This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DiH.2ACEB/1715 Message Board Post: Barbara E. Carson July 11, 1926 – March 18, 2006 Barbara E. Carson, 79, Kokomo, died at 1 a.m. Saturday, March 18, 2006, in her residence. She was born July 11, 1926, in Kokomo, a daughter of Clarence “Jake” and Bernice (Fred) Lytle. On April 18, 1952, she married Robert Olin Carson and he died April 14, 1984. She retired as executive secretary of the Howard County Mental Health Association with more than 20 years of service. She was a lifelong member of the First Baptist Church in Kokomo. She enjoyed reading mystery novels and had a loyal circle of friends. She enjoyed traveling to New York to visit David and Barry for 22 years, seeing several Broadway shows and meeting the stars. She also enjoyed traveling to Smoky Mountains and North Carolina with her husband. She is survived by her son and partner, David L. Carson and Barry Hoff, New York, N.Y.; a brother and sister-in-law, Pete and Rosie Lytle, Phoenix, Ariz.; her special friend of 53 years, Mable Westervelt, Kokomo; and four nephews. Services are 1 p.m. Wednesday in Ellers Mortuary Main Street Chapel, 725 S. Main St., with Rev. Andrew Bowen officiating. Entombment will be in Sunset Memory Garden Mausoleum. Visitation is 4 to 8 p.m. today at the mortuary. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church. Envelopes will be available at the mortuary. Picture included in obituary. http://www.kokomotribune.com/obituaries/local_story_079225224.html