Candace Marie "Candy" Herrell Obituary (1978

Candace Marie "Candy" Herrell, age 43, of Inverness, Florida entered this life April 14, 1978 in Homestead, Florida. She was the oldest daughter of the late SFC Joseph B. Herrell II USA RET and Bonnie Y. Griffith. Candy was raised in multiple places, but she always called Madison, Indiana home. She was a 1997 graduate of Madison Consolidated High School. In March of 1998, she was blessed with a daughter, Haley M. Owens with her high school sweetheart David Owens. Candy was united in marriage in October 1999 to Michael Eldridge and this union blessed them with two more children, Sabrina Eldridge and Trenton Eldridge. In the spring of 2017, she moved to Inverness, Florida where she enjoyed working with her clients through her employer Home Instead. Candy was a very outgoing, outspoken, glamorous individual whom everyone loved immediately. She had the personality and demeanor of an angel. Candy enjoyed going to the beach, relaxing on the tube in the many surrounding springs, spending endless hours with her lifelong partner Chris, facetiming her grandson Brantley, and catching up with her family and friends through social media and on the phone. Candy passed away on Monday, May 17, 2021 from a massive stroke in Ocala Regional Medical Center in Ocala, Florida. Candy was an organ donor and on May 19, 2021 she saved three lives. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Candy will be missed by her lifelong partner Christopher Bradner of Crystal River, Florida; her loving daughters Haley Owens of Madison, Indiana and Sabrina Eldridge and her fiance Nick Hall of Columbus, Indiana; her son Trenton Eldridge of Columbus, Indiana; her mother Bonnie Y. Griffith (Jay) of North Vernon, Indiana; her sisters Kimberly Herrell (Josh) of Vevay, Indiana and Brandi Santiago (Jessie) of Interlachen, Florida; her brother Brian Griffith (Melissa) of Alexandria, Virginia; her grandson Brantley Lyon; her aunts Vikki Ivey, Kathryn Cardinale, and Carol Munson; her uncles Johnny Ivey, Steve Munson, Mike Griffith, Robert Herrell, and James "Spike" Herrell; her nieces Katie Wilson, Pyper Herrell, Lana Leon, Emma and Elizabeth Griffith; her nephews Justice and Bryce Stone, Brandon and Jason Leon, and Jacob Griffith; her great niece Delielah Feign; and many countless other family and friends. Candy was preceded in death by her father Joseph B. Herrell II (1996), her paternal grandfather Joseph B. Herrell (1998), her paternal grandmother Delores Herrell (1994), her maternal grandfather Frank Griffith (2009), her maternal grandmother Juanita Griffith (2015), her aunt Mary Ann Herrell (2012), her cousin Matt Ivey (2019), her aunt Diana Herrell (2013), her best friend Margo Melton and her daughter Shey Melton (2004), her best friend Shawn Feutz (2018), and her niece Anna Mizzzel (2012). FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Saturday, June 5, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre at 325 Demaree Dr., Madison, Indiana 47250. VISITATION Friends may visit on June 5, 2021 from 4:00 p.m. until the time of the service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre at 325 Demaree Dr., Madison, Indiana 47250. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to Candace Herrell Remembrance Fund. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To send a flower arrangement in memory of Candace Marie "Candy" Herrell, please click here to visit our sympathy store.