- Date Of Birth: January 9th, 1941
- Date Of Death: July 26th, 2009
- State: Indiana
Leah Lavonne (Gray) Carmichael was born January 9th, 1941 to Sam and Agnes (Smiley) Gray in Bloomington, Indiana. She rested in peace on Sunday July 26th, 2009 at her son and daughter-in-law’s home in Bloomington. Leah married the love of her life, Jim at the age of 17, on January 10th, 1958.
Together they had two sons, Kenny and Danny. They both brought them five grandchildren and two step grandchildren and two great grandchildren. She loved all of them dearly until her death. Leah was better known to all by her nickname, Sissy at the racetracks, the Moose Lodge, Eagles and American Legion where she went with her husband often. She loved Bingo and spoiling her grandkids and watching various television shows and also watching her favorite NASCAR drive Dale Earnhardt Jr., with her granddaughter Jamie.
Sissy was a great woman, daughter, mother, sister, grandma and friend to all who knew her. She will be missed by all. She was preceded in death by her husband Jim on September 10, 2006, her parents, her half-sisters, Frances Barrow and Mary Percifield,half brother Lester Gray, her nieces and nephews Debbie and Dennis Gray and Austin Barrow all of Bloomington.
She is survived by her son and daughter-in-laws, Kenny and Peggy Carmichael of Terre Haute and Danny and Tami Carmichael of Bloomington, her grandchildren; Crystal and Travis Heramb, Kenny Carmichael and girlfriend Samantha of Terre Haute, Jamie Carmichael and boyfriend Daniel Livers, Brandy Carmichael and boyfriend Travis Lane, Bradley Carmichael and fiancé’ Ashlynn Sterett, her two step grandchildren, Daniel and Tiffany Hendershot of Greenwood, great grandchildren, Timothy David Arthur of Williams and Keaton Scott Heramb of Terre Haute.
She is also survived by her brother and sister-in-law, Patrick and Carolyn Gray,half sister Hazel May, her nephews, Patrick Gray, Tommy Gray, David Gray and Donnie Gray and wives and many great nieces and nephews.
