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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1968
Page
3
Chicago resident Elton Lewis Sherrill 49 died in Decatur after a visit. funeral services planned in Courtland with burial in Hillsboro and burial details handled by Gunthorp Funeral Home. The second obituary notes R. Barkley Jr and family in Hartwell and Hartsville, with services at Gunthorp Funeral Home Chapel and burial in King’s Cemetery. multiple survivors listed and coroner cites natural causes.
Mrs Irene Barkley 77 died today at a local nursing home. Funeral services set for 3 p.m. Wednesday at Lebanon Baptist Church conducted by Rev John with burial at a nearby cemetery.
Funeral arrangements for Mrs. Elsie Bridgeforth of 421 Walnut St NW are to be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home. She died Monday about 4 p.m. of natural causes according to McBride who ruled the death an apparent heart attack.
Mrs. Mattie Davis dies in local hospital and funeral services are scheduled at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Hartselle Church of Christ with Bobby Clardy and Billy Helms officiating. Burial follows in Hartssel Memory Gardens. Pallbearers named. body in funeral home prior to service.
Arthur Loyd Isom 84 of Athens died Sunday at Limestone Nursing Home. Funeral at 2 p.m. today at Market St Church of Christ with Fred Evans and Winston Bracken officiating. Burial in Athens Rose Lawn Cemetery. Survived by daughter Gladys Davis of Athens, brothers Donald B. Isom Edison Isom Will Isom, sisters Ellis Hardison Amy Barksdale, six grandchildren 13 great grandchildren three great grandchildren.
Eric Pedder 54 of 1507 Le vert Ave died Saturday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Funeral Monday at Mount Pisgah Baptist Church with burial in Roselawn Cemetery Spry directing. Survived by widow Olon Ann Pedder daughter Patricia Ann Morell Athens two grandchildren three sisters and two brothers. He ran Pedder Lawn Mowie Service and was born in England. Pallbearers Doug McCurry Kent Broadway Brown Foster S G Hicks Charles Chastain James Black.
Mrs. Sarah A Ramsey 70 of Athens died Sunday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Services were Monday at Rogersville Methodist Church officiated by Rev Bill Smith. Burial in Romine Cemetery Spry. She was a Lauderdale County resident and Confluence Methodist Church member. Pallbearers included Julian Weathers Jerry Weathers Jimmy Hunt Bennon Lovell Glenn Ramsey and Lester Birdwell.
Woodrow W. Scott 52 of 411 East St Athens died Monday at his home. Services 2 p.m. Wednesday at Spry Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Tilford Junkin officiating. Burial in Athens Roselawn Cemetery. Survivors include widow Kathryn Scott daughter Nancy Ann Scott three sons Jerry Billy Joe Scott Dennis Scott sister Evelyn Blackwood brothers Irby Fred Maxie all of Athens two grandsons. Mr Scott lifelong Limestone County resident and First Baptist Church member. Pallbearers Charles Tucker Ernest Adams Al Steinhouser Dr J D Shawn Bruce Fogg Victor Hetrick.
Edith Swavely 83 of 511 Oak St NE died Monday at Summerford Nursing Home Falkville. Service today at 3 p.m. with Rev. Lawrence Maines at Guntharp Funeral Home Chapel. Burial in Decatur Cemetery. Survived by two sisters Mrs Red Rhinehart and Mrs Gertrude Richardson of Richmond VA. Also listed are A Rogers W O Flynn J R Williams Macon Gilbert and R B McElrath.
Mrs Louise Romine Yarbrough 58 of Gadsden died Sunday after an extended illness in a Gadsden hospital. Services were held at 11 a.m. at Collier-Butler Funeral Home Chapel with Dr Oscar A Davis and Rev Claude Grigsby officiating. Graveside burial followed at 2 p.m. at Decatur Cemetery. Survivors include a son Dr Ralph Yarbrough of Birmingham a daughter Mrs Martha Bruce Davis of Nashville Tenn two sisters and a brother Gorman B Yarbrough.
The report notes Jupiter visible east after sunset and Venus near dawn. Forecast predicts fair to partly cloudy, warm today and Wednesday with a chance of widely scattered showers Thursday. highs near 72 today and 76 on Wednesday, with a low around 44 tonight.
River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge this morning was 19.08 with sea level 553.38. TVA lake stages listed include Chickamauga 675.7 Pickwick 1411.8 Guntersville 593.4 Whitesburg 554.0 Wheeler 553.4 and Wilson 505.7. High Monday 70 at 4 p.m. Low today 42 at 5 a.m. 58 at 8 a.m. No rain in the past 24 hours.
In Huntsville five Decatur men were sentenced or placed on probation for conspiring to violate federal liquor laws. Donald Poole drew 1500-dollar fine and three years probation, Grady Alton Hill one year and a day in prison, Rayburn B Hill three years probation, Johnny Hill three years probation, and Harris Lee Parcus eighteen months in prison.
A warming trend covers Alabama with highs in the 60s to 70s and Anniston reaching 69 degrees. Clear nights drop temps to the 30s north and central, 40s in the far south, as a high pressure system dominates. By Wednesday highs reach the 70s with nights in the 40s, and rainfall stays near zero until a cold front nudges in Thursday.
The Quakers established Bryn Mawr College for Women in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania in 1885 marking a landmark in higher education for women. The founding reflected Quaker values and a commitment to advanced study for female students.
Athens dealer Greenhaw sold a large crystal chandelier from the historic Albert Hotel in Selma to Mr and Mrs Hubert Coffey of Wheeler. The Coffeys plan to install it in a former schoolhouse residence. The chandelier weighs about 150 pounds and is four feet wide at the base.
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