August 15, 1908 - August 1, 2002
Age: 93
Westport, Indiana
Date of Death:
Thursday, August 1, 2002 at 11:45 a.m.
Place of Death: Her residence
Place of Birth: Alert, Indiana
Date of Funeral:
Sunday, August 4, 2002 at 2:00 p.m.
Place: Bear Creek Baptist Church
Officiating: Rev. Robert Estes and Rev. Bryan Trotter
Visitation:
Saturday from 4:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the Bass
& Gasper Funeral Home
Place of Burial: Bear Creek Cemetery (South of Alert)
Parents: Ralph Decumsey and Elva (Tremain) Anderson
History:
Residential: She has been a lifelong resident of Decatur County.
Education: She graduated from
Jackson Township High School in 1927.
She had played on the girl's basketball team while in high
school.
Memberships: She was a member of the Bear Creek Baptist Church.
She was an active member of the church having taught the Nursery Class for
several years.
Women’s Missionary of Sandcreek Association.
Married to: Lewis Paul Gant
Place: Connersville, Indiana
Date: April 6, 1933
He preceded her in death on September 9, 1978.
SURVIVORS:
3 Sons - Robert Wayne Gant -
Westport, Indiana
Lewis
Dale Gant - Westport, Indiana
John Paul Gant, Sr. - Westport,
Indiana
2 Brothers - Willard Anderson -
Greensburg, Indiana
Ralph Anderson - Bloomington, Minnesota
7 Grandchildren - Paula Neukam -
Westport, Indiana
Stacy Gant - Westport, Indiana
John Gant, Jr. - Westport, Indiana
Vicki Carson - Westport, Indiana
LuAnn Gant - North Vernon, Indiana
Scott Gant - Louisiana
Jacki Mayhugh - Osgood, Indiana
3 Great Grandchildren – Elijah
Neukam - Westport, Indiana
Emily Gant - Westport, Indiana
Annalise Gant - Westport, Indiana
1 Step Great Grandson - Bobby
Neukam - Sanford, Florida
1 Step Great Granddaughter -
Abigail Cooper - Westport, Indiana
Niece, whom she helped raise - Mary
Lou Talbott - Greenwood, Indiana
Several Nieces and Nephews
Preceded in death by: Parents
2 Sisters – Leota Scoggins
Memorial
contributions may be made to the Hospice of Decatur County or the Bear Creek
Cemetery
through the Bass & Gasper Funeral Home.