Decatur Man Shot Self In Residence Injures Head
A Decatur man identified as Lucian Jones aged around was found in critical condition at Huntsville hospital after a self inflicted .22 caliber pistol shot to the head at his home on 15th Avenue SE. Mrs Ola Jones called police reporting the gunshot after midnight. Jones was found on the kitchen floor with the pistol about three feet away. Jones had reportedly been drinking and left bed to go to the kitchen before the shot.
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Decatur
Huntsville
Lucian Jones
15Th Ave
Ola Jones
Jones
Zoeller Hosts 81st Birthday Party for One Overcoat Club
In New Albany Indiana on his 81st birthday C Urban Zoeller treated fellow One Overcoat Club members with 28 gallons of mammoth strawberries shipped from California by air express. The club requires each member to own exactly one overcoat.
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New Albany, Ind
C. Urban Zoeller
Zoeller
Air Express
California
Decatur Forecast: Hot and Fair with Isolated Showers
No rain in the past 24 hours. Today will be fair to partly cloudy and hot with a 20 percent chance of isolated afternoon and early evening thundershowers. High near 100, low around 77. Saturday stays hot and fair with lighter winds.
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Decatur
List of Hospital Patients and Dismissals Names
A long roster lists numerous patients with addresses across Decatur Moulton Somerville and nearby towns, alongside a separate dismissals section naming Oliver Williams Mrs David Ballew Vernon Weems Otis Lowery Madison and others. The compilation includes many individuals with street addresses and associated towns, reflecting hospital census movements and discharge updates.
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Ollie Lee Williams
Courtland
David Ballew
Vernon Weems
Decatur
Otis Lowery
Church St
Madison
Roy Reynolds
Wheeler
Bobby Joe Sneell
Truman Ave
Mark Foster McCormick
Steven Oakley Lanier
Hillsboro
Rebecca Lee Brooks
Bradley St
Mary Elizabeth Foster
West Court
Darwin Edwin ‘Park
Vinemont
Susan Kay Richards
Charles Bartlett
F. D. Early
Trinity
Lavon White
Moulton
Ernest Sullivan Holliday
Day St
Arthur Ellis Murphy Jr
Lacey’s
Kimberly Ann Murdock
Carolyn St
Tula Patrice Morton
13Th St
Janet Roanna Morton
Leonard Ray Kelley
Gordon Dr. SE
Angela Denice Jones
Olive St
Vine St. NW
Gordon Hale Guyse
Line St. NE
Ferrie D. Roberts
Danville
Andrew Reed
Tower St
Thomas Wayne Harris
Locust St
Elmer T. Hampton
C. H. McDonald
Betty St
Charles Rubin Dean
Clearview St
Emmett Blaxton
Murray Don Sams
Wallace Adds Two Campaign Stops In Border States
Former Alabama Gov George Wallace will speak in Knoxville Tennessee on Thursday and in Louisville Kentucky the next day August 30 as he wraps up a month of national campaigning The third party candidate continues a five state tour with stops in Portland Oregon Oklahoma City Detroit Los Angeles Long Beach and Phoenix before returning to Montgomery Alabama His aides say he will likely mark his 49th birthday in Santa Monica California Sunday.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
Knoxville
Tenn
Louisville
Portland
Ore
Oklahoma City
Detroit
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Calif
Phoenix
Ariz
Santa Monica
Local Residents Named in Cullman Area Notices
A list of residents including Thomas R. Vincent Garden City and Mrs Maggie Young Cullman appears among local notices. Other names span Holly Pond Hanceville and Garden City with multiple Cullman entries and family designations such as Mrs Edna Lambert and Julia Etta Hale.
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Man
Thomas R. Vincent
Garden City
Maggie Young
Cullman
Annie A. Burleson
Holly Pond
Rosie M. Eddleman
Eva
Gladys Griffith
Hanceville
Jewell Hardin
Nell Mae Lovell
Dianne Malin
Leele Sellers
Josh H. Sullins
Julia Etta Hale
Jeffery D. Feemster
Edna Lambert
Homer A. Mann
James P. Phillips
Margaret S. Runge
Baugh Wiley Smith Admissions List Read in Decatur
The notice lists multiple applicants including Mrs. Maria Hean and Mrs. Ollie Lee from Decatur, Wilburn Davis, Mrs. Mattie Bentley from Huntsville, and others such as Mrs. Pauline McCutcheon of Hartselle, Mrs. Cora Sapp and Patricia Turney from Decatur and Somerville, plus Dorsey Williams from Decatur.
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Maria Hean
Decatur
Ollie Lee
Wilburn Davis
Mattie Bentley
Huntsville
Pauline McCutcheon
Hartselle
Cora Sapp
Patricia Turney
Somerville
Claudie Kelley
Dorsey Williams
Obituary for Miss Li lia Cottingham of Hillsboro
Funeral services are set for 2 p m Saturday at Hillsboro Methodist Church for Miss Li lia Cottingham who died Thursday at a local hospital. Burial will be in Decatur Cemetery with Gunthorp Funeral Home handling arrangements. She leaves two sisters and many nieces and nephews.
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Lilia Cottingham
Hillsboro
Graveside Rites Scheduled for William C. Downs
William C. Downs aged 46 of 408 Hobb Street died Monday. Graveside services were held Friday at 11 a.m. at Athens City Cemetery with Rev. Burns Grubbs officiating. Spry Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include three sisters Bonnie Mae Blankenship Edith Marie Buchanan and Cora Maxine Breedwell all of Athens and two brothers Homer Downs and L B Downs both of Athens. He was a life long resident of Lawrence County and a member of the Church of Christ.
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Athens
William C. Downs
Hobb St
Athens City Cemetery
Burns Grubbs
Spry Funeral Home
Bonnie Mae Blankenship
Edith Marie Buchanan
Cora Maxine Breedwell
Homer Downs
L. B. Downs
Lawrence County
Church of Christ
Funeral services held for James Carl Mattox
Funeral services for James Carl Mattox 75 of Muscle Shoals were to be held at 3 p.m. today from Morrison Elkins Funeral Home Florence with burial in Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Survived by widow three sons James C Mattox Jr Robert L Mattox and Charles A Mattox two daughters Helen Hall Flor ence 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. four sisters Florence Rose Mattox Telva Alexander and Melba Mattox
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James Carl Mattox
Muscle Shoals
Morrison- Elkins Funeral Home
Florence
Memorial Gardens
Charles A. Mattox
Hartselle
James C. Mattox Jr
Florida
Robert L. Mattox
Birmingham
Helen Hall
Rose Mattox
Gays
Ill
Telva Alexander
Iowa
Melba
John Pope Rites Held for Columbia Man
Funeral services for John Pope age 57 of 705 Walnut Street were held today at 1 p.m. from the Church of God and Christ in Columbia Tennessee. Burial followed in Rosemont Cemetery with Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Pope is survived by his wife Linda Brown two daughters Mana Reese and Dorothy Handley all of Columbia a brother Sam Pope of Cleveland Ohio and an uncle James Pope of Decatur.
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John Pope
Walnut St
Church of God and Christ
Columbia
Tenn
Rosemont
Reynolds Funeral Home
Linda Brown
Mana Reese
Dorothy Handley
Sam Pope
Cleveland
Ohio
James iPope
Decatur
Moulton Man Charged With Manslaughter
A 22-year-old Moulton man Otis Earl Echols was charged with first degree manslaughter after a Sunday wreck on Alabama 157 nine miles west of town left two dead, Michael D. Sheffey 26 and Linda Faye Echols, and three others injured. Echols was taken into custody Thursday afternoon.
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Moulton
Lawrence County
Otis Earl Echols
Here
Alabama 157
Michael D. Sheffey
Linda Faye Echols
Moulton 3
Garlic Injections for Roasted Meat
Instruction on improving roasted meat by inserting a small garlic sliver into tiny slashes in the cut. Recommends evenly distributing garlic for enhanced flavor.
Local Names and Residences Listed in Cullman Area Obituary Snippet
A fragmentary list shows residents connected to Cullman and surrounding towns including Mrs Vena Edmonson Cull man Mrs Gwlenda Lee Hill Cullman 2 Mrs Margaret C Lambert Cullman 9 Lewis E Lamont Hanceville and others such as Mrs Gil lie A Pirkle Vinemont 1 Mrs Fredeline Walcher Cullman and Mary G Bill Allen Cullman with related entries for Carolyn P Campbell Cullman 4 Baby Jeffery D Feemster Garden City and more.
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Vena Edmonson
Cullman
Gwlenda Lee Hill
Margaret C. Lambert
Lewis E. Lamont
Hanceville
Gillie A. Pirkle
Vinemont
Fredeline Walcher
Clara L. Abbott
Mary G
Bill) Allen
Carolyn P. Campbell
Jeffery D. Feemster
Garden City
Maud Green
Bob Higginbotham
Elmos L. Huffstutter
Billie Jo Hyatt
Baileyton
Wanda Sue Moore
Falkville
Evelyn Rutherford
Nettie Staton
Logan
Austin Tolbert
Cull
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H_ & R BLOCK
Register
H & R Block CO
E. Moulton St
Decatur, Ala
Plains
Upper
Great Lakes
Texas
Pacific Northwest
Siberia
Europe
Asia
Africa
Davidson
Scott
Lady Scott
Southland Shopping Plaza
Decatur General Admissions
Robert Elliott Patterson
17Th Ave
James Cecil Plemons
3Rd Ave
Frances Rebecca Todd
Line St
Sheila Ann Morgan
Cagle Ave
Rickey Edwin Clay
Magnolia St
Alan Keith Bittle
Westmeade St
Malinda Arizona Aldridge
10Th Ave
Chester C. Young
11Th St
John Henry Snider
9Th St
Dalton
Pearson
College St
Robert Alan Pickens
Betty St. Moulton
Kim Sterling Terry
Lamar St
Terrry
T. Patterson
Town Creek
Frances Lucille Staab
Cleveland Ave
Billy Haskell Meadows
6Th Ave
Joseph Michael Gardella
George Lawrence McCrary
Hawthorne House
Richard Glenn Gilbert
West‘meade St
Benjamin Franklin Chenault
Quince Dr
Jean Bloodworth
Dogwood Sn
Lisa Lavon White
Sara McClung
Bobby Joe Snell
Jack C. Rogers
Austin St
Ronald Gray Amerson
Howard Dobbs
Shelley Hobson Richardson
Thomas Dr
Pleasant
Illinois
Mattox
Danville High School
Eva High School
Neellementary School
William Downs
James Mattox
Elree T. Waddell
P.m. Training Union
P.m. G. A. Coronation
Westside Baptist Church
Memorial Drive
Hershey Distributing Company
Dallas
P. D. Box
Cullman Admissions
Wolverine
Calumet & Hecla Corporation
Valley Products Co., Inc
Brooks St
S.E
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