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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1968
Page
3
Various listings including homes for sale and rent in multiple locations. Properties show details on rooms baths down payments monthly payments and contact numbers. Some entries include owner sale claims and loan terms with references to local banks and streets.
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge was 20.73 with sea level at 555.03. Heaviest rainfall 1.05 inches at Mobile. Highs 85 to 93 across Tuscaloosa and Muscle Shoals. TVA lake stages listed. forecast calls for partly cloudy warm weather with thundershowers tonight and Wednesday. highs near 90s, lows around 70.
Howard Atkins 67 longtime Decatur resident died after a long illness in a Jasper hospital Burial was in Oaklawn Cemetery Jasper Survived by widow Carrie Atkins Jasper daughter Mrs Doug Kimberl Houston three grandsons Memorials to American Cancer Society requested Mrs Eustis was wife of late John Grady Eustis.
Jim Berzett 83 of 1017 20th Ave SE died today at his residence. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Wednesday at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. E L Creel officiating. Burial at Mt Pisgah Cemetery. Pallbearers: O T Milligan Curtis McMeans Ed Bridges Paul Miller Boston Hoover Kedrock Legg.
Mrs Emily Eustis of Tuskeegee died Monday in St Francis Hospital Columbus Ga Funeral services set for 3 pm Wednesday at the Tuskeegee Presbyterian Church Rev Neil Segrest officiating Burial will be in City Cemetery in Tuskeegee Survivors include sister Mrs Kathleen Copeland Allen Tuskeegee mother Mrs John Henry Peebles Mooresville a niece Mrs S R Benedict Atlanta
Ross McCarnes of Decatur died Monday at a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
Funeral for 26 year old George D. Ricks of Courtland will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Reynolds Funeral Home with Rev. James Smith officiating. Burial will be in Mount Pleasant Cemetery. He is survived by mother Mrs Viola White of Decatur, wife none, and numerous siblings.
Leland E. Vassar 56 formerly of Decatur died Monday at Colbert County Hospital in Sheffield. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Guntharp Funeral Home with Rev. Esco McBay and Rev. A Ray Lee officiating. Burial in Roselawn Cemetery. Surviving whom not listed.
A 35 year old Decatur man George David Clem died from an accidental self inflicted gunshot while cleaning a .38 caliber German pistol in his living room. He had been returning from work at Boeing Co Huntsville. Graveside services set for 10 a m Wednesday at Decatur Cemetery with Rev James Bodley officiating. Memorials to the Salvation Army.
Preliminary autopsy results show James Cox aged 39 of 108 Plum Street died of natural causes. He and Tennessee companion Charles Hargrove had parked in Jean Goode’s Pisgah driveway after brake trouble Sunday night. Cox was found dead in the truck cab Monday morning. State final ruling pending.
The obituary notes Decatur residents including Mrs Ida Vassar and siblings Mrs Anne Swanner Mrs Lois McBay and Mrs Mary Turner with a brother Walter C Vassar. Pallbearers named are R L Lilly Chester Jones W G Blackwell Clyde Bradshaw Hamilton Masters and Sam Allen.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the McConnell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial follows at Athens City Cemetery with McConnell directing. Survived by son Jerry Allen Cox of Elkmont and daughter Elizabeth Ann Cox of Elkmont, and brothers Hubert Cox of Elkmont, Buford Cox and Frank Cox of Athens.
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In an AP report from Chicago the guidance notes that political contributions cannot be deducted on federal individual income tax returns or as business expenses. Such gifts fall under the federal gift tax rules per Commerce Clearing House.
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