Gene Jones
Vernie “Gene” Jones, Jr. of Bethany passed away Monday, July 1, 2019 at 10:38 p.m., in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services were at 10 a.m., Friday, July 5 in First General Baptist Church in Decatur.
Brintlinger and Earl Funeral Home in Decatur handled arrangements. Burial was in Boiling Springs Cemetery in Decatur. Read More
Ace Wright
Ace Conrad Wright, 6 month old son of Shane and Kayla Wright, passed away at 5:48 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2019 in St. John’s Children’s Hospital in Springfield, Ill.
Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Friday, July 5 in Wright Cemetery near Findlay, Ill. with Pastor Mike Reynolds officiating. Howe and Yockey Funeral Home in Shelbyville handled arrangements.
Ace was born December 14, 2018 in Decatur, a son of Shane Tanner and Kayla Rena Miller Wright. Read More
Emmie Young
Emmie Joleen Young, 5 weeks 6 days old, passed away July 1, 2019 in her home. Private family services will be held at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial will be in Hewitt Cemetery in Lovington.
Emmie was born May 14, 2019 in Centralia, the daughter of Shelby Futch of Salem and Braedan Young of Sullivan. Read More
Samuel Carter
Samuel Albert Carter III, born on August 23, 1951, died Wednesday, June 26, 2019 in Houston, Mo.
Sam was a longtime educator, teaching English and social studies at the secondary and college levels in Florida and, in recent months, tutoring law school students online from his adopted hometown of Licking, Mo. Read More
Kay Chambers
Veda Kay Chambers, 73, of Lovington, passed away at 12:50 a.m. Tuesday June 25, 2019 in Decatur Memorial Hospital.
Celebration of Life services were 4 p.m. Friday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Rodney Houser officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More
Larry Dick
Larry Dennis Dick, 71, of Sullivan passed away at 12:50 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2019 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
No services will be held. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan is in care of the arrangements. Read More
Ruby Lowry
Ruby N. Lowry, age 93, of Sullivan passed away at 12:48 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2019 at Mason Point in Sullivan.
A funeral service in her honor was held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 3 at Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home, 1200 Wabash Avenue in Mattoon. Pastor Ron Dickinson officiated, and the Reverend Michael Smith assisted. A committal service immediately followed at Branchside Cemetery in Gays. Read More
Jerry Isaacs
Jerry L. Isaacs, 77, of Sullivan, passed away at 1:45 a.m. Sunday, June 23, 2019 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
Celebration of Life services will be 11 a.m. Friday at Reed Funeral Home with Pastor Tom Farris officiating. Burial with military rites conducted by Sullivan American Legion Post #68 will be in Greenhill Cemetery. Visitation will be 10-11 a.m. Friday. Read More
Juanita West
Juanita Frances West, 89, of Decatur passed away at 5:30 a.m. Sunday, June 23, 2019 in Moweaqua Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 28 at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service Friday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. Read More
Elizabeth Peadro
Eleanor Elizabeth Sitter Peadro, 94, passed away peacefully on June 9, 2019 at her residence in Belvedere Commons in Ft. Walton Beach, Fla. Elizabeth was born May 2, 1925 in Cairo, Ill. to L. Oard and Beulah Rendleman Sitter.
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert E. Peadro and her brother Lloyd E. Sitter as well as her parents. Read More