From The Plainfield Messenger, April 7, 1976

MOORESVILLE - Raymond Eugene "Gene" Kennedy, 27, of Mooresville, died Saturday evening in Methodist Hospital at Indianapolis.

He was a victim of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Charles W. Baker, Hendricks County coroner.

Mr. Kennedy was a 1968 graduate of Plainfield High School.  He was employed by the Federal Mogul Corporation here.

He is survived by his wife, Patricia;  his father, Kenneth Kennedy of Plainfield;  a daughter, Jennifer, at home; a son Raymond Logan of California;  foster parents, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Cummings of Plainfield;  four brothers, Donald Kennedy of Plainfield, William Kennedy of Mooresville, Russell Cummings of Florida, and Karl Cummings of Indianapolis;  two sisters, Mrs. Janice Pedigo of Indianapolis and Claudia Caldwell of Clayton, and several nieces and nephews.

He was the son-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Gibson of Plainfield, who also survive.

Services were today in Hall-Baker Funeral Home at Plainfield.  The Rev. Donald Endsley officiated.

Burial was in Maple Hill Cemetery.