Kenneth Earl Walter – Grayville
Kenneth Earl Walter, 75, of New Harmony, Indiana, formerly from Grayville, Illinois, died Saturday, February 25, 2017, at New Harmonie Healthcare Center in New Harmony, Indiana. Ken was a breeder of...
View ArticleMargaret Ann Cox – Crossville
Margaret Ann Cox, 95, of Crossville, Illinois, died Saturday, February 25, 2017, at Carmi Manor Rehabilitation and Nursing in Carmi, Illinois. Margaret was a farmer and worked alongside her husband,...
View ArticleHeadlines for Monday, February 27, 2017
If forecasters are correct, March could come in like a lion this year. Officials with the National Weather Service office in Paducah, Kentucky have placed S.E. Missouri and S.W. Illinois under a risk...
View ArticleJanice Marlene “Jan” Harter – Flora
Janice Marlene “Jan” Harter of Flora died on Friday, February 17, 2017 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, IN. She was a member of the Transformation Church of God in Clay City and was a volunteer...
View ArticleCarl Edward Farris – Harrisburg, Arkansas
86 year-old Carl Edward Farris of Harrisburg, Arkansas died Sunday, February 26 at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Carl was a retired Insurance salesman having worked 33...
View ArticleEdna McCluskey – Albion
Edna McCluskey, 87, of Albion, Illinois, died Friday, February 24, 2017 at Rest Haven Nursing Home in Albion, Illinois. Edna worked 48 years for Keith’s Auction Service and then continued her work with...
View ArticleCarl Edward Farris – Harrisburg, Arkansas
Carl Edward Farris of Harrisburg, Arkansas died Sunday, February 26, 2017, at the Flo & Phil Jones Hospice House in Jonesboro, Arkansas, at the age of 86. He was a native of Fairfield. He was a...
View ArticleRuby Marie Matthews – Fairfield
Ruby Marie Matthews, 90 of Fairfield died at 6:38 AM, Friday, February 24, 2017 at Parkway Manor in Marion, IL. She was an LPN and a member of the First Baptist Church in Fairfield. Survivors include...
View ArticleRosanna M. Sherraden – Fairfield
Rosanna M. Sherraden, 91 of Fairfield died at 7:25 AM, Monday, February 27, 2017 at Way-Fair Nursing Home. She worked at Continental Tire and was a member of the Ellen Moore United Methodist Church....
View ArticleHeadlines for Tuesday, February 28, 2017
A Mount Carmel man has been charged with felony drunk driving in connection with a Sunday evening crash that killed 67-year-old Phillip E. Orr of Grayville. Orr died when the Buick LeSabre he was...
View ArticleMargaret L. Minor – Wayne City
76-year-old former Wayne City resident, Margaret L. Minor of Centralia died at 11:50 p.m. on Feb. 25 at SSM Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. Survivors include two sons, Paul and wife Debbie Minor...
View ArticleJ.A.Y. Michael Byington Randall – Carmi
J.A.Y. Michael Byington Randall, 34 of Carmi passed away Saturday February 25, 2017 at his home. He was born January 5, 1983 in Harrisburg, the son of Jerry Lee and Patricia (Yanda) Randall. He is...
View ArticleHeadlines for Wednesday, March 1, 2017
28-year-old Everett Craig Newsom of Burnt Prairie has been jailed on charges he intentionally set a fire that heavily damaged a home in Burnt Prairie last month. The fire, at 522 Main Street, caused...
View ArticleMaxine R. Howell – Carmi
Maxine R. Howell, 99, of Carmi, Illinois, died Tuesday, February 28, 2017, at her home. Maxine worked for many years as a telephone operator and secretary. She was a member of the Emmanuel United...
View ArticlePhilip E. Orr – Grayville
Philip Eugene Orr was born September 2, 1949, in Olney, Illinois, the son of James L. and Emma C. Orr of Grayville. He died on February 26, 2017, at Wabash General Hospital in Mt. Carmel, Illinois....
View ArticleMargaret Eloise (Groff) Spencer – Grayville
100-year-old Margaret Eloise (Groff) Spencer, a lifelong resident of Grayville, died on Wed., Feb. 15, 2017 in Bradenton, FL. A graduate of Grayville High School, Margaret was involved while in school...
View ArticleHeadlines for Thursday, March 2, 2017
71-year-old Thomas McCord of rural Crossville died Tuesday night after a tornado tore through rural Crossville. McCord had sought shelter in an out-building that was destroyed by the twister. His wife...
View ArticleHeadlines for Friday, March 3, 2017
http://dehayf5mhw1h7.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/420/2017/03/03112212/REC0025_715-303.mp3 Photo courtesy of Brandi Williams Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner and state officials toured the...
View ArticleThomas Lee McCord – Crossville
71 year-old Crossville resident, Thomas Lee McCord, died Wednesday, March 1 from injuries sustained from a tornado. Tom was primarily known as owner and operator of Tom’s OK Welding Service, but he...
View ArticleLouis B. Bachman – Tremont, Illinois
65 year-old Louis B. Bachman of Tremont, Illinois died Wednesday, March 1, at his residence. He was a United States Army veteran having served during the Vietnam War. He worked 43 years for CNH,...
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