Charles "Eddie" Niccum III (35) of Beecher City

Charles “Eddie” Niccum III, 35, of Beecher City, Illinois passed away at 11:50 p.m. on Monday, July 13, 2020 at home.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Friday, July 17, 2020 at Lockart-Green Funeral Home in Beecher City with Reverend Paul Bauer officiating. Burial will take place in Hubbartt Cemetery in rural Beecher City. Visitation will be from 5:00-8:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 16, 2020 at Lockart-Green Funeral Home in Beecher City. Memorials may be made in Eddie’s name to the Tri-County Fire Protection District.

Eddie was born on November 28, 1984, in Junction City, Kansas, the son of Charles Edward Niccum Jr. and Valerie Jean Carruthers. He was a 2003 graduate of Brownstown High School. Eddie married Amy Durbin in October 2008 and from that union they were blessed with two children: Annabelle and Eli. Eddie was a volunteer firefighter for Tri-County Fire Protection District in Beecher City and worked at Menards in Effingham.

Surviving are his parents: Ed (Angie) Niccum Jr. of Beecher City and Valerie (Lynn) Carruthers of Vandalia; wife, Amy Niccum of Nason; children: Annabelle and Eli Niccum of Nason; brother, Chris (Danielle) Niccum of Shumway; nephews: Shane and Tyler Niccum of Shumway; step-grandparents, Bernie and Marian Willenborg of Vandalia and several stepbrothers, stepsisters, aunts and uncles who all loved him dearly.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents: Ed and Ruth Niccum and Shirley Evans.

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