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February 19, 2004
JOHN ROBERT LEE
LEEDS — Graveside service for John Robert Lee, 24, will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in Pelham City Cemetery.
Mr. Lee died Feb. 16. He was a member of Lake Highland Baptist Church, was a volunteer firefighter with Shelco R.V. Technician, was a beginning wood worker, was a devoted husband and kind friend.
He is survived by his wife, Lacey Lee; his parents, James M. and Carol Lee and Rick Kilgore and Joan H. Lee; sister, Shannon Lee; brothers, Kenny Lee, James M. Lee Jr., Josh Landerfelt and Seth Landerfelt; and grandparents, James E. Lee, Corrine Lee and Virginia and A.G. Messer.
Kilgroe Funeral Home in Leeds will direct the service.
JERRY WAYNE McKINNEY
ROCKFORD — Jerry Wayne McKinney died Feb. 16 in Mississippi.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wright's Funeral Home.
RUTH MELTON
ANNISTON — Ruth Melton, 98, died Feb. 14 at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital in Anniston.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Ervin Funeral Chapel.
RONALD NEVILLE STAAB
PELL CITY — Ronald Neville Staab, 56, died Feb. 17.
He is survived by friend, Linda Smith of Pell City; sister, Algalene McClendon of Ashville; and brothers, Joseph Staab of Birmingham and Kenneth Staab and Norman Staab of Mobile.
Usrey Funeral Home in Pell City is in charge of the arrangements.
JAMES CLIFTON WRIGHT
ASHLAND — Funeral service for James Clifton Wright, 74, will be Friday at 3 p.m. at Liberty Baptist Church with the Rev. Ben Rosser and the Rev. James Wilcox officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mr. Wright died Feb. 17 at Lineville Health and Rehabilitation Center. He was a native and lifelong resident of Clay County and was a member of Liberty Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents, Hubert Jackson Wright and Berlie Stringfellow Wright.
He is survived by sisters, Martha Ray Wilcox of Goodwater and Truby Lamerle Burkhalter of Rockford; and a number of nieces and nephews.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home Thursday from 5 until 8 p.m. and until one hour before the service.
The body may be viewed at the church for one hour.
Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland will direct the service.
February 20, 2004
EVERLINE DUNCAN LEWIS-RICHEY
TALLADEGA — Funeral service for Everline Duncan Lewis-Richey, 72, of 31 Avenue H, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Rev. B.E. McKinney officiating. Burial will be in Pine Hill Memorial Park.
Mrs. Lewis-Richey died Feb. 13 at her residence. She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude Duncan and Mary Sally McGregor Duncan; and a step-son, Daniel Richey Jr. She was retired from the Alabama School for the Blind after more than 24 years of service. She was a former student of Robert Russa Moton High School, was a member of Greater Ebenezer Baptist Church where she was a member of the Missionary Society, Nurse's Guild and choir.
She is survived by daughters, Norma Duncan-Morris of Detroit, Mich., and Clodeen Johnson and Barbara Wilson of Talladega; step-daughters, Marquilla Gooden, Debra Jean Johnson, Margaret Ann Woodard, Rosanell Whatley and Mary Nell Lee; sons, Melvin Duncan of Charlotte, N.C., Ravon Duncan and Larry D. Lewis of Talladega and James F. Lewis of Birmingham; step-sons, Arnold Richey, Timothy Richey and John Henry Richey; sister, Louise Wilson of Lincoln; brother, Archie Duncan of St. Petersburg, Fla.; 20 grandchildren; and 24 great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
The body may be viewed at the church for one hour before the service.
Terry's Metropolitan Mortuary will direct the service.
ADA V. MORRIS
ALPINE — Funeral service for Ada V. Morris, 73, of 1280 Reynolds Mill Road, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Africa Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. William Threatt officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Morris died Feb. 16 at her residence. She was preceded in death by her grandparents, William White and Ada Estelle White; her parents, William Taylor and Martha White Johnson; her husband, John T. Morris; and brothers, William Henry Simmons and Albert Funderburg. She was retired from A.I.D.B. and was a member of Africa Missionary Baptist Church.
She is survived by daughters, Joanna Shealey of Sylacauga, Diane Funderburg of Childersburg, Lisa Twymon of Talladega and Sandra Morris and Darlene Morris of Alpine; sons, John T. Morris II of Richmond, Va., and Frank C. Morris of Talladega; sisters, Nellie Wallace of Talladega, Katie Young of Pittsburgh, Pa., and Marie Taylor Wortham of Fresno, Calif.; brother, M. Taylor of Sanger, Calif.; and 13 grandchildren.
The body may be viewed at the church for one hour before the service.
The family will receive friends Friday from 6 p.m. until at 1280 Reynolds Mills Road in Alpine.
Nephews will serve as pallbearers.
Terry's Metropolitan Mortuary will direct the service.
RUSSELL "ALAN" SATHER
'There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.' Wilder. Russell 'Alan' Sather, MD died peacefully and with dignity after a brave struggle with cancer in his home, encircled with the love of his many friends, family and within his beloved wife's arms, Feb. 15th, 2004. The son of a nurse and a doctor, Alan was born Jan. 6, 1935 to the late Inez Laible and Russell Olav Sather and was raised in Crookston, MN, where his love of nature, small town life, walking and visiting neighbors became lifelong enjoyments. After two years at Univ. of Minn., he joined the USAF and flew the KC 135 as navigator for Strategic Arms Command from 1956 to 1962. Retiring his commission of captain, he returned to Univ. of Minn. to complete his undergraduate and medical school training, working summers as a farmhand, railroad lineman, and a cowboy. He interned at Parkland in Dallas, TX and came to OUHSC in Okla. City in 1969 to become one of the first doctors in OK to complete the newly offered family medicine residency and the AFPA board certification. He taught and mentored scores of residents over the next 15 years; at OU in Okla. City until 1978, at UAB in Birmingham, AL until 1984, and at KU in Wichita until 1986. He loved teaching young doctors and often imparted this wisdom, 'All paths share the same end, so choose yours with heart, and then you make the journey your own.' In 1986, he became director of Maxicare HMO in BHM, AL until 1988 when he opened his practice in Sylacauga, AL. Over the next 13 years, he became well known as a caring physician and good friend to hundreds in his adopted hometown. He relished the diversity and gifts of insight his patients gave him; the dignity of the blue collar worker, the courage and wisdom of the elderly, the loving sacrifices of mothers for their children. In 2000, he retired due to a rare lung disease, IPF, and was blessed with receiving a lung transplant in Oct. at UAB. In his last years, Alan was a champion of organ donation, a consultant to OUFP's program in OKC and to the Choctaw Nations Clinic in Talihina, OK. Over the last 30 years, his spiritual beliefs have aligned with the traditions of the Plains and Southwest Native American Tribes. His last thoughts were for each of his children and this, 'I've had a wonderful life and the last part was the best.' Always busy, quick with a smile, a wink and a hug, we say to you, dear friend and fearless chief, 'Hey, Babe, you're top drawer! You will be missed, and God speed on your new adventure.' He is survived by his best friend and spouse, Peg Trosper Sather, OKC; his beloved children, Julia Ann Marie Sather and Ross Alan Sather, BHM, AL, Kristin Sather Hayslip, Dallas, TX, and step son and wife, Sean McCarty and Allie Schultheis, SF, CA; his loving sister/brother in law, Karen and Ron Makovsky, Silver Lake, MN; his treasured grandchildren; Austin Alan Harris, BHM, AL and Grace E. McCarty, SF, CA; his friends, as well as, his sisters and brothers in law, Marianne Trosper Lane and Mike Blankenship of OKC, Tim and Coleen Trosper, Dallas, TX; and his dear nephews and nieces, Erik and Kirsti Hendricksen of St. Paul and Mpls., MN, Amy Anne Lane, Dallas, TX, Joel, Lenee, and Lauren Lane, OKC, Dustin J. Trosper, Dallas, TX. A celebration of Alan's life will be noon, Sat., Feb. 21st, 2004 at Resurrection Cemetery
Chapel, 7800 NW Expressway with a reception at Standing Room Only, 5801 W. Britton Rd. following. You can honor Alan's life in the profoundest way by becoming an organ donor and telling your family of your desire.
DEBRA JOYCE WHITE
TALLADEGA — Funeral service for Debra Joyce White, 45, of No. 66 Sunrise Apartments, will be Saturday at 3 p.m. at Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. LaNoah Ealy and the Rev. Kenneth Maurice Stamps officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
Ms. White died Feb. 16 at Baptist Medical Center Montclair. She was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel D. White and Earnestine L. Keith White; and step-father, S.T. Chatman. She was a graduate of Talladega High School, Davidson County College of Cosmetology, Law and Justice, Lexington, N.C., and a graduate of E.H. Gentry Technical Facility. She was retired from a Cut Above Beauty Salon in Lexington, N.C. She was a member of Morning Star Baptist Church.
She is survived by daughter, Jessica Lanette White of Talladega; sisters, Beverly Spence, Gloria Stamps, Karen Sims and Nina White of Talladega; and brothers, Harry Charles Keith, Joe Samuel White, Robert Earl White and Tyrone White of Talladega.
The body may be viewed at the church for one hour before the service.
Pallbearers will be Tyrone Green, Robert Chatman, Josephus Maxwell, Jacoby Farris, Earnest Maxwell, Royce Kelly and Isaac Keith.
Terry's Metropolitan Mortuary will direct the service.
Gardner TYRONE BOONE
CLINTON, Iowa — Gardner Tyrone Boone, 41, died Feb. 19 in Clinton, Iowa.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by Anniston Funeral Service.
A.C. COLE
LINCOLN — Funeral service for A.C. Cole, 80, of 2151 Eureka Road, will be Saturday at 6:30 p.m. at Sims Funeral Service chapel with Minister Kirk Mosley officiating. Burial will be Tuesday in Riverside Cemetery
in Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr. Cole died Feb. 17 at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. He was a native of Alabama, lived in Cleveland, Ohio, for many years, was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and was a self-employed entrepreneur.
He is survived by his wife, Lucy Cole of Lincoln; sons, Alphonso Vincent, Ervin Cole, Stevie Cole, Larnell Cole and A.J. Cole; daughters, Kimberly Cole, Jeanetta Cole, Malinda Cole, Carol Cole, Scywanda Cole, Dorothy Cole, Beth Cole and Shawanda Cole; sister, Rachel Norflert of Bessemer; 29 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and a host of other relatives.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers.
Sims Funeral Service will be in charge of the local arrangements and Cummings and David Funeral Home of Cleveland, Ohio.
CLARENCE WILLIAM DECKER
PELL CITY — Funeral service for Clarence William Decker, 82, will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at Kilgroe Funeral Home chapel in Pell City with Pastor Kenneth Wilkins officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Cemetery.
Mr. Decker died Feb. 17. He was preceded in death by a sister, Tommie Lou Decker.
He is survived by his wife, Cora Ruth Decker; children, Sandra Dillard (Quinto Devitis), Carolyn Decker, Marilyn Decker Dusenberry, Charles Decker, Sherry (Brian) Scott and Terry (Jodi) Decker; brother, Artis (Reba) Decker; sister, Evelyn Hull; grandchildren, Patrick Dusenberry, Nicolle DeBois, Stephen and Christopher DeRousse, Matthew Garcia, Schad, Eric and Jennifer Decker and Bobby Scott; and great-grandchildren, Amanda and Emily DeBois, Lily Rain, Ashley, Kaila and Ian DeRousse.
The family will receive friends Friday from 6 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Kilgroe Funeral Home will direct the service.
