Obituaries

Kenneth Leonard

Kenneth Leonard

October 3, 2019

Kenneth Gene Leonard, 82, of Louisville, passed away at 8:40 am on Thursday, October 3, 2019 at his home in Louisville. Gene was born on September 7, 1937 in Clay County, the son of the late Opal and Ruth (Newby) Leonard. He married Rosalie Hawn on April 27, 1956 in Clay County and she survives. Mr. Leonard spent most of...

Dustin Cassidy

Dustin Cassidy

September 24, 2019

Dustin Lee Cassidy, 24, of Salem, passed away at 6:37 pm on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 in Salem. He was born on September 27, 1994 in Centralia the son of Sarah (Thompson) Cassidy and the late Carl Cassidy. Dustin enjoyed the outdoors; camping, fishing and hunting, he liked making knives and trinkets, enjoyed spending time with his children and loved...

Kevin Clark

Kevin Clark

September 12, 2019

Kevin James Clark Sr., 64, of St. Louis, Missouri, passed away on Thursday, September 12, 2019 at Sunset Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Centre in St. Louis, Missouri. He was born on August 19, 1955 in St. Louis, Missouri the son of William "Bill" Clark and the late Joan (Thomas) Clark. Kevin married Debbie Beaver and she survives. Mr. Clark worked...

Betty Bailey

Betty Bailey

September 1, 2019

Betty E. Bailey, 76, of Louisville, passed away at 2:25 pm on Sunday, September 1, 2019 at her home in Louisville. She was born on December 16, 1942 the daughter of the late Frank and Estel (Leach) Cox. Betty was a hairdresser at My Fair Lady in Flora for many years and also as a dispatcher for Hallibuton Energy Services...

Charles Cox

Charles Cox

August 29, 2019

Charles E. Cox, 90, of Louisville, passed away at 9:06 am on Thursday, August 29, 2019 at his home in Louisville. Charlie was born on April 10, 1929 in Jasper County the son of the late Chlorus E. Cox and Margaret (Rinehart) Cox-Dyson. He married Mildred Salter on July 29, 1950 in Flora and she survives. Mr. Cox served in...

Charles King

Charles King

August 21, 2019

Charles F. King, 81, of Teutopolis, passed away at 11:50 am on Wednesday, August 21, 2019 at Evergreen Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Effingham. Charlie was born on October 22, 1937 in Flora, the son of the late Ernest and Melba (Schuerenberg) King. He married Joy McGilvary on July 3, 1968 in Oblong and she preceded him in death on...

Joy King

Joy King

August 8, 2019

Joy King, 79, of Teutopolis, passed away at 5:30 am on Thursday, August 8, 2019 at her home in Teutopolis. She was born on December 11, 1939 in Phenix City, Alabama the daughter of the late Willine (McGilvary) Higdon. She married Charles F. King on July 3, 1968 in Oblong and he survives. Mrs. King was known for her skills...

Gary Daugherty

Gary Daugherty

August 7, 2019

Gary E. Daugherty, 80, of Louisville, passed away at 12:45 am on Wednesday, August 7, 2019 at his home. Gary was born on June 19, 1939 in Clay County the son of the late Henry and Beulah (Fugate) Daugherty. He married his wife of 51 years, Marjorie Young on April 26, 1968 in Wayne County and she survives. Mr. Daugherty...

Robert Golden

Robert Golden

August 4, 2019

Robert E. Golden, 81, of Louisville, passed away at 8:25 pm on Sunday, August 4, 2019 at Clay County Hospital in Flora. He was born on May 31, 1938 in Murphysboro, the son of the late Ellington and Marion Ruth (Gill) Golden. Robert married his wife of 62 years Eunice Laughlin on June 2, 1957 in Flora and she survives....

Danny Mines

Danny Mines

August 1, 2019

Danny Joe Mines, 31, of Louisville, passed away at 1:50 am on Thursday, August 1, 2019 at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana attended by his wife Amber, his mother Julie, mother-in-law Loretta, his father John, Uncles; Mike and Randy, his aunt Susan, brothers; Wyatt and Billy (Caitlynn), stepdaughter; Kloey and cousins, Jenny and Jackie. Danny was born on July 2,...

John Adams

John Adams

July 15, 2019

John Ray Adams, 62, of Greenup and formerly of Clay County, passed away at 1:30 am on Monday, July 15, 2019 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon. John was born on September 25, 1956 in Marion, the son of the late Hosea Leon and Betty Carol (Barbee) Adams. He married Rita Whitford on September 25, 2015 in Effingham...

Carole Metz

Carole Metz

July 11, 2019

Carole Ann Metz, 81, of Rinard and formerly of Flora, passed away at 10:20 pm on Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. Carole was born on March 23, 1938 in Louisville, the daughter of the late Otis and Edna (Lewis) Erwin. She married Ralph Metz on July 2, 1958 in Lawrenceville and he passed away...

Donald Boose

Donald Boose

June 27, 2019

Donald F. Boose, 65, of Odin, passed away at 10:54 pm on Thursday, June 27, 2019 at the Odin Healthcare Center in Odin. He was born on June 30, 1953 in Olney the son of Muriel (Rowan) Boose-Farthing and the late Ralph Boose. He is survived by his mother Muriel and his brother Ronald Boose both of Elburn, Illinois As...

Chad Hawkey

Chad Hawkey

June 26, 2019

Chad Edward Hawkey, 47, of Kinmundy, passed away at 6:52 am on Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in Alma. He was born on June 1, 1972 in Salem the son of Edward and Susan Margaret (Runge) Hawkey. He married Susan Baiter on July 26, 2003 at St. Peter's Lutheran Church in St. Peter and she survives. Chad worked as a correctional...

Abel Wooden-Whipple

Abel Wooden-Whipple

June 18, 2019

Abel Lee Wooden-Whipple, infant son of Ronald Lee George Whipple and Vanessa Wooden passed away on June 18, 2019 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Mount Vernon. In addition to his parents, Abel is survived by three brothers, Joshua Wooden, Bryler Etheridge, Kyler Carpenter, a sister, Jaxyn Wooden, grandparents, Connie Mulvaney of Alma, Randy Wooden of Kinmundy, Tina Whipple of Texas...

Tonia Nelson

Tonia Nelson

June 2, 2019

Tonia Nelson, 57, of Clay City, passed away at 8:20 am on Sunday, June 2, 2019 at Flora Gardens Care Center in Flora. Tonia was born on August 27, 1961 in Decatur, the daughter of the late Bayne "B.B." and Sandra L. (Hampton) Tomlinson. She married Donald Edward "Donnie" Lewis on January 30, 2016 in Fairfield and he survives. In...

Mark Webster

Mark Webster

May 25, 2019

Mark Harrison Webster, of Manassas, Virginia, age 45, passed away suddenly at 7:20pm, on Saturday, May 25, 2019 in hospital in Phoenix, AZ. He was born in San Diego, CA Naval Hospital on October 6, 1973. Mark was the only son of James H. (formerly of Bible Grove) and Rita E. Webster. He was baptized in the name of Jesus...

Herma Mcgee

Herma Mcgee

May 21, 2019

Herma Jean "Jeannie" McGee, 86, of Effingham and formerly of Louisville passed away at 12:30 am on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at Willowbrook Memory Care Center in Effingham. She was born on April 10, 1933 in Kinmundy, the daughter of the late Halice and Sophia (McCully) Lewis. She married Stanley McGee on August 28, 1948 and they later divorced. Later,...

Maryola Cameron

Maryola Cameron

May 21, 2019

Maryola Jean "Jeannie" Cameron, 89 of Lincoln, Alabama and formerly of Calhoun, Georgia and Hord, passed away at 4:10 am on Wednesday, May 21, 2019 in Lincoln, Alabama. She was born on May 11, 1930 the daughter of the late Walter and Helen Barnett. She married Leland Eugene Cameron in Mason on August 4, 1951 and he preceded her in...

Helen Newby

Helen Newby

May 16, 2019

Helen V. Newby, 100, of Farina and formerly of Louisville, passed away at 6:40 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2019 at Lakeland Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Effingham. Helen was born on January 31, 1919 in Bement, Illinois the daughter of the late Charles and Lena (Rinehart) Headlee. She married James Edward Newby on February 8, 1936 and he preceded...