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Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012
William Mitchell Price (02/06/12)
William Mitchell Price, 18, Knightsville, formerly of Cloverdale, died Feb. 5, 2012, at his residence. He was born March 18, 1993, in Clay County, the son of William Darin Price and Laura L. Waugh. As a little boy, he played CYL football, YMCA basketball and baseball. He played freshmen basketball and baseball while in school at Cloverdale...
Claudia Hall (02/05/12)
Claudia Hall, 69, Brazil, passed away Feb. 4, 2012, at Exceptional Living Center, Brazil, where she had been a resident for the past three years. She was born in Indianapolis, July 9, 1942, to Harry G. and Phoebe "Jane" (Cooksey) Irvin. On Aug. 6, 1971, she married Jackie E. Hall in the Second Armored Division Chapel by an Army Chaplain at Fort Hood, Texas...
Melvin E. Turner (02/05/12)
Melvin E. Turner, 100, Brazil, passed away at Cloverleaf Health Care, Knightsville, Feb. 4, 2012. Melvin was born in Hoosierville, Ind., Nov. 23, 1911, the son of Samuel and Anna Turner. Melvin graduated from Brazil High School with the class of 1929...
Shirley Ann McCollister (02/03/12)
Shirley Ann McCollister, 79, Brazil, died Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, at St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis. She was born Jan. 26, 1933, in Brazil, Ind., as the daughter of Albert and Lucille Graves Gullifor. She graduated from Brazil High School with the Class of 1951...
Ilagene 'Genie' Dolores Kirchner McCammon (02/03/12)
Ilagene "Genie" Dolores Kirchner McCammon, 87, Terre Haute, went to be with the Lord Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. She was born March 12, 1924, on the family farm in Clay County to Lillian (Butt) and Charles Kirchner. She was preceded in death by her parents and her older brothers and their wives: Glen (Ruby) Kirchner, and Samuel (Martha) Kirchner, and brothers-in-law Winston "Dude" Baker and Jack McCammon...
Public Record (02/02/12)
Clay County Justice Center The following jail bookings occurred at the Clay County Justice Center during Jan. 31- Feb. 2: Resisting Law Enforcement Miller, Thomas L., 41 Barrett, Spenser D., 20 Pearce, Matthew B., 34 Awaiting Arraignment Pearce, Matthew B., 34...
Margaret Myers (01/31/12)
Margaret Myers, 82, Staunton, Ind., died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, at Cloverleaf Healthcare in Knightsville, Ind. She was born Oct. 20, 1929, in Clay County, Ind., as the daughter of John R. and Goldie Winn Butt. She married Ancil Myers Dec. 5, 1947. He died February 1997...
George A. Dickerson (01/31/12)
George A. Dickerson, 70, Coal Bluff, Ind., passed away Monday, Jan. 30, on the morning of his 70th birthday at his home in Coal Bluff after a year long battle with cancer. He was born Jan. 30, 1942, in Terre Haute to George and Rosemary Richey Dickerson...
McKenna Grace Thomas (01/31/12)
Melissa Hayes and Howard "Tommy" Thomas III, Brazil, proudly announce the birth of their daughter, McKenna Grace Thomas. McKenna was born at 12:10 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, at Union Hospital, Terre Haute. She weighed 5 pounds and 13 ounces, and was 18-inches long...
Florence Wheeler (01/30/12)
Florence Wheeler, 86, Columbia, Ky., formerly of Brazil, Ind., passed away Sunday morning, Jan. 29, 2012, at 8:15 a.m., at her home after several weeks of illness. She was born May 1, 1925, in Poland, Ind., the daughter of the late John Pete and Flo Etta Veach Deardorff. She is the widow of Earon Wheeler of Adair County, Ky., who preceded her in death on Aug. 12, 2004...
Ernest L. Jackson (01/30/12)
Ernest L. Jackson, 73, Terre Haute, passed away Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, in his residence with his family by his side. Ernie was born April 27, 1938 in Cory, Ind., to Clarence D. and Martha Jewel (Modesitt) Jackson. He married Marsha E. (Ames) Jackson on May 4, 1962, and was a loving and devoted husband for 50 years...
Daryl Victor Freeman (01/29/12)
Daryl Victor Freeman, 86, Brazil, died Sunday, Jan. 29, 2012, at Hickory Creek at Sunset, Greencastle. He was born July 8, 1925, in Fonda, Iowa, as the son of Robert and Zella Rice Freeman. During World War II, he served in the United States Coast Guard...
George W. 'Big G' Carter (01/29/12)
George W. "Big G" Carter, 74, Brazil, passed away unexpectedly Jan. 28, 2012. George was born in Indianapolis, March 23, 1937, the son of George W. Carter Sr. and Dorothy (Weissmuller) Carter. He served his country in the Indiana Army National Guard...
Leslie Vernon McKeehan (01/29/12)
Leslie Vernon McKeehan, 58, Brazil, passed away Jan. 25, 2012, at Union Hospital, following a brief illness. Leslie was born June 7, 1953, in Rockport, Ind., the son of Leslie Virgil and Lillian Ethel (Milam) McKeehan. Leslie worked as a construction worker and truck driver for many years. Most recently, he had worked at the Jiffy MiniMart in Terre Haute...
Fire Runs (01/26/12)
Brazil City Fire Department The following is a list of calls the Brazil City Fire Department have responded to from Jan. 12-24:...
Public Record (01/25/12)
Clay County Justice Center The following jail bookings occurred at the Clay County Justice Center during Jan. 20-25: Awaiting Arraignment McCown-Haviland, Joshua J., 32 Awaiting Warrant Arraignment Francis, Tina L., 33 Ellington, Bryant, 21 Harris Jr., Lloyd D., 39...
Kathryn Jean Pell Knierim (01/25/12)
Kathryn Jean Pell Knierim, 91, Indianapolis, passed away Jan. 23, 2012, at University Heights Healthcare Facility. Born March 20, 1920, Carbon, to the late Robert C. and Nola (Baker) Pell, she attended Carbon Community Schools and graduated from Van Buren High School in 1938...
Clarence Xychus Schopmeyer (01/25/12)
Clarence Xychus Schopmeyer, 88, Poland, died Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012, at his residence. He was born Nov. 21, 1923, in Bowling Green, Ind., as the son of Clarence Albert and Aurel B. Frump Schopmeyer. Following graduation from high school, he graduated from the Terre Haute Business College...