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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

May 25, 1969

Page

3

Obituaries from Town Creek and Moulton

Funeral services for Price Crosswhite 76 of Town Creek 2 will be at Morrison Elkins at 2 pm burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Survivors include a widow three sisters two brothers and veteran affiliations. Funeral for William Marvin Crowdin 89 of Moulton 1 will be at Eliott Funeral Home Chapel at 2 30 pm burial in Moulton City Cemetery. Survivors include three sons four daughters two brothers and many grandchildren. Active pallbearers named.

Town Creek Price Crosswhite Colbert County Hospital Sheffield Morrison-Elkins Funeral Home Tuscumbia Oakwood Morrison-Elkins Berta Crosswhite Town Creek 2 Vernon Sanderson Tuscumbia Clemmie_ Conner Minnie Kent Emmett Crosswhite Killen Charlie Crosswhite Portland Tex Crosswhite Lawrence County Masonic Lodge Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion Church of Christ Moulton William Marvin Crowdin Lawrence County Hospital Eliott Funeral Home Kyle McWhorter Moulton City Wayne Crowdin Muscle Shoals Dennis Crowdin Marvin Crowdin Detroit Mich Charles Hughes Grady Terry Trinity Shirley Johnson Kenneth Drake Decatur George Crowdin Wheeler Crowdin Leight Rush Crowdin

Funeral services set for Natus Gilchrist

Funeral services for Natus Gilchrist 69 Courtland will be at 1 p m Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Courtland with Rev Freeman Harris officiating. Burial in Courtland Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home directing. Survivors include wife Annie B Gilchrist Courtland four sons Clarence Nashville Natus Jr Freddie and Joseph all Courtland four daughters Annie R Hampton Institute Ella Luckett Gloria Moody and Edna Earl Moody Courtland four step daughters Lilly Jones Dorothy Pride Rodell Hill Flora Smith a step son Claude Barley Jr mother Ella Gilchrist Courtland a brother J H Gilchrist Courtland and three sisters Jesse Thomas Matala Hampton Emma Warren all of Decatur Birmingham and Courtland

Courtland Natus Gilchrist Decatur First Baptist Church of Freeman Harris Courtland Cemetery Reynolds Funeral Home Annie B. Gilchrist Clarence Gilchrist Nashville

Funeral services announced for Mrs. Mattie Lampkin

Funeral services for Mrs. Mattie Frances Lampkin of Puckett Road, who died at a Hartselle hospital Friday, will be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home.

Hartselle Mattie Frances Lampkin Puckett Rd Hartselle Hospital Reynolds Funeral Home

Funeral for Mrs Julie Lewis to be announced

Funeral services for Julia Ann Lewis who died at a local hospital Saturday will be announced by the family and local funeral home. The 404 Cherry Street resident was a longtime resident of the area and leaves several relatives. Further details will follow as arrangements are completed.

Julia Ann Lewis Cherry St Reynolds Funeral Home

Funeral services for Newton Walter Mardis 77

Funeral services for Newton Walter Mardis 77 who died Saturday at his residence will be held Monday at 2 p.m. at Calvary with Elliott Funeral Home in charge. Burial is in Providence Cemetery Survivors include three sons Paul Mardis Town Creek Samuel Mardis Hanceville Earl Mardis Pontiac Mich seven daughters Lydia Waltz Decatur Katrina Terry Vinemont Lethal Bond Kalamazoo Mich Virl Grimes Chickasaw Mae Dukeminier Decatur Mearl Jones Moulton Lizzie Jones Moulton one brother Jack Mardis Town

Moulton Newton Walter Mardis Calvaryfficiating Providence Elliott Funeral Home Paul Mardis Town Creek Muel Mardis Virl Grimes Chickasaw Mae Dukeminier Decatur Mearl Jones Lizzie Jones Jack Mardis Town

River Weather Outlook Sees Warm Weekend With Showers

Partly cloudy and warm through Monday with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. High Sunday 82 to 86 degrees. Tonight's low 63 to 67 degrees.

Births at Cullman Hospital Add Two Newborns

Mr and Mrs Jerry Deliah welcomed a son Thursday at Cullman Hospital. Mr and Mrs Eddie Linton welcomed a daughter Thursday at Cullman Hospital.

Jerry Deliah Cullman Hospital Eddie Linton

Town Creek Woman Honored by Family Kinship Ties Mentioned

Emma Mardis Waldrop of Town Creek Missouri is noted with two sisters Creek. The obituary lists thirty five grandchildren and twenty nine great grandchildren. Grandsons are named as pallbearers in the service.

Hospital List of Patients and Dismissals in Cullman Area

A roster of patients and dismissals shows names and towns including Mrs Ruth W Arnold Hanceville Mst Patrick Campbell Vinemont 2 Mrs Birdie Collier Cullman 8 Mrs Deliah J Crocker Hanceville Mrs Martha N Linton Cullman 7 Mrs Geneva Parrish Cullman 8 Mrs Lona A Richards Hanceville 3 Tallie Smith Cullman and dismissals for Miss Brenda Butler Cullman Hoyt Irvin Chance Cullman 7 Mrs Betty Sue Finley Vinemont 2 William Newton Gunter Cullman Chesley E I Harris Cullman 9 Kenneth M Henry Cullman Mrs Geraldine Hickman Cullman 7 Mrs Faye Marty Cullman 11 William A Phillips Baileyton 1 Mst Victor Quick Cullman 3 Cullman 4 Miss Charlene Sims Cullman Felton Skinner Logan 1.

Ruth. W. Arnold Hanceville Patrick Campbell Vinemont Birdie Collier Cullman Deliah J. Crocker Martha N. Linton Geneva _ Parrish Lona. A. Richards Tallie Smith Brenda Butler Hoyt Irvin Chance Betty Sue Finley William Newton Gunter Chesley E. I. Harris Kenneth M. Henry Geraldine Hickman Faye Marty William A. Phillips Baileyton Victor—Quick Miss Charlene Sims Felton Skinner Logan

Mardalsfoss Falls In Norway Reaches 2150 Feet

The Mardalsfoss waterfall at Eikesdal in Norway is among the world’s tallest, with a combined drop of 2,150 feet.

Mardalsfoss Eikesdal Norway

Time For Laughing Crying In Israel

A regional snapshot from Tel Aviv and Jerusalem blends humor with fear as Israelis cope with loss and daily life. Mayor Teddy Kollek quotes resilience amid deaths, bag checks at cinemas, and lively nights at Tel Aviv cafes while reporters travel from Beersheba to Ramallah noting traffic, Bedouin life, and shared tensions. Liz Taylor and Richard Burton face a scare in Paris after a tumble at Puerto Vallarta.

Tel Aviv Israel Teddy Kollek Jerusalem Coral Bar Tel Aviv Hilton Moshe Dayan Dizengoff Street Liz Taylor Richard Burton Paris Puerto Valcarta Liz

Marriage Licenses Issued in Local Area

Lawrence Bloodworth 26 of Tanner and Bonnie Griffin 25 of 6th Ave. apply for license. Charles Meek 22 of Fairbanks Alaska and Mancy Brown 18 of 8th Ave. plan marriage. William Wells Jr 20 of Hartselle and Nancy Osborne 18 of Cedar St. Buck 21 of 8th Ave. weds Jacqueline Carrell 19 of 14th Ave. Jimmy Bailey 32 of Mr. Hope and Brenda Mason 20 of Hartselle pending license finalization.

Lawrence David Bloodworth Tanner Bonnie Kay Griffin 6Th Ave Charles Edgar Meek Fairbanks Alaska Mancy Joyce Brown 8Th Ave William Douglas Wells, Jr Hartselle Nancy Jane Osborne Cedar St Robert Love Buck Jacqueline Reneau Carrell 14Th Ave Jimmy David Bailey Mr. Hope Brenda Ruth Mason

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William Crowdin Rickey Johnson Elijah Terry Bo Agee Gene Terry Arthur Letson Turtis Letson Meadow Gold’ Dairy Joe Little Joe Meadow Gold Dairy Mattie Lampkin Mrs Julie Lewis Newton Mardis Pacific Coast Florida New England Mid Decatur and Vicinity Cullman Admissions E.W Beersheba Bethlehem Navi Ramallah N.Y Pic’s Westgate Shopping Center Family Shoe Center First National Bank Occa
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