On October 14, 1956 in Brighton, IN he married Patricia “Pat”
M. Lewis; Mrs. Lambright preceded him in death on November
29, 2015.
Mr. Lambright served in the United States Navy from 1951 until
his discharge in 1955.
After returning from the Navy in 1955, he began his career
as an auctioneer after graduating from Repperts School of
Auctioneering in Decatur, IN. It was at this time that he formed
a partnership with his father-in-law and Lewis and Lambright
Auction and Real Estate firm began. In 1972, he and his wife
formed the corporation of Lewis and Lambright, Inc. Auctioneers
and Realtors and held the designations of GRI, CAI, CREA, SCAP,
AARE, AND M-CES. Every Wednesday, for the past 64 years,
Harvey had worked at the Shipshewana Antique Auctions.
Surviving are his three daughters and two sons-in-law, Debra
Lambright and her fiancé, Meredith Cameron of LaGrange, IN,
Denise and Carl Scott of LaGrange, IN and Dodie and J.R. Hart
of Shipshewana, IN; a step-grandson and his wife, Brodee and
Sarah Hart of Elkhart, IN; step-great-grandson, Noah Lee Hart;
three sisters and two brothers-in-law, Wilma and Raymond
Yoder of Millersburg, IN, Amanda Eash of Bloomfield, IA, and
Katie and Joe Shinn of Shipshewana, IN; and a brother, Freeman
Lambright of Dandridge, TN.
Along with his wife and his parents, he was preceded in death
by two grandsons, Corey Whitcomb and Chase Scott; a sister,
Mary Miller; and a brother, Enos Lambright.
One reason why birds and horses are not unhappy is because they are not trying to impress other birds and horses. ~ Dale Carnegie
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A member of several organizations, he served as president
of the Indiana Auctioneers Association in 1970, the National
Auctioneers Association in 1979, and the Northeastern Indiana
Board of Realtors in 1972. He was on the Indiana Auctioneer
Commission for 16 years serving as the Chairman for 3 of those
years, honored in 1970 by the Northeastern Indiana Board of
Realtors as the Realtor of the Year, inducted in 1982 into the
Indiana Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame and in 1984 into
the National Auctioneers Association Hall of Fame. Amongst his
other accomplishments, he was awarded the Sagamore of the
Wabash in May 1975 and was the LaGrange County Republican
Chairman for over twenty years. Harvey was a longtime
member of Brighton Chapel in rural Howe, IN, the LaGrange
American Legion Post #215, and a former member of the
Knights of Pythias.
Memory
Mr. Lambright was born on September 23, 1931 in LaGrange
County, IN to Charles William and Elizabeth (Eash) Lambright.
HARVEY C. LAMBRIGHT
, 87, of Howe, IN died
February 17, 2019 at Parkview Noble Hospital in Kendallville, IN.