Weather and river report for Decatur area with 1920 tornado note
This morning river reading at Keller Memorial Bridge was 17.40 with sea level 551.70. Monday highs reached 69 and lows 50, with 60 average. Today’s forecast is cloudy with a 30 percent rain chance, rising to 70 percent tonight and Wednesday, possibly severe thundershowers. Extended outlook calls for more rain late Friday into Saturday, cooler temperatures, and lows in the 40s to 30s north Thursday night. On this date in 1920 a Chicago tornado killed 28 and injured 300, with $3 million in damage.
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Decatur and Vicinity
Keller Memorial Bridge
Chicago
Obituaries from multiple towns list several Pell City and Grayson deaths
Funeral notices report the deaths of Viola Bell Alexander 69 of Pell City Irene Young 61 of Decatur and Manie Prince Borden 53 of Grayson. Survivors include spouses children and siblings with services held or announced at Elliott or Reynolds Funeral Homes, St James church and Pineforch Cemetery. Additional infant Jennifer Lee Bradford dies Town Creek with burial at Old Liberty church cemetery and Exa Martin Cagle 81 Haleyville with services to be announced.
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Pell City
Viola Bell Alexander
Elliott Funeral Home
Grayson
Manie Prince Borden
Lindsey Hall
Holy Church of Christ
Coleman Cooper
Pineforch
Audrey Borden
Betty Lee
Vickie Borden
Charles Borden
William Borden
Docky Borden
Town Creek
Jennifer Lee Bradford
Old Liberty Congregational Christian Church
Gerald Bradford
Eusta Skelton
Wayne
Tenn
Loys Bradford
Rosie Norton
Courtland
Haleyville
Exa Martin Cagle
Jasper
Nichols Funeral Home
George M. Cagle
Decatur
Learie Richardson
Birmingham
Daily Records Reflect Local Admissions and Births
Local hospital and city notices list admissions and dismissals for DECATUR GENERAL and area facilities. The page names numerous individuals by name and residence, plus several births recorded at Decatur General and Cullman hospitals. Weather notes and minor city data appear alongside.
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Bobby Earl Chittam
Athens
Decatur General Hospital
Donald Glenn Eaton
Decatur
Mary B Edwards Rites Held In Selma Cemetery
Graveside funeral services for Mrs. Mary B Edwards of Atlanta were held at Live Oak Cemetery in Selma today at 11 30 a m with Rev James Sanders officiating She was a Decatur native and St Johns Episcopal Church member The family requests memorial contributions to a favorite charity.
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Selma
Mary B. Edwards
Atlanta
Live Oak Cemetery
James Sanders
Jackson Edwards
Bibb Lamar
Pueblo
Cole
Law Lamar Jr
Birmingham
Kitty Frazier
Mary Strench
Louisville
Charles Eyster
Funeral services for Lemuel L McLemore in Hartselle
Funeral services for Lemuel L McLemore 66 of 801 Pattillo Street Hartselle will be held Wednesday at 2 p m in Peck Funeral Home chapel with Revs Jack Freeman and Thompson Pitts officiating. Burial will follow in Johnson Chapel Cemetery. Survivors include a sister Mrs Emmett L Miller Trinity The body remains at the funeral home until service time. Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
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Hartselle
Lemuel LcLemore
Pattillo St
Peck Funeral Home Chapel
Jack Freeman Andompson Pitts
Johnson Chapel
Peck Directing
Emmett L. Miller
Trinity 1
Funeral services for Thomas Sanders in Trinity
Funeral services for Thomas Sanders 55 of Trinity will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. in the Peck Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jerry Robinson officiating and burial in the National Cemetery in Chattanooga. He died Monday at a Decatur hospital. He was a veteran. Pallbearers include Julian Bass Joe Hyde Durwood Sewell A B Doyle West Simmons Roger Isbell Jimmy Cox and Shorty Hill.
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Trinity
Thomas Sanders
Decatur
Peck Funeral Home
Jerry Robinson
National Cemetery
Chattanooga
Mildred Sanders
Leona Lee
Albany
Fred Sanders
Sanders
Julian Bass
Joe Hyde
Durwood Sewell
A. B. Doyle
West Simmons
Roger Isbell
Jimmy Cox
Shorty Hill
Funeral services for Forney W Warren in Oakville
Funeral services for Forney W Warren 71 will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Gibson Chapel Methodist Church Oakville with Rev J O Brown officiating. Burial in Grace Hill Cemetery Birmingham under Reynolds Funeral Home. Survived by wife Lula. daughter Thelma Warren. two stepdaughters Nobell Knight Cleveland and Sharon Bowie Chattanooga. two sons Daniel Cleveland and Mitchell U S Army. step-son Haywood Pruitt Erie. brothers Herman Robert Lankford Warren of Birmingham Ulysses Detroit. sisters Minnie Robinson Detroit Theodora Shores Mary Hollins Birmingham. two grandchildren.
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Forney W. Warren
Danville
Lawrence County Hospital
Gibson Chapel Methodist Church
Oakville
J. O. Brown
Grace Hill Cemetery
Birmingham
Reynolds Funeral Home
Lula Warren
Thelma Warren
Danville 2
Nobell Knight
Cleveland
Ohio
Sharon Bowie
Chattanooga
Daniel Warren
Mitchell Warren
U.S. Army
Haywood Pruitt
Erie
Herman Warren
Robert Warren
Lankford Warren
Ulysses Warren
Detroit
Minnie Robinson
Theodora Shores
Mary Hollins
Film Shot on French Riviera Adapts McBain Novel
New York reports that With out Apparent Motive, a suspense thriller starring Jean Louis Trintignant and Dominique Landa, was filmed on the French Riviera. The picture is adapted from Ed McBain’s American crime novel Ten Plus One.
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New York
Jean- Louis Trintignant
Dominique Landa
French
Riviera
Ed McBain
Funeral services for Arrie Mae Jackson held in Moulton
Funeral services for Arrie Mae Young Jackson 87 were held at 2 30 p m at Elliott Funeral Home Chapel with Rev Joe Whitt and Rev Robert Powell officiating and burial in Landersville Cemetery. Pallbearers named include six Young family members. She was widow of late Judge W R Jackson Probate Judge of Lawrence County.
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Moulton
Arrie Mae (Young) Jackson
Lawrence County Hospital
Elliott Funeral Home
Joe Whitt
Robert Powell
Landersville Cemetery
William Young
Julian Young
Joe Clark Young
Harold Young
Wayne Young
Charles Adams
Mutual Savings Life Insurance annual stockholders meeting
The Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting at the Home Office Training Center in Decatur Alabama on Friday April 28 1972 at 10:00 AM. Agenda includes amending bylaws to fix 11 directors electing a board and approving actions since the last meeting. March 24 1972. J D McPherson Secretary Treasurer.
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Mutual Savings Life Insurance Company
Home Office Training Center
Bank Street
Decatur
Alabama
Joe D. McPherson
Under Construction Now Leasing and Space For Sale
Property notice announces new office and store space for lease at prime site on éth Ave SE and Austin Plaza. Also lists 1926 Leeann St SW and a separate home offered at 45 000 dollars with five bedrooms and three baths.
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Éth Ave
Austin Plaza
Leeann ST
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John Wayne & the Cowboys
Princess
James Garner
Lou Gossett
Bowline Paewsee
Allen Funt
D.H. Lawrence
Thunderbird
Country Family
Hamsteak
Decatur Shopping Center
Reassi Ota
Albu
AmariHo
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Clear
Asheville
Bismarck
Boise
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Buffalo
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Charlotte
Cincinnati
Snow
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Fairbanks
Mmm
Viola Alexander
Mrs
Irene Young
Peter Young
Edda L. Shaw
Norma J. Pickett
Alice Irene Young
Charles E. Young
Moulton St
St. James Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Theodore Bone
Spring Hill
Old Trinity Rd
Reynolds
Manie Borden
Jennifer Bradford
Exa Cagle
Dorothy Ayers
Jeanette Turner
Magblerene Cowley
Sykes St. NW
Rebecca Bates
Bessie Moseley
Sunset Dr. NW
Cliffonia Logan
Hillsboro
Ayame Powell
Wadsworth St
Shannon Thrasher
Manor. St. SW
John Dobbs
Hohenwald
Decatur General Admissions
Arthur H. Foerster
Estelle Savage
Kristi Jill Mangu
Cullman
Charles Victor Stover
Lachlan Terry
Herman Luther Hagood
Madison
Herman Phillips
Marcus Glen Clem
George Paul Stackhouse
Harold Lang
Jeremy Wade Greenhill
Johnny Calvin Cantrell
Walter Graves” Pettey
Frank Perry Lanier
Jason Winfred NeSmith
Doyle Roberts
Howard James Pipin
Bruce Edward Tucker
Tanner
Gregory Scott Blankenship
Mack Vinson
Windy Yvette Widner
Lyons
William Coy Gatlin
Jesse Bauer
Olin Delwood Flanagan
Montie Alan Free
Falkville
LeRoy Rhodes
Floyd Marsh
Tara Shea Pope
Karen Kaye Martin
Charles Alfred Moler
Robert M. Eaton
Patrick Lynn Sims
Hope William T. Cook
James Edward Sivens
Somerville
James Milford Sanford
Lillie Nichols McKee
Clyde Franklin Mansell
Herschel Amon Guinn Jr
J. D. Posey
Charles Leo Adkins
Osie Lillian Beddingfield
Theo Davis Hill
Bobby Elbert Carpenter
Claude Henry Campbell
Lillie Inez Hatcher
Elizabeth Sanders
Claudia Ogle
Mamie Gibson
Alain Tomlinson
Daniel Marcus Delmore
Mark Allan Garrison
Lennie Cardin
Effie Thomas
Roy Thomas Rich
Hattie Johnson
Infant Skinner
Travis Pirkle
Cullman Hospital
Maxel Garrison
Fort Worth
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Helena
Honolulu
Houston
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Juneau
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Los Angeles
Marquette
Memphis
Miami
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St.p
New Orleans
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Omaha
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Ore
Rapid City
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Salt Lake
San Diego
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Lemuel McLemore
Forney Warren
THE
Decatur Daily
Brook
Made
3Rd Ave
Valley Homes
First National Nk
Covey TV
Deal Tax Service
Monroe Dr
John Houze
Income Tax Service
Doug Johnson
Bill Oakley
Hurricane Fence Co
Bank St
Mizell Drilling Service
Glenn Drilling CO
J. H. Standridge
Bobby Turney
Rainey’s Beauty Academy
A. L. Woods
Charles Carter
6Th Ave
First Federal Savings
William B. Chandler
Dennis Ballentine
Anderson
Johnston, SE
Windproof Storm Window Co
Decatur Income Tax Service
14Th St
Dick Coffey
Namco, Inc
Bessemer Road
B’ham
Ala
Opportunity Texaco
Strow
G.B. Pugh
Dan Touchon
Sherron
Woodmeade-Austin High
Aquadome
Decatur Realty
Cliff Moore
Mike Sloan Realty
Longleaf Estates
Lakeside
Dick Coffey Realty
13Th Ave
11Th ST
Ed Pearson
5Th Ave
Equity
Point-Mallard
Eastwood School
Neel
Arbor Ave
Gordon van Dusen
Bob McWhorter
Woodmeade School
14Th Ave
Secrethru
2Nd Ave
Rosemary Ruark
Ben Collier
Bill Gilchrist
Arrie Jackson
John Johnson
John Addie Johnson
Wilson St
Parkview Baptist Church
James Best
Harold Reed
Smith Ledbedder
Decatur Cemetery
Gunthorp Funeral Home
Tommy Johnson
James Johnson
E. B. Temple
Mobile
Mary Randolph
iMyra Mannings
Mich
Johnson
David Louallen
Al-Anon
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Holly St
Guardian Care Child Development Center
Douthit ST
Larry Yarbrough
Cony
8Th Ave
Waenene
Fha
Charles Carter Realtors
Walter Jackson School
Call Flo Serner
Bill Hammett
Cole Springs
Danville Rd
A. B. Love Real Estate
Johnston St. J.L. Johnson
Grady Gunthorp Realty CO
Hickory Hills
E. Moulton St
Lynnwood Circle
Hillside Rd
College St
Lynwood Circle
8Th St
Grady Guntharp
Rainbow Homes, Inc
Bob Pettey
Leiden
Compton
B. Frank Chenault
11216Th Ave
Partan
Reeves
VU BK Amon
U. & Hwy
North
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