Mark Cole, Beloved Evansville Businessman, Race Driver Passes Away

by Johnny Kincaid

Mark Cole was one of those people who made an impression on everyone he met because he was always living life to the fullest.

He owned an auto glass and window tinting business on First Avenue, but his passion for adventure ran deep. You’d find him tearing up the track in his #81 race car on weekends or burning up the highway riding his bike from Evansville to Florida. His reputation for kindness to others was well known as he lived out Matthew 25:35, “For I was hungry, and you gave me food; I was thirsty, and you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger, and you welcomed me in…”

Mark was treated for cancer in 2021, but didn’t let that slow him down.

He was recently hospitalized and didn’t recover. He will be missed.