Obituaries

Mar 27, 2019

Bobby Bryan Bowles, 62, of Norris City, passed away at 5:15 a.m., Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at his residence. He was born at Scott Air Force Base on December 9, 1956 the son of H. Ray and Rosalie (Vines) Bowles. He was a veteran of the United States Army. Bobby worked in the oilfield as a driller and then...

Mar 26, 2019

Johnnie (John) Legier Yates, 81, of Carmi, Illinois (formerly of Waynetown), passed away on March 26, 2019, at Wabash Christian Village. He was born on April 18, 1938, in Carmi, to Homer Elvis and Mary Helen (Cozart) Yates. He was married to Verla Taylor (Snelling) and they raised four children. He spent the last years of his life with...

Mar 25, 2019

Nawanna Faye Henderson, 82, of Carmi, passed away at 9:30 p.m., Monday, March 25, 2019 at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville. She was born in Omaha, IL on December 5, 1936 the daughter of Charles and Thelma M. (Austin) Maxfield. Nawanna married Kenneth W. Hunt and later divorced. She later married Earnest Henderson on July 27,...

Mar 25, 2019

Raymond A. "Ray" York, 74, of Carmi, passed away at 11:08 a.m., Monday, March 25, 2019 at his residence. He was born in McLeansboro, IL on January 29, 1945 the son of Adrian and Wilma (Turner) York. Ray married Janis Kay Michels on June 30, 1973. He served in the United States Army reaching the rank of Staff Sergeant....

Mar 25, 2019

William “Wayne” Nelson 93 of Enfield, passed away Monday March 25, 2019 at Hamilton Memorial Rehabilitation and Health Care Center in McLeansboro. He was born April 24, 1925 in White County, the son of Oscar and Katherenne (Hood) Nelson. He married Janella Jean Carter on June 20, 1959 and she preceded him in death on May 6, 2000.

Mar 22, 2019

James D. "Jim" Murphy, 72, of Carmi passed away at 5:37 a.m., Friday, March 22, 2019 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, IN.  He was born in Carmi on May 31, 1946 the son of Kenneth W. and Esther (Renshaw) Murphy. Jim married Ann Hardy on August 23, 2018.  He retired from Southern 14 Workforce Investment Board and had...

Mar 21, 2019

Jim Kingery, 83, of Carmi, passed away at 7:23 p.m., Thursday, March 21, 2019 at the Linda E. White Hospice House in Evansville. He was born in Emma, IL on October 25, 1935 the son of Everet and Jennie (Walls) Kingery. Jim married Imogene Cain on June 16, 1956. He was a 1954 graduate of Carmi Township High School....

Mar 19, 2019

James Daniel "Dan" Price, 74, of Norris City, passed away at 8:37 p.m., Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville. He was born in Eldorado, IL on October 28, 1944, the son of James M. and Reva (Hargrave) Price. Dan married the love of his life, Carolyn Sue Deckard, on August 20, 1966.

Mar 19, 2019

Clyde E. Brown, 89, of Carmi, passed away at 7:46 a.m., Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at Deaconess Midtown in Evansville, IN. He was born in Fairfield, IL on September 22, 1929 the son of Harold and Mildred (Flanders) Brown. Clyde married his high school sweetheart Jean Harlan on September 30, 1949 and she preceded him in death on March...

Mar 18, 2019

Dordeania "Lee" Turner 75 of Mt. Vernon passed away Monday March 18, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway in Newburgh, IN. She was born April 16, 1943 in Evansville, the daughter of Willard C. and Dortha (Hadley) Stevens. She married Curtis L. Turner in 1970 and he preceded her in death on January 16, 2005.

Lee worked in the...

Mar 17, 2019

Phyllis Jean Foley, 74, of Carmi, passed away at 4:19 a.m., on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at Deaconess Midtown Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was born in Albion, IL on May 25, 1944 the daughter of Eugene Albert and Maude Elizabeth (Hodgson) Hortin. Phyllis married Ronald Eugene Foley on September 17, 1966. She worked as a cook at the...

Mar 16, 2019

Martha Maxine Gregory, 94, of Norris City passed away at 5:45 a.m., Saturday, March 16, 2019 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro.  She was born on July 9, 1924 in Mt. Erie, IL the daughter of Frank and Julia (Scott) Chrisman.  Maxine married George Estell Gregory on February 22, 1942 and he preceded her in death on October 13,...

Mar 15, 2019

William Sebree, 61, formally of Evansville, passed away Friday, March 15,2019 in Florida. William was born  September 9, 1957 in Evansville to Robert "Bob" and Thelma Sebree.

William graduated from Mt. Vernon Sr. High School and obtained an associate degree at Ivy Tech in Healthcare Adminstration.

William was employed in manufacturing and was an avid...

Mar 11, 2019

Mary Janice Whetstone 85 of Carmi, passed away Monday March 11, 2019 at Wabash Christian Village. She was born November 27, 1933 in Oatsville, IN the daughter of Jesse Wilford and Flossie (Miller) Barrett.

Janice worked in the White County Clerks office for many years. She enjoyed playing the piano and was a member of Carmi First...

Mar 8, 2019

Brooke Naylor, 20, of Carmi passed away on March 8, 2019.  She was born March 11, 1998 in Evansville, IN the daughter of David M. and Karla B. (Roser) Naylor.  Brooke graduated as a Valedictorian in 2016 from Carmi White County High School where she a member of the Tennis team.  She went on to graduate in 2018 from...

Mar 8, 2019

Jeffrey A. Vaupel 57 of Carmi, passed away Friday morning March 8, 2019 at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh. He was born August 7, 1961 in Carmi the son of Theodore H. and Shirley (Ellis) Vaupel. He married Kelly Fellows on November 14, 1981 in Grayville.

Jeff worked as an electrician for 20 years for the City...

Mar 5, 2019

Betty Jane Bowles, 84, of Enfield, passed away at 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at Wabash Christian Village. She was born in Norris City on March 26, 1934 the daughter of William Dexter and Nellie (Bryant) Aud. Betty married Kelly James "Mack" Bowles, Sr. on February 12, 1955 and he preceded her in death on February 20, 2000....

Mar 3, 2019

Peggy S. Newman, 62 of Carmi, passed away Sunday morning March 3, 2019 at Wabash Christian Village. She was born April 26, 1956 in Ft. Wayne, IN the daughter of Cluster and Edith Moss. She married Donnie G. Newman Sr., and he preceded her in death on October 11, 2016.

Peggy had worked as a bartender and...

Mar 1, 2019

Ronnie K. "Pete" Shepard, 52, of Carmi, passed away at 6:33 a.m., Friday, March 1, 2019 at his residence. He was born in Carmi, IL, on June 21, 1966 the son of Roy Lee and Thelma Pauline (Yates) Shepard. Ronnie married Janice Knight on September 29, 2018. Ronnie graduated from Carmi High School in 1983. He worked as a...

Mar 1, 2019

Edith Neal, 96, of Carmi, passed away Friday, March 1, 2019, at Wabash Christian Village in Carmi. She was born March 3, 1922 in Tulsa, OK, the daughter of Frank and Pearl (Hall) Foster.  She married John M. Neal in 1955 and he preceded her in death on July 10, 1984.  Edith worked as a waitress and a bus...