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Tuesday, October 5, 2004 Montgomery Advertiser FUNERALS -choose to knowObituaries are now archived online. Montgomery Advertiser montgomeryadvertiser.com NAME TIME COACHMAN, Mary DeVRIES, Mr. William ENGLISH, Morrell 11 am FOSTER, Mrs. Nelsena 2 pm HARRISON, Frances 11 am LAWSON, Sarah 11 am McWHORTER, Mrs. Thelma MILLER, Mrs.

Teacher M. 11 am MOTLEY, Mr. Henry PENDLETON, Ms. Janice RITTMANIC, Lloyd F. 11 am SINGLETON, Mary Catherine 11 am SMITH.

Nelle 3 pm WHITAKER, Edna 1:00 pm WILKERSON, Mstt (Ret) Grover 11 am WILLIAMS, Lloyd G. October 5, 2004 E. G. Cummings Memorial Funeral 1120 Bragg Street (334)265-9221 COACHMAN, Mary, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, expired Sunday, October 3, 2004 in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements and survivors announced later by E.

G. Cummings Memorial Funeral Home, Directing. WILLIAMS, Lloyd a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, expired Sunday, October 3, 2004 at his residence. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced later by E. G.

Cummings Memorial Funeral Home, Directing. Leak-Memory Chapel 945 Lincoln Road (334)272-6501 ENGLISH, Morrell, 66, a resident of Montgomery, died Sunday, October 3, 2004. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 11:00 AM at Leak-Memory Chapel with Rev. William Sunday and Rev. Scott Jordan officiating.

Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery. Mr. English is preceded in death by his father Grady English. He is survived by his wife, Sandra English; one daughter, Jawana Kay Langner; one son, Jerry Morrell (Phyllis) English; his mother, Elizabeth English; grandchildren, Serena English, Brian English, Cheryl English, Matthew Jones, and Kayla English; one great-grandchild, Tyler, and one sisfer, Vivian (Dwight) Green. Active pallbearers will be Brian English, Matthew Jones, Lee Goodin, John Simmons, Rick Massengill, and J.W.

Moncrief. Honorary pallbearers will be the Deacons of Open Acres Baptist Church. Visitation will be Tuesday, October 5, 2004 at LeakMemory Chapel from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Leak-Memory Chapel Directing Dignity WHITAKER, Edna, 75, a long-time resident of Montgomery, died Sunday, October 3, 2004, after an extended illness. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October, 6, 2004 at in the Chapel of Leak Memory Chapel Funeral Home with Rev.

John Gaines and Rev. Todd Morgan Smith officitating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.Survivors include her husband and soul-mate, Henry; sons, Gary (Katrina), Mark (Bonnie), and Steve (Kim); precious grandchildren, Kody Salzburn, and Kody, Whitney, Graham Whitaker; sister, Vada Louise (Wilson) Travis; Special niece, Tricia O'Bannon, a host of nieces and nephews and many loving friends. Honorary Pallbearers will be Mrs. Whitakers Sunday School Classmates.

She was a long time member of Forest Park Baptist Church. Visitation will be held at the Funeral Home Tuesday, October 5, 2004 from 7:00 Memorials may be made to Wiregrass Hospice of Montgomery. Special thanks to our loving caretakers, Donna Smith and Mary Washington. Leak Memory Chapel Directing Dignity Lee's Funeral Home 2020 West Jeff Davis Avenue (334)265-0756 PENDLETON, Ms. Janice Vanessa, a resident of Montgomery, Al.

expired Monday 2004. Funeral arrangements survivors will announced at a later date by Lee's Funeral Home. Prattville Memorial Chapel Prattville (334)365-7147 HARRISON, Frances Louise, 80, a resident of Elmore, AL, died peacefully on Sunday, October 3, 2004, at a local health care facility. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. from the Chapel of Prattville Memorial, with Reverend Wayne Smith officiating.

Burial will follow in Prattville Memory Gardens with Prattville Memorial Chapel directing. Mrs. Harrison retired as a physical therapist for Baptist Health Care Systems in Montgomery, AL. She was preceded in death by her beloved spouse, Lonnie Lee Harrison. She is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Patricia and James Armstrong, Tucson, AZ; one son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Judy Harrison, Deatsville, AL; four grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be David Harrison, D. J. Harrison, Ryan Harrison, Mitchell Harrison and Donald Priester. The family will receive friends at Prattville Memorial Chapel on Tuesday evening from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m.

To send "online" condolences visit www.prattvillememorial.com. Ross Clayton Funeral Home 1412 Adams Avenue (334)262-3889 McWhorter, Mrs. Thelma, a resident of Montgomery, died Monday, October 4, 2004. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced later by Ross-Clayton Funeral Home, directing. Ridout's Prattville Chapel Prattville (334)365-5982 SINGLETON.

Mary Catherine, 84 a resident of Montgomery, Alabama passed away Saturday October 2, 2004. Funeral Services will be held Tuesday October 5, 2004 at 11:00 from Ridout's Prattville Chapel with Rev. Chris Baker officiating. Burial will follow in OakHill Cemefery. Mrs.

Singleton is survived by her husband John Singleton, two sisters Frances W. DeVaughn of Deatsville and Shirley Richardson of Key Colony Beach, Florida, two brothers Curtis J. Wall and M.C. Wall both of Montgomery. The family will receive friends on Tuesday from 10:00 a.m.

until 11:00 a.m. Dignity Carter Funeral Home Union Springs (334)738-3020 FOSTER, Mrs. Nelsena 82, a longtime resident of Union Springs, AL, passed away in Detroit, Michigan. Funeral services were held in Detroit. MI on Monday, October 4, 2004.

Graveside services and interment will be Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 2:00 p.m. e.s.t. from the Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell, AL with the Caring Staff of Carter Funeral Home Directing.

Local visitation will be on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 at the chapel of Carter Funeral Home. Mrs. Foster is survived by her loving sons, McDenson Burney, Detroit, MI. Harold (Deidrue) Burney, Southfield, MI, Earl (Phyllis) Detroit, MI and Larry Burney, Nashville, TN; a devoted sister, Obie Wilson, Randallstown, MD; several grandchildren; nieces, nephews and a host of other loving relatives and sorrowing friends. Corbitt's Funeral Home Tuskegee (334)727-1810 WILKERSON, (ret.) Grover "WiIkie" Monroe 81, of Tallassee died Sunday, October 3, 2004, at the Bill Nichols State Veterans Home in Alexander City.

Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. at the East Tallassee Baptist Church. Rev. Phillip Garrett and Mr. Charles Funderburk will officiate.

The burial in Rose Hill Cemetery will follow. Mr. Wilkerson had thirty years of dedicated service to the 187th Alabama Air National Guard. He was a longtime member of the East Tallassee Baptist Church. Survivors are three children; Mary Lois (Junior) Ledbetter of Notasulga, Ollie Jean Hagans of Tallassee and Tony (Patricia) Wilkerson of Tuscaloosa; seven grandchildren, Jamie (Glen) Davis of Reeltown, Marty (Stephanie) Ledbetter an Monty (Christy) Ledbetter all of Auburn, Carrie Hagans and Michael Hagans both of Tallassee, Chris (Olivia) Hogue of Alabaster and Erin (Justin) Fadlevich of Birmingham; 11 great grandchildren, Drew, Kayla and Greg Davis, Sage, Marlee and Silas Ledbetter, Regan Hagans, Jordan Rhodes, Dylan Ledbetter, Bailee Hogue, Austin Fadlevich; one sister, Sadie (Neil) Rowe of Eclectic; four brothers, John (Frances) Wilkerson of Tallassee, Robert Wilkerson of Montgomery, Fred Wilkerson of Marrow, GA and Mack (Maggie) Wilkerson of Selma; and one sister-in-law, Louise Shaw of Tallassee.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Flossie Wilkerson. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home. His grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Dunklin-Herndon Camden (334)682-9904 Oct.

3. at home. Vistation will be Wednesday, October 6, 2004. 1 to 3 pm. In Greenville, Alabama at Dunklin-Herndon Funeral Home, a short service will follow.

Burial will take place at Magnolia Cemetery in Greenville. Survivors include her daughter, Jacquelyn Stinson SmithKunze, son-in-law Emil L. Kunze, Tuscalaosa, and various cousins, nieces, nephews and numerous friends. She is preceded in death by her parents Arthur P. Stinson, and Laura Bell Griffin Stinson; as well as her sister Joyce Stinson Candela.

Ms. Smith was retired from the State of Alabama Department of Human Resources where she was a social worker and supervisor of social workers for 30 years. She resided in Mobile, AL from 1954 to 2001 when she moved to Tuscaloosa. She was a long-time active member of various clubs and organizations, including the Australian Terrier Club of America, and Alabama's Unlimited Daughter's of the Confederacy. She graduated from the University of Montevallo with a teaching certificate in 1950, and later attended Tulane University in New Orleans, LA for a year of graduate school in the area of social work.

She was a native of Wilcox County (Awin-Midway). In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Cancer Society in her name. SMITH, Nelle Stinson, Tuscaloosa age 76 lost her battle with cancer People's Funeral Home Tuskegee (334)727-0140 MILLER, Mrs. Feacher a resident of Shorter, AL, died Tuesday, September 28, 2004 in an out of town hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 11:00 a.m.

from Nebraska Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. Gerald Sanders officiating. Burial will be in the Churchyard Cemetery with The Peoples Funeral Home Directing. Survivors include two children, Linda (Melvin) Sparks, Sr. and James (Chris Harris) Sanders; one daughfer-in-law, Marilyn Sanders; seven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; eight sisters; 11 brothers; two goddaughters; one aunt and a host of other relatives and friends.

Visitation will be Tuesday, October 5, 2004 from 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. at The Peoples Funeral Home Chapel. Police investigate two slayings HUEYTOWN Police were a double slaying in investigating Monday evening. The two victims were found dead at a business, the Pure Imagination Gameroom, along Allison Bonnet Memorial Drive, ABC reported.

One victim is a woman roughly 30 years in age. The other victim is believed to be her 9-year-old son. Their names were not immediately released. -The Associated Press DATE FUNERAL HOME October 6 October 6 October 6 October 6 October 6 October 6 October 7 October 5 October 6 October 6 October 6 E.G. Cummings Ellison Leak-Memory Carter Prattville Memorial Brooks-Cargile Ross-Clayton Peoples Matthews Lee's Brooks Cargile Ridout's Dunklin Herndon Leak-Memory Corbitt's E.G.

Cummings Brooks-Cargile 3154 Highland Avenue (334)271-4404 tive of Clayton, Alabama, and LAWSON, SARAH 1 CLAYTON, a nalong time resident of Montgomery, died on October 2, 2004 at her home. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, October 6 from St. John's Episcopal Church with burial following at Greenwood Cemetery. Brooks-Cargile directing.

Pallbearers will be her nephews. Sarah Clayton Lawson graduate of St. Mary's Preparatory School, Raleigh, North and the University of Alabama. Active in the social and cultural life of Montgomery and a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, she served on the Altar Guild and was president of the Women of the Church.

She was a member of the Montgomery Junior League, Colonial Dames, Pandora and No Name Club literary societies, the Antiquarian Society, Literary Luncheon Club and the Kappa Delta Alumnae Association. She was also a driver for Meals On Wheels. She was an artist and a member of Gallery One where her artwork is displayed. She was preceded in death by her parents, Justice and Mrs. Preston Copeland Clayton and her fatherin-law, Justice Thomas S.

"Buster" Lawson to whom she was devoted for many years. She is survived by her husband, Thomas Seay Lawson, daughters, Rose Gunter Lawson and her husband David N. Knudson, Irvington, New York, and Robin Lawson Scheuer and her husband John W. Scheuer, Nyack, New York, son, Thomas Seay Lawson IlI, and two grandchildren, Sarah Clayton Scheuer and Thomas M. "Buster" Scheuer.

She is also survived by her sisters, Isabel Williams, Andalusia, Alabamand Mary Dixon, Eufaula, Alabama; her brother, Preston C. Clayton, Alabama, numerous nieces, nephews and cousins, including her husband's family who accepted her as one of their most precious members, and many friends who showed their constant love and support before and during her illness. Any contributions in her memory may be made to St. John's Episcopal Church or to the charity of your choice. Brooks-Cargile Funeral Home Directing RITTMANIC, Lloyd 66, a resident of Montgomery, died Friday, October 1, 2004 in a local nursing home after an illness.

Memorial services will be held at First United Methodist Church on Thursday, October 7, 2004 at 11:00 a.m. in the Chapel with Minister Jeremy Pridgeon officiating. Survivors include his son, Christopher Brian Rittmanic and step-daughter, Carol M. Campbell, both of Montgomery. He was preceded in death by his wife, Dorothy Rittmanic.

In lieu of flowers, the family request donations be made to the Ist UMC in Memory of Lloyd Rittmanic. Visitation from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. in the Friendship Room. Brooks-Cargile Funeral Home Directing Ellison Funeral Home Wetumpka (334)567-7880 DeVRIES, Mr.

William, age 89, a resident of Wetumpka, Alabama died Monday, October 4, 2004 at his residence. Graveside services will be held on Wednesday, October 6, 2004 at 12:30 PM at Greenwood Cemetery in Montgomery with the Rev. Jim Reece officiating and Ellison Funeral Home of Wetumpka directing. Mr. DeVries survived by his wife Betty McKay DeVries of Wetumpka, AL; son and daughter-inlaw, Sandy and Beverly DeVries of Detroit, Michigan; daughter and son-in-law, Jane and Steven Markley of Willow Springs, Missouri; two sisters, Evelyn Cook of South Bend, Indiana, Frances Wheeler of Victoria, Texas; grandson, Sander DeVries of Detroit, Michigan; sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Anne and Harry Henkin of Montgomery, AL; several nieces and nephews; and devoted neighbors, Ann and Wayne Robbins of Wetumpka, AL.

Mr. DeVries was preceded in death by his daughter, Ann Thomas. Pallbearers will be C.E. Weldon, Dub Coker, Paul Schroeder, Grady Rowell, Dick Chance, and Bob Atchison. Honorary pallbearers will be H.O.

Peavy and members of the Bruce Airey Sunday school class of the First United Methodist Church of Wetumpka. Mr. DeVries was a veteran of World War II, having served in the Army Air Corps. The family request in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to Methodist Children's Home or to Hospice of Montgomery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM on Tuesday, October 5, 2004 at the Ellison Funeral Home.

ELLISON FUNERAL HOME TIM ELLISON KEN HAMMOCK Matthews Funeral Home (334)365-4113 MOTLEY, Mr. Henry a resident of Jenson Road, Prattville, Alabama died Monday, October 4, 2004. funeral Services and survivors will be announced later by Matthews Funeral Home. FAMILY FUN POOL GAME ROOM 1497-2 Jacquelyn Martin Post-Herald Hueytown police officers work the scene of a double homicide at the Pure Imagination Gameroom in Hueytown on Monday. The unidentified victims are a woman and a boy believed to be her 9-year-old son.

Housing: City operations at issue and Janet May, expressed their frustration in not being able to work with department heads directly because they are supposed to answer to the mayor. Currently, council members are required to submit their requests through the mayor's executive assistant. "Quit instructing my folks to do things," Bright said during the Monday work session. "Please don't interfere with their schedules on a daily basis." Councilman C.C. Calhoun said they become puppets if they everything.

Bright said previous councils have threatened similar moves to intimidate him, but he said he is not intimidated and will continue his elected responsibilities. Jinright said the committees will slow down the process, while Bright and Councilman Jim Spear said they believe the ordinance would strip the mayor of his authority. Spear added that creating a committee would place too much power in the hands of two or three council members. From Page 1B cluding Tim Head, Glen Pruitt must ask the mayor's office for Still, Councilwoman Martha Roby believes the ruling is legiti-' mate. Bright and the council also disagreed over the desire of some council members to create standing committees to oversee some aspects of city operations.

The idea for the committees stems from some council members' wanting to be able to deal with city department heads directly. Several council members, in- Greil: 'It's an overwhelming problem' from the city to be added to money from the county and state for more beds. McKinney said there is a need for psychiatric beds in the community and the majority of the involuntary hospital- likely will grow this year. Mental health commitments have gone up 93 percent since 1998. "We've got more mental health emergencies than we do bed space," said Will O'Rear, legal counsel for the probate office.

by the city, the county and the state," he said. "The only answer to this problem to create more bed space. I believe the state, the county and the city all share that responsibility to the public and the mentally ill." From Page 1B izations are city residents. In 2003, there was a marked these beds, we could duction in mental health beds in "Being sick in the mind, you have a real tragedy here in Montgomery when Jackson Hosneed a psychiatrist," Markham Montgomery," he said. "It is the pital closed its psychiatric unit.

special treat- right thing for the city to do to Without sufficient beds to said. "You need ment. The Hospital fund part of this unit. The coun- serve the Jackson city, patients are kept emergency room is not set up for ty and the state have done their in emergency rooms, which are mental patients. It is important they get beds.

part. It is time for the city to not equipped and do not have help their citizens." staff prepared to deal with them, Probate Judge Reese McKinJr. joined members of the There were 574 involuntary McKinney said. ney mental health community in commitments in McKinney's "It's an overwhelming problem asking for an additional $165,000 court in 2003, and those numbers that deserves to be taken care of Timber: Effort in early stages From Page 3B less than 36 trees lying across a 300-yard stretch of road that separates her home from a nearby hunting lodge. She said the land has been passed down in her family for several generations, and "it's a legacy that I'd like to leave for my kids, too." Davison said she and her husband do not depend on timber sales for their livelihood, but she worries about those who do.

"I hope the people who really depend on the (timber) get the help they need," she said. David Helm, region manager for the forest resources division of International Paper in Alabama and chairman of the newly task force, said the imcreatete goal of the task force, which will meet today, is to salvage as much timber as possible before it deteriorates. In addition to preserving as much of the timber's value as possible for the landowner, the downed debris presents a "tremendous" wildfire hazard in hard-hit areas, he said. EWTN: No endorsement made statement gave Catholics leeway in deciding whether to vote for a candidate who supports abortion rights. The network's position "isn't consistent with the Vatican's teaching," said Hosp, himself Catholic.

EWTN spokesman Scott Hults said the nonprofit religious From Page 3B Neo-Nazi: From Page 3B Lincoln is about 80 miles from Montgomery, home of the Southern Poverty Law Center, 'uneral Service Floral Directory Because your loved One is so precious Licensed Serving Funeral ALL Directors Counties Our Services are special, too. Webster Progressive, Shorter (334) 727-2899 FOOT MARKERS FAMILY MONUMENTS FINEST MEMORIALS Earl B. Wise CLARK MEMORIALS Eads Monument 1310 Madison Ave 334-264-2537 www.clarkmemorials.com TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS DIRECTORY CALL SHALAWN WILLIAMS (334) 261-1551 He said logging crews probably would come in from out of state to aid crews here. The task force will work with area mills to store as much salvageable timber as possible, a and will work to ship additional timber elsewhere. "Clearly a catastrophe like this puts more timber on the market than the facilities can consume," he said.

Efforts are in the early stages now, Helm said. Once timber is salvaged, the group will turn its efforts to reforestation. broadcaster wasn't violating rules against church groups backing candidates because it had neither endorsed Bush nor mentioned Kerry by name. "We're just trying to educate people on what the issues are and letting people making up their own minds," he said. Founded more than two decades ago, the network typically takes a conservative approach to Group linked the human rights group whose lawsuit bankrupted Aryan Nations.

"There's no hidden agenda Patterson said when asked why Aryan Nations was so close to the SPLC. "I just think people in the Southeast United States are more geared to the Christian Identity movement than elsewhere." Mark Potok, director of SPLC's Intelligence Project, Diabetic Shoes Now available in a large variety of styles and colors Medicare, Blue Cross and other insurance may cover part or all of the cost for you. For FREE Information Call Today 334-263-6034 Mid State Medical 1507 Mulberry St. Montgomery, AL 36106 matters of faith. With $31 million in revenues in 2002, EWTN is available in 110 countries worldwide.

While the channel often airs programming on social issues, Hults said it has not previously focused so intently on electionyear politics. "This is, I believe, the first time we have put out something this serious," said Hults. to Klan which monitors hate groups, said Monday night it's unclear whether Aryan Nations' move "represents anything significant." He said SPLC already was aware of the transfer of the post office box to Lincoln and that the city's proximity to the Southern Poverty Law Center's Montgomery headquarters is of "no significance really." Potok said Aryan Nations had established a "relationship" with a Ku Klux Klan group in Alabama some time ago, "and that Klan group took an Aryan name, SO this isn't particularly new." Whether the four people who evidently will take over the leadership of the group will move to Alabama is doubtful, he said, as is Aryan Nations' survival. The Aryan Nations embraced a Christian Identity religious belief that white people are the true children of God, while Jews are descendants of Satan, and nonwhites are "mud people" without souls. Longtime opponents of Aryan Nations are keeping a wary eye on the evolving group.

"Obviously, the future of Aryan Nations is still murky," said Mark Pitcavage, national factfinding director for the Anti-Defamation League. "It is still possible that Aryan Nations may limp along until someone with charisma and organizational abilities comes along to revive it." Carroll L. Watson, the mayor of Lincoln, could not be reached Monday night. 6.