Obituaries

Jun 29, 2014

Hymera, Mary Louise Baker Crist, 67, of Hymera passed away on Sunday, June 29, 2014. She was born in Albany KY, on January 17, 1947 to Ustis and Myrtie (Brumley) Brown. She was a member of the Hymera Independent Community Church. Preceding her in death are her parents, brothers, James Brown, Billy Brown, Clarence Brown, Lawrence Brown and Willie...

Jun 26, 2014

Shelburn, IN

Joshua Travis Thompson, 27, of Shelburn passed away on June 26, 2014 at his residence. He was born in Vigo County on May 1, 1987 to Joe and Peggy (Ward) Thompson. He was involved with the Sullivan County 4-H and had been a Grand Champion in welding for many years. Preceding him in death are...

Jun 22, 2014

Sullivan, IN. William Wayne Knotts, 88, of Sullivan passed away at 6:22pm, June 22, 2014 in the Sullivan Community Hospital. He was born October 5, 1925 in Carlisle, IN. to Henry Herbert Knotts and Hazel Gobin Knotts. Survivors include his wife Virginia Lisman Knotts, daughter Debbie Phegley, son Brett Knotts (Dee), sisters Mary Hume and Kathrin Prose, grand-children Marcy...

Jun 20, 2014

Merom,

Jack Lee Stevens, 64, of Merom, IN passed away at his residence on June 20, 2014. He was born September 11, 1949 in Omaha, Nebraska to Woodrow and Barbara Prose Stevens Garrard.

Survivors include his mother, a sister Tammy Owens (Henry) of Greencastle, IN, two brothers, Joseph Stevens (Marsha) of Cloverdale, IN, Jon Hoke...

Jun 20, 2014

God's arms opened wide and welcomed heavens newest angel who went home to be with her Master June 20, 2014. Rosemary Wade 88, formerly of Sullivan, Indiana was born August 8, 1925 in Dugger Indiana to Charles Wolfe and Amy Koons Wolfe. She was proceeded in death by her husband Raymond D. "Bud" Wade her parents and 4 brothers...

Jun 19, 2014

Merom, IN Darlene Moseley 75, of Merom, passed away in her home on Friday, June 19, 2014 at 10:30pm. Darlene was born July 25, 1938 in Oklahoma City, OK., to Melvin Roland Pearson and Sybil Inez Hawkins Pearson. Survivors include a daughter Steffani Davis, sons Gregory O. Moseley and Bradley T. Moseley, a brother Howard Pearson, six grandchildren, and...

Jun 2, 2014

Hazel Plummer Jordan, 93, of Sullivan passed away on Monday June 2, 2014. She was born in Sullivan County on March 18, 1921 To Homer and Anna Ault McKain. She was a lifelong member of Calvary Apostolic Church of Sullivan. She was preceded by her first husband Kenneth Plummer, her second husband Eugene Jordan, a son Jerry Plummer four...

Jun 1, 2014

Hymera, IN John Thomas Steelman, 78 of Hymera, went home to be with his Jesus on Sunday , June 1, 2014, in his residence, while preparing for Sunday Services at the Emmanuel Apostolic Church in Hymera. He was born July 31, 1935 in Jacksonville, TN to Floyd and Rosie Dyer Steelman. Survivors include a daughter Geneva Collins, sons John...

May 27, 2014

Josephine L. Steele of Sullivan, IN., passed away in Miller's Merry Manor in Sullivan, on May 27, 2014 at 10:15am. She was born March 8, 1919 in Gloversville, NY to Bennie and Carmelia Storey DeFrank. Survivors include a daughter Pat Hale, a son Michael Steele, 5 grandchildren, and 12 great-grandchildren. Preceding her in death were her parents, and husband...

May 27, 2014

Harold "Bud" Wilson, 85, of Sullivan passed away on Tuesday May 27, 2014 at Millers Merry Manor. He was born on November 3, 1928 to John and Dorothy Denny Wilson. Bud was a 1946 graduate of Graysville High School, was the owner of Riggs Hardware for almost 40 years, before that he was a truck driver hauling fuel for...

May 26, 2014

Karen Elizabeth Crooks-Alumbaugh, 48, of Sullivan, IN, passed away peacefully at her home, on Monday, May 26, 2014 surrounded by her friends and family, to join our Heavenly Father after a courageous battle with cancer. Karen was born July 12, 1965 to Richard and Verna Crooks. Karen lived a very fulfilling life doing what she loved; teaching and shaping...

May 20, 2014

Charles Wayne Wilson of Tiptonville, TN passed away on May 20, 2014 in the Memphis Tennessee Forensic Center. He was born November 15, 1952 in Sullivan, Indiana to John Wilson and Maudie Wilson Bye. Survivors include a son Jeffrey Wilson, sisters Cammie Smith of Shelburn and Brenda Stelle of The Woodlands, TX., a brother James Wilson (Vera) of Murfreesboro,...

May 18, 2014

Phyllis Mason, 65, of Shelburn passed away unexpectedly at her residence. She was born in Sullivan on March 21, 1949 to William "Bill" and Lucille McCammon Crooks. Phyllis was a loving wife, mother and grandmother, she loved quilting, crocheting and her real passion were for her grandchildren. She will be dearly missed by all of the lives that she...

May 16, 2014

Opal Mae Hester, 94 of Sullivan passed away in Miller's Merry Manor Nursing Home at 1:11pm on Friday, May 16, 2014. She was born in Goreville, IL. on May 2, 1920 to Thomas and Daisy Ollis Burklow. Opal is survived by three sons Gary Hester (Ramona) of Sullivan, Allen Hester (Lisa) of Crestview, FL., and Dan Hester (Susan) of...

May 13, 2014

Lee Eugene Jennings, 88, of Sebring Florida, and formerly of Sullivan, Indiana, went to be with his Lord and Savior on May 13, 2014. Lee was born in Sullivan County on November 7, 1925 to Raymond and Gertie Sluder Jennings. Lee served his country during WWII in the third Marine Division on Guam and Iwo Jima. He served with...

May 12, 2014

Wayne Phillips, 90, of Carlisle passed away at Sullivan County Community Hospital on Monday May 12, 2014. He was born on October 28, 1923 to Ira and Hattie Mathews Phillips. He attended the Paxton School, member of the First Christian Church of Carlisle and was a farmer for most of his life. He was preceded in death by his...

May 10, 2014

James G McGuffie, 71, of Carlisle passed away on Saturday May 10, 2014. He was born in Scottsville KY on December 29, 1942 to Orbin and Lorin (Dalton) McGuffie. James was a 1960 graduate of George Washington High School in Indianapolis, was a grain inspector for the L & L Rail Road, was a member of the Harvest Temple...

May 7, 2014

Betty Jean Sefcik, 52, of Farmersburg passed away in her residence on May 7, 2014. She was born December 5, 1961in Sullivan to James Walter Wilson Sr. and Hallie B Kennedy Wilson. Survivors include her husband James B. Sefcik, daughters Eldie Bea Sefcik, Amber Dawn Sefcik, Carrie Anne Sefcik, son Daniel Levi Sefcik, sister Mable Marie Petty (Gordon), brothers...

Apr 30, 2014

Rhonda L. Byerly Arnett, 58, of Perrysville, and formerly of Sullivan IN, passed away at 12:55 p.m. Wednesday, April 30, 2014 at Terre Haute Regional Hospital. She was born March 7, 1956 to Paul F. Byerly and Claudine Parker Byerly. She was preceded in death by her parents. She had worked at Theodore Rich in Terre Haute, 500 Platolene...

Apr 24, 2014

Norma Tislow Barker, 87, of Carlisle, passed away on April 24, 2014 at Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan. She was born in Knox County on April 14, 1927 to Roy and Maize (Vantlin) Tislow. She was a 1945 graduate of Monroe City High School, had married Jim Barker on February 22, 1948 and a member of Oakland Church of...