Obituaries for Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2002

By Staff
BETTY LOUISE NOLAND
DEMOPOLIS, Ala. Services for Betty Louise Noland were to be held today at 10 a.m. at Camp Ground Methodist Church with the Revs. J. Thomas Terry and Rick Hurslinger officiating. Burial will be in in the church cemetery. Kidd-Robbins Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Noland, 61, of Sweetwater, Ala., died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2002, in her home.
Survivors include her husband, Arthur C. Noland Jr. of Sweetwater; daughters, Lisa Noland Anderson and her husband, Darren, and Monica Noland Cox and her husband, Ronnie, all of Demopolis; sisters, Janie Ballard of Camp Ground, Mary Ballard of Nicholsville, Ala., Martha Smith of Thomasville, Ala., and Sue Reed of Vineland, Ala.; brothers, Bill Black of Nicholsville, Walter Black of Uniontown, Ala., and Wayne Black of Nicholsville; and three grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Black; two brothers, Denny Black and Allen Black.
Memorials may be made to the National Leukemia Society, 1311 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, N.Y. 10605.
JAMES V. MCALLISTER
Retired
Services for James V. McAllister will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul's Episcopal Church with the Revs. Edward O'Connor and Duncan Gray officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery with James F. Webb Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. McAllister, 78, of Meridian, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2002, at Riley Hospital.
He was retired from Fruehauf Corp. in Fort Wayne, Ind. He was a veteran of World War II and served in combat with the Marines 5th Division and participated in the first assault wave of Iwo Jima. He was a Mason.
Survivors include his wife, Sara Geraldine McAllister of Meridian; a sister-in-law, Virginia McAllister of Meridian; a daughter Sylvia Hampton and her husband, Ron, of Indiana; three grandchildren, Tara, Amanda and Paul, all of Indiana; and two great-grandchildren, Elaine and Andrew, both of Indiana.
He was preceded in death by his parents, J. Vernie and Blanche McAllister; and a brother, Jack McAllister.
Pallbearers will be Ron Hampton, Paul Hampton, Tom Gilbert, Jeff Bredensteiner, Jessie Beddingfield and J.T. Northam Jr.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
EUNICE S. HANEY
Homemaker
QUITMAN Graveside services for Eunice S. Haney will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Antioch Cemetery with the Rev. David Mills officiating. Wright's Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Haney, 52, of Quitman, died Sunday, Aug. 18, 2002, at H.C. Watkins Memorial Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, Charles S. Haney, sons, Thurman Marcus Haney and John Henry Haney, and a daughter, Samantha McCoy, all of Quitman; her brothers, L.A. Smith and Lonnie Smith, both of Meridian; a sister, Patsy McGrew of Demopolis, Ala.; one grandchild and four great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today beginning at 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
ROBERT LEWIS PRICE JR.
Roofer
Robert Lewis Price Jr., 47, of Collinsville, died Saturday, Aug. 17, 2002, on Barnhill Road in Lauderdale County.
Survivors include his parents, Shirley and Robert L. Price Sr. of Collinsville; a son, Kyle Lewis Price of Magnolia; his sisters, Joyce Moulds of Pine Springs and Gail Moulds of Florida; and a brother, Jerry Price of Collinsville.
REV. CHARLES KOERNER FARMER
Minister
SAN ANTONIO, Texas Memorial services for Charles Koerner Farmer were held at Madison Square Presbyterian Church in San Antonio. Burial was in Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Greenridge, Ark. Colonial Chapel Hill Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Farmer, 78, of San Antonio, died Friday, June 14, 2002, in San Antonio. He was born in Meridian, the fourth of five sons and one daughter born to M. Bailey and Mackie Matheney Farmer.
After graduating from Meridian High School in June 1942, he felt it was his duty to defend his country against the Axis powers. He enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and saw heavy combat in the Pacific Theater including storming the beaches of Guadalcanal and the fierce Okinawa campaign. He was honorably discharged in 1945.
After returning to the United States, he attended the University of Mississippi as a pre-med student. After two years he changed his major and enrolled in the School of Horology (watch making) at Jones County Junior College. He also made the football squad and enjoyed playing very much. His love of sports continued all of his life.
He moved to Oklahoma City, in 1948. There he met and married Billie Alice Wheeler on May 18, 1949, in Capital Presbyterian Church in Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma, he finished horology school. He then worked as a jeweler and watchmaker in one of the first Zales stores before following his call to the gospel ministry.
To complete his college education he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma, in Norman, Okla. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1956 and the Dubuque Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1960. He preached the good news and was a compassionate pastor for 29 years. He served churches as a student pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Davenport, Okla., from 1953-56 and Wesley Methodist Church, East Dubuque, Ill. from 1958-60.
After being ordained in 1960 he served in the Presbyterian National Missions yoked parish churches of Meeker and Tecumseh, Okla., from 1960-64; the First Presbyterian Church of Beloit, Kan., from 1964-79; and a yoked Presbyterian and Methodist Parish in Solomon, Kan., from 1979-89. He was active in these communities and loved by those who knew him. In Beloit he served as VFW Chaplain, and helped found an active alcoholics anonymous chapter.
After retirement, Charles and Billie moved to San Antonio, Texas, in January of 1989. Charles expressed his faith and knowledge of Biblical history in a book entitled "Ever Wonder Where the Bible Came From?" published in 1996.
The couple were richly blessed by celebrating their 50th anniversary with family and friends at Madison Square Presbyterian Church in 1999.
Chuck enjoyed fixing and building things, and playing golf. He was an avid follower of the Spurs and Cowboys teams and was active in the local Democratic party. He was an open, kind and generous man, always offering a helping hand or ride to neighbors or strangers.
Survivors include his wife, Billie; a son, Chad and his wife, Peggy, of Phoenix; daughters, Alicia of Mobile, Ala., and Rebecca and her husband, Mark Huselid, of Princeton Junction, N.J.; grandchildren, Rachel and Robert Huselid of Princeton Junction; brothers, O. Matthew of Dry Creek, La., Joseph M. and William M. Farmer, both of Oklahoma City, Okla.; a sister, Clyde Farmer Armstrong of Wellston, Okla.; 16 nieces and nephews, cousins and several friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, M. Bailey Jr.