OBITUARIES FOR THURSDAY, OCT. 11, 2001
By Staff
Mr. Moore, 88, of Montevallo, died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001, in Alabaster. He was a deacon at State Boulevard Baptist Church in Meridian and a civitan leader. He served as a past deacon at Concord Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tenn. Mr. Moore was employed for 45 years with Plantation Pipe Line.
Survivors include his wife, Grace Moore and a daughter, Brenda LeMond and her husband, Carlton, all of Montevallo; a son, Bobby Moore of Auburn; a sister, Amy Nanosky of Youngstown, Ohio; a brother, Leland Moore of Meridian; five grandchildren, Elaine Bradley, Debbie Myers, Karen Phillips, Suzanne Talley and Joy Prewitt; and 14 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a son, Gerald Everette Moore.
The family requests memorials be made to Wilton Bible Baptist Church.
JAMES CLEO WILEY
Retired
Services for James Cleo Wiley will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Peters AME Zion Church with the Rev. Robert Newson officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Wiley, 53, of Meridian, died Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include seven brothers, Noah Williams, Tim Wiley and his wife, Lula, Ricky Graham, Randy Graham and his wife, Ora, Michael Graham and Eddie Graham, all of Meridian, Charles Wiley and his wife, Mary, of Grand Blanc, Mich.; three sisters, Rosie Graham and Kim Battiste and her husband, Robert, of Flint, Mich. and Marilyn Young of Baton Rouge; two sons, Kelvin James Creer of Meridian and Torrey Stephens of California.
Visitation will be Friday from 7 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
JESSIE J. CLARK
DEKALB Services for Jessie J. Clark will be held Saturday at 1 p.m. at Mount Olive Baptist Church in Lauderdale with the Rev. Obediah Clemons officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with E.E. McDonald Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Clark, 42, of Clarksville, Tenn., died Thursday, Oct. 4, 2001, at Gateway Medical Center in Clarksville.
Survivors include three sons, Jeston Parker of Detroit, Carlo Wallace and Jeremy Wallace, both of Toomsuba; a daughter, Letassha Grace of St. Louis, Mo.; a sister, Beatrice Pollard of Detroit; four brothers, Robert Clark and his wife, Olivia, of Lauderdale, Luerenzy Jackson of Porterville, Lenzy Jackson of Fort Campbell, Ky., Roy Jackson and his wife, Marie, of Clarksville; several aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be Friday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at E.E. McDonald Chapel in Meridian.
REV. JOHN E. KELLY
Retired truck driver for Southern Pipe
Services for the Rev. John E. Kelly will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at New Prospect Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. M.C. Thompson officiating. Burial will be in Gordon Cemetery with Berry and Gardner Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Rev. Kelly, 82, of Meridian, died Monday, Oct. 8, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Survivors include his wife, Larvonia Rush Kelly of Meridian; four daughters, Evelyn Goatley of Louisville, Ky., Beverly Nelson, Angela Hicks and Wanda Hicks, all of Meridian; six sons, Gregory Hicks and Anthony Hicks of Louisville, Kutuu M. Yuwon of Queens, N.Y., Fredirick Hicks and Reginald Hicks, both of Meridian, Ollie B. Hicks of Oklahoma City; a sister, Maggie Merl Kelly of Racine, Wis.; two brothers, C.P. Kelly and Calvin Kelly, both of Grand Rapids, Mich.; 33 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Friday from 5:30 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
KATHERINE BREWSTER
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Katherine Brewster, 74, of Meridian, who died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001, at Heartfelt Hospice.
ALBERT HENSON
Arrangements were incomplete at James L. Osby Funeral Home for Albert Henson, 85, of Collinsville, who died Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
