Weather and river outlook for Decatur area May 25
Sunset 6 51 p m Sunrise 4 39 a m Moonrise 6 21 p m Full Moon 3 29 a m June 24 total eclipse visible across North America except northwest. Tennessee River at Keller Memorial Bridge 21.5 feet. sea level 555.81 feet. TVA lakes Chickamauga 682.5 Pickwick 413.9 Guntersville 595 Whitesburg 556.3 Wilson 506.6. Forecast partly cloudy warm with scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms. high 87 low 67 for today and mild change Monday.
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Decatur
Tennessee River
Keller Memorial Bridge
TVA
Chickamauga
Pickwick
Guntersville
Whitesburg
Wilson
Births at Decatur area hospitals this week
Mr and Mrs Jack Webb welcomed a girl Friday at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs Robert Stewart of 2211 11th St SE had a boy Friday at Decatur General. Mr and Mrs Jerry A Cook of 1413 1st St SW had a boy Friday. Mr and Mrs Alvin Poole of Decatur 3 welcomed a girl Saturday at Decatur General Hospital.
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Jack Webb
Decane General
Robert Stewart
11Th St
Decatur General Hospital
Jerry A. Cook
1St St
Alvin Poole
Decatur 3
Mary Griffin
Trinity
Lena Swindle
Decatur
1St Ave
Knox L. McRae
Alvin. Poole
Danville
Robert F. Paulk
Athens
Wayne Mardis
Hartselle
Joe D. Casey
Paul B. Parker
Courtland
Jack Burney
Cagle Ave
Elizabeth Grayson
Hillsboro
Trey O. Martin Jr
Clarence D. Milam
19Th Ave
Thomas Willoughby
Moulton St
Kathleen Stroupe
7Th St
Silas. Dutton
Funeral services set for local church leaders this week
Funeral services for Howard Banks will be today at 2 p.m. at Swancot Church of Christ Limestone County with burial in nearby cemetery. Mrs. Dixie Russell to be laid to rest Sunday at 11 a.m. Curry C M E Church and burial in Curry Chapel Cemetery. Rance Gurley funeral is Tuesday at 2 p.m. Mount Hope Missionary Baptist Church Somerville with burial in Shiloh Cemetery.
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Howard Banks
Swancot Church of Christ
Limestone County
Dixie Russell
Curry C.M.E
Curry Chapel
Rance Gurley
Mount Hope Missionary Baptist Church
Somerville
Shiloh Cemetery
Barbershoppers Charter Decatur SPEBSQSA Night
Poole presented a charter to Decatur’s SPEBSQSA chapter at Charter Night Show at Decatur High School. The Heart of Dixie Chapter Chorus performed and several quartets paraded. Huntsville Rocket City Chorus and the Dixie Barons joined the program with Ellis thanking SPEBSQSA officials.
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Decatur Heart of Dixie
the Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
Ed Poole
Heart of Dixie
Society For the Preservation l and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet
America
Decatur High School
Poole
Decatur
Spebsqsa
Society
Henry Clay
Harmony Landing
Huntsville Rocket City Chorus
Dixie Barons
Birmingham
Ellis
Huntsville
Central Methodist Church
Dismissals Listed at Hospitals Across Cullman Area
A hospital notice lists numerous discharged patients and their residences including Cullman County towns such as Cullman Holly Pond Hanceville and Garden City. Names include Fred Hamilton Ervin Ausley Carol Rae League Elizabeth Owell Nesmith Joseph Treptan Katherine Wald Maureen Bradshaw Boyd Duke and many others with street and box numbers.
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Emiel Carl Jones
Cullman
Carol Rae League
Elizabeth Owell Nesmith
Thomas Joseph Treptan
Frances Louise ‘McNutt
Albert Jackson Gober
Master Coude Anthony Minor
Katherine Florene Waldrep
Hanceville
Freddie Eugene Allredge
Martha Lou Hawkins
Holly Pond
Tavie Jo Davis
Josephine Clara Thompson
Box
Maureen Therese Bradshaw
William Boyd Duke
Jubilee program features Baptist unity and global missions
The article reports on a Jubilee program with remarks from Baptist leaders, including Dr. Theodore Adams of Richmond, who notes differences exist but Baptists are united in Christ. A joint denominational report urges Christians to combat social evils, while missionaries share progress and hardships from abroad, such as Perro Bonet Such describing Spain's easing religious intolerance and the Madrid church reopening.
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Smith
Theodore Adams
Richmond Va
Perro Bonet Such
Spain
Second Baptist
Madrid
Deaths Wanda Baker Center Point
Miss Wanda Baker of Center Point died Thursday at 8 p.m. in a Birmingham hospital. Services were held Saturday at 3 p.m. from the Roebuck Chapel. Survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Baker, Center Point. grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Turney, Decatur, and Mrs. Ben Baker, Birmingham. one sister Joyce Baker. great grandparents J. F. Turney, Decatur, and Mrs. Nettie Grace, Decatur. an aunt Mrs. Charles T. Roberts, Decatur. and other relatives.
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Wanda Baker
Center Point
Birmingham
Roebuck
G. A. Baker
E. F. Turney
Decatur
Ben Baker
Joyce Baker
J. F. Turney
Nettie Grace
Charles T. Roberts
Mrs. Zadie Alexander Dies in Athens Area
Mrs. Zadie Alexander age 70 of Rogersville died at 3 25 pm Thursday at Athens Limestone Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at Cedar Grove Church of Christ with E F Bullington officiating. Burial was in Barker Cemetery with Spry directing. Survivors include three daughters, two sons, one brother, fourteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. A Lauderdale County lifelong resident she was a Cedar Grove Church of Christ member.
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Athens
Zadie Alexander
Rogersville
Athens-Limestone
Cedar Grove Church of Christ
E. F. Bullington
Barker Cemetery
Thomas Hendrix
Good Springs
Tenn
Clifford Morrison
Anderson
Ted Wilson
Billy Gene Alexander
Sheffield
Edwin R Wallace Dies in Alabama at 51
Edwin R Wallace 51 of 806 Pryor Street Athens died Friday at 3 p m in Tuscaloosa Services will be held today at 2 p m at McConnell's Funeral Home Chapel with Revs Elzie Jones and James Johnson officiating Burial is in Pettusville Cemetery Survivors include widow Annie Wallace Athens two sisters Eva Spence Indianapolis Indiana Lana McDonald Decatur three brothers Thomas Wallace Anderson Wendell Wallace Athens Vaulton Wallace Indianapolis Indiana
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Athens
Edwin R. Wallace
Pryor St
Tuscaloosa
McConnell’s Funeral Home
Elzie Jones
James Johnson
Pettusville Cemetery
Annie Wallace
Eva Spence
Indianapolis
Ind
Lana McDonald
Decatur
Thomas Wallace
Anderson
Wendell Wallace
Vaulton Wallace
Woodruff, W. T. Hartselle Resident 87, Dies
W. T. Woodruff 87 of Falkville 1 died Friday at 5 p.m. at his home. Services today at 2 p.m. at Union Hill Baptist Church with Rev. R. L. Dyer and Rev. James Brooks officiating. Burial in church cemetery Peck Funeral Home in charge. Survivors include widow Ophelia, two daughters Oren Holmes and Grady Kellem. two sons Johnny and Luther Woodruff. three sisters R. M. Holmes Eva, Mrs. Jack Woodham, and Mrs. John Groover. seven grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He was a member of Eva Methodist Church. Pallbearers: Pete Thompson, Joe Thompson, A M Fowler, Neaman Cobb, L. L. Lindsey, R. L. Gandy.
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Falkville
Johnny Woodruff
Luther Woodruff
R. M. Holmes
Eva
Jack Woodham
Boaz
John Groover
Fayetteville Tenn
Woodruff
Eva Methodist Church
Pete Thompson
Joe Thompson
A M.fowler
Neaman Cobb
L. L. Lindsey
R. L. Gandy
Leon Cartee MOULTON Funeral arrangements announced
Leon Cartee Moulton of Chicago died Friday night in Chicago. The body is to arrive in Debatur today at 2 15 p.m. Funeral services will be announced later by Elliott Brown Service Funeral Home.
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Moulton
Leon Cartee
Chicago
Debatur
Elliott-Brown Service Funeral Home
Services for Florean Terry Held at Sulphur Springs Baptist
Funeral services for Florean Terry are today at 11 a.m. at Sulphur Springs Baptist Church. The services had been scheduled for Saturday but were canceled in advance.
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Moulton
Florean Terry
Sulphur Springs Baptist
Benji man F Hill 74 Dies. Funeral Monday at County Line Church
Benjiman Franklin Hill 74 of Moulton 2 died Saturday at 2 30 p m at his residence Funeral services will be Monday at 2 30 p m at the County Line Church of Christ with Hugh McWhorter officiating Burial will be in Bellview Cemetery Gunthorp directing Survivors include his widow Mattie Hill four sons Earnest Trinity Buford Mansfield Ohio Benji man Ohio Clarence Decatur 3 two daughters Mrs Robert Putman Decatur 3 Mrs Ola Zills Decatur 3 14 grandchildren five great grandchildren and one nephew Pallbearers named Orlando Wade J L Royer Ed Kirby
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Benjiman
Franklin Hill
Moulton
County Line Church of Christ
Hugh
McWhorter
Bellview Deery
Gunthorp
Directing
Mattie
Hill
Mortion
Earnest
Trinity
Buford
Mansfield
Ohio
Clarence
Decatur
Robert Putman
Ola Zills
Orlando Wade
J. L. Royer
Ed Kirby
Multiple weekend vehicle crashes reported in Decatur area
A series of weekend accidents across Decatur involved a 1962 Rambler driven by Margaret S. Johnson and a 1953 Chevrolet driven by Lillian Nell Atkins with no injuries. Other crashes included a 1962 Plymouth versus a 1961 Jeep station wagon, a four-vehicle collision at Memorial Drive, and additional two-car incidents on 6th Avenue Southeast and at Gateway Shopping Center with no injuries. Police also investigated a broken drink box at First Federal Savings and Loan and treated David L. Holyfield after a fall near Decatur General Hospital.
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Austinville Rd
1St Ave
Margaret S. Johnson
Lillian Nell Atkins
6Th Ave
7Th St
William Percy Goodwin
Locust St
Gary M. Stanley
Carridale St
Memorial Dr
2Nd St
Ford
James Tunstill
Hartselle
Jackson D. Parker
3Rd Ave
Modie C. Houge
Decatur
Wilford L. Smith
Betty St
11Th St
Garland A. Gibson
Decature
Betty H. Peebles
Mooresville
6Th Ave. SE
Gateway Shopping Center
Reva B. Burgin
12Th St. SE
Chrysler
Gwyn L. Glover
Moulton
Defeatur
First Federal Savings and Loan Association
Grant St. SE
Emmett West
Decatur Shopping Center
Peggy Allen
5Th Ave
Chevrolet
Hendry Peeples
Loyd Hays Remembered, Fund Seeks Aid for Family
Loyd Hays was slain on May 1 near his home, leaving a line of unmet ambitions as he faced fire losses and injuries from a prior automobile accident. The Loyd Hays Memorial Fund gathers support to assist his wife and five children, while community members seek to honor a man described as genuinely fine.
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Loyd Hays
Six Accidents Are Probed In Morgan and Limestone Counties
The Decatur Post of the Alabama State Troopers probed six accidents Saturday across Morgan and Limestone counties. Vehicles involved include Chevrolets, a Chrysler, a Pontiac, and an Oldsmobile with damages ranging from 10 to 450 dollars. No injuries were reported.
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Decatur Post
Alabama State Troopers
Decatur
Cullman
Morgan County
Hollis Marion Owens
Gary
Ind
Shirley Faye Terry
Ala
Athens
Limestone ‘County
William C. Downs
John Sledge
Governor Wallace Eyes Arkansas Bid With Independent Ticket
Sources say Wallace plans to push an elector ticket in Arkansas. In South Carolina an independent elector slate has begun a signature drive to reach 10 000 voters and appear on the ballot.
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South Carolina
Loyd Hays Memorial Fund Seeks Support in Decatur
Funds raised aid education and Loyd Hays view home with total gifts reaching 5028 03 dollars by Saturday. Donations to Loyd Hays Memorial Fund addressed to Decatur Daily list contributors including Mr and Mrs W H Stewart Jr Davison Gordon Peters Glasier Hamilton Russell Coulter and Mack Smith among others.
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Loyd’s View House
Loyd Hays
Decatur Daily
W. H. Stewart, Jr
Thomas .O. Davidson
William R. Gordon
J. Paul Peters
Ed Glasier
George Hamilton
J. M. Russell
S. O. Coulter
Mack Smith
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Hugh Scott
Eddie Allen
Sim ‘Harbuck
George Hale Jr
Space City
USA
Clinton Avenue
Huntsville, Alabama
Timothy James Gay
S. F. Higdon
Tennessee James
Garden City
Mary Jane Parker
Andrew Jackson Ragan
Liesha Ragsdale
Sylvia Elaine Ward
Susan Denise Lindsley
Brookmeade Rd
Panya Smith
Lance A. Marcum
Brett M. Cole
Madison
David G. Pollack
Sheridan Apt
Judy Chittam
William H. Weldon
Alfred Hodgins
1829
Little
Tina _L. Anderson
Moulton 2
Mrs
Edwin.r. Wallace
W. T. Woodruff
Benjiman F. Hill
Wecatur
Diarte
Joe Laxson
iPeggy Gilbreath
4Th Ave
Cain St
David L. Holyfield
Holyfield
Johnny M. Clemons
Deca
Marvin Butler
Otho Walker
J. H. Gilliland
Me. Hill
U.S. Army Reserve
Auburn University
Emily Polk
University Ofennessee
Southern Regional Education Board
Sandra Lou Ellison
Louie M. Ellision
U.S
Bob Jones University
Alpha Gamma Tau Literary Society
Morgan County Retired Teachers Association
Pet Dairy
Charles Parker
Decatur Housing Authority
E. C. Barker
W. G. Barker
el Paso
Tex
Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge
Refuge
Evelyn McLaughlin
Wallace
W. R
Bill” Haffner
Columbian Mutual Life Insurance Company
Mutual .O
South
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