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4:19 am Friday, December 1, 2000

OBITUARIES FOR FRIDAY, DEC. 1, 2000

By Staff
LOUISE KING
PHILADELPHIA Services for Mrs. Louise King will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at John E. Stephens Chapel with the Revs. Franklin Smith and John Stephens officiating. Burial will be in Cedarlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. King, 63, died Thursday, November 30, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, Claude King of Philadelphia; two daughters, Anita Buchanan of Pearl and Patricia Pepper of Philadelphia; two sons, Alan and Neal King, both of Philadelphia; three sisters, Dorothy Strait of Union, and Julie Childress and Iva Nell Swindle, both of Noxapater; two brothers, Lavelle and Daniel Collins, both of Noxapater; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be today at 11 a.m. at the funeral home.
JAMES E. ALBRIGHT
Retired Civil Service worker
Services for James E. "Jim" Albright will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at James F. Webb Funeral Home, with Dr. Carl White officiating. Burial will be in Heidelberg Cemetery.
Mr. Albright, 73, of Meridian, died Wednesday, November 29, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was a retired Civil Service worker and member of Highland Baptist Church. Mr. Albright was a veteran of World War II and also served as an Aircraft Electrician on Air Force One for Presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson.
Survivors include his wife, Ruth Albright of Meridian, a daughter, Carol Bridges and her husband Braxton of Wetumpka, Ala.; two sisters, Erna Pengal of Cleveland, Ohio and Myrtle "Toots" Michard of Charlotte, N.C.; a brother, Bill Albright of Roxboro, N.C.; three grandchildren, Melissa Snowden, Natalie Jones and Kelly Bibb, and five great-grandchildren, all of Montgomery.
Visitation will be today from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home.
EVERETT L. FISHER
Services for Everett L. Fisher will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery in Zero with Barham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Fisher, 63, of Meridian, died Thursday, November 30, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was retired.
Visitation will be held today from 5 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home and Saturday 30 minutes prior to the service at the church.
KE'OSHIA FELPS
Graveside services for Ke'Oshia Felps will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Pine Grove Cemetery in Waynesboro, with the Rev. R.B.T. Smith officiating. Berry and Gardner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
The infant, five weeks-old, of Stonewall, died Monday, November 27, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include the mother, Lisa Seymore of Stonewall; the father, Joey Felps of Waynesboro; and Grandparents Ira and Ruby Reed of Stonewall and Jennie Mae Felps of Waynesboro.
NINA I. CARPENTER
Services for Nina I. Carpenter will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at Lauderdale United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Davey Wilkinson officiating. Burial will be in Lauderdale Springs Cemetery with Stephens Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Carpenter, 80, of Lauderdale, died Wednesday, November 29, 2000, in Lauderdale. Mrs. Carpenter was a cosmetologist instructor for 43 years in Jacksonville, Fla. She worked the main gate at Disney World, moved to Lauderdale in 1988 to live with her daughter. Mrs. Carpenter was a member of Carrie Hill Sunday

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