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Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1968

Page

3

Obituaries from Athens and surrounding areas

Funeral notices for David Bradley in Massilon Ohio Reynolds Funeral Home will announce services. Holly Carter 59 Lanham Maryland formerly of Athens, service by McConnell Funeral Home. Edward Kearn 78 Pulaski Tennessee services Thursday at McKissah Funeral Home Chapel. Richard Vinson Winchester 47 Trinity Alabama services at Moulton Baptist Church. Margaret Winchester and family listed as survivors with multiple relatives. Howard Parker 21 Athens Alabama services at St James Church. Burial at Sterrs Memorial Cemetery.

David Bradley Massilon Ohio Reynolds Funeral Home Athens Holly Carter Lanham McConnell Funeral Home Oqberia Carter James Collins Andy Weinert Micheal Carter Mable Carter Prior Rogers Greenwood S.C Edward Kearn Walnut Sr McKissah Funeral Home Pulaski, Tenn Maple Hill Pulaski Decatur Richard Vinson Winchester Trinity 1 Moulton Baptist Church Dan Yee Moulton City Cemetery Gunthorp Funeral Home Margaret E. Winchester Richard Winchester Anthony Winchester Ichard Willard Winchester San Antonio Tex Hillwright Winchester Floyd , Winchester Bellmont Miss Gladys White Anchorage Annie Lusch Middletown Millie McCughy Wisconsin Esther Simmons Evansville Ind Winchester Tractor and Equipment Co Howard Parker Athens-Limestone Hospital St. James Cumberland Presbyterian Church 11Th Ave. W Rev H. L. May Sterrs Memorial Cemetery Carolyn Parker Adriene Aneta Parker James Parker Evelyn White

Rain Forecast Looms Over Alabama This Week

Alabama faces possible rain as a cool front from the west and a Gulf low move northward. Rain chances are fair to good through Friday with a cooler weekend ahead. Today’s forecast calls for variable clouds and warm conditions. highs reach 81 to 85 and 82 to 86 by Thursday.

Gulf

Mayors Lead Delegation From Two Counties

Mayors Charles Gunthorth of Decatur and H A Alexander of Moulton head a delegation with legislators from both counties accompanying them.

Charles Gunthorp Decatur H. A. Alexander Moulton

Nashville Livestock Market Report Summary

Nashville Tennessee AP reports cattle and calves totaling about 700 head. Slaughter cow prices are steady to 50 cents lower, feeders largely unchanged. Slaughter cattle range 15.00 to 16.50, canner and cutter 12.00 to 16.00. bulls 21.00 to 22.00. feeder and choice weights around 25.50 to 550? pounds.

Nashville Tenn

Live Poultry Prices and Slaughter Estimates Report

Demand fairly good for live broilers and fryers in Atlanta with farm prices around 11.5 cents. Trading steady, offerings tight. farm loads reported 15 to 44 cent per head on trucks. Estimated slaughter today about 1,272,000 head, up from 1,266,000 last Wednesday.

Atlanta, Ga

Hospital Admissions List For Decatur General

A hospital admissions list shows multiple patients admitted to Decatur General including Dale Crites Calumet Ave Ada St Hartselle Marion Terry Trinity 1 Baby Sandy Webster Whitten Beard St Wiley Orr Main St Hartselle Mark Wright Sandra St SW James Garner Somerville Mrs A B Love Jackson St Mrs Paul Parker Courtland Whitfield Jackson St Jesse Black Sr Athens Baby Tammie Ferguson Hartselle 3 and others.

Dale Albert Crites Calumet Ave Mary Emily Gilchrist Ada St Hartselle Marion Terry Trinity Sandy Webster Whitten Beard St Wiley Hardwick Orr Main St Mark Steven Wright Sandra St James Oneal Garner Somerville A. B. Love Jackson St Paul B. Parker Courtland William Henry Whitfield Wilson St Jesse

Local Names List of Residents Across Multiple Cities

A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals with street addresses in Athens, Moulton, Hillsboro, Jackson, Danville, and other towns. The text reads like a directory snippet containing many Mrs., Miss, Mst., and Mr. names with street details and some initials. No narrative event is present.

Daily Records highlight local births and family notices

Mr. Roger Parker and Mrs. Clifford None with specifics on a son born Tuesday at Lawrence County. Mr. and Mrs. Taille Hardiman Jr. noted a birth. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Haggard recorded a Tuesday event in Athens Lime Hospital. Additional entries include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Billy Waldrop at Cullman Hospital and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Williams plus a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Roy Brown.

Roger Parker Moulton Clifford Lawrence Lawrence County Taille Hardiman Jr Wayne Haggard Athens Lime Hospital Billy Waldrop Cullman Hospital Marvin Williams Roy Brown

Tractor accident injures Eva man James Tidwell on timber job

James Tidwell of Eva celebrated his 56th birthday Tuesday while in hospital after a tractor he was driving overturned pinning him beneath. His sister, Mrs. Clayton Truss, said the injury occurred about 12:30 p.m. while he was cutting timber for Redstone Arsenal. he was hospitalized with several broken bones at Baugh-Wiley-Smith Hospital.

James Tidwell Eva Tidwell Clayton Truss Redstone Arsenal Baugh-Wiley-Smith

Highway Meeting Reset For Oct 24

A meeting between Morgan and Lawrence county delegations and Albert Jewer on the request to widen Ala 24 between Moulton and Decatur has been postponed to Oct 24 at 3 p.m. in the governor's office. The delegation will be led by a county official.

Morgan Lawrence Albert Jewer Ala Catur Moulton

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