Obituaries

Carolyn Duckworth
Feb 9, 2014
Carolyn Sue Duckworth, 73, of Enfield, passed away Sunday, February 9, 2014 at 3:30 a.m. at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. She was born August 26, 1940 in Burnt Prairie, IL, the daughter of Herman Theodore and Stella Mae (Funkhouser) Vaupel. She married Noel Gene Duckworth October 18, 1958. She was a homemaker and a member of Enfield...

Shirley Stokes
Feb 6, 2014
Shirley A. Stokes, 72, of Carmi passed away at 3:40 p.m., Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born on November 13, 1941 in Carmi, IL the daughter of Rayfield and Leona (Stovall) McLain. Shirley married Herbert Bostic on August 6, 1959 and he preceded her in death on March 29, 1985. She later...

William Flowers
Feb 6, 2014
William "Bill" Flowers, 69, of Farmington, Missouri, passed away Thursday, February 6, 2014 at 12:15 p.m. at his home surrounded by his family. He was born July 6, 1944 in Hegira, Kentucky, the son of Melba Flowers. Bill married Mary Ann Baker June 6, 1963. He retired from Caterpillar Tractor in Joliet, IL and was a member of First...
George Zoph
Feb 6, 2014
George Zoph, age 73 of Norris City, died Thursday afternoon February 6, 2014 at Deaconess Hospice in Evansville. He was born May 7, 1940 at Norris City, the son of Charles E and Mary (Stull) Zoph. He married Deloris Graves on April 6, 1965 at Ringold, GA. George had worked as a truck driver. He enjoyed woodworking, horseback riding, music...

Donald Parker
Feb 4, 2014
Donald R. Parker, 63, of Carmi, passed away Tuesday, February 4, 2014 at his home. He was born February 7, 1950 in Evansville, Indiana, the son of John Sherman and Virginia Lee (Lingafelter) Parker, Jr. Donald was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War and worked at Gottzz's, Rush Appliance and Walmart. He is survived by two daughters...

Edith Allen
Feb 3, 2014
Edith Allen, 89, of Broughton, IL, passed away Monday, February 3, 2014 at 4:41 a.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born June 5, 1924 in Hamilton County, IL, the daughter of Clifford and Mae (Harris) McKenzie. Edith married James Robert Allen November 13, 1942 and he preceded her in death on December 18, 1996. She was...
Edgar Vaughan
Feb 1, 2014
Edgar L. Vaughan, 96 of New Harmony, died on February 1, 2014 at New Harmony Healthcare. He was born on March 31, 1917 in Richmond, VA and raised there by his parents, Harper and Gracie (Thompson) Vaughan. He married Evelyn Weimer then Helen Crittenden and they preceded him in death. He moved to New Harmony in 2001 and made his...

Patrick Terry
Feb 1, 2014
Patrick Terry, 53, of Norris City, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2014 at 3:52 a.m. at Deaconess Hospice Care Center in Evansville, IN. He was born on March 27, 1960 in Centralia, IL the son of Kenneth Hal and Alice Marie (Huene) Terry. Patrick married Sharon K. McNear on September 16, 2005. He was a truck driver and attended...

Sue Harness
Jan 30, 2014
Sue B. Harness, 90, of Grayville, passed away Thursday, January 30, 2014 at 7:35 a.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born February 5, 1923 at Burkburnett, Texas, the daughter of Edgar and Jennie (King) Steele. Sue married Warren Gene Harness on July 8, 1941 and he preceded her in death August 27, 1984. She was a...
Joyce Campbell
Jan 29, 2014
Joyce F. Campbell, 81, of Carmi passed away at 10:32 p.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at her home. She was born December 13, 1932 in Blairsville, PA the daughter of Taylor Harvey and Hessie (Bennett) Fluke. Joyce married Donald Lee Campbell on August 19, 1952 and he preceded her in death on August 10, 1998. She was...
Glen Nobles, Jr
Jan 26, 2014
Glen Morris Nobles, Jr. 41 of Carmi and formerly of Mt. Vernon, IN died Sunday morning January 26, 2014 at Deaconess Hospital. He was born November 19, 1972 in Evansville, the son of Glen Morris, Sr. and Ruth (Rumble) Nobles. He married Marcey Schmidt on October 31, 2013 in Carmi. Glen was a line supervisor at Elastec American Marine in...

Velma Durbin
Jan 24, 2014
Velma Durbin, 78, of McLeansboro and formerly of Omaha, IL, passed away Friday, January 24, 2014 at 2:50 a.m. at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. She was born July 29, 1935 in New Haven, IL, the daughter of James and Edith (Ellison) Bartley. Velma married Richard Garion Durbin on June 22, 1955. She was a homemaker and a member...
Ruth Blazier
Jan 23, 2014
Ina Ruth Blazier, 78 of Decatur and formerly of Carmi, died Thursday afternoon January 23, 2014 at Decatur Memorial Hospital. She was born March 25, 1935 at Livingston, TN the daughter of General Houston and Maude M. (Reagen) Jackson. She married Carl Blazier on March 4, 1961 in Carmi. Ruth along with her husband Carl own several business's in the...

Evelyn Beck
Jan 22, 2014
Evelyn Beck, 100, of Carmi, passed away Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 11:33 a.m. at Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. She was born September 8, 1913 in Enfield, IL, the daughter of Fred and Bessie York. Evelyn married Norman Joseph Beck September 14, 1940 and he preceded her in death on November 12, 1993. She taught...
Gilbert Lumb
Jan 21, 2014
Gilbert J. “Gib” Lumb, 82, passed away on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. He was born April 12, 1931, the son of Robert L. and Hester (Bryant) Lumb in Carmi IL. He married the mother of his children, Etta Russell in 1952 and they later divorced. He owned the Marathon Station in Carmi, was an...
Kevin Pearce
Jan 21, 2014
Kevin Pearce, 38, of Norris City passed away at 1:38 a.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. He was born on January 22, 1975 in Carmi, IL the son of Michael G. and Lavina M. (Flatt) Pearce. Kevin was a 1993 graduate of Norris City Enfield Omaha High School and worked at Huck's in Carmi....
Roger Heckler
Jan 21, 2014
Roger W. Heckler, 76, of Carmi, passed away at 7:37 p.m., Tuesday, January 21, 2014 at Fairfield Memorial Hospital in Fairfield, IL. He was born April 23, 1937 in Flat Rock, IL the son of Roger Voyle and Viola Evelyn (Groff) Heckler. Roger married Ilene Mae Kloepper at Northside Baptist Church in Grayville on June 19, 1960...

Dean Stokes
Jan 19, 2014
Dean Stokes, 52, of Norris City, passed away Sunday, January 19, 2014 at 1:59 p.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, IN. He was born April 23, 1961 in Carmi, IL, the son of Ronald B. and Gloria Jean (Healy) Stokes. Dean was a laborer in the oilfields. Surviving are his wife, Laurie of Norris City; his father...

Janet Downen
Jan 19, 2014
Janet Lynn "Hunkie" (Vincel) Downen, 74, of Enfield passed away at 3:45 a.m., Sunday, January 19, 2014 at her home. She was born in Vestaburg, MI on July 12, 1939 the daughter of George and Lea (Jones) Vincel. Lynn married John Edward Downen on October 28, 1982. She was an Interior Designer and operated Design's By Lynn and attended...

Charles Hunsinger
Jan 19, 2014
Charles D. "Doug" Hunsinger, 73, of Burnt Prairie went to spend his birthday with Jesus. Doug passed away at 10:38 a.m., Sunday, January 19, 2014 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. He was born January 19, 1941 in Anderson, IN the son of Charles G. and Pauline (Holmes) Hunsinger. He married Betty K. Duckworth on August 10, 1963. Doug...