Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Rachel Howard
100, homemaker
ARDMORE -- Funeral for Rachel Howard, 100, of Toney, will be at Friday at 1 p.m. at Taylor-Ardmore Funeral Home with Richard Campbell and James T. Howard officiating.
Burial will be in Stateline Cemetery in Plevna. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Miss Howard died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at her home. She was born Nov. 9, 1900, in Alabama. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include three nephews and three nieces.
Great-nephews will be pallbearers.
Alexander Morese Jr.
56, retired firefighter
MOULTON -- Memorial services for Alexander Morese Jr., 56, of Moulton will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Moulton Baptist Church with the Rev. Bob Lawrimore officiating and Lawrence Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Morese died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2000, at his home. He was born July 25, 1944, in New York, to Alexander Morese and the late Annionette Alvessi Morese. He was retired as a firefighter with the City of Fort Lauderdale, Fla. He was a lieutenant, a paramedic and past secretary of Professional Firefighters Local 1545. He was named "Firefighter of the Year" in Fort Lauderdale.
Survivors include his wife, Vicki Jackson Morese; one son, Alexander Morese of Moulton; one daughter, Michelle Serda of Fort Lauderdale; his father, of Fort Lauderdale; one brother, Lenord Morese of Deerfield Beach, Fla.; one sister, Phyllis Morese of Deerfield; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be honor guards from the Fort Lauderdale Fire Department Local 1545.
Fred Murray Murdock
70, former Decatur resident
Graveside service for Fred Murray Murdock, 70, of Tuscaloosa, formerly of Decatur, was to be today at 11 a.m. at Old Crab Orchard Cemetery in Petersburg, Tenn., with Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Murdock died Monday, Dec. 4, 2000, in Tuscaloosa. He was born Feb. 4, 1930, in Decatur to Clifford Murray Murdock and Frances Cook Murdock.
Survivors include one brother, J. Clifford Murdock of Decatur.
Lacey Eugene Terry
85, retired painter
Funeral for Lacey Eugene Terry, 85, of Decatur will be be Friday at 2 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home with the Rev. Robbie Stofel officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Terry died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, at Decatur General Hospital. He was born Jan. 5, 1915, in Morgan County to Eugene Terry and Ida Terry. He was a retired painter and was the father of the late Larry Eugene Terry and Thomas Randy Terry.
Survivors include his wife, Erma Terry; three daughters, Karla Terry Hamilton, Nancy Terry Milette and Melba Terry Robinson, all of Decatur; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Nephews will be pallbearers.
Bessie N. Armstrong
94, homemaker
ANNISTON -- Funeral for Bessie N. Armstrong, 94, of Anniston will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Wilburn Clark and the Rev. Darrell Zumalt officiating.
Burial will be in Flintville Cemetery in Flintville, Tenn. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Armstrong died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Anniston Regional Medical Center. She was born Jan. 23, 1906, in Chattanooga County, Ga., and had been a resident of Calhoun County for 14 years. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two daughters, Mary Thomas of Anniston and Coretha Powers of Decatur; four sons, Bobby Clark and Winford Clark, both of Decatur, Wilburn Clark of Hartselle, and Dewey Clark of Charleston, S.C.; one sister, Flora Mae Bagwell of Rome, Ga.; 25 grandchildren; and 38 great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Emily Madison Prater
Infant
HARTSELLE -- Graveside service for infant Emily Madison Prater of Danville was to be today at 11 a.m. at Hartselle City Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Carter officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.
She died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, the day of her birth, at Decatur General Hospital.
Survivors include her parents, Matt and Lana Prater; her grandparents, Rosemary McKissack of Hartselle and Dewayne and Jayne Prater of Danville; her great-grandparents, Alfred and Mildred Prater of Danville, Nathan and Faye Anders of Hartselle and Wilfred Langley of Lake Charles, La.; and her great-great grandmother, Ora Meyers of Danville. She was the granddaughter of the late T. J. McKissack.
Jimmer Beene Spillers
72, Department of Youth Services retiree
BIRMINGHAM -- Funeral for Jimmer Beene Spillers, 72, of Pinson was Nov. 28 in Birmingham.
Burial was in Mountain Springs Cemetery in Moulton.
Mrs. Spillers died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2000, at her home. She was born in Lawrence County to George Washington Beene and Mattie Mae Norwood Beene. She was a graduate of Lawrence County High School and attended Athens State University and the University of North Alabama. She was a member of Pinson Presbyterian Church. She was retired from the state Department of Youth Services.
Survivors include her husband, General Neal Spillers of Pinson; two daughters, Brenda Cherry of Remlap and Lisa Bradley of Canberra, Australia; one brother, William Dow Beene of Moulton; one sister, Connie Mills of Moulton; and three grandchildren.
Raymond A. Sundback
79, retired chemical engineer
Funeral for Raymond A. Sundback, 79, of Decatur will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Brad Walker officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery with Roselawn Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 7 in the church parlor.
Mr. Sundback died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at his home. He was born Oct. 12, 1921, in Edinboro, Pa., to Robert L. Sundback and Hattie Billings Sundback. He retired as a chemical engineer from 3M, where he worked for 47 years. He was a deacon and elder of First Presbyterian Church and a member of the Men's Sunday School Class. He served as the moderator of the North Alabama Presbytery twice. He was a graduate of Pennsylvania State University. He was chairman of the Wheeler Basin Public Library Board and a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Survivors include: his wife, Doris Sundback; one son, John Robert Sundback of Jersey City, N.J.; two daughters, Karen Sundback of Bloomfield, Conn., and Ellen Marks of Huntsville; and one grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Ed Cornell, Jim Lewis, Ron Reinhart, Phil Raths, A.J. Coleman and Ray Jones.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Men's Sunday School Class at First Presbyterian Church.
Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church or the Madison County Red Cross, 1101 Washington St., Huntsville, AL 35801.
Alyssa Noelle Carr
Infant
ATHENS -- Graveside service for Alyssa Noelle Carr, infant daughter of Phillip Carr and Erika Nash Carr of Antioch, Tenn., will be Monday at 3 p.m. at Dement Cemetery with Harold Prosser officiating and Limestone Chapel Funeral Home directing.
A memorial service will be held in Nashville on Monday at 10 a.m. at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses at 2504 Smith Spring Road.
The family will receive friends Sunday night from 7 to 9 at Ellis Funeral Home in Nashville.
She was born Oct. 23, 2000, in Nashville to Phillip Carr and Erika Carr. She died Friday, Dec. 8, 2000, at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville.
Survivors include her parents of Antioch; grandparents, Jimmy Nash and Denise Nash, both of Athens and Blanche Carr of Philadelphia, Pa.; great-grandparents, George Elliott, Joyce Elliott and Ethel Nash, all of Athens and Jesse Taylor of Philadelphia.
Pallbearers will be Jonathan Nash and Kenny Montouri.
Thomas G. Ellis Jr.
Retired, U.S. Army.
HUNTSVILLE -- A memorial service for U.S. Army Lt. Col. Ret. Thomas G. Ellis Jr., who died at his home in Huntsville on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2000, will be today at 3:00 at the Redstone Arsenal Bicentennial Chapel
Survivors include his wife, Ro Ellis; one son, Kent Ellis of Flagstaff, Ariz.; three daughters, Rita Crouse of Opelika; Judy Overton of El Paso, Texas, and Lynn Stuckey of Birmingham; two sisters: Eva Stewart of Jasper and Lenette Calvin of Decatur; nine grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to Habitat for Humanity, 2817 University Drive, Huntsville AL 35816.
George Odis (Ode) Grantland
84, farmer
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for George Odis (Ode) Grantland, 84, of Northport, formerly of Hartselle, will be today at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. Pearl Jenkins officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.
Burial will be in Somerville Church of God Cemetery.
Mr. Grantland died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at DCH Northport Hospital. He was born March 6, 1916, in Morgan County to James Edgar Grantland and Eunie Grantland. He was a farmer. He was father of the late Sue McCutcheon.
Survivors include one son, Harold Keith Grantland of LaGrange, Ill.; two daughters, Jean Jackson of Hartselle and Betty Zane Pannell of Decatur; three sisters, Pauline Sims and Marie Hitt, both of Decatur, and Marcile Crane of Cullman; and 11 grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be David Grantland, Donnie Grantland, Jarod Grantland, Michael Grantland, Ted Grantland and Leslie Pannell.
Memorials may be sent to a favorite charity.
Emily Madison Prater
Infant
HARTSELLE -- Graveside service for Emily Madison Prater, infant daughter of Matt and Lana Prater of Danville, was Friday at Hartselle City Cemetery with the Rev. Larry Carter officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.
She died Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2000, the day of her birth, at Decatur General Hospital.
Survivors include her parents; grandparents, Rosemary McKissack of Hartselle and Dewayne and Jayne Prater of Danville; great-grandparents, Alfred and Mildred Prater of Danville, Nathan and Faye Anders of Hartselle and Wilfred Langley of Lake Charles, La.; and great-great-grandmother, Ora Myers of Danville.
She was granddaughter of the late T.J. McKissack.
Vera Searcy Weed
79, retired manager
Funeral for Vera Searcy Weed, 79, of Decatur will be Monday at 11 a.m. at Rideout's Brown- Service Funeral Home with the Rev. Sherry Harris officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 4 to 6 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Weed died Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000, at Altamont Nursing Center in Birmingham.
She was born March 10, 1921, in Abbeville to Dan Searcy and Eddie Searcy.
She was a retired area manager for World Book Encyclopedia and a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church.
She was wife of the late Louie C. Weed, mother of the late Morgan W. Weed and sister of the late Edward Searcy.
Survivors include four sons, Louie G. Weed of Fayetteville, Tenn., Warren E. Weed of Birmingham, Dan S. Weed of Americus, Ga., Robert P. Weed of Abbeville; one sister, Ruth Search Shell of Abbeville; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Joel Weed, Lee Weed, Pete Lenhart, David Lenhart, John Ward and David Rahm.
