MMH offers this free exercise program to those in the Bluffton community dealing with the effects of Parkinson’s as a means to ‘Delay the Disease’ through movement, flexibility and mobility.
William Elton “Bill” Shackelford, Sr., 66, died Jan. 31, 2016, at his residence in Las Vegas, Nev. Bill was born Aug. 17, 1949, in Bluffton to the late Ralph and Elvira Gress Shackelford.
Bill retired from the U.S. Army in 1988 after 20 years where he had served in Viet Nam and then became a recruiter. He had also worked in auto sales in Marietta, Ga., from 1990 – 1992 and 14 years in Las Vegas working at McCarran Airport for Huntleigh Corp. as a driver. Bill graduated from Cory-Rawson High School in 1967 where he played on the undefeated football team in 1966.
Betty Jo Hughes Carmean, 92, died Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, at 9:40 p.m. at her residence in Lima, Ohio.
She was born on Sept. 25, 1923, in Lima, Ohio, to Rush and Ruth (Gossard) Hughes who preceded her in death. On Dec. 5, 1945, she married Eugene Carmean, Sr., who preceded her in death on March 8, 1979.
Betty Jo was a homemaker. She previously worked at Lima Manor Nursing Home. She was a member of the Lima First Assembly of God Church.
