Obituaries

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...