Stories from Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Billy E. "Butch" Spencer, 69, of Ellenboro, W.Va. (Finch Community), departed this life on Sunday, May 6, 2012, at his residence, following a courageous battle with cancer. Butch was born Sept. 23, 1942 in Greencastle, a son of the late Ralph and Irene (Hood) Spencer...

Warren Art Girdley, 80, died on Monday, May 7, 2012. He was born June 30, 1921. Warren was preceded in death by his wife Mary Downs Girdley. He is survived by his daughter, Judie Girdley Deal (spouse Paul); grandchildren Kirsten Smith (spouse George) and Nick Riley (spouse Stacey); and great-grandchildren Andrew and Matthew Romano, Ava Blackney and McKenna Riley...

Sharon Crawley Evans, age 69, of Greencastle died Sunday, May 6, 2012. She was the daughter of Glen Crawley and Irene Welch Crawley. On June 9, 1972 she married Robert W. Evans. He survives. Sharon is also survived by a son, Scott Griffith Evans, and daughter-in-law, Amy Atcheson Evans and their daughter, Anna Noelle Evans...

Clifton E. Shipley, 57, of Lebanon, Tenn., and a former Glasgow, Ky., resident, died Monday, May 7, 2012 in Hartsville, Tenn., as the result of an automobile accident. He was born in Glasgow, the son of the late Ralph D. Shipley and Gloria Jones Shipley of Glasgow, who survives...

County Commissioner David E. Berry -- 38.96 percent Jake Zaring -- 36.49 percent James Rodney Fenwick -- 24.55 percent