Mable Marcella Jackson, age 73, of Florence, died on Tuesday June 23, 2009 at ECM Hospital in Florence. Funeral services will be on Friday June 26, 2009 at 11 am in the chapel of Elkins Funeral Home in Florence with Jim Cummings officiating. Burial will follow in Pettus Cemetery in Lexington, AL. The family will receive friends on the evening...
Howard Johnson Jr. Decatur Howard Johnson Jr., 59, of Decatur passed away Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at the V.A. in Birmingham. He was born Aug. 8, 1949, in Decatur to Howard E. Johnson Sr. and Margaret Mayila Marsh Johnson. He is survived by his wife, Vivian Johnson; two brothers, Billy Johnson and David Allen Johnson; and one sister, Carol Sue...
Moulton Holly Ryan Ferguson, educator, died at age 34. Holly Ryan Ferguson, who was earning her doctorate in elementary education at The University of Alabama and serving as a graduate assistant in that department, died at home on June 22nd of brain cancer. She received the Most Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award in Elementary Education from the University on Honors Day...
Tillie Marie Jackson Decatur Graveside service for Tillie Marie Jackson, 81, will be Tuesday, June 23, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with Rideout''s Brown-Service Funeral Home directing and the Rev. Alica Newsom officiating. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Mrs. Jackson, who died Sunday, June 21, 2009, at De>catur General Hospital,...
Mr. William Lindsey McDonald died June 20, 2009, after an extended illness. He was born June 7, 1927, in Florence, to the late William Ervin and Pauline Lindsey McDonald. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Carter McDonald, a retired teacher and artist; daughters, Dr. Nancy Carter McDonald of Notasulga, Alabama and Suzannah Lee Parasiliti and husband, Brian I. Parasiliti,...
Linda Faye Lard, age 61, of Florence, passed away on Saturday June 20, 2009 at ECM Hospital. Funeral services will be on Tuesday June 23, 2009 at Canaan United Methodist Church at 2 pm with Bro. Ted Bryson. Mrs. Lard will lie in state at the church from 1pm until 2 pm. Burial will follow in Canaan Methodist Cemetery. The...
Mr. Ray Cantrell, 60, of Florence, passed away Saturday, June 20, 2009. The family will receive friends from 10-11 on Tuesday at Elkins Funeral Home with the funeral service at 11:00. Ray is preceded in death by his mother Eloise Scott; brother David Green; and sister Sybil Hampton. He is survived by his wife Linda (Frog); children, Kescler and Roy;...
Mrs. Maggie Josephine Phillips, 86, of Florence, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2009 at her home following a lengthy illness. The funeral service will be Saturday at 2:00 p.m. in the Elkins Funeral Home Chapel. Bro. Henry Melton will officiate. Burial will follow in the East Franklin Cemetery. Visitation was Friday night. Mrs. Phillips was born in Franklin County and...
Rickey H. Dotson Hillsboro Funeral for Rickey H. Dotson, 56, of Hillsboro will be Saturday, June 20, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Michael Mason and the Rev. Jimmy Fuller officiating. Burial will be in Clardy Cemetery in Lawrence County. Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home. Mr....
Ruby Delores Ray, age 84, of Florence, passed away on Thursday June 18, 2009 at ECM Hospital. Mrs. Ray is preceded in death by her husband Harold Ray, her parents, Emil and Lillie Samuelson, and her son, Bruce Ray. Mrs. Ray is survived by her son, Dr. Roger Ray and wife Bebe of Florence; her brother, Conrad Samuelson of Overland...