Stories from Sunday, March 4, 2012

Barbara Anna Bannon, 80, Crawfordsville, formerly of Parkersburg, passed away Saturday, March 3, 2012 at Williamsburg Healthcare, Crawfordsville. She was born March 27, 1931, in New Ross, Ind., to Oran F. and June (Duzane) Tharp. She married Max M. Bannon on Nov.18, 1951, in New Ross. He preceded her in death in 2008...

Sue Ann Whitaker (Barnhart) Searcy, 67, of Indianapolis, died Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 at her residence. She was born Aug. 12, 1944 in Roachdale, daughter of the late William Robert and Emma Jane Pitman Whitaker. She married James R Searcy on Jan. 14, 1995 in Indianapolis. He survives...

Bernice C. Zimmerman, age 93, of Greencastle, passed away on Saturday, March 3, 2012 at the Putnam County Hospital. Born Nov. 17, 1918 in Union County, Ind., she was the daughter of James O. and Verna (Freeman) Plessinger. She was a 1934 graduate of Greencastle High School and graduated nurse's training in 1952, receiving her LPN degree...