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Obituaries October 15, 2008  RSS feed


Doris Sheagley
      Doris Sheagley, 84, of Cutler, died at 3:07 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008, at Lafayette Home Hospital. She had been a patient there for the past week. Born Nov. 27, 1923, in Mitchell County, N.C., she was the daughter of Will and Bertha Freeman Ledford. She graduated from Bowman High School in Bakersville, N.C. Her marriage was on Sept.
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Benjamin G. Stewart
      Benjamin "Gordon" Stewart, 68, of Delphi, died at 5:50 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at his daughter's home in Monticello with his family at his side. He had battled cancer for several months. Born May 14, 1940, in Sharpsville, he was the son of the late Ben and Lola Sharber Stewart.
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Roy L. Rainwater
      Roy L. Rainwater, 65, of Flora, died at 9:01 a.m., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Lafayette. He had been a patient there one day and diagnosed with lung cancer one month ago. Born, April 11, 1943, in Maynard, Ark., he was the son of the late Ross and Pauline Summers Rainwater. His marriage was on April 7, 1986, in Jacksonville, Texas, to Pam J.
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Ronda K. McKinney
      Ronda Kay McKinney, 67, of Grand Ledge, Mich., went to be with her Lord Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2008. Ronda was born July 30, 1941, in Bringhurst, Ind., the daughter of the late Gentry and Helen Mummert Ross. She was a retired hairdresser, beloved by so many of her clients and operators, including Carmen Near and Nora Guerra and her dear fellow operator, Bobbie Scott.
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Martha L. Cowell
      Martha L. Cowell, 83, formerly of Heritage Healthcare in Lafayette, passed away at 6:55 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Lafayette. Born Oct. 9, 1925, in Carroll County, she was the daughter of William H. and Gladys Peterson Mocherman. She graduated from Camden High School in 1944. Her marriage was on Dec.
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Other Death Notices
      Rebecca Anne Simison Beever, 90, died Oct. 10, 2008, at Regency Place in Lafayette where she had resided since April. Among the survivors is a stepdaughter, Linda Calvert (husband: Glenn) of Delphi. Services were held Oct. 14 in Lafayette.
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