Born in Putman County, she was the daughter of Lewis Amory and Blanche (Akins) Bales.
She worked at a seamstress at Angwell Curtain Company and was a member of Hanna Street Baptist Church.
Surviving are her two sons, William Carrier, Louisville, and David Carrier, Greencastle; sister Neva Lokas, Chicago; step-sister Louise Harmless and husband Wilfred, New Winchester; brother Lewis Clyde Bales and wife Kathleen, Cloverdale; two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Barnett Carrier. Also preceding in death are her mother, father, step-mother, Hazel A. Darnell Bales, her daughter, Sharon L. Shaw and her two sisters Mary Betty Darnell and Eleanor Lokas.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Whitaker Funeral Home, Cloverdale, with Rev. Patrick Smith officiating.
Burial will be in Cloverdale Cemetery.
Visitation is on Friday from 11 a.m. to the time of service.

