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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1969
Page
3
Morning river and sea level readings reported. High Thursday reached 92 degrees with a low of 74 at 6 am. Forecast calls for mostly warm, partly cloudy conditions with possible afternoon thunder showers today and Saturday.
Funeral services for Calvin D Durham 73 of Elkmont 2 who died Tuesday at Limestone Nursing Home were held today at Spry Funeral Home Chapel Clifford Buchanan officiating. Burial followed at Athens Roselawn Cemetery. survivors include wife Lilly Mae Durham seven daughters two sons a sister twenty grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Also funeral arrangements announced for Henry Lee Johnson 63 of New York City who died Wednesday at his residence survivors include three sisters and a brother.
Classified notice seeks a live in companion for an elderly woman in southwest Decatur by July 1. Contact The Decatur Daily at 353-5010 after 6 p.m. Also listed: several real estate offers from local builders and owners with prices, locations, and contact numbers.
Funeral services for 70 year old William Daniel Smith of 2309 Cleveland Ave SW will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Gunthorp Funeral Home with Rev. Sam Berry officiating. Burial is in K of P Cemetery Russellville. Survivors include widow Annie Smith and daughter Floyd Stovall, both of Decatur, plus three grandchildren. Pallbearers are Allen Cosby J B Stovall R B Roberts Gene Harwell Douglas Crabb and Richard Staab. Body remains at the funeral home until services.
Mr and Mrs Robert Burke welcomed a son Wednesday at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs D D Harper welcomed a son and Mr and Mrs Donald Schoene welcomed a daughter Wednesday at Cullman Hospital.
Staff Sgt. Richard Fritcher of Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs has driven a wide range of vehicles over 17 years and reached the 225000 mile mark with no accidents.
The list names patients admitted to Hospitals R C Bailey Cullman Ellis Baker Garden City and others and dismissals including Mst Bret J Barker Cullman 11 and Mrs Patsy Jeanette Quick Bremen 2. Additional entries cover Vilnames such as Vernmont Vinemont Hanceville Logan and Cullman with multiple individuals and figures.
A partial list of residents and accompanying details appears to reference several individuals in Moulton and nearby towns. Names include Erwin Houston Ligon, Linda Faye Butler and infant Trinity, Willie Mae Alexander, Gina Childress, Mary E. Fuller, Mrs Mary West and infant son, Alvie Terry, Opal Marie Kerby, Mrs Brenda Gail Winn and infant daughter, W and Lee Warren and infant daughter, Frank Lidelle, Joe Lipscomb Jr, Leona Eady, Birdie Mae Wilderson, Alton Wayne Adair, Claude Parker, Lula Callahan, Travis Millard and others.
The schedule lists Alabama Newsreel G News Sports Weather and primetime shows from 5:45 to 12:30 including Dark Shadows High Chaparral Gomer Pyle and Perry Mason with film titles like Strangers on a Train Alfred Hitchcock and No Name on the Bullet.
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