:8 Friday, September 20, 1996 WIREGRASS THE DOTHAN EAGLE 9-A Obituaries Byrd Funeral Home Dothan, 793-3003 Dorothy T. "Dottie" Smith be in Memory Hill Cemetery Dorothy T. 'Dottie' Smith Mrs. Dorothy T. "Dottie" Smith, 50, of 207 Girard went to be with her Heavenly Father Wednesday, Sept.
18, 1996, following a life dedicated to serving the Lord, family, friends and community. The funeral will be 115 a.m. Saturday; at First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. William P. Thompson and Dr.
C. Robert Marsh officiating. Burial will with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time. The family will, receive friends at the funeral home from 5:30 until 8 tonight.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wiregrass Sav-ALife, 515 W. Main Dothan, Ala. 36301 or to the Dottie Smith Scholarship Fund for the Providence Christian School, First Presbyterian Church, 3012 W. Main Dothan, Ala. 36303.
Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 27, 1945, in Pensacola, Fla. She spent the early years of her life in Southern California before moving to Meridian, where she met and married O. Darrell Smith Sr.
They moved to Dothan in 1970 where Mrs. Smith was an active member of the community, serving on the Board of Girls, Dothan Service League and Wiregrass Sav-A-Life. She was a member of the Botanical Gardens Club and a certified Master Gardener. Mrs. Smith was a committed Christian, a member of the First Presbyterian Church and devoted much of her life to ministering and nurturing young people and families.
Survivors include her husband of 32 years, O. Darrell Smith Dothan; a son and daughterlaw, D.J. and Robin Smith, Washington, D.C.; a daughter and sonin-law, Heather and Jeff Jordan, Birmingham; a grandson, Christopher Jordan; her mother, Floreine Bakken, Dothan; her father and stepmother, Virgil and Marge Turner, Julian, a brother, Bill Turner, San Diego, Calif. Serving as active pallbearers will be Larry Athey, Steve Brown, Buddy Drewry, David Hewitt, Clay Howell and Lewis Shipp. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be the Session of First Presbyterian Church.
Jack Ray Cordell Jack Ray Cordell, 74, of 211 Aspen Circle, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 1996, at the home of his daughter after an extended illness. Memorial services will be 7 p.m. Saturday at Byrd Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Frank Arledge officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home one hour prior to service time. At other times, the family will be at the home of his daughter, Gail Jewell, 211 Aspen Circle. Mr. Cordell was born June 8, 1922, in Oklahoma where he lived the early years of his life. He resided most of his adult life in Shreveport, La.
He was a pilot in World War II and was employed with Hav-A-Tampa Cigar Co. until his retirement. He moved to Dothan in 1990 and lived with his daughter and son-in-law until the time of his death. Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Gail and Jimmy Jewell, Dothan; a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Anita Cordell, Ozark; a son and daughter-in-law, Priscilla and John Bolt, Shreveport, a sister, Virginia Wood, Santa Barbara, grandchildren, Joey and Tonya Shelley, Kim and Mike Sedor, Mike Shelley, Donna and Terry Hartzog, all of Dothan, Tony, Paul and Daniel Cordell, all of Mobile, Jay, Jaycee and Jessica Cordell, all of Dallas, Texas, Marcella, Grace, and Savannah Cordell, all of Troy, Elizabeth Bolt, Shreveport, four great-grandchildren. Holman-Headland Mortuary Headland, 693-3371 William Astor Boyd William Astor Boyd, 79, of Newville, died Tuesday night, Sept.
17, 1996, in a Dothan hospital after an extended illness. The funeral will be 10:30 a.m. Friday in Newville Baptist Church with the Rev. Timothy Davis officiating. Burial will be in Gardens of Memory with Holman-Headland Mortuary directing.
The body will be in the church one hour prior to the services. Mr. Boyd was born and reared in Headland but lived in Early County, before moving to Newville in 1953. Mr. Boyd was a member of Newville Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and was also a member of the Men's Bible Class.
He was a retired farmer. Survivors include his wife of 60 years, Alice Hatcher Boyd, Newville; two daughters and sonsin-law, Hazel and Johnny Kirkland, Dothan, Mary and Terry Walker, Columbia Rt. a son and -law, William and Jane Boyd, Cantonment, a sister, Veleta Morris, Dothan; four brothers, Russell Boyd and Barksdale Boyd, both of Pensacola, the Rev. Johnny Boyd, Crestview, Eugene Boyd, Los Angeles, nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; one greatgrandson. Active pallbearers will be Cliff Boyd, David Boyd, Todd Boyd, Richard Kirkland, Martin Kirkland and Jody Dalton.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Men's Bible Class of the Newville Baptist Church. Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home Panama City (904) 763-4694 L.E. "Tommy" Thomas PANAMA CITY Prominent businessman, civic and community leader, L.E. "Tommy" Thomas died in Panama City Tuesday at 11:45 p.m. after a sudden illness.
He was 71, well-known for his many business successes, for his great patriotism, and for his work for those less fortunate. A farm boy from "Rock-Rib" Republican country in upstate New York, he joined the Marine Corps on his 17th birthday. Servas a gunner in the Pacific campaigns of World War II, he was awarded five air medals and received the Purple Heart. After the war, the New York native returned to Birmingham, where he began his long career in the automotive business. He became a dealer at the age of 26 and when he retired owned and operated five dealerships in Alabama and Florida.
He served on the National Board of Directors for Salvation Army and received the highest award given by "the Army" in the United States. He recently established the Tommy Thomas Family Services Center in Panama City. He was a member of numerous civic and community organizations, a 33rd degree Mason, and a Paul Harris fellow. A lifelong Methodist, Thomas is widely known for his work in the Methodist Church and has served on many state boards including the Methodist Childrens' Home. His most recent project, the Mathison Retirement Center, was dedicated Sept.
18, 1996, and will continue as he wished. One of Thomas' favorite sayings was that "you'd better stand for you'll fall for anything." He embodied that philosophy as one of the founding members of the modern -day Republican Party in Alabama (in the 1950s). He was even called "Hoover" by many in the small Southern town where he operated his car dealership. After moving to Florida in 1965, he was elected Florida Republican Party Chairman from 1970-1974. Additionally, he was state chairman for President Nixon in 1972 and for President Reagan in 1980 and 1984.
He was the only living American to have cast Electoral College votes for four different Republican presidential candidates: Goldwater in 1964, Nixon in 1972, Reagan in 1980, and Bush in 1988. He was recently chosen as an elector for the upcoming election and was extremely proud of his individual participation of the Constitutional process of the Electoral College and looked forward to casting his next vote for his longtime friend, Bob Dole. Survivors include his three children: William E. Thomas, Tallahassee, Ginger Watkins, Atlanta, Carolyn Cramer and her husband, Bill Cramer, Panama City; nine grandchildren, Gibson T. Hess, Atlanta, William Thomas, Miami, Lindsey Thomas, Pensacola, Miles Watkins, Atlanta, Smith Watkins, Atlanta, Brooks Watkins, Atlanta, Emily Cramer, William Cramer III and Christopher Cramer, Panama City; one brother a and sister-inlaw, L.R.
and Frances Thomas; one sister and brother-in-law, Mary and Jerry Davis, Woodhull, N.Y.; a sister-in-law, Ricki Thomas, Anchorage, Alaska; six nieces and nephews. He is also survived by his friend and companion, Patti Woodham. The funeral will be 2 p.m. today in the First United Methodist Church. Dr.
Si Mathison, Dr. John Ed Mathison, Dr. George Mathison and former Salvation Army Commissioner Kenneth Hodder will preside. Additionally, Sen. Connie Mack will speak, as well as Gen.
P.X. Kelly, U.S.M.C., retired (former Marine commandant). Burial will be in Kent-Forest Lawn Cemetery with full military honors and full Masonic rites. Thomas requested that in lieu of flowers donations be made to the Mathison Retirement Center. Asked to serve as active I pallbearers will be James Barber, Bill Doremus, Rob Doll, Michael Holley, John Israel and Charles Whitehead.
Honorary pallbearers include Crew VMB 413, Chevrolet 20- group members, special friends from VMB 413, other military friends, dealers, employees, business associates and civic club members. Viewing will be held at the First United Methodist Church, Friday, Sept. 20, 1996, from noon until service time. Searcy Funeral Home Enterprise, 347-2517 Betty Martin Mrs. Betty Martin, 84, of Enterprise, County Line community, died Wednesday, Sept.
18, 1996, in Baptist Hospital in Montgomery. The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at County Line Baptist Church with the Revs. Phil Aikens and Fred Kelley officiating. Burial will be in County Line Baptist Cemetery with Searcy Funeral Home directing.
Visitation will be at Searcy Funeral Home after 3 p.m. today. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to funeral time. The family will receive friends at Searcy Funeral Home from 6 until 8 tonight. Mrs.
Martin was preceded in death by her husband, Dupree Martin; a son, Jimmy R. Martin and a grandson, Eric. The family requests the omission of flowers with memorial donations going to: County Line Baptist Church, Rt. 4, Highway 92, Enterprise, Ala. 36330.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, David and Patsi Martin, Saulsbury, Jerry and Joanna Martin, Montgomery, Sonya Martin (widow of Jimmy Martin), Enterprise, one sister, Madalyn Wise, New Brockton; eight grandchildren; two greatgrandchildren. Pittman Funeral Home Geneva, 684-2600 Nancy Lee Dettmar-Prillaman Nancy Lee Dettmar-Prillaman, 74, of 301 Carol Hartford, died Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1996, in Wiregrass Nursing Home after a long illness. The funeral will be 4 p.m. Saturday in the Highland Burial Park in Danville, with the Rev.
Rill Soyars officiating. Burial will be in Highland Burial Park with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva directing. Visitation will be Saturday from in Wrenn-Yates Funeral Home in Danville, Va. The family asks that flowers please be omitted and donations be made to the American Diabetes Association. Mrs.
Prillaman was a former resident of Danville, before moving to Hartford. She was a member of the Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Martinsville, Va. She was preceded in death by a husband, Robert L. Dettmar in 1966, a brother, Richard Gosney, in 1969, two sisters, Evangeline Scearce in June 1996 and Gladys Swain in June 1996. Survivors include her husband, Walter E.
Prillaman, Hartford; two sons, Robert L. Dettmar Geneva, William G. Dettmar, Richmond, one sister, Elsie Martin, Danville, one grandson, Robert L. Dettmar III, Millbrook; one granddaughter, Melanie Dettmar, Federal Way, W.A.; two great-grandsons, Micah Lee Dettmar, Geneva, Alexander Grady Dettmar, Millbrook. Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home Ozark, 774-4551 Wilbur D.
Wilson Wilbur D. Wilson, 72, died Wednesday evening, Sept. 18, 1996, in Dale Medical Center after an extended illness. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday in the chapel of FuquaBankston Funeral Home with the Revs.
Clyde Webster and Tom Lovely officiating. Burial will be in Southside Baptist Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m. Friday until service time. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 tonight at the funeral home.
Mr. Wilson was a veteran of World War II, and retired from Civil Service, Fort Rucker, Ala. He attended the Crown of Glory Church of Ozark. Survivors include his wife, Ludie F. Wilson, Ozark; three daughters, Betty Blackmon, Alice D.
Schostag, and Alice M. Wilson, Ozark; two sons, Curtis D. Wilson, Prattville, Wilbur D. Wilson Ozark; 14 grandchildren, William D. Harris, Ariton, Timothy L.
Blackmon, Selma, Walter L. Calloway, Ozark, Robin V. Calloway, Ozark, Rob H. Blackmon, Ozark, Curtis M. Calloway, Auburn, Rodney H.
Blackmon, Ozark, Kevin D. Wilson, Montgomery, Shannon N. Wilson, Long Beach, Donald J. Schostag, Ozark, Lisa D. Schostag, Ozark, Tommy J.
Schostag, Midland City, Amber Wilson, Prattville, Jessica Wilson, Prattville; 15 great-grandchildren. Kent Funeral Home Eufaula, 334-687-5725 Graveside services for Mr. Charles Griffin, 66, a resident of Rt. 3, Abbeville, will be 2 p.m. today at Memory Hill Cemetery in Dothan.
The Rev. Scott Luck will officiate with Kent Funeral Home of Eufaula directing. Mr. Griffin died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 1996, at his residence after a brief illness.
Born Jan. 21, 1930, in Shaw, Mr. Griffin was the son of the late Wade Hamilton Griffin and Thelma Novella Jones Griffin of Florence, and the husband of Julia Ann Stevenson Griffin of Rt. 3, Abbeville. An area resident for the past four years and formerly of Dothan, Mr.
Griffin was retired as a customer service supervisor with Northwest Airlines in 1978 and was a member of Liberty United Methodist Church, near Abbeville. Survivors, other than his wife, include a son: Charles Norman "Chip" Griffin and his wife, Donna, Dothan; two sisters: Barbara Ann Bole, and her husband Billy, Killen, Irene Roebuck, and her husband J.B., Ft. Worth, Texas. Flowers are being accepted or donations may be made to Liberty United Methodist Church, Cecilia Maddox, Rt. 36310.
Gipson Funeral Home Lufkin, Texas, 409-634-4411 James Thomas "Jim" Anderson Charlie Griffin Services for James Thomas "Jim" Anderson, 90, of Lufkin, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Denman Avenue Baptist Church in Lufkin. Burial will be in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Mr. Anderson was born on April 6, 1906, in Pike County, and he died on Thursday, Sept.
19, 1996, in a Lufkin hospital. Mr. Anderson was retired from Hedstrom Union Company. He was a member of the Denman Avenue Baptist Church. Mr.
Anderson was also a member of the Lufkin Masonic Lodge No. 669, A.F. A.M. A former resident of Dothan, he had lived in Lufkin since 1975. Survivors include his sons and daughters-in-law, Harold and Lounette Anderson, Etoile, Gary and Joyce Anderson, Horseshoe Lake, Carol and Marie Anderson, Pensacola, daughters and sons-in-law, Ann and David Boles, Lufkin, Maudrett and Joe Furcron, South Padre Island; special friend, Alda Ashley, Lufkin; sister, Mrs.
J.D. Nolin, Ariton; 12 grandchildren; a number of greatgrandchildren and great-greatgrandchildren; a number of nieces and nephews. Mr. Anderson was preceded in death by his wife of 66 years, Mattie Hughes Anderson, on Oct. 28, 1993.
Pallbearers will be Mr. Anderson's grandsons. Memorials may be made to the memorial funds of the Harmony Hill Baptist Church or the Denman Avenue Baptist Church. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 tonight at Gipson Funeral Home. Gipson Funeral Home, Lufkin, Texas, directors.
Kent-Thornton Funeral Home Dothan, 793-1117 Cecil Lyvonne Hallford Cecil Lyvonne Hallford, 54, of 1227 S. Park died Thursday, Sept. 19, 1996, at Flowers Hospital after a short illness. The funeral will be 1 p.m. Saturday at Kent-Thornton Chapel with the Rev.
Orrin Barrett officiating. Burial will be in Memory Hill Cemetery with Kent-Thornton Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 tonight. Mr. Hallford was a native of Geneva County.
He was a subcontractor for Jackson Gas and Electric in Dothan. He was a member of Ridgecrest Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his mother, Johnnie Bradshaw Hallford, and a daughter, Tammy Jackson. Survivors include a daughter, Tiffany Bond, Newville; a brother, Billy Ray Hallford, Webb; a sister, Barbara Fountain, Macon, his father, Ray Hallford, Brundidge, special friend, Don Branch, Ashford; a special cousin, Dianne Senn, Dothan. of 629 E.
Coe Dairy Road, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 1996, at his home after an extended illness. The funeral will be 3:30 p.m. Saturday at the Kent-Thornton Chapel with the Rev. Rodney Culpepper officiating.
Burial will be in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Kent-Thornton Funeral home directing. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 tonight at the funeral home. Mr. Barrentine is a native of Dothan. He worked for Michelin Tire Company since 1980.
He served in the Alabama National Guard for several years. He was a member of Cloverdale Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his father, James C. Barrentine, and a daughter, Jamie LeAnn Barrentine. Survivors include his wife, Mona Barrentine, Dothan; a daughter, Evelyn Denise Barrentine, Dothan; his mother, Annie Maude Barrentine, Dothan; a brother, Jimmy Barrentine, and wife Carol: sisters, Cecelia Whitaker, and husband, Bill, of St.
Louis, Peggy Schenck and husband Larry, Atlanta; father-inlaw, Willie Hasty, Dothan; two sisters-in-law, Cindy Hasty, Dothan and Becky Hasty, Mobile, two special nieces, Jamie Hasty, Dothan, and Gabrielle Hasty, Mobile, a special nephew David Curenton. Serving as pallbearers will be Tim Adams, Jimmy Sawyer, Tony Kelly, Terry Adams, Rusty Rhodes, and Mike Johnson. Honorary pallbearers will be the fellow employees at Michelin Tire Co. Thomas Wylie Barrentine Thomas Wylie Barrentine, 46, Lenard Lee White Lenard Lee White, 37, of Dothan, formerly of West Palm Beach, died suddenly Wednesday, Sept. 18, 1996.
Graveside services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Union Springs Baptist Church Cemetery near Pansey with the Rev. Bill Hand officiating and Kent-Thornton Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 tonight at the funeral home. Mr.
White was born in Houston County, the son of the late Lenard Joe White and Joye Faye Smith White. Mr. White was formerly employed on the Auditorium staff in West Palm Beach, Fla. He was of the Baptist faith. Mr.
White was preceded in death by his father, Lenard Joe White, in 1977. Survivors include his mother, Joye Smith White, West Palm Beach, a brother, Bruce White, Pensacola, a sister, Katherine White, West Palm Beach, a niece, Ashlee White and a nephew Hunter White, both of Pensacola, Fla. to 1 Ward-Wilson Funeral Home 10 Dothan, 792-4194 Maudie L. Heath Mrs. Maudie L.
Heath, 80, a resident of the Crown Health Care in Eufaula and formerly of Dothan, died Thursday morning, Sept. 19, 1996, in Lakeview Community Hospital after an extended illness. Graveside funeral services will be 10 a.m. Friday in Piney Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Travis Free officiating and Ward-Wilson Funeral Home directing.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs. Cora D. Shirah; brother, Robert Heath, both of Dothan; several nephews. Varner Memorial Funeral Home Lee McNealy HEADLAND Lee McNealy, 88, of 303 Davenport Headland. died Monday, Sept.
16, 1996, at his home after an extended illness. The funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Union Hill Freewill Baptist Church in Headland with the Elder A. Lovette pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Shiloh Bap: tist Church Cemetery in Headland with Varner Memorial Funeral Home directing.
Visitation will be from 3 until 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Bi He leaves to cherish his memories a devoted wife of 67 years, Irene McNealy; two daughters, Mae (A.W.) Walker and Earnestine Lane, Headland; one son, Willie George McNealy, Hartford; four brothers, Montgomery and Frank (Jessie) McNealy, Headland, Ander McNealy, Newark, N.J., C.C. (Pennie) McNealy, Ozark; brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, W.C. (Maurice) Murphy, Dothan, the Rev.
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