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07/28/2026

IN MEMORY OF:

Deborah Darlene Morrison

Serving Location:
CRAIN FUNERAL HOME – ULLIN
420 Ullin Avenue, Ullin, Illinois

Deborah Darlene Morrison, age 73, passed away on Monday, July 27, 2026 at her home in Sesser Illinois.

The full obituary is currently pending.

A Graveside Service with Interment will be held on Thursday, August 6, 2026 at 10:00 AM with Rev. Bob Dickerson officiating at St. John’s Cemetery in Dongola. Friends are asked to gather at the cemetery after 9:30 AM.

Crain Funeral Home in Ullin is in charge of arrangements.

07/23/2026

IN MEMORY OF:

Rachel Irene DeWitt

Serving Location:
CRAIN PLEASANT GROVE-MURDALE FUNERAL HOME
31 Memorial Drive, Murphysboro, Illinois

Rachel Irene DeWitt, age 81, of De Soto, passed away on July 23, 2026 at Five Star Industries in Du Quoin, Illinois.

She was born on May 27, 1945 to Marvin DeWitt and Martha (Miller) DeWitt in Murphysboro, Illinois.

Rachel loved going to church and was of Baptist faith. She enjoyed movies, traveling, going to the fair, and socializing. Rachel was a loving person and will be missed.

She is survived by her daughter, Rebecca Gilmore; sisters, Helen (Bruce) Bean and Marie DeWitt; nieces and nephews, James (Amy) Bean, Korena (Tommy) Teal, Bradley (Kelly) Bean, and Tonya Maxeden (Jeff) Schmhorst; along with many other nieces and nephews and extended family.

Along with her parents she is preceded in death by four sisters; three brothers, and one nephew, Shawn Bean.

A Graveside Service with inurnment will be held at a later date at Murdale Gardens of Memory.

The family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Children, 2900 N. Rocky Point Drive, Tampa, FL 33607.

The cremation of Rachel Irene DeWitt will be personally handled by the staff of Crain Funeral Home.

Crain Pleasant Grove-Murdale Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

07/21/2026

IN MEMORY OF:

Nora F. (Davis) Lawrence

Serving Location:
CRAIN FUNERAL HOME – CAPE GIRARDEAU
829 North West End Boulevard, Cape Girardeau, Missouri

Nora F. (Davis) Lawrence, 92, of Cape Girardeau, surrounded by family, left her temporary earthly home at Hubble Creek Nursing Home in Jackson on Friday, July 17, 2026, for the heavenly home she has long awaited, in the presence of her savior, Jesus Christ.

Nora was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on June 6, 1934, and graduated from Ferguson High School, then attended two years at Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar before entering Missouri Baptist Hospital nursing program in St. Louis, earning her degree as a registered nurse. She served as director of nursing at Frio County Hospital in Pearsall, Texas and Lytle Nursing Home in Lytle, Texas, then worked her last two professional decades at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Obstetrics.

With extensive family of Davis, Craft, and more in the Pocahontas, Neely’s Landing, Crosstown and surrounding areas, Nora returned to Cape Girardeau in 1975.

Known lifelong as a nurse, Nora enjoyed caring for people however she could, even to her final years. A faithful member of Cape Bible Chapel, Nora was a woman of deep faith in her lord and savior, Jesus Christ, and shared his love with many others.

Nora also spent time working in her yard, riding horses as a member of the Jackson Trailriders, playing and teaching tennis, reading, and riding motorcycles—she owned five of them over the years. She was a longstanding member of the Christian Motorcycle Association.

Family surviving Nora include her daughters Valarie Lawrence (David Blakemore dec) and Pam (Norm) Greene; granddaughters Dixie (Clay) Obergoenner, DanaClaire Discher, and Adare (Daniel) Wolfe, plus great-grandchildren Atley, Tinlee, and C**t Obergoenner and Valiant Wolfe; brothers Richard (Jenny dec) Davis, Ed Davis, and Gene (Sue) Davis, and many nephews, nieces, and cousins.

Nora is preceded in death by her parents Ivan and Fern (Craft) Davis and sister Evelyn (Don dec) Elves.

Celebration of Life for Nora will be announced at a later date.

Crain Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Cape Girardeau is in charge of arrangements.