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Maridell D. Waymire
Mar 2, 2024
Maridell D. Waymire, 76 of Lexington, Indiana passed away on Saturday, March 2, 2024. She was born on August 19, 1947 in Scottsburg, Indiana, to the late Clifford Denton and Dorothy (Blount) Denton. On October 27, 1978 she married Melvin L. (Butch) Waymire, and he preceded her in death in 2003. Maridell was a homemaker. She enjoyed genealogy, flower...
Irene (Miller) Schlabach
Feb 29, 2024
Irene (Miller) Schlabach 77 years 11 months and 12 days of Lexington, Indiana passed away peacefully on February 29,2024 at her home surrounded by her family.
She was born in Plain City, Ohio on March 17, 1946, to the late Wallace and Martha (Plank) Miller.
Left to cherish her memory are:
Husband, Jonas...
Charlotte Lee Roberts
Feb 29, 2024
Charlotte Lee Roberts, 93, of Lexington, Indiana passed away on Thursday, February 29, 2024 at Scott Memorial Hospital in Scottsburg, Indiana. She was born on October 30, 1930 in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, to the late Charles Miller and Lois (Walden) Miller Rutherford. She was a lifetime member of Bethel Baptist Church of Leota and a former employee of...
Ervin E. Beswick
Feb 28, 2024
Ervin E. Beswick, Sr., 85, of Pace, Florida, previously of Scottsburg Indiana passed away on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at Covenant Care Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. He was born on March 13, 1938 in Scottsburg, Indiana, the son of the late Elmo Beswick and Ruby (Lee) Beswick. He was a retired truck driver for Costello Trucking Company in Connecticut...
Norma Jean Allen
Feb 26, 2024
Norma Jean Allen, 86, of Scottsburg, Indiana, peacefully passed away on Monday, February 26, 2024, at Scott Memorial Hospital in Scottsburg, Indiana, surrounded by her two daughters and son-in-law. She was born on August 3, 1937, in Chavies, Kentucky, to the late Harrison Noble and Katie (Neace) Noble. On August 2, 1958, she married Vernon Rex Allen, who preceded...
Steven Dale Shireman
Feb 23, 2024
Steven Dale Shireman, 65, of New Albany, Indiana passed away on Friday, February 23, 2024 at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born on May 31, 1958 in Lincoln City, Kansas, the son of the late Dale E. Shireman and Patricia (Weathers) Shireman, who survives. Steve graduated from Scottsburg High School in 1976. He was an avid...
Billy Joe Fields
Feb 18, 2024
Billy Joe Fields, 58 of Scottsburg, Indiana passed away on Sunday, February 18, 2024 at Nortons Brownsboro Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. He was born on December 31, 1965 in Batesville, Indiana, to the late William Fields and Ethel (Colwell) Fields. He was an employee of Morgan Foods in Austin, Indiana. He enjoyed camping, motorcycle riding, but most all he...
Nina Rose Vance
Feb 17, 2024
Nina Rose Vance, 91, of Scottsburg, Indiana passed away on Saturday, February 17, 2024 at Baptist Health Floyd Hospital in New Albany, Indiana. She was born on November 17, 1932 in Austin, Indiana, to the late Lewis Sheridan Chasteen and Rose Blanche (Carr) Chasteen. She graduated from Scottsburg High School in Scottsburg, Indiana. On August 22, 1951 she married...
Carl Allen Harding
Feb 16, 2024
Carl Allen Harding, 63, of Crothersville, Indiana passed away on Friday, February 16, 2024 at his residence with his loved ones by his side. He was born on August 15, 1960 in Marion County, Indiana, the son of the late Carl Allen Harding Sr. and Lutricia (Holzworth) Bartley. On March 5, 1988 he married Roslynn Lorraine (Briner) Harding, who...
Wilda June Holmes
Feb 11, 2024
Wilda June Holmes, 94, of Deputy, Indiana passed away on Sunday, February 11, 2024 at Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville, Kentucky. She was born December 8, 1929 in Hamilton County, Ohio. She was a former employee of AT&T. Survivors include: her friend Boone Gibson of Deputy, Indiana. Cremation services have been entrusted to the caring staff of Collins...
Jean Ann Mcintosh
Feb 10, 2024
Jean Ann McIntosh was born in Calais, Maine on November 14, 1943, and peacefully went to her eternal home on February 10, 2024. She was a loving wife, mother, nana, sister, and aunt. She was truly an angel on earth, often called "Saint Jean Ann" by those who loved her. A faithful Catholic who was God loving in every...
David "Pappy" Deaton
Feb 5, 2024
David "Pappy" Deaton, 76, of Scottsburg, Indiana passed away on Monday, February 5, 2024 at his home with his family by his side. He was born on August 4, 1947 in Oneida, Kentucky, the son of the late Dale Deaton and Meada Mae (Barger) Deaton. After graduating from Scottsburg High School David joined the United States Air Force. He...
Gwynneth Ruth Keller
Feb 1, 2024
Gwynneth Ruth Jeffers Keller, 58 of Scottsburg, Indiana passed away on Thursday, February 1, 2024 at her home. She was born on November 9, 1965 in Cleveland, Ohio. She was the daughter of the late William Jeffers and Sarah (Evans) Jeffers, who survives. Gwynneth was a 1984 graduate of Bishop Hartly High School in Columbus, Ohio and after high...
Bartha Columbus B.C. Deans, Jr.
Feb 1, 2024
Bartha Columbus "BC" Deans, Jr., 88, of Louisville, Kentucky passed away peacefully on Thursday, February 1, 2024, at his home with family by his side. He was born on December 24, 1935, in Goldsboro, North Carolina, the son of the late Bartha Columbus Deans Sr. and Irene Patience (Futrell) Deans. BC graduated from New Hanover High School in Wilmington,...
James Weston
Jan 31, 2024
James Weston, 68, of Lexington, Indiana, passed away on January 31,2024 at his home. He was born on August 8, 1955 in Somerset, Kentucky, to the late Perry Lewis Weston and Virginia Mae (Coe) Howell. He was retired from Scott County Highway Department in Scottsburg, Indiana. He enjoyed mushroom hunting and fishing. He was preceded in death by his...
Arthur Lee "Sonny" Backherms
Jan 30, 2024
Arthur Lee "Sonny" Backherms, 59, of Lexington, Indiana passed away on Tuesday, January 30, 2024. He was born on July 26, 1964, in New Albany, Indiana to Clarence Backherms and Doris (Vert) Fearon, who proceed him. He was one of a dying breed, a righteous man in all ways. He was a self-taught artist and a philosopher. He went...
Darlene Moore
Jan 28, 2024
Darlene Moore, 68 of Scottsburg, Indiana passed away on Sunday, January 28, 2024 at Hosparus Inpatient Care Center in Louisville, Kentucky. She was born on October 1, 1955 in Scottsburg, Indiana, to the late Albert Hollan and Ethel (Finley) Hollan. Darlene was an employee of Walmart in Scottsburg, Indiana. She enjoyed going to yard sales and collecting antiques, but...
Mark Nichols
Jan 23, 2024
Mark Nichols, 64, of Lexington, Indiana passed away on Tuesday, January 23, 2024 at home with his family at his bedside. He was born on February 14, 1959 in Scottsburg, Indiana, the son of the late Alice F. (Boley) Nichols and Melvin Nichols, who survives. Mark graduated from Scottsburg High School in the class of 1977. On July 15,...
Michael Ross St. Clair
Jan 19, 2024
Michael Ross St. Clair, 53 of Scottsburg, Indiana passed away on Friday, January 19, 2024 at Baptist Health Floyd Hospital in New Albany, Indiana. He was born on September 16, 1970 in Louisville, Kentucky to Ross and Sherry Keith St. Clair. Michael owned Home Helpers in Scottsburg, Indiana. Michael loved spending time with his family. He was also a...
Lucile Elizabeth Hopper
Jan 17, 2024
Lucile Elizabeth Monroe Hopper, 104, of Scottsburg, Indiana, passed away on Wednesday, January 17, 2024, at Norton Scott Hospital in Scottsburg, Indiana. She was born on September 8, 1919, in Memphis, Indiana, the daughter of the late Charles M. Spurgeon and Emma Ruth (Parr) Spurgeon Satterwhite. Lucile graduated from Crothersville High School in the Class of 1941. She held...
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