Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Mrs. Cathy Wilkinson Sweezey, 55, of Parker Drive, Ozark died early Wednesday evening, Sept. 27, 2000, in the Dale Medical Center following a battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be 11:00 A.M. Saturday September 30, 2000, from the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home with the Reverend Phil Craddock officiating, internment will follow in the Westview Memorial Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be at the funeral home parlors from 3:00 P M. Friday with the family receiving friends from 6:00 PM. until 8:00 P.M. Friday evening.
Mrs. Sweezey was born in Barbour County but grew up in Ozark where she attended the schools and was graduated from Carroll High School with the class of 1963. She was graduated from Wallace Community College and has worked at Fort Rucker with Civil Service for the past 35 years until her illness onset. She was an equipment specialist in the Department of Logistics. A member of the Westview Heights United Methodist Church in Ozark where she had served on the Administrative Board.
Her Survivors include her two Sons and daughter-in-law: Raymon and his wife Pilar Sweezey and Ashley Sweezey of Dallas, Texas, her Mother Helen Beasley Wilkinson, Ozark.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be sent to the Westview Heights United Methodist Church, Camilla Drive, Ozark, AL 36360.
Fletcher R Hudson, 91, of South Union Avenue, Ozark, died early Friday evening, September 22, in an Ozark Nursing Home following an extended illness.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, September 24, from the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home with the Reverend Greg Aman and his nephew-in-law Mr. John Norman officiating. Interment followed in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Mr. Hudson was a native of Dale County where he drove a bus for Riley Bus Lines of Ozark for 17 years. He then opened and operated for 25 years Hudson Equipment Company specializing in Gas Service Station construction. He then owned and operated a wood shingle mill here in Ozark for five years prior to his retirement. Mr. Hudson was an active member of the Ozark Baptist Church where he served as an usher, worked with the nursery department and the building committee for the Church Chapel, and was a member of the Friendship Sunday School Class.
He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Mrs. Jewell Byrd Hudson, Ozark; nephews, Ray Neal Commander, Fort Walton Beach, Fla, Fred Commander, Florala, and Harold Hudson, Lake Ozark, Missouri.
Eugene Paul Grabowski, 72, Ozark, died Tuesday, September 19 following an extended illness.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 21, at St. John's Catholic Church with Reverend Charles J. [Chuck] McCabe officiating and Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends at their residence of 104 Berkshire Drive [off Deese Road] after 12 p.m. Thursday. Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Catholic Church or Wiregrass Hospice.
Mr. Grabowski was preceded in death by his parents, Leo and Marion P. Grabowski. Survivors include: his wife, Marguerite M. Grabowski of Ozark; three daughters, Paula Grabowski, Dawn Clark. and Helena Lapinski, all of Great Valley, NY; three sons and daughters-in-law, Stephen G. and Karen Grabowski of Salananca, NY, Dean and Lisa Grabowski of Bristol, Pa., and Patrick and Carol Ann Grabowski of Ozark: one sister, Ann Marie Costellu of Killbuck, NY; two brothers, Jim Grabowski of Vermillion, SD, and Bob Grabowski of Olean, NY.
Mrs. Lucille Tomlin Wiggins, 66, of Ozark, died Sunday, September 17, in Dale Medical Center following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, September 20, from Cedar Grove Cemetery, with Chaplain Talmadge Butler and the Reverend Harold Peters officiating. Interment will follow with Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Mrs. Wiggins was a native and life-long resident of Dale County where she was a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her husband, Preston O'Neal Wiggins in April and a son, James Earl Wiggins in 1973.
Survivors include one daughter, Laura Yoemans, Ozark; three sons, O'Neal Wiggins, David Wiggins, and Jimmy Wiggins, Ozark; two sisters, Evelyn Sellers, Dothan, and Linda Tomlin; two brothers, Dowling Tomlin and Earl Tomlin, Ozark; ten grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Willie Lee Stuckey, 73, a resident of Ozark, died Saturday, Sept. 16, 2000, in the Ozark Nursing Facility in Ozark.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 23, 2000, at 1 p.m. in the Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church in Skipperville, with pastor Rev. T.E. Crossley officiating. Burial will be in the Travelers Rest Cemetery with Trawick Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Hattie Peacock Harrell, 94, of Ozark, died Wednesday evening, September 13, 2000, in the Ozark Nursing Facility following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday, September 15, 2000, from Westview Memorial Cemetery with the Reverend Dr. Billy Gaither officiating. Interment will follow, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors from 9:00 A. M. Friday, September 15, 2000, until time to depart for the service. The family will receive friends during this time.
Mrs. Harrell was born February 18, 1906 near Ozark to the late William Green Peacock and Ida Annanette (Lee) Peacock, the third of fourteen children. Mrs. Harrell was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 59 years, James Tolbert Harrell, on August 9, 2000 and also nine brothers and sisters.
Survivors include two sisters, Beatrice Peacock Childree and her husband, Sam, Sr., Ozark, and Mary Peacock McDaniel, Georgetown, GA, two brothers, George Milton Peacock, Ozark, and Oneal Peacock, Georgetown, GA, brother-in-law and sister-in- law John Ed Harrell and his wife, Edith, Ozark, sister-in- law, Etter H. Preston, numerous nieces and nephews also survive; several that were very special to her.
Food and flowers should be omitted and memorials be made to the Westview Memorial Cemetery Fund, P O. Box 473, Ozark, Alabama 36361.
Mr. Carlton Smith, 55, of Ozark, died Sunday afternoon, Sept. 10, 2000, in Dale Medical Center following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday from Holman Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Isom Hill officiating. internment will follow in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors from 3 p.m. today until service time on Wednesday. The family will receive friends in the funeral home parlors from 6 until 8 p.m. tonight.
Mr. Smith was a native of Ozark where he was employed most of his career by Ozark Plumbing and Heating, and was later employed by Bruner Plumbing and Electric.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Grimes Smith, Ozark; two sons, Gary Smith, Ozark, and Jurry M. Smith, Pensacola, Fla.; four sisters, Linda Whitaker, Colduitt, Ga., Christine Wenk and Alice Houston, both of Ozark, and Pauline Hudins, Albany, Ga.; four brothers, Terry Smith, Ozark, Robert Smith, Troy, Perry Smith, Russia, and Larry Smith, Prescott, Ariz.
Mr. Charles Eugene Loftin, age 64, of Jacksonville, Fla., and formerly of Ozark, died Saturday, Sept. 9, 2000 of injuries received in an automobile accident.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Tuesday from the South- side United Methodist Church in Jacksonville with Dr. Wayne Wiatt and Rev. Dale Tedder officiating. Visitation will be held Monday from 6 until 8 p.m. at Hardage-Giddens Funeral Home, 4115 Hendricks Ave., Jacksonville. Graveside services will be held 11 a.m. Thursday from the Westview Memorial Cemetery in Ozark with Rev. Randall Yelverton officiating. Visitation will be at Holman Funeral Home Parlor from 10 a.m. Thursday until time to depart to the cemetery for services. Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Mr. Loftin received an undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama where he was a member of the cross country and track team and Kappa Alpha. He graduated from the University of Alabama Law School in 1961. He had practiced law in Jacksonville since 1962 currently with Hemphill and Associated. A founder of the St. John's Bass Anglers Club in the early 1970s, he was also a member of the Alabama Alumni Association, an avid chess player, bass fisher- man, and duplicate bridge player. He spent many years coaching little league base- ball and basketball, both in Ozark and Jacksonville. Another favorite pastime for Mr. Loftin was hunting and working on his cattle farm in Ozark.
He was preceded in death by his father, Claude Eugene Loftin, and brother, Henry Claude Loftin. Survivors include his wife, Barbara Connolly Loftin; his mother, Martha Faulk Loftin; son, Charles Alexander Loftin; daughter, Laura Loftin Glover and her husband, Kevin; and granddaughter, Anna Laura Glover.
Mrs. Sara Gail Etheridge, age 58, of Pine Avenue in Ozark, Ala. died Saturday Sept. 9, 2000 in Dale Medical Center while recovering from surgery.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with Rev. W.L. Sheffield officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Ozark, Ala., Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. Tuesday until service Wednesday in the chapel. Family will receive friends at the funeral home. Family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday. Flowers will be accepted at the funeral home or donations may be made to The American Red Cross in her name.
Mrs. Etheridge was a devoted, loving and generous daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, and close friend to many. She was born on Sept. 27, 1941 in Campbellton, Fla. and lived most of her adult life in Ozark. She was employed in Selma, Ala. as a manufacturing plant supervisor for Meadowcraft, Inc. During the week, she resided with her youngest daughter and son-in-law in Wetumpka, Ala. She made frequent visits to spend time with her oldest daughter, son-in-law and young grandsons in Nashville, Tenn. She spent her weekends in Ozark to spend time with and care for her mother, husband, sons, and older grandchildren.
Survivors include her husband, Huey F. Etheridge, Ozark; two daughters and sons-in-law, Julie Ann and Brian Dougherty Nashville, Tenn., and Rhonda Gail and Bobby Etheridge, Wetumpka, Ala.; two sons, Lowell Thomas Johnson Jr. and Brian Frank Etheridge, both of Ozark, Ala.; mother, Flora Reynolds, Ozark; three sisters, Freda Canady, Flint, Mich., Reta Scherer Brandon, Fla., and Patricia Reeves, Thonosasa, Fla.; two brothers, Harold Reynolds, Clio, Mich., and Kenneth Reynolds, Skipperville, Ala.; six grandchildren, Christina, Amanda, and Zachary Johnson, Ozark, Owen and Liam Dougherty, Nashville, Tenn., and Dallas Etheridge-Cordell, Clarksville, Tenn.; several cousins, nieces, nephews, and in-laws.
Mrs. Etheridge was preceded in death by her father, Robert Jack Reynolds, and two brothers, Jack Jr. and Jerry Curtis Reynolds.
Mr. Stephen Andrew "Andy" Johnson 18, of Opp, died Thursday, September 7, 2000, following a traffic accident.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, September 10, 2000, at Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Allen Norris officiating. Burial will follow at Universalist Cemetery in Ariton, with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be Saturday evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Survivors are wife, Jodie Johnson of Opp; mother and stepfather, Tina Fleming (Cecil) of Elba; father and stepmother, Dennis Johnson (Lesa) of Ozark; former step-father, David Parrish ot Ariton; six sisters, Candice Ulmer of Ozark, Ashley Parrish of Elba, Angelica Parrish of Elba, Bridget Fleming of Ariton, Melissa Fleming of Ariton, Crystal Johnson of Ozark; two brothers, Johnathon Fleming of Ariton, Joey Johnson of Ozark; granddaughter, Anita Senn of Ozark; grandmother, Eva Sanders of Ozark; grandparents, Wayne and Virginia Parrish of Ariton; great-grandmother, Mary Smith of Ozark; nieces, Stephanie and Tiffanie Ulmer of Elba, Sierra, Brionna, Kelsie Creel, all of Dothan; a host of aunts, uncles, family and friends.
Mrs. Helen Mary Binker, 89, of Hoover, Alabama, died Tuesday, September 5, 2000, following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held Friday, September 8, at 2 p.m. from St. John's Catholic Church, Ozark, with the Rev. Charles J. (Chuck) McCabe officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing.
When the family is not at the funeral home, they will receive friends at the home of Kristie and Craig Phillips.
Formerly of Ozark, Mrs. Binker had relocated to Hoover, where she resided with her daughter for a number of years. She was a member of St. Peter's Catholic Church. Prior to her illness, she was active in the New Horizon (Senior Citizen's) Club of Hoover.
Survivors include: one daughter, Susan Binker Fuqua of Hoover; grandchildren, Kristie Fuqua Phillips and her husband Craig of Ozark, and Natalie Fuqua of Auburn; great-grandchildren, Madeline Susanne Phillips and Mary Frances Phillips of Ozark.
Mr. Charles H. "Bunk" Carroll, age 86, of Ozark, died Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000, at his residence.
Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. today from Center Ridge Baptist Church with the Rev. Ed Peters and the Rev. Johnny La Carter officiating. Burial will follow in the Center Ridge Church cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be today at the church for one hour prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, the family ask contributions to be made to the Center Ridge Cemetery Fund, c/o Jeff Johnston, Route 2, Ariton, Ala., 36311.
Mr. Carroll was born Feb. 16, 1914, Route 2, Ozark. He was a life-long resident and farmer in the Dale County Center Ridge Community. He was a past member of the Dale County School Board, Board of Directors of the Dale County Farm Bureau, and the Dale County Swine Breeder Association.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Roselyn Weaver Carroll, and one grandson, Russell Henderson Carroll.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Hey- ward and Sandy Carroll, Ozark; one grandson and granddaughter-in-law, Chris and Monica Carroll, Ozark; one great-granddaughter, Brittany Nicole Carroll, Ozark.
Mary Elizabeth Warren Burkett, age 49 of Ozark died Monday, Aug. 28, 2000, at Dale Medical Center due to an extended illness.
Memorial services will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday Aug. 31 2000, at Piney Grove Baptist Church in Headland with Minister Thomas Bond officiating.
Ms. Burkett was a longtime resident of Jasmine Hills Apartments. She was formerly employed at Captain D's of Ozark, everyone called her "Miss Liz." Elizabeth was a loving and caring mother, grandmother and friend. Even after her death, her compassion shines through as Ms. Burkett has donated her remains for medical research to the University of South Alabama for the hope of others.
She was preceded in death by her only daughter Amy Burkett. Survivors include her two sons, Phillip Burkett and Anthony Cole; one granddaughter Grayson Newton. Lots of special family and friends. She touched all of our hearts in some way.
Alicia Elizabeth Kirkland, 52, of 1291 E. Andrews Street, Ozark, passed away at the Dale County Medical Center in Ozark Monday, Aug. 28, 2000. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Kent-Thornton Funeral Home.
Mrs. Patricia Ann Urban, 67, of Grimes Road, Ozark, died at her home Saturday morning, Aug. 26, 2000.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with Father Charles (Chuck) McCabe officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing.
Visitation will be from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston from 6 p.m. tonight until service time. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight.
Mrs. Urban was the registered nurse for the Dale County School System for many years. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials contributions may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, 980-D East Andrews Avenue, Ozark, AL 36360.
Survivors include her husband of 26 years Gerald Urban, Ozark; one son and daughter-in-law, David and Lucy Duggan, St. Louis, Mo.; one sister, Mary Jane Wylie, McLean, Va.; two brothers, Robert Sackett, Pella, Iowa, Edward Sackett, Andora, N.Y.; seven grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Jack Hutto, 82, of Harris Road, Ozark, died Friday afternoon, August 25, 2000, of an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday from the chapel of Holman Funeral Home with the Rev Bill Hix officiating. Internment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be at the funeral Home parlors from 4 p.m. today with the family receiving friends until 6 p.m. today
Mr. Hutto was a native of Abbeville having moved to Ozark in 1960 to operate Judy Bond Blouse Factory until his retirement. He was a member of the Ozark Baptist Church and a past Mason. He was an active ham radio operator.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Annabel Hutto, Ozark; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Mickey Hutto, Ozark, and Tommy and his wife, Sharon Hutto, Bethlehem, Ga.
John M. Segars, 67, of Skipperville, died early Saturday afternoon, August, 19 2000, in the Ozark Nursing Facility following an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday, August 21, : 2000, from the Salem Baptist Church. Internment will follow in the Church Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be at the funeral home parlors from 4 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today, with the family receiving friends during this time.
Mr. Segars was a native of Skipperville. He was retired from the United States Air Force after 20 years and later owned his own business. He worked with Ozark Nursing Facility for nine years, then with, Easterling Correctional in Clio until he retired in 1994. ' He attended the Salem Baptist Church.
Several relatives preceded him in death: sisters R. V. Belle Hagler, Ann Byrd and Mary Tyler; Brothers Corbitt and Lewie Segars.
Survivors include: his wife, Sylvia Middlebrooks Segars, Skipperville; daughters and their husbands, Sharon and Charles Murray, Ozark, and Susan and Ron Woods, Skipperville; grandchildren, Stephen, Michael, Melanie and Erin Murray, Ronny and Randi Woods; a sister: Vernell Johnson, Skipperville; a sister-in-law: Dorothy Segars, Skipperville; and several nieces and nephews.
The family request the omission of flowers and suggest memorials be sent to Salem Baptist Church Cemetery Fund in care of Don Johnson, Skipperville, the Wiregrass Hospice in Ozark or the Skipperville Fire and Rescue Squad.
Mrs. Myra June Grider Cooley, 40, of Ozark, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2000, following a brief illness.
The funeral is at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 21, 2000, from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home, with the Rev. Isom Hill and the Rev. Howard Lay officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn Memorial Gardens with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation is from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Charles Cooley, and one brother, Charles Grider, who was also a member of First Church of the Nazarene.
Mrs. Cooley is survived by: her mother, Helen Grider of Ozark and her father, Frank Grider of Ozark; a son, Winston Fields Chapman Jr.of Accworth, Ga.; and three brothers, Paul Grider, Donald Grider and David Grider, all of Ozark. Grace Lee Harding Mrs. Grace Lee Harding, 84, of the Ewell community, died Friday, Aug. 18, 2000, at her home. The funeral is at 2 p.m. today Sunday, Aug. 20, from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home, with the Rev. Isom Hill and Chaplain Talmadge Butler officiating. Burial will follow in Woodlawn Memorial Gardens, with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Harding is preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, Mr. Earnest Harding.
Survivors include: one sister, Velma Dickerson of Ozark; a sister and brother-in-law, Henry and Gerturde Walker of Midland City; a brother, Roy Tharpe of Ozark; a brother and sister-in-law, D.M. and Sue Harding of Ozark; several nieces and nephews; and a special niece, Barbara Daniels.
Mr. James W. Crumpler, 57, of Midland City died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000, in Lumber City, Ga., as a result of injuries received in an aircraft crash.
Services are 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, 2000, at Campground Baptist Church with the Rev. Al Sonanstine, the Rev. Harry Circle, his brother-in-law, the Rev. Jerome (Bo) Weed, and his uncle, the Rev. Joseph Crumpler, ofFiciating. Internment will follow in the church Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Visitation is at the funeral home from 3 p.m. today Aug. 18, until one hour prior to service time on Saturday when it will be in the church. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Mr. Crumpler was a native of Ozark, where he was a member of the Campground Baptist Church, the Ozark Masonic Lodge #349, and was retired from Pemco at Napier Field following 31 years of service. He was currently a pilot for AAA Cooper Transportation and with Holman Transportation Systems. Mr. Crumpler and his wife owned and operated Crumpler Transportation in Midland City.
Survivors include his wife, Glenda Weed Crumpler, Mid- land City; a son and daughter-in-law, Shawn and Peggy Crumpler, Auburn; two step-daughters and sons-in-law, Denise and James Geier Brooker, Ga., and Rita and David Deal, Headland; his mother, Ann Smith Crumpler, Ozark; four grandchildren, Avery Deal, Nathan Deal, Anna Geier, and Trey Geier; four sisters, Toni Juneau and Charlotte Hughes, Ozark; Sue Johnson, Alexandria, Va., and Cindy Neikov, Clarksville, Tenn.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society, 3530 Independence Drive, Suite 3534, Birmingham, 35209, or the American Cancer Society, 2246 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, 36301.
Mrs. Sarah Clouse DeLoney, 81, Ozark, died Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2000, in Dale Medical Center, Ozark, following an extended illness.
Graveside services will be held at 9 a.m. Friday from Westview Memorial Cemetery with Dr. Billy Gaither officiating and Fuqua- Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will begin at 6 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Family will receive friends 6-8 p.m. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions are requested to be given to the First United Methodist Church building fund or to the American Cancer fund.
Mrs. DeLoney was a member of the First United Methodist Church. She was born Jan. 17, 1918, in Chattanooga, Tenn. She is the daughter of E.C. Clouse Sr. and Galena Knowles Clouse. Sarah and Durb spent their lifetime together enjoying each other and building a business which began as DeLoney's Foods and continues today as a successful business enterprise, DeLoney's Inc. All of the world should have just one moment of the partnership and love they shared as a couple. Sarah was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and will be deeply missed by all who ever had the privilege to be in her life.
Survivors: her husband of 62 years, D.A. DeLoney of Ozark; two daughters and son-in-law, Gayle Fyke of Ozark, Becky and John Bates of Ozark; two sons and daughter-in-law, Jack Clouse and Susan DeLoney of Ozark, Dr. Jerry Abb DeLoney of Tallahassee, Fla.; two brothers, Jimmy Clouse of Ozark, and Gene Clouse of Dothan; seven grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren also survive.
Mrs. Ruth O. McLeod, 87, a resident of Ozark, died Sunday, August 13, in the Dale Medical Center in Ozark.
Funeral services were held on Thursday, August 17 at 11 a.m. in The Saint Paul A.M.E. Church on Andrews Avenue, with the pastor The Reverend Horace Fitchard, Jr. officiating.
Burial was held at The Asbury Cemetery with Trawick Funeral Home directing.
Mr. James Tolbert Harrell, 90, of Ozark, died Wednesday evening, August 9, 2000, in Dale Medical Center following an brief illness.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today from Holman Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dr. Billy Gaither officiating. Interment will be in Westview Memorial Cemetery Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Visitation started Thursday, August 10, 2000, and will continue until funeral time on today.
James Tolbert Harrell was born in Banks on Dec. 24, 1909. The oldest child of the late James "Bud" Wilson and Loner Kennedy Harrell; Mr. Harrell lived most of his life in Dale County residing in Ozark since 1941. He worked in his early years with Muscogee Mills as a master weaver was a truck driver for a logging company, and retired from Civil Service Post Engineers at Fort Rucker in 1973 following 18 years of service. Mr. Harrell did carpentry work which was a hobby he loved, and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Ozark.
Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Hattie Peacock Harrell, Ozark; two children from his previous marriage, his daughter Birtis Casdorph and her husband, Bill, Omaha, Ga.; his son, James Earl Harrell and his wife, Jane, Columbus, Ga.; one sister, Etter Lee Preston, Ozark; one brother, John Ed Harrell and his wife, Eddith, Ozark; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Sam and Beatrice Childree, Ozark; brother-in-laws, George M. Peacock, Ozark; O'Neal Peacock Georgetown, Ga.; sister-in-law Mary McDaniel, Georgetown, Ga.; several nieces and nephews.
Flowers and food should be omitted and memorials may be made to Westview Memorial Cemetery Fund, P O. Box 473, Ozark, A1a.36361.
Mrs. Barbara Jean Gallagher, 67, of Ozark, died Tuesday, August 8, in Dale Medical Center following a brief illness.
Mrs. Gallagher was a native of California, served in the United States Air Force, and lived in Ozark for the past 11 years.
Survivors include her husband, Donald Wayne Gallagher, Ozark; two daughters, Karen Hammer, Trilby, Fla., and Deborah Schmidt, Keller, Tx.; one son, William Thomas Campbell, Jr., Seattle, Wash.
Pamela Ann "Pam" Tierney, 48, of Ozark, died Sunday, August 6, 2000, at her residence after a period of declining health.
Memorial services will be held 11 am Friday, August 11, at St. John's Catholic Church in Ozark with Father Chuck MacCade officiating and Bryd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at Fuqa-Bankston Funeral Home in Ozark, from 6 until 8 p.m. on Thursday, August 10. In Lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, P0. Box 2127, Dothan, Alabama 36302 or to St. John's Catholic Church, 709 Camilla Avenue, Ozark, Alabama, 36360.
Mrs. Tierney was born August 31, 1951 in Oneida, New York. She was a member of St. John's Catholic Church in Ozark, St. John's Ladies Guild and Knights of Columbus Ladies Guild.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Ryan Tierney and wife, Karen, Hickory, NC; her parents, Ted and Niarie Murphy, Verona New York; a brother, Joe Murphy, Saratoga, New York; three sisters and brothers-in-law, Kathleen Murphy Sullivan and husband, David, Bativia, NY; Karen Murphy MacArin and husband, Jim, Rochester, NY, Theresa Murphy Webb and husband, David, Rome, NY; a brother Theodore Murphy and wife, Suzanne, Smithfield, RI; several nieces and nephews; a brother- in-law and sister-in-law, Thomas and Kathy Tierney, Verona, NY.
