A May 7, 1998 WIREGRASS THE DOTHAN EAGLE 11-A Obituaries Byrd Funeral Home Dothan, 793-3003 Columbine "Colley" Whitestone lowing a brief illness. The funeral will be held 2 p.m. today at the Episcopal Church of the Nativity with the Rev. David Powell and the Rev. Russell Kendrick officiating.
Burial will follow at MemoColumbine ry with Byrd "Colley" Hill Cemetery Funeral Home Whitestone Columbine "Colley" Whitestone, 78, of 1504 Sioux died Tuesday, May 5, 1998, at Flowers Hospital fol- directing. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Episcopal Church of the Nativity, "Building Fund," 205 Holly Lane, Dothan, AL 36301. Colley Whitestone was born Nov. 5, 1919, in Dale County. Colley attended grade school in Midland City and later attended Auburn University.
She married Herb Whitestone in Dallas, Texas, in 1943 during WWII. She and her husband decided to make Dothan their home by first moving to Napier Field and then to their permanent residence at 1504 Sioux St. Colley lived in the Dothan area for more than 50 years. She was a dedicated and loving wife to Herb for more than 54 years. She served him and their two sons as a loyal and devoted wife and mother.
She worked along side her husband as a "professional" woman even before this was customary, putting two sons through college and building a successful business in the Dothan area. She was their "best friend" during times of difficulty and adversity. During her early years, she was active in the Dothan Service League and Eclectus. Later she transitioned to a simple, but dignified lady who enjoyed just the ordinary things in life. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Perhaps her greatest joy was when God blessed her and the family with the birth of five grandchildren and to see her loving granddaughter Heather triumph over adversity to become the most beautiful Miss America in recent times. May God bless this wonderful woman whom we are all honored to have known and loved. Survivors include her husband, Herb Whitestone; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Bill Whitestone, Dothan; Bruce and Gloria Whitestone, Germantown, grandchildren, Stacey and Tom Vera, Melissa and Tony Gomillion, Heather and John McCallum, Erika Whitestone and Christopher Whitestone; three sisters, Melba Faison, Pensacola, Hilma Green, Dothan, and Margaret Wallace, Midland City. Mrs. Whitestone was predeceased by her brothers, Hartford Thompson Dewitt Thompson and Don Thompson.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Bob Haynes, O.D. Warren, Spiro Cheriogotis, Danny Coleman, Dr. Bill Silvernail, Tom Ball and Tommy Haynes. Terry Eugene Ready Terry Eugene Ready, 59, of 268 Furnie Folks Road, died unexpectedly Wednesday, May 6, 1998, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center of an apparent heart attack. The funeral will be held at 2 p.m.
Friday, May 8, 1998, at Smyrna Baptist Church with the Rev. David Bentley and the Rev. Hosea Parker officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 tonight.
Mr. Ready will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time. Mr. Ready was born Sept. 23, 1938, in Houston County and lived there all his life.
For the past 34 years, he resided in Webb and was employed with Lomax Johnson Insurance Company and currently with Insurance Center of the South- Bridge Continued from 1-A If the bridge is replaced, Weeks said she would like to have it dedicated to those who died. "It would give their children something to look back on," she said. Her brother had two girls, ages 4 and 1. No decision has been made on whether the bridge will be replaced, but some preliminary efforts are under way. A month after the fatal crash, State Sen.
Dwight Adams of New Brockton asked the state highway department to conduct a study east. Mr. Ready was a member of Smyrna Baptist Church where he served as deacon and Sunday School teacher. Survivors include his wife, Pat Ready, Webb; a son, Todd Ready, Webb; two brothers, Billy Ready, Cowarts, and Jack Ready, Alexandria, a sister, Kate Palmer, Cowarts; several nieces and nephews. Serving as active pallbearers will be Billy Griffin, Bobby Deese, Earl Hand, Ronnie Taylor, David Carroll and Don Scott.
Serving as honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of Smyrna Baptist Church Ulas Espy Donn Ulas Espy Donn, 83, of 427-A S. Foster died Monday, May 4, 1998, at his residence as a result of injuries sustained in a house fire. Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Dothan City Cemetery with the Rev. Sam Shirah officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Donn was born Feb. 26, 1915, in Alabama and resided in the Dothan area most of his life. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Army.
He was a taxi driver for a local taxi company for several years prior to moving to Panama City, where he was engaged in the construction business. Mr. Donn was a resident of Dothan for the past 15 years and was of the Assembly of God faith. Survivors include a son, Gene Donn, Harrisburg, a daughter, Eunice Andrews, Panama City; three grandchildren; five greatgrandchildren; two brothers, Bill Donn, Panama City, Robert Donn, Dothan; four sisters, Lillian Parrish, Susie Day, both of Dothan, Ella Siebert, Conway, Lena Culbreth, Gulfport, several nieces and nephews also survive. Buford Franklin Forrester Buford Franklin Forrester, 62, of 1662 Third died Tuesday, May 5, 1998, at his residence following a long illness.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Cowarts Cemetery with the Rev. Jerry Bliffen officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 Friday night. Mr.
Forrester was born Jan. 29, 1936, in Houston County and lived most of his life in Cowarts. He was employed as a mechanic with Bondy's Ford for several years until his retirement in 1980. Survivors include his wife, LaVaughn Forrester, Dothan; four daughters and two sons-in-law, Lotty Ellen and Joe Lee, O'Fallon, Lynne Currie, Los Cruses, N.M., Randi Dee ller, Zandra and Scott Baker, Dothan; two sons and daughters-in-law, Cliff and Ruth Forrester, Ozark, Ken and Beverly Forrester, Ozark; 11 grandchildren, one great-granddaughter; a sister and brother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
James Beasley, Cottonwood; two brothers and two sisters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Henrey Forrester, Cowarts, Jessi Forrester, Gordon, a brother-in-law and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hicks, Los Cruses, N.M.; four nieces and two nephews.
Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home Ozark, 774-4551 Gale Pennington Gale Pennington, age 70, of Ozark, died Tuesday evening, May 5, 1998, in the Dale Medical Center following an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be 2 p.m. Central Time, Friday, May 8, 1998, from Fort Mitchell National Cemetery. Interment will military honors will follow with FuquaBankston Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be at the funeral home beginning at 6 p.m.
Thursday and the family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-7 p.m. Thursday evening. Mr. Pennington was a native of Girard, Texas, having lived in various locations while serving in the U.S. Air Force, retiring after 24 years service.
Following military retirement, Mr. Pennington worked with Civil Service in Mary- about possibly replacing the bridge. A preliminary engineering survey on the bridge is being taken, said Mike Griffin, a division engineer with the Alabama Department of Transporta- State Sen. Dwight Adams tion in Troy. "The preliminary study is to determine the best location for the bridge if the road should be moved or if the bridge should be replaced," Parkman asked the jury.
Shooting That's "I don't what know makes how it it an happened. Continued from 1-A dent." "Do any of you believe that Assistant District Attorney (Floyd) perceived Corey Aber- Gary Maxwell argued that Floyd crombie was going to get shot?" was aware of the risk involved in land as a weather technician with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. He had resided in Ozark since his retirement from civil service, approximately seven years ago. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Thelma Pennington, Ozark; three daughters, Kimberly Ann Pennington, Ozark, Shirley Pescia of Ozark, Maureen Mull, Maryland; four sons, Ellery Pennington, Texas, Edward Pennington, Ozark, Leslie Jacobs, Massachusetts, Brian Jacobs, Virginia; one sister, Marcie Bryce, Texas; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren also survive.
Ethel Mae Dillard Ethel Mae "Granny" Dillard, 87, of Newton, died Wednesday, May 6, 1998, at her residence in Newton following an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home. Dillard Funeral Home Troy, 334-566-1720 Willene Boutwell Clark Willene Boutwell Clark, 77, of Route 1, Box 234, Jack, Ala. died Wednesday, May 6, 1998, in Elba Central Hospital. Funeral services will be held at Center Ridge Methodist Church on Friday, May: 8, 1998 beginning at 2 p.m.
with Rev. Ronnie Floyd officiating. Burial will be in Center Ridge Cemetery in Troy. Visitation will be at Dillard Funeral Home on Thursday, May 7, 1998, between 6-8 p.m. Survivors include her husband, Roy Clark, Jack; sister-in-law, Margie Clark, Columbus; several nieces and nephews.
Trawick Funeral Home Ozark, 774-8374 Elvira Crittenden Smith Mrs. Elvira Crittenden Smith, 60, a resident of Ozark, died Sunday, May 3, 1998, at the Dale Medical Center in Ozark. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, May 7, 1998, in the First Missionary Baptist Church, 634 E. Andrews Ozark, with the Pastor Dr. S.C.
Jackson officiating. Burial will be in the Old City Cemetery, Ozark. Mrs. Smith is survived by six children, Elaine Calhoun, Helen Sue (Joe) Austin, Eddie C. Crittenden, Jerry Crittenden, Valerie (Wendell) McCray, and Evelyn (Michael) Louis, all of Ozark; two brothers, Willie James Crittenden, Ozark, Frank (Liz) Crittenden, Bronx, N.Y.; three sisters, Mrs.
Mary A. Lawhorn, Patricia Crittenden, both of Bronx, N.Y., and Myra (Larry Sample, Ozark; three sisters-in-law; 17 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; mother-inlaw, Mrs. Emma Smith, Ozark; a special friend, Mrs. Earnestine Matthews, Ozark; other relatives and friends. Radney Funeral Home Mobile, 334-479-4547 Gerel B.
Marsh Gerel B. Marsh, a native of Geneva County and a longtime resident of Mobile, died Monday, March 4, 1998, in a local hospital. He was a member of First Independent Methodist Church where he served on the official board and the church school board. He is survived by his wife, Edna Smith Marsh, Mobile; a daughter and son-in-law, Lisa Marsh Box and Samuel Box, Mobile; his mother and stepfather, Beatrice Marsh Hicks, and Charlie Hicks, Slocomb; two sisters, Phyllis Peel, Malvern, and Marjorie Brinegar, Aberdeen, a grandchild, Sherard Vaughn Box, Mobile. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Radney Funeral Home on Thursday, May 7, 1998, at 10 a.m.
with private interment in Dothan. Visitation was held at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. Memorials may be sent to the he said. "The problem is determining where to put the road, north or south, and how much of the road can be realigned." Griffin said he didn't know when the survey will be complete. The 48-year-old bridge leaves littie room for error.
It is on the crest of the road, making it difficult for motorists from either direction to see oncoming traffic. Meanwhile, Highway 134 continues to be heavily traveled with cars, trucks, 18-wheelers, farm equipment and two school buses, twice a day. The county school system trans- showing the gun to Abercrombie and the other young people. "Don't be confused on this (Floyd) had to know there was a risk this could happen," he said. "He disregarded that risk." The state does not believe First Independent Methodist Church of Mobile.
Brooks Cargile Funeral Home Montgomery, 334-262-0034 Marvin Earnest Richardson 72, 2429 Oxford Drive, Montgomery, died Tuesday, May 5 5, 1998, in the Baptist Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Olivia M. Richardson; one son, Marvin E. Richardson III, Montgomery; one daughter, Mrs. Janet Cross, Hartselle, four grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs.
Hilda Calloway, Dothan, Sue Richardson, Dothan, Norma Lala, San Antonio, Texas. Funeral services will be held at the Normandale United Methodist Church at noon with Brooks Cargile Funeral Home of Montgomery directing. Marvin Earnest Richardson Jr. Meadowlawn Funeral Home Hartford, 588-2230 Ethel Woodham Tew Mrs. Ethel Woodham Tew, 95, of Slocomb, died Wednesday May 6, 1998, at Hartford Health Care following a brief illness.
The funeral will be held Friday, May 8, 1998, at 2 p.m. from the Meadowlawn Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Dan Raley officiating. Burial will follow in the New Teamon Baptist Church cemetery with Meadowlawn Funeral Home directing. The family will friends at the funeral home Thursday, May 8, 1998, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Mrs. Tew was a lifelong resident of Geneva County and a member of New Teamon Baptist Church. Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law, Dwight and Katie Tew of Slocomb; two sisters, Maybelle Bond of the Bay Spring community and Verlon Christie of Dothan; one brother, Perry Woodham of the Bay Spring community; one granddaughter, Mackenzie Tew; four special grandchildren, Keith, Mark and David Williams and Justin Crutchfield. Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Dothan, 792-4194 Sherod Earl "Gene" Merritt Sherod Earl "Gene" Merritt, 56, of Ozark, died Wednesday, May 6, 1998, at his residence following a brief illness. The funeral will be at 2 p.m.
Friday, May 8, 1998, from Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. John Hicks officiating. Burial will follow at the Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with the WardWilson Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday, May. 7, 1998, from 6 until 8 p.m.
Mr. Merritt was born Aug. 17, 1941, in Geneva County, Ala. He was employed with Dunbarton Corporation for 21 years. He was a loving and kind person to everyone and will be truly missed by his family and friends.
He was preceded in death by his father, Sherod Earl Merritt, and a sister, Virgie Merritt. Survivors include: mother, Virgie Blanche Merritt, Ozark; sisters, Eloise(Tommy) Thompson, Douglasville, Charlotte Merritt, Ozark; brothers, Jerry and Lisa Merritt, Dothan; several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers include: Mark Merritt, Eric Walden, Daron Thompson, Chuck Sizemore, Tralle Mallet and Keith Peeterse. Rosa Lanell Ivey Ward Mrs. Rosa.
Lanell Ivey Ward, 42, of Rainer Drive in Pinckard, died Monday, May 4, 1998, following an extended illness. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, May 6, 1998, at Gardens of Memory Cemetery with the Rev. Don Clark officiating and William Mills (Little Buck) performing Cherokee Indian rites. Burial was in Gardens of Memory under the direction of Ward-Wilson Funeral Home.
ports a large number of students in the Ino and Basin communities across the bridge, taking them to the school in nearby school in Kinston. "Of course that bridge is a concern, but we don't have a lot of choice in the utilization of the Coffee County School Superintendent Roger Bowden said. When Highway 134 was temporarily closed in March after the flood, Bowden said buses took alternate routes to pick up students. He said the buses were on the road an extra two hours a day. "We have a safety record we are Floyd is a bad man, Maxwell told the jury.
"But we are saying he was reckless." The jury will return to Anderson's courtroom at 9 a.m. today to continue deliberations. Mrs. Ward was born Feb. 11, 1956, in Houston County.
She was a graduate of Ashford High School. She was employed in the Food Industry at many locations in the Dothan area prior to her medical retirement. She was a Baptist by faith. She was preceded in death by her parents, Olaff Ivey and Nellie Kate Hall Ivey. Survivors include her husband, Donald Wayne Ward Pinckard; stepdaughter.
Joane Culley, Ashford; stepson, Donald Wayne Ward II, Newton; sisters, Sharon Starling, Oviedo, Lynn Ivey, Dothan; brothers, Bruce Ivey, Webb, Hall Ivey, Dothan, Cooper Ivey, Dothan; stepgranddaughter, Courtney Culley; several nieces and nephews. Searcy Funeral Home Enterprise, 347-2517 Lois D. Locklar Mrs. Lois D. Locklar, 82, of New Brockton, died Wednesday, May 6, 1998, in the Elba Nursing Home.
Complete funeral arrangements will be announced by Searcy Funeral Home in Enterprise. Christian Memorial Chapel Graceville, 850-263-6834 Mary Alice Richardson Mrs. Mary Alice Richardson, 45, of Campbellton, died Tuesday evening, May 5, 1998, at 11:08 p.m. in the Campbellton-Graceville Hospital. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Christian Memorial Chapel of Graceville.
Levite Funeral Home Dothan, 794-5036 Minnie Lee Carlton Minnie Lee Carlton, 90, Rt. 2, Box 15, Newville, died Saturday, May 2, 1998, in the Henry County Nursing Home in Abbeville. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Newville with the Rev. W.B.
Simpson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Levite Funeral Home of Dothan directing. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today in the Levite Funeral Home at 814 Headland Avenue in Dothan. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service.
Mrs. Carlton was born April 15, 1908, to the late Walter and Irene Jackson in Pike County. Survivors include four daughters Delphine Danzey, Norwalk, Annie Pearl (Moses) Corbitt, Gussie Mae (Wesley) Blocker, Newville, and Ruthies Danzey, Headland; 29 grandchildren; 82 63 greatgreat four greatgreat-great-grandchildren; a very devoted granddaughter, Lillie Mae (M.C.) Ford; and a host of other relatives and many friends. Debra Kaye Johnson Mrs. Debra Kaye Johnson, 44, 1011 Post Oak Drive, Dothan, passed Saturday, May 2, 1998, in Southeast Alabama Medical Center, Dothan.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, May 7, at the Patterson Street Freewill Baptist Church with Rev. Nobles officiating. Burial will follow in the Gates of Heaven Cemetery with Levite Funeral Home of Dothan directing. Holman Funeral Home Ozark, 774-5348 Hubert Alvin Weed Hubert Alvin Weed, 79, of Rt.
6, Ozark, died Tuesday afternoon, May 5, 1998, following a brief illness. The funeral will be 11 a.m. today from Holman Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Phil Craddock and John King officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors until service time. proud of and I'm sure the (bus) drivers are careful when they cross the bridge," he said. "Of course, I do hope they widen the bridge for everyone's sake." Mr. Weed was a native of Dale County and an Air Force veteran of World War II where he served in the European theater of operation, retiring from civil service at Kelly Air Force Base as a liaison officer following 30 years of combined military and civil service employment. Mr.
Weed returned to Dale County in 1979 where he was a member of Westview Heights United Methodist Church, serving on the administrative board. Survivors include his wife Retha Weed of Ozark; two sisters, Myrtice Peters, Fairhope, Maude Phillips, Ozark; two brothers and three sisters-in-law, Arlis and Ruth Weed, Luther and Jean Weed, Clara Weed, Ozark; several nieces and nephews also survive. Mrs. Ocie Weed Metcalf Mrs. Ocie Weed Metcalf, 91, of Ariton, died Tuesday, May 5, 1998, in Dale Medical Center following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Friday, May 8, 1998, from Ariton United Methodist Church with the Rev. William B. Easterling and the Rev. Lance D.
Metcalf officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Olive Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors from 3 p.m. Thursday, May 7, 1998, until one hour prior to funeral time on Friday when it will be in the church.
The family will receive friends in the funeral home parlors from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight. She was preceded in death by her husband, Pelar D. Metcalf. Mrs.
Metcalf was a native of Dale County where she was a member of Ariton United Methodist Church, a Sunday School teacher, and a charter member of Ariton Matron Study Club. She worked with Metcalf Hardware in Ariton and in the Post Office in Ariton, retiring from the U.S. Postal Service. Survivors include three sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas W. and Betty P.
Metcalf, Ariton, P. Frank and Vicki Metcalf, Winter Haven, and Pelar D. Jr. and Betty Metcalf, Knoxville, two sisters, Myrtice Peters, Daphne, Ala. and Maude Phillips, Ozark; two brothers, Arlis Weed and Luther Weed, Ozark; nine grandchildren; five great -grandchildren also survive.
-Thornton Funeral Home Dothan, 793-1117 Shirley Ann Darts Mrs. Shirley Ann Darts, 63, died Monday, May 4, 1998, at her home in Dothan surrounded by loved ones. A memorial service will be 10 a.m. today at the Seventh Day Adventist Church on Cottonwood Road, in Dothan, with Pastors Tommy Poole and Marlyn Kurtz officiating. Mrs.
Darts was born Jan. 25, 1935, in Muncie, and resided there many years before moving to Dothan in 1982. She devoted her life to family and church and will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Mrs. Darts was preceded in death by her husband, Leo Darts, and a daughter, Pamela Darts Williams.
Survivors include daughters and sons-in-law, Rhonda and Terry Kelley, Lucinda and Dan Rainwater, all of Dothan, Melissa Darts, Columbia, S.C.; sons and daughters-in-law, Michael and Jennifer Darts, Tony Darts, all of Dothan; a sister and brother-in-law, Jodi and Bobby Smith, Cincinnati; brothers and sisters-in-law, Keith and Michelle Vlen, Muncie, Jon and Glenda Hunt, Lebanon, seven grandchildren; four greatgrandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends. WOODALL'S OF The Wiregrass A Clean Duct IS A Happy Duct! Woodall's Heating, Cooling Duct Cleaning Dothan Area 794-2691 Outside Call Toll Free 01998 Let Us Help You Design A Memorial Southside GRANITE COMPANY Locally owned and operated Dothan Headland Cottonwood Authorized Georgia Marble Dealer 1-800-239-4161 3 Locations to Serve You 334-794-4161.
