14th & Chestnut Community Center, from 14th & Chestnut Community Center Endowment Fund and Col. Peter Baer Memorial Fund
American Cancer Society, Vigo County Unit, from Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund
American Heart Association, from Earl and Hazel Travioli Charitable Endowment Fund
ARC of Vigo County, from ARC of Vigo County Endowment Fund
Archdiocese of Indianapolis – United Catholic Appeal, from Mary Kindrick Memorial Fund and Pfister Fund
Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled, from Area 7 Agency on Aging and Disabled Endowment Fund
Art Spaces, Inc., from Art Spaces Endowment Fund
Boy Scouts of America, Crossroads of America Council, from Boy Scouts of America,
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Feb 23, 2021
MINERAL RIDGE Pearline Hines, 86, of 3379 Main St., Mineral Ridge, departed this life at 12:45 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 14, 2021, at Continuing Healthcare at the Ridge, following complications from an extended illness.
She was born Feb. 8, 1935, in Indianapolis, Ind., the daughter of Willie and Ester Smith Henderson.
Ms. Hines was employed with General Motors B.O.C. Lordstown Division for 30-plus years as a metal assembler in the Fab Plant before retiring. She also worked as a nurse’s assistant at Community Hospital and Warren General.
She was a 1953 graduate of Warren G. Harding High School.
She was a member of Grace A.M.E. Church and belonged to the Hill Toppers Bowling League, Local Union 1714 (1112) Civil Rights Committee and was chairperson of the Women’s Civil Rights Committee. She was an avid bingo player, enjoyed bowling and loved playing baseball, especially in the Negro Baseball League.
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Carol Sue (Patterson) Lewis died Tuesday, January 26, in Lubbock, Texas, from complications caused by COVID-19.
Carol was born September 22, 1943, in Snyder, Texas, to Homer and Jessie B Patterson of Fluvanna. Carol’s father died when she was 2 years old, and she was raised by Jessie B and O.D. Jackson of Gail.
Before the days of kindergarten, Carol started school in Gail at 5 years old. Carol’s mother was county clerk at the time, and it was widely reported that Carol was put in school a year early to reduce her pestering county courthouse employees. She later skipped 2nd grade, graduating high school at 16.
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Royale Douglas “R.D.” Lewis died Saturday, January 30, 2021, in Lubbock, Texas, from complications caused by COVID-19.
Royale was born June 14, 1941, in Lamesa, Texas, to Andrew James and Mae Oma Lewis. In 1959, he graduated from Ackerly High School, where he was a basketball standout. In the 62 years since, his high school class has held dozens of class reunions, and he was reported to have never missed one.
In 1961, Royale received his associate’s degree in General Studies from Lubbock Christian College, where he played basketball, sang in the Acapella Chorus, and was a member of the Koinonia social club and Rodeo Club.