Obituaries

May 28, 2016

Stephen H. Walton age 66 of Salem passed away Saturday, May 28 at his home. Mr. Walton was born December 23, 1949 in New Albany, Indiana the son of Howard "Ace" and Betty Gross Walton.  He was a retired forklift operator and a member of Civil War Reenactment of 4th Kentucky Infantry.  He is survived by two brothers:  Jeffrey...

May 28, 2016

Mrs. Martha E. Carson age 80 of Salem passed away Saturday, May 28 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Mrs. Carson was born October 14, 1935 in Wolfe County, Kentucky the daughter of Mort and Pollie King.  She was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband:  Arnold Carson, three brothers:  Robert, Edward, and Melvin King, two sisters:  Delores Hager...

May 16, 2016

Nancy Williams age 74 of Campellsburg, Indiana, left her earthly home at 3:52AM on Monday, May 16, 2016 to live with Jesus.  She had been battling terminal cancer for several months. Nancy was preceded in death by her parents, Harold and Verniece Trinkle. Nancy is survived by her husband of 59 years, Morris Williams, a son:  James Lee Williams and...

May 12, 2016

Carron Marie Weston age 72 of Salem passed away Thursday, May 12 at Salem Crossing. Carron was born November 19, 1943 in Salem the daughter of James Merle and Opal Mae Medlock Pollock.  She was a retired employee of Bata Shoe Company and Philadelphia House.  She was a member of the former Salem Bowling League and Christian Heritage Chapel. ...

May 10, 2016

Mrs. Delores Faye Tye age 84 of Salem passed away Tuesday, May 10 at Salem Crossing.

Mrs. Tye was born October 7, 1931 in Mt. Eden, Indiana the daughter of Nora Lockhart Reinhardt.  She was a member of Cross Roads Baptist Church.

Faye...

May 8, 2016

Mrs. Margaret Morrow age 87 of Salem passed away Sunday, May 8 at her home.

Mrs. Morrow was born February 26, 1929 in Salem, Indiana the daughter of Elisha and Frances Muncy Cress.  She was a homemaker and a member of West Side Church of Christ.

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May 3, 2016

Mr. Leif Harmon Saylor age 87 of Salem passed away Tuesday, May 3 at St. Vincent Hospital of Salem.

Mr. Saylor was born July 21, 1928 in Crab Orchard, Kentucky the son of Leif H. “Doc” Saylor and Lucinda Hoskins Saylor.  He was retired from the Carpenter’s Union and...

Apr 29, 2016

Mr. Jason A. McLemore age 30 of Salem passed away Friday, April 29 in an accident on Sparks Ferry Road.

Mr. McLemore was born January 14, 1986 in Rayvillle, Louisiana the son of Okie McLemore and Carolyn Diane Frost.  He was an employee of Synergy Efficiency.

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Apr 27, 2016

Mrs. Mary Ellen Green (Chastain) of Salem, passed away Wednesday April 27 at her home.

Mrs. Green was born December 20, 1925 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Mahlon and Edith Caroline Voyles Chastain.  Mary was married to John Donald Green on March 12, 1943. Mary enjoyed being...

Apr 24, 2016

Mrs. Jewel J. Nale age 83 of Salem passed away Sunday, April 24 at Covered Bridge Health Center in Seymour.

Mrs. Nale was born December 29, 1932 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Jesse and Addie Marshall Purlee.  She was a retired cook for Salem Middle School.  She...

Apr 23, 2016

Mr. Raymond E. McBride age 63 of Galena, Indiana, passed away Saturday April 23 at Norton Healthcare Pavilion in Louisville, Kentucky.

He was born January 14, 1953 in Salem, Indiana to the late Lee and Rowena McBride.  He was a member of Galena Church of Christ and was a...

Apr 22, 2016

Mrs. Cynthia Mae Moore age 60 of Salem passed away Friday, April 22 at her home.

Mrs. Moore was born May 31, 1955 in Salem the daughter of Hollis L. “Bill” Smith and Virginia Fern Dillman Smith Embry.   She was a member of Marshall Avenue Church of God and...

Apr 22, 2016

Mr. Vincent R. Sprinkle age 54 of Pekin passed away Friday, April 22, 2016 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Sprinkle was born September 10, 1961 in Salem the son of Omer and Sarah Jackson Sprinkle.   He was an employee of Sonoco Products in New Albany.

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Apr 20, 2016

Mrs. Carol Denise Brough age 55 of Salem passed away Wednesday, April 20 at her home.

Mrs. Brough was born May 8, 1960 in Wisconsin the daughter of Kenneth and Audrey Poole Place.  She was a Private Investigator.  She was an Army veteran and a member of American Legion...

Apr 16, 2016

Mrs. Gladys Idella Roberts age 97 of Salem passed away Saturday, April 16 at her home.

Mrs. Roberts was born July 12, 1918 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Thomas Willard (TW) Nicholson and Myrtle Idella Bottorff Nicholson.  She was a member of Canton Christian Church, Order of...

Apr 13, 2016

Mr. Warren L. Mull age 68 of Salem passed away Wednesday, April 13 at his home.

Mr. Mull was born August 15, 1947 in Clark County, Indiana the son of John and Olive LeRue Corn Mull.  He was a retired truck driver.  He...

Apr 13, 2016

Mr. John Earl Hoyt age 91 of Pekin passed away Wednesday, April 13 at Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany.

Mr. Hoyt was born June 20, 1925 in Pekin the son of Earl R. and Mary Van Horn Hoyt.  He was a retired...

Apr 12, 2016

Mr. Jim E. Purkhiser age 56 of Salem passed away Tuesday, April 12 at Floyd Memorial Hospital.

Mr. Purkhiser was born November 1, 1959 in Washington County, Indiana the son of James Willard “Bud” and Luella McKinley Purkhiser.  He was a farmer.  Jim graduated from Salem High School in...

Apr 8, 2016

Mrs. Catherine Soliday age 91 of Salem passed away Friday, April 8 at Salem Crossing.

Mrs. Soliday was born October 2, 1924 in Washington County, Indiana the daughter of Everett and Lois Wingler Miller.   She was a former employee of Bata Shoe Corporation and a member of Westside Church...

Apr 7, 2016

Mrs. Debbie Lynn Smedley age 59 of Salem passed away Thursday, April 7 at University of Louisville Hospital.

Mrs. Smedley was born July 14, 1956 in Louisville, Kentucky the daughter of John William Perkins and Wilma Gertrude Gilley Temple.  She was a retired employee of Kimball’s and a former...