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OBITUARIES FOR SATURDAY, NOV. 25, 2000

By Staff
HAZEL PUTNAM
Bookkeeper for Lake Coop
FOREST Services for Hazel Putnam will be held today at 10 a.m. at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Anderson officiating. Burial will be at Antioch Cemetery.
Mrs. Putnam, 80, of Kingwood, Texas, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, at Cy-Fair Hospital in Kingwood.
Survivors include two daughters, Audra Jason of Kingwood, and Elizabeth Langford of Forest; a brother, Darris Skinner of Melbourne, Fla.; and four grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar William "Billy" Putnam, and a son, Billy Boy Putnam.
The family requests memorials be made to the Parkinson Society, 1475 West Gray St., No. 175, Houston, TX, 77019.
JOHNNIE F. CUMBERLAND
Retired business owner
Services for Johnnie F. Cumberland will be held today at 2:30 p.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Bob Null and Douglas Stone officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Cumberland, 71, of Meridian, died Thursday, Nov. 23, 2000, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center. He was the former owner and manager of Cornett Van &Storage North American Van Lines for 14 years. He was a member of First Assembly of God.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Cumberland of Meridian; a daughter, Sherri White and her husband, Harold, of Meridian; a son, Mike Cumberland and his wife, Brenda, of Meridian; a sister, Hazel Norris of Valrico, Fla.; and five grandchildren, Michael, Wes and Taylor Cumberland, and Kimmi and Jonathan White.
Pallbearers will be Steve Harford, Donald Harford, Michael Cumberland, Wes Cumberland, Jonathan White and Harold Williamson.
EDWIN LOFTON DAVIS
Electrical engineer
YORK, Ala. Services for Edwin Lofton Davis will be held today at 11 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jim DuFriend officiating. Burial will be in Livingston Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Davis, 73, of Fairhope, died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2000, at his residence. He was a U.S. Navy veteran.
Survivors include his wife, Sarah Robertson of Fairhope, and other relatives.
HARRIS MCCOY
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry and Gardner Funeral Home for Harris McCoy, 45, of DeKalb, who died Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2000, in Kemper County.
VELMA HAYES
Arrangements were incomplete at Webb Funeral Home for Velma Hayes, 92, of Meridian, who died Friday at Rush Foundation Hospital.

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