Obituaries

Donna Cox

Aug 3, 2014

Donna Jo (Grant) Cox, 73, of Hazelwood, MO passed away peacefully with her family by her side on August 3, 2014. Beloved wife of Orvil Cox, Jr.; dear mother of Robin J. (Tom) Cagle, Renee J. Cox and Cheryl D. Cox; loving grandmother "Donna Jo" of Jeff and Chelsea Cagle; "younger" sister of Brenda (Darrell) Lamar. She was...

David Crawford

Aug 3, 2014

Biography

David Aaron Crawford, 33 of Mt. Vernon, passed away Sunday August 3, 2014. He was born May 12, 1981 in Evansville, the son of Danny and Sue (Crawford) Lashley. David was a Certified Diesel Mechanic. He had worked for Peterbilt and most recently Whayne Supply. He worked for many area farmers. He loved coaching girls softball and working...

Effie Hanlin-Bruce

Jul 31, 2014

Effie B. Hanlin-Bruce, 93, of Carmi, passed away at 7:53 a.m. on Thursday, July 31, 2014 at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. She was born on May 30, 1921 in Washington Island, Wisconsin, the daughter of Anna (Jepsen) and John Anderson. Effie married Richard Hanlin and he preceded her in death on February 22, 1982. She then married...

Wanda Campbell

Jul 30, 2014

Wanda L. Campbell, 86, of Carmi, passed away Wednesday, July 30, 2014 at 10:33 a.m. at Deaconess Hospital. Survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Leanne and Terry Duncan of Evansville, IN and Lisabeth Campbell of Carmi; two sons and a daughter-in-law, John Campbell and Matthew and Megan Campbell all of Carmi; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and numerous other...

William Barnes, Sr

Jul 30, 2014

William T. Barnes, Sr., 75 of Maunie died Wednesday morning July 30, 2014 at his home. He was born January 19, 1939 at Maunie, the son of William E. and Jenny Marie (Stull) Barnes. Bill was an over the road truck driver for most of his life. He was a U.S. Army veteran. He was a friend to all. He...

Marjorie Barlow

Jul 30, 2014

Biography

Marjorie L. Barlow, 92 of Enfield, died Wednesday afternoon July 30, 2014 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. She was born October 10, 1921 at Ridgeway, the daughter of Valentine and Audra (Ramsey) Pyle. She married Robert C. Barlow on May 31, 1942 at Cape Giraudeau, MO and he preceded her in death on May 23, 2005. Marjorie...

Dean Healy

Jul 25, 2014

Dean Healy, 71, of Norris City passed away at 9:14 a.m., Friday, July 25, 2014 at his residence. He was born October 16, 1942 in McLeansboro, IL the son of James William and Sylvia Arvilla (Rumsey) Healy. Dean married Paula Sue Forth on December 11, 1968. He was a member and deacon at Ditney Ridge Baptist Church as...

Darrell Lawler

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...

Everett Gott

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...

Patrick Wood

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...

Ray Morris

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...

Katherine South

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...

Donna Sluder

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...

Robert Wade, Jr

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...

Velda Pearce

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...

Ruby James

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....

Brenda Duvall

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...

Robert Brauser

Jul 10, 2014

Biography

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,...

Lily Phelps

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...

Keith Woods

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,...