Delores E. Deer

June 21, 1943-Nov. 29, 2021

Delores E. Deer of Crawfordsville passed away Monday night, Nov. 29, 2021, in the emergency room. She was 78.

Born June 21, 1943, at Crawfordsville, she was the daughter of Edgar Ward Love and Neva Ellen Elmore Love. She was baptized in the Darlington Christian Church in February of 1956. She graduated from Darlington High School in 1962. She married John Sterling Deer on Oct. 28, 1964, and he passed away in 2003.

Surviving family includes: daughter Michelle Powell of Crawfordsville; step-daughter Joni Ems of Biloxi, Mississippi; three step-sons, Jim Deer of Crawfordsville, Ed Deer of Florida and Mike Deer of Minnesota; sister Carolyn Stark of Texas; and many grandchildren, all of whom she loved.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. local time (Central) on Monday, Dec. 6, at Southern Memorial Park, 2076 Beach Boulevard, Biloxi, Mississippi, where she will be laid to rest beside her husband. Local arrangements were made through Burkhart Funeral Home.