Category Archives: Obituaries

James "Jimmy" Britt, age 68 of Carlyle, passed away at home surrounded by family on Wednesday, August 23, 2023. He was born on October 19, 1954, in St. Louis, Missouri, to the late Roy Britt and Rache...

Mary Kay Sumner, 75, of Mt. Vernon, passed away at 2:10 a.m., Sunday, August 20, 2023, at Mt. Vernon Countryside Manor. Mary was born on September 9, 1947, in Mt. Vernon, IL, the youngest of 10 childr...

Debra Diane (Colwell) Gresham, 71, of Bluford, Illinois, passed away at 6:33 a.m. August 23, 2023, at Heartland Regional Medical Center in Marion, Illinois. She was born March 26, 1952, in Mount Verno...

Orvil Duane "Beaver" Hassebrock, 71, of Kinmundy passed away peacefully at 12:41 pm, Sunday, August 20, 2023, at his home in rural Kinmundy with his loving family by his side. Duane was born on May 5,...

Jack W. Hopkins, age 88 of Salem, passed away on Friday, June 30, 2023, at his home. Jack was born on December 23, 1934, in Metropolis, IL the son of James and Imogene (McCandless) Hopkins. He married...

Roy David Bricker, age 79, of Flora, Illinois, passed away Monday, August 21, 2023, at his home. He was born July 16, 1944, in Olney, the son of Roy Edward and Erma Marie (Foreman) Bricker. He was uni...

Burrell "Benny" Benjamin Hulbert, 89, of Opdyke, left this earth to be with God at 9:06 p.m., Thursday, August 17, 2023, at SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon. His family was at his beds...

Norman R. Moulton, 69, of Centralia, passed away, Saturday, August 19, 2023. He was born July 7, 1954, in Centralia, the son of Harry "Les" Moulton and Mary E. (Hoskey) Moulton. Norman is survived by ...

Paul Jason Booth passed away on August 18, 2023, at the age of 49. Jason was born on September 13th, 1973 to Janet Fortag. Jason is survived by his mother, Janet Fortag; grandmother Elva Mueller; sist...

Debra 'Debbie' Smith, 63, of Centralia, passed away Thursday, August 17, 2023.Debbie was born November 2, 1959, in Tamaroa, IL, the daughter of Jim Skurat and Rosemary (Whipple) Skurat.Debbie is survi...