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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1968

Page

3

Funeral services for Joseph A Crawford 91 Joppa 1

Joseph A Crawford 91 of Joppa 1 died at Arab Hospital Saturday. Funeral 2 p m today at Ryan Baptist Church with Rev Virgil Sizemore officiating. Burial Pleasant Grove Cemetery Gober Funeral Home of Arab directing. Survivors include his widow Nannie Gertrude Crawford a son Cecil B Crawford Decatur two daughters Mrs John Knight Falkville Mrs Mack Summerford Pensacola Fla three sisters Miss Elsie Crawford Miss Daisy Crawford Mrs Mae Holmes Cullman five grandchildren and four great grandchildren. The body will be at the funeral home until 1 p m today when it goes to the church in state until service time. He was a Ryan community native and a 50 year deacon at Ryan Baptist Church.

RYAN Joseph A. Crawford Joppa Arab Hospital Ryan Baptist Church Virgil Sizemore Pleasant Grove Gober Funeral Home Nannie Gertrude Crawford Cecil B. Crawford Decatur John Knight Falkville Mack Summerford Pensacola Fla

Funeral services for Mrs Vera Goodlett Fodders

Mrs Vera Goodlett Fodders 85 formerly of Decatur died Friday at Bryce Hospital Tuscaloosa. Services 2 p.m. today Elliott Funeral Home Chapel with Bro Maurice Howell officiating. Burial Old Moulton Cemetery. Survived by sister in law Mrs Ethel Goodlett Moulton and Walter Stephenson family of Moulton.

Vera Goodlett Decatur Bryce Hospital Tuscaloosa Elliott Funeral Home Chapel Maurice Howell Moulton Elliott Funeral Home Ethel Goodlett Walter Stephenson

Funeral services for Mrs. C A Poole Sr.

Mrs. C A Poole Sr aged 93 of Decatur 5 died Saturday at a local rest home. Services are at 3 p m today at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel with Dr A H Nabors and Rev Lamar M Davis officiating. Burial at Roselawn Cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs Ruth T Smith Florence.

C. A. Poole Sr Decatur 5 Guntharp Funeral Home A. H. Nabors Lamar M. Davis Roselawn Cemetery Guntharp Directing Ruth T. Smith Florence

Funeral for Mrs. W. A. Standridge in Moulton

Mrs. W A Standridge 82 of Moulton 2 died Saturday in Lawrence County Hospital. Funeral 2 p m Monday at Union Grove Methodist Church with Rev E L Hardin and Rev Albert Jones officiating. Burial in Caddo Cemetery Elliott directing. Survivors include three daughters Elsie Clark Nellie Mickle Cletie Nelson of Moulton 2 two sons Ernest Standridge Taylor Standridge a sister Nora Standridge Danville 3 seven grandchildren 12 great grandchildren. Body returns to residence before service.

Moulton W. A. Standridge Lawrence County Hospital Union Grove Methodist Church E. L. Hardin Albert Jones Caddo Cemetery Elliott Elsie Clark Nellie Mickle Birmingham Cletie Nelson Ernest Standridge Taylor Standridge

Death Notice for William Burkett Corum of Moulton

William Burkett Corum, 38, of 709 East St Moulton died Saturday at a local hospital. Elliott Funeral Home will announce arrangements. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Ben Corum of Moulton a brother Douglas Corum of Moulton two sisters Mrs Bea Hodson of Auburn and Mrs Dan Geiger of Auburn several nieces and nephews.

Moulton William Burkett Corum East St Elliott Funeral Home Ben Corum Douglas Corum Bea Hodson Auburn Dan Geiger

Jerry Phillips Appointed Process Engineer at Monsanto Decatur

Jerry R. Phillips was named a process engineer in Monsanto's Decatur plant. He joins the Acrilan fiber manufacturing department, comes from Thidkol Chemical in Huntsville, and is a Georgia Tech chemical engineering graduate of 1964. He and his wife Carolyn and their three children reside in Huntsville.

Jerry R. Phillips Monsanto Decatur C. E. Hieserman Phillips Pulaski, Tenn Thidkol Chemical Corp Huntsville Monsanto Technical Center

Births at Decatur General Sayings of Local Families

Mr and Mrs Marvin J Long De 4 welcome a son Friday at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs Leo Bailey Tanner 1 welcome a son Friday at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs Windell D Denney Trinity 2 welcome a daughter Friday at Decatur General.

Marvin J. Long Decatur General Leo Bailey Tanner Windell D. Denney Trinity

Wake Set For Edwin O'Connor

Pulitzer Prize winning author Edwin O'Connor dies at 50 from a heart attack. The Boston writer of The Edge of Sadness and The Last Hurrah shaped Irish American and political life in New England. He is survived by his widow Vernette Caswell Weil, his mother Mary O'Connor, a sister and a brother.

Boston Edwin O’connor O’connor New England Baptist Hospital New England Relgion Robert Manning Atlantic Monthly Massachusetts Providence R. I John V. ‘O’connor Woonsocket Notre Dame Coast Guard Vernette Caswell Weil Mary O’connor William Burell John New York

Do You Live The Way You Pray Poem by Mrs. Fred W. Glasgow

Concluding poem urges readers to align daily actions with prayers for others. It emphasizes aiding the sorrowing and sick, sharing burdens, and brightening neighbors' days before asking for divine blessing. Published under Mrs. Fred W. Glasgow.

Hitler Tay Fred W. Glasgow

River Weather Cold Tonight in North Alabama

Decatur area forecast calls for generally fair weather with warmer days ahead and a cold tonight. Highs today expected 44 to 50 with a low of 30 to 34, variable winds. Snow and cold across the region earlier, with several fatalities in Tennessee and Kentucky due to the storm.

Alabama Decatur Mississippi Gulf Coast Great Lakes Virginia-Washington, D. C Florida Gulf Coast Indiana Tennessee Kentucky

India approves funds for tourism film in ITY year

India approves 75 000 rupees to back a documentary promoting tourism and courtesy to foreign visitors during International Tourism Year ITY. ITY ended December 31 1967 and the film remains unfinished.

New Delhi

Local hospital roster lists patients and staff with partial names

A fragmented hospital register presents a list of individuals associated with the facility. It names Mrs Irwin C Craig Mrs James Carlton Jenkins Mrs Sallie B Rucker and others across multiple streets and towns including Decatur Hartselle Elkmont Courtland Bremen and Moulton among others.

Irwin C. Craig Grant St James Carlton Jenkins 16Th Ave Sallie B. Rucker Houston St N“ Taenar Sudiman Jesse Carl Annerson Vappe Louie Tapscott Jack Norwood Ith St. SE Suzanne Newman Hartselle Anita Kaye Ellis Moulton Wayne Jeffrey Morgan Decatur 4 Derrick Eel Kucera Betty St. SW Amanda Patrice Reynolds Douglas St William West David Mitchell Elkmont Alvis Eugene Jones Courtland Luther Wiley Smith Bremen Buford

Community Notes From Jones Chapel Church

Mr and Mrs Jerry Bell traveled to Orlando Florida where he will be stationed with the Air Force after a year in Palestine The Bl B Ca ey family hosted Sunday supper and attended singing at Jones Chapel First Baptist Church The young people led the services and more updates list married visitors and military assignments locally including Ft Sumter South Carolina Jimmie Maze returns home on furlough

Jerry Bell Orlando Fila Air Force Palastine W. J. Ca

Local Admitted Names Listing in Athens Area

A readable OCR snippet lists individuals connected to admissions or addresses in Athens and surrounding towns including Mrs Morris Black Birch St SE Donaldson Tenn Miss Marianne Hall Vine St NE Franklin Harvey Huntsville Falkville and Trinity with several other named residents and street references.

Pylant Athens Morris C. Black Birch St. SE Marvin J. Long Decatur 4 Marrianne Hall Vine St. NE Franklin Harvey Donaldson Tenn Douglas Shaw Huntsville Richard Lee Green Falkville Harry Buford Daniel George Floyd Nancarrow Trinity iGary King Wright 7Th Ave

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