Orvis Phillip Engelstad
Nov 30, 2011
Dr. Orvis Phillip Engelstad of Florence died Wednesday, Nov. 30. He was 83 years old. A native of Fertile, Minn., Orvis graduated from the Northwest School of Agriculture and served in the U.S. Army before he received bachelors and masters degrees in soil science from the University of Minnesota. He went on to receive his PhD from Iowa State University....
Wallace Wendell "Turkey" Owens
Nov 30, 2011
Wallace Wendell 'Turkey' Owens Moulton Funeral for Wallace Wendell "Turkey" Owens, 80, of Moulton will be Friday, December 2, 2011, at 1 p.m. at Elliott Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Harold Hall and the Rev. Carold Hall officiating. Burial will be in East Lawrence Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home. Mr....
Howard Carroll
Nov 27, 2011
Howard Carroll Decatur Graveside service for Howard Carroll, 83, of Decatur will be Thursday, December 1, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with the Reverend Edwin Hodges officiating. Visitation will be from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home. Mr. Carroll, who died Sunday, November 27, 2011, at Floyd E. "Tut" Fann State Veterans Home, was born...
James Nathaniel Brumley
Nov 26, 2011
James Nathaniel Brumley, Jr., 84, of Lexington died Saturday, November 26, 2011 at ECM Hospital. Visitation will be Tuesday, November 29, 2011, from 12-2PM at Elkins East Chapel. Funeral services will follow at 2PM in the Chapel, with Bro. Kenny Morgan officiating. Burial will be at Springfield Cemetery. Mr. Brumley was a WWII veteran and served in the US Army....
Ora Lee Quigley
Nov 23, 2011
Ora Lee Quigley age 93 of Florence, passed on Wednesday, November 23, 2011. Visitation will be Saturday, November 26 at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church from 10am till 11am. Services will be at 11am at the Church. Officiating will be Rev Kenny Windsor and Tim Ellis. Burial will be at the church cemetery, Pleasant Hill. Ora was survived by daughter,...
John Thomas Cowan
Nov 22, 2011
John Thomas Cowan Decatur John Thomas Cowan, 68, died November 22, 2011. Ridout's Brown-Service will announce arrangements.
Doris Roper Briscoe
Nov 22, 2011
Doris Roper Briscoe Decatur Doris Roper Briscoe passed into life eternal with her Lord on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at Decatur General Hospital, suffering very little and lasting barely a day after she became seriously ill. Although she lived by God's grace to be 96, and that in her home on Woodland until a few months ago, her illnesses were...
Dickie Wayne Sledge
Nov 20, 2011
Dickie Wayne Sledge, 1944-2011, died November 20th at his home. Mr. Sledge was a member of the IBEW for 45 years and was one of the first Alaska pipeline workers. He served in the US Navy aboard the USS Shaingri-La and was a Vietnam Veteran. He retired from Redstone Arsenal in 2006. He enjoyed Nascar, dirt track racing, and fast...
Elvis Glenn Howard
Nov 20, 2011
Elvis Glenn Howard, age 73 of Killen, died Sunday, November 20, 2011 at his home after a courageous battle with cancer. Mr. Howard was born on November 4, 1938 in Lexington, Alabama. Mr. Howard is survived by his wife, Ramona; children, Mona Jane Cody (Kenneth) and Robert Perry (Melissa); grandchildren, Josh Cody, Jacob Cody (Allison), Aubry Cody, Garrett Perry (Janelle...
Pruda Lee Thornton
Nov 20, 2011
Pruda Lee Thornton, 93, of Mount Pleasant, Mississippi, entered into the presence of the Lord on November 20, 2011 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. She was a member of the Elgin United Methodist Church and Crosspointe Christian Fellowship, 6400 Blocker Street, Olive Branch, Mississippi 38654. After her children were grown she earned her nursing degree and worked as...