Obituaries for Saturday
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Thomas W. "Tommy" Brooks Jr., Eastaboga EASTABOGA — Funeral services for Thomas W. "Tommy" Brooks Jr., 53, will be 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, 2008, at Coldwater Baptist Church with the Rev. Jackie Morgan and The Rev. Thomas Patterson officiating. Burial will follow at Coldwater Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends this evening from 6 - 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Brooks passed away Thursday at Regional Medical Center. Survivors include one sister, Darlene Houston and her husband, Bill, of Eastaboga; several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Jason Bussey, Eddy Nunnelley, Terry Brooks, Jason McCormick, Jon Burdick and Rick Walls. Honorary pallbearers will be members of Open Door Sunday School Class, Coach Bill Burgess and Bruce Rice. Mr. Brooks was a native of Dearmanville and a resident of Coldwater. He retired from Tyson Foods. Mr. Brooks was preceded in death by his parents, T.W. and Iris Brooks; two brothers, Willie L. Brooks and Freddie H. Brooks. Mr. Brooks played football for Oxford High School. Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in charge of arrangements. (256) 236-3441 BIRMINGHAM — Mr. James Coleman died Thursday, May 15, 2008 in Hoover. Sims Funeral Service will announced arrangements. ROANOKE — Funeral service for Dessie Simpson Dodgen, 89, will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel. Visitation from 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. VINA — Thelma Mae Ledbetter Guerra, 67, died on May 16, 2008 at her home in Vina, Alabama. She was born May 22, 1940 to Thurston and Pearlie Thorn Ledbetter. She was formerly a resident of Jacksonville and she was a caregiver for animals, a Christian and devoted mother and homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents; three sisters, Sarah Ann Ledbetter, Icie Dewdrop Stanphill and Darlene Ledbetter; and one brother, William Franklin Ledbetter. Funeral services will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, 2008 at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel, Red Bay, Alabama with Bro. W.D. Humphres. Burial will follow at Old Burleson Cemetery with Deaton Funeral Home in charge of the arrangements. The family will receive friends from 1:00-3:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, 2008 at the funeral home. Survivors include two children, Margaret Ann Guerra, of Jacksonville and Richard Guerra (Tammy), of Naples, Italy; two sisters, Ester Jane Ledbetter, of Vina, and Nancy Hudson (Leslie), of Garden City; two nephews and three great nieces. Pallbearers will be Richard Geurra, Leslie Hudson, Greg Hudson, Jeff Hudson, Greg Miller and Leburn Keeton. |
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