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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1968
Page
3
Brief entries list Floyd Lee Hill 57 Grayson and Nell Gray 41 Moulton with licenses, plus Ronald Eugene Cagle 20 427 Clear View St SW and Dena Ann Wildmon 16 Decatur as names appearing in the record.
Maj. John Wesley Powell, Civil War veteran, became the first explorer to run the Colorado River's rapids. He navigated the dangerous waters with only one arm after losing the others at Shiloh.
Funeral services held at Courtland Methodist Church for Betty Gray Terry 100 of Courtland who died Wednesday at home. Burial in Courtland City Cemetery. Survived by daughter Pearl G. Terry, granddaughters Carl Jenkins and Tommy Terry, and G. H. Terry. Widow of Confederate veteran James Washington Terry known as Aunt Bet. She fell and broke a hip eight years ago and used a wheelchair since. She would have turned 101 on April 1.
Funeral services for Arthur Cosby of Hillsboro who died Wednesday at his residence will be announced later by Reynolds Funeral Home.
Eddie Pointer Dutton 77 of Moulton died Thursday in Lawrence County Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Elliott Funeral Home. The fragment notes at least nine species of sharks will attack and eat people.
Elizabeth ghiters Susan Barbara Finch of Birmingham with parents Mr and Mrs Peyton Finch Browns Alabama and two sisters Mrs D C Stockes Reform Alabama and Mrs J S Wallace Browns. He was a member of the Alabama Water Improvement Chamber of Commerce. A UA graduate with degrees in chemistry and ceramics and also earned a law degree.
Funeral services for Mrs. Julia Parker 80 of Moulton were held at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with Rev. Robert Campbell and Rev. Ronald Manly officiating. Burial followed in Moulton City Cemetery Elliott directing. Survived by four daughters a son a sister eight grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren. Pallbearers included Braxton Sapp Gurnie Murphree John Thompson Virgil Kelley Russell Coffey Jr and Kenneth Lambert. Mrs Parker was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Mrs Sophie Robinson 78 of 814 Walnut St died Wednesday in Decatur General Hospital. Funeral at 2 p m Sunday at Madonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Decatur, Rev Frank Moore officiating. Burial in Sykes Cemetery Reynolds. Survived by sister Clara Gordon Detroit and three nieces Artie Mae Taylor Mary D Thompson Lela Belle Sole.
Funeral services for Ira Ester Wright 97 of Decatur will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Dr A B Van Arsdale officiating. Burial is in Decatur Cemetery. Surviving are a son German of Englewood California and three daughters including Mrs Elmer.
Arctic air left Decatur Huntsville and Dothan with subfreezing to near freezing lows around 22 to 29 degrees. The statewide forecast shows continued seasonably cold conditions with a warming trend possible Saturday followed by a return to colder weather Sunday and beyond.
An incomplete obituary fragment mentions Ange and Mrs Dan Hurst of Decatur and Mrs Tennis Roger of Louisville Ky a brother Dock Wright of Cultmany nine grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren and pallbearers recruitment. Wright was a member of Baptist Church. The family requests memorials in form of a loan to favorite chair. The body remains at the funeral home until services.
River readings show Keller Memorial Bridge at 16.52 feet and sea level 550.82. TVA lake stages list Chickamauga 675.7 Pickett 408.6 Guntersville 593.1 Whitesburg 552.2 Wheeler 550.4 Wilson 506.1. High today 38 the warmest at 2 pm, low 22 this morning, 8 am 28. No rainfall in the prior 24 hours. Forecast calls for fair today, 54 to 60 expected later, 30 to 35 mornings. Decatur may reach 40 today and 48 Saturday, 24 tonight. Winds NW shifting W tonight. continued cold today and tonight. Saturday mostly fair and warmer. WANTS ADS GET RESULTS.
In Decatur on Friday March 1 the sky shows the First Quarter Moon with Mars and Saturn nearby. The brighter planet dominates the early evening, while Saturn leaves the sky later this month. Population estimates for the American West range from 5,500 to 13,000.
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