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Stanley Waggoner
The Reverend Stanley D. Waggoner died Wednesday, March 15, 2000, in Indianapolis. A resident of Martinsville, he was 43.
Mr. Waggoner was born February 16, 1957, in Indianapolis to Paul Steven Waggoner and Gloria D. Hannah Waggoner. His mother survives in Martinsville.
He and Jennifer L. Yount were married November 22, 1991. She survives.
Mr. Waggoner was minister of music and associate pastor at Joy In Living Christian Center in Martinsville. He had also worked as a driver and yardman for Indy Steel Erectors in Indianapolis.
Mr. Waggoner was an ordained minister of the Association of Faith Churches and Ministers based in Branson, Missouri.
He was graduated from Indian Creek High School in 1975.
Other survivors include two sons, Brian Reel and Steven Reel, both of Martinsville; three daughters, Lisa Reel, Stevi Waggoner and Lara Waggoner, all of Martinsville; and three brothers, M. Ed Waggoner and Timmy B. Waggoner, both of Martinsville and Teddy A. Waggoner of Mooresville.
Additionally, Mr. Waggoner is survived by several cousins in Brown County.
A service was conducted Saturday afternoon, March 18, at the Joy In Living Christian Center near Martinsville.
Burial was in Morgan County’s Nebo Memorial Park.
IU’s Herman B. Wells had Brown County ties
Herman B Wells, an educational visionary who helped transform Indiana University into an internationally recognized center of research and scholarship and the only person in its 179-year history to lead it three times, died quietly at his home in Bloomington late Saturday, March 18. He was 97.
Mr. Wells was a charter member of the Brown County Historical Society and also lived in the old Ada Walter Shulz cabin on Jefferson Street for several years.
And Mr. Wells was friendly with early Brown County artists.
Always having a keen interest in art and music, Mr. Wells enjoyed socializing with the artists while he lived in the county.
Later, Mr. Wells, as president of Indiana University, promoted the Brown County art colony.
While with the university, Mr. Wells brought students to Brown County for weekend jaunts.
Local artist L.Von Williamson recalled delivering newspapers to Mr. Walls in the 1930s.
"I had to really throw the papers," Mr. Williamson said, "because he had a mean dog."
Born in Jamestown June 7, 1902, Mr. Wells was the only child of a banker, Joseph Granville Wells, and his wife, Anna Bernice Harting Wells, a former teacher.
His mother came from a family of nine children, all of whom had middle names beginning with B. "This tradition, though somewhat diminished by my parents’ inability to agree on a name, resulted in the ‘B’ that is the whole of my middle name," Mr. Wells explained in his autobiography, Being Lucky.
The family later moved to Lebanon, where Mr. Wells was active in high school, graduating in the top 10 percent of his class.
He attended the University of Illinois, but transferred to Indiana University after one year, earning a bachelor of science degree in business administration in 1924.
He spent a year working as assistant cashier at a Lebanon bank, which was followed by graduate study at the University of Wiscon-sin and Indiana University. He completed a master of arts degree in economics at Indiana University in 1927.
Afterwards, Mr. Wells accepted a position as field secretary with the Indiana Bankers Association, and he worked for the organization during 1928-31.
In 1930, Mr. Wells was an economics instructor at Indiana University.
From 1931 to 1933, he was secretary and research director of the Study Commission for Indiana Financial Institutions and played a major role in the rewriting of Indiana’s state banking laws.
Three years later, he accepted a post as assistant professor of economics at Indiana University, but went on leave to work as supervisor of the state’s Division of Banks and Trust Companies and the Division of Research and Statistics in the Department of Financial Institu-tions.
In 1935, Mr. Wells accepted and began a career in academic administration that spanned four decades.
He initially served as Indiana University’s acting president in 1937-38, as Indiana University president between 1938 and 1962, and as interim president for three months in 1968.
Since 1962, Mr. Wells served as the university’s chancellor.
Among those Wells encouraged to join the Indiana University faculty were Nobel Prize-winner Hermann J. Muller; another landmark geneticist, Tracy M. Sonneborn; and Dr. Harris B. Shumacker Jr., a pioneer in heart surgery.
Mr. Wells was appointed to the Carnegie Foundation for the Ad-vancement of Teaching, the Ameri-can Council on Education, the Association of Land Grant Colleges and Universities, and the National Association of State Universities. He already had been named one of "America’s Ten Outstanding Young Men of 1939" by the U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce.
His opportunity for international service came at the end of World War II, when he was appointed a special adviser on liberated areas for the U.S. Department of State and a minister of the Allied missions.
In 1957, he was chosen as a U.S. delegate to the 12th General Assembly of the United Nations.
Mr. Wells’ other international activities included advisory roles with UNESCO, as head of the U.S. delegation to Bangkok for the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Preparatory Commission on University Problems, and as a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in 1969.
His service to foreign governments earned him the Comman-der’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1960; the Thailand Government Award of Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant in 1962; and the Thailand Knight Commander (Second Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown in 1968.
In 1962 he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree. Other honorary degrees were awarded by the universities of Notre Dame, Columbia, Ohio State and California.
Mr. Wells received the B’nai B’rith Great American Traditions Award; the first Excellence in Education Lifetime Achievement Award from the Sons of the American Revolution; the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Greater Bloomington Chamber of Com-merce; and six prestigious Saga-more of the Wabash designations.
On December 11, 1998, Indiana Governor Frank O’Bannon honored Mr. Wells as a "Hoosier Millen-nium Treasure".
In recent months, Mr. Wells suffered from heart problems which ultimately led to his death.
A service will start at 11 a.m. today, Wednesday, March 22, at the First United Methodist Church of Bloomington. A private interment will be held in Jamestown.
At the chancellor’s request,in lieu of flowers, mourners should instead make a gift either to a favorite church or charity or to the Herman B Wells Acquisition Fund at the Indiana University Main Library, c/o Indiana University Foundation, Showalter House, P.O. Box 500, Bloomington, IN 47402.
Ronnie Dykes
Ronnie Dykes, the brother of Morgantown resident Bonnie Bevins, died Tuesday, March 21, 2000, at his sister’s home in Bloomington. He was 46.
The son of Raymond and Della Barnes Dykes, he was born July 7, 1953 in Shelbyville.
He was a construction worker.
Vandora Burns Montgomery
Vandora Burns Montgomery the mother of Nashville residents Jim and Cathy Burns, died Sunday, March 12, 2000, at the Evergreens Nursing Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.
She was 87.
She was born in Greene County and attended nursing school at Union Hospital in Terre Haute where she later worked as a registered nurse.
She enjoyed golf, gardening, reading and, after a 35-year absence, returned to nursing.
She lived in Nashville for several years, spending winters in Florida. She moved to Englewood, Florida in 1987.
Helen G. Sichting
Morgantown resident Helen G. Sichting died Friday, March 24, 2000, at Morgan County Memorial Hospital. She was 83.
Mrs. Sichting was born December 3, 1916, in Morgan County to Eugene and Lona F. Ennis Burns.
She and James Elmer Sichting were married June 1, 1935 in Morgan County. He preceded her in death May 10, 1967.
A homemaker, Mrs. Sichting had been a member of the Morgantown United Methodist Church for more than 50 years.
She loved gardening and growing African Violets. She also enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
Russell E. "Rusty" Vogel
Nineveh resident Russell E. "Rusty" Vogel, 67, died Wednesday, March 22, 2000 at Richard L. Roudebush VA Medical Center in Indianapolis.
Mr. Vogel was born in Beech Grove on April 29, 1932.
He married Pamela Jo Kirk on May 5, 1979 in Kentucky. She survives.
Mr. Vogel was employed for several years by Local 758 United Brotherhood of Carpenters in Indianapolis as a superintendent, retiring in 1997.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean Conflict.
Minnis Wiley
Colonel Minnis Joe Wiley,of Mooresville, died Saturday, March 18, 2000 at West Central Community Hospital in Clinton.
He was 72.
Born April 25, 1927, in Newport Tennessee, he was the son of Bee and Ethel Burke Wiley.
He and Gladys Roberts were married on December 23, 1950. She survives.
He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict.
Mr. Wiley was employed as a millwright for Diamond Chain in Indianapolis for 28 years, retiring in 1995.
He was an auctioneer for Rockville Sale Barn in Rockville and other central Indiana sale barns and a 48-year member of Masonic Lodge 669 in Indianapolis.
Lena Boyer
Lena Boyer, mother of Nashville resident Mildred Hennessey, died Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at Beverly Health Care in Bloomington. A resident of that city, she was 95.
She was born August 15, 1904, in Randolph County, Alabama, to James Wiley and Indiana Frances Bailey Barton.
She was a homemaker and member of North Central Church of Christ in Bloomington.
Harry Ellis
Helmsburg resident Harry Ellis died Thursday, April 27, 2000, at his residence. He was 78.
Mr. Ellis was born May 21, 1921, in Indianapolis to John and Grace Cook Ellis.
He and Pauline Robinson were married on June 2, 1943. She survives.
Mr. Ellis was retired from Loveless Trucking in Indianapolis. He was employed at the Brown County State Park for 19 years.
Mr. Ellis served in the Army during World War II.
He was a member of St. Agnes Catholic Church and Teamster's Union Local 135.
Gary Fike
Woodland Lake Road resident Gary A. Fike died Tuesday, April 25, 2000, at Johnson Memorial Hospital in Franklin. He was 46.
Mr. Fike was born July 28, 1953, in Indianapolis to Clarence E. and Betty J. Edwards Fike, both who survive.
He married Sandra D. Patrick on April 27, 1996, in Nashville. She also survives.
Mr. Fike owned and operated Fike Enterprise, building custom-made furniture for the past eight years. Prior to that, he worked in auto body repair in the Lebanon area.
He was a 1971 graduate of Brownsburg High School and attended Vincennes University for one year.
Mr. Fike attended New Life Community Church.
He played the guitar and loved music. He was always willing to help others.
Edith Kemp
Brown County native Edith A. Kemp died Wednesday, April 26, 2000, at Methodist Transitional Care Unit. A resident of Franklin, she was 63.
She was born October 31, 1936, in Brown County to Floyd and Bonnie Jacobs Walker.
She attended Helmsburg High School.
She married Samuel Kemp on April 10, 1953, in Brown County. He survives.
Mrs. Kemp was employed at Circle K Farm as secretary and treasurer and helped on the family farm. She also was a homemaker.
A member of Bean Blossom Mennonite Church, Mrs. Kemp also belonged to the American Quarter Horse Association, National Cutting Horse Association and the American Paint Horse Association.
She was a former member of the Brown County Rough Riders, Johnson County Boots and Saddle clubs and the Ding-a-ling Square Dance Club.
Barbara Bessire Kerr
Barbara Bessire Kerr, an author and a Nashville native, died Monday, May 1, 2000 at her home in Parkview addition after an extended illness. She was 58.
Ms. Kerr's work career covered a broad and eclectic spectrum of social activism and writing.
Beginning in her senior year at Nashville High School she served as a correspondent for the Columbus Evening Republican (now The Republic). In later years, she contributed to national magazines and to Chicago daily newspapers.
Most recently she wrote news and feature stories for the Brown County Democrat.
During the 1960s, Ms. Kerr was active in the civil rights movement.
Her non-fiction book, "Strong at the Broken Places", was published in 1974. It recounted the stories of six "women who have survived drugs" and was hailed as a major feminist statement.
After resettling in Brown County in the 1980s, she was active for 15 years in the fellowship of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Throughout the 1990s, she was station manager of WIIB-TV for which she also produced news and current-events programming.
Born in 1941, Ms. Kerr was the daughter of William and Grace Tracy Bessire, both now deceased.
Survivors include a son, David William Scot Kerr of St. Louis, Missouri; a brother, William Jed Bessire of Nashville, and three granddaughters.
JoAnna Lombardo
JoAnna Wallerstedt-Wehrle-Lombardo died Thursday, April 27, 2000 at her residence on Stray Deer Lane.
Mrs. Lombardo, 55, had battled ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's Disease, for several years.
She was born September 14, 1944 in Columbus to George and Anna Wheel-don Wallerstedt.
A member of St. Agnes Cath-olic Church, Mrs. Lombardo had been a writer, bookkeeper, employment counselor and executive secretary.
She spent 20 years as a children's day care president and pre-school teacher.
