Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Lynn Lemings, 53, Roseburg passed Sunday, June 11, 2000 at home with family.
A memorial service will be 2 p.m. Friday at Southside Church of the Open Bible, 1643 SE Jackson. Pastor Tim Skelly will officiate. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Lynn Lemings fund, P.O. Box 460, Roseburg: Private cremation was under the care of Wilson's Chapel of the Roses.
She was born Oct. 18, 1946 in Ozark to James and Rachel (Hutto) Riley. On March 27, 1964 at Ft. Sill, Okla., she married Rip Lemings.
She is survived by her husband, Rip Lemings; sons, Terry W. and Stacy L. Lemings; daughter and son-in-law, Ranee JoNa and Bill Sargent all of Roseburg; mother, Rachel Torres, Bryson City, N.C.; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Velma and Alvin Lemings Roseburg; brother, Alan Riley, Bonifay, Fla.; sisters, Joyce Green e, Bryson City, N.C.; Rena Pettis, Vernon, Fla.; four grandsons, Brandon, Catlin, Tallen, Jesse; and numerrous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and cousins.
Miss Ozella Sistrunk, 66, of Ozark died Saturday, June 10, 2000. Following a long illness.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 17, at 11 a,m. from the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with Bro. Eddie Sistrunk officiating. Burial will follow in Westside Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. Friday.
Miss Sistrunk is preceded in death by her parents, Climmie and Lillian Sistrunk; two sisters, Alma Sistrunk and Marcella Monon; and four brothers, Cullen Sistrunk, Lewis Sistrunk, Smith T. Sistrunk, and Benzie Sistrunk.
Survivors include, one son, Climmie Ray, Memphis, Tn; five sisters, Grace Knight, Louise Leonard, both df Ozark; Nixola Smith, Clanton, Oh; Annette Gauldin, Indiana; Everee Sistrunk, Memphis Tn.; four brothers, Eddie Sistrunk, Kell Sistrunk, Rosevelt Sistrunk, all of Ozark; and Climmie Sistrunk, Jr., Ft. Wayne, In.; several nieces, nephews and grandchildren.
Mrs. Fannie Wilma Cook, 96, of Church Street, Ozark, died Monday evening, June 5, 2000, at her home following a long illness.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Thursday, June 8, 2000, from Hillcrest Baptist Church with the Reverend Isom Hill and the Reverend W L. Sheffield officiating. Interment will be in Center Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors from 3:00 p.m. today until one hour prior to service time on Thursday when it will be in the Church. The family will receive friends in the Funeral Home parlors from 6-8 p.m. this evening.
Mrs. Cook was a native of Dale County where she worked with Cowikee Mill, for 50 years receiving her 50-year pm at retirement.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jim Cook; and Sons, Floyd Lowell Cook and John Neal Cook.
Survivors include two daughters, Jimmie Lou Casey, Headland and Ruby F. Willis, Ozark; one son, Ray Don Cook and his wife, Margaret, Meridian, Miss., one half brother, Lunie English, Ariton; seven grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.
Mrs. Annie Brascom, a resident of Ozark, died Monday June 5, 2000, in the Flowers Hospital in Dothan.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday in the St. Luke A.M.E. Church in Louisville with the Rev. W.J. McLeod officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Trawick Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Randall Edward Tullis, age 54, of 104 Peach Lane, died Friday morning at his home.
Memorial services will be held at graveside today at 2 p.m. from Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Survivors include two brothers, William N. Tullis and Robert (Bob) W. Tullis, both of Birmingham.
Mr. Michael Thomas McNeal, age 38, of Ozark, died Friday, May 26, 2000.
Funeral services' will be 2 p.m. Monday from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. Jody Haddan the Rev. Danny Quincey and Mr. Shawn Riley officiating. Internment will follow at Holy Ground Temple of Faith Church Cemetery in Ozark.
Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home, Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing.
Mr. McNeal was. raised in the Napier Field area. He played with several gospel bands and also served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years. He is preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Hattie Ruth McNeal; one sister, Shirley Rafiner; and one brother, David (Mitch) Haddan. Also a loving father.
He is survived by his wife, Ann Bright McNealy, Ozark; two daughters, Carmilla McNeal and Genalla McNeal, both of Fort Walton, Fla.; three sons, Michael (Mickey) McNeal, Matthew Reynolds and David Hayes Reynolds, all of Ozark; five sisters Robbie Eubanks (James) Mobile; Sandra Worrell (James Earl), Cowarts; Diane Bowers (Tim), Ashford; Janice Riley (Carlos), Dothan; and Darla Jones, (Ashley), Dothan; three brothers, Ronnie Haddan, ; Pascagoula, Miss.; Larry Haddan,(Debbie), Headland; and Wayne Haddan (Rosa Ann), Cairo, GA
Amy Victoria Burkett, age 28, of Ozark, died Saturday Morning, May 20, 2000, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
Services will be today at 11 a.m. from the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. Thomas Bond officiating. Interment will be at Piney Grove Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing.
Amy was employed with Holiday Inn of Ozark. She is survived by daughter, Grayson Burkett, Ozark; parents, Darrell, Joyce, Elizabeth Burkett of Abbeville and Ozark; sister, Lisa Harrison, Abbeville; brothers, Phillip Burkett, Ozark; Anthony Cole, Ozark; Mike McLeod of Abbeville; and Andy McLeod, Abbeville; companion, Ted Bowen; and a host of family and friends also survive.
George Russell Anderson Sr., age 89, of Ozark, died Friday, May 19, 2000, at Dale Medical Center.
He worked for the C & O Railroad in Grand Rapids, Mich., as a conductor for 45 years.
He was a member of the Bethelham Lutheran Church in Grand Rapids. He is preceded in death by his wife, Florence Anderson, in 1997, after 62 years; and a son, George R. Anderson Jr.
He moved from Michigan to Ozark to live with his daughter in 1999.
Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements. Services will be arranged later by Reyers North Valley Chapel in Grand Rapids, Mich., 616-363-7755.
He is survived by a daughter, Ruth Murphy of Ozark; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren.
Mr. Bennie Paul Sanders, 74, of the Ewell Community of Ozark died at his home Wednesday, May 17, 2000, following an apparent heart attack.
Memorial services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday from Chalkhead Baptist Church with the Reverend Tommy West officiating, Holman Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends in the funeral home parlors from 6 until 8 p.m. tonight.
Mr. Sanders was a native of the Hamilton Cross Roads community of Pike County, having lived in Ozark most of his adult life. He was a veteran of World War II serving in the United States Army, returning to Ozark with the Alabama Farm Bureau Insurance Company as an agent. He then joined Walden Taylor Motor Company, later becoming Walter Hand Ford in Ozark serving as their sales manager for 14 years. He then opened Paul Sanders Motor Company in Ozark, which he and his son operated. He worked with Elmore Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge in Ozark as their sales manager and then in Dothan with Elmore Motor until his retirement. He has remained active with his son in Ronny Sanders Trucking LLC, in Ozark. He was a member and deacon of the Chalkhead Baptist Church and had been a member and past president of the Ozark Civitan Club.
Mr. Sanders is survived by his wife of 55 years, Eudora Cutchen Sanders, Ozark; his daughter, Carolyn Sanders Monk, Ozark; son and his wife, Ronny and Melanie Sanders, Ozark; one brother, Pat Sanders, Ozark; eight grandchildren, Hazan, Kliss, Sloan and Chala Monk, MaLana Monk Hatcher, Trent and Alec Sanders.
Ricky Gerald Todd Smith, 35, of Route 6 in Ozark, died in Flowers Hospital Wednesday, May 17, 2000, following gunshot injuries.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Saturday from Post Oak Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Hendricks officiating. Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Visitation will be at Post Oak Baptist Church from 6 p.m. tonight until service time Saturday. Family will receive friends at the church from 6 until 8 p.m. tonight.
Mr. Smith was a member of Post Oak Baptist Church, and he was employed with Dale Medical Center and Trawick Construction Company of Fort Rucker.
Survivors include: two sons, Benjamin Todd Smith and Jeremy Douglas Smith, both of Ozark; mother, Wanda Rogers, Ozark; grandmother, Bessie Smith, Ozark; six sisters, Teresa Lancaster, Rebecca Smith, Lawanda Dawn Cook, Michelle Cook, Janice Ross, all of Ozark, and Tammy Vinson, Columbia.
Diana Peterson Smith, 32, died Tuesday afternoon, May 16, 2000, in Ozark.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Westview Memorial Cemetery, Ozark, with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be in the funeral home chapel from 6 until 8:30 p.m. tonight. Family will receive friends during these hours.
Ms. Smith was a graduate of Enterprise High School and had just received her degree from George C. Wallace Community College in nursing. She was employed with Covan World Wide Moving Company in Midland City as a receiving accountant.
Survivors include: two sons, Benjamin Todd Smith and Jeremy Douglas Smith, both of Level Plains; mother, Michelle Winkler, Dixon, Mo.; father and step-mother, Clair Donald and Elmira Peterson, Level Plains; two sisters, Tammy Fortner, Enterprise, and Angela Scrimpsher, Level Plains, three brothers, Clair Donald Peterson II, Oxford, Ala., Glen H. Bruso Jr. and Timothy J. Bruso, both of. Enterprise; several nieces and nephews also survive.
James Edward McQuinn II, age 35, also known as Jim Jr., died Tuesday night, May 16, of injuries from a gunshot.
Visitation will be Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home in Ozark Friday evening from 6-8:30. A private service will be at a later date.
Jim was born July 14, 1964 in Indianapolis, Ind. He has been a resident of Ozark for the last 23 years. He was a 1982 graduate of Carroll High School. One of his greatest joys in life was bowling both in leagues at Fort Rucker and in tournaments.
He loved being with people, listening to and playing music, especially on his drums, and had a great love of animals. He was employed with Covan World Wide Moving in Midland City where he was in charge of Record Storage.
He is survived by his parents James and Barbara McQuinn of Ozark a sister, Lisa Mills and husband, Ron Phulps of Santa Ana California; a sister, Jai Kartar Kaur Khalsa and husband, Gurdemeet Singh; a nieces, Gudamrit Kaur; nephew, Harpran Singh of Bronx N.Y.; one brother, Stuart McQuinn and wife, Christi and nephews, Lee McQuinn; M.J. and Jeremy Hanson of Alexander
City; a sister Helen Fletcher and husband, Jan; nieces Caitlin; nephew, Jacob Fletcher of Ozark; maternal grandfather, John Feider; fraternal, grandmother, Crystal Ash and husband, Tom all of Indianapolis; many aunts, uncles, cousins around the U.S.
Mr. Newton Lee (Dusty) Sharp, 44, of Ozark, died Tuesday morning, May 16, 2000, in Dale Medical Center following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. today from Holman Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Charles Gouge, Pastor Charles Goldsmith and Chaplain Talmadge Butler officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors until service time today.
Mr. Sharp was born in the Panama Canal Zone, moving to Ozark in 1973, where he attended Carroll High School. He entered into the military service in 1974 and served for three years. Mr. Sharp has made his home in Ozark since 1977.
Survivors include: two sons, Joshua K. Despain, Augusta, Ga., Jason L. Despain Indiana; his parents, Harold and Nellie Sharp, Ozark; four sisters and extended family, Becky Gouge and Russell Barksdale, Ozark, Carol Nelson and her husband, Bobby Mendenhall, Miss Donna Delacruz, Jeannie Vasquez and her husband, Edwin, Ozark; two brothers, Harold Sharp Jr. and his wife, Patsy, and Phillip Sharp and his wife AJice, all of Ozark; one brother-in-law, Gary Gouge Sr., Port Charlotte, Fla. Several nieces and nephews, lots of aunts and uncles in Virginia, Oklahoma and the Panama Canal Zone also survive.
E-7 (Ret) John David Bastin, age 66, of John D. Seifert Drive, Ozark, died Saturday, May 14, 2000, in Southeast Medical Center, Dothan.
Funeral services will he 2 p.m. today from the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Full Military Rites, Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Retired from the U.S. Army in 1975 after serving 24 years, retired from Civil Service at Fort Rucker in 1993. He was a life time member of the VFW American Legion Post 0020, and the NCOA.
He was preceded in death by a son, Ronal Bastin in 1983; mother and father, Ray and Ethe1 Bastin; brother, Dale Bastin; sister, Ray Jean Weaver.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Mrs. Velma Bastin, Ozark; one daughter, Redena Wilson, New Brockton; one son and daughter-in-law,, David and Joyce Bastin, Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren, Seth Wilson, Sian Wilson, and Sean Wilson, New Brockton; Jessica Bastin, Houston, Texas; Jessica Hatfield and Jamie Hatfield both of Jacksonville Beach, Fla.; two brothers, Sam Bastin and Truman Bastin of Stanford, Ky. four sisters Mary Phillips and Bessie,Allen of Standford, Ky.; Anne Endress of Oxford, Ohio; Dean Anding of Raleigh, Miss.
Miss Faye Commander, 92, formerly of Valley View Drive in Ozark, died at Wesley Manor in Dothan Sunday morning, May 14, 2000, following a long illness.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. William Easterling officiating. Burial to follow from the Salem Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 p.m. Wednesday until service time.
Miss Commander was a graduate of Troy State. She was a teacher in Barbour County. She also served as a first LT. in the U.S. Army in World War 11. Miss Commander was a nurse at Maxwell in Montgomery and at the Crippled Children's Clinic in Montgomery. She was also retired civil service.
Survivors include five nieces Edith Fisher, Sarasota, Fla.; Joyce Hornsby, Ariton; Kay Groom, Valdosta, Ga.; Mary Snodgrass, Charlotte, N.C.; Dixie Kelley, Ozark; two nephews, Jerry Commander, Valdosta, Ga.; Joey Commander, Valdosta, Ga.; one sister-in-law, Ida Commander of Valdosta, Ga.; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Freddy Head, Joey Commander, William Miller, Joey Hornsby, W. L. Corn, and Terry Free.
Ms. Sue (Brannon) Downey, died Saturday, May 13, 2000. Funeral services will be 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, 2000, at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Alton Bristo, Rev. Tommy Moore, Rev. Jim Hill, and Rev. Glenn Tate officiating. Burial will be in the Hartford City Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home tonight from 6-8. Flowers will be accepted. The family will be at the home of her brother, Gil Brannon, 200 Rebecca Lane, Ozark.
Ms. Downey had been a beautician for the past 22 years and was presently employed at Silhouette Hairstyles, Dothan. Ms. Downey was born Jan. 25, 1954, in Geneva County and was preceded in death by her father, Bill Brannon. She lived most of her life in Mobile. She attended Oak Park Church of God in Mobile and Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Dothan.
Surviving relatives include her daughter, Sommer Joy Whito, Mobile; her mother, Mary Lou Gainer, Ozark; brother, Gil Brannon, Ozark; two nephews, Ronald Brannon and his wife, Marsha, Slocomb; Dusty Brannon, Ozark; three great-nieces, Morgan, Ashlan, and Devan Brannon, Slocomb; and several aunts and uncles.
Pallbearers will be Bill White, Donnie Tate, Joe Powell, Jim Brannon, Walter Harris, and Rodney Tate.
Mrs. Yvonne Carroll Dean Clark, age 70, of Faust Avenue, Ozark, died Friday morning, May 12, 2000, at her residence in Ozark after a long illness.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funneral Home with the Rev. Isom Hill and Talmadge Butler officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be from 3 p.m. Sunday until service time. Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Mrs. Clark was born in Barbour County. She came to Ozark at the time of her first marriage and lived here for over 50 years. She worked for several years at the old Van Heusen Mill, later working at Roses Department Store, Wal-Mart Department Store, and Bill's Grocery. The many people who knew and loved her appreciated her humor and kind heart. A devoted mother, cherished sister and beloved aunt, her family will miss her severely.
Survivors include two sons, Terry Dean of Bay St. Louis, Miss.; C.T. Dean of Ozark; two sisters, Tommie Nenderson of Ozark; Louise Bryan of Dothan; two brothers, Sam Carroll of Dothan; Hugh Carroll of Geneva; 10 nieces and nephews; and several great-nieces and great-nephews also survive.
Mrs. Gladys (Boots) Ayers, age 68, of Wooded Lane, Ozark, died at her home Wednesday morning, May 10, 2000, following a brief illness.
Services will be Saturday, May 13, 2000, at 2 p.m. from the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. Randy Hayes officiating. Interment will follow at Woodlawn Memory Garden with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Ayers drove a school bus for the Fort Rucker School System for two years. At present, she had been driving for the Ozark School System for the past 20 years.
She is preceded in death by her father and mother, Willard and Grace Mullens; and 12 brothers and sisters.
Survivors include her husband of 53 years, Harold Ayers of Ozark; one daughter, Sherry Dawn Ayers of Ozark; four sons and daughters-in-law, Michael E. and Orliene Ayers Sr. of Ozark; Harold F. and Brenda Ayers Jr. of Woodstock, Ga.; Christopher A. and Susan Ayers of Woodstock, Ga.; Scott and Georgia Ayers of Montgomery; three sisters, Jenny Martin of Huntington, W.Va.; Flossie Mae Pemberton of Wayne, W.Va.; Pat Ross of Cerdo Kenova, W.Va.; three brothers, Bob Mullens and Leonard Mullens, both of Huntington, W.Va.; Jerry Gibson of South Point, Ohio; seven grandchildren, Michael E. Ayers Jr., Brent and Tyler Ayers, Amanda Ayers, Melissa Ayers, Harley A. Ayers-Kather, Taylor Ayers; one great-grandson, Michael D. Ayers; and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Bill Ladigo, Charles Ward, Scott Ayers, Michael Ayers, Harold Ayers Jr. and Christopher Ayers.
Mr. Lester Ralph Stubbs, age 56, died May 9, 2000, Tuesday morning at his residence in Ozark following an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday from Chalkhead Baptist Church with Rev. Tommy West officiating. Burial will be in Chalkhead Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be from the funeral home from 5:30 p.m. Thursday until time to leave for the church. Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday When the family is not at the funeral home, they will be at the home of Norman and Patsy Stubbs, 806 Newton
Street, Ozark.
Survivors include wife, Carol Stubbs, Ozark; three daughters and sons-in-law, Angse and Jim Hughes, Macon, Ga.; Brandy and Lamar Ford, Conyers, Ga.; Terri and Keith Skinner of Covington, Ga.; two sons and daughter-in-law, Sonny Roy and Melissa Page of Conyers, Ga.; Nathan Alley, Walnut Grove, Ga.; one sister and brother-in-law, Susan and Bill Inman of Birmingham; one brother and sister-in-law, Norman and Patsy Stubbs, Ozark; and seven grandchildren.
Elizabeth Smith, 74, of 1825 Peoria Street, Peoria, Ill., formerly a resident of Ozark, died Monday May 8, 2000, at the Methodist Hospital, Peoria, III., after an extended illness.
Funeral will be Monday May 15, 2000, at noon from the Church of Dothan, with the Brother Ivory E. Doyle officiating. Burial will be in the Church of Dothan Cemetery, Newville, with Varner Memorial Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be Sunday from 5 to 6 p.m. at Varner Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service.
Survivors include seven children, Chinell (Harold) Smith, Tampa Fla.; Betty Jean Sturdivant, Peoria, Ill.; Lyn (Mary) Smith, Netv Orleans, La.; David Smith, Ozark; Burnell (Mary) Smith, New York N. Y.; Coleman Jackson Ozark; Douglas (Maxine) Jackson Tampa, Fla.; 17 grandchildren Rudolph Thompson, Anthony Thompson, Arnold Thompson, Jasmine Bisbee, William Sturdivant, Renarda Sturdivant, Jeremy Sturdivant, Tierra Sturdivant, Sierra Sturdivant, Linasha M. Smith, Linton H. Smith II, Jared M. Smith, Damone L. Smith, Datrice Smith, Keki Smith, Burnell Smith Jr. and Cedric B. Jackson; 18 great-grandchildren, one beloved sister, Annie (Ivory) Doyle, Gordon; one brother, James Lee (LaQuita) Anderson Tampa, Fla.; six aunts and a host of nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Inez Thomas, 74, a resident of Ozark, died Saturday, May 6, 2000, in the Capitol Hill Health Care Center in Montgomery.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, May 12, 2000 in the St. Rose Missionary Baptist Church in Skipperville with the Rev. J. H. Walker officiating, and the Rev. Jerry Bennett Pastor officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Trawick Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Louie Tamplin Jr., 60, of Newton Ave., Ozark, died Saturday, May 6, 2000, in the Dale Medical Center following an extended and courageous battle with cancer.
Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 8, 2000, from the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Billy Gaither and Rev. Michael Lawler officiating. Interment will be in the Westview Memorial Cemetery Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be from 4-6 tonight at the funeral home.
Mr. Tamplin was born in Ozark, April 26, 1940. He was the son of Louie and Annie Martha Adams Tamplin. He received his early education in the Ozark City Schools, graduating from Carroll High School in 1958. He earned his BS Degree from Auburn University in 1963, where he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity and the Auburn University Marching Band. He received a Masters degree in Education from Troy State University. He taught music education at Fort Rucker Elementary School and then science at D.A. Smith Middle School in Ozark until his retirement in 1994.
Mr. Tamplin was a member of the Ozark First United Methodist Church where he actively participated in the Chancel Choir and served many years as pianist for the 11 a.m. worship service.
While courageously battling his own illness, Mr. Tamplin brought encouragement and hope to all with whom he came in contact.
He is survived by his brother and wife, Dr. John and Marilyn Tamplin of Ozark; nephew, Frank Tamplin of Atlanta, Ga.; his niece and her husband, Marye Bess and Brent Browning and daughter, Marye Grace Browning of Ozark; numerous cousins and a host of friends.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Kirke Adams, Ozark; Joe W. Adams, Marietta, Ga.; Scott Parker, Dothan; Ben Reeves Jr., Eufaula; Adam Reeves, Atlanta, Ga.; Joe Parker, Eufaula; and Charles Waid, Dothan.
In lieu of flowers the family suggests that memorials be given to the Dale Medical Center Foundation or charity of choice.
Mrs. Johnnie Merritt, age 89, a resident of Ozark, died Tuesday, May 2, 2000, in the Dale Medical Center in Ozark.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday May 9, 2000, in the First Missionary Baptist Church on East Andrews Ave. in Ozark with the Pastor Dr. S.C. Jackson officiating. Burial will be in the Old Ozark City Cemetery with Trawick Funeral Home directing.
There will be a wake Monday evening from 7-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Otis L. Coffin, 82, of Ozark, died Monday, May 1, 2000, in a Montgomery hospital following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 1 p.m. Saturday, May 6 2000, from St. John Catholic Church, with Father Benedict Sellers, O.S.B., officiating. Interment will be in Westview Memorial Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors from 3 p.m. today with family receiving friends in the funeral home parlors from 6 to 8 p.m. this evening.
Mr. Coffin was a native of Oakland, Calif. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II prior to moving to Panama, where he enjoyed living for 20 years. He then moved to Ozark, where he retired from Civil Service following 35 years of service, Mr. Coffin enjoyed wood working, Native American history boxing and country music.
Survivors include his wife, Edith Coffin, Ozark; two daughters and sons-in-law, Maria Luz and Ralph Woods, Dothan; Luz Maria and Robert LeMonte, Ozark; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Leonard Otis Coffin, Ozark; Frank Eugene and Renee Coffin, Tuscaloosa; and 10 grandchildren also survive.
Mr. Rex Lamar Tharpe, age 48, of Ozark, died at his home Saturday April 29, 2000.
Services will be from the funeral home chapel Monday at 2 p.m. with the Rev. William Baker officiating. Burial will follow from the Peniel Baptist Church Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be this evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Survivors include six sisters, Jeanette Williams Ozark, Jerry Spivey, Skipperville; Jean Walker, Clio; Mary Dudley Eufaula; Merle Simmons, Eufaula; Johnnie Wells, Barrington, Mich.; two brothers, Kenneth Tharpe, Ozark; Bruce Tharpe, Eufaula; and several nieces and nephews.
