Obituaries

William Bayley

Mar 12, 2016

William Herbert Bayley, 82, passed away at 5:50 am on March 12, 2016, at Clark Lindsey Village in Urbana, Illinois. Herb was born May 17, 1933, in Carmi Il, the son of Herbert G. and Lena Blanche Bennett Bayley. He married Iva Jean Eadie on June 26, 1955. They were married 60 years. Surviving are his loving...

Richard Duvall

Mar 11, 2016

Richard Dale Duvall, 57, of Carmi passed away at 1:54 a.m., Friday, March 11, 2016 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, IN. He was born in Fairfield, IL on December 9, 1958, the son of Latney Earl and Shirley Ann (Grant) Duvall. Richard married Brenda S. Conner in 1993 and she preceded him in death on July 10, 2014....

Mary Hoskins

Mar 11, 2016

Mary C. Hoskins, 63, of Carmi, passed away at 4:27 am on Friday, March 11, 2016 at Hospice House of Bowling Green, Kentucky. She was born in Shelbyville, IL on December 30, 1952 the daughter of William "Bill" and Lois June (Ruff) LeCrone. Mary formerly owned "Mary's Hallmark" in Carmi and was also employed by CVS. She attended the...

Kenneth Downen

Mar 9, 2016

Kenneth R. "Ron" Downen, 70, of Norris City passed away at 4:47 a.m., Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. He was born April 15, 1945 in Eldorado, IL the son of Kenneth R. and Bertha (Hall) Downen. Ron grew up in Omaha, graduating from Norris City-Omaha High School in 1963 after which he attended...

Albert Belford

Mar 7, 2016

Albert Truman Belford, 89, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2016 at 11:45 pm at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. Truman was born on October 21, 1926 in Golconda, IL, the son of Spencer Stuart and Elsie Mae (Bloomer) Belford. Truman enlisted in the U.S. Army at age 18 and served in the Philippines...

Anna Coston

Mar 7, 2016

Anna L. Coston, 94, of Elizabethtown, KY and formerly of Carmi passed away at 8:15 p.m., Monday, March 7, 2016 at Helmwood Healthcare in Elizabethtown. She was born January 9, 1922 in Emma Township, IL the daughter of John George and Juda Ellen (Hall) Bates. Anna married Donald D. Coston in Enfield, IL on August 20,...

Marion Short

Mar 6, 2016

Marion Glenn Short, 91, of Broughton, passed away at 5:00 a.m., Sunday, March 6, 2016 at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. He was born May 3, 1924 in Hamilton County, IL the son of Will and Sarah (Mayberry) Short. Glenn married Helen V. Hunt on May 10, 1950. He was a grain and livestock farmer and a U.S....

Virginia Aud

Mar 6, 2016

Virginia Lee Aud died Sunday, March 6, 2016 at the West River Health Campus in Evansville, Indiana. She was the only child of Cleatus "Skeet" and Minnie (Bradley) Morris, born May 4, 1920. She grew up in the Herald Community attending the Herald school and graduated from Carmi High in 1937.

She married her childhood sweetheart, Frank Aud...

Roger Stallings

Mar 5, 2016

Roger Dale Stallings, 66 of Wadesville, passed away March 5, 2016 at his home. He was born June 5, 1949 in Evansville, IN the son of Sidney Lee and Mary Louise (Manning) Stallings.

Roger had worked in the Laborers Union for Bristol Meyer and Industrial Contractors. He was a U.S. Marine Reserve veteran. He loved cars and...

Claudette Carner

Mar 3, 2016

Claudette Elouise (Simmons) Carner, 81, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family on Thursday March 3 at her home after a long battle with Alzheimers.

Claudette was born on October 10, 1934 to Edgar and Phoebe (Nugent) Simmons, raised in Gibson and Posey County and Graduated from Griffin High School.

Claudette worked over 20 years...

Malcolm Kessler

Feb 28, 2016

Malcolm G. Kessler, 92 of Mount Vernon, IN, passed away Sunday February 28, 2016 at Salarbron Terrace in Evansville. He was born August 20, 1923 in Point Township, the son of Oscar Elmer and Beulah V. (Bonenbarger) Kessler. He married Helen Guth on February 16, 1946 in Kentucky.

Malcolm had worked at Mt. Vernon Farm Equipment from...

Tammy Stull

Feb 27, 2016

Tammy M. Stull, 47 of Mt. Vernon, passed away Saturday February 27, 2016 in Mt. Vernon. She was born May 16, 1968, the daughter of Chuck and Debra (Humphrey) Tracy. She was married to Tim Stull.

Tammy worked at Infinity Molding in Mt. Vernon. She loved her family.

She is survived by her husband, Tim;...

Jewell Currier

Feb 27, 2016

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Paul Perkins

Feb 25, 2016

Paul Perkins, 43, was born In Dallas, TX, on May 28, 1972. He passed away February 25, 2016 at his home in Garland, Texas.

Paul Perkins, 43, was born In Dallas, TX, on May 28, 1972. He passed away February 25, 2016 at his home in Garland, Texas.

He was the son of Mr. and...

Robert Dike

Feb 24, 2016

Robert E. Dike, 79 of Mt. Vernon, passed away Wednesday morning February 24, 2016 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He was born October 29, 1936 in Owensboro, IN the son of Edgar Roscoe and Hazel Irene (Anderson) Dike. He married Mildred "Millie" Odom on September 5, 1958 in Ft. Branch, IN.

Bob retired after 35 years from...

Gregory Childers

Feb 23, 2016

Gregory L. "Wahoo" Childers, 66, of Carmi passed away at 10:55 a.m., Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at his residence. He was born in Chicago, IL on April 27, 1949 the son of Leonard L. and Maude Nadine (Pool) Childers. He married Janet L. Frizzell on November 24, 1983. Gregory owned and operated Triangle Wholesale and later was...

Bill Weldin

Feb 21, 2016

William “Bill” Weldin, 88 of Enfield, passed away Sunday February 21, 2016 at Enfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. He was born June 11, 1927 in Enfield, the son of Hugh and Hazel (Miller) Weldin. He married Phylis Jean Wicker on June 4, 1954 in Mt. Vernon, IL. Bill had worked as a farmhand for Willard Brockett for over 20 years....

Betty Gray

Feb 20, 2016

Betty J. Gray, 85 of Carmi and formerly of Albion, passed away Saturday February 20, 2016 at the Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. She was born October 27, 1930 in Yale, OK the daughter of Harrison T. and Sylvia (Moser) Swingle. She married Jack Gray on December 31, 1961. Betty had worked for many years at WADI. She was...

Laveta Blackburn

Feb 12, 2016

Laveta Pearl Blackburn, 92, of Mt. Vernon died in her sleep on February 12, 2016 in Aptos, CA while on an extended visit to her daughter Sharon’s home. She was born on June 30, 1923 in rural Posey County, the daughter of Aaron and Pearl (Alldredge) Bottomley. She married Oliver A. Blackburn on October 9, 1943 and he preceded her...

Hope Williams

Feb 6, 2016

Hope Williams, 96, of Enfield passed away at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, February 6, 2016 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital-Skilled Care Unit. She was born March 24, 1919 in Hamilton County, IL the daughter of Curtis Eldred and Ethel Pearl (McArthy) Clark. She was a homemaker and had worked as a Secretary/Bookeeper for Citizens Bank. Hope is survived by a daughter,...