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10:34 pm Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Zoie-beth Anna Hamm

By Staff
October 30, 2009
Zoie-beth Anna Hamm, infant, of Russellville passed away Friday, October 30, 2009 at Helen Keller Hospital.
She was the infant daughter of Michael and Susan Smith Hamm.
Graveside services were held Nov. 2, at The Ridge Cemetery.
Lelton Theo Tingle
November 1, 2009
Lelton Theo Tingle, 79, of Russellville, Ala. passed away Sunday, November 1, 2009 at his residence.
Mr. Tingle lived most of his adult life in Franklin County. He was a member of Eastside Church of Christ and was retired from Ford Motor Company.
Funeral services were held on November 3, at Pinkard Funeral Home in Russellville with Jack Henson, Billy Hurst and Brad Rush officiating. Burial will follow in Franklin Memory Gardens.
He is survived by his daughter Patricia Hurst and husband, Billy, of Phil Campbell; son John Tingle, of Sumter, S.C.; brother, J.B. Tingle, of Addison, Ala.; sisters, Anna Wallace, of Hartselle, Ala., Dale Martin and husband, Edsel, of Addison, Ala., Gail Johansen and husband, George, of Decatur, Ala.; grandchildren, Emily Rush and husband, Brad, of Phil Campbell, Amanda Hurst, of Henderson, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by parents, John and Margaret Corum Tingle; wife, Jo Nell Tingle, brother, Aubrey "Slim" Tingle.
Agnes Lavonia Walker Baldy
October 31, 2009
Agnes Lavonia Walker Baldy, 74, of Double Springs, Ala., passed away Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009 at Helen Keller Hospital.
She was a member of Pleasant Hill No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church.
Funeral services were held Tuesday, Nov. 3, at Pleasant Hill No. 2 Missionary Baptist Church in the Ashridge community with Bro. Jason Thorn and Bro. Randy Taylor officiating. Burial was in Antioch Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband, Bobby Baldy; children, Kim Cagle, Valerie White, Lynne Comeens, Kent Walker and Kerry Walker; sisters, Letha Weaver, Movelene Wakefield and Bettie Rayburn; eight grandchildren, John Cagle, Anna White, Derek Comeens, Byron Comeens, Jonah Walker, Dakoda Walker, Hailey Walker and Chase Walker; one great-grandchild, Tanner Harten.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Grady and Arcenia Gray; brother, Leron Gray; and first husband, Cranford Walker.

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