Obituaries
Julia Kemper
Jun 2, 2023
Julia Denise Kemper, 24, of Norris City, has made her journey home to be with her King. She was born August 21, 1998, Henderson KY. Daughter of Joyce and David Kemper. Julia was a graduate of NCOE, 2017. She went on to begin her career with Norwegian Cruise Line located in Hawaii.
Julia attends...
Marrianne Ellis
Jun 1, 2023
Marrianne Ellis, 87, of Enfield, passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 1, 2023, at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. She was born on December 2, 1935, the daughter of Orval and Lorraine (Wilbur) Edwards in Eldorado. Marrianne married Vereal E. Ellis on August 7, 1976.
She had been a beautician, an E.M.T., and received a Nursing...
Wallace "Wally" Paynter
May 30, 2023
Wallace James (Wally) Paynter of Evansville died on May 30th, 2023. He was born in Carmi, Illinois on May 26, 1967, the son of Patricia Lucille O’Daniell Paynter and James Paynter. He is predeceased by his mother, his grandparents John Lamp; Lucille (Wallace) O’Daniell and Ray Lamp; Ina Dunbar, his uncle Wallace O’Daniell, and his great aunts...
Betty Blazier
May 28, 2023
Betty J. Blazier, 93, died May 28, 2023, at Wabash Christian Village. She was born Sept. 29, 1929, in White County to Nathaniel M. and Virginia P. (Pyle) Brockett. She was a 1948 graduate of what was then Carmi Township High School and attended Murray State University, majoring in music. As a child, she and her family attended...
Scott Eugene Digby
May 27, 2023
Scott Eugene Digby, 22, of Carmi, IL, passed away on Saturday, May 27, 2023, at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, IN. Scott was born October 10, 2000, in Fairfield, IL, the son of Brandy Digby. Scott was a coal miner at Gibson County Coal South and had previously worked as a roughneck in the oil field. He enjoyed...
Morris Wayne "Hop" DeLong
May 26, 2023
Morris Wayne “Hop” DeLong, 61, of Maunie, IL, passed away at home surrounded by his loving family on Friday, May 26, 2023. Morris was born on November 24, 1961, in Carmi, IL the son of Gene and Joyce (Edwards) DeLong. He spent his career working in the oil field, lastly for Campbell Energy. Morris enjoyed many things in...
Derrick Jordan Burnett
May 25, 2023
Derrick Jordan Burnett, 32, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, May 25, 2023, in Fairfield Illinois. He was born on April 17, 1991, in Fairfield, Illinois, the son of Alan Ray and Shelly L. (Sturdavant) Burnett . Derrick attended Brownsville School in Carmi. He worked various jobs locally. Derrick enjoyed wrestling, Nascar, football, and country music. He was...
Pauline Aud
May 22, 2023
Pauline Aud, 95, of Carmi passed away on Monday, May 22, 2023 at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. She was born in Ft. Valley, VA on August 21, 1927 the daughter of Herman and Virginia (Funk) Walter. Pauline married Jewell Dee Aud on April 2, 1945 and he preceded her in death on December 2, 1978. She had worked...
Charles W. Vaughan
May 21, 2023
Charles W. Vaughan, Sr., 73, of Carmi, IL passed away on Sunday, May 21, 2023 at his residence. He was born September 30, 1949, the son of Frederick James and Sallie Jane (Young) Vaughan. Charles married Anna Bell in 1974 and she survives. Charles worked as a CPA and for many years in the oilfield industry, doing every...
Ruby Ellen Morris
May 19, 2023
Ruby Ellen Morris, 82, of Carmi passed away at 12:58 a.m., Friday, May 19, 2023 at Oakview Nursing and Rehab in Mt. Carmel, IL. She was born on January 17, 1941 in Marion, KY the daughter of Ray Moore and Nanny Geneva (Cullen) Thomas. Ellen married Terry Joe Morris on November 11, 1961 and he preceded her in...
Alice M. Hargett
May 18, 2023
Alice M. Hargett, 93, of Carmi passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2023 at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. She was born on October 5, 1929 in Enfield, IL the daughter of Edgar and Mabel (Rose) Huffaker. Alice married William E. "Bill" Hargett on June 24, 1949 and he preceded her in death on October 12, 1997. She...
Michael Gabbard
May 18, 2023
Michael Wayne Gabbard, 69, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, May 18, 2023, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana. He was born on May 2, 1954, in Harlan, Kentucky, the son of Jack Dempsey and Wanda June (Blanton) Gabbard. Mike married Kimberly Ann Saylor on May 19, 1978, and she survives. He spent most of his life working in...
Dakota Mayberry
May 17, 2023
Dakota Mayberry, 36, Norris City passed away on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. He was born in Evansville, IN on December 11, 1986 the son of Stanley Lee and Diana Jo (Austin) Mayberry. Dakota married Sharon M. Mosley on March 24, 2016. Dakota graduated from NCOE High School in 2004. He went on to work to work as a...
Sheila James
May 7, 2023
Sheila Renee James, 61, of Carmi, Illinois, passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, May 7, 2023. She was born in Bloomington, Illinois, on October 2, 1961, the daughter of Jerry D. and Maxine (Anderson) Shipley. Sheila married Eddie James on June 28, 2002, and he survives. She worked as a CNA at Meadowbrook Nursing and Rehab...
James T. Walsh
May 6, 2023
James T. "Jim" Walsh, 83, of Carmi passed away on Saturday, May 6, 2023 at his home. He was born on October 7, 1939 in Evansville, IN the son of James Albert and Julia Louise (Thomas) Walsh. Jim married Judy K. Francis on July 10, 1966 and she preceded him in death on February 2, 2013. He was...
Lowell Vaupel
May 5, 2023
Lowell Vaupel, 87, of Carmi went to be with his heavenly father on Friday, May 5, 2023. He was born in Burnt Prairie, IL on January 6, 1936 the son of Martin and Coralee (Funkhouser) Vaupel. Lowell married Mary Carolyn Fagan on June 1, 1956 and she preceded him in death on February 14, 2021.
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Shirley Harper
May 1, 2023
Shirley Harper, 86, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, May 1, 2023, at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi, Illinois. She was born on September 27. 1936, in Carmi, Illinois, the daughter of Jesse and Ruby (Simpson) Merritt. Shirley graduated from Carmi Township High School in 1954. She worked at various businesses in Carmi, including The Brokerage, Sears, Given...
Marcel Kaluza
Apr 26, 2023
Marcel (Busby) Kaluza, 75, of Carmi, passed away on Wednesday, April 26, 2023, at Carmi Manor Rehab and Nursing in Carmi, Illinois. She was born on April 17, 1948, in Butler, Alabama, the daughter of Henry and Irene Busby. Marcel married Louis Kaluza on May 6, 1991. and he preceded her in death on December 9, 2003. She...
Wilma Bayley
Apr 25, 2023
Wilma Bayley, 89, of Carmi, passed away on Tuesday, April 25, 2023, at Wabash Christian Village. She was born on October 24,1933, in Herald Prairie Township, Illinois, the daughter of Lowry Hinch and Etta (Mount) Bayley. Wilma worked at various retail stores locally, including Sears, CVS, and the Money Stretcher. She attended the Presbyterian Church as well as...
Dorothy Hoskins
Apr 22, 2023
Dorothy Hoskins, 88, of Norris City, passed away on Saturday, April 22, 2023 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, IL. She was born in Raleigh, IL on November 30, 1934 the daughter of Edgar Orval and Reba Ladean (Taylor) Black. Dorothy married Carroll D. Hoskins on July 24, 1951 and he preceded her in death on October 6, 2022. She...
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