OBITUARIES
Local obituaries in Paoli, IN.
Mary Lou (Drake) Tarr
Nov 16, 2024
Mary Lou Tarr, 82, of Paoli, passed away peacefully at home on November 16, 2024. She was born February 18, 1942, in Gary, IN, to Aaron and Minnie Young Drake. She was married to Curtis Brunnworth for 27 years. She married James Tarr on May 16, 1998, and he survives. She was preceded by her parents, Brothers: Robert and...
Samuel Lester Butler
Nov 10, 2024
Samuel Lester Butler, 74, of French Lick, passed away on November 10, 2024, at his home. He was born August 3, 1950, in Shoals, IN to Samuel Roscoe and Minnie Viola Probasco Butler, both of whom preceded him in death. He married Donna Mae Huff on November 16, 1967, and she preceded him. He was also preceded by Brothers:...
Clyde Lane Barnett
Nov 10, 2024
Clyde Lane Barnett, 85, Paoli, IN passed away November 10, 2024, at Springs Valley Meadows. Clyde was born to Frank and Mary Lane Barnett on April 10, 1939. He married Jane Carwile on November 16, 1957. The couple had two daughters Pam Barnett Bond and Tammy Barnett.
Clyde was a 1957 graduate of Paoli High School. He...
Connie J. (Dillard) Crowe
Nov 5, 2024
Connie J. Crowe, 72, of Mitchell, passed away on November 5, 2024, at IU Health Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, IN. She was born February 15, 1952, in Paoli, IN to Charlie and Betty Eickelburger Dillard. She married Terry Crowe on September 4, 1982, and he survives. She was preceded by her mother and grandparents.
Connie was a...
Marilyn Sue (Myers) Crowder
Oct 28, 2024
Marilyn Sue Crowder, 88, passed away October 28, 2024, at her residence in Paoli. She was born November 10, 1935, to Victor and Edith Wade Myers.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sons: Stephen Crowder and Toby Crowder, one sister: Bettie Tanksley, four brothers: Robert Myers, Norman Myers, Donald Myers, and Maurice Myers.
...Logan Wade Weikert
Oct 11, 2024
Logan Wade Weikert, 30, of Paoli, Indiana passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on Friday, October 11, 2024 at his home. Logan was born to Randall and Lori Chastain Weikert on July 18, 1994 in Bedford, Indiana.
Logan was preceded in death by maternal grandfather Rodney Chastain and paternal grandparents Rex Dalton, John and Janet Padgett....
Helen (Long) Magill
Oct 3, 2024
Helen E. Magill, 100, of Orleans, passed away on October 3, 2024, at Paoli Health and Living Community in Paoli, IN. She was born December 2, 1923 in Paoli, IN to Oscar Long and Jennie Jones Long, both of whom preceded her.
Helen was also preceded by:
Husbands: Robert Lindley, Fred Dillard, and Ted Magill....
Anita Gayle (Cope) Laughlin
Sep 22, 2024
Gayle Laughlin passed away peacefully Sunday morning September 22, 2024, at her home. She was born in New Orleans, LA on December 27, 1944, following her father’s discharge from the US Navy (served in WWII Pacific Theater). Growing up in Paoli, Indiana, Gayle began her early education at the Lowe’s one-room country schoolhouse near Young’s Creek. When she was...
Penny (Anderson) Longest
Sep 14, 2024
Penny Anderson Longest, 59, of Paoli, IN, passed away on September 14, 2024 after a long illness.
She was born January 22, 1965 in Paoli, IN to Don C and Carolyn Pridemore Anderson. They preceded her in death.
Penny graduated with the Paoli High School class of 1983.
She retired from Jasper Engines,...
Marietta J. (Busick) Meehan
Sep 10, 2024
Marietta J. Meehan, 88, of Paoli, passed away on September 10th at IU Hospital in Bloomington, IN. She was born June 9, 1936 in Mitchell, IN to Knoeful Busick and Gladys Fields Busick, both of whom preceded her. Marietta was also preceded by her Son, Michael Meehan, Brothers: Bill, Curtis, Robert, Wincel, Allen, Doyle, and Donald "Buck" Busick, and...
Greg A Farlow
Sep 2, 2024
Greg A. Farlow, age 64, of Ponca City, OK passed away on September 2, 2024. He was born on Sept 3, 1959, in Salem, IN to the late Ed and Reba (Hawkins) Farlow. After Greg graduated from Paoli Jr/Sr High school in 1977, he went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Indiana University Southeast.
...Sandra "Sandy" (White) Coble
Jul 26, 2024
Sandra “Sandy” Coble, 78, of Paoli, passed on July 25 at U of L Hospital in Louisville, KY. She was born April 23, 1946, in Mitchell, Indiana, to Edward White and Edith Painter White, both of whom preceded her. She was also preceded by her daughter: Whitney Vanhoy, 2 infant brothers, sisters: Jenny White, Betty Kelley, Shirley Radcliffe, and...
Philip Ray Bosley
Jul 24, 2024
Philip R. Bosley, 91, of Paoli, passed on July 24, 2024. He was born January 20, 1933 in Paoli, Indiana, to Noble Bosley and Hazel Webb, both of whom preceded him. He was also preceded by his brother, William Bosley and sister, Ruth Bosley Ragsdale. He married Madge Berg on August 8, 1954, and she survives.
Phillip...
Perry Dean Stevens
Jul 23, 2024
Perry Dean Stevens, 87, of French Lick, passed on July 23 at his home in French Lick, Indiana. He was born August 25,1936 in Dubois, Indiana, to Perry Franklin Stevens and Bertie Bell Harris, both of whom preceded him. He was also preceded by brothers: Floyd, Bill, Ernie, Kenny, and Robert Lee Stevens, and sisters: Ruby Qualkenbush, Opal Burton,...
Joan Claire (Reamer) Daugherty
Jul 19, 2024
Joan Claire Daugherty, 76, of Carmel, Indiana, passed away on July 19, 2024, from gastric cancer. She was preceded in death by her parents, Virginia A. and Donald M. Reamer of Indianapolis, Indiana. She is survived by her Husband of 51 years, Daniel R. Daugherty. Additionally, she is survived by cousins: Barb Floyd and Kristin Caldwell. She was born...
Juanita (Campbell) Pennington
Jul 18, 2024
Juanita Pennington, 81, of Orleans, IN, passed on July 18 at Salem Crossing Care Facility in Salem, IN. She was born July 13, 1943, in Cincinnati, Ohio to Joseph Campbell and Mary Haley Campbell, both of whom preceded her. She married Raymond Pennington August 16, 1958, and he preceded her December 13, 1998. Juanita was also preceded by her...
Rhea Dawn (Meyer) Cassidy
Jul 8, 2024
" If there ever comes a day where we can't be together keep me in your heart I'll stay there forever"
- Winnie The Pooh
On the evening of July 8, 2024 at 11: 36p.m Rhea Dawn Cassidy (Meyer), aged 56, entered into eternal rest at Majestic Care Nursing Facility located in Bedford Indiana.
...Ronald "Butch" Wayne Newlin
Jun 16, 2024
RONALD WAYNE NEWLIN “Butch” was born February 12, 1940, to Lester and Ida Belle. He married Sharon Wright on March 14, 1964, and she survives him.
They were blessed with their daughter, Stephanie Ann in 1966, and son, Kevin Lee in 1970. Kevin married Missi Warren and they gave Butch his 2 grandsons, Kyle and Travis. (All...
Alice Reid
Jun 15, 2024
Alice M Reid, 91, French Lick, IN passed away Saturday, June 15, 2024. She was born in Paoli on February 14, 1933 to Amos Newlin and Emma Pittman. She was previously married to Tom Reid and he preceded her death.
Alice attended the Paoli Church of the Nazarene and Paoli First Baptist Church. She was employed by...
John William Walls
Jun 6, 2024
John William Walls
August 5, 1931 – June 6, 2024
John Walls, a cherished family man, passed away peacefully on June 6, 2024, in South Bend, Indiana, at the age of 92. Born on August 5, 1931, in Paoli. Indiana to Charles Oscar Walls and Anna Belle (Lambdin) Walls, John lived a life marked by...