Duane Clay

Margaret E. Mitchell age 99 of Massac County Illinois passed away at 444 pm Thursday January 15 2026 at Providence Pointe Healthcare. Funeral services will be held at 11 am on Tuesday January 20 2026 at Zion Evangelical Church with Pastor Jim Duncan officiating. Burial will follow at St. Stephens Lu...

Funeral Services for Mr. Roy C. Saxon, age 88 of Ashland, will be held on Friday, February 20, 2026 at County Line Baptist Church at 2:00 P.M. with Bro. T.C. Brown and David Rush officiating. Burial will follow at the Clay County Memory Gardens.Mr. Saxon passed away peacefully at his home surrounded...

Vivian J. Hartman age 95 of Xenia passed away Saturday January 31 2026 at Beavercreek Post Acute Care Center. She was born June 6 1930 in Covington Kentucky. At the young age of 11 Vivians mother passed away and she was raised by her grandparents Clay and Jeanetta Swogger. Vivian graduated from Silv...

Mr. Donald Dean Pipkin age 77 passed away on Sunday February 1 2026 in Pittsburg. He was born August 22 1948 in Sulphur Springs Texas to Edgar and Ruby Williams Pipkin. Donald worked for Presley Company in Mt. Pleasant before going to work for Lone Star Steel in Lone Star where he worked until his r...

Carolyn June Bensch Wyckoff loving mother grandmother and friend went home to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on December 20 2025. Carolyn was welcomed into this world by her loving parents Raymond and Mildred Bensch on June 10 1936 in Chester Oklahoma. As a child she loved to go to her dad...

William Bill Louis Schlichtman age 91 passed away on January 29 2026 at Parkview Haven in Deshler Nebraska. He was born on July 9 1934 in Angus Nebraska to Louis and Beulah Cottle Schlichtman. Bill graduated from Edgar High School in 1951. Following graduation he went to work alongside his father an...

Raymond Joseph Kaefring 82 of rural Oxford passed away peacefully January 25 2026 following a courageous battle with cancer. He leaves behind a lasting legacy of faith family and hard work. A Memorial Mass for Ray his wife Joy E. Kaefring who passed away October 12 2025 will be held at 1030 am on F...

Funeral services for Mr. Kennon Warren Whaley Sr., age 61, will be held on Sunday, January 11, 2026, at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland at 2:00pm with visitation from noon to 2:00 pm. Bro. Richie Farrow will officiate, and burial will follow in the Clay County Memory Gardens.Kennon graduated from ...

Born in Nicholas County on September 21 1948 Shirley was the daughter of the late Marvin McCarty and the late Juanita Fryman McCarty. Shirley worked at Jockey in Carlisle and was a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking and being with her family family which included New Life Church of Christ where she atte...

Born in Nicholas County on September 21 1948 Shirley was the daughter of the late Marvin McCarty and the late Juanita Fryman McCarty. Shirley worked at Jockey in Carlisle and was a homemaker. She enjoyed cooking and being with her family family which included New Life Church of Christ where she atte...