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a Advertiser Thursday, January 5, 1995 13A Teens accused of killing counselor By Chris Carola ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER JOHNSTOWN, N.Y. Hope Fried's dedication to the troubled teen-agers she counseled was so strong she often opened her home to them when they had no place else to go. That compassion may have cost her her life. The 37-year-old social worker was found dead last week in the basement of her home. Two of the three teen-age boys charged with beating and stabbing her to death were former residents of one of two Johnstown group homes where Ms.

Fried was executive director. Brushing aside objections from relatives and co-workers early last year, Ms. Fried took Duane Dimick. 17, and Christian Hayes, 16, into her own home in Ganse- voort. 35 miles away.

The pect, Kenneth Wilson II, Gansevoort. Police would not discuss than to say a violent argument tween Ms. Fried and the before she was killed on Dec. The group homes, one for for girls, do not accept youngsters cord of violent crime. They ers who have been neglected the "normal things that away or have er, founder of the Foothills which operates the homes.

Ms. Fried did more than her to try to undo the damage, said. you see a kid needs somebody to put his FUNERALS NAME TIME DATE FUNERAL HOME ANTHONY, Alberta BARRETT, Mr. James Alfred 2 pm DONEHOO, Mrs. Lillian Wynne Malone 1 pm DOYLE, Mr.

Harold Irwin 11 am DYER, Mrs. Anna Grace 2 pm ENNIS, Sara Lura Bryan 2 pm HAGLER, Mrs. Doris Lucille 11 am JENKINS, Martha Jean Sims 2 pm KISER-REYNOLDS, Mr. Don C. 12 pm KYSER, Joseph Alison 11 am LANGLEY, Lucius Rosser 2 pm EST LEWIS, Mr.

Hezekiah K. LINENKOHL, Ella Fair 11 am McKELVEY, Mrs. Susan Cherry Ervin 2 pm McKINNON, Daniel Edward pm MANN, Kitty MATHISON, Marvin Edison 2 pm MOSELEY, Jewell H. 11 am MOSES, William M. PERRY, Mr.

Calvin POWELL, Mr. Castor Dale REESE, Mr. Benjamin Harrison 3 pm STILL, Mr. Ephron 1 pm WALKER, Mrs. Annie Goldthrip 11 am WILKINSON, Roy E.

Jr. 11 am WOODDY, Mr. Henry Lamar 2 pm WRIGHT, Mr. David Cummings MONTGOMERY WALKER, Mrs. Annie Goldthrip, a resident of 716 Mill Street, died Sunday, December 25, 1994.

Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 6, 1995, at 11:00 a.m. from the Bethel Baptist Church with Rev. McTier officiating. Interment will be at Eastwood Cemetery with E. G.

Cummings Memorial Funeral Home directing. Survivors include three sisters, Elizabeth Goldthrip, Montgomery, AL, Mrs. Katie Howard and Lucille Nelms, both of New York City, NY: one brother, Robert Goldthrip, Montgomery, AL; three nephews, Mr. David Goldthrip, Mr. Michael Goldthrip and Mr.

Johnny Nelms: two nieces, Mildred and Vickey Goldthrip, both of Evergreen, AL; and other relatives and friends. White Chapel E. John Lowe 262-3501 43 South Jackson St. Alabama Heritage Donald W. Jones 215-0180 10505 Atlanta Hwy.

Leak-Memory Chapel T.A. Cargile 272-6501 945 Lincoin Rd. Montgomery, Ala. Raymond Langley. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing one, a resident of Montgomery, and DONEHOO, Mrs.

Lillian Wynne, Malformerly of Pensacola, FL, died Wednesday, January 4, 1995, in a Montgomery hospital. Graveside services will be held on Friday, January 6, 1995, at 1:00 p.m. from St. John's Cemetery at Belmont, Pensacola, FL. Survivors include two sons, John William Malone, Hope Hull, AL and Edgar Wallace Malone, Nipomo, CA; one sister, Mrs.

Marguerite McLaughlin, LaGrange, GA; six grandchildren; and seven great grandchildren. Visitation will be held on Thursday evening at the funeral home, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing LANGLEY, Lucius Rosser, 95, a resident of Montgomery, died Tuesday, January 3, 1995. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 1995, at 2:00 p.m.

EST in Lafayette Cemetery, Lafayette, GA. Survivors include two daughters, Jean Langley Fuller, Montgomery, AL and Rosalyn Sheran Wood, Nashville, TN; one son, Dr. Lucius Pritchard (Bill) Langley, Muncie, IN: one sister, Clara Langley Pedger, Lafayette, GA; two brothers, Archie Langley, Athens, and Dr. T. Milton Langley, Dalton, GA; 10 grandchildren; grandchildren.

Mr. Langley was preceded in death by his wife, Emimae Pritchard Langley; and four brothers, Benson, Benton, Emmett and MANN, Kitty, local musician, passed away December 28, 1994. She had a band for 25 years, the "Kitty Mann Mrs. Mann was a recognized song writer and poet. She had songs recorded by Brenda Lee, Charly Rich and Candi Staton.

Music was furnished for funeral by Bill Rogers, Dixieland Band. Rev. Walter Menig officiated at the funeral. She is survived by her husband of 55 years, Judd Mann; one son, Charles Mann; a daughter-in-law, Gay Mann; one brother, Grover McCain; two sisters, Nellie Ruth Culler and Vip Anderson; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. MATHISON, Marvin Edison, a resident of Montgomery, AL, died Monday, January 2, 1995, at his home, as a result of Cancer.

Ed was born at home in Skipperville, AL, on Febraury 22, 1917, where he worked on the family farm until the late 1930's. During the 48 years of marriage to his first wife, Joyce H. Harper, they had five children, Linda Perdue, and her husband, Kenneth, Montgomery, AL, Kathy DeJardin, and her husband, Ken, Ozark. AL, Marvin Mathison, and his wife, third murder sus- shoulder, what 17, is also from you're human, out," Mr. Baker a motive, other At the boys' broke out be- structure, a woman three teen-agers would not comment 29.

Reached at home, boys and one ber of the Foothills with a re- said the home's harbor teen-ag- were devastated by and abused kids come cause kids to run backgrounds to said Henry Bak- Hope as their Youth Services, terrible, terrible Between her job was expected of torate in juvenile Mr. Baker had little time for acquaintances hurting, and he some of the teen-agers arm around his on Long Island or services will be held on Saturday, January 7, 1995, at 12:00 p.m. from RossClayton Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Davis officiating. Burial will be in Eastwood Cemetery with Ross-Clayton Funeral Home directing. He leaves to cherish his memories a loving mother and father, Willie and Lois Kiser; brothers, Frank (Loretta), Willie (Shirley), Gregory (Menzella), Mike (Sophia), Earl (Dorothy) and Lester B.

Kiser, all of Montgomery, and Jerry Reynolds, Detroit, MI; sisters, Nancy (Keith) Boyd, Jackie (William) McGough and Alfredia Kiser, all of Montgomery, and Betty Kiser, Cincinnati, OH; his god mother, Emma Pickett, Montgomery, AL; seven uncles; seven aunts; one great aunt; and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins. LEWIS, Mr. David, a resident of 20049 Highway 80 East, expired Tuesday, January 3, 1995. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced by Ross-Clayton Funeral Home. WRIGHT, Mr.

Hezekiah a resident of 3368 Lunceford, expired Wednesday, January 4, 1995. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced by Ross-Clayton Funeral Home. Ellison Wetumpka 567-7880 BARRETT, Mr. James Alfred. 65, a resident of Rockford, AL, died Tuesday, January 3, 1995.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from the Providence Baptist Church with Rev. Gerald Wood and Rev. Jim Hankins officiating. Interment will follow in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery with Ellison Funeral Home directing.

Mr. Barrett is survived by his mother, Versie Barrett, Montgomery, AL; one daughter and son-inlaw, Mary and Jim Phillips, Wetumpka, AL; three sons and daughters-in-law, Jimmy and Becky Barrett, Deatsville, AL, Johnny and Teresa Barrett, Wetumpka, AL and William and Sheri Barrett, Donaldsonville, GA; three sisters, Ruth Thornton, Titus, AL, Helen Baldwin, Montgomery, AL and Agnes Kilpatrick, Ohio: two brothers, Lee Edward Barrett, Wetumpka, AL and George Ethan Barrett, Marbury, AL; and six grandchildren. Active pallbearers will be Sonny Harris, Noah Sheppard, Winston Sides, Girdner Hicks, George Cooper and Jason Glenn. Honorary pallbearers will be Dale Barrett and Clyde Thornton. Mr.

Barrett will lie-in-state, thirty minutes at the church. Matthews PRATTVILLE POWELL, Mr. Castor Dale, a resident of 1041 Spring Prattville, AL, died on Tuesday, January 3, 1995, at his home. Funeral services will be announced later by Matthews Funeral Home. Ridout's Prattville Chapel Prattville, AL (205) 365-5982 Eddie B.

Huey, Manager DYER, Mrs. Anna Grace, 78, a resident of Prattville, AL, died Tuesday, January 3, 1995, in Winston-Salem, NC. Graveside services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from County Line Church of Christ Cemetery with Rev. Gaddis Roy officiating.

Ridout's Prattville Chapel directing. Survivors include four sons, Harold Dyer, Mocksville, NC, Ike Dyer, Prattville, AL, Rick Dyer, Troy, AL and Paul Dyer, Birmingham, AL; one daughter, Johanna Chason, Auburn, AL; one sister, Mary Johnson, Rome, GA: and six grandchildren. Mrs. Dyer was preceded in death by her husband, Erie R. Dyer.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the County Line Church of Christ Mission Fund, 1389 Highway 31 North, Prattville, AL 36067. RoseArlanders Washington Julius Geeter ANTHONY, Alberta, 99, a resident of 76943 Tallassee Highway, expired Wednesday, January 4, 1995. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced by Rose-Geeter Funeral Home. Bell Funeral Home 548-5122 Hayneville, Alabama PERRY, Mr. Calvin (Little Pop), a resident of Letohatchee, AL, died Sunday, January 1, 1995.

Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced by Bell Funeral Home. Carter's UNION SPRINGS STILL, Mr. Ephron, a former resident of Union Springs, AL, died Friday, December 30, 1994, at his home in Anderson, IN. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, January 7, 1995, at 1:00 p.m. from the Bethlehem Baptist Church, Bruceville Community, Union Springs, AL, with Rev.

J. W. Jones, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Carter's Funeral Home directing. Survivors include two daughters, Clemmie Proyer, St.

Petersburg, FL and Lillie (Mooney) Hill, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; two sons and daughters-in-law, Clifford J. and Annie Still, St. Petersburg, FL and Dennis and Debbie Still, Tampa, FL; one sister, Hazel Pritchett, Union Springs. AL; one brother, Graft Still, Cleveland, OH; two sisters-in-law, Frances Smith, Detroit.

MI and Gladys Robinson, Montgomery, AL; three brothers-in-law, Harrison Ivey, Montgomery, AL, Arthur Ivey, Union Springs, AL and Winston Ivey. Seals, a devoted niece, Sarah Will Robinson, Cleveland, OH; seven grandchildren; five great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews; and other relatives and many friends, including his devoted companion, Mrs. Mary Alice Townsend. Family hour will be held on Friday evening, January 6, 1995, at Carter's Funeral Home Chapel. Dunklin-Herndon CAMDEN you going to do? If small-town going to help him the big home, Victorian-style were her who answered the door But on Ms.

Fried's death. and other Harriet Lorence, a mem- letting Youth Services board, they staff and 1 young residents home to the killing. from very distressing over the with. So many saw her, their guidance. It's a in, was Ms.

Lorence said. turned and working on her doc- why." criminology, Ms. Fried After anything other than say Duane said. She often took her van. to her home in New York City, giving New 63, a resident of Camden, AL, who reMcKELVEY, Mrs.

Susan Cherry Ervin, sided for 60 years in Rockwest, AL at Countryside, died Wednesday, December 28, 1994. Funeral services were held on Saturday, December 31, 1994, at 2:00 p.m. from the First Presbyterian Church in Camden, AL. Rev. Bob Brunson officiated.

Interment followed in Camden City Cemetery with Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home of Camden directing. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Anne Farrell McKelvey Wright and Miss Susan Cade (Toosie) McKelvey, both of Montgomery, AL; two sons, Mr. Cornelius Clifton (Mac) McKelvey, Monroeville, AL and Mr. Samuel James Ervin (Sam Ervin) McKelvey, Possum Bend, AL; two daughters-in-law, Toni Luker McKelvey, Monroeville, AL and Angie Glass McKelvey, Possum one sonin-law, Tom Wright, Montgomery, AL; one sister, Mrs.

Joseph P. (Joyce Ervin) O'Malley, Conyers, GA; three grandchildren, Samuel James Ervin (Ervin) McKelvey, Possum Bend, AL, Andrew Thomas Wright and James Clifton Wright, both of Montgomery, AL; and one aunt, Mrs. Bode (Blanche Williamson) Hughes, Colonial Heights, VA. She was preceded in death by her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Samuel James (Anne Williamson) Ervin, Rockwest, AL; and a sister, Mrs. Thomas Riley (Sarah Anne Ervin) Kimball, Virginia Beach, VA. A lifelong resident of Camden, AL, Mrs. McKelvey was born on January 4, 1931. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the First Presbyterian Church in Camden, AL or to Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson, MS.

ENNIS, Sara Lura Bryan, 87, a resident of Elba, AL, died Tuesday, January 3, 1994. in Elba General Hospital, Elba, AL. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from Hayes Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Tony Dye officiating.

Burial will be in Pine Level Cemetery, Elba, AL, with Hayes Funeral Home directing. Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law. Frances Jacobs and Richard Jacobs, Elba, AL, Maerine Wise and Jimmy Robert Wise, Thomasville, GA and Glenda Shoaf and Gerry Shoaf, Orlando, FL; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Milford Ennis, Dothan, AL and Wayne Ennis and Dorothy Ennis, Atlanta, GA; one sister, Catherine Spurlin, Elba, AL: 14 grandchildren; 26 great grandchildren; and 2 great-great grandchildren. The family requests that in lieu of floral contributions, contributions be made to the Westside Baptist Church Memorial Fund or to the Charity of your choice. Holman OZARK HAGLER, Mrs.

Doris Lucille, 71, a resident of Montgomery, AL, died January 2, 1995, at her home following a brief illness. Funeral services will be on Friday, January 6, 1995, at 11:00 a.m., from the chapel of Holman Funeral Home with the Rev. William A. Baker officiating. Interment will follow in the Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery with Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.

Visitation will be at the funeral home beginning at 3:00 p. on Thursday, and the family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m., on Thursday. Mrs. Hagler was a native of Dale County, having lived in Montgomery for the past 42 years.

She was the daughter of John Thomas and Nora Chancey Edwards and was preceded in death by a brother, Lloyd Edwards. Mrs. Hagler was a member of the Perry Hill United Methodist Church in Montgomery. Survivors include her husband of 52 years, Johnnie Mack Hagler, Montgomery, AL; one daughter and son-in-law, Thomas and Nina Mac Tatum, Montgomery, AL: one son, Maj. Gary Allen Hagler, U.S.A.F., Hawaii; one sister, Merle Grantham, Columbus, GA; one brother, Odus Edwards, Ariton, AL; one granddaughter and grandson-in-law, Tammy Tatum and Jimmy D.

Brooks, Montgomery, AL; and several nieces and nephews also survive. Johns Ridout's Southside Chapel 205-251-5254 McKINNON, Daniel Edward, 35, a resident of Hoover, AL, died Friday, December 30, 1994. A Memorial service ill be held on Saturday, January 7, 1995. at 1:00 from Dillard Funeral Home Chapel, Troy, AL. Survivors include mother, Mrs.

James T. (Barbara) Lake, Troy, AL; his father, Robert James McKinnon, Clio, AL: one brother and sister-in-law, Jim and Debbie McKinnon, Hickory, one nephew, Mitchell Trevor McKinnon, Hickory, NC. Memorials may be made to your favorite charity or to Save A Life, P. O. Box 203, Troy, AL 36081.

Harrison GREENVILLE MOSELEY, Jewell 58, a resident of Greenville, AL, died Tuesday, January 3, 1995, at Jackson Hospital. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 1995, at 11:00 a.m. from the Chapel of Harrison Funeral Home with the Rev. Herbert Brown and the Rev. Cephus Phillips officiating.

Interment will follow in Sunrise Memorial Park with Harrison Funeral Home directing. Mrs. Moseley is survived her husband, Comer V. Moseley, Greenville, AL; two sons, Roger Moseley, Mobile, AL and Phillip Moseley, Greenville, AL; five sisters, Mollie Mae Norris, Honoraville, AL, Mattie Kelso, Luverne, AL, Mary Blalock, Savannah, AL, Beatrice Perdue, Greenville, AL and Nellie Perdue, Greenville, AL; two brothers, Nathan Heartsill, Montgomery, AL and Perry Heartsill, Honoraville, AL; two grandchildren, Tina and Samantha Moseley; and a number of nieces and nephews. State JENKINS, Martha Jean Sims, 67, a resident of Birmingham, AL, died Tues- youngsters their first glimpse of city.

as she was concerned, the kids Ms. Lorence said. Ms. Fried's family, Ms. Lorence staff members advised her against some teen-agers stay at her home as the transition from the group living on their own.

to know and love her as a sister years," Ms. Lorence said. told it's too She took them like a mother to them. These kids against her. Don't ask me when or Ms.

Fried was attacked, authorities and Christian headed south with They were arrested two days later and were returned to state this week. day, January 3, 1995, at Baptist Medical Center Princeton, Birmingham, AL. Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 6, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from the New River Baptist Church with Rev. Stan Holt officiating.

Burial will be in adjoining cemetery with Norwood Chapel directing. She was born in Jefferson County, formerly of Fayette County and was resident of Birmingham for 45 years. She was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Drextel F. (Hootie) Jenkins, Birmingham, AL; two sons, Anthony (Kip) Jenkins, Birmingham, AL and Gaines Allen Sims, Laurel, MD; one sister, Geraldine (Jerry) Goram, Montgomery, AL: and five grandchildren.

The body will lie-in-state, at the church, one hour prior to funeral services. The family will receive friends, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Thursday evening, at Norwood Chapel, Fayette, AL. KYSER, Joseph Alison, 81, a resident of Greensboro, AL, died Tuesday, January 3, 1994, at Kyser Farms.

A Memorial service will be held on Thursday, January 5, 1995, at 11:00 a.m. from the Saint Paul's Episcopal Church with Rev. Rob Morpeth officiating. Kirk Funeral Home directing. Survivors include his wife, Patricia Nelson Kyser, Greensboro, AL; two daughters, Patricia Nelson Kyser, Birmingham, AL and Laura Cornelia Kyser, Orlando, FL; two sons, William Townsend Kyser and Joseph Alison Kyser, both of Greensboro, AL; one sister, Mrs.

Ira B. Owens, Carlowville, AL; one brother, George P. Kyser, Carlowville, AL; and five grandchildren, Christopher Kyser, Spenser Kyser, Kyser, Alison Kyser and Ashley Kyser, all of Greensboro, AL. Memorials may be made to The Landscape Tree Plan at St. Paul's Episcopal Church The Trustees Rt.

2 Box 586, Greensboro, AL 36744 or to the donor's favorite charity. LINENKOHL, Ella Fair, a native of Quincy, FL, died in Montgomery, AL, on Tuesday, January 3, 1995. Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Jean L. and Jesse Glynn Henderson. Montgomery, AL: one son and daughter-in-law, Russell E.

and Barbara Merritt Linenkohl, Atlantic Beach, FL; one grandson, Dana Linenkohl, Jacksonville Beach, FL; five great grandchildren; one brother and sister Thomas C. and Dorres Fair, Tallahassee, FL; and several nieces and nephews. Graveside services will be held on Friday, January 6, 1995, at 11:00 a.m. in Resthaven Garden of Memories, Decatur, GA. A.

S. Turner and Sons, Deca- WOODDY, Mr. Henry Lamar, 72, a resident of Hoover, AL, died Wednesday, January 4, 1995. Funeral services will be held on 1 Friday, January 6, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from Ridout's Southern Heritage Chapel.

Burial will be in Southern Heritage Cemetery. He was a long time resident of Birmingham, AL and a member of the Lakeside Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Jo Anne Moore, Hoover, AL and Mrs. Rosemary Johnson, Selma, AL; and five grandchildren, Brandon Moore, Hoover, AL, Matthew Moore, Hoover, AL.

Natalie Moore, Hoover, AL, Adam Johnson, Monroeville, AL and Bess Johnson, Selma, AL. The family will receive friends at Southern Heritage on Thursday, from 6:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Out-of-State DOYLE, Mr. Harold Irwin, 82, died in the North Valley Hospital in Whitefish on Saturday, December 24, 1994.

He was born in a sod house in North Dakota just before it attained statehood. Moving to New Jersey in the 9th grade, he attended Matawan High School where he met Florence who was to become his wife. He also gained an interest in architecture, later forming Doyle Brothers Construction Company with his father and brothers. He was the self-taught architect for many buildings they constructed. As the youngest foreman at U.

S. Steel's Kearney Shipyard, he oversaw the construction of battleships during World War II. Harold was a skilled stone-mason and loved working with wood as well. He had a gentle sense of humor, an inherent fascination with the natural world and was known for never getting lost in the woods. He had a special place in his heart for children and animals.

He is remembered by his friends and family as never being too busy to visit with them or give help when it was needed. No one ever had to ask, he just knew. Harold and Florence lived for many years on a farm in Birmingham, New Hampshire, where they nurtured a fine garden and several grandchildren. After a debilitating stroke, Harold spent the last 8 years at North Valley Hospital Extended Care where he was looked after with the gentleness and compassion he deserved. He is survived by his three children, Shirley Short, Montgomery, AL, Noele Clews, Portsmouth, NH and Toren McCarthy, Kalispell, two sisters, Essie Heidel, Port Charlotte, FL and Stella Wenworth, Hazlet, NJ; and his grandchildren, Sonia, Eric and Martin Voskuil, Natasha and Christiana Clews and Madison, Logan and Orion Hutchin.

Funeral services for Mr. Doyle were held at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, December 29, 1994, in the Johnson Mortuary Chapel. Rev. Marvin Northeutt, Pastor of the Epworth MethChurch officiated.

Burial followed in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of the Johnson Mortuary. MOSES, William 86, of Palm Harbor, died Monday, December 26, 1994, at Helen Ellis Memorial Hospital, Tarpon Springs, FL. He was born in Birmingham, AL and moved to Tarpon Springs in 1972 from Macon, GA. He served for 22 years in the Air Force.

He was an Episcopalian and a member of Lake Tarpon Boat Club. Survivors include his wife, Lucile; one son, William Tarpon Springs, FL; two daughters, Karen Pridgeon, Greer, SC and Alexandra Lake, Swannanoa, NC; one sister, Emma Page, Bar Nunn, WY: and three grandchildren. National Cremation Society, Holiday. Innocent man free after years in prison By Paul A. Driscoll ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER CHICAGO James Newsome walked out of court a free man Wednesday, 15 years after he was locked up for a murder he didn't commit.

Rose-Geeter January 5 Ellison January 6 Leak-Memory December 29 Johnson Mortuary Januory 5 Ridout's January 5 Hayes January 6 Holman January 6 Norwood Chapel January 7 Ross- Clayton January 5 Kirk January 5 Leak-Memory Ross- Clayton January 6 A. S. Turner Sons December 31 Dunklin-Herndon January 7 Ridout's Southside Leak-Memory January 5 Leak-Memory January 5 Harrison Bell Matthews January 4 Prattville Memorial January 7 Carter's January 6 E. G. Cummings January 4 Prattville Memorial January 6 South Heritage Ross-Clayton Loretta, Vancouver, WA, Ray Mathison.

and his wife, Teresa, Greensboro, NC and James Mathison, and his wife, Connie, Montgomery, AL; other surviors include his sisters, Verna Vaughn, Skipperville, AL and Annie Belle Sheehane, Ozark, AL; a brother, S. David Mathison, Dothan, AL; his second wife, Mary Belle Buchanan Mathison, Bakersville, NC; 15 grandchildren; and five great grandchildren. Ed served in World War II as a sergeant in the army in Germany and France, after which he worked as a carpenter. He retired as a superintendent of construction for C. Halstead of Montgomery.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, January 5, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from LeakMemory Chapel with Rev. Jim Salminen officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Serving as pallbearers will be Marvin Mathison, Ray Mathison, James Mathison, Ken 'DeJardin, Kenneth Perdue and Ben Mathison. Serving as honorary pallbearers will be Kevin Perdue, Terry Perdue, Mark Mathison, John Mathison, Luke Mathison and Thomas Mathison.

Leak-Memory Chapel Directing Prattville Memorial Chapel Prattville, Al (205) 365-7147 Don Daniels Manager Mr. Benjamin Harrison, 61, a resident of Montgomery, AL, died Sunday, January 1, 1995, in a Montgomery hospital. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 4, 1995, at 3:00 p. m. at Prattville Memorial Chapel.

Interment followed in Prattville Memory Gardens. Prattville Memorial Chapel directed. Survivors include his wife, Eleanor (Ellie) Reese, Montgomery, AL: two daughters and sons-in-law, Cheryl and Kitti Saetae, Miami, FL, and Teresa and Charlie. Hollar, Atlanta, GA; four sons and daughters-in-law, Benjamin C. and Dim Reese, Korea, Michael and Jeanne Reese, Edwards Air Force Base, CA, William and Andrea Reese, Omaha, NE and Richard and Angela Reese, Prattville, AL; 21 grandchildren; one great grandson; one sister, Mae Cardiel, Tustin, CA; and one brother, Don Reese, Witchita Falls, TX.

Pallbearers will be members of the United States Air Force. Honorary pallbearers will be Gerald Duncan, Bill Bowdowski and Bill Lathram. Mr. Reese was retired from the United States Air Force, with 28 years of service. Associated Capitol Motor Company of Montgomery and Gerald Duncan Motor Company of Montgomery, AL.

WILKINSON, Roy, died Sunday, January 1995, in a Prattville Hospital. Funeral services were held on Wednesday, January 4, 1995, at 11:00 a.m. at Prattville Memorial Chapel. Interment followed in Prattville Memory Gardens. Prattville Memorial Chapel directed.

Survivors include his wife, Annie Wilkinson, Prattville, AL; two daughters, Mina Simmons, Equality, AL and Myra Villars, Montgomery, AL; There- five grandchildren, Karen Cochran, sa Connelly, Nelson Creamer, Shane Collier and Chris Collier; and six great grandchildren, Shawn Easterling, Sheina Easterling, Brendon Connelly, Mina Diane Creamer, Scoott Creamer and Cameron Collier. Mr. Wilkinson was a member of the First Baptist Church of Prattville and formerly with the Prattville Police Department and Prattville Fire Department. Active, Shane pallbearers will be Nelson Creamer, Chris Collier, Shawn Easterling, Randy Cochran and Chris Connelly. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Crumwell, Robert Chambliss, Mike Chambliss, Napolean Steele and Dr.

Eugene Parker. Ross-Clayton MONTGOMERY Mr. Don a former resident of 2578 Penn Road, Pike Road, AL, expired Sunday, January 1, 1995, in Atlanta, GA. Funeral easy part is over with. This is the hardest part a smiling Newsome said after his release.

He said he'll go to law school. Based on new evidence. Circuit Judge Thomas Fitzgerald ruled Wednesday that Mr. Newsome was entitled to a new trial. and prosecutors said they were dropping charges.

Mr. Newsome insisted all along he didn't commit the 1979 grocery store robbery and murder. He enlisted friends and lawyers to prove it. A computer analysis in November established that fingerprints found at the crime scene belonged to another man already imprisoned for a similar robbery and murder. Prosecutors said others may be charged in the case.

They didn't elaborate. nagged and nagged and to get prosecutors and, defense lawyers to re-examine the evidence, said Norval Morris, University of Chicago legal schol-1 ar who took up Mr. Newsome is cause. Grocery items handled by the killer were covered with fingerprints, but they didn't belong Mr. Newsome, Mr.

Morris said. Mr. Newsome, who turned 40 on Monday, said he was. never embittered by the experience and was convinced he would be freed from his life sentence. was important for my own.

well-being. I understood what had to Mr. Newsome said. Mr. Morris and Mr.

Newsome: became acquainted in the mid1980s when Mr. Morris was working in the library at Statesville Correctional Center on an unrelated case. Mr. Newsome asked Mr. Morris to look into his case.

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