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Monday, December 11, 1995 Montgomery Advertiser PRISON from page 5A overrun. "They have the legal obligation to finish the prison," Dr. Jones said. An investigation by Hartford found the Department of Corrections had overpaid Sumlin Construction by as much as $3 million, however, meaning the state must pick up the additional cost, according to Hartford attorney Graves Stiff. RISK from page 5A which we meet accreditation standards for all our programs are related to the resources we have available to support them whether it be the number of faculty, faculty salaries the kind of cilities we have and the quality of those facilities," Dr.

Muse said. University of Alabama President Roger Sayers agreed, predicting that his school likely will lose its Association of Research Libraries accreditation within two years because of staff reductions and the Jones said he does not believe the state overpaid Sumlin Construction, but he also doesn't know all that was done before he became commissioner. "I know the last two payments we made I had my people cut out about $300,000 he requested that was redundant or (he) didn't have documentation for," Dr. Jones said. To further complicate matters, the two cities and Bibb County learned the federal government cancellation of about 700 periodical subscriptions.

Philip Austin, chancellor of the University of Alabama system, said he has started getting complaints about the unavailability of various courses. "We do it because we have to," he said. "Rather than spreading whatever resources we have over a constant number of programs, we're going to stop some programs in an effort to say, 'Whatever we're doing is consistent with the pursuit of State Rep. Bill Fuller, D-LaFayette, chairman of the Ways and Means budget committee in the FUNERALS NAME TIME BELL, Mr. Jimmy 12 BELL, Mrs.

Willie BOGGAN, Mr. Robert Leroy 2 BORDERS, Mrs. Delia BURNETT, Huey Lee; Sr. 1 EVANS, Edward J. 11 FIELDS, Mrs.

Lillie P. FLEETON, Mr. Wesley GOLDEN, Mr. Bud GUY, Robert 2 HANES, Effie Elizabeth 3:30 HARVEY, Mrs. Carrie M.

HOFFMAN, Mrs. Amanda JILES, Mr. Alex Sr. 1 LAMBERT, Robert Sumpter 2 McDONALD, Mr. Cecil Eugene 11 MONROE, Alice B.

2 MOSELEY, Lucius Ray 3:30 PARSONS, Carl C. 10 REDDITT, M. Frances Bishop 10 ROSS, Mrs. Maggie RUMLEY, June Lanell Lowery 2 White Chapel E. John Lowe 262-3501 43 South Jackson St.

Alabama Heritage Donald W. Jones 10505 Atlanta Hwy. Leak-Memory 272-6501 Chapel T.A. Cargile 945 Lincoln Rd. Montgomery, Alabama BURNETT, Huey Lee 49, a resident of Verbena, AL, died Friday, December 8, 1995.

Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 11, 1995, at 1:00 p.m., from Leak-Memory Chapel with Eric Bush officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include wife, Carolyn H. Burnett, Verbena, AL: son, Huey Burnett, Verbena, AL; daughter, Melissa Faye Burnett, Verbena, AL; sisters, Barbara Bush, Montgomery, AL, Libby Harrington, Wetumpka, AL, Annette M. Cauley, Texas, and Jackie Burnett, Briarfield.

AL: brothers, Wiley Burnett, Briarfield, AL, Riley Burnett, Briarfield, AL, Donnie Burnett, Briarfield, AL. and Ronnie Burnett, Briarfield, AL. He was preceded in death by his parents, William L. and MargieBurnett: and a brother, Billy Burnett. Pallbearers will be Charlie Rogers, Ray Huff, Russ Thompson, Jimmy Edwards, Wayne Jim Gould, Ralph Watkins, and Milner Gould.

Honorary pallbearers will be Ken Crutchfield, Eric Bush, and Robin Tyus. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing White. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing EVANS, Edward 80, a resident of Montgomery, AL, died December 8. 1995. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 11, 1995, at 11:00 a.m.

from Leak-Memory Chapel, with Rev. Lawrence. Phipps officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, Gayle E.

Burlingame and husband, Allen Burlingame; one son, Edward Evans, and his wife, Kay Atkinson Evans: five grandchildren; one great grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Active pallbearers will be Todd Burlingame, Charles Burlingame, Todd Rhodes, Ken Wilson, Jerry Wills, and Phil GUY, Robert, a resident of Montgomery, AL, died Saturday, December 9, 1995. Graveside services will be held on Monday, December 11, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from Greenwood Cemetery, with Rev. Gene Williams, Rev.

Jim Reece, and Rev. Don Osgood officiating. Survivors include one daughter son-in-law. Sandra James Johnson, Montgomery, AL; grandsons. Donnie Ginny Johnson and Bobby Amy Johnson, all of Montgomery, AL: devoted friend, Juanita Wilson, Wetumpka, AL; one sister, Mable Dry: one brother, Woodrow Guy; sister-in-law, Hazel Guy; and several nieces, and nephews, all of Montgomery, Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Perry Hill United Methodist Church Men's Club.

Visitation will be Monday, December 11, 1995, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing HANES, Effie Elizabeth, a resident of Montgomery, AL. died December 9, 1995. Funeral services will be held on December 11, 1995, at 3:30 p.m., from Leak-Memory Chapel, with Father Kissell officiating.

Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include daughter, Henrietta H. Luster, Montgomery, AL; two brothers, Harry H. Shugart, Montgomery, AL. and Joseph B.

Shugart, Oscoda, MI; one sister, Mary Frances Proctor, Falls Church, VA: two grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. Pall- would not chip in on the infrastructure work, as had been expected. 1. Rather than coming up with $500,000, the local governments are now trying to find the full $2.5 million. The state is now looking for a way out.

Dr. Jones first proposed using prisoners to finish the prison, but that idea was rejected on the advice of lawyers. Dr. Jones is currently awaiting an attorney general's opinion on whether a private House of Representatives, has said Alabama's two- and four-year schools can expect about the same amount of state funding as last year, or at best a 2 percent increase. The arguments against further cuts came when Gov.

James, in interviews and a speech, highlighted the ills of the state's higher education system and asked why Alabama spends more per capita on its public colleges than most other states. He suggested that by eliminating duplication of programs, out-ofstate students paying in-state tuition rates and courses of study that Saucier, West Alexandria, OH, Linda D. Gough, Englewood, OH, Joan S. Ritteman, Panama City, FL, Dr. William Bishop, Birmingham, AL, and Richard D.

Bishop, Birmingham, AL. Pallbearers will be Wallace Smith, Billy Dabbs, Jack Carr, Bob Thompson, Wayne Williams, and Felix Thornton. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Music Department of the Cloverdale Baptist Church. Visitation will be Tuesday, from 9:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m., at Leak-Memory Chapel.

Leak-Memory Chapel Directing RUMLEY, June Lanell Lowery, was born on June 26, 1926, in Boaz, AL, and passed away Sunday, December 10, 1995, at Montgomery Regional Hospital. She graduated from St. Vincents Hospital School of Nursing in 1948 and served 45 years as a Registered Nurse in Tuscaloosa, AL, and Montgomery, AL. She was preceded in death by her husband, Claude She is survived by her daughter and Rumley and her father, Joe, Lowery. son-in-law, Charles and Jane Baugh, Prattville, AL; two granddaughters, Claudia Lanee and Carrie Jane Baugh, Prattville, AL: her mother, Carrie Mae Baird Lowery; three sisters, Linda Lowery Davis, and Carolyn Lowery Mitchell, Boaz, AL, Barbara L.

Sitten Davis, Chattanooga, three brothers, Arthell Lowery and Claudell Lowery, Boaz, AL, Bill Lowery, Dallas, and a host of nieces and nephews; other relatives and many friends. Visitation for family and friends will be Monday, December 11, 1995 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. at Leak-Memory Chapel, Montgomery, AL, and Tuesday, December 12, 1995, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.

at Albertville Memorial Chapel, Albertville, AL. Funeral services will be at Albertville Memorial Chapel on Wednesday, December 13, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. with the Rev. Elton Lowery officiating. Burial will follow in Forrest Home Methodist Church, Boaz, AL.

The family requests donations to the American Heart Association and St. Jude's Children Research Hospital, in lieu of flowers. Pallbearers will be Clifton Pounds, Terry Lowery, Jonathan Davis, Danny Mitchell, David Thomas Mitchell, Bradford Lowery, Rayford McCormick, and Ricky Mobley. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing Phillips-Riley Montgomery, AL 263-0477 FLEETON, Mr. Wesley, a resident of 4348 Yorkshire died in a local hospital on Saturday, December 9, 1995.

Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced at a later date by Phillips-Riley Funeral Home. JILES, Mr. Alex, a resident of 240 Columbia Avenue, died in a local hospital Friday, December 8, 1995. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 13, 1995, at 1:00 p.m. from Mt.

Zion A.M.E. Zion Church, with Rev. Claude Shuford, Pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Funeral Greenwood Home Cemetery. directing.

Phillips body will lie-in-state, at the church, two hours prior to services. Ross Clayton Montgomery, AL 262-3889 ROSS, Mrs. Maggie, a resident of 423 Empire recently. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced at a later date by RossClayton Funeral Home. Ridout's Prattville Chapel Prattville, 334-365-5982 Steve Campbell, Manager McDONALD, Mr.

Cecil Eugene, 35, a resident of Prattville, AL, died Friday, December 8, 1995. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 11, 1995, at 11:00 a.m. from Ridout's Prattville Chapel with Rev. Gaddis Roy officiating. Ridout's Prattville Chapel directing.

Burial will follow in Pine Level Methodist Church Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Glenda McDonald, Prattville, AL: two daughters, Amy Renee McDonald and Glenda Diane McDonald, both of Prattville, AL; one son, Michael Eugene McDonald, Prattville, AL; parents, John Geraldine McDonald; one sister, Sherlyn D. McDonald; one brother, Donald Wesley McDonald. all of Prattville, AL. Pallbearers will be Joe Metcalf, James Sindle, Randy Motley, James Motley, Adam Motley and Jimmy Meeks.

Rose-Geeter Wetumpka, AL 567-7831 GOLDEN, Mr. Bud, resident of 855 Noble Road, died December 9, 1995, in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced at later date by Rose Geeter Funeral Home. Bell Funeral Home Hayneville, AL 548-5122 BELL, Mr. Jimmy.

a resident of Hayneville, AL, died Sunday, December 9, 1995. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 13, 1995, at 12:00 noon, from the First Baptist Church, Hayneville, AL, with Rev. George Davis officiating. Burial In will lieu be of in the flowers, the Hayneville Cemetery. family request that contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund.

company could be brought i in to finish the prison and operate it on a lease basis for three: years. The mayor of Brent just wants to know when his town will get its prison. So far, only Mr. Burns and his three fellow security guards are reaping benefits from the project. "Bibb County needs jobs more than anything in the world," said Mayor Pow.

"You're talking 225 state jobs. That's something the people here just don't have the opportunity for." graduate only a handful of students each year, the state funding of higher education might be able to drop from $950 million a year closer to $750 million, what he said statistics show it should be. But during state' budget hearings last week, almost all college officials said the governor should be looking at per-student, not per-capita spending. "If you look at Alabama on a comparative basis per student, we are still under-funded," Dr. Muse said.

"We are below the Southeastern average and we're below the national average. That's the most relevant comparison." BELL, Mrs. Willie a resident of Mosses, AL, died Saturday, December 9, 1995. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced at a later date by Bell Funeral Home. Carter's Union Springs, AL 738-3020 FIELDS, Mrs.

Lillie a resident of the Three Notch Community, Midway, AL, died Sunday, December 1995, at her home. Funeral arrangements and survivors will nounced at a later date by Carters Funeral Home. HARVEY, Mrs. Carrie a resident of Columbus, GA, died Sunday, December 10, in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced at a later date by Carters Funeral Home.

Dunklin-Herndon Greenville, AL 382-2667 BOGGAN, Mr. Robert Leroy (Roy), 94, died Sunday, December 10, 1995, in a Montgomery nursing home. Graveside services will be held on Monday, December 11, 1995, at 2:00 p.m., from Magnolia Cemetery, Greenville, AL with Rev. Gavin Moore officiating. The family will receive friends prior to the service at Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home.

Survivors include a son, Robert L. Boggan, a daughter, Helen B. Lonsdale; one grandson, Glen Boggan; one granddaughter, Kathy Thompson; a Frazier; sister-in-law, Eva Campbell; and one great grandson. Remembrances may be made to a favorite charity. Jeffcoat Tallassee, AL 283-6801 LAMBERT, Robert Sumpter, 77.

a resident of Tallassee, AL, died Decomber 1995. Funeral services will be held on Monday, December 11, 1995, at 2:00 p.m.. from Friendship Baptist Church, with Pastor Herman Knapp officiating. Burial will be in Friendship Cemetery. Jeffcoat Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include wife, Mrs. Ida Mae Lambert, Tallassee, AL; one daughter and sonin-law, Becky and Bill Galloway, Huntsville, AL: one son and daughter-in-law, Robert Earl Martha Lambert, Tallassee, AL: two grandchildren, Jan Galloway Robinson, Madison, AL, and Emily Lambert, Tallassee, AL; several nieces and nephews. Mr. Lambert was a member of the Doric Masonic Lodge No. 406 Tallassee, AL: a member of the Order of Eastern Star and a member of the Alcazar Temple Shrine in Montgomery, AL.

He was a Retired Insurance Agent with Life of Georgia for 20 years. Mr. Lambert will lie state, for one hour before service time at the Friendship Baptist Church. McKenzie's 727-1750 Robert M. Burton Owner BORDERS, Mrs.

Delia, a resident of Atlanta, GA, and former resident of Notasulga, AL, died Saturday, December 9, 1995, in Atlanta, GA. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced at a later date by Mckenzie Funeral Home Staff. HOFFMAN, Mrs. Amanda, a resident of Tuskegee, AL, died Sunday, December 10, 1995, at her residence. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced at a later date by Mckenzie Funeral Home Staff.

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The injuries were not life threatening. A 38-year-old suspect is wanted in connection with the case, the report states. Teen shot in leg; suspect in custody A 13-year-old Bellingrath Junior High School student was shot Saturday night in the 100 block of West Woodland Drive. The boy was shot once in the right leg with a revolver, according to a police report. He was treated at Jackson Hospital.

His injuries were not life threaten- ing. A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged with assault in connection with the shooting. The suspect was in police custody Sunday. Woman reports rape by unknown men A 40-year-old woman told police she was raped by two men Saturday night. The victim stated that she was hitchhiking to Center Street between 8 p.m.

and 9 p.m. and was picked up by two men she did not know and said she could not identify. She said she was brought to an unknown place, taken inside a house and raped by the two men. The victim was intoxicated and did not want to discuss the case with an investigator, according to a police report. The case is under investigation.

Staff Writer Sandee Richardson compiled these reports GOOD CHEER FUND 1995 DONATED SO FAR: $2,807 WANT TO HELP: Good Cheer Fund, Montgomery Advertiser, P.O. Box 1000, Montgomery, AL 36101-1000 QUESTIONS: Call Doci Haslam at the Volunteer Center, 284-0006 or Becca Parrish, 262-1611, Ext. 248 DATE FUNERAL HOME December 13 Bell Bell December 11 Dunklin-Herndon Mckenzie December 11 Leak-Memory December 11 Leak-Memory Carters Phillips Riley Rose-Geeter December 11 Leak-Memory December 11 Leak Memory Carters Mckenzie December 13 Phillips Riley December 11 Jeffcoat December 11 Ridout's December 12 Leak-Memory December 12 Leak-Memory December 13 Leak-Memory December 12 Leak-Memory Ross-Clayton December 13 Leak-Memory at Chapel. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing bearers will be Thomas E. Luster, Clarence A.

Luster, Douglas H. Jones, Michael E. Cohen, Joel H. Cohen, and David R. Cohen.

Leak-Memory Chapel Directing MONROE, Alice a resident of Montgomery, AL, died Saturday, December 9, 1995. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 12, 1995, at 2:00 p.m. from Leak-Memory Chapel with Rev. Jim McFarland officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

Survivors include one sister, Annette B. McLain, Montgomery, AL: and several nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be Sam Wingard, Keith Petrey, Ronnie Monroe, Don roe, Jr. Visitation will be Monday Snyder, Allen Snyder, and Jack Monevening, December 11, 1995, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., at Leak-Memory Chapel.

Leak-Memory Chapel Directing MOSELEY, Lucius Ray, a resident of Montgomery, AL, died Sunday, December 10, 1995. Funeral services will be held at Leak-Memory Chapel, on Tuesday, December 12, 1995, at 3:30 p.m., with Rev. W.O. Sanders and Rev. Gene Wilkinson officiating.

Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Survivors include wife, Mary Warrick Moseley, Montgomery, AL: daughters, Judy Wilkinson, LeGrange, GA, Louise Morton, Pensacola, FL, Maureen Jarrett, Montgomery, AL, and Joan Mullins, Montgomery, AL: brothers, Willis A. Moseley, Montgomery, AL, and Dallas R. Moseley, Greenville, AL: sisters, Evie Lou McMoy, Montgomery, AL, Nettie M. Moseley, AL; and seven grandchildren; and four great grandchildren.

Mr. Moseley was preceded in death by a granddaughter. will be Michael Wood, James D. Moseley, Luther Norman, Lee Warrick, Andy Norman, and Bruce Robertson. Honorary pallbearers will be Bubba Norman, Randall Messick, and Reynolds Messick.

Visitation will be Monday, from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m., at the funeral home. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing PARSONS, Carl a resident of Deatsville, AL, died December 10, 1995. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, December 1995, at 10:00 a.m., from Leak Memory Chapel, Rev. Mickey Castleberry officiating.

Burial will be in Memorial Cemetery. Survivors include wife, Evelyn Parsons, Deatsville, AL; one daughter, Linda and Ron Hartsfield, Montgomery, AL: grandchildren, Dena Patterson and Rodney Hartsfield; two sisters, Margaret and Bill Pitts, Lake Como, FL, and Evelyn Woodfin, Elmore, AL. Active pallbearers will be Jack Hicks, Carl Van Houten, Eldridge Bracknell, Phillip Till, Freddie Powell, and Bill Poole. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 12, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

REDDITT, M. Frances Bishop, 86, a resident of Montgomery, AL, died December 8, 1995, in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held on December 12, 1995, at 10:00 a.m., from Leak-Memory Chapel, with Rev. Roy McKay, officiating. Cemetery, Burial Selma, will AL be imme- in diately following service.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Frank L. Redditt. She is survived by two brothers, John H. Bishop, Montgomery, AL, and Reuben M. Bishop, Selma, AL; one sister, Ruth B.

Saucier, Montgomery, AL and Dayton, OH; three step daughters, Jan Redditt, Gulf Breeze, FL, Pat Potter, Gulf Breeze, FL, and Dana Murphy, Magnolia Springs, nieces and nephThomas Hyle, Austin, TX, Louis Hyle, Birmingham, AL, Frances B. Williams, Montgomery, AL, Kenneth Readers remember family as fund grows STAFF REPORT The Montgomery Advertisersponsored Good Cheer Fund took in another $210 on Friday, bringing the total to $2,807. Of that money, $1,220 is earmarked for the Yetsko family, featured in the Dec. 3 Sunday Montgomery Advertiser. Since The Alabama Journal began the Christmas charity in 1984, nearly $100,000 has been raised for thousands of needy Montgomery area residents who are enrolled in the Christmas Clearinghouse.

The campaign encourages readers to send monetary gifts that are turned over to the Volunteer and Information Center and then distributed to the families in the form of gift certificates for food, clothing and toys. A family receives money directly only if the donor specifies that it go to a particular family. If you wish to make: a donation that is not monetary, or if you or your organization would like to adopt a family, please contact Doci Haslam at the Volunteer and Information Center, 284-0006. If you wish to have any donations or fund-raising efforts benefiting those enrolled in the Christmas Clearinghouse published in one of our daily updates, please contact Becca Parrish at 262-1611. extension 248.

Friday's contributors to the general fund were Dr. and Mrs. John W. Webb, $50. Those who marked their checks for the Yetsko family were Don Gardner of Auburn, $50; P.L.

Hutchinson, $50; Susan F. Haigler of Fort Deposit, $25; and John and Betty Hattaway, $10. One anonymous contribution of $25 was also donated to the Yetskos. Updates on the Good Cheer Fund's progress will appear in the Advertiser through Christmas. BLOUNT STRANGE LINCOLN MERCURY HURRY! LIMITED TIME OFFER ANY NEW LINCOLN IN STOCK 96 OVER INVOICE PLUS TAX, TITLE AND DESTINATION.

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