HELEN CARR

January 19, 1947 - December 9, 2016

Helen Marie Carr, 69, of Kankakee, IL died December 9, 2016 at Presence St. Mary’s Hospital. Visitation will be Wednesday, December 21, 2016 from 10:00 A.M. until time of the Memorial Service at 11:00 A.M. at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church. Reverend Montele A. Crawford will officiate. Cremation rites will be accorded. Helen Marie Carr was born January 19, 1947 in Columbus, Mississippi to Laura Stevenson and Lindsey West. She was a member of Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church where she served in the Mission Ministry. She worked in home health care. She leaves to cherish her memory, three daughters, Sherrie Carr and Shelia Calloway, both of Kankakee, IL and Tunya Carr of Atlanta, GA; two sons, Robert Carr and Martin Carr, both of Kankakee, IL; two brothers and one sister-in-law, Reverend Jimmy and Denise West of Kankakee, IL and Freddie West of Columbus, Mississippi; two sisters, Betty Rogers of Wentzville, MO and Gloria West of Columbus, Mississippi; 15 grandchildren; 35 great-grandchildren; special friends, Shelley Doggett, Annie Winfield and Gloria Higgins, and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by her parents, Laura and Willie Dillard; her husband, Fred Carr and a son, Cornelius Carr.