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:: Page 3-- About All West Alabama
:-Elijah Franklin
: - Funeral services were
: Elijah Franklin transitioned
........ .... .... into eternity on Thursday,
;: February 26, 2015 at Choctaw
: General Hospital, Butler
Funeral services were held
on March 7, 2015 at 12 noon
• : at Independent Baptist
: Church in Sweet Water
.... ReverendS L Hives officiat
ed Sister Gloria Westbrook
° was Mistress of Order
Pallbearers were nephews
-" Flower bearers were nieces
and cousins Interment was at
Jackson Cemetery in Sweet
entrusted to Abernathys
Funeral Home
Left to cherish his memo
ties are his devoted wife,
Doffs Apklins Franklin, three
daughters: Elise Franklin of
Chicago, IL, Tisha (Johnny)
Lewis, and Traci(Vidal)
Hosea both of Sweet Water;
two brothers: Melvin (Ingrid)
Franklin of Mobile, and
Edmund Franklin of Whatley;
two sisters, Doris (Earl)
....... Wilson of Grove Hill, and
Naomi Taite of Whatley;
seven grandchildren: Anthony
Franklin of Houston, Tx,
Ashton Lewis, Amber Lewis,
Cameron Hosea, Aaron
Lewis, Corey Hosea, all of
.... Sweet Water, and Allira
Hampton of Chicago, IL; one
great granddaughter: Ashi
Franklin of Toledo, OH;
• uncles and aunts: Sidney
(Cleretta) Armstead of
Toledo, OH, Vivian (Queen)
, Armstead of New York, NY,
.75
held on March 7
Julius English of Mobile,
Vonnie M Pugh of Mobile,
Emma Franklin of
Youngstown, OH, and
Elouise ArmStead of Whatley;
brothers-in law: Gallion
(Stephanie) Apklins of
Mobile and George (Charlie)
Apklins of Sweet Water; sis
tersinlaw Louise (Woodie)
Hackworth of Sweet Water,
and Gloria Hood of
Montgomery; goddaughter:
Jerrilyn Blanks of Demopolis;
and a host of nieces, nephews,
¢u% tlx¢ dtives and
friends, two devoted brothers
in law: George Apklins and
Woodie Hackworth
He was born May 24, 1945
to Rev Odies Franklin and
Bessie Armstead Franklin
who preceded him in death
Elijah was one of six children
One brother, Odies Franklin,
Jr preceded him in death
He accepted Christ as his
Savior at an early age at
Indian Ridge Baptist Church,
Whatley After becoming a
resident of Sweet Water, he
became a member of
Independent Baptist Church
Elijah began his education
in the Clarke County School
System• He was a 1962 grad
uate of Wilson Hall High
School, Grove Hill He fur
thered his education with an
Associate Degree at Davis
Junior College, Toledo, Ohio
Elijah received an Honorable
Discharge from the United
States Army in 1970
Calera, Daniel Wayne Blair of
; o Runaway Branch and James
Wailon Blair (Karen) of
Eutaw ; 3 grandchildren ;11
greatgrandchildren
Lola Mac Blair McClinton
Funeral services were held on March 11
Lola Mae Blair McClinton
84, passed away Sunday,
March 8, 2015, at her resi
dence
Services were held at 1100
pm on Wednesday, March
11, 2015, at Forkland United
Methodist Church with Rev
Kenny Overstreet officiating
and Kirk Funeral Homes
Demopolis Chapel directing
Burial followed in the
Forkland Methodist
Cemetery
Lola is survived by her son,
Donald Criswell (Charlotte)
of Forkland ; daughter,
Sandra Sue Watts of
Hanceville ; brothers, William
Heywood Blair (Lois) of
Lola was born May 11,
1930, in Opp,Alabama, to the
late J D and Fannie Mae
Grimes Blair
Lola was preceded by her
parents, J D and Fannie Mac
Grimes Blair; hei: first hus
band, Edward Criswell; her
second husband, Alfred J
McClinton
Pallbearers will be Bill
Rowley, Austin Crepps, Cavin
Hollyhand, Morris Allen
Edward Blair, Joel Coley Sr,
Tommy Coats and John
Wilson•
Honorary pallbearers are
Donald Criswell, Heywood
Blair, Wailon Blair, Charlotte
Criswell, Jessica Barton, Sue
Watts, Angela HoUyhand and
Gertrude Williams
In lieu of flowers memori
als may be made to Forkland
United Methodist Church
Ruth Gilchrist Pugh
Funeral services were held on March 8
Ruth Gilchrist Pugh age 83
a homemaker of Grove Hill
died March 6 2015 at Mobile
Infirmary• She was born
January 2 1932 in Grove Hill•
She was a member of Calvary
Independent Baptist Church
Funeral services were held
at O Bryant Chapel Funeral
Home on Sunday, March 8
2015 at 2:00 PM with Rev
Jim Jackson officiating
Burial was in the Magnolia
Cemetery in Grove Hill
She is survived by four
of Alma; Gary (Beverly)
Gilchrist of Southport FL;
Phillip (Lucy) Gilchrist of
Jackson; and Steve (Betty)
Gilchrist of Grove Hill;
daughter, Jackie (Ray)
Williams of Lower Peachtree;
two adopted sons, Terry
(Debbie) Burrough of
Stapleton; and Ricky
Burrough of Mobile; two sis
ters Rosi Lee (Richard)
Roberts of Grove Hill; and
Juanita (George) Merrill of
Mobile; nine grandchildren,
and seven great grandchil
dren
She was preceded in death
by her husband, James Pugh;
and two sons, Cecil Gilchrist:
and Dale Gilchrist
Active pal!bearers were
Wrangler Williams Nathan
w00tt00a00% t't00ttttps Gilchrist,
II Terry Burroughs, Daniel
Gilchrist and Darryl Harvey
Condolences may be
offered at
www obryantchapelfh com
Arrangements by O Bryant
Chapel Funeral home in
Thomasville
Raymond Harold Overton, Sr.
Memorial services to be held on March 13
Raymond Harold Overton
Sr age 75 a retired mill
wright of Thomasville died
March 6 2015 at Thomasville
Healthcare & Rehabilitation
Center He was born June 2
1939 in Peacock
Visitation will be held at
O Bryant Chapel Funeral
Home on Friday, March 13
2015 from 2:00 PM until the
3:00 PM memorial service
time with Bill Hill officiating
He is survived by his wife
Marie Wiggins Overton of
Thomasville; two sons
Raymond Harold Overton, Jr
of Sweet Water; and Michael
Ervin Overton of Axis; two
daughters Diane Overton
Gatlin of Thomasville; and
Rebecca Marie Overton of
Foley; two brothers, James
Lester Overton of
Thomasville; and Willie Ray
Overton of Fulton; sister,
Kathryn Overton Defec of
Prattville; five grandchildren
Condolences may be
offered at
www obryantchapelfh com
Arrangements by O Bryant
Chapel Funeral Home in
Thomasville
Charlie Hardwick
Funeral services to be held on March 14
Charlie Hardwick, better
known to family and friends
as Sugarman" age 85 of
Forkland, Alabama entered
into eternal rest, March 2
2015 at Sumter Health and
Rehabilitation Center York,
Saturday, March 14, 2015 at
11 am at Larkin and Scott
Funeral Home Chapel
Interment will follow in
Memorial Gardens Hwy 43
South Demopolis Alabama
Public viewing will be held
Alabama Mr Hardwick is the Friday March 13 2015 from
beloved brother of Ms 15 pm at the funeral home
Virginia Hardwick and friend Larkin and Scott Funeral
of Ms Gertrude Parker Directors of Demopolis,
Funeral services for Mr Alabama entrusted with all
Charlie Hardwick will be held arrangements
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Ralph Mac Kelley
Funeral services were held on March 4
Ralph Mac Kelley age 84
of Thomasville, died March 1
2015 at Thomasville
Healthcare & Rehabilitation
Center• He was born
December 10 1930 in
Sandflat He was a retired
millwright and a member of
Springfield Methodist
Protestant Church
Funeral services were held
at O Bryant Chapel Funeral
Home on Wednesday, March
4, 2015 at 1:00 PM with Rev
Benny Crawford officiating
Burial was in the Kelley
Cemetery in Thomasville
He is survived by his wife,
Faye Fendley Kelley of
Thomasville; two daughters,
Brenda Kelley Byrd of
Thomasville; and Cathy
Kelley (Vance) Phillips of
Thomasville; four grandchil
dren, and six great grandchil
dren
Active pallbearers were
Vance Phillips, Jr, Jeffrey
Phillips, Amanda Phillips
Gilbert Jeremy Nichols
Borden, Michael Kevin Byrd,
and John David Phillips, III
Honorary pallbearers were
Boyce Kelley, Tom Bouler,
Lewis Herron, Billy Fendley,
Benny Crawford, Bob
Chaney, Emily Chaney, and
Mary Whitfield
Condolences may be
offered at
www obryantchapelfh corn
Arrangements by O Bryant
Chapel Funeral Home in
Thomasville
Roosevelt Dunning ...............
..... ; Funeral servieestob00held on March 14
Celebration of life for
Roosevelt Dunning of Dixons
Mills will be held on Saturday,
• March 14 2015 at 1:00 PM
held at the Rockbabolyn
: Baptist Church of Dixons
• Mills with the pastor Rev
•: Norris Pauley will be the offi
i: ciating minister and the burial
.: will follow in the Polly
,: .,. - Robinson Cemetery of Dixons
Mills•
Public viewing will be held
on Friday afternoon from
1:00 PM until 6:00 PM held
at your Abernathys Funeral
Home and on Saturday the
body will be placed in the
church at 12 noon with your
Abernathy s Funeral Home in
charge Of aii the arrange
ments
BBTCAC needs
Volunteers
Black Belt Treasures
Cultural Arts Center is look
ing for a few new volunteers
to assist in the following
areas: Gallery Associate
(greeting guests and assisting
with daily gallery activities),
Arts Education Support
(assisting Arts Educators with
classes), Special Event
Support (assisting with activi
ties leading up to and during
all events), and
Computer/Website Associate
(computer technical work to
website management and
assistance) Volunteers are the
backbone of most nonprofit
organizations, and are integral
to the success of BBTCAC's
programs and events As
Winston Churchill once said,
'You make a living by what
you get You make a life by
what you give'
Interested individuals are
invited • to complete a
Volunteer Application, avail
able at wwwblackbelttrea
sures under "Get Involved'
by email info@blackbelttrea
sures corn or in person at 209
Claiborne Street in Camden
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CLARA PURSE'S NEWS AND EVENTS
Benefit Program held for
Minister Motley, March 14
41' The Life of Abundance
Family Worship Center, 1526
Lock and Dam Road,
Demopolis, invites you to come
and worship with them Sunday
mornings at 9:00 am.; Bible
Study, Tuesday, 6:30 p Pastor
James Woods, Sr is the pastor
Twitter: @LOAWC; email:
life @demopoliscatv corn
Myrtlewood A OH Church
of God cordially invites you to
come and worship with them on
their annual Family and Friends
Day Program to be hdd on
Sunday, March 15, at 2:30 p.m.
You are also invited to come
and worship with them during
their two week revival to be held
March 16-20 and March 2327,
7:00 pm nightly
Minister Kim Johnson will be
the guest speaker for the first
week
Rev Curtis Treadwell will be
the guest speaker for the second
week,
Come help lift up the name of
Jesus, He is worthy to be
praised Elder Quincy Baldwin
is the pastor
,I, Mount Olive Missionary
Baptist Church in Gallion,
morning worship services;
Sunday school, 9:00 am;
Missionary Bible C!ass and
B TU, 9:45 am; Devotion,
10:15 am Bible dass study is
held every Wed evening at 4:30
pm Rev Phillip White is the
pastor; Rev Arthur Adams,
associate pastor, Sis Joann
Jones, church clerk
There will be a Benefit
Program for Minister Grace
Motley to be held at The Hope
Hill Dislrict, 901 E Pettus St,
Demopolis, on Sat March 14, at
3:00 pm
Guest speaker will be Rev
Dewayne Charleston, pastor of
Old Mt Olive Primitive Baptist
Church and Gilfield Baptist
Church
"Give, and it shall be given
unto you; good measure, pressed
down, and shaken together, and
running over, shall men give into
your bosom For with the same
measure that ye mete withal it
shall be measured to you again"
Luke 6:38•
All groups, choirs, and
soloists are invited
,I, Welcome to Saints
Tabemacle Church of God in
Christ Service Sunday School,
10:00 am; Sunday morning
services, 11:45 am; Bible
Study, Tuesday night, 7:00 pm;
Prayer and praise worship
Thursday, 5:00 pm Elder Frank
Stiff is the pastor Everyone is
invited to worship with us in
these services
The First Missionary Baptist
Church, 71 Johnsonville Road
Linden, will be observing their
Annual Family and Friends Day,
Sunday, March 15 during morn
ing worship service at 11:00 am
You are cordially invited to
worship with them Rev Robert
E Pearce, Jr is the pastor
41, Welcome to Prayer meet
ing and Bible Study held at the
Greater New Hope Baptist
Church in Demopolis Every
Wednesday at 6:00 pm Rev
Honoree Lockett, Jr is the pas
tor; Rev James A Purse, associ
ate pastor, Sis Brenda Sams,
church clerk
First Mt Pleasant District
Fellowship Meeting will be held
at First Baptist Church in
Thomaston, on Sunday March
29 at 10:00 am
,!. Welcome to the Eastem
Star Baptist Church in
Demopolis, 3rd Ave and Arcola
Road. "Make it your plan to
worship with us every Sunday".
Sunday School, 9:30 a.m.; BTU,
10:30 a.m.; worship services,
11:00 a.m. Every fourth Sunday
Morning Services, 8:00 a.m.
Wednesday evening prayer
meeting and Bible study, 5:00
p.m. Rev. Terry Gosa is the pas-
tor, Sis. Clara M. Purse, church
clerk. Everyone's invited to wor-
ship with us in these services.
The Trendsetters Travelers
have planned a trip to Savannah,
Ga., Beaufort and Charleston,
South Carolina by Motor Coach,
October 5-9, 2015.' $475 for
hotel accommodations for dou-
ble occupancy and $575 for sin-
gle. This includes, four nights
lodging; 8 meals (four breakfast
and four dinners); guided tours
and much more For more infor
marion call: Ann Ash at 334
654-2414 or Mabel MuUen at
205-344-4380
• I, Marengo County Foster
and/or Adoptive Homes are
needed If anyone is interested in
information on fostering or
adopting children, please call
Marengo County DHR at 334
2952027 Our office hours are
Monday Friday from 8:00 am
4:30 pm We look forward to
hearing from you
• I, You are invited to worship
with the Cornerstone South Full
Gospel South Church in
Demopolis Morning worship
services will be held at 1726
Hwy 43, South Peachtree Plaza
Demopolis Services will start at
8:00 am Sunday morning
Bible Study is every Thursday at
6:30 pm to 8:00 pm Everyone
is invited to come out and be
blessed and have a wonderful
time in the Lord Bishop Earnest
L Palmer, senior pastor teacher;
Elder Freddie Washington, II,
executive pastor
Eastern Star Baptist Church
will be hosting a 12 Tribes of
Israel Fundraiser on May 9 The
event will be a PreMothers
Day Dinner and movie The din
ner will be held at 2:30 pm, the
movie will start at 3:30 pm
Movie to be shown, "Tell
Hell I Ain't Comin, is a must
see thoughtprovoking journey
that inlroduces characters from
everyday life
Tickets: $15 ages 13 &up;
$7•50 ages 5 to 12; ages 4 and
under free For tickets contact:
Mary J Scott 2894305;
Odessa Head 2890385; Willie
DiUard 28%0574
All monies due by April 25
2015 The event is sponsor by:
The Tribe of Judah.
Dixie M,0000lody Boys to perform
at Red ,00;prings Baptist Church
One of Gospel music's
most popular quartets, The
Dixie Melody Boys, will be
featured at the Red Springs
Baptist Church in Gilbertown
AL, on Sunday, March 22
The Quartet will share their
unique, four part harmony at
5:00pm
Since organizing over five
decades ago, The Dixie
Melody Boys have enjoyed
much success, including a
Grammy nomination and
numerous Fan Award nomina
tions from The Singing News
Magazine, Southern Gospel
Music's leading fan and trade
publication• Hit releases have
flowed their way in bunches,
including recent releases such
as 'Tll Be Living That Way'
"I Won't Compromise,'
"Welcome Home,' aAntioch
Church Choir' and "I'm One
Of Them" The thrill and
excitement of performing
experienced by each group
member night after night is
most evident at each concert
Their goal of delivering a
firstclass performance filled
with excitement, energy and
lots of great traditional,
Southern Gospel Music are
traits which have been
instilled in each member by
group leader Ed O'Neal, a 50
year Gospel Music veteran,
who was inducted into the
Southern Gospel Music
Association Hall of Fame in
2004 These characteristics,
united with their desire to
never compromise their
responsibility to spread the
Gospel through Southern
Gospel Music in a profession
al manner have allowed The
Dixie Melody Boys to firmly
establish a place at the fore
front of Southern Gospel
Music The group's energy
and excitement, coupled with
their exceptional vocal blend
is appealing to audiences ot
all ages creating an exciting
evening of musical pleasure
This exciting musical evenl
promises to be enjoyable fos
the entire family To obtai
additional information call
601-527-9195 or visi
www dixiemelodyboys corn
Make plans now to join Tit
Dixie Melody Boys at the Rec
Springs Baptist Church it
Gilbertown AL on Sunday
March 22, 2015 at 5:00pm
Little Zion Annual
Love Day, March 15
Little Zion Tabernacle Church, located at 126 Southern Pine
Rd in Dixons Mills, cordially invites you to their copastor,
Priscilla and Deacon Linzell Tucker Annual Love Day Program
to be held on March 15, 2015 at 2:00 pm at the Little Zion
Tabernacle Church Please come out and help us lift up the name
of Jesus!! Pastor Ceola Singleton and CoPastor Priscilla
Tucker
Simmons Clinic
Family Medicine
100 E Cahaba Ave, Linden
John C. Simmons, MD, FACS
Deirdre Aycock, FNP-BC, CRNP
334-295-0170
Larkin and
Scott
Funeral Directors
510 East Jefferson Street
DemopoUs, Alabama 36732
334-289-3236
Your loved one deserves the very
best in the Funeral Profession
O'Bryant Chapel
FUNERAL HOME
2959300 Linden
Thomasville 636-4456
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