Leroy Elder

LEROY ELDER, 68, OF 611 N. FRIEND STREET, CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 9, 2009 AT 10:40 PM AT THE CARRIER MILLS NURSING HOME. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY DECEMBER 12, 2009 AT 11 AM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE SATURDAY AFTER 9 AM. BURIAL WILL BE IN COAL BANK SPRINGS CEMETERY. REVEREND STAN IRVIN AND REVEREND WILLIE DEUEL WILL OFFICIATE. HE WAS BORN ON MAY 22, 1941 IN CARRIER MILLS, IL TO THE LATE FRED & ROSA (LAMUNION) ELDER. HE MARRIED THE FORMER BONNIE MOTSINGER ON JANUARY 6, 1968 AND SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON AUGUST 29, 2002. HE WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER AND AN ARMY VETERAN. HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS: LEAH (SCOTT) DEUEL OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; AND LORIE (JOEY) KISER OF OLIVE HILL, KY; 3 SISTERS: MAVIS STURMAN; NOVELLA KEENER AND NORMA LINDSAY ALL OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 2 GRANDCHILDREN: JAYLN KISER OF OLIVE HILL, KY AND BETH DEUEL OF HARRISBURG, IL. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE: BONNIE ELDER; A BROTHER: HOBERT ELDER AND HIS PARENTS.