Category Archives: Obituaries

Ryan James McGhee, 24, of Carmi, passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2024. He was born on January 3, 2000, in Hanford, California, the son of Patricia Escovar. Ryan worked at Walmart as well as Pizza ...

Pat A. Cooper, age 93, of Flora, Illinois, passed away peacefully on Saturday morning, January 6, 2024, at Clay County Hospital. Born on July 30, 1930, in Salem, Pat was united in marriage with Paul T...

Sharon J. Gwaltney, 74, of Carmi passed away on Friday, January 5, 2024 at Eldorado Rehab and Health Care. She was born in Eldorado, IL on October 30, 1949 the daughter of Frieda (Kanady) Roe and Raym...

Virginia Yvonne (Springer) Preston, 82, of Mill Shoals, IL passed away on Thursday, January 4, 2024 at Hamilton Memorial Hospital in McLeansboro, IL. Virginia was born on March 24, 1941 to Rural &...

Scott Lee Kittinger, 59, of Carmi, Illinois, died Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Newburgh, Indiana, surrounded by his family and several of his friends. He was born Decembe...

William Joshua Schlick, 48, of Olney, Illinois, formerly of St. Peters, Missouri, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2024 at Barnes Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Josh was born October 18, 1975 ...

Richard Carrol Griffith, 78, of Herrin, passed away on Tuesday, January 2, 2024, at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Marion, Illinois. He was born on February 18, 1945, in Norris City, Illinois,...

88 year old Mill Shoals, Illinois resident, Ruth C. Venters passed away Saturday, December 30, 2023 at her home surrounded by her five children and loving husband. She was born on December 21, 1935 in...

Robert "Bob" Leathers Jr, went Home to be with The Lord on Saturday, December 30, 2023 at his home. Bob was born in August 11, 1943, in Durham, North Carolina, to Robert and Lena (Mason) Leathers Sr. ...

Stephen R. Garrett, 65, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, January 1, 2024, at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana. He was born on June 28, 1958, in Carmi, Illinois, the son of Carl E. ...