Category Archives: Obituaries

Carol Boyles, 70 of Fairfield
Carol Boyles, 70 of Fairfield, passed away at 5:11 AM, Sunday, July 21, 2024, at Fairfield Memorial Hospital. Born on December 24, 1953, in Alton, IL to Billy and Cleo (Sonricker) Coatney, she married...
Mark Wells Jul 22, 2024

Emma Lou Smith, 77of Albion
Emma Lou Smith, 77, of Albion passed from this life to the next on July 12, 2024, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. She was born on April 18, 1947, in McLeansboro, Illinois, to Uel and Bet...
Mark Wells Jul 22, 2024

Wava Joyce Burnett, 86, of Carmi, IL
Wava Joyce Burnett, 86, of Carmi, IL. passed away on Thursday, July 18, 2024, at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on April 14, 1938, in Carmi, the daughter of George William Jordan a...
Mark Wells Jul 21, 2024

Jeffrey Kyle Westfall, 54, of Benton, IL
Jeffrey Kyle Westfall, 54, of Benton, IL., passed away on Thursday, July 11, 2024, at his residence. He was born on July 28,1969 in Carmi, IL the son of Errol Frederick "Fred" and Peggy (Applegate) We...
Mark Wells Jul 20, 2024

Carol Ann Kingery, 79, of Carmi
Carol Ann Kingery, 79, of Carmi, passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Premier Healthcare of New Harmony. She was born on May 7, 1945, in Conway County, Arkansas, the daughter of Edgar and Clara...
Mark Wells Jul 20, 2024

Ronald Eugene Colman, age 85, of Clay City
Ronald Eugene Colman, age 85, of Clay City, Illinois, passed away Thursday morning, July 18, 2024, at St. Anthony's Memorial Hospital in Effingham. He was born on February 4, 1939, one of six children...
Mark Wells Jul 20, 2024

Debra Jo (Bunnage) Garrett, 69 of Douglasville, Georgia, Formerly Of Albion
69 year old former Albion, Illinois resident, Debra Jo (Bunnage) Garrett passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at her residence in Douglasville, Georgia. Debra was born on August 22, 1954 in Fairfield, I...
Mark Wells Jul 19, 2024
Leon Hale, 92, of Carmi
Leon Hale, 92, of Carmi, passed away on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Hamilton Memorial Hospital. He was born on February 25, 1932, in Heralds Prairie Township, Illinois, the son of William Henry and M...
Mark Wells Jul 18, 2024

Johnnie Alan Sexton, 68, of Carmi
Johnnie Alan Sexton, 68, of Carmi, passed away on Monday, July 15, 2024. He was born on November 8, 1955, in DeKalb, Illinois, the son of John Leland and Dollie Imogene (Heck) Sexton. Alan married Cha...
Mark Wells Jul 18, 2024

Alice May Straube, 80, of Fairfield
Alice May Straube, 80, of Fairfield, passed away at 6:08AM on Tuesday, July 16, 2024, at her home. She was a homemaker. Alice was born in Fairfield on April 5, 1944, to Sayle and Grace Alice (McCullou...
Mark Wells Jul 16, 2024