May 31, 2011

Matthew L. Campbell, 57, of Connersville, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011, at his residence after an extended illness. Matt was born in Anderson, March 16, 1954, to Frederick R. and Edna H. Morris Campbell. He was a 1972 graduate of Connersville High School. Matt was a cemetery preservationist and operated Pioneer Cemetery Restoration. His interests also included local history and...

May 31, 2011

It is with much sadness and heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved father, son, brother and Papaw B, Gary L. Bailey, age 52. He was born to proud parents Carlin H. and Betty J. Galloway Bailey on January 21, 1959 in Connersville. Lovingly referred to by his Mother as “My Favorite Son,” he gave much joy...

May 31, 2011

Kenneth F. Brock went to be with the Lord Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at the age of 81 years and 10 months. He was born July 6, 1929 to Lewis and Minnie Maness Brock at Grays Knob, Kentucky in Harlan County. He was the third child in a family of eight children. Kenneth left home at the age of 17...

May 16, 2011

Robert E. “Bob” Brack, 85, of Connersville, died Monday morning, May 16, 2011, at his residence. Bob was born October 25, 1925 in Bath Township, Franklin County to Oscar W. and Edna M. Sayers Brack. In 1943, he graduated from Brookville High School and entered the U.S. Army in 1944. While serving as a Staff Sergeant during WW II with...

May 12, 2011

Kenneth D. Neal, 74, of Liberty, died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at his residence. Kenny was born to Cecil and Mildred Scroggins Neal in Findley, Illinois on December 30, 1936. He graduated in 1955 from Sullivan High School and went on to Eureka College to earn his Bachelors Degree. Kenny was married to the former Sandra J. Blackerby in Decatur...

May 10, 2011

Jim Dixon, 78, of Fort Wayne, died Tuesday, May 10, 2011, at Parkview North Hospital in Fort Wayne. He was born February 5, 1933 in Rush County to George and Aletha G. Wilson Dixon and attended Short High School in Liberty. From 1950 until 1953, Jim served aboard the USS Shenandoah with the United States Navy. Upon his discharge, he...

May 9, 2011

Betty J. Winness, 88, of Connersville, died early Monday morning, May 9, 2011, in the emergency room at Fayette Regional Health System. Betty was a Connersville native, born September 9, 1922, to John “Jack” and Charlotte Marie Hanson Winness. In 1940, she graduated from Connersville High School and was employed in the office at American Central. In 1984, she retired...

May 9, 2011

Eunice M. Hurst, 90, of San Diego, California and former Connersville resident, died Monday, May 9, 2011, at Paradise Valley Hospital, National City, California. On August 25, 1920, Eunice was born in Letcher County, Kentucky to Joseph and Rebecca Polly Webb. She graduated from high school in 1938 in Letcher County and married Edwin L. Hurst June 20, 1942 in...

Apr 30, 2011

Nilah L. May, 84, of the Orange community, died Saturday morning, April 30, 2011, in the emergency room at Fayette Regional Health System. Nilah was a native of Orange, born January 9, 1927 to Charles A. and Mable Bever Medd. In 1945, she graduated from Orange High School and was married August 9, 1945 in Greensburg to Robert H. May....

Nov 22, 2010

Arrangements under the direction of Showalter Blackwell Funeral Home, Connersville, IN.

Oct 26, 2010

Arrangements under the direction of Showalter Blackwell Funeral Home, Connersville, IN.

Jun 28, 2002

Woodrow A. DePew, 81, of Oxford, Ohio and formerly of Lead Hill, Arkansas, died Saturday, June 28, 2014, at the Hospice of Butler and Warren County in Franklin, Ohio. He was born in Manchester (Clay County), Kentucky on July 4, 1932, to G. S. and Mattie Evelyn Edwards DePew. Woodrow graduated in 1952 from McGuffey High School in Oxford. On...

Nov 29, 1950

Korean War veteran, Corporal Gerald Ivan “Bud” Shepler, 20, went missing in Korea on November 29. 1950. He was a paratrooper with U.S. Army Company K, 3rd Battalion, 187th Airbourne Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. On that day according to the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, he was the lead scout on a reconnaissance patrol when they encountered an enemy ambush...

Janet K. (May) Jordan, 83, of Connersville, died Friday afternoon, February 17, 2017, at Premier Healthcare in Connersville. A Fayette County native, Janet was the daughter of Gilbert and Mildred (Shera) May born May 13, 1933. She was a 1951 graduate of the former Orange High School and was a member of Grace United Methodist Church. On March 13, 1953,...

David W. Jarvis, 72, of Connersville, died Sunday, January 11, 2015 at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. A Richmond native, David was born December 10, 1942 to William Carmel and Janet Moore Jarvis and attended Richmond area schools. On November 29, 1964, he was married in Richmond to the former Phylliss Newton. David retired from Schrock Cabinet Company in Richmond...

Allan Bradley Mason, 69, of Connersville, died Tuesday morning, March 18, 2014, at the Veterans Administration Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio. “Brad” was a Connersville native, born May 31, 1944 the third of five children of Lloyd Cecil and Virginia A. Jones Mason. He was a 1965 graduate of Connersville High School and was a member of the Columbia United Methodist...

Loretta Sue Steele, 58, of Connersville, died Friday morning, September 8, 2017, at Premier Healthcare West. Loretta was born in Connersville, May 29, 1959, the only child of Hershel and Delma Harrison Steele. She had suffered with health problems from an early age and resided at Premier Healthcare and its predecessors for most of her life. She was a member...

Arrangements under the direction of Showalter Blackwell Long Funeral Home, Connersville, IN.

Ellen J. Hires, 80, of Connersville, died Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at Premier Healthcare of Connersville. A Fayette County native, Ellen was born May 12, 1936 to Frank Price and Jean Margaret Duncan Shafer. On June 24, 1972, she was married in Bentonville to Cedric L. Hires. Together they had owned and operated a dairy farm near Fairview. Ellen was...

Robert L Nick, 78, of the Everton community died Friday evening, March 9, 2018, at his residence. He was born May 28, 1939 in Bell County, Kentucky the youngest of nine children of Charles D. and Flora Allen Nick. Robert attended school in Kentucky and later at Connersville High School. He had been employed at Design and Manufacturing until it...