Obituaries
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Howard C. Jackson
Jan 12, 2020
Life story Howard Clay Jackson, Jr., M.D., age 89, of Madison, Indiana, passed away on Sunday, January 12, 2020, at Thornton Terrace Health Campus in Hanover, Indiana. He was born October 31, 1930 in Rockport, Indiana to Howard and Dona (Stuteville) Jackson. He grew up in Rockport and was a 1948 graduate of Rockport High School. He attended Indiana State...
Sean Lyle Gilley
Jan 8, 2020
Life story Sean Lyle Gilley, age 60, of Columbus, Ohio, and the son of the late Lowell and Doris (Bladen) Gilley, was born on March 16, 1959, in Richmond, Virginia. He attended Lafayette High School, in Lexington, Kentucky and a number of universities in the area of information technology. Sean was a musician who could play almost any instrument as...
Wj Turner
Dec 28, 2019
Life story Mr. WJ Turner, age 79, of Madison, Indiana, and the son of the late Tole and Georgia (Higgins) Turner, was born May 18, 1940, in Garrard, Kentucky. He was united in matrimony to Dessie Turner on May 23, 1958 in Cumberland, Indiana. He retired from Credance Contractors as a superintendent. He enjoyed boating, fishing, and collecting. He cherished...
Terry Eugene Dutton
Dec 19, 2019
Life story Mr. Terry Eugene Dutton, 70, of Aurora, Indiana, and son of Orlan and Vivian (Farrar) Dutton, was born May 7, 1949, in Vincennes, IN. He entered the Marines in 1968. In 1970, he was discharged to the reserves achieving the rank of Corporal and receiving the Purple Heart. He was united in matrimony to the former Diana Phelps...
Dorothy (Darnall) Jones
Dec 13, 2019
Life story SERVICES HAVE BEEN POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS Dorothy Darnall Jones was born in Wabash, Indiana November 26, 1927 to Maynard Carver and Edna Hunt Darnall. The family moved to Crawfordsville, Indiana in August of 1928 where Maynard Darnall was Principal of Crawfordsville High School and then became superintendent of the School City of Crawfordsville in 1930. Mrs. Jones...
Beverly A. Boldery
Nov 30, 2019
Life story Mrs. Beverly A. Boldery, age 81, of Bedford, Kentucky, and the daughter of the late Herschel and Isabel (Troop) Spurling, was born on April 13, 1938, in Louisville, Kentucky. Throughout her life, she was a homemaker. Mrs. Boldery passed away on Saturday, November 30, 2019 at Baptist Health La Grange Hospital in La Grange, Kentucky. She was blessed...
Jennifer Jo Massie
Nov 30, 2019
Life story Jennifer Jo Massie, 43, of North Vernon, Indiana, and the daughter of Kenneth and Linda (Hyden) Massie, was born October 20, 1976, in Madison, Indiana. She was formerly a cook at Hanover Nursing Center. She moved to North Vernon in 2014 and loved to go fishing, enjoyed camping and watching movies with Julie. Ms. Massie passed away Saturday,...
Joseph O. Bucceri
Nov 29, 2019
Life story Joseph O. Bucceri Jr., age 67, of Madison, Indiana, and the son of the late Joseph and Vergie (Boone) Bucceri, Sr., was born on April 23, 1952, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was the manager for a moving and storage company for many years and enjoying playing the bass guitar in different bands in St. Louis. Mr. Bucceri...
Gerald Lee Purvis
Nov 29, 2019
Life story Mr. Gerald Lee "Gary" Purvis, 62, of Columbus, Indiana, formerly of Trimble County, Kentucky and son of the late Herbert and Rosemary (Jones) Purvis, was born January 4, 1957, in Madison, Indiana. He was united in matrimony to the former Carolyn Brooks. He was retired from the Laborers' International Union Local 741 in Columbus and enjoyed the outdoors...
Junior Lee Grimes
Nov 27, 2019
Life story Junior Lee Grimes, age 86, of Madison, Indiana, and son of the late Logan and Lena (Hart) Grimes, was born on June 5, 1933, in Madison. On January 1, 1951, Mr. Grimes enlisted in the United States Air Force during which he served in the Korean Conflict. He worked at Campbells Restaurant, the Madison Post Office and Sandstone...
Vera May (Jones) Cheatham
Nov 19, 2019
Life story Mrs. Vera May Cheatham, age 92, of Madison, Indiana, and the daughter of the late Edward and Nellie (Dunn) Jones, was born May 26, 1927, in Vevay, Indiana. She graduated from Madison High School in 1945. Vera was a former employee of the Madison State Hospital, and Conn Organ as well as performing cleaning services, and babysitting/childcare services...
Robert Dirk Cheatham
Nov 15, 2019
Life story Robert "Dirk" Cheatham, age 64, of Madison, Indiana, and the son of the late Robert "Buck" and Nancy Lou (Slider) Cheatham, was born on January 20, 1955, in Madison. He graduated from Madison High School and attended Indiana University. He was united in marriage to the former Nancy LaVerne Jester on March 24, 2000 in Carrollton, Kentucky. He...
Carol H. (Humphreys) Chasteen
Nov 1, 2019
Life story Carol H. "Dolly" Chasteen, age 76, of Madison, Indiana, and the daughter of the late Leslie and Beatrice (Moseley) Humphreys, was born on December 12, 1942, in Gary, Indiana. Since 1985, she had lived in Apopka, Florida but in 2012, she moved to Madison to be closer to her daughter. She retired from AT&T Telephone where she was...
Verna V. Cornett
Oct 31, 2019
Life story Verna V. Cornett, age 68, of Dupont, Indiana, and daughter of the late Noah and Zola (Tyree) Cornett, was born November 5, 1950, in Whitesburg, Kentucky. Prior to retirement, she was a cook at the Clifty Inn Restaurant. Mrs. Cornett passed away on Thursday, October 31, 2019 at the King's Daughters' Hospital in Madison, Indiana. Her life will...
Roger Gallatin
Oct 27, 2019
Life story Carl Roger Gallatin, age 80 of Madison, Indiana and Fort Myers, Florida, died Sunday, October 27, 2019 in Madison. He was born on April 21, 1939 in Sorento, Illinois to John and Delene (Sharp) Gallatin, who preceded him in death. As a 1957 graduate of Granville Wells High School in Jamestown, Indiana, he went on to Indiana State...
Jon Arthur Tucker
Oct 16, 2019
Life story Jon Arthur Tucker, 64, of Madison, Indiana, and son of the late EJ and Gertrude (Holcomb) Tucker, was born June 5, 1955 in Greensburg, Indiana. He graduated from Jennings County, Indiana, High School in 1973 and joined the United States Army in August of that year in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division...
Mark A. Davis
Oct 10, 2019
Life story Mark A. Davis, age 57, of Madison, Indiana, and the son of the late James E. and Linda Lou (Robbins) Davis, was born February 18, 1962, in Madison. He grew up in Carrollton, Kentucky where he resided most of his life until 2006. He served his country in Desert Storm, Desert Shield, and Afghanistan. He was united in...
Bobbie (Scott) Jo
Oct 7, 2019
Life story Bobbie Jo Scott, 53, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, and daughter of the late Robert and Linda (Perry) Scott, was born February 6, 1966, in Madison, Indiana. She enjoyed doing her puzzle books, shopping, and being with her family watching the Sci-Fi channel and CSI. She was a member of the Broadway Baptist Church in Madison and loved the Lord....
B. C. Morton
Oct 5, 2019
Life story B.C. Morton, age 79, of Madison, Indiana, and the son of the late Burton Joseph and Esther (Keim) Morton, was born January 7, 1940, in Erie, Pennsylvania. During his high school years, his family moved to Louisville, Kentucky where he was a 1957 graduate of Saint Xavier High School. He attended Bellarmine College from 1957 to 1960 and...
Madison Mayor Damon Lee Welch
Sep 25, 2019
Life story "I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day... and not only me, but also to all who have longed for His appearing." II Timothy 4:7-8 Mayor...
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