Gregg Taylor
Gregg Alan Taylor, 67, of Sullivan, Illinois passed away in his home September 11, 2018 surrounded by his family.
Gregg was a second generation Eastern Illinois alumni and married Evelyn Sandrisser in 1981.
He is survived by their daughters Kali of Sullivan and Lauren of Evansville, Indiana and his sister Jan Nichols of Mattoon. Read More
Willard Yates
Willard F. Yates, 88, of Bedford, passed away in Bloomington Hospital Sunday, September 16, 2018 after a brief illness.
Born June 20, 1930, in Findlay, Ohio, he grew up in Sullivan and attended Blackburn College and the University of Illinois before entering the U.S. Army in 1952 where he was a combat engineer in the Korean War. Following military service, he enrolled at Eastern Illinois University where he earned a bachelor of science degree in botany. He was awarded a fellowship for graduate study at IU, earning a master of arts degree, then taught at the University of the Cumberlands in Tenn. and Ball State University in Indiana. Yates received his PhD in Botany from IU before joining the faculty of Butler University in Indianapolis, teaching courses in genetics, botany, systematics and physiology for 30 years as well as being curator of the 120,000 plant specimens in the Friesner Herbarium. Read More
Barbara Brock
Barbara Lou Brock (née Graham), 73, of Arthur passed away at 4:35 p.m. Saturday, September 15, 2018 in her home surrounded by her family after a hard-fought cancer battle.
Visitation will be held Thursday, September 20 from 4-7 p.m. and from 10-11 a.m. at the Arthur Southern Baptist Church with the funeral at 11 a.m. on Friday, September 21 also at the church with the Rev. Doug Davis and the Rev. Mike Rutledge officiating. Burial will be in Arthur Cemetery. Shrader Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Read More
Darrell Elder
E. Darrell Elder, 82, of Springfield, passed away at 3:23 a.m. Tuesday, September 11, 2018 in Memorial Medical Center in Springfield, Ill.
He was born September 23, 1935 in Moultrie County, Ill., a son of Delmar and Ada Brown Elder.
He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, sister Wilma Brandt and infant son Randy Kevin Elder. Read More
Denny McPheeters
Denton C. ‘Denny’ McPheeters, 73, of Sullivan, passed away at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday September 4, 2018 in his residence.
Graveside services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan with military rites conducted by Sullivan American Legion Post # 68. Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan handled arrangements. Read More
Barbara Clayton
Barbara Ann Bathe Clayton went to her heavenly home at 7:43 a.m. Thursday, September 6, 2018 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon.
Celebration of Life services were 10:30 a.m. Monday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in French Cemetery in Allenville. Read More
Betty Wise
Betty Jo Wise, 71, of Auburn, Ga. passed away Friday, August 17, 2018.
She was born Jan. 17, 1947 in Vandalia, Ill., a daughter of John Robert and Ida Mae Eadie.
She was a native of Sullivan and was of the Methodist denomination. She received her nursing degree from Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield, Ill. and spent 17 years as a Registered Nurse. Betty Jo loved to read and was a member of The Auburn Book Club. Read More
Rowena Webb
Rowena M. Webb, 88, of Bethany passed away at 8:06 a.m. Saturday, September 1, 2018 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, September 6 in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. Visitation will be held one hour before the services in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. Family suggests casual attire. Read More
Roger Smith
Roger D. Smith, Sr., of Sullivan, passed away at 5:42 p.m. Wednesday August 29, 2018 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon.
A Celebration of Life reception was held from 10-11 a.m. Monday in Solid Rock Chapel in Sullivan. Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan was in charge of arrangements.
Roger was born November 15, 1954 in Gadsden, Alabama, the son of Tommy Lee and Virginia P. Lawrence Smith. He had been a machinist at Agri-Fab in Sullivan. Roger married Marilyn Lawhorn November 17, 1974 in Allenville. Read More
Connie Carlyle
Muriel Constance “Connie” Carlyle, 91, of Bethany, passed away at 9 a.m. Monday, September 3, 2018 in her home.
A funeral service for Connie will be held at noon Saturday, September 8 in the Bethany United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ted Hartley and the Rev. Marge Overlot officiating. Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday in the church. Burial will take place in the Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. McClure Funeral Home and Cremation Services in Taylorville is assisting the Carlyle family with arrangements. Read More