Obituaries Rites Today For Boy Nine
Funeral services for Roy Douglas McMillan nine year old son of Mr and Mrs Milford McMillan of 1723 Diane St SW will be held today at 2 p m at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel The Rev Bob Gunn will officiate Burial follows in Roselawn Cemetery He was a third grade student at Woodmeade Elementary School and a member of Cub Scout Pack 277 Survivors include his parents grandmothers Mrs C W Butch Mitchell Decatur and Mrs Dewey McMillan Decatur plus other family members
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Roy Douglas McMillan
Milford McMillan
Diane St
University Hospital
Birmingham
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Bob Gunn
Roselawn
Gunthorp
Doug
Woodmeade
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
C. W
Butch) Mitchell
Deca
Dewey McMillan
Decatur
Carrier Of Daily Dies In Trinity Area
Lois Julian Pitt 68, longtime Morris Chapel resident and carrier for The Decatur Daily, died Saturday at home of an apparent heart attack in Trinity area. Funeral arrangements announced by Elliott Funeral Home, Moulton. He delivered The Daily for the past eight months with daughter Clifton Hill.
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Trinity
Lois Julian Pitt
Morris Chapel
Decatur
Elliott
Moulton
Trinity 1
Pitt
Clifton Hill
Obituary Brief for Local Resident Pitt Family
The obituary notes the death of a local resident, a member of Morris Chapel Methodist Church. He is survived by his widow Evelyn Pitt, a son C. J. Pitt of Michigan, four daughters Ruth Moore Neil Darnell Clifton Hill Lois Harden, three sisters Earl McBride W S Draper Mattie Sue Thomas, and two brothers Oscar Pitt Paul Pitt.
Moses Clay funeral set for 35 in Louisville Kentucky
Funeral services for Moses Clay 35 of Louisville will be at 1 p m today at St Stephens Primitive Baptist Church with Rev Willie Mastin officiating Burial will be in Sterrs Memorial Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home directing Survivors include his mother Earline Watkins of Decatur father Augustus Clay of Hillsboro daughter Miss Marjietta Clay of Madison stepson a grandson two brothers Clarence Clay Louisville and William Clay Los Angeles California Also funeral services for Jimmy Rogers Davis of 109 Sterrs Street to be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moses Clay
Louisville
St. Stephen’s Primitive Baptist Church
Willie Mastin
Sterr’s Memorial Cemetery
Reynolds Funeral Home
Earline Watkins
Decatur
Augustus. Clay
Hillsboro
Marjietta Clay
Madison
Clarence Clay
William Clay
Los Angeles
Calif
Jimmy Rogers Davis
Sterrs St
Reynold
Hartsville hospitals request no patient admissions list
Dateline notes that Hartsville area hospitals Hart sel le and Moulton will not publish daily admissions and dismissals. Readers request hometown hospital news, but J G C answers that administrators at both Hartselle hospitals do not wish to have these lists printed.
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Hartselle
Cullman and
Moulton Hospital
A T Looney Obituary At 60 In Decatur
A T Looney 60 of 2023 Bell Ave died at 5 20 a m Saturday at his residence Funeral services were held at Basham Chapel Methodist Church with Rev David Webster officiating Burial followed at the adjoining cemetery Peck Funeral Home of Hartselle directed pallbearers were nephews Survived by sister Pat Watkins and mother Margaret Looney both of Decatur He was a member of Flint Methodist Church.
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A. T. Looney
Bell Ave
Basham Chapel Methodist Church
David L. Webster
Peck Funeral Home
Hartselle
Pat Watkins
Margaret Looney
Decatur
Looney
Flint Methodist Church
Funeral services for Mrs Josephine Loosier
Mrs Josephine Loosier 48 of Chicago Illinois a former Madison resident died in a local hospital Saturday. Funeral services will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Courtland Baptist Church with burial in the adjoining cemetery. Gunthorpe Funeral Home directing.
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Chicago
Josephine Loosier
Ill
Madison
Courtland Baptist Church
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Funeral services for Melvin Mathews
Funeral services for Melvin Mathews 70 of 114 Ash Street will be held at noon Monday at Morning Star Methodist Church Belle Mina with Rev Jim Cain officiating. Burial follows at Center Star Cemetery Limestone County Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survived by son Melvin Mathews Jr Louisville Kentucky daughter Lorell ll Belle Mina and brother Arthur Mathews Washington DC.
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Melvin Mathews
Ash St
Morning Star Methodist Church
Belle Mina
Jim Cain
Center Star Cemetery
Limestone County
Reynolds Funeral Home
Melvin Mathews Jr
Louisville, Y
Lorell Ll
Arthur Mathews
Washington, I D.C
Funeral services for William A. Parr in Moulton
William A. Parr 78 of Moulton dies Friday at Landersville Church of Christ. Officiants Evan Bowling and Granville Tyler. Burial at adjacent cemetery with Elliott Funeral Home directing. Survived by wife Margaret, three daughters Margaret Wilburn Memphis Tenn Josephine Smith New York City Jean Hallmark Florence a son A Parr Decatur a sister Dorothy Rolston Frederickburg Va and 14 grandchildren. Pallbearers listed. A WWI veteran and native of Allwood Va and former Landersville Post Office postmaster. Body lies in state at the funeral home.
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B.a.parr
Decatur
Dorothy Rolston
Frederickburg
Barney Montgomery
Jack Waldrop
Sidney Parker
Leonard Love
Carl Knight
Herman Stov
Hartselle Woman Mrs Etta Roy Dies In Hartselle
Mrs Etta Roy 63 of Barclay Street died Saturday at 2 pm at a local hospital. Peck Funeral Home will announce services. Survived by four daughters Lucille Cloer Falkville Lily Mae Russell Tip City Ohio Dorothy Nell Hormel Chicago Ill Nora Buckner Chicago a son L J Roy Hartselle 15 grandchildren 8 great grandchildren two brothers Sam Holliday Chicago Ransom Holliday Battle Creek Mich two sisters Della McPherson Dexar Emma Morris Falkville. Grandsons will be pallbearers.
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Hartselle
Etta Roy
Barclay St
Peck Funeral Home
Lucille Cloer
Falksville
Lily Mae Russell
Tip City
Ohio
Dorothy Nell Hormel
Chicago
Ill
Nora Buckner
Il. J. Roy
Sam Holliday
Ransom Holliday
Battle Creek
Mich
Della McPherson
Dexar
Emma Morris
Falkville
Infant Thompson Funeral Rites Today
Funeral services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Nolan D Thompson of Decatur who died Saturday at a local hospital will be held today at Rose lawn Cemetery with Gunthorp Funeral Home directing.
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Nolan D. Thompson
Decatur
Roselawn Cemetery
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Weather Shifts as Cold Front Rolls Across State
A near full rain cover today cools to a light shower tonight as an Arctic air mass moves in. Snow or sleet may mix with precipitation northern areas with much colder weather through Monday. The national outlook shows Alabama in good shape despite a Midwest cold wave. In Rome a scarlet ibis has found a home, with the Wear family of Florida and North Carolina listed.
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Nion
Alabama
Midwest
South America
Sunshine State
Funeral services for Mrs Beulah Wright held at Sand Hill Church
Funeral services for Mrs Beulah Wright were held today at 2 p.m. at Sand Hill Missionary Baptist Church with Rev J H Cable officiating. Burial followed in the adjacent cemetery under the direction of S S Sykes of Decatur. Survivors include a sister Mrs Estella Strain of Cedar and two nephews Alt hos Ald Priceville and Rufus Draper.
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Priceville
Beulah‘ Wright
Sand Hill Missionary Baptist Church
J.h.cable
S. S. Sykes
Decatur
Estella Strain
Cedar
Rufus Draper
Mrs Evilee Wright Hartselle Obituary Notice
Mrs Evilee Wright of Hartselle died Friday at 10 p.m. at Hartselle Hospital. Services will be announced by S Sykes Funeral Home of Decatur.
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Hartselle
Evilee ‘Wright
Hartselle Hospital
S. S. Sykes Funeral Home
Decatur
Hair-Raising Situation in Decatur Over Barber Job
A visitor from Atlanta told Decatur police a barber gave him a haircut he did not want. He asked for a flat top but claimed the barber refused to redo it. Police said they have no jurisdiction over barber satisfaction and advised contacting the Better Business Bureau. The man described his hair as high on top and shaved sides.
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Atlanta
Decatur
Better Business Bureau
Infant deaths share of 1966 U S births and deaths
Infant deaths totaled about 2.3 percent of 3,629,000 American births in 1966 and accounted for 4.5 percent of 1,869,000 deaths in the United States that year.
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U. S
Obituary Honorary Members List
A list of named individuals including John B. Sewell Barrett Shelton John F. Smither Jr Rutledge S. Thomas Bayne J Vaughan Robert H. Tweedy Jr noted as honorary.
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John B. Sewell Barrett C. Shelton
John F. Smither, JR. Rutledge S. Thomas
Robert H. Tweedy, JR
Graveside rites for R. W. Wear in Rome and Mount Hope
R. W. Wear 72 formerly of Decatur dies in Rome. Graveside services set for 3 p.m. Monday at Wear Cemetery Mount Hope with a Rome funeral to follow at 10 a.m. Wear operated the Hunter Clothing & Jewelry Co. on 2nd Ave before leaving Decatur 21 years ago.
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Rome
R. W. Wear
Decatu
Wear
Mount Hope
Decatur
Hunter Clothing & Jewelry Co
2Nd Ave
City
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Seckerd’s Drug Stores
Hartselle Hospitals
Decature
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Thompson
Lupie Wear
Bob Wear
Ray Wear
Ronnie Wear
Wayne Wear
Orlando
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F. Wear
Joe Wear
Fayetteville
N.C
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Bridgeport
Arthur Morrison
Albert Harvey
Charlotte
Beulah Wright
Evilee. Wright
Bob Namie
Otis E. Kirby
AEA
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N.Y
Hawaii
Otis. E. Kirby
Decatur, Alabama
A. L. Johnson
James A. Davis
Joe W. Perrin
James E. Crow
Asst
Lloyd S. Jones
Betty Stewart
Joe R. Sims
John A. Caddell
William B. Eyster
E. W. McLeod
Henon W. Pearce
Bayne J. Vaughan
United States Securities
First Iine Bank OF Decatur
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