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2003 Obituaries - January thru June
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Conley R. Phillips, 76, of Jeffersonville, died June 29, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Wednesday, July 2, 2003 from 12 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel at 12 noon Thursday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Richard A. "Dick" Kershner, 60, of effersonville, died June 29, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Tuesday, July 1, 2003 from 12 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel at 1 PM Wednesday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Steven E. DeJaynes, 24, of Clarksville, died June 27, 2003 at Jewish Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Sunday, June 29, 2003 from 3 to 8 PM and Monday from 12 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel at 11 AM Tuesday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Alberta L. Wright, 73, of Jeffersonville, died June 26, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Sunday, June 29, 2003 from 3 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 1 PM Monday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Ruth White, 80, of Jeffersonville, died June 26, 2003 at her home. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Sunday, June 29, 2003 from 3 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 11 AM Monday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Helen Snellen, 82, of Jeffersonville, died June 25, 2003 at her home. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Friday, June 27, 2003 from 1 to 8 PM, and on Saturday from 11 AM to 2 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 2 PM Saturday, with entombment in Evergreen Mausoleums.

Ruth White, 80, of Jeffersonville, died June 26, 2003 at her home. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Sunday, June 29, 2003 from 3 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 11 AM Monday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Ronald L. Bockhorst, 59, of Clarksville, died June 14, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Monday, June 16, 2003 from 4 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 11 AM Monday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Sara F. Snodgrass, 71, of Jeffersonville, died June 14, 2003 at her home. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Monday, June 16, 2003 from 10 AM to 12 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel at 1 PM Monday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

William David Craft, 77, of Jeffersonville, died June 12, 2003 at Sellersburg Health and Rehab Center. A memorial service will be held on Friday, June 13, 2003 at the Jeffersonville Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses. Contributions may be made to the Kingdom Hall.

Carl Joseph "Joe" Coombs, 85, of Clarksville, died June 11, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Sunday, June 15, 2003 from 1 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 11 AM Monday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Doris H. McCue, 79, of Jeffersonville, died June 11, 2003 at Wedgewood Healthcare Center. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Friday, June 13, 2003 from 2-4 & 5- 8 PM. The funeral will be held at St. Augustine's Catholic Church at 11 AM Saturday, with burial in Kraft-Graceland Cemetery.

Mary Hall, 83, of Jeffersonville, died June 10, 2003 at Hillcrest Healthcare Center. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Friday, June 13, 2003 from 6 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Little Flock Baptist Church at 12 noon Saturday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Mildred Eugenia McNeely, 89, of Louisville, formerly of Jeffersonville, died June 9, 2003 at Four Courts Senior Center. The funeral will be held at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in New Albany on Friday, June 13, 2003 at 10:30 AM. Graveside services will be held at Claysville Cemetery at 2:30 PM Jeffersonville time.

Noah Virgil Rouse, 83, of Jeffersonville, died June 9, 2003 at Floyd Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Thursday, June 11, 2003 from 10 AM to 12 noon. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 12 noon Thursday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Shirley R. Landrum Turley, 61, of New Albany, died June 7, 2003 at Riverview Village Nursing Home. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Tuesday, June 10, 2003 from 10 AM to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel at 11:00 AM Wednesday, with burial in Sellersburg Cemetery.

Larue C. Janes, 83, of Jeffersonville, died June 5, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Friday, June 6, 2003 from 2 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 12:30 PM Saturday, with burial in Sellersburg Cemetery.

Virginia Stemler Akers, 91, of Clarksville, died June 3, 2003 at Westminster Healthcare Center. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Friday, June 6, 2003 from 2 to 4, and 6 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel at 11:00 AM Saturday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Melvin L. Forsee, 72, of Clarksville, died May 23, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Sunday, May 25, 2003 from 4 to 8 PM, and Monday from 1 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at St. Augustine's Church at 10:00 AM Tuesday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Norma L. Dierking, 70, formerly of Jeffersonville, died May 22, 2003 at Beaches Medical Center in Jacksonville, Florida. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 from 4 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held there at 1 PM Thursday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Forest R. Edwards, 64, of Jeffersonville, died May 17, 2003 at his home. No visiting will be held. A memorial service will be held on Monday, May 19, 2003 at 11 AM at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel. He will be cremated.

Behrooz "BJ" Jalayer, 64, of Prospect, Kentucky, died May 16, 2003 at his home. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Tuesday, May 19, 2003 from 3 to 7 PM. A memorial service will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Tuesday.

Clarence McLett "Bud" Barbee, 88, of Clarksville, died May 14, 2003 at Riverview Village Nursing Home. There will be no visiting. He will be cremated.

Ruth Canter Laugel, 96, of Jeffersonville, died May 14, 2003 at Hillcrest Healthcare Center. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Friday, May 16, 2003 from 2 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held there at 11 AM Saturday, with burial in Hillcrest Cemetery in Utica.

Everett G. Bottorff, 102, of Clarksville, died May 9, 2003 at Westminster Healthcare Center. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Tuesday, May 12, 2003 from 10 to 12. The funeral will be held there at 12 noon, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Edna E. Coombs, 80, of Jeffersonville, died May 3, 2003 at Westminster Healthcare Center. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's Main Street Chapel on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 from 3 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held there at 12 noon Wednesday, with burial in Walnut Ridge Cemetery.

Chester A. Kill, 92, of Jeffersonville, died April 30, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. Visiting will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel on Friday, May 2, 2003 from 5 to 8 PM. The funeral will be held at Scott Funeral Home's North Chapel at 10:00 AM Saturday, with burial in Mt. Gilead Christian Church Cemetery in Bloomington, Indiana.

Darius Robert Brown, newborn son of Erica Williams and DeWitt Brown, of Jeffersonville, died April 26, 2003 at Clark Memorial Hospital. There will be no visiting. He will be buried in Jones Cemetery in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Terry L. Hurd, 54, of Jeffersonville, died April 24, 2003 at his home. A memorial services will be held on May 1, 2003 at Park Place United Methodist Church at 7:00 PM. He will be cremated.