Frank & Bright Funeral Home

Fay Eddings

Mar 14th, 1933 - Jul 4th, 2017

     Evelyn Fay Eddings, 84, formerly of Flora, Illinois passed away Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at St. Joseph Hospital, Bluegrass Care Navigators, Lexington, Kentucky.

     Fay was born on March 14, 1933 in Iuka, Illinois to Loyd and Annabelle (Cook) Eddings.

     A high school English and Spanish teacher of 34 years, Ms. Eddings was a graduate of Salem Community High School and Southern Illinois University. She taught briefly in Puerto Rico and in the Illinois schools of Windsor, Lincoln, and Clay City. Much of her 24 years at Clay City High School was dedicated to students outside the classroom as an advisor to the school newspaper, yearbook and theater programs. Her First Southern Baptist Church family in Flora was a blessing to her for many years. Fay was an avid reader, sports fan (especially for the St. Louis Cardinals), and gardener with a love of the arts particularly in music and theater.

     Surviving are her sister Juanetta Ruth (Eddings) Middleton (formerly of Salem); nieces/nephews and their spouses David & Susan (Middleton) Pitts (Lancaster, KY), Mark & Donna (Paris) Middleton (Sullivan, IN), and Ellis & Patricia (Middleton) Walker (Wilmore, KY); great-nieces and nephews Nicholas Featherly, Elizabeth (Middleton) Carlton, Clifford Walker, Amanda (Middleton) Boeger, and Jeffrey Walker; great, great nieces Chelsea Featherly and Catalin Boeger; and very dear cousins Maureen (Allmon) Kronemeyer and Cathy (Allmon) Filter.

     Ms. Eddings was preceded in death by her parents, her Aunt Grace (Eddings) Allmon, and her precious dog Chrissy.

     Her funeral services will be held at 2pm Saturday, July 8 at the First Southern Baptist Church in Flora with Pastor David Starr officiating. Visitation will precede the service from 11am to 2pm Saturday at the church. Graveside will follow the funeral at Iuka Cemetery.

     Memorials are suggested to Flora Public Library (florapubliclibrary.org) and The Humane Society of the United States (humanesociety.org).

     The family of Evelyn Fay Eddings is being served by Frank & Bright Funeral Home, 500 North Main Street, Flora, IL 62839. Share memories and condolences at www.frankandbright.com.