Local Obituaries for Families in Shawneetown, Equality, and Ridgway IL.
Sherman Edgar Rider
Jan 3, 2021
Sherman Edgar “Ed” Rider, 85, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado on Sunday, January 3rd, 2021. He was born on September 23, 1935 in Shawneetown, the son of the late Sherman and Blanche (Dillard) Rider. He married the former Flora Hall on June 18, 1954 who survives. Ed was a farmer by trade and a...
Catherine Lucille (Lynch) Rigsby
Dec 29, 2020
Catherine Lucille Rigsby, 79, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. She was born on August 19, 1941 in Eldorado, the daughter of the late Ernest Taylor and Margaret (Doerr) Lynch. Catherine married James Rigsby Sr. on January 4th , 1961, who survives. She was a member of the First Baptist...
Bertis "Claude" Claude Miner
Dec 29, 2020
Bertis “Claude” Miner, 86, of Carmi, Illinois, passed away at his home at 11:05 a.m. on Tuesday, December 29, 2020 with his wife, Marthan, by his side. Claude was born on April 5, 1934 to the late Margaret (Crayne) and Harry Miner in Omaha. Claude was a 1952 graduate of Norris City-Omaha High School. Claude’s entire life was devoted...
Thelma (Dickerson) Patton
Dec 26, 2020
Thelma L. Patton nee Dickerson, 92, of Xenia, Ohio, passed away at her home on Saturday, December 26th, 2020. Born in 1928, Thelma grew up in Mason, Ohio and resided in Middletown, Ohio for most of her life. She wed Garcia Patton, from central Illinois, in 1956. She was a longtime member of the South Middletown Church of God,...
Finch Stubbs Jr.
Dec 23, 2020
Finch Stubbs Jr., 87, of Harrisburg, Illinois formerly of Shawneetown, passed away on Wednesday, December 23, 2020 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. He was born in Shawneetown on November 26, 1933, the son of the late Finch Sr. and Minnie E. (Milligan) Stubbs. Finch married the former Vickie Diane Little on May 7, 1970. Sadly she preceded him in...
Sammie Reid Morris
Dec 7, 2020
Sammie Reid “Sam” Morris, 94, of Greenfield, Indiana, passed away at his home on Monday, December 7, 2020. He was born in Equality, Illinois on August 9, 1926, the son of the late Clyde Franklin Sr. and Fannie (Goatley) Morris. Sam married the former Betty Jane Adams on June 14th of 1947. He served in the Navy during World...
Alice Faye (Lewis) Dortch
Nov 30, 2020
Alice Faye Dortch, 72, of Delavan, Wisconsin, passed away on Monday, November 30, 2020 at the Janesville Mercy Hospital in Janesville, Wisconsin. She was born on May 18, 1948 in Qulin, Missouri, the daughter of the late Jesse and Mary (Phillips) Lewis. Alice married David Taylor “Bub” Dortch who sadly passed away on April 23 of 2006. She is...
Mark Anthony Sisk
Nov 26, 2020
Mark Anthony Sisk, 61, of Eureka passed away on November 26, 2020 at his residence. He was born on August 8, 1959 in Waukegan, IL, the son of Herbert L. and Mildred R. (Sikich) Sisk Sr. Mark worked as a bricklayer for many years. He was a member of the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers and the Apostolic...
Thelma G. (Garza) Smith
Nov 19, 2020
Thelma G. Smith, 66, of Sun City West, Arizona, passed away after an extended illness on Thursday, November 19, 2020 at the Parents Paradise Group Home in Surprise, Arizona. She was born on February 6th , 1954 in Laredo, Texas, the daughter of the late Eugene and Hortensia (Hernadez) Garza. Thelma married George F. Smith on June 8, 1989. ...
Wilma Bernice (Moore) Patton
Nov 19, 2020
Wilma Bernice Patton, 93, of West Frankfort, Illinois, formerly of Omaha passed away at her home after an extended illness on Thursday, November 19th , 2020 at 5:15 a.m. She was born in the small community of Junction, Illinois on November 30th, 1926, the daughter of the late Guy and Madeline (Ellis) Moore. Wilma married the love of her...
Donald A. Vickery
Nov 12, 2020
Donald A. Vickery, 85, of Belvedere, South Carolina, passed away surrounded by his loving family in Clarksville, TN after an extended illness on Thursday, November 12, 2020. He was born on April 22, 1935 in Junction, IL, the eldest son of the late Hubert and Lenore B. (Payne) Vickery. Donald married the former Faye Boan on August 31, 1957. ...
Mary "Sally" Elizabeth (Lane) Barnes
Nov 11, 2020
Mary Elizabeth “Sally” Barnes, 77, resident of Elizabethtown passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at her residence. Sally was born July 2, 1943 in Elizabethtown to the late Lawrence and Edith (Burklow) Lane. She married Ralph Barnes who survives. She was a member of the Honeycomb Church of God where she taught Sunday School for many years. Prior to...
Oneda (Flowers) Haney
Nov 1, 2020
Oneda Haney, 92, of Harrisburg, Illinois, passed away surrounded by her family at her rural home on Sunday, November 1, 2020. She was born in Monroe, Tennessee, the daughter of the late Martin L. Flowers and Grace Allred Flowers-Reeder. Oneda married John Haney on July 12th of 1948 in Morganfield, Kentucky. Sadly, John preceded her in death on February...
Roy Wayne Rushing
Oct 30, 2020
Roy Wayne Rushing, 83, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed from this life on Friday, October 30, 2020 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. Wayne was born on June 17, 1937 to Henry Guy Rushing and Lola May Rushing Bush in a log cabin in Crayne, Kentucky. He married the former Neva Jean Padgett on September 25, 1965. Wayne was...
Carole Sue (Caldwell) Wenzel
Oct 29, 2020
Carole Sue Wenzel, 79, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2020 at her home in Brookstone Estates of Harrisburg. She was known as a loving mother, and known as “Nanny”, and “Oldfolks”. Sue was born in Shawneetown on March 15, 1941, the daughter of the late Robert G. Caldwell and Dorothy Marie (Fuller) Caldwell Frields. She...
Gary B. Barker Sr.
Oct 28, 2020
Gary B. Barker Sr., 79, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, October 28, 2020, at Deaconess Hospital in Evansville, Indiana. He was born in Shawneetown on April 18, 1941 the son of the late Cecil Aurple Barker and Alice Jewell (Oliver) Barker West. Gary owned and operated Barker Mowing Service and was a car salesman at Rich Motors...
Layton Keith Fulton
Oct 27, 2020
Layton Keith Fulton, 75, of Omaha, Illinois passed away on Tuesday, October 27, 2020 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. He was born in Eldorado on August 29, 1945, the son of the late Layton Earle and Mary Lucretia (Moore) Fulton. Keith worked for Denny and Simpson Trucking in Harrisburg for thirty years and later at Heritage Custom Trailers in...
Jackie Lee Vaughn
Oct 23, 2020
Jackie Lee Vaughn, 82, of Shawneetown, Illinois, passed away at his home surrounded by his loved ones on Friday, October 23rd, 2020. He was born on May 3rd, 1938 in Shawneetown, ths son of the late Willard and Ida Pauline (Crane) Vaughn. Jackie married the former Claudia Mae Smith on September 22nd, 1962. Claudia preceded him in death on...
Mary Jo (Mitchell) York
Oct 14, 2020
Mary Jo York, 87, of Shawneetown, Illinois, died after an extended illness on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at Villas of Hollybrook in Harrisburg. She was born on March 19, 1933 in Enfield, Illinois, the daughter of Leo and Cora (Biggerstaff) Mitchell. She graduated from Enfield High School and worked at a number of jobs: telephone operator, bookkeeper, office manager...
Raymond Colbert
Oct 14, 2020
Raymond “Ray the Painter” Colbert, 87, of Equality, Illinois passed away on October 14, 2020 at Ferrell Hospital in Eldorado. He was born on July 16, 1933 in Herod, the son of the late Bryan and Mary Ann (Carnett) Colbert. Ray married Betty Mae Rainey in August13, 1954. Betty Mae preceded Ray in death on August 21, 1990. He owned...
