Deputy Sheriff Roy "Bruce" Sutton, Jr. Obituary (1976

Deputy Sheriff Roy Bruce Sutton, Jr., age 33, Hanover, Indiana, entered this life on October 3, 1976 in Madison, Indiana, the son of Roy Bruce Sutton, Sr. & Deborah Castle Brock. He was raised in New Marion, Indiana and was a 1996 graduate of South Ripley High School. He played varsity basketball, varsity baseball & varsity track for South Ripley High School. He attended Northern Kentucky University and Ivy Tech State College. He resided in Versailles from 1999-2005 and was united in marriage on January 25, 2003, in New Albany, Indiana to Melissa A. Pyles. He was a former employee of Rotary Lift in Madison for eleven years. He served for the past year as a Deputy Sheriff for Jefferson County. He was a member of the Fraternal Order of Police "Stacks of Power Lodge No. 128"; the Chelsea Bass Master's and was raised in the New Marion Baptist Church where he was Baptized. He had resided in the Hanover community the past four years. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, being with his family, he was a devoted uncle, loved gardening, an avid IU Basketball fan, Bengal's fan, and Cincinnati Red's Baseball fan. Bruce died Friday, December 11, 2009 at 11:10 p.m. while responding to a domestic dispute in a car accident on Dugan Hollow Road near Madison, Indiana. A LOVING FAMILY Bruce will be missed by his loving wife: Melissa A. Pyles Sutton of Hanover, Indiana; his biological mother: Deborah Castle Brock of Greensburg, Indiana; his mother who helped raise him: Donna Todd Sutton of Hanover, Indiana; his sisters: Shawna Sutton Kennedy & her husband: Patrick of Greensburg, Indiana, Pamela Elliott Bair & her husband: Scott of Katy, Texas, Angela Elliott Gibson & her husband: Daniel of Columbus, Ohio; his brother: Richard Elliott of Hanover, Indiana; his maternal grandparents: Rita & Herman Castle of Cross Plains, Indiana; his father in law: Gayle Pyles of Bedford, Kentucky; sisters in law & brothers in law: Debbie Pyles Finnegan & her husband: Patrick of Madison, Indiana, Rebekah Pyles Gosman of Madison, Indiana, Robert Pyles & his wife: Casey of New Middletown, Indiana; his numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, aunts, uncles, & other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father: Roy Bruce Sutton , Sr. died: June 14, 2001; his paternal grandparents: Charles Wesley Sutton and Delbert & Pauline Sutton Truesdell; his mother in law: Mary Bentley Pyles. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Thursday, December 17, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., by Chaplain J.D. Traylor at the Madison Consolidated High School Gymnasium, 743 Clifty Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the New Marion Cemetery in New Marion, Indiana. Full honors will be rendered by the Fraternal Order of Police Memorial Team and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department. VISITATION Friends may call Wednesday from 3:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. and Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until time of the service at the Madison Consolidated High School Gymnasium, 743 Clifty Drive in Madison, Indiana. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Chelsea Bass Masters Kid's Fishing Tournament or the Dare Program or the Lide White Boys & Girls Club. Cards are available at the funeral home. To send a flower arrangement in memory of Deputy Sheriff Roy "Bruce" Sutton, Jr., please click here to visit our sympathy store.