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9:52 pm Friday, November 5, 2004

R. Wayne Hal, Evelyn Leenere Huffman

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R. Wayne Hall, age 67, of Russellville, passed away Wednesday, November 3, 2004, at Russellville Hospital.
Mr. Hall was a lifelong resident of Franklin County and a charter member of Concord Baptist Church in Russellville. He was a member of Machinists Local #1189 and was employed by B&M Trucking (#112). He was preceded in death by his parents, Russell and "Diddy" Hall.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Friday, November 5, 2004, at Pinkard Funeral Home chapel in Russellville with Mike Smith officiating. Interment will be in Knights of Pythias Cemetery.
Mr. Hall is survived by his wife, Nell Hall; two sons, Terry Wayne Hall and wife Lindy, of Gretna, Louisiana, and Ricky Dale Hall and wife Kathy Lynn, of Russellville; two brothers, Raymond Arnold Hall of Russellville and Billy Burns Hall of Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; a sister, Patsy Jean Hall McCracken of Liberty, Missouri; three grandchildren, Michael Keith, Keslea Kathleen and Traci Dale; and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Hall will be greatly missed by all his family.
Pinkard Funeral Home assisted the family.
Evelyn Leenere Huffman, age 78, of Pell City, passed away Sunday, October 31, 2004, at Beverly Ingram Manor in Pell City.
Mrs. Huffman was formerly of Haleyville. She was born February 20, 1926. She was a member of Friendship Freewill Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her parents, James E. Thrasher and Myrtie L. Hipp Thrasher; and her husband, Bobbie Joe Huffman.
Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, November 3, 2004, at Pinkard Funeral Home in Haleyville with Larry Morgan officiating. Interment was in Littleville Cemetery.
Mrs. Huffman is survived by her children, Wayne Sears of Jasper, Jerry Sears of Riverside, Randy Huffman of Gainesville, Florida, and Debbie Jo Jones of Odenville; two sisters, Nell Higdon of Falkville and Pat Yerby of Ashville; five grandchildren, Paula Hoover, Joel Sears, Cheryl McCulley, Lynn Pounders and Misti Ann Hodges; and five great-grandchildren, Kayla Berry, Alayna Pounders, Cydnie Lee Pounders, Michael Sears and Stephen Hoover.
Pinkard Funeral Home assisted the family.

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