THE TRIBUNE, JACKSON COUNTY, IND. TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014 A5 Edna Hannah Elizabeth Durham SEYMOUR Edna Hannah Elizabeth Durham, 92, of Seymour, passed away at 7:42 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at Lutheran Community Home, Seymour. Born Feb.
7, 1922, in Seymour, she was the daughter of Henry and Rosie Alwes Beckman, both of whom preceded her in death. She married James Meredith Durham on March 29, 1941, in Seymour, and he preceded her in death Dec. 8, 1976. Edna was a homemaker who loved raising her family and also helped to raise her grandchildren, Stacie, Craig, Trisha and Amber, and great-grandson, Skylar. She was a lifelong member of Immanuel Lutheran Church and was a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary.
Survivors include her children, Jerry D. (Linda King) Durham, Danny G. (Betty Boswell) Durham, Donny J. (Peggy) Durham, Susan K. Durham Maupin and Kathy Rae (Otis Jr.) Bowers; grandchildren, Tina (Tim) Christian, Jerry Lee Durham, Debbie (Pat) Vogler, Danny R.
Durham, Stacie L. (James Collier) Durham, Trisha (Mike) Burton, Jamison Durham, Jennifer (Glen) Frederick, Jane (Michael) Wilson, Craig (Patty Terry) Durham, Stephanie (Brad) Holle and Amber Smith; 24 great-grandchildren; 10 great-great-grandchildren; several stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Edith Beckman and Janet Annest; niece, Joyce Vehslage; nephew, Roger Beckman; and daughter- in-law, Gaynell Durham. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; son, Marlin Durham; great- grandson, Nathan Durham; brother, Harold Beckman; and daughter-in-law, Maxine Durham. A funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Immanuel Lutheran Church with the Rev.
James Rodriguez officiating. Burial will follow at Lutheran Cemetery, Seymour. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Burkholder Funeral Chapel, 419 N. Chestnut Seymour, and from 10 a.m.
until time of service Thursday at the church. Memorials may be made to Immanuel Lutheran Church or Schneck Medical Center Hospice through the funeral home. Remembrances, a video and condolences can be shared at burkholderfuner- alchapel.com. Doris Greene SEYMOUR Doris Greene, 101, of Seymour, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, at her residence.
Arrangements are pending at Voss Funeral Service, Seymour. Lawrence A. McCoy BROWN COUNTY Lawrence A. McCoy, 80, of Brown County, died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, at his home.
Survivors include his wife of 36 years, Ila; sons, Lawrence W. McCoy of Brown County and Kenny (Rachel) Murphy of Morgan County; daughters, Yvonne (Doug Winn) Lee of Edinburgh, Angela K. Huber of Greene County and Amy Lynne (Nathan Wilson) McCoy of Brown County; sisters, Wanda (Jack) Bowden of Bloomington, Geneva Brummett of Martinsville and Ruby Clay of South Carolina; daughter- in-law, Peggy McCoy of Trafalgar; 11 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, James Curtis McCoy. A celebration of life will be conducted at 6 p.m.
today at Cottonwood Christian Church, 2523 W. Cottonwood Road, Morgantown. Memorials may be made to the choice of charity. Woodlawn Family Funeral Centre in Seymour has been entrusted with the arrangements. Rose Murphy NORTH VERNON Rose Murphy, 87, of North Vernon, died at 6:10 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 9, 2014, at her residence. Arrangements are pending at Dove-Sharp Rudicel Funeral Home and Cremation Services in North Vernon. Willis Thomas Whitham NORTH VERNON Willis Thomas Whitham, 97, of North Vernon, died at 10:19 a.m. Sunday, Nov.
9, 2014, at Jennings Health Care Center, North Vernon. Survivors include a brother, Robert Whitham of Madison; a sister, Mary Whitham of Ohio; three grandchildren; eight great- grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Aldine Rogers; son, Kenneth Whitham; and daughter, Genevieve Short. A funeral service will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Dove- Sharp Rudicel Funeral Home and Cremation Services in North Vernon.
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Republicans have not been able to field enough candidates for those seats to even think about holding a convention during the same time period, which includes five municipal election cycles. Councilman Bill Sweeney said he talked to nine town residents about the proposal, two of whom lived in his ward. He said all except one person were against the plan, and that person even aware the council was considering the change. Council President John Nolting said he also had spoken with several town residents, and those that knew about the plan expressed sentiments similar to Crees. Councilman C.J.
Foster said he talked with six town residents and found little support for the idea. Lewis asked if it would be possible to have the issue put on a referendum and let town residents decide. Town attorney Rodney Farrow said he sure about that idea, but state law typically limits referendums to very few circ*mstances. Farrow said he also explored the possibility of council members serving staggered terms and had learned that is not possible without a change in present state law. He said he recently spoke with Jackson County Clerk Amanda Cunningham Lowery about the clerk proposal to move municipal elections to the same time as other elections to save on cost.
He said Lowery said the clerk association is making some progress in getting lawmakers to consider that change. At the present time, municipal elections are held the year between the midterm election and the presidential election. Wards (CONTINUED FROM PAGE A1) AMMY EBBER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DANVILLE, Ill. his Illinois city already was struggling when Tara Holycross and her friends were kids riding their bikes to Custard Cup, swimming at the park district pool and hanging out in the parking lot. Manufacturers that provided thousands of well-paying, middle class jobs General Motors, General Electric, Hyster were closing.
Neighborhoods were crumbling. By the time Holycross graduated from high school in 2004, a city best known for its massive downtown grain elevator and as the hometown of actors Dick and Jerry Van Dyke was scrambling to create new opportunities. Ten years later, this city of 32,500 still is struggling. But Holycross and some of her classmates are doing just fine because they moved. doctors and athletic trainers, software specialists and financial advisers.
living all over the country from Chicago to Charleston, South Carolina, to Boulder, Colorado where they found solid jobs that reward the kind of education they have. Though still early in their careers, surpassed median household income of $35,000 and expect to do much better. Holycross and four classmates interviewed said about half of their class of fewer than 50 left town, and those in touch with landed good positions. knew there an opportunity for me to have my in Danville, said Holycross, 28, a third-generation native who now works as an athletic trainer for a hospital system in Beloit, Wisconsin, about 90 miles northwest of Chicago. Their experience is a counterpoint to the desperation gripping so many rural and manufacturing communities in the Midwest that have been hard hit by global economic changes.
The flow of educated workers from struggling communities to areas with brighter job opportunities might, to some extent, help shore up the U.S. middle class, which has been squeezed by a widening gap between the richest Americans and everyone else. Since roughly 1980, income has grown most for the top earners and dropped for the poorest 20 percent. Incomes for the highest-earning 1 percent of Americans soared 31 percent from 2009 through 2012, after adjusting for inflation, according to data compiled by Emmanuel Saez, an economist at University of California, Berkeley. For everyone else, it barely budged, rising an average of 0.4 percent.
While Wall Street traders and software CEOs soared to enormous affluence, waves of people fell out of the middle class as share of the economy shrank. Following the downside arc of the wealth gap was inevitable for many who stayed in stricken factory towns where jobs disappeared. For others, though, escaping meant separating their own fate from that of their hometowns. Between 2012 and 2013, more than 26.7 million people age 18 and older moved 17.3 million of them to a different county. Escaping the wealth gap can mean fleeing hometowns RUN FOR RICHES A woman walks past businesses Oct.
23 in downtown in Danville, where there still are many vacant buildings. Many young people have moved away as manufacturers that provided thousands of well-paying, middle class jobs have closed, but the city is working to attract new businesses and give residents a reason to stay. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO I knew there an opportunity for me to have my Athletic trainer Tara Holycross On why she left her hometown.
