Obituaries

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,...

Bobby Easter

Feb 2, 2016

Bobby R. Easter, 51, of Mt. Vernon, passed away Tuesday February 2, 2016 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. He was born June 1, 1964 in Henderson, KY, the son of Bobby Clarence and Dorothy (Higgs) Easter.

He is survived by his wife, Rhonda Kincheloe; mother, Dorothy (Stanley) Slonka of Mt. Vernon; daughters, Michelle Hillyard, Rachelle Easter, Grace...

Bob Muehlenbein

Jan 28, 2016

Send Flowers Bob Muehlenbein September 12, 1938 - January 28, 2016

Bob Muehlenbein, 77 of Enfield, passed away Thursday January 28, 2016 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro. He was born on September 12, 1938 in Dale, the son of Harry and Felcie (Nelson) Muehlenbein. He married Martha Melvin on April 18, 1964 in Springerton and she survives. Bob...

Anna Brown

Jan 24, 2016

Anna C. Brown, 61 of Griffin, IN passed away Sunday January 24, 2015 at her home. She was born June 30, 1954 in Evansville, the daughter of Delbert Harold and Juanita (Smith) Rueger.

Anna had worked for several years at New Harmony Wine and Spirits. Most of all, she loved her children and grandchildren.

She...

Ernest Emery

Jan 24, 2016

Ernest A. Emery, 82 of Mt. Vernon, IN, passed away Sunday January 24, 2015 at Deaconess Hospital. He was born October 26, 1933 in Spotsville, KY the son of Ernest and Irene (Powell) Emery. He married Janice Thompson on May 25, 1973.

Ernie had worked at B & W and retired from B & M Plastics in...

Loraine Dale

Jan 23, 2016

Loraine Dale, 92, of Norris City passed away at 9:27 a.m., Saturday, January 23, 2016 at her son's home. She was born July 29, 1923 in Henderson, KY the daughter of Bernard and Melissa (Griffin) Hagan. Loraine married Douglas T. Dale on April 1, 1944 and he preceded her in death on May 10, 2001. In 1964, she alongside...

Kermit Bates

Jan 22, 2016

Kermit R. Bates, 89, of Lawrenceville and formerly of Carmi passed away at 11:05 a.m., Friday, January 22, 2016 at United Methodist Village- South Campus in Lawrenceville. He was born on February 14, 1926 in White County, IL the son of Charles H. and Clora (Newcomb) Bates. Kermit married Shirley L. Browning on March 23, 1957 and she survives....

Mary Winter

Jan 11, 2016

Mary Jane Winter, 71 of Springerton, passed away Monday evening January 11, 2016 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville. She was born January 5, 1945 in Springerton, the daughter of Harold and Ruth (Rister) Carter. She married Donald Wayne Winter he preceeded her in death in 2002. Mary Jane worked at the Community Care in Fairfield for 17 years. She was...

Martha Basu

Jan 11, 2016

Martha Basu, 85, of Los Angeles, California passed away peacefully at 1:55 p.m., Monday, January 11, 2016 in Los Angeles. She was born in Eldorado, Illinois on September 18, 1930, the daughter of Clyde W. and Pauline (Irvin) Davis. In 1948, she graduated from the University of Chicago with a Bachelor of Philosophy degree. On January 21, 1951,...

Harry Barbre

Jan 11, 2016

Harry Edward Barbre, 92, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 11:20 p.m. at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana. He was born to William Edward and Charlotte (Springer) Barbre on June 20, 1923 in Venice, Illinois. Harry married Mildred Fern Hart on September 27, 1947. When Pearl Harbor was attacked, Harry chose to enlist...

Doris Sanders

Jan 8, 2016

Doris Sanders, 95, of Cleburne, TX and formerly of Carmi passed away at 4:02 p.m., Friday, January 8, 2016 at the Hospice House of Burleson in Burleson, TX. She was born February 12, 1920 in Burnt Prairie Township, IL the daughter of Arthur Elbert and Luella Florence (Finch) King. Doris married Jack F. Sanders on July 31,...

William Blackledge

Jan 6, 2016

William Hayward Blackledge, 66, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the VA Hospice Center in Marion IL. He was born June 18, 1949 in Boston MA, the son of Lloyd and Dorothy (Melavin) Blackledge. He was a 1967 graduate of Bassett High School in La Puente CA. He attended Mt. Sac Community College before being drafted into the U.S....

Diann Williams

Jan 6, 2016

Diann Draper Williams, 70, of Norris City, Ill. left her earthly body to be with the Lord on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2016 in the Critical Care Unit of Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ill. with her family by her side. She was born on Oct. 15, 1945 in Eldorado, Ill to Howard George and Mary Alice (Holden)...

Irma Black

Jan 4, 2016

Irma Black, 82, of Norris City passed away Monday, January 4, 2016 at 1:26 p.m., at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. She was born in Gallatin County, IL on December 18, 1933 the daughter of Clyde E. and Carrie (Douglas) Johnson. Irma married William Fred Black on June 10, 1957 and he preceded her in death on November 26,...

Jane Healy

Jan 3, 2016

Jane (Yeida) Healy, 54 of Harrison, AR and formerly of Mt. Vernon, died January 3, 2016 in AR. She was born April 4, 1961 in Evansville, the daughter of William and Margaret (Mercer) Yeida.

She is survived by her son, Corey Yeida; daughters, Lindsay Berger and Kalie Feller; grandchildren and great-grandchildren; brother, Pete (Jo-Ann) Yeida; sisters, Beverly...

Sharon Carter

Dec 28, 2015

Sharon Carter, 60, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, December 28, 2015 at 11:05 p.m. at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, MO. She was born on June 4, 1955 in Detroit, MI, the daughter of Robert and Doris (Eck) Ross. Sharon married Keith Carter on August 28, 1971 and was a homemaker. She was a...

Freda Foley

Dec 27, 2015

Freda V. Foley, 87 of Mt. Vernon and formerly of Enfield, IL passed away Sunday December 27, 2015 at the Mt. Vernon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. She was born in Enfield on August 18, 1928 the daughter of Herschel and Nora (Gwaltney) Newman. She married James Foley on December 17, 1944 and he preceded her...