then his grandparents Minnie (McClain) Gott and Lawrence E. Gott adopted him at the age of...

Jul 21, 2014

Patrick "Pat" Wood, 71, of Carmi, passed away Monday, July 21, 2014 at 11:48 p.m. at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. He was born December 26, 1942 in Posey County, Indiana, the son of George Edwin and Geraldine (Hoover) Wood. Pat married Laura Marie Jordan on February 25, 1993. He was an over the road truck driver for over 40...

Jul 21, 2014

Ray Morris, 68, of Golconda passed away at 9:15 a.m., Monday, July 21, 2014 at Metropolis Rehab and Healthcare. He was born July 25, 1945 in Norris City, IL the son of William Dee "W.D." and Lola (Lamp) Morris. Ray married Carolyn Sue Lane on June 10, 1965. He had worked as an Advisor for the University of Illinois...

Jul 18, 2014

Katherine S. South, 80 of Mt. Vernon, IN passed away Saturday July 18, 2014 at Westpark Rehabilitation Center in Evansville. She was born April 12, 1934 in Carmi, IL the daughter of George B. and Daisy Rose (Kimbull) Mick. Katherine was a retired Health Care Nurse and was a member of the Savah Baptist Church. She is survived by 3...

Jul 16, 2014

Donna C. Sluder, 73 of Carmi, passed away Wednesday afternoon July 16, 2014 at the Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. She was born May 27, 1941 in Carmi, the daughter of George and Florence (Meredith) Jordan. She married Kenneth Sluder on November 16, 1973. Donna had worked at the Carmi Coffee Shop for 30 years. She is survived by...

Jul 16, 2014

Robert "Bob" Wade, Jr., 84, of Carmi, passed away Wednesday, July 16, 2014 at 8:58 a.m. at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, IL He was born May 16, 1930 in Eldorado, IL, the son of Robert Bruce and Dimple (Fulkerson) Wade. Bob was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War, a lifetime member of the Carmi VFW, a...

Jul 15, 2014

Velda Yvonne "Vel" Pearce, 77, of Carmi, passed away Tuesday, July 15, 2014 at 6:03 a.m. at her residence. She was born June 27, 1937 in Shawneetown, Illinois, the daughter of Neal Theodore and Francis (Parker) Bryson. Vel married David Ray "Pud" Pearce on December 30, 1958. She was owner/operator of Nu Hair Salon for...

Jul 13, 2014

Ruby James 86, of Carmi, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2014 at 12:04 a.m. at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. She was born May 10, 1928 in White County, IL, the daughter of George and Ada (Pollard) Vaupel. Ruby married Orval T. James and he preceded her in death on September 5, 1991. She was a homemaker....

Jul 10, 2014

Brenda S. Duvall, 51, of Carmi passed away at 6:48 p.m., Thursday, July 10, 2014 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born July 28, 1962 in Livingston, TN the daughter of John and Betty Conner. She married Richard Dale Duvall in 1993 and he survives. Brenda had worked at a CNA at United Methodist Village in Lawrenceville.Brenda...

Jul 10, 2014

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Robert Dale Brauser, 78 of Mt. Vernon died Thursday July 10, 2014 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He was born December 24, 1935 in Mt. Vernon the son of Adolph A and Helen (Cole) Brauser. He married Barbara Buchanan and she preceded him in death. Bob had worked as a welder at Babcock and Wilcox for 20 years,...

Jul 7, 2014

Lily Bernice Turner Phelps, 80, died peacefully July 7, 2014 at home with her family. She was born Feb 5, 1934 to William Martin Turner and Lennie Lucille Simmons Turner in Maunie, Illinois. Preceded in death by her husband, Kenneth Harry Phelps, her father and mother, brother, James Edward Turner and sister, Genevieve Turner Phelps, great grandson Kenneth L Ruester...

Jul 6, 2014

Keith Woods, 52, of New Harmony, passed away Sunday morning July 6, 2014, in Eldorado, IL after having spent the weekend at horse camp in Southern Illinois with his family and friends. He was born September 25, 1961, at New Harmony, the son of Robert G. and Phyllis Ann (Cato) Woods. He married Janice E. Weyer on May 17, 1995,...

Jul 6, 2014

Darrell Dean Stafford, 87 of Mt. Vernon, died Sunday morning, July 6, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born on July 1, 1927 in Salina, KS, the son of Elmer and Leona (Weatherby). He married Marguerite Jean Currier on March 22, 1949 in Salina and she preceded him in death on February 18, 2012. Mr. Stafford...

Jul 6, 2014

Kandy L. (Barbre) Dunn, 65, of Carmi, passed away at 7:46 a.m., Sunday, July 6, 2014 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born January 10, 1949 in Evansville, IN, the daughter of Charles and Betty Jo (Hollerbach) Barbre. Kandy married Carl Gene Dunn on November 20, 1981 and he preceded her in death on September...

Jul 5, 2014

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Henry Ray Woodrow, 81 of Springerton, died Saturday morning July 5, 2014 at the Enfield Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center. He was born January 12, 1933 in Hamilton County, the son of Ellery and Ruby (Smith) Woodrow. He married Virginia Ethel Buck on December 13, 1963 at Mt. Vernon, IL and she preceded him in death on July 27,...

Jul 5, 2014

Charles E. Hunsinger, 86, of Carmi passed away at 7:46 a.m., Saturday, July 5, 2014 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Fairfield, IL. He was born June 4, 1928 in Burnt Prairie, IL the son of Raymond and Lulu (Pollard) Hunsinger. Charles was preceded in death by his wife Christina, his parents and very special step-mother who raised...

Jul 3, 2014

Anna Marie Campbell, 86, of Norris City, passed away Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 7:04 p.m. at the Fountainview Nursing Home in Eldorado. She was born April 20, 1928 in Austria, the daughter of John and Anna. She married Leroy Eugene Campbell January 2, 1959 and he preceded her in death February 23, 1994. She was a seamstress and...

Jul 2, 2014

Marilyn J. Cozart, 83, of Carmi passed away at 5:35 p.m., Wednesday, July 2, 2014 at her residence. She was born March 18, 1931 in Enfield the daughter of Christopher Alfred and Rosa Belle (York) Fleck. Marilyn married Milas Martin "Sonny" Cozart on July 31, 1949 and he preceded her in death on January 2, 2011. She had been...

Jul 1, 2014

Betty L. (Morrow) Englebright, 83, of Mt. Vernon, Indiana passed away Tuesday, July 1, 2014, surrounded by her husband, children and grandchildren. Betty was born May 10, 1931 to parents, Alonzo and Opal Hardin. She was a lifetime member of the First Presbyterian Church in Mt. Vernon. Betty devoted her life to caring for others. She was the loving mother...