Obituaries

CULLEOKA, Tenn. [mdash] Georgia "Carol" Barnes Carr, age 91, a resident of Culleoka, Tennessee, passed away on Friday, March 22, 2024, at Maury Regional Medical Center.
A visitation will be held on Thursday, March 28, 2024, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Heritage Funeral Home with the memorial service beginning at 6 p.m. with...

Jeffery Gene Garrison passed away peacefully on Jan. 2, 2026, at the age of 67 after an extended illness.
Born on Feb. 15, 1958, in Elwood, Indiana, to Rosalie (Garrison)Beeman, and George H. Wylie. He was raised by his mother and stepfather, Melvin (Dean) Beeman and attended Longfellow Elementary in Anderson, and...

REIDSVILLE, N.C. - Kowinna Kay Sharpe (Beeman), 58, passed away Saturday, Feb. 13, 2021, after an extended illness.
Kowinna was born Aug. 24, 1962, in Anderson, Indiana, to the late Melvin Dean and Rosalie (Garrison) Beeman. She was raised in Alexandria, Indiana, and attended Alexandria-Monroe High School,...

Ann (Chapman) Willey, 81, of Gas City, passed away on Friday, February 28, 2020.
She was born March 3, 1938, to Colene Chapman and spent her early years growing up in Jonesboro until she met the love of her life, Ray Willey.
They married in 1961 and would spend their 51 years of marriage in Gas City. Ray passed...

MUNCIE [mdash] Wanda Joan (Conklin) Hale passed away after a courageous battle with cancer on Dec. 3, 2015, at the age of 85.
Wanda is survived by her husband of 63 years, William Hale. Also surviving are her son, Mark, and his wife, Julie, and her two grandchildren, Emily and Ryan. Her sister, Barbara Myers, also...

Madeline (Cravens) Taylor, age 81, passed away on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017, at Standing Stone Care & Rehabilitation.
Mrs. Taylor is survived by her husband, David Taylor; sons, Gary Taylor and wife Julie, and Dan Taylor and wife Debbie; three grandsons; one granddaughter and two great-grandsons; brother, J.O....

Kylie Joy (Hosier) Hendress, 32, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, at St. Elizabeth East Hospital, Lafayette, due to complications during childbirth.
Born in March 5, 1984, in Alexandria, she is the daughter of Mark and Dena Hosier of Alexandria and sister of Whitney (Hosier) Webb, of Pine Village.
She was...

Lilly Anna (Jones) Coffman, 95, resident of Ingalls, passed away Nov. 20, 2015, at Bethany Pointe Healthcare Center in Anderson.
She was born March 29, 1920, the daughter of Melton and Lola Jones.
She had lived in Daleville, Ind., California, and New Mexico before moving to Ingalls.
She worked as a homemaker and...

ALVARADO, Texas - Judy Connor, 81, of Alvarado, Texas, passed away after a short illness on Oct. 29, 2020. She was born Aug. 24, 1939, in Anderson, Indiana.
She graduated from Anderson High School and lived in Brown County, Indiana, for the first part of her life but settled comfortably in Alvarado, Texas, in her...

Melody was born Aug. 7, 1961, in Madison County, where she resided until comfortably passing in her home on Sept. 20, 2019.
She is survived by her mother, Barbara (Aden Willis) Koopman; siblings, Robin (Mark) Ludek and Randy (Patty) Koopman; daughters, Kandice (Jerry) Picco and Karrie ((Josh) Rhodifer; niece, Amber...

ANDERSON [mdash]Dorothy A. (Lutz) Jackson, 97, of Anderson, passed away Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019, at Community Northview Health and Living following an extended illness.
She was born to Carrie Edith (Parmer) and Luther Lutz in Wabash on Dec. 26, 1921. In 1931 the family moved to Anderson to follow Luther's furniture...

Adrienne Alice (Miller) Doyle, 81, resident of Middletown, passed away at her residence on May 18, 2017.
She was born in Middletown on Jan. 23, 1936, the daughter of Olaf and Lola Miller.
She had worked with her father at farming at the age of 9 and continued through her life. In 1950, she began working at the...

GREENFIELD [mdash] Jama J. (Norton) Beaty, 84, passed away following a lengthy illness on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, at Hancock Regional Hospital.
She was born on Feb. 1, 1935, in Muncie, the daughter of Henry and Thelma (Green) Norton.
Jama graduated from Muncie Central High School. She married the love of her life,...

INDIANAPOLIS - Esther L. (Riley) Mosier, 80, of Indianapolis passed away Oct. 11, 2020. She was born Dec. 20, 1939, in Anderson to late Lewis and Louise (Fettinger) Riley.
Esther grew up in Anderson, and after she graduated from Highland High School in 1959 went on to Ball State University to major in art. On April...

Joyce Ann (Saubert) Musick, 80, passed away peacefully June 8, 2016, with her daughter by her side. She was born March 22, 1936 in Ingalls, IN, to the late John Wesley and Josephine Marie (Spall) Saubert.
On August 26, 1956, Joyce married Ronald Gene Musick. He preceded her in death in 1979. She was also...

Violet Roberta (Skinner) Ridgway, 98, of Anderson, died April 19, 2018, at Community Northview Care Center in Anderson.
She was born on March 26, 1920 in Sullivan, the daughter of Lex and Golda (Roberts) Skinner. She was a homemaker and attended Lone Oak Weslyan Church. She enjoyed crossword puzzles, word search...

Lolita Ann (Thayer) Guthrie passed away peacefully on Nov. 16, 2015.

She was born September 14, 1925 in Hancock County, Indiana to Orlando Franklin and Lora Frances Wall Thayer. After growing up in Anderson, IN, she graduated from Ball State Teachers College (now University) with a Bachelor in Education in...

Judith A. "Judy" (Tinch) Buttler, 65, of Elwood, passed away on Aug. 2, 2022, in Indianapolis.
Judy was born on Feb. 7, 1957, in Anderson, to Willie and Theola (Hargis) Tinch. She worked for Kings Systems as a Quality Assurance Assistant for a number of years. Judy had a special place in her heart for animals and...

PENDLETON - Wilma Jo (Ulery) Carpenter, 92, passed away Jan. 7, 2021, at the Rawlins House, Pendleton.
She was born Oct. 23, 1928, in Anderson, the daughter of Joseph and Mildred (Young) Ulery.
Wilma had worked 32 years at Delco-Remy and her family was told at her retirement party by several co-workers that she was...

ALEXANDRIA - Mary A. (Ingram) White, 96, of Alexandria died Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, at her residence after a brief illness. She was born Sept. 14, 1917, in Nemrod, Texas, to William and Mollie (Reeves) Ingram. She worked housekeeping at St. John's Hospital for 14 1/2 years before retiring in 1982. She attended...

Jennie D. (Davis) Abbott, 90, Anderson, died Dec. 3, 2011, following an extended illness. She was born on Dec. 14, 1920, in Noblesville, the daughter of Curtis F. and Lillie (Summers) Davis. She was employed for over 30 years at Guide Lamp. She and her husband, Donald F. Abbott, who preceded her in death in 2006,...

ANDERSON - Rebecca Abbott, 62, of Anderson, passed away on Jan. 28, 2014, at St. Vincent Anderson Regional Hospital. She was born on June 12, 1951, in Anderson, and resided most of her life in Anderson. Rebecca graduated from Pendleton High School. She worked at Community Storage. Rebecca is survived by her loving...

ANDERSON - Leah T. (Baugh) Abbott, 49, of Anderson, died on July 11, 2014, from complications following surgery. She was born Sept. 30, 1964, in Muncie, and grew up in Anderson and graduated from Frankton High School in 1984. She is survived by her mother, Judy (Covey) Baugh of Anderson; two children, Eric Abbott of...

Janie Tyner Abbott, 82, entered into the Gates of Glory on April 7, 2019.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday in the Chapel Mausoleum in Edgecombe Memorial Park, Tarboro. The family will receive friends following the service in the mausoleum.
Janie was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, sister and friend....

Howard Emerson Abbott, 96, of Shelbyville, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, June 2, 2020, at the Masonic Home in Shelbyville, Kentucky.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 30, 1923, to Lee Roy and Emma (Woltschleger) Abbott, he lived most of his life in Anderson. He was a graduate of Anderson High School,...

Willie Abbott, 84, of Shirley, passed away Saturday, April 15, 2023.
He was born on March 29, 1939, in Wayne County, Kentucky, to the late John and Edna (Upchurch) Abbott.
Willie retired from General Motors in Anderson after 26 1/2 years of service. He enjoyed fishing, hunting, making walking sticks and working in...

Margaret (Fredericks) Abel, died in Portland, Ore., at age 102 years, on July 15, 2011. She was born to Edward and Margaret Fredericks on March 20, 1909, in Anderson, Ind. She was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Red Abel, whom she married in November 1931 at St. Mary's Church in Anderson; her daughter,...

ANDERSON - Phyllis Marie (Frazier) Abel transitioned into her next life on Sept. 6, 2014. She was born to George and Laura (Johnston) Frazier in Alexandria on Aug. 13, 1929. She married and is survived by Richard "Dick" Abel on Feb. 12, 1949; they celebrated their 65th anniversary this year. She was a loving mother...

Betty C. Abel, 100, of Anderson, passed away on Oct. 23, 2025, at Miller's Merry Manor Marion.
She was born on Jan. 18, 1925, in Elwood, Indiana.
She was a homemaker.
Betty is survived by her daughter, Martha Jones; grandson, John Wall; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Art...

Sandra Lou Abercrombie, 70, of Anderson, passed away Sept. 18, 2018, at her residence. She was born Jan. 4, 1948, in Phoenix, Arizona.
She was a Hairdresser and Instructor for Apex Beauty School, self-employed stylist and worked several short-term jobs.
She and her husband enjoyed riding motorcycles and were...

ELWOOD - Mildred L. Abernathy,  98, of Elwood, passed away on Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014, at Community Parkview Care Center following an extended illness. Mildred was born on June 1, 1916, in Frankton to the late Chester and Ruth (Braddick) King. Mildred married Kenneth H. Abernathy and he passed away on Jan. 25,...

Betty A. (Bricker) Ables, 81, Anderson, passed away on Monday, March 13, 2017, at Elmcroft of Muncie following an extended illness.
She was born on May 26, 1935, in Fort Recovery, Ohio to Sylvester "Dutch" and Catherine (Fowler) Bricker. She was a graduate of Portland High School-Class of 1953 and had lived in...

ELWOOD - Cecil "Livonia" Abner, 94, died Saturday, June 27, 2015, of natural causes at the home of her granddaughter. Until recently, she still resided in Elwood in the home she was born in on July 28, 1920, to Clarence and Almyra (Slack) Maurer. She attended Elwood schools and retired from Guide Lamp Division of...

MIDDLETOWN - Former Pendleton resident Virginia R. (Featherston) Abney, 88, Middletown, died Jan. 25, 2014, at Miller's Merry Manor in Middletown. Survivors include children, Michael A. (Shera) Abney and Cynthia J. Moore. Service 2 p.m. Saturday at Wilson St. Pierre Funeral Service and Crematory, Lahm Chapel,...

Phyllis J. Abplanalp, age 83, of Elwood, passed away on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, at Community North Hospital in Indianapolis. Phyllis was born on June 17, 1933, in Tipton to the late Edward and Grace (Reed) McCorkle.
On June 16, 1953, she married the love of her life, Frank Abplanalp. Phyllis retired in 2015, as a...

Frank Charles Abplanalp Jr., 85, lifelong resident of Elwood, passed away Saturday, April 7, 2018, at Prairie Lakes Health Care in Noblesville.
Frank was born in Elwood on Sept. 27,1932, to Frank Charles Abplanalp Sr. and Emma (McClure) Abplanalp. On Jan. 16, 1953, he married his best friend, soulmate and love of...

Roger Abram made his peaceful transition to be with his Lord May 10, 2022.
He was born May 6, 1942, in Money, Mississippi, to Lillie Johnson and Lonnie Abram.
Roger developed a deeply embedded Christian faith at a very young age and carried it joyfully throughout the years serving his church as a member and deacon....

Mayme Abrom, 87, passed away on May 28, 2010. She attended Sherman Street Church of God. She leaves to cherish her memory two sons, Larry (Naomi) Abrom and Cary Abrom, both of Anderson, four grandchildren Willie Lee English, Eric D. English, Larry E. Abrom Jr. and Corey Larnae Abrom; and four great-grandchildren,...

Larry Eugene Abrom Jr., 53, passed away Aug. 27, 2022, in Victorville, California.
Larry was born Oct. 25, 1968, to Larry Eugene Abrom Sr. and Naomi Redding Abrom in Anderson, Indiana. He was a 1986 graduate from Madison Heights High School and was a veteran of the United States Marine Corps.
He enjoyed watching...

Robert Abshire, 85, of Anderson, passed away peacefully on Oct. 19, 2023, at Community Hospital Anderson.
He was born in Markleville, to Robert and Margaret Eleanor Abshire.
Bob graduated from Middletown High School and Purdue University, then went on to obtain his master's in Education from Ball State...

Sally Acker-Moon, 52, died March 28, 2012, at Saint John's Medical Center. She succumbed to ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's Disease)  after a courageous fight. She was born Dec. 5, 1959, in Anderson and was a graduate of Anderson High School and Purdue University. She enjoyed teaching children...

John Lee Ackerman passed away Oct. 18, 2020 after an extended illness.
John was born May 9, 1948, in Warren, Ohio, grew up in Newton Falls, Ohio, where he and his family were active in the First Church of God.
He played varsity baseball at Newton Falls High School. After high school John joined the Air Force,...

SPENCER — Mary Catherine Ackerman, Spencer, Indiana, our loving mother, wife, friend, and teacher, passed away on May 16 after a short and courageous battle with cancer.
Born Dec. 13, 1951, Mary was the second daughter of Robert E. Wynant and Nancy Reighard Wynant of Pendleton. She attended the Pendleton schools...