Pearl Louise Vail Laughner Carter, 67, Frankfort, died at 4:38 a.m. January 16, 2001, at her daughter's home in Michigantown.
Mrs. Carter was born November 14, 1933, in Forest, to Pearl and Mary Samuels Vail. She married Lawrence Laughner, and they divorced.
Surviving are her mother, Mary Ronbold of Rossville; four sons, Terry Laughner of Forest, Kenneth Laughner of Ratcliff, Kentucky, Ronnie Laughner of Michigantown, and Nathan Laughner of Frankfort; four daughters, Diane Coffman of Kirklin, Judy Wood of Michigantown, Jeanie Ferrell and Sharon A. Niha of Frankfort; a brother, Bill Vail of Georgia; a step-brother, Fred Ronbold of Logansport; a step-sister, Dorothy Titus of Logansport; 26 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Four brothers preceded her in death