Obituaries
Remembering Loved Ones – Holmes Memorial Chapel Obituaries

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Jan 16, 2012
Sullivan IN, Roy "Moe" Parsons, 80, of Sullivan, passed away on Jan 16, 2012 in Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan. He was born on July 22, 1931 to Gilbert Parsons and Janette Dudley Parsons. He was a 1949 graduate of Graysville High School, and had retired from REMC and CDI as a carpenter. He was a member of the...
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Jan 12, 2012
Gene Carty, age 85, of Findlay, Ohio passed away at noon on Thursday, January, 12, 2012 at Blanchard Valley Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born on February 8, 1926 in Sullivan, Indiana to William and Edna Carty. Gene married the love of his life, Sharon Lee Ford, on November 26, 1949, and she survives him. He...

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Jan 9, 2012
Denzil M. Walters, 90, of Sullivan passed away at 12:30AM, January 9, 2012 in Hymera at the home of his daughter. He was born May 5, 1921, in Sullivan County, to Daniel and Stella Deckard Walters. He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Cecilia Pearson Walters in 1978, sisters Susie Thomas and Edith Olson, and brothers...

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Jan 1, 2012
Shelburn, IN Norman B. Hayes, 90, of Shelburn went home to be with his Lord at 6:17am, January 1, 2012 in his residence. Norman was born May 16, 1921 in Shelburn to James "Buck" Hayes and Nellie Lewis Hayes. He is survived by his wife of 66 years Elizabeth Day Hayes, a son Jim Hayes (Rita) of Terre Haute,...

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Dec 31, 2011
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Shirley Cox, 77, of Sullivan, IN, went home to be with the Lord on December 31, 2011, at 6:17p.m. in Sullivan County Community Hospital . She was born in Linton, IN, on December 17, 1934, to Jake Jarmon and Tillie Mullis Jarmon . Shirley was a 1954 graduate of Linton Stockton High School and was...

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Dec 24, 2011
Durward Holladay, 57 of Hymera IN, passed away at Riverview Hospital in Noblesville IN on Saturday December 24, 2011 at 7:57 p.m. He was born on September 6, 1954 in Sullivan Mary Sherman Hospital to David Holladay and Shirley Feltrop Holladay, who preceded him in death. He is survived by his wife Sherry Sluder Holladay, who was his soul...
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Dec 16, 2011
Earl Clifford Chambers, 85, formerly of Sullivan county, passed away December 16, 2011 in Exceptional Living Center, in Brazil Indiana. Cliff as he was known by friends and family, was born April 19, 1926 to George and Clege Chambers. He was a sub-contractor for many years of his life. He was an avid outdoors man, where he enjoyed hunting...

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Nov 23, 2011
Carlisle, IN Robert "Bob" Nicol, 67, of Carlisle, passed away at 2:43 p.m. Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at the Sullivan County Community Hospital. He was born October 14, 1944 in Sullivan County to Walter Nicol and Daisy White Nicol. The 1962 graduate of Carlisle High School and 1964 graduate of Vincennes University was an electronic technician retired from the...

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Nov 20, 2011
Linton IN Jimmy Wayne Hollon, 56, of Linton IN formerly of Sullivan passed away Sunday, November 20, 2011 at Indiana University Hospital in Indianapolis IN. He was born on May 4, 1955 to Robert S. Hollon and LaVella Minor Hollon in Petersburg IN. Jimmy was a 1973 Graduate of Sullivan High school, a Correctional Officer in the Lawrenceville Correctional...

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Nov 14, 2011
Farmersburg, IN Opal Madge Quick,93, formerly of Farmersburg, went home to be with her Jesus at 10:50AM at the Plainfield Healthcare Center in Plainfield, IN. She was born January 26, 1918 in Connersville, IN to Ray Miller and Alta Ester Donica Miller. She is survived by a daughter Rev. Karol Popoff (Tim deceased), three sons Keith "Buck" Quick (Mary...
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Nov 11, 2011
Carlisle, IN James W."Jim" Barker, 82, of Carlisle passed away on Friday, November 11,2011, at 4:10PM in his residence. He was born December 3, 1928 in Sullivan County to Cecil Barker and Edith Adams Barker. He is survived by wife Norma Tislow Barker, a sister Nancy Bennie of Nashville, TN., adopted son Travis Barker, and two grandchildren Holly Wessol,...

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Nov 10, 2011
Sullivan IN, Juanita Hoesman, 85, of Sullivan, passed away at 5:45pm on Thursday November 10, 2011 in Sullivan County Community Hospital. The 1945 graduate of New Lebanon High School was born to Orval O. Garrard and Bessie M. Wolfe Garrard. Juanita was happy and content to be a homemaker, mother and working outside in the yard and on the...

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Nov 8, 2011
Farmersburg, IN Nila Jeanne Stuck Kosco, 67, of Farmersburg, entered Heaven's glory on November 8, 2011 at home surrounded by her family after a courageous battle with gallbladder cancer. She was born March 27, 1944 in Linton, to Denzel "Pete" Stuck and Esther Ault Stuck. She married her high school sweetheart Andrew "Skip" Kosco on August 11, 1962 and...

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Nov 6, 2011
Sullivan IN Caroline Banther, 87, of Sullivan, passed away Sunday, November 6, 2011 at Breckenridge Health and Rehabilitation Center. The 1942 graduate of Merom High School was born in Riverton on August 5, 1924 to Harlan "Hutch" Taylor and Ruth Nelson Taylor. Caroline was a member of the First Christian Church of Sullivan. She was preceded in death by...

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Nov 1, 2011
Sullivan IN Cleo Mae Howard , 94 of Sullivan, passed away at 5:35AM, on Tuesday November 1, 2011 in Millers Merry Manor in Sullivan. She was born January 15, 1917, in Sullivan to Garnet and Anna Hoban Rilenge. She was preceded in death by her husband Edward Roy "Pete" Howard in 2010, a son Jerry Lee Deakins, daughter Carolyn...
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Oct 21, 2011
Shelburn, IN William Roscoe Metheny, of Shelburn, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on October 21, 2011, at 3:43PM in the Sullivan County Community Hospital. He was born November 26, 1929 in Farmersburg, IN., to Orvale and Pearl Thompson Metheny. He was preceded in death by his parents, his first wife Sylvia, sons Joseph and Mitchell,...
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Oct 18, 2011
Sullivan, IN Nelle B. Power, 95, of Sullivan passed away Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at Millers Merry Manor, Sullivan. She was born February 7, 1916 in Merom to Daniel Pirtle and Serena Funk Pirtle. She was a retired from the Roots Department Store as a Sales Clerk. She was preceded in death by her husband George Power in 2004...

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Oct 12, 2011
Carlisle, IN Billy Ray Zaayer, 65, of Carlisle passed away Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at the Methodist Hospital, Indianapolis. The 1964 graduate of Dugger High School was born February 24, 1946 in Sullivan to Herbert Zaayer and Faye Williams Zaayer. He was a retired from the pipefitters and was a member of the Pipefitters Local 157 at Terre Haute....

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Oct 8, 2011
Sullivan, IN Margaret Lucille Drake, 91, of Fairbanks, passed away at 10:30 am Saturday, October 8, 2011 at Breckenridge Healthcare in Sullivan, IN. She was born in York, IL . October 16, 1919 to Ernie Holmes and Ruby Nichols Holmes. She was a graduate of Fairbanks High School in 1938. She was preceded in death by her husband Dean...
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Oct 3, 2011
James Allen Cox, 51, of Sullivan passed away at his residence on October 3, 2011. He was born November 22, 1959 in New Riegel, OH to Richard Lee Cox and Martha Ellen Spaulding Cox. He is survived by his parents, a brother Daniel Wayne Cox (Vanita) of Criple Creek, Co., and sisters Nancy Ann Ault (Robert) Frankfort, KY, Linda...