Opal E. Clemens, 85, died at 7 p.m. Friday, March 11, 2011, in Nature Trail Health Care Center. Services will be at 1 p.m. Monday in Newell Funeral Home, with Pastor Jimmy Bledsoe officiating. Burial will be in Mount Vernon Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to Logan Street Baptist Church Building Fund. Published in The Southern Illinoisan on March 13, 2011