Obituaries

Nancy was born in Hamilton County, the daughter of Cecil Mastin and Ruth Julia Allen. Nancy married Jerry Arthur Prather on December 14th, 1963. They were married for 61 years.

Barbara Ann Dielkes, 85, of Carmi, passed away on Friday, March 28, 2025. She was born on September 1, 1939, in Mt. Vernon, Indiana, the daughter of Curtis and Layla (Cross) Harman.

   Etta Lorene (Russell) Lumb, born November 5, 1932 in Enfield, Illinois, passed away on March 24, 2025 at her residence surrounded by her family.

Reta Diane Munsell Denny, 82, of Woodburn, KY passed away December 7, 2024 at her residence.

Belinda Kaye Payne, 59 of Grayville, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2025, peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Friday, April 16, 1965, in Olney, the daughter of James C. and Janette Faye (Erwin) Payne.

Nora Joyce Wolf, 88 of Mt. Carmel and formerly of Grayville, passed away on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, at Oakview Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born on Thursday, March 4, 1937, in Webster County, MS, a daughter of John Robert and Lucile (Hooper) Avent. She married Leon L. Wolf on April 20, 1966, and together they shared over 28 years of marriage until his passing on October 23, 1994.

Bernard M. Pfister Sr., 80, of Front Royal, Virginia passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on Thursday, March 20, 2025.

Billy Wayne Reese Sr., 69, of Grayville, passed away on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at home. He was born on Monday, June 27, 1955, in Grayville a son of Gerald and Judith Geraldine (Bunting) Reese.

Patricia Ann Lodge, 90, previously from Carmi, IL, passed away at the home of her son, Gary Lodge and family, Franklin, NC, on March 11, 2025. Pat was born on July 22, 1934, in Springerton, IL, to the late Henry and Beatrice Thomas.

Judith Ann Barlow (Staley) 85 of Cherry Valley, CO passed away December 16, 2024 at University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO Judy was born to Henry and Velma Staley (Pollard) on September 2, 1939. She graduated from Carmi Township High School in 1957 and enrolled at Lockyer’s Business College, Evansville, IN with an interest in office management.