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4:32 am Friday, April 20, 2007

Obituaries

By Staff
Talmadge Warren
April 17, 2007
Talmadge Benford Warren, 89, of Haleyville, died April 17, 2007 at Lakeland Community Hospital.
Funeral services were held April 19 at Pinkard Funeral Home in Haleyville. Bro. Jerry Boyles and Bro. Greg Reynolds officiated. Burial followed in Winston Memorial Cemetery.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Georgia Warren; wife, Ruby Rutherford Warren; and sisters, Myrtle Nix and Barbara Jean Wilson.
Survivors include his children, Merita Karpel, of Brondenton, Florida, Bobbie Nell Myers, of Moulton, Barbara Ann Stroisch, of Russellville, and Gary Warren, of Moulton; brother, Rubert Warren, of Moulton; 8 grandchildren; 5 great-grandchildren; and 2 great-great grandchildren.
He served in the United States Army during World War II, and was a member of Maxwell Chapel Methodist Church.
Pinkard Funeral Home assisted the family.
Michael (Mike) Green
April 19, 2007
Michael (Mike) Green, 54, of Russellville, passed away Thursday, April 19, 2007.
Visitation will be held Saturday, April 21, from 5 to 9 p.m. at Spry Memorial Chapel.
Funeral Arrangements will be held 2 p.m. Sunday, April 22 at Spry Memorial Chapel with burial to follow at Franklin Memory Gardens.
He was the probate judge of Franklin County.

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