Debra "Debbie" Kay McCullum, age 29, of Bonnie, IL, passed away at her home on Tuesday, July 23rd, 2013 of natural causes. Debbie graduated from Salem Community High School in 2003 and from Kaskaskia College in 2005 with a degree in Culinary Arts. She was employed on the dietary staff at Green Tree at Mt. Vernon. She was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Salem. A celebration of life service for Debbie will be held on Friday, July 26th, 2013 at 2:00pm at Grace United Methodist Church in Salem. Interment will follow at East Lawn Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6-8 pm on Thursday, July 25th, 2013 at Rankin Funeral Home in Slame. In lieu of flowers, memorials will be recieved at the funeral home in hopes of setting up a SCHS scholarship fund for a student wishing to pursue a degree in culinary arts. Debbie is survived by her parents, Rick and Ann McCullum of Salem; one sister, Christina Miller and husband Neil, and two nephews, Abram and Alec Miller, of Centralia; her paternal grandmother, Connie McCullum of Minnetonka, MN, and her maternal grandparents, Chris and Alive Woods of Edina, MN; and a host of Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. Debbie was born June 14th, 1984 in Centralia. She was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, D.R. McCullum.