Shelby County Indiana
Obituaries
Lockman
Obituaries
Lockman
Glenn E. George & Son Funeral Home
February 2012
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Kent Lockman
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Kent Lockman, 61, of Arlington died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, at St. Francis Hospital in Indianapolis.February 2012
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Kent Lockman
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Born April 9, 1950, in Shelbyville, he was the son of Robert Devere and Doris Jane (Linton) Lockman. He married Marianne Nelson on May 23, 1972, and she survives.
Other survivors include son, Matthew (Deana) Lockman of Louisville, Ky.; daughter, Kate (Eric) Basti of Columbus, Ohio; sister, Dee Ann (Mac) Sanders of McDonough, Ga.; and grandchildren, Shelby and Connor Lockman and Jane Basti.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Kent lived his entire life in the Shelbyville area, graduating from Shelbyville High School in 1968 and from Indiana University Purdue University, Indianapolis in 1976 and receiving his master's degree from Indiana University in 1981.
He began teaching at Coulston Elementary in 1976 as Shelbyville Central Schools' first male first-grade teacher and finished his career 35 years later, retiring in 2011 as a first-grade teacher at Hendricks Elementary.
Over the years, Kent entertained area audiences as an actor, folksinger, storyteller and versatile musician, most recently as a member of Dishpan Pie and Cobbler Gobblers. Southern Appalachia and the stringband music of the mountains was very dear to him, and he tended to teach audiences as he played for them.
Kent was well-loved and lots of fun.
Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1 p.m. Wednesday at First Church of the Nazarene, 2315 S. Riley Highway.
Services will follow at 1 p.m. at the church, with the Rev. Steve Bohall officiating.
Burial will be in Forest Hill Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Under the Sun Cafe Community Center, 250 N. U.S. 31, Whiteland, IN 46184, where he and his musical groups enjoyed performing and where those in need are fed for free and inspired by Christian teaching.
Arrangements were by Glenn E. George & Son Funeral Home, 437 Amos Road
Contributed by Phyllis Miller Fleming
