Local Obituaries for Families in Indianapolis and surrounding areas.
Albert G. Sutton "Ag"
May 3, 2020
Deacon Albert Gene Sutton, the son of the late George Sutton and Savanah Campbell Sutton-Jones, was born on January 26, 1933 in Des Arc, Arkansas.
Albert was educated in the Memphis school system. He professed a hope in Christ at an early age. He was a devoted member of the Greater Galilee Institutional Missionary Baptist Church of Indianapolis, Indiana....
Paul "Papa" Smith
Apr 25, 2020
Paul Howard Smith was born March 31, 1932 to the late Vina Louise Smith-Mitchell and Robert Jennings. He grew up in Richmond, VA and spent much of his youth at his family farm in Emporia, VA. He was the youngest of three children.
He attended Booker T. Washington Elementary School and Maggie L. Walker High School in Richmond, VA....
Ellen Louise (Watson) Cantrell
Apr 20, 2020
Ellen Louise was born January 30, 1942 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Willie James and Hester Watson as the second of three children. She dearly loved and cared for her siblings, Billy and Sandra. Ellen grew up in Indianapolis and attended Crispus Attucks High School. After High School, she married twice and had 6 children: Bobby, Derrick, Dana, twins Karyn and...
Janette Geneva (Gill) Dorsey
Apr 17, 2020
Janette was a member of Mt. Vernon M.B.C. for 67 years. She is the mother of 2, Genevieve Ware-Williams and Stephen D. Hannah. She is the grandmother of 10, great-grandmother of 18 and great-great- grandmother of 20. Janette was preceded in death by her son, Stephen; 1 grandson, 1 great-granddaughter, 1 great-grandson and son-in-law, Rodney Williams. Survivors: daughter, Genevieve; sister,...
Ethel Bell (Stewart) Adams
Apr 15, 2020
Heaven was opened for our beloved Grandmother, Sister, Aunt and Friend on April 15, 2020.
Ethel Bell (Stewart) Adams was born to Tobe Stewart Sr. and Lettie Spencer on February 26, 1928 in Clarksdale, Mississippi.
Ethel, affectionately called “Granny”, met W. L. Adams in her early adulthood and they were united in Holy Matrimony shortly after. To their union they...
Norman Lauroy Harris Sr. "Stormin Norman"
Apr 15, 2020
Norman Lauroy Harris Sr. aka “Stormin Norman” was born March 25, 1946 in Indianapolis, Indiana to Leon Harris and Dorothy (Dixon) Miller.
He received his education in the Indianapolis Public Schools and attended Shortridge High School. Norman later joined the United States Marines where he served in the Vietnam War. He proudly served as a Marine from the years 1965-1969...