Obituaries and services for local residents held this week
Burial rites for Anna R. Armistead 85 of Jordan Manor Decatur family to receive friends Sunday at Brown Service Funeral Home. Service Monday at 3 pm Woodlawn Memorial Park Nashville with Rev Joe Walker and Rev James Bullock officiating. Survivors include two sons two sisters nine grandchildren. Funeral for Gertrude Bankston 73 Hillsboro to be held Tuesday at 1 pm at Davis Chapel Primitive Baptist Church with Rev Willie Swope officiating. Burial Foster Davis Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survivors include brother sister and aunt. Funeral for Lonnie Gene Schrimsher 21 Decatur to be held Monday at 3 pm Shelton Paaret Home Chapel with Rev R A Reinhardt officiating. Pallbearers named. Body lies in state today after 10:30 am. Survivors include widow mother father two brothers and grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna R. Armistead
Jordan Manor
Woodlawn Memorial Park
Nashville
Joe Walker
James Bullock
Brown Service Funeral Home
William C. Armistead Jr
Decatur
Robert L. Armistead
Quito
Ecuador
Marie Moss
Knoxville
Winona Roehl
Gertrude Bankston
Hillsboro
Courtland
Davis Chapel Primitive Baptist Church
Willie Swope
Foster Davis
Reynolds Funeral Home
Lonnie Gene Schrimsher
11Th St
Shelton Paaret Home Chapel
R. A. Reinhardt
Shelton
Lonnie Schrimsher
Terrie Foster
Trinity
Billy Schrimsher
Chicago
Mike Schrimsher
Robert Schrimsher
Jim Steele
Cullman
Whitt Schrimsher
Athens
Douglas Steele
Billy Steele
Ken Lundsford
Gene Borden
Joe Borden
Detroit Bank Loot Securitized in Alabama Heist
Sheriff Varnon reports a Friday bank robbery in Detroit Alabama at the Bank of Sulligent. Three men wearing stocking masks and sawn-off shotguns demanded cash from tellers, fleeing in a waiting car after bagging about $30,000. Roadblocks failed to stop them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Ala
Richard Varnon
Lamar County
Anya
Bank of Sulligent
Mack Anderson Jr
Varnon
Rosalynn Carter Bids Warm Reception On Latin Trip
Rosalynn Carter earns praise on her first diplomatic mission as first lady visiting Peru and meeting President Morales Bermudez. She says blunt talk helps open dialogue and highlights talks on aid, meat quotas, arms sales, and human rights with Latin American leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
Peru
Rosalynn Carter
U.S
Carter
Daniel Oduber
Quito
Rosalynn
Correo
Ecuador
Jamaica
Costa Rica
President Carter
Local Garnishments And Workers Compensation Suits
Liberty Loan Corp of Gadsden sues Geneva Blankenship with Hartselle Industries as garnishee. Hospital Credit Union sues Mazene Campbell with First Alabama Bank of Hartselle as garnishee. Kilpatrick sues Monsanto Co for workers compensation. Busch Jewelers sues Eddie Ervin aka Eddie Arnold Ervin with Goodyear and Decatur Mills as garnishees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty Loan Corporation of Gadsden
Geneva Blankenship
Hartselle Industries
Hospital Credit Union
Mazene Campbell
First
Alabama Bank of Hartselle
James R. Kilpatrick
Monsanto Company
Busch Jewelery Company
Eddie Ervin
Eddie Arnold Ervin
Goodyear
Decatur Mills
Black Pastors Raises Sought In Alabama Conference
North Alabama United Methodist Conference to propose a salary upgrade formula for pastors of large black churches. The plan would raise a $9,000 stipend to about $16,000 with conference support and church contributions. The annual conference runs Sunday through Thursday with Dr. Charles Allen to preach and Bishop Ernest Dixon to deliver the ordination sermon. About 1,500 ministers and lay delegates will attend and later vote on ministerial assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
North Alabama United Methodist Conference
Charles Allen
Houston
Tex
Ernest Dixon
Kansas
Fire Destroys Garment Factory in Maplesville
A Saturday afternoon blaze leveled the Mapletree Garment Factory in Maplesville, Alabama. Fire units from Clanton and Centreville responded after the 1 p.m. blaze, with authorities continuing investigations into the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maplesville
Ala
Mapletree
Chilton County
Clanton
Centreville
Morgan County Fair plans underway for 1977 event
The Morgan County fair board met to start preparations for the 1977 Morgan County Fair sponsored by the Decatur Jaycees. The event runs September 12 through 17 with Ronnie Dukes as treasurer Buddy Lentz secretary John Tirpack chairman and other directors listed. A separate note mentions a factory employing 150 people and deputy Stan Boswell reporting a minor injury in a fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan County Fair Board
Decatur Jaycees
Ronnie Dukes
Buddy Lentz
John Tirpack
Hugh Looney
Dennis Monk
John Wade
Charles Howard
Myron Milton
Jerry Waddell
John Deeds
Bill Dukes
Union Grove
Maplesville
Collins
Chilton County
Stan Boswell
Area Man In Service Kirk D Parker Assigned To Presidio
Army Specialist Four Kirk D Parker, son of Mr and Mrs James Parker of Athens, was assigned to the U S Army Garrison at the Presidio of San Francisco. He entered the Army in June 1974 and is a 1974 graduate of Athens TM Fr School. His wife Lula resides in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Kirk D. Parker
James Parker
Athens 7
U. S. Army
Presidio of
San Francisco
Spec. Parker
Athens
Lula
Advertising Sales Representative for Decatur Daily
Ambitious and hardworking individual with proven selling ability sought to take over an established account list and drive above average growth. Excellent salary and fringe benefits offered. Send a complete resume to Box T care of The Decatur Daily.
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Decatur Daily
Box T Care
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Richard Bankston
Cleveland
Carrie Foster
Savannah Rogers
Lonnie
Gene Schrimsher
Detroit Bank
Bruce White
Beltline
Columbus, Mississippi
the Decatur Daily
Walter Blackwell
First State
Pitase
First State Bank of Decatur
Johnston Street
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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