Obituaries

Wanda Holtzclaw

Jun 29, 2013

Wanda Rae Holtzclaw, 68, of Norris City, passed away Saturday, June 29, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. at the Deaconess Hospice Center in Evansville, IN. She was born July 4, 1944 in Evansville, IN, the daughter of Elmer and Evelyn Pauline (Richardson) Hall. She was a Homemaker, a cook for Ingrim Barge Company on a towboat.

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Jeffrey Turpin

Jun 26, 2013

Jeffrey S. Turpin, 53, of Carmi passed away Wednesday, June 26, 2013 at 3:05 p.m. at his residence. He was born in Carmi on September 9, 1959 the son of Jerry Lee and Kerin Jane (DeBoard) Turpin. Jeff married Joyce Ann Naas on November 18, 1978. He was a 1977 graduate of Norris City-Omaha High...

Larry Cushman

Jun 20, 2013

Larry L. Cushman, age 74, of Springerton, passed away Thursday, June 20, 2013, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. He was born April 26, 1939 in Springerton, the son of Harlan and Mary (Wright) Cushman. He married Lucy Naomi Johnson on June 16, 1957 in Fairfield. Larry was the manager of the Wabash Valley Plant in Springerton for 35 years....

Wanda Smith

Jun 19, 2013

Wanda Colclasure Smith, age 78, of Carmi, passed away Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. She was born September 28, 1934, in Merriam, IL, the daughter of Lowell and Hazel (Waln) Colclasure. She had worked at Spartan’s Manufacturing in Grayvillle. Mrs. Smith attended the Stewart St. Baptist Church. She loved to sing and play with her grandkids....

John Edmondson

Jun 11, 2013

Biography

John Hayward Edmondson, age 95, of Jacksonville, FL, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013, in Florida. He was born at home on December 2, 1917, in White County, IL, the son of George G. Edmondson and the former Elizabeth K. Ude. Growing up working on a farm during the depression taught him life lessons of thrift and savings....

Juanita Hammell

Jun 10, 2013

Juanita Hammell, 93, of Evansville formerly of Carmi passed away Monday, June 10, 2013 at 6:07 p.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born April 7, 1920 in Enfield, IL the daughter of Louis and Clyde (Wolfe) Russell. Juanita married Chauncey Elmer Russell Hammell on October 23, 1943 and he preceded her in death on August 19,...

Helen Ziegler

Jun 8, 2013

Helen Ziegler, 80, of Carmi passed away Saturday, June 8, 2013 at 11:59 a.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born October 29, 1932 in Emma Township, IL the daughter of William and Nora (Alldredge) Burnett.. Helen married L.D. "Dobber" Ziegler on November 17, 1951 and he preceded her in death on October 12, 2002. She was...

Ica Howard

Jun 6, 2013

Ica Howard, 88, of Broughton passed away Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 7:39 p.m. at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born April 12, 1925 in Hamilton County, IL the daughter of Christopher Columbus and Eliza Jane (Allen) Wheeler. Ica married Eddie Howard on December 3, 1945. She was a farm wife and attended the Norris City...

Patricia Buchanan

Jun 6, 2013

Patricia Buchanan, 64, of Fairfield, and formerly of Carmi, passed away Thursday, June 6, 2013 at 6:40 a.m. in Fairfield. She was born October 13, 1948 in Carmi, IL, the daughter of Weldon Dee and Pauline (McMinn) Leonberger. Patricia was a homemaker. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Dee Ann and Stevie Jackson of Dixon, TN and...

Samuel Hamblin

Jun 4, 2013

Biography

Samuel Max Hamblin, age 65, of Carmi, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He was born June 3, 1948, in Evansville, the son of Samuel Asa and Mary “Litty” (Jobe) Hamblin. He married Sharon Cozart on June 3, 2004, and she survives. Sam retired from Babcock and Wilcox after thirty years of working...

Helen Andrew

Jun 4, 2013

Biography

Helen Andrew, age 88, of Enfield, formerly of Carrollton, KY, passed away Tuesday, June 4, 2013, at Countryside Manor Health Care in Mt. Vernon, IL. She was born June 7, 1924, in near Greeneville, KY, the daughter of Wesley and Nettie (Smith) Smith. She married Uhel Andrew on January 11, 1945, in Kentucky, and he preceded her in...

Mayme Wooten

Jun 3, 2013

Mayme L. Wooten, age 86, of Carmi, passed away Monday, June 3, 2013, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. She was born March 30, 1927, in Carmi, the daughter of Alonzo and Clara (Swafford) Trout. She attended Maunie Grade School, and later attended Olivet Nazarene College. She married Albert “Ab” Wooten on June 1, 1952, in Carmi, and he preceded her in...

Cindy Geier

May 31, 2013

Cindy D. Geier, age 57, of Carmi, passed away Friday, May 31, 2013, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. She was born January 20, 1956, in Elgin, IL, the daughter of Jack and Shirley (Karston) Clarke. Cindy was a homemaker and was of the Catholic faith. She is survived by a son, currently serving in Afghanistan with the US Army, and...

Danetta Newman

May 30, 2013

Danetta Newman, 63, of Carmi, passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013 at 1:10 a.m. at St. Mary's Medical Center in Evansville, IN. She was born December 13, 1949 in Evansville, the daughter of Daniel Elijah and Veda Emogene (Williams) Usery. Danetta was a homemaker. She is survived by two sons, Donnie Gene and Jeffrey Michael Newman both of Carmi;...

Charles Braden

May 28, 2013

Charles E. "Chuck" Braden, Jr., 95, of Carmi, passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 3:10 p.m. at Deaconess Hospice in Evansville, IN. He was born August 9, 1917 in Battle Creek, Michigan, the son of Charles Elwood and Mildred (Kline) Braden, Sr. Chuck married Evelyn Lorene Helsel June 6, 1942 and she preceded him in death...

Verla Duckworth

May 27, 2013

Biography

Verla Jean Duckworth, age 81, of Springerton, born August 7, 1931, in McLeansboro, IL, to Gifford and Euna Nelson, passed away Monday, May 27, 2013, at Way-Fair Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Fairfield. She is the beloved wife of the late Clyde “Bill” Duckworth and loving partner to Leonard Barger. She is the mother of Steve Duckworth (Doris)...

Carl McVey

May 21, 2013

Carl D. McVey, 80, of Carmi passed away at 1:54 a.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. He was born September 23, 1932 in Roxana, IL the son of Allen Campbell and Jennie Helen (Greene) McVey. Carl married Beverly E. Raines on December 7, 1952. He was a U.S. Navy veteran serving from...

J.W. Lewis

May 20, 2013

J.W. Lewis, age 90 of Mount Vernon, died Monday afternoon May 20, 2013 at Deaconess Hospice. He was born February 16, 1923 at Braggs, OK the son of John William and Myrtle (Ellis) Lewis. He married Ruby Nell Sweger on May 12, 1946. J.W. was a Rancher Supervisor for 39 years in California retiring in 1985. He was a veteran...

John Anderson

May 19, 2013

John N. Anderson, 91, of Carmi passed away Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 6:55 p.m. at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. He was born December 21, 1921 in White County, IL, the son of George Carson and Bertha Dorothea (Weirauch) Anderson. John married Velma Doris Peter on July 19,1951 and she preceded him in death on May 19, 1998....

Robert Hughes

May 18, 2013

Biography

Robert G. Hughes, age 89 of Carmi, died early Saturday morning May 18, 2013 at the Wabash Christian Retirement Center in Carmi. He was born November 22, 1923 in Crossville, the son of Fred and Bonnie (Brewer) Hughes. Robert had worked for the Department of Defense, International. He taught in college universities and for the military. He was...