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NORMAN - Funeral services for Deacon Willie Lee Norman, of 2085 Brooklyn Road, will be held TODAY Wednesday, May 13th at 2:00 PM in the Philadelphia Baptist Church, 5577 Moncrief Rd., Rev. Harold Legree, Pastor, with the Rev. Dr. Gregory Davis of the Faith Temple Fellowship Ministry, officiating. Deacon Norman is survived by his wife of 39 years, Pastor and Evangelist L.B. Norman of the Stay In Touch With God Ministry; daughter, Yvonne Gail Norman Green (Corines); granddaughters, Brenda Gail Norman and Corinece Green; grandson, Anthony Norman; great-granddaughter, Cornisha Norman; 4 brothers, Lonnie Norman, Jacksonville, Major Norman, Sparr, FL, Roger Lee Norman, Dundee, FL and David Moore, Gainesville, FL; 6 sisters, Mellonise Martin and Mae Helen Mix of Newark, NJ, Drucilla Woodard (J.R.) and Frances Hagan, St. Augustine, FL, Elnora Norman, Dundee, FL and Deborah Williams (Lewis) Jacksonville; brothers and sisters-in-law, Lawrence Brown, Long Beach, CA, Shirley Smith Brown, Patterson, NJ, Retha Mae Brown Jefficoat, Riviera Beach, FL, Estella Brown Hurst, Willie Mae Brown Armstrong (Issac), Robert C. Brown, Jr., Joe L. Brown (Harriet), Steve Brown (Gloria), Shirley A. Brown Boddie (Charles), Harry A. Brown (Debra), George L. Brown (Marion) and Rev. Dr. Gregory Davis (Gloria) all of Jacksonville; a host of other relatives, Saints in the Lord and friends; godson, Robert Latson, Jr. (Donna). The remains will rest in the church from 12 Noon TODAY until the hour of service. The cortege will assemble at the residence at 1:00 AM TODAY. All floral tributes should be sent to the church before the hour of service. Repast at the residence following the funeral. Arrangements entrusted to: GRAHAM FUNERAL HOME, Macclenny, Harry A. Brown, Director. 259-3192
RICHARDS - Willie Lee Richards, a resident of 1702 North Myrtle Ave., passed May 9, 1998. He was a member of Emanuel Missionary Baptist Church, 2407 Division St., Rev. L. Thomas, Pastor. He is survived by a devoted wife, Mary E. Richards; sons, James Richards, Larry Richards; daughters, Nancy Brown, Doris Moore-Bailey (Beverly), Lois Rhoden (Gregory), Edna Denise Brown; goddaughter, Patricia Fogle; 12 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM Thursday at his church and the interment will be held in Restlawn Memorial Park. The remains may be viewed today in the Reposing Room of Carthage Chapel from 6:30 PM until 8:00 PM. CARTHAGE CHAPEL FUNERAL HOME, INC., 929 West Beaver St., Kenneth Peele, Jr., Director.
ROBERTS - Funeral services for Mrs. Alyce O. Roberts will be held Thursday, May 14, 1998 at 11:00 AM in the Rosa Glover Holmes Memorial Chapel. The Rev. Garner, Associate Pastor of the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church, officiating. She was employed by the Duval County School Board as a teacher and retired after 44 years of dedicated services. She leaves to mourn her passing, a loving son, John Larry Roberts; niece, Frances O. Paige (Andrew); and a host of other relatives and friends. Mrs. Roberts will rest in the mortuary for the visitation of friends on Wednesday TODAY from 6 until 9pm. Interment will be in Restlawn Memorial Park. Professional services provided by HOLMES-GLOVER-SOLOMON FUNERAL DIRECTORS, INC. 4334 Brentwood Ave., Victor E. Solomon and Verna Washington Jackson, Directors.
STREIFEL - Robert W. Streifel, 73, of Jacksonville, died Sunday, May 10, 1998. Mr. Streifel was a member of St. Marks Lutheran Church. Survivors include his daughters, Lorrie Jo Streifel and Cynthia Steifel Thompson; sister, Marilyn North; three grandchildren; and beloved Margie Bisbee. A memorial funeral service will be Sunday 2:00 PM May 17, 1998 at the St. Marks Lutheran Church, with The Rev. Dr. William F. Scholl, officiating. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Marks Lutheran Church or the American Cancer Society in memory of Mr. Streifel.
TOWNSEND - Colleen P. Townsend, age 74, died Sunday, May 10, 1998. She is survived by a son, James Townsend; 2 daughters, Jeanette Connell & Jackie Mitchell; 11 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren and a sister, Lucille Gilbert. Graveside services will be held 1 PM Saturday in Riverside Memorial Park. Fraser Funeral Home, 8168 Normandy Blvd. is in charge of arrangements.
WILDER - Joseph Carl Wilder, died May 11, 1998 at his home. Born October 7, 1921 in Johnson County, NC, he had lived in Jacksonville for 50 years and was retired from GATE Petroleum Company. Mr. Wilder was a member of First Baptist Church of Switzerland and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He is survived by his wife, Iris D. Wilder; 2 sons, Sam and Jody; daughter, Pam; 2 grandchildren, Lindzy and Michael Sima; sister, Etta Hinnant and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM today, Wednesday, May 13, 1998 in the chapel of HARDAGE-GIDDENS MANDARIN FUNERAL HOME, 11801 San Jose Blvd., with Pastor Randy McQuaig, Pastor Tim Wilson and Pastor Jack Weeks, officiating. Interment will be in Riverside Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM prior to the service. In lieu of flowers, donations to the building fund at First Baptist Church of Switzerland in his name.
YOUNG - Funeral services for Dorothy Marion Young, will be held 11:00 AM Thursday, May 14, 1998 from the chapel of JACKSONVILLE MEMORY GARDENS FUNERAL HOME, 111 Blanding Blvd., Orange Park, FL, with Rev. G.A. Oglesby, officiating. Interment will follow in Jacksonville Memory Gardens cemetery. Survivors include her two sons, H. Richard Johnson and his wife, Denise, Maurice Johnson and his wife, Pascale; granddaughter, Natalie Brooke Johnson. Family will receive friends from 6-8 PM Wed., May 13, 1998 at the funeral home.
BRYAN - Rudolph Bryan, 80, a resident of Kingsland, GA died Saturday at his residence. Funeral services will be 2 PM Tuesday, December 1 at First Baptist Church of Kingsland, Interment will follow in Lawnwood cemetery, Kingsland. Mr. Bryan was a prior longtime resident of Jacksonville, where he had retired as a decorator with The Florida State Theatre and The Duval County School Board. He is survived by a daughter, Martha Booker of Jacksonville; a brother, John Bryan of Kingsland; a sister, Betty DeBevoise of Neptune Beach; 2 grand children and 2 great grandchildren. Memorial contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church of Kingsland, Building Fund at 295 E. Chester, Kingsland, GA. EDO MILLER DEKLE WAINWRIGHT FUNERAL HOME is in charge of arrangements.
CHOATE - Mrs. Elizabeth Gerow Choate, beloved wife of Leon T. Choate, died November 29, 1998. Born in Raleigh, NC, she had recently moved from Overland Park, Kansas to Jacksonville, FL. She is survived by her husband, also of Jacksonville; her brother, James A Gerow; her niece, Anna Gerow; and nephew, David Gerow, all of Burlington, NC. The funeral service will be graveside at Oaklawn cemetery on Thursday, December 3, 1998 at 2 PM with Rev. Fred Woolsey of First Christian Church of the Beaches officiating. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of George H. Hewell and Son Funeral Home, 4140 University Blvd., So.
DAUGHTRY - Norma Daughtry 'Dollie' of 11787 Greenada Drive passed away November 25, 1998. Survivors are her husband, John Daughtry; daughter, Prudence Patrise Nelson; mother Prudence Cooper; sister, Marian Simpkins (James); sister-in-law, Levester Mason; devoted son-in-law, John Nelson; grandson, Anthony R. Campbell; uncle, Davis Harris (Ada); aunts, Mildred Murrell and Alice Harris; devoted niece, Prudence Williams (Marvin); devoted nephew Victor Simpkins; nieces Stacy Saxton (Greg), Tansye Jackson, Dallas TX and Sharon Rogers (Danny), Louisville, TX; nephew, Robert Lynon; devoted cousin, Gladys Fields; devoted friends, Helen Crawford, Jenny Brantley and Dr. Emma McBride; other relatives and friends. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 A.M. TODAY in the A.B. Coleman Memorial Chapel, 5660 Moncrief Road, Rev. Peter Jackson, Officiating. Interment in Edgewood cemetery. Arrangements Entrusted To: A.B. COLEMAN MORTUARY, INC.
DRY - Phyllis 'Petty' Dry, beloved wife & mother, age 34, died November 28, 1998 in Georgia. She is survived by her husband, Craig Dry; 3 sons, Kenneth Kirk, & Kyle Baumgardner; parents, Carolyn & Bo Manning; 5 sisters, Arolyn Roberts, Valorie Ferdon, Robin VanVactor, Amy Layfield, & Myra Frasier; a step-son, Daniel; 2 stepdaughters, Paula & Stephanie and a host of nieces & nephews. Graveside services will be held 11 AM Wednesday in Riverside Memorial Park with Rev. Bill Hughes officiating. The family will receive friends from 5-8 PM Tuesday (TONIGHT) at Fraser Funeral Home, 8168 Normandy Blvd.
FINGER, JR. - George W. Finger, Jr. was born on June 2, 1917, Gainesville, Hall County, GA; he died November 28, 1998, in Jacksonville, Duval County, FL. Mr. Finger has been a resident of Jacksonville since 1971 after retiring as a Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. His FBI assignments included service in Portland, OR, Anchorage, AK, Miami, FL, Omaha, NE, Philadelphia, PA, and at FBI headquarters in Washington, DC. He was a member of St. Paul United Methodist Church and of the Florida Crown Chapter of the Retired Special Agents of the FBI. Mr. Finger is survived by his wife, Martha Adams Finger; three children, Eve Finger Lewis, Greer, SC, Stephen N. Finger, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and George Wayne Finger, Cocoa, FL, and six grandchildren. Survivors also include three sisters, Mrs. William H. Thrasher, Decatur, GA, Mrs. Haskel C. Stratton, Gainesville, GA, and Mrs. Austin F. Dean, Jacksonville, FL. Graveside services will be held 10:00 AM Tuesday, December 1, 1998 in Greenlawn cemetery with Rev. Pendergrass officiating. COREY-KERLIN FUNERAL HOME, 940 Cesery Blvd.
HAGAN - Arnold Ray Hagan, age 78, of St. Augustine, passed away Saturday, November 28, 1998 in Flagler Hospital in St. Augustine. Born in Jacksonville, he was a veteran of World War II, having served in the United States Army, and had owned and operated a gas and oil company. He had lived in St. Augustine for thirty years, and was a member of the Wildwood Baptist Church, the VFW Post #2391, and the American Legion Post #37, all in St. Augustine. Funeral services will be held 2:30 PM Wednesday in the chapel of the Craig Funeral Home, St. Augustine, with Reverend Lois Turner officiating. Interment will be in St. Augustine Memorial Park. Friends may call at the funeral home from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday. Mr. Hagan is survived by his wife, Jean Hiers Hagan; two daughters, Shirley Joudon and Lyn McMullian; one son, Ernest Hagan, all of St. Augustine; three sisters, Maggie Long of Griffin, Georgia, Lucille Pitts of Sanderson, Florida, and Juanita DeWitt of Fernandina Beach; nine grandchildren; and 2 great grandchildren. Arrangements are being handled by CRAIG FUNERAL HOME, St. Augustine.
HARVEY - Wilma L. Harvey, 74, of Sanderson pass away on Monday November 30, 1998. She was a native and lifelong residence of Baker County. She was the daughter of the late Ernest and Sarah Long. Survivors include her husband of fifty-eight years, Buford Harvey; daughter, Marion Martin of Jacksonville; sons, Bobby of Jacksonville and Tommy and wife Marlynn of Sanderson; sisters, Sally Edmonson and Ruby Smith both of Jacksonville and Faye Bennett of Sanderson; grandchildren, Sharon Lovelady, Paige Shirley, Robert Harvey, Brett Harvey and Matthew Harvey; nine great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday December 2, at 2pm in The Christian Fellowship Temple, Macclenny, with Rev. Leslie Thomas and Rev. David Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Cedar Creek cemetery, Sanderson. The visitation will be Tuesday (today) from 5pm until 9pm at FRASER FUNERAL HOME, 712 S. 6th St., Macclenny.
