Obituaries
Ray W. Winter
May 4, 2024
Longtime White County Farmer, Ray W. Winter, 78, passed away on Saturday, May 4, 2024 at Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, IN. He was born at home in rural White County on March 25, 1946 the son of Wilbert and Mae (Short) Winter. Ray faithfully served his country in the United States Army and was stationed...
Diane White
Apr 30, 2024
Diane White, 93, of Enfield, Illinois who has lived with her daughter Kathy and family in Bonaire, Georgia for the past six years, passed away on Monday, April 30, 2024. She was born on February 16, 1931, In Ridgway, Illinois, the daughter of Shan and Elaine (Glascock) Hise. Diane married Harry Junior White on March 11, 1951. and...
Carol Williamson
Apr 14, 2024
Caroline "Carol" (Englebright) Williamson, 75, of Cummings, GA passed away Sunday, April 14, 2024. Carol was born in Carmi, IL on June 13, 1948 the daughter of Charles Frederick and Edna Lucille (Fields) Englebright. She grew up in Enfield and married Garree Williamson at the First Methodist Church in Carmi on September 15, 1968. Carol is survived...
Joan Butts
Apr 14, 2024
Joan Dee Butts, 77, of Grayville, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Meadowbrook Skilled Nursing and Rehab in Grayville, Illinois. She was born on December 2, 1946, in Virginia, the daughter of Paul Wayne and Bobbi McGhee. Joan married Paul Eugene Butts and he preceded her in death on December 20, 1996. She loved being...
Sam Williams
Apr 14, 2024
Sam Williams, Jr, 91, of Carmi, passed away on Sunday, April 14, 2024, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, Illinois. He was born on August 31, 1932, in Enfield, Illinois, the son of Samuel Latham and Mary Thula (Foley) Williams. Sam married Joan Weiss on August 14, 1950, and she preceded him in death on March 27, 2013....
William "Ed" Poshard
Apr 11, 2024
William "Ed" Poshard, 90, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. He was born on November 19, 1933, in Herald, Illinois, the son of Louis Ezra and Cleatus Rose (O'Neal) Poshard. Ed married Phyllis Jean Fishback on July 21, 1959, and she survives. He proudly served...
Stanley Hart
Apr 8, 2024
Stanley Fields "Stan" Hart, of Enfield, passed away on Monday, April 8, 2024 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana. He was born on August 13, 1942, in Brownsville, Illinois, the son of Glendall Dale and Frances Elaine (Miller) Hart. Stan worked in the oil field and later as a truck driver, retiring from Roundy's in Eldorado, IL. He was...
Velma Lee Lane
Mar 27, 2024
Velma Lee Lane,79, of McLeansboro, IL passed away on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at her residence. She was born July 12, 1944, in Centralia, Il the daughter of Roy and Daphna (Dunbar) Periman. On October 25,1961, Velma married M. David Lane and together they shared over 53 years of marriage. She was a 1962 graduate of Norris City-Omaha...
Muriel "Janie" Kimbrell
Mar 25, 2024
Muriel "Janie" Kimbrell, 89, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024. She was born on April 23, 1934, in Geddes, South Dakota, the daughter of Isadore Samuel and Rose Frances (Kubal) Swanz. Janie married James Robert Kimbrell on May 12, 1979, and he preceded her in death on April 10, 2009. .Janie proudly served her country...
Eleanor Ruth Ridenour
Mar 25, 2024
Eleanor Ruth Ridenour, 85, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, March 25, 2024, at Carmi Manor. She was born on August 28, 1938, in Carmi, Illinois, the daughter of Frank H. and Maude (Kingston) Howell. Ruth married Donald Edwin Ridenour, Sr. on July 21, 1956, and he survives. She was a member of the Crossville Missionary Baptist Church. Ruth...
Phyllis Jane Bohleber
Mar 24, 2024
Phyllis Jane Bohleber, 94, of Carmi, IL, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Wabash Senior Living and Rehabilitation in Carmi. She was born July 26, 1928 in rural Carmi, IL the daughter of the late Albert John Schumaker and Wilma May (Hesson) Schumaker who have preceded her in death. Phyllis was married to her...
Margaret Lucille Hale
Mar 24, 2024
Margaret Lucille Hale, 90, of Carmi, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024, at Carmi Manor. She was born on December 17, 1933, in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, the daughter of Henry Mitchell and Beulah Mae (Woolsey) Mills. Margaret married Leon Hale on December 20, 1997, and he survives. She worked as a bus driver for Madison County Transit....
Brenda Lee Prior
Mar 24, 2024
Brenda Lee Prior, 63, of Carmi, passed away on Sunday, March 24, 2024. She was born on April 2, 1960 in Carmi, Illinois, the daughter of Herbert Lee and Shirley Ann (McClain) Bostic. Brenda was the granddaughter of the late John and Grace Bostic. She married her high school sweetheart Larry Allan Prior on June 12, 1976. They...
Ronald Joe Culp
Mar 23, 2024
Ronald Joe Culp, 65, of Carmi, passed away on Saturday, March 23, 2024, at his residence. He was born on August 18, 1958, in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Walter and Margaret E. (Phelps) Culp. He loved Jesus with all his heart and often shared his testimony of being delivered from alcoholism. Ron volunteered at Cherry...
Edward Douglas
Mar 20, 2024
Edward Earl Douglas, 85, of Omaha, IL, passed away on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at his residence. He was born on August 20,1938 in Columbus, OH, the son of Earl and Freda Faye (Cox) Douglas. On February 1, 1958, he married Edna Kathryn Grant in Eldorado, IL and together they shared over 65 years of marriage before her passing...
Wilma Claire Brockett
Mar 19, 2024
Wilma "Willie" Claire Brockett, 92, of Plano Texas, formerly of Carmi, passed away on Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at Prestonwood Court in Plano, Texas. She was born on July 20, 1931, in Cleveland, Ohio, the daughter of Chares and Clara (Spiewac) Souish. Willie married Samuel Stanley Brockett on February 16, 1957, and he preceded her in death on June 16,...
Guy Turpin
Mar 18, 2024
Guy Benjamin Turpin, 65, of Eldorado, passed away on Monday, March 18, 2024, at Ascension St. John in Owasso, Oklahoma. He was born on September 2, 1958, in Corpus Christi, Texas, the son of Jerry Lee and Kerin Jane (DeBoard) Turpin. Guy worked in the oilfield and was a maintenance manager of properties in Arizona. He was a...
James Allen Lane
Mar 17, 2024
James Allen Lane, 81, of Enfield, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2024, at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado, Illinois. He was born on March 7, 1943, in Carmi, Illinois, the son of James Claude "J.C." and Thelma (Newman) Lane. James married Anna Barlow on June 29, 1962, and she survives. He worked with Lane Trucking, the family business, from 1960...
Russel Fulkerson
Mar 15, 2024
Russel Fulkerson, 89, of Mt. Vernon, IL and formerly of Carmi passed away on Friday, March 15, 2024 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born in Herald Prairie Township, IL on October 3, 1934 the son of Joe and Elsie (O'Neal) Fulkerson. Russel married Shirley L. Niekamp on November 25, 1956. Russel faithfully served his country...
Thomas Edwards
Mar 14, 2024
Thomas “Tom” Lee Edwards, 85, of Enfield, IL (formally of Carlsbad, NM) passed away Thursday, March 14, 2024, at Covenant Specialty Hospital in Lubbock, Texas.Tom was born in Short Creek, KY on May 14, 1938 to Dewell Edwards and Ida (Shain) Edwards. He proudly and faithfully served his country as a member of the United States Air Force, where he...
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