MITCHELL – Pearl F. Deckard, 90, passed away at 7:35 p.m. Friday, May 1, 2015, at Indiana University Health Bedford Hospital.
Born October 11, 1924, in Mitchell, she was the daughter of John Wesley and Edith Viola (Swafford) Thompson. She married Clovis “Beanie” Deckard April 10, 1941, and he preceded her in death September 12, 2000.
Pearl was a homemaker and a member of the Mitchell Senior Citizens and Spice Valley Homemakers Club. She was a member and pianist at Spice Valley Baptist Church and Woodville Baptist Church. She and her husband, “Beanie” entertained at area nursing homes, Spring Mill Inn, Senior Citizens, and various churches throughout the area.
Surviving: daughters, Regina Sorrells, Mitchell
Diana Kay Webb, Orleans
Nedra (Jerry) Hardwick, Bedford
Geni (Steve) Clouse, Palm Coast, Florida
Marlena (Randy) Swartz, Mitchell
14 grandchildren
19 great grandchildren
3 great great grandchildren
sister, Dortha Cooper, Mitchell
Her parents; husband; daughter, Kimberly Dorsett; grandson, Anthony Duane Sorrells; sons-in-law, Ronnie Sorrells and Leroy Webb; and siblings, Jasper Thompson, John Thompson, Don Thompson, Homer Thompson, Robert Thompson, James Milton Thompson, Andrew Thompson, and Hazel Thompson, preceded her in death.
Funeral service will be at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, May 5, in the Memorial Chapel of Chastain Funeral Home & Cremation Center with Reverend Larry Brown officiating. Burial will be in Spice Valley Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Monday and from 9:00 a.m. until the service on Tuesday at the funeral home.
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