Herbert Harold (Herb) Banks, age 92, went to be with the Lord on February 2nd, 2021.  Herb was born on June 14, 1928, on a farm in Madison Township, Washington County, Indiana, and loved farm life, hunting, and fishing. 

His parents, Harold and Letha Banks preceded him in death, as did a sister, Phyllis Barkley.

Herb is survived by his loving wife of sixty-eight years, Carolyn Lee (Edwards), who he married on December 22, 1952. 

He is also survived by four children, Steve (Dawn) Banks, Tanya Ballinger, Mark (Sandra) Banks, and Scott (Karen) Banks; eight grandchildren, Candice (Brian) Reynolds, Sarah (Brett) Lisher, Carrie (Travis) Wolfe, Samantha (Anson) Gleitz, Christopher (Jessica) Ballinger, Austin Ballinger, Katherine Banks, and Zachary Banks; and twelve great-grandchildren, Brady and Brice Reynolds, Christopher (Ruddy), Ethan, Ryleigh, Rebecca, Natalie, and Gabriel Lisher, Titus and Stella Wolfe, Conor Gleitz, and Logan Ballinger.  He is also survived by a sister, Martha (Marvin) Cornwell and several nieces and nephews.

After serving in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict, Herb worked at Farm Bureau Insurance, the Soil and Water Conservation Service, and was the Director of the Lawrence County ASCS for almost twenty years. 

He then worked as the Director of the Bedford Housing Authority for six years.

Herb was very active in community affairs and during his lifetime he was a 4-H leader for the Lucky Clovers, a life-time member of the NRA, a member of the Livonia Odd Fellows, and belonged to the Masonic Lodge #21 in Salem, and the Scottish Rite and Murat Shriners in Indianapolis.

Baptized at the age of thirteen, Herb was a lifelong Christian and served as a deacon at Westview Christian Church in Campbellsburg where he was a member. 

Herb’s greatest joy was spending time with his large family and will be sorely missed by them all.

Due to Covid-19, a private family service will be conducted with a Celebration of Life to follow at a later date.  Services will be available for viewing on Weathers Funeral Home Facebook page after Friday, February 5 at 1 PM.

Brian Reynolds, Brett Lisher, Travis Wolfe, Anson Gleitz, Brady Reynolds, Titus Wolfe, and Zachary Banks will serve as pallbearers.

Memorial donations may be made to Westview Christian Church, 2638 N. West Washington School Road, Campbellsburg, IN 47108.

Arthur R. Collier, 84, of Orleans, passed away at 5:30 AM on February 3, 2021 at Paoli Health and Living Community.

He was born August 27, 1936 in St. Louis, MO, the son of James and Juanita (Sears) Collier.

He married Betty Jo (Reid) Collier and she survives.
He was a member of the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church and of the UAW union local# 440.

He was employed at General Motors for over 31 years. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.

He is survived by his wife, Betty Jo of Orleans; one son, James Russell Collier of Bedford; one daughter, Carmen Fish of Bedford; four step-children, Vicki Pogue of Paoli, Harold Kendall Jr. of Paoli, IN, Kevin Kendall of Rockport, IN and Greg Kendall of Paoli; one sister, Patsy Steele of Nabb, IN; one brother, Jimmy Collier of
Buna, TX; several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers; one great-grandson, Gage Pruett.

The funeral will be at 2:00 PM on Saturday, February 6, 2021, at the Ochs-Tetrick Funeral Home with Cory Rash officiating. Burial will be at a later date at Mt. Pleasant cemetery.

Friends are invited to visitation at the funeral home on Saturday from 10 until service time.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at ochstetrick.net

Michael Stuart Hill, age 68, of Salem, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021 at Robley Rex Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Louisville, Kentucky. 

Born February 9, 1952 in Borden, Indiana, he was the son of the late John and Helen (Minton) Hill.  On March 18, 1977, he married Belinda (Aaron) Hill who survives.

Michael was a retired engineer, a United States Air Force Veteran and was a member of Borden Community Church.

He is survived by his wife, Belinda; 1 son: Jason Hill; 1 daughter: Crystal (Hill) Thorn (John); and 1 sister: Linda Dickey.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

A memorial service will be held at a later date and time; Hughes-Taylor Funeral Home was entrusted with arrangements.

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