Obituaries for Saturday
Miriam Hood Bobo, Fort Payne
Janie H. Crenshaw, Anniston
Lillie Sparks Dunaway, Lineville
Addie Lou Hathorn, Anniston
Charles L. Haynie, Alexandria
Charles Anthony Jones, Lineville
Charles E. Kelley, Oxford
Betty Ellen Peebles King, Oxford
Nettie Gay McLendon, Alexander City
Fannie Taylor, Talladega
Marilyn Elizabeth Wheeler, Rabbittown
FORT PAYNE — Funeral service for Mrs. Miriam Hood Bobo, 78 will be at Saturday at 6 P.M. at the Perry Funeral Home Chapel. Visitation will be 3:30 p.m. until 5:30 p.m. today.
ANNISTON — Funeral services for Janie H. Crenshaw, 64, will be announced by Miller Funeral Home & Crematory. Ms. Crenshaw died Friday at her residence.
LINEVILLE — Private graveside services for Lillie Sparks Dunaway, 100, of Lineville, formerly of Anniston, will be at today with the Rev. Ronnie Moore officiating. Mrs. Dunaway died Thursday in Lineville.
Survivors include, three daughters, Joy Dunaway, of Lineville, Betty Shaddix and Barbara Baker, both of Texas; seven grandchildren, Becky Brooks, Betty Lynn Snelling, Tommy Shaddix, James Shaddix, Joy Youngblood, Jennifer Baker and Ron Baker; 12 great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Dunaway is preceded in death by her husband, Tommy Dunaway and her grandson, Andy Baker.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Alabama Baptist Children's Home. One of the greatest truths of life is that if we commit ourselves to God, we are indeed perfectly alright and totally safe in this universe." — Lillie Gray Brown-Service Mortuary in charge of arrangements. (256)236-3441
ANNISTON — Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Lou Hathorn, 85, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, August 23, 2008, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with the Reverend Dr. Bill Snow officiating and entombment following at Forestlawn Gardens. The family will receive friends this evening from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Hathorn passed away August 19, 2008 at Long Term Hospital of Anniston. Mrs. Hathorn was a member of Edgewood Congregation Methodist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carl Hathorn, and her daughter, Judy. Mrs. Hathorn is survived by her son, Tim Hathorn and his wife, Katherine, of Birmingham; a sister, Christine Comer, of Warrenton, Va.; and a grandson, Vince Hathorn.
Pallbearers will be Chris Bruce, David Gilmore, Daryl Fleming, Vic Tankersley, Steve Taylor and Steven Waites. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.klbrownmemorychapel.com. Arrangements by: K.L. Brown Memory Chapel 620 Golden Springs Road Anniston, Ala. 36207 (256) 231-2334
ALEXANDRIA — Mr. Charles L. Haynie, 85, celebrated his birthday, August 22, 2008 in heaven. He was born in Clay County. Funeral service will be Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Scott Whetstone and the Rev. Frank Haynie officiating. Interment will follow at Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. this evening at the funeral home. Mr. Haynie passed away at his residence Friday, August 22, 2008. Mr. Haynie is survived by his wife, Marguerite Rickerson Haynie, of Alexandria; daughter, Wanda Kay Hall and husband Mike, of Alexandria; son, Charles Wayne Haynie and wife Reba, of Birmingham; sisters, Nell Brewer, of Centre and Ruth Thomason, of Oxford; brother Horace Erwin, of Eason Hill, Ga. He was blessed with three grandchildren, Michael Waynie Hall, Daniel Hall and Tiffany Haynie; three great-grand-children and several nieces and nephews. He was also survived by six step-children, 19 step-grandchildren and 21 step-great- grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Mary Haynie.
Pallbearers will be Larry Morgan, Danny Price, Ray Curvin, Daniel Hall, Mike Hall and Charles Skinner. Honorary pallbearers will be Travis Gokey, Trent Gokey, Ralph Hurst and Dan Hammonds. Mr. Haynie retired from Lee Brass with 46 years and a Security Guard with Weiser Security since 1990. He was a bi-vocational minister and pastored several churches in Calhoun, Cleburne and Clay Counties. He was an active member of Gladeview Baptist Church. He will be greatly missed by his family and friends. Chapel Hill Funeral Home will be servicing the Miller family (256) 820-5151
LINEVILLE — Funeral service for Mr. Charles Anthony Jones, 39, of Lineville will be 3 p.m. Sunday, August 24, 2008 at Anniston Funeral Service Chapel with the Rev. Donovan Thomas and Bishop Johnny Sandlin officiating. Burial will be in the Lineville Community Cemetery in Lineville with Anniston Funeral services in charge. The body will lie in state from 11 a.m. until 8 p.m. at Springhill Baptist Church in Lineville. Mr. Jones died on Monday, August 18, in Carrollton, Ga.
Survivors include, his mother, Donna Jones, of Lineville; two sons, Charles Brown, of Roanoke and Alex Clayton, of Carrollton, Ga.; two daughters, Nickeiba Carreker, of Carrollton, Ga. and Lydia Jones, of San Antonio, Texas; three brothers, Andrew Jones Jr., of Lineville, James Marble, of Boilingbroke, Ill. and Edward Jones, of Lineville; four sisters, Mary Ann Jones, Tammy (Felix Cox) and Shakir (Sherod Boddie) all of Carrollton, Ga. and Veronica Hunter, of Alex City; grandmother, Rosie Jones, of Lineville; a special friend, Felicia Milton, of Lineville; one grandson. Mr. Jones was a Clay County native and a mechanic. The family will accept flowers. "You have our deepest sympathy." Anniston Funeral services (formerly Williams Funeral Home) 256-236-0319 "Where service begins and never ends" www.annistonfuneralservice.net
OXFORD — Funeral services for Charles E. Kelley, 58, will be announced by Miller Funeral Home & Crematory. Mr. Kelley died Friday at his residence.
OXFORD — Betty Ellen Peebles King, a longtime resident of Oxford, died in Birmingham, on August 22, 2008 following a brief illness. A native of Aliceville, Pickens County, Ala., Mrs. King was born on October 17, 1921 to William Battle and Gertrude Meroney Peebles. She was the class valedictorian of Aliceville High School's Class of 1939 and graduated from the University of Montevallo (formerly Alabama College) with a Bachelor of Science degree in business and education in 1943. She taught briefly at the high schools of Opp and Oxford, Ala. and worked as a Secretary/Bookkeeper at the U.S.O. office in Childersburg, Ala. For many years following, she was employed as a Bookkeeper-Office Manager at the Reynolds Insurance Agency (later Dorman-Reynolds Agency) in Anniston, Ala. She was a member of the McCoy Memorial United Methodist Church in Anniston, where she formerly served as a Sunday School teacher and held numerous leadership positions and was an Honorary Life Member of the Administrative Council. She was also an affiliate member of the First United Methodist Church of Aliceville, where she received the sacrament of baptism in 1931. An avid amateur genealogist, she compiled histories of all her related families and enjoyed assisting others in similar pursuits. In 2004, she contributed a sizeable portion of her research collection to the Alabama Room of the Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library. Mrs. King is survived by her daughter, Betty Ellen King Wilkerson; grandson, David Wayne Hodnett; granddaughter, Aimee Hodnett Birchfield and her husband, Charles Eugene Birchfield; great-granddaughters, Meagan Brianne and Amber Claire Birchfield, all of Oxford, Ala.; brother, William Battle Peebles, Jr. and his wife, Sara Wood Peebles, of Aliceville, Ala.; cousins, Frank Darrow Peebles, Jr., of Decatur, Ala. and Mary Louise Wofford Morris, of Cartersville, Ga.; and several nieces and their families. She was preceded in death by her husband of fifty years, Harris Newton King, a lifelong resident of Calhoun County, Ala. The family gratefully acknowledges the loving support provided by caregivers Thelma Hoffler, Sandy McCall, Clara Batchelor and Eula Doss. A graveside service will be at Franconia-Oak Grove Cemetery in Aliceville, Ala. on Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 2 p.m. with Skelton Funeral Home of Reform Directing. The family will receive friends at Classic on Noble, 1024 Noble Street, Anniston, Alabama, on Monday, August 25, 2008, from 5-7 p.m.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorials be made to the Alabama Room of the Anniston-Calhoun County Public Library, 108 East Tenth Street, Anniston, Alabama 36201; the Class of 1943 Scholarship Fund, University of Montevallo Foundation, Station 6215, Montevallo, Alabama 35115; or to a favorite charitable organization.
ALEXANDER CITY — Funeral service for Mrs. Nettie Gay McLendon, age, 89, of Alexander City, will be Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. at the Chapel of Radney Funeral Home with the Rev. Vince Lee officiating. Burial will follow in the Clay County Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends today from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Radney Funeral Home. Mrs. McLendon passed away on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at Russell Medical Center. She was born on June 30, 1919 in Clay County to John Oats Luker and Vonnie Williams Luker. She was a member of Hillabee Baptist Church. She went to work at Russell Corporation in 1946 and retired in 1984 as a line waitress and then she was a homemaker. She loved to work outside in her yard and tend to her flowers. She enjoyed sewing, cooking and canning. She is survived by her daughters, Janice Vickers and her husband, William and Faye M. Jones and husband, Donnie, all of New Site; grandchildren, Tammy Bruce and husband, Todd, Brent Vickers and wife, Carla and Bryan Vickers and wife, Brandy, all of New Site; great- grandchildren, Erin Vickers, Ivy Vickers, Gavyn Vickers and Cody Bruce, all of New Site; brother, Paschal Luker and wife Joyce of Lineville; and sisters, Jo Craven and husband, Thirl and Frances Woodruff and husband, Melvin, all of Lineville. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband of 58 years, Leon McLendon; sister, Lillie Brown; and brother, Cordial Luker. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be given to Hillabee Baptist Church, 1781 Hialeah Circle, Alexander City, Ala. 35010. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com. Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
TALLADEGA — Funeral service for Mrs. Fannie Taylor, 85 will be announced by Terry's Metropolitan Mortuary. Mrs Taylor died Friday, at Talladega Healthcare Center.
RABITTOWN — Miss Marilyn Elizabeth Wheeler, 77, died early Friday, August 22, 2008, at Piedmont Health Care Center. Miss Wheeler was born on December 5, 1930, the daughter of the late Homer Deloach and Eunice Morgan Wheeler. Prior to her retirement, Miss Wheeler was a school teacher at the Ranburne High School. She was a member of the Chosea Springs Baptist Church.
Survivors include her sister-in-law, Mrs. Sara Wheeler, of Piedmont; nieces, Nancy Griffin, Debbie Dutkanych and Betty Stephens; nephews, Andy Dutkanych and David Wheeler; one sister, Josephine Dutkanych.
Funeral services for Miss Wheeler will be conducted at 2 p.m. today from the graveside of the family lot of the Chosea Springs Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Clark Smart and the Rev. Charles Hanson officiating. There will be no public visitation for Miss Wheeler. The following gentlemen will serve as pallbearers and they include; Jerry & Boyd Brown, Bobby Smith, Dan Truitt, John Wheeler and Leon Gault. Online condolences may be made to the family at: www.folsomfhandcemetery.com Folsom Funeral Home of Piedmont "Exceeding Your Expectations"
