TIMES MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA SATURDAY, FEB. 24, 1990 SANFORD A. DECKARD SHOALS – Sanford A. Deckard, 80, Shoals, died at 6:46 p.m. Friday at Jasper Memorial Hospital. He was the former owner and the current editor of The Shoals News. He had recently undergone surgery to amputate his right leg, after having his left leg amputated in October. He had suffered a stroke 5 ½ years ago. Funeral arrangements are pending at the Queen-Lee Funeral Home in Shoals. ***************************************** SUNDAY HERALD-TIMES BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA SUNDAY, FEB. 25, 1990 SHOALS NEWSPAPERMAN DIES SHOALS – Sanford A. Deckard, 80, editor and former owner of the Shoals News, died Friday at Jasper memorial Hospital. He had been in failing health since suffering a stroke more than five years ago. At the time of his death, he was the editor of The Shoals News, which he owned from 1945-1984, and which he sold to his son Stephen. He was in the newspaper business for 70 years, and worked for the Bloomington World and the Bloomington Telephone. He also owned the Loogootee Tribune from 1951-1959. Born March 12, 1909, in Monroe County, he was the son of James Andrew and Nora (Sipes) Deckard. He was a member of the Walkers Chapel Methodist Church in Kirksville. He was a member and past president of the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association and a member and former director of the Hoosier State Press Association. He was also a charter member of the Shoals Lions Club, and the oldest member of the Bloomington Eagles Lodge Eerie #1085, which he joined in 1933. He was honored by the Vincennes University journalism department in 1977 and 1988. He brought about the development of both the gypsum industry in Shoals and West Boggs Park. He was active in many civic functions, including 4-H, and was general chairman of B & O centennial in Shoals in 1957. Survivors include three sons, Sanford A. (Pal) Deckard, Jr. of Carmel, James David Deckard of Brownstown and Stephen A. Deckard of Shoals; one daughter, Caroline Reid of Indianapolis; one brother, Joseph Dewey Deckard of Hobe Sound, Fla.; seven grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and several aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife: Lucile J. (Moore) Deckard, in 1979; one son, Richard Lloyd Deckard; one brother, Charles Deckard; and two sisters, Mary Neal and Goldie Strange. Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Queen-Lee Funeral Home in Shoals, with Brother Ken Jergens and the Rev. Rodney McBride officiating. Burial will be in Clear Creek Cemetery in Bloomington. Friends may call 3-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.