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or 11 11 1 1 1 1 September 22, 2004 Montgomery Advertiser Leak-Memory Chapel 945 Lincoln Road (334)272-6501 CARPENTER, Robert Allen. 45, resident of Montgomery. AL. died September 16. 2004 after bottling an extended iliness.

funeral services will be held on Wednesday, September 22. 2004 at 3:00 from Leak Memory Chapel with Reve rend Rick Evans and Randy Jones officiating with burial to follow in Greenwood Cemetery. He is preceded in death by his father, Glenn Carpenter, Survivors include his mother, Frances Carpenter: wife, Cathey Carpenter, two daughters. Emily Quillen and Irene Paulk: one brother, Bill Carpenter (Montgomery; two sisters, Jane Sims (Montgomery) and Gienda Rose anooga, IN); one grandchild. Jomie Quillen and many nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Jeff Elliott, Jeff Ford, Jim Inbau, Dan Jones. Daniel Joye, Rod Robinson, and John Thompson. Honorary pallbearers will be co-workers at Health Care Systems, Inc. Flowers will be accepted but the family would appreciate donations be made to the University of Arkansas Medical Science Family Home, 4300 West Markham Road. Little Rock, AR 72205.

Visitation will be held on Tuesday, September 21, 2004 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm at Leak Memory Chapel. Leak Memory Chapel Directing Dignity NULPH. George a resident of Deatsville, AL and a former resident of Montgomery died, Tuesday, September 21, 2004 in a local hospital. Funeral services will be Friday, September 24th at 10:00 AM from LeakMemory Chapel, with Pastor Michael Walters- officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Wood Cemetery Dr.

Nuiph was preceded in death by his wife, Lorraine Nulph. He is survived by his children; Dana Martin (Terry), Warrington, England, Michael Nulph (Nettie) Everson, Washington, Cheryl Walters, (M- ichael) Alexandria, VA, Stephen G. Nulph, Deatsville, AL. Faith Nulph, Pensacola, FL and Timothy L. Nulph, (Judy) of Montgomery, One brother, Donald Nulph, Sanford, NC, 20 grandchildren and 15 great children, Dr.

Nulph received a honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Bob Jones University, and was on the board of Trustees of Gospel Fellowship Association. Visitation will be Thursday, September 23rd from 5:00 PM until 7:00 PM at LeakMemory Chapel. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing Dignity SANFORD, Brian aged 67, a resident of Ada, Michigan and a former resident of Montgomery, went with joy to be with the Lord Tuesday, September 14, 2004. Surviving are his wife, Patricia Booth Sanford; his daughter, Elizabeth S. Jansen and her husband, Jeffrey P.

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am BROOKS, Mr. Jerry, I pm BRUNSON, Mr. Benjamin 2 pm CARPENTER. Robert Allen 3pm CARTER, Mr. Gary W.

2 pm CLARK. Mr. DaJuan am FAULKNER, Gaston A. 4 pm GILLEM, Mr. Van O.

10 am HARRIS, Mrs. Betty HUGHES, Russell B. 2 pm MELTON, Mr. Luke L. Jr.

pm NULPH, George L. 10 am SANFORD, Brian W. 12 pm THOMAS, Mr. Kenneth 12 pm TRAYWICK. Evelinda E.

5pm WATKINS. Mr. James H. 12 pm YOUNG, Ida Belle 11 am September 22. 2004 wood, N.H., Mrs.

Gail (William) Kendrick of Wetumpka, AL: one niece and three nephews. At retirement Brian was the Director of international Marketing for Siemens Dematic (Rapistan) of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Graveside services will be Thursday, September 23rd at 12:00 noon from Greenwood Cemetery with Reverend Claude Mc Roberts officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 10:00 until 11:30 at LeakMemory Chapel. For those who wish, memorials may be made to the Wycliffe Bible Transiators, P.O.

Box 628200, Orlando, FL 32862. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing Dignity Charles Troncale officiating. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing Dignity TRAYWICK. Evelinda Estrada Deza, 44, born in the Philippines, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama passed away September 17, 2004. A devoted mother and daughter, a A loving sister, and a loyal friend.

nurse who had dedicated her life to her profession. A Memorial mass will be held at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at the Church of the Holy Spirit on 8570 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, Alabama 36117. Reverend Monsignor YOUNG, Ida Belle, a lifelong restdent of Montgomery, Alabama, died September 17, 2004 after suffering a long illness. Funeral Servheld at the graveside in Greenwood Cemetery on Wednesday, September 22, 2004 at 11:00 a.m.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Lawrence Chenoweth Young and Velma Miller Young. Following graduation from Sidney Lanler High School, Miss Young attended both the University of Alabama and Auburn University returning home to assist her father in managing the family ranch. Ida Belle Young was a long cattle rancher and philanthropist. She was an active participant in the Alabama Cattleman's Association and the National Cattleman's Association for over 30 years. In 1993, she was inducted into the Alabama Livestock Hall of Fame.

She also served on numerous civic and business boards including the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and The Board of Trustees at Auburn University Montgomery. Miss Young was a charter member of the Young Meadows Presbyterian Church. A park on Vaughn Road is named in her honor. In addition, a wing at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is named in her honor. She was the recipient of the 1994 Mary Katherine Blount Special Friend of the Montgomery Area Council on Aging Award.

Pallbearers include Bill Newman, Cleavy Johnson, George Goodwyn, John Stanley, Neal Brown and Bill Gordy. Family and friends will visit following the service. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Young Meadows Presbyterian Church, 5790 Vaughn Road, Montgomery, AL, 36116, or the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, 1 Museum Drive, Montgomery, AL, 36117. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing Dignity Ross Clayton Funeral Home 1412 Avenue (334)262-3889 BROOKS, Mr. Jerry, Ill, was born on May 23, 1982 in Montgomery, AL; He expired Tuesday, September 14, 2004.

Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, September 23. 2004 at 1:00 p.m. from Rosa L. Parks Avenue Church of God, with Rev. James I.

Marshall, officiating. Burial will follow in Montgomery Memorial Cemetery, with Ross-Clayton Funeral Home, directing. He leaves precious memories with: his parents, Jerry and Cynthia Witliams Brooks, Montgomery, AL: great-grandmother, Leola Brooks, Montgomery, AL; grandparents: Willie Ethel McCall; sisters: Nyoshia Kamitri Hampton, Shanica Brooks, Samara Day, NaTresa Johnson; brother, Corwatski Hampton, De Jerrico Johnson, Derek Brooks, all of Montgomery, Shamar White. Detroit, aunts: Connie Brooks, Linda (John) Givens, Martha, Laura, Kimberly, Shawanna McCall, Montgomery, AL: Alfreda Garland, Pontiac, Helen Garland, Detroit, uncles: Willie McCall, III, Freddie (Linda) Garland, Detroit, and a host of nieces, WATKINS, Mr. James Henry, 74, a resident of the Cornerstone Community, passed away Sunday, September, 19, 2004.

Funeral services will be held Friday, September 24, 2004 at 12:00 p.m. from the Haynes Chapel Baptist Church, with Pastor Rev. Eddie C. Jasper, officiating. interment with military honors will follow in Cornerstone Cemetery.

The Caring Staff of Carter Funeral Home will direct all services. Mr. Watkins will lie in state at the church from 11:00 a.m. until the funeral hour. in lieu of floral, the family kindly requests donation be made payable to Mr.

Watkins favorite church auxillary. The Haynes Chapel Baptist Church Usher Board Dunklin-Herndon Greenville (334)382-2667 CARTER, Mr. Gary Wayne, age 64, a resident of Greenville, passed away September 19, 2004 in a Montgomery hospital. Graveside services will be held Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 2:00 P.M. at Sunrise Cemetery.

Rev. Wallace Newton will be officiating with DunklinHerndon Funeral Home Directing. Survivors include his wife, Jean Caner, two daughters, Donna Carter of Birmingham, AL: Julie Carter Barrett Greenville, AL: one son, Joseph Wayne Carter of Greenville, AL: two sisters, Ann Brooks of Montgomery. AL: Mary Sue Parker of Greenville, AL. Family will receive friends this evening from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M.

at Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society. Pallbearers include: Reese Brooks, Michael Brooks, John Cole, Jimmy Cole, William Coker, and Lewis Parker. Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home Of Greenville, AL Directing GILLEM, Mr. Van Odom, age 40, a resident of Greenville, passed away September 20, 2004.

Funeral services will be held Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 10:00 A.M. from First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Magnolia Cemetery. Dr. Chris Eckert and Rev.

Robert Cruikshank will be officiating. DunklinHerndon Funeral Home directing. Survivors include: wife, Julie Gillem; son, Jacob Gillem; mother and father, Melvin and Bobbie Gillem, all of Greenville, AL; mother-in-law and father-in-law, Annette (Don) Witherington and Dale Baber of Mobile, AL: three sisters, Melonie Brewer Greenville, AL. Sandy Grayson of Mobile, AL. Tammy Pickard of Andalusia, AL: one brother, Bruce Gillem of Acworth, GA.

Family will receive friends this evening from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. at Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home. Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home Of Greenville, AL Directing Gray Funeral Home Union Springs (334)738-2630 FAULKNER, Gaston Abner, age 95, of Southern Springs Nursing Home, Union Springs, Alabama, formerly of Mossy Grove Community, Troy, Alabama, died Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, Sept.

22, 2004 at Sandfield Cemetery at 4 p.m. with Dr. Matt Helms officiating and Gray Funeral Home directing. Mr. Faulkner is survived by his wife, Frances Reeves Brooks Faulkner of Union Springs; one nephew, George Faulkner and his wife, Daphnie; five grand-nieces and nephews and 12 great-grandnieces and nephews.

Radney's Funeral Home Alexander City (334)234-2511 WILLIAM HORTON "BILL" BARRY will be at 11 :00 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 25,2004, at St. John the Apostle Catholic Church of Alexander City. Burial will follow at Hillview Memorial Park with a luncheon afterwards in the church social hall.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m., Friday, Sept. 24, 2004 at Radney Funeral Home, Bill Barry died of a brain tumor Sunday, Sept. 19,2004 at his home in Alexander City. He was born June 8, 1932, in Joliet, IL, to William Russell Barry and Sarah Jeannette (Horton) Barry. He served in the U.S.

Army during the Korean War as a radar repairman and afterwards ated from the University of Illinois. He was a manager at Embassy Mobile Homes for 25 years and personnel manager at Robinson Foundry for 14 years. An active member of the Alexander City community, he organized and was a charter member of Alexander City Arts Inc. and co-organized Lakeside Players. He worked for 25 years with the Boy Scouts of America and was formerly on the Board of Directors of the Girl Scouts of Cottaquilla Council.

He had served as president and of the national Alexander director City Jay; cees as a the U.S. Jaycees, and Was a charter member of the Colonial Lions Club. He was an ardent runner and an avid reader. He is survived by his wife of 48 years Rita (Lamerato) Barry; his son Bill and Geralyn (Wood) Barry of Philomath, Oregon; his daughter Diane (Barry) and Barry Hightower of Vesfavia Hills, AL; his son Frank and Jenny (Anderson) Barry of Vesta via Hills, AL; granddaughters Mallory Barry and Sara and Olivia Hightower; brother James Russell Barry of New Lenox, IL; sister Nancy (Barry) and Bob Lasser of Colfax, IL; and many loving nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and by his sister-in-law Carol (Winslow) Barry of New Lenox, IL.

Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to St. John the Apostle Catholic Church Building Fund, 454 North Centrai Avenue, Alexander City, AL 35010. Radney Funeral Home is in charge arrangements. Funeral services for William Horton "Bill" Barry, 72, of Alexander City, A Turner Funeral Home Luverne 334)335-5891 BRUNSON, Mr. Benjamin Lamar, 87, a resident of Luverne, AL, died Monday September 20, 2004.

Funeral services will be 2PM Wednesday, September 22, 2004, from Turner Funeral Chapel with Rev. Don Grantham and Rev. Travis Hitt officiating. Burial will follow in Live Oak Cemetery with Turner Funeral Home of Luverne directing. Mr.

Brunson served in the United States Army as Private First Class of Battery 104th Separate Battalion Coast Artillery and was a veteran of World War II. He is preceded in death by his parents, Ben and Annie Moody Brunson; sister, Katheryn Norris; brother, Bill McNeal; and grandson, Christopher Register. Survivors include his wife, Annie Farrior Brunson; four children, Howard (Sheila) Brunson, Olin Brunson, Sharon (Jim) Williams Allen, and Kathy (Donnie) all of Luverne; ten grandchildren; twelve and a brother, Franklin Brunson of Tallassee, AL Active pallbearers will be Donnie Williams, Jim Allen, Winston Farrior, Geoff Vassas, Jesse Dempsey, and Todd Sasser. Recycle: 65,140 cans equal 1 ton of aluminum DATE FUNERAL HOME September 22 Brooks-Corgile September 25 Rodney September 23 Ross-Clayton September 22 Turner September 22 Leak-Memory September 23 Dunkin-Herndon September 25 Carter September 22 Gray September 23 Dunklin -Herndon Ross-Clayton September 23 Brooks-Corgile September 23 Ross-Clayton September 24 Leak September 23 Leak-Memory September 23 Ross-Clayion September 22 Leak-Memory September 24 Carter September 22 Leak-Memory 263-2272. Brooks-Cargile 3154 Highland Avenue (334)271-4404 nephews, cousins, great uncles.

aunts, and friends. Very special devoted cousins: Devaski McCall, Rondriquas Brooks (Rog), Wilson Brooks, Ill (Jabo): very special devoted friends, The Skyscrapers: Patrick (Tulane) Morgan, A very good friend, Lisa Day. HARRIS, Mrs. Betty, a resident of Ramer, died Saturday, September 18, 2004. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced later by Ross-Clayton Funeral Home, directing.

MELTON, Mr. Luke a resident of Montgomery, died Friday, September 17, 2004. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 1:00 p.m. from Fresh Anointing International Church. Burial will Tollow in Eastwood Memorial Gardens, with RossClayton Funeral Home, directing.

Mourning his passing are: a devoted and loving wife, Elizabeth Melton; and one son, Luke L. Melton, three brothers, Roger Melton, Edgar (Olga) Melton, and Ronald Cheatham, all of San Marcos, one sister, Frank (Odell) Clayton, Marion, He leaves to cherish his memory: a grandmother, Naomi Morgan; uncles: James (Lett) and Cedell Melton and Eugene Young: aunts: Marie Lovings and Frances McMahan; sisters-inlaw: Annie (Charles) Roscoe, Cynthia Harris, and Wanda Gross; and a host of other relatives and friends. THOMAS, Mr. Kenneth, affectionately known as departed this life on Friday, September 17, 2004. Funeral services are scheduled for Thursday, September 23, 2004 at 12:00 noon from Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church with Rev.

Walter Ellis, officialing. Burial will follow in Eastwood Memorial Gardens, with Ross-Clayton Funeral Home, directing. The body will lie in state one hour prior to the funeral service hour. JJ leaves to cherish his memories: a loving son, Kenneth "Lil Jay" Thomas; a loving and devoted mother, Elizabeth Thomas; 3 devoted brothers: Darryl (Angela) Thomas, Conyers, Brian (Jameko) and Antronelo "Tony" Thomas, all of AL: 9 aunts: Myrtle (Robert) Matthews. Carolyn A.

Jackson, Mary (Edward) Davis, Evelyn Boyd, Allean (Douglas) Birl, Gladys (Fredrick) Yeldell, all of AL, Gloria (Darryl) Blackman, New York, NY, and Sadie (Johnny). Givens, of Grady, AL; 6 uncles, Jesse and Carl Hopkins, Eddie (Carrie) Thomas and Henry Williams, all of William (Audrey) Hopkins, Wetumpka, Thomas and Tommy (Gloria) of Detroit, MI; 2 loving nieces, Briah and Jayla Thomas; a loving nephew, Brian (Lil Brian) Thomas II; great aunts and uncles, Ollie (George) Baker, Lillie (David) Wilkins of Audrey Thomas, Newark, NJ. Lois (Jesse) Bryant, A.D. and Johnny Bailey of Pine Level, AL; Great great aunt, Pinkie Bryant AL. A host of loving cousins and friends.

The family may be contacted at AGEE. Marjorie 83, a resident of Montgomery, died Monday, September 20, 2004 at her home after an illness. Memorial services will be held Wednesday, September 22, 2004 from Westminster Presbyterian Church at 12:00 P.M. with Rev. Ron Stokes officiating with burial in Decatur City Cemetery on Thursday.

Survivors include her husband, Joseph R. Agee; a daughter and sonin-law, Jeanne and Steve Wales, all of Montgomery; a son and daughter-in-law, Joseph R. Susan Agee Ill, Fairhope, AL; six grandchildren; and four great -grandchildren. The family request in lieu of flowers, memorials be made to Westminister Presbyterian Church, 2515 Woodley Road. Montgomery, AL 36111.

Visitation will be from 11:00 until 12:00 at the church. Brooks Cargile Funeral Home Directing Funeral Home Directing Carter Funeral Home Union Springs (334)738-3020 dent of Pike Road, AL, services will be at 2:00 p.m., Sept. 23, 2004 from the Chapel of Brooks-Cargile Funeral Home with Rev. James Owens officiating. Graveside services will be at 11:00 a.m., Sept.

24, 2004 in the Sweethome Baptist Church Cemetery, McKenzie, AL. Visitation will be from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., at the funeral home. Survivors include his wife, Christina Hughes and his daughter, Caitlin Hughes, both of Pike Road, AL: parents, Russell and Pat Hughes; brothers and sister-in-law, Rusty and Janice Hughes; nephew, Blake Hughes, all of Montgomery. Numerous other family and friends.

Brooks Cargile CLARK, Mr. DaJuan William Antwanne, 22, a resident of Union Springs, AL, passed away Thursday, September 16, 2004. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 25, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. from the First Missionary Baptist Church of Union Springs, Rev. Gary Lewis, Pastor, officiating.

Interment will follow in Mason Cemetery, Mr. Clark will lie in state at the church from 10:00 a.m. until the funeral hour. The Caring Staff of Carter Funeral Home will direct all services. From Page 18 international Paper Co.

in Prattville and aluminum to Wesson Recycling in Tallassee. Mcinnis processed nearly 153 tons of materials in August, said Peggy Prescott, Carmichael's secretary. "You'd be amazed how many aluminum cans it takes to make a ton," she added. Using an aluminum industry average of 32.57 cans per pound, it takes 65,140 recycled cans to make one ton. State inmates process materials that Mcinnis cannot sell.

"It does provide them mean" ingful said Brian Corbett, spokesman for the Alabama Department of Corrections. He said the inmates aren't paid for the work. But Corbett said, "Recycling obviously is a good thing. It helps the community. It helps the environment and every little bit The spokesman said the corrections department has been working with Mcinnis for about the past five years, providing inmates for the Montgomery Work Center, located behind Kilby Correctional Facility in Mount Meigs.

Prescott said the inmates processed more than 115 tons of material in August. Cline said the material is hauled to the state's correctional facility in the Elmore community. "They do everything that we don't do except glass," he said. Cline said the glass goes to the landfill because the nearest recycling facility for glass is in Atlanta. "It costs about double to ship what you'd get back out of the load," he said.

Montgomery's environmental efforts date back to the end of the 1960s, when it joined the Keep America Beautiful campaign. The Clean City Commission was formed in 1975, and Carmichael became involved in its efforts the next year. "This is something that has been very dear to my heart," Carmichael said. The city provides $62,654 yearly to the Clean City Commission. Montgomery County is proposing a $5,000 allocation, which is the same as was approved last year, Melanie Beasley, the county's spokeswoman said.

The Clean City Commission also seeks further financial assistance, which Carmichael said is more difficult for her today because the state grant funding she sought in the past is now limited to counties with populations of less than 50,000. "It's very difficult," she said of getting the funding. Docket: Forums welcomed From Page 1B berland County Schools in Fayetteville, N.C. After Carter announced his retirement, the district hired a Wisconsin- consulting firm in June to help aid in the search for a new superintendent. Proact Search of Milwaukee is being paid $30,000 by the district and conducted all background and historical checks on each candidate.

The firm also helped the school board narrow the field of applicants to semifinalists and then to finalists. Jason Woodland, a Montgomery resident who attended the public forums and had a chance to meet the candidates, said he would be happy with any decision the board makes. "We need someone who is strong and committed to making our schools better, both on the inside and on the outside," he said. "I feel confident that each of those four finalists will be able to do that." Miller said he is hoping for a unanimous decision from the board on who it would like to see lead Montgomery schools over the course of the next few years, but would not say which candidate board members were lean-, ing towards. Thursday morning's special meeting will be separate from the board's regular meeting at 6 p.m.

Photo: Lawyer says stolen picture is private property From Page 18 Conner said it is her conten- collecting information on his case. Federal prosecutors have tried to have the site removed twice, claiming it was intended to intimidate and threaten witnesses. DeJohn's motion only seeks to have his photos removed, not the entire Web site. "The government cannot introduce illegally obtained evidence in a criminal proceeding. Why then can the defendant utilize an illegally obtained photo to seek evidence in his defense?" the motion asked.

The motion was filed on Monday and no hearing date has been set on the issue. DeJohn's attorney, Roianne Conner; said she still had unanswered questions about how the photo passed from the police department to the Web site. "There are still questions I don't know the answer to. Like was he (Salem) paid?" Conner said. Conner said she hoped the judge would grant her a hearing so she could subpoena and question the parties involved in the photo leak.

tion that the photo was illegally obtained. stole that picture. It was not his property to take and he took it without permission from Mr. DeJohn or the Montgomery Police Department," Conner said. Carmichael's lead attorney, who has defended existence of the Web site in the past, declined to comment on the motion.

"I haven't had a chance through it," said Stephen Glassroth, who was out of the state on Tuesday. In a news conference last month. Salem stated that he did not know why the investigator for Carmichael's defense a former police officer requested the picture. Controversy over Carmichael's Web site, which is designed to resemble a wanted poster, is not new. But the newness of the concept of a Web site seeking information for a defendant's case is new, and therefore there has been little case law on the issue.

During the prosecution's attempt to take the site down, neither the defense nor prosecution could find a similar case. Relief: Word is spreading of spending eerie nights in the dark, grilling food before it had a chance to spoil and clearing trees from roads and yards. In Camden, about 15 miles west of Furman, Mayor Henrietta Blackmon said she believes state and federal emergency management officials are working hard to help storm victims. But she said finding and getting help to victims along the county's isolated back roads is an enormous task. "They are sending ice trucks out to those areas, but how do you get the people together to get the ice? Some of these little places don't even have a country store," Blackmon said Tuesday.

In Furman, there is one small country store, Arnold's One Stop, but owner Moses Arnold said his power had been out since Thursday and that much of the store's food had spoiled in the late summer heat. Arnold was open, mostly selling soft drinks he was keeping cool thanks to a generator. Sitting in her car in the store's parking lot, 67-year-old Ruth Hudson said she had to haul her drinking water from a church in Pine Apple, about 10 miles away, in the days after the hurricane. "I don't have anything, no telephone service, no water, no power," Hudson said. "I have been miserable for the last four days, but happy because I thank God he spared me," said Hudson, a retired school teacher.

From Page 3B Montgomery, told similar tales car, the rain poured through. A black tarp now covers the hole over the living room. With no insurance, Moton said their only hope for food and repairs was to get help from federal or state officials. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials had been asking storm victims to call 1-800-621-FEMA to apply for assistance, but with no phone service and no power to run a television, Moton knew nothing about the phone number. Mike Hall, coordinating officer for FEMA, said the agency has 100 community relations workers in Alabama, including 12 in Wilcox County, and one of their jobs is to reach people in isolated areas.

He said the agency expects to have 250 community relations workers in Alabama by next week. "They are going door-to-door, store front-to-storefront, giving people that telephone number," Hall said. Moton said she was waiting patiently and feels some progress is being made. A state emergency management agency truck came Sunday and left some ice and MREs. "They are not very good," said Eula Steele, Renna Moton's mother, who lives next door.

Others in the isolated rural communities along Alabama 21 in northeast Wilcox County, about 60 miles southwest of.