Local Obituaries for Families in Indianapolis and surrounding areas.
Jean Delores (Bingham) Hill
Apr 7, 2020
Jean Delores (Bingham) Hill was born April 27, 1937 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Alma Bingham.
She was united in Holy Matrimony to Herschell Hill for over 20 years. Herschell took very good care of Jean financially and through love, even after his passing.
Jean was later blessed to find companionship in B. Douglas Brogsdale, whom she spent the remainder of...
Loretta Mae Holland-Blaylock
Apr 6, 2020
MRS LORETTA MAE HOLLAND BLAYLOCK, one of 11 children born to Robert and Sarah Chilton Phelps, was born on August 21, 1933 in Indianapolis, Indiana. Loretta attended Indianapolis Public Schools and graduated from Crispus Attucks High School in 1951.
LORETTA professed a hope in Christ at an early age. Loretta united in Holy Matrimony to Robert Holland and to...
Roscoe Taylor Iii "Scooter"
Apr 5, 2020
Roscoe Taylor III, affectionately known as “Scooter”, was born on April 16, 1976 to Roscoe Jr. and Diane (Johnson) Taylor in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his father, Roscoe Taylor Jr.; maternal grandfather, James L. Johnson Sr.; and paternal grandfather, Roscoe Taylor Sr.
Scooter accepted Christ at an earl age and was baptized by the late Andrew...
Mary Bethenia Dickerson
Apr 5, 2020
Bethenia Ferrell, aka Mary B. Dickerson, a legal stenographer and musician passed away April 5, 2020. She was a native of Syracuse, New York where she was employed at the United States Chief Attorney’s Office for 10 years before moving to Indianapolis, Indiana where she worked in the same capacity for 16 years with the Indiana State Attorney General’s Office.
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Deacon James Edward Jackson
Apr 4, 2020
James Edward Jackson was born January 8, 1952 in Indianapolis, Indiana to the late Edward Ozane Jackson and Erma Jean Smith-Jackson. On the morning of April 4, 2020, comfortably at home, the angel of silence came to seal the lips of our beloved. Whose soul winged in fight from this world of sin, sorrow and pain; to a place of...
Martella Marie (Abel) Bledsoe
Apr 3, 2020
87, passed away April 3, 2020. She was born June 26, 1932 in Shawneetown, IL. Martella lived through the historic devastating flooding of the Ohio River in 1937. She worked for RCA for 32 years and became a group-leader. Martella was married to Maurice Doyle Bledsoe for 53 years, before he preceded her in death. She was a member of...
Roscoe Taylor Jr. "Scoby"
Mar 29, 2020
Roscoe Taylor Jr., affectionately known by family and close friends as “Scoby”, was born on January 7, 1954, to Roscoe Sr. and Ferdye Lois (Young) Taylor in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was preceded in death by his father, Roscoe Taylor Sr.; his paternal grandparents and maternal grandparents.
Scoby attended St. John A.M.E. Church with his family as a young child. He...
Charles Edward Nesbitt Ii
Mar 26, 2020
CHARLES EDWARD NESBITT II WAS BORN ON MAY 24TH 1970 ON A BEAUTIFUL SUNDAY IN INDIANAPOLIS, IN, HE WAS THE BELOVED SON OF HIS MOTHER BETTY NESBITT CARPENTER
OUR BROTHER WAS A BROTHER OF FAITH THAT HAD A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD. OUR BROTHER ATTENDED IPS SCHOOL # 47 AND EMMANUAL HIGH SCHOOL, HE LATER WENT BACK TO SCHOOL...
Cherylene Scott-Grady
Mar 22, 2020
Cherylene Scott-Grady, 74 passed away unexpectedly on March 22, 2020, at her home in Indianapolis, IN.
Cherylene was born on February 17, 1946 in Du Quoin, Illinois. She was the daughter of the late Orlando Scott Sr. and Alma (Keesee) Scott.
She was a 1963 graduate of Du Quoin Township High School, and later received her bachelor’s degree at IUPUI...
Moses Lee Haralson
Mar 21, 2020
Mr. Moses Lee Haralson was born in Harperville, Mississippi to Glover Haralson and LuElla Parrott Haralson on December 15, 1933. He was from a large family of 12 children.
Moses attended public school in Mississippi. He helped work on the family farm and nearby farms as a child and young adult.
Moses joined Long Pilgrim Missionary ...
Donald Eugene Summers
Mar 20, 2020
Donald Eugene Summers was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on December 9, 1958, to parents David Daniel Summers and Nettie Jean Summers. He graduated from Northwest High School in 1977 and enlisted in the United States Air Force upon commencement. After a four-year tour of duty in Germany, Donald was stationed at Beale Air Force Base (California) where he met, and...