Category Archives: Obituaries
2023 12/17 - Command Sergeant Major Dixon S. Marfield, US Army (Retired)
Command Sergeant Major Dixon S. Barfield, U.S. Army (Retired), age 87, a proud veteran of the U.S. Army passed away the morning of November 22, 2023, in Idar-Oberstein, Germany, following a lengthy ba...
Dec 17, 2022
2023 12/16 - Brian 'Norm' Doremire
Brian "Norm" Doremire, 45, of Centralia, passed away Tuesday, December 12, 2023, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. He was born August 2, 1978, in Centralia the son of LaVo...
Dec 16, 2022
2023 12/16 - Martina Elizabeth Watson
It is with heavy heart that we announce the passing of Martina Elizabeth Watson, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's Disease, on November 28, 2023, at the age of 87. Martina, a native of Salem, IL...
Dec 16, 2022
2023 12/16 - Melinda B. Newell
Melinda B. Newell, 73, of Waltonville, Illinois, passed away at 10:15 am December 5, 2023, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon, Illinois. She was born February 9, 1950, in Mount Vern...
Dec 16, 2022
2023 12/16 - George Marcum, Jr
George "Chip" Marcum, Jr., age 58 of Centralia passed away Saturday, December 9, 2023. Chip loved Cardinals baseball, college basketball, and talking football with his son-in-law. He loved his family ...
Dec 16, 2022
2023 12/16 - Mary Ann Foreman
Mary Ann Foreman, 85, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 7:00 pm December 8, 2023, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. She was born July 17, 1938, in Sullivan, Illinois to th...
Dec 16, 2022
2023 12/16 - Leone (Neff) Cox
Leone (Neff) Cox, a lifelong resident of the area and loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother who was devoted to her family, died Nov. 28, 2023, surrounded by family including her six childre...
Dec 16, 2022
2023 12/15 - Estel Deon Allison
Estel Deon Allison, 79, of Iuka, passed away on Monday, December 11, 2023, at his home. He was born March 29, 1944, in Iuka, Illinois, the son of Glen and Charlotte (Jones) Allison. On July 20, 1962, ...
Dec 15, 2022
2023 12/15 - Betty Ann Farley
Betty Ann Farley, aged 92, of Salem, formerly of Louisville, Kentucky, peacefully passed away on Saturday, December 9, 2023, surrounded by her family at her son's home in Salem. Born on April 22, 1931...
Dec 15, 2022
2023 12/15 - Wanda Evelyn Bayles
Wanda Evelyn Bayles, age 99, a longtime Xenia resident, passed away early Friday morning, December 8, 2023, at Flora Rehabilitation & Health Care Center. She was born February 25, 1924, in Iuka, I...
Dec 15, 2022
