Illine Frances Lomax, age 68, of Mt. Vernon, IL, passed away 2:04 a.m. Saturday, May 28, 2011 at Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. She was born June 6, 1942, in Elwood, Indiana, the daughter of Fred Wayne and Sidney Irene (Brown) Boatright. She married Vernis Gale Lomax May 23, 1967 and he preceded her in death November 4, 1989. Mrs. Lomax is survived by one son, Kenneth Edward Lomax and wife Amy of Mt. Vernon; three granddaughters, Sheyanne Hawkins, Kourtney E. Lomax, and Kelsie E. Lomax; and also two sisters, Shirley Boatright of Mt. Vernon and Margaret Bartolomucci and special friend Bob Farthing of Mt. Vernon. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband Vernis,; one daughter, Kimberley Hawkins; and by one granddaughter, Jasmine Nichole Hawkins. Mrs. Lomax was a member of the Antoch Baptist Church in Bonnie and had worked for over 30 years as a nurse's aide in the Mt. Vernon area. Graveside services for Illine Frances Lomax will be held 11:00 A.M. Friday June 3, 2011 at Bethel Cemetery in Mt. Vernon with Chaplin Ernie Collins officiating. Friends and neighbors are asked to go directly to the cemetery. For those who wish in Lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon to help with burial expenses. Newell Funeral Home of Mt. Vernon