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6:35 am Friday, May 18, 2007

Obituaries

By Staff
Debra Searcy Montgomery
May 16, 2007
Debra Searcy Montgomery, age 52, of Russellville passed away at Russellville Hospital Wednesday May 16, 2007.
Funeral Services will be held Saturday, May 19 at 11 a.m. at the Pinkard Funeral Home of Russellville with Roger Bond and Coy Marbutt officiating. Burial will be at the Franklin Memory Gardens. Visitation will be held today at 5 p.m until 8 p.m. at the Pinkard Funeral Home. Pallbearers for the service will be Buryl Smith, Keith Hovater, Tim Carpenter, Alan Wilson, Dan Deluna, and Mike Vaughn.
Montgomery was a lifelong resident of Franklin County and a member of Siloam Baptist Church. She was a graduate of Russellville High School and Northwest Shoals Community College. She worked as a student transport for the Franklin County Board of Education.
Montgomery was preceded in death by husband, Jerry Wayne Montgomery, and she is survived by her son Chris Montgomery and his wife, Stephanie, of Russellville; her parents Olen and Doris Searcy of Russellville; grandchildren, Devin Montgomery and Brittany Carter.
Pinkard Funeral Home assisted the family.

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