Last Name: Abbott
First Name: William
Middle Name/Initial: B
Maiden Name:
Date of Death: 10/14/1999
Birth Date: 10/14/1930
Spouse: Peggy L. Close on Nov 12, 1954 in Spencer
Survived By: Wife. Won William A. Abbott.
Daughters Linda K. Campbell, Karen F. Anderson,
Denise G. Scerf. . Sister Carrie E. Parks of Mesa,
Ariz. 7 grandchildren.
Other: AGE 69. Carlisle Chapel (Rev. Gene Young officiating)
Buried White Lick cemetery. Parents William M> & Olive
Egnor Abbott. Grad Spencer HS l948, Purdue U 1952. Civil
engineer. Involved in town affairs.
Date of Death Note: at his home
Last Name: Abney
First Name: Nettie
Middle Name/Initial: B
Maiden Name: Riddle
Date of Death: 9/21/1999
Birth Date: 11/22/1914
Spouse: Dewey Abney (dec)
Survived By: children Joyce Richards, Nelda Davis, Hazel
Haney Doris F. Euganks Harp. Brothers Granville & Baker Riddle
Sister Ovie Williams 11 grand & 17 great grandchldren l great
grandchild
Other: AGE 84. Flanner Buchanan Decatur Twp mortuary. Buried
West Newton cemetery. Times;Date of Death Note: at Community S;
Date of Birth Note: at Bloomington
Last Name: Allen
First Name: Florence
Middle Name/Initial: R
Maiden Name: Phillips
Date of Death: 3/17/1999
Birth Date: 9/25/1904
Spouse: Ray I. Allen Nov 29, 1922 (he died Aug. 14, 2000, from injuries received in an auto accident on Blue Bluff Road.
She was the daughter of the late Mark E. Crouch. Her mother and stepfather, Beverly and Sam Houston, survive.
A son, Isaiah Joseph Edwin Sherfick, also survives.
The service will be 11 a.m. Thursday at Costin Funeral Chapel.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral chapel.
More information on her life will be published when available.
Riley Rancy
Riley Prince Rancy, 85, of Nineveh, born Oct. 25, 1914, in Hartford, Ky. She married Floyd Rancy Nov. 9. 1964. He survives at a nursing home in Martinsville.
In her younger years, Mrs. Rancy worked as a telephone operator and cafeteria manager. In the 1950s, she worked with her husband in the development phase of what is now the town of Prince's Lakes. Later she worked in Franklin as a pattern maker for Beaunit Mills and Kajee. She retired around 1979. After retirement, her interests centered on family and gardening.
She was a member of the Nineveh Christian Church and attended the Franklin Church of the Nazarene.
Other survivors include a son, James Boswell of Nineveh; a daughter, Patsy Griner of Franklin; one sister, Hazel Hullette of Louisville, Ky.; four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.
Also surviving are stepchildren, Robert Raney, Indiana; Nathan Raney, Tennessee; Marybelle Kirk, Martinsville; Martha Kelly and Ruth Cole, both of Indiana; Marlin Prince of Franklin, Ruby Alice Brown of Oakland City; Donald Prince of Midlothian, Texas; Carolyn Prince and Joan Lattimore, both of Prince's Lakes; many stepgrandchildren and great-stepgrandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her first husband, Marvin Boswell in 1938, and her second husband, Howard Prince in 1962. One brother and two sisters also preceded her in death.
The service will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at Flinn & Maguire Funeral Home in Franklin. Pastor Herschel Woodburn will officiate. Burial will be at Greenlawn Cemetery in Franklin.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 o'clock today at the funeral home.
Tristin Smith
Tristin Lee Smith, infant, was stillborn Aug. 10, 2000, in the Morgan County Memorial Hospital Emergency Room.
The father is R. Lee Smith and the mother is Kristin N. Hoffman.
Surviving besides the parents are grandparents, Debbie and Phillip Kipper of Gosport, Ben and Becky Hoffman of Bloomington, Libby and Jim Spears of Lebanon, Tenn., and Raymond and Kathy Smith of Martinsville; and great-grandparents, Lois and Ed Grogan, Riley and Joan Hoffman of Terre Haute, Virginia McMurtry of Tennessee, and the late James McMurtry and Pete and Ruth Smith.
Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Costin Funeral Chapel.
William Bridges
William Gail Bridges, 82, a longtime resident of Bargersville, Cemetery in Bargersville.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 o'clock today at the funeral chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to Providence Christian Church, 4080 W. 100 N., Bargersville, IN 46106.
Addie Beasley
Addie Gammon Beasley, 80, of Mooresville, died from natural causes May 6, 1999, at his residence. He was a former resident of Camby.
Born Aug. 13, 1935, in Maywood, he was the son of William Lee and Daisy Burnette (Thompson) Beasley. He married Hazel A. "Sam" Blackburn Feb. 10, 1990. She survives in Mooresville.
Beasley was a 1953 graduate of Decatur Central High School. He retired in 1994 after 40 years as a project coordinator in the Dry Products Department of Eli Lily & Co.
He was a member of the Speedway American Legion, Amo Conservation Bird Dog Club and APEX.
He was a member of the U.S. Army National Guard.
Other survivors include a son, Ronald W. Beasley of Camby; a stepson, David A. Holocher of Indianapolis; a brother, Robert D. Beasley of Camby; two stepsisters, Glendolyn Ferguson of Indianapolis and Audry Hagee of Mooresville; and three grandsons, Zachary W. and Samuel W. Beasley and Andrew M. Woods.
Two half brothers, Eugene and Joseph Wing, and a half sister, Crystal M. Smith, preceded him in death.
The service will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Carlisle & Son Funeral Chapel in Mooresville. The Rev. Charles Paxton will officiate. Burial will be in West Newton Cemetery at West Newton.
Friends may call from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday and one hour prior to service Saturday at the funeral chapel.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, Morgan County Unit, P.O. Box 1127, Martinsville, IN 46151.
Muriel E. Musgrave
Muriel E. Musgrave, 96, of Martinsville, born Jan. 4, 1903, in Morgan County. She married John Ernest Musgrave in November 1927. He died May 5, 1999, following a lengthy illness.
The daughter of Walter E. and Lona Mae (Niverson) Mills, she was died from natural causes May 6, 1999, at her residence. She was a former resident of Indianapolis.
The daughter of Eulis and Ada (Cherry) Cross, she was Interment will be at Chambersville Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Monroe County Cancer Society or to the Bloomington Hospice.
