Category Archives: Obituaries

Gene Merritt "Bird Dog" Philp, 82, of Sesser, Illinois, passed away at 6:05 am February 12, 2023, at Salem Township Hospital in Salem, Illinois. He was born April 10, 1940, in Mount Vernon, Illinois t...

Margaret Jean Christ, age 89 of Carlyle, passed away at St. Joseph's Hospital in Breese on Monday, February 13, 2023. Margaret was born in Meridian Township, Illinois on April 5, 1933, a daughter of t...

Rose Phoebe Cave, age 88, of Farina, Illinois passed away at 11:20 a.m. Sunday, February 12, 2023, at Lutheran Care Center in Altamont. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday, February 17, 2...

Allen Breeze Simpson, 86, of Mount Vernon, Illinois, passed away at 2:01 am February 14, 2023, at Mount Vernon Countryside Manor. He was born September 9, 1936, in Wayne County, Illinois to the late C...

Laura Belle Leffler, 86, of Kell, Illinois, formerly of Mount Vernon, Illinois passed away at 3:00 am on February 14, 2023, at home with her family by her side. She was born May 17, 1936, in Mount Ver...

Virgil William Dane Jones, 78, of Centralia, passed away Monday, February 13, 2023, at his home. Virgil was born April 16, 1944, in Centralia, the son of Virgil Dane Jones and Mamie Louise (Bryant) Jo...

Lucille Dodson, 89, of Mt. Vernon, Illinois, formerly of Kinmundy passed away on February 11, 2023, at White Oaks Rehabilitation Center in Mt. Vernon.Born September 1, 1933, in Alma, IL she was the da...

Margaret Jean Lyons (Watts) was born on March 12, 1951, to Edna and Charles Lyons. She passed away on February 11, 2023, a month shy of her 72nd birthday. Margaret grew up outside, the near youngest o...

Lori Lynn (Hall) Cannon, age 52 of Iuka, entered Heaven and the presence of our Savior at 4:19 pm on Sunday, February 12, 2023, at her home with her family and friends by her side. Lori was born on De...

Thomas Lee Sills, 50 of Salem, Illinois passed away on February 11, 2023, at Salem Township Hospital.He was born April 22, 1972, in Decatur, IL the son of Sherman E. Sr., and Winnifred I. (Herrington)...