A third generation funeral director serving the White County community. Primarily growing up in Waldorf, MD while his father served in the U.S. Air Force, he graduated in 1997 from Ponderosa High School in Parker, CO. He moved to Carmi to attended college and graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2002 with a degree in Mortuary Science and Funeral Service. In 2016, Jeremy along with his wife Sasha, purchased Campbell Funeral Home in Carmi and Norris City along with Melrose Cemetery in Carmi. In March 2021 the Jordan's acquired Stendeback Funeral Home in Carmi and Enfield. He has been an active part of the community serving on various boards including President of the Kiwanis Club. Jeremy and Sasha have one son, Jax.

A native of Golconda, Illinois, Clint T. Taylor, OD, attended McKendree University and Indiana University, earning a bachelor of science in biology and a doctorate in optometry.

In 2005, Dr. Taylor founded Taylor Eye Care in Carmi with a mission to provide elite eye care to the people of Southeastern Illinois. Taylor Eye Care was awarded the Carmi Chamber of Commerce’s Small Business of the Year award in 2016.

Dr. Taylor is a member and past president of both the Carmi Chamber of Commerce and Carmi Kiwanis Club. He is past board chair of the White County CEO (Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities) Program in the Carmi White County and Norris City Omaha Enfield school systems. He also currently serves as a trustee of the Illinois Optometric Association.

Dr. Taylor is married to Kelly, a teacher in the Carmi White County School system. They have two daughters, Audrey and Norah, and a son, Jack.

EmmaLee Pruitt is a 2017 White County CEO graduate from NCOE. She works for Banterra Bank in Carmi and has worked in the banking industry for over five years. She graduated with her MBA from The University of Southern Indiana in 2022. She enjoys volunteering in the communities of Carmi and Norris City and spending her free time outdoors.

Todd Haley has been at the Carmi-White County School District since the fall of 2019. He currently serves as the Junior High Principal and the High School Assistant Principal. Before that we worked for eleven years at the NCOE school district in Norris City. While at NCOE, he taught Social Studies and served as High School Principal for four years. He graduated from Carmi-White County High School in 1999 and Eastern Illinois University in 2003. Todd taught at Fisher High School for three years before coming back to White County. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Sarah, two daughters, Niah and Maren, and his son, Theo. 

Dr. David J. Lane, otherwise known as “Joe” or “Joey” to most, has been an audiologist for almost 25 years. He graduated from Gallatin County in 1992 and in 1999, married Devin Erkman and moved to Norris City. He has received degrees from Southeastern Illinois College, Eastern Illinois University, University of Illinois, and his doctorate in audiology from the University of Florida. For the past 24 years, he has worked as an audiologist in Mt. Vernon, IL as well as the Veteran’s Hospital in Marion, IL and Evansville, IN. Joey currently sits on several boards including the NCOE school board. He also has been involved with youth for over 25 years. He and Devin are both active in their church and communities. They have 3 children named Ty, Ashton, and Tucker.