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     By  Staff Reports Published 
    9:19 am Monday, June 9, 2003

    Obituaries for Monday, June 9, 2003

    By Staff
    Seamstress
    BUTLER, Ala. Services for Ida E. Broadhead will be held today at 11 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Jerry Jenkins and Jerry Turner officiating. Burial will be in Brightwater Cemetery in Needham.
    Mrs. Broadhead, 81, of Needham, died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
    Survivors include her daughters, Betty Westheimer of Jackson, Barbara Reid of Milton, Fla., Yvonne Spencer and Kathy Gray, both of Needham; a sister, Ruth Gibson of Butler; a brother, C.A. Emmons of Butler; 13 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by a son, Wayne Broadhead.
    Memorials may be made to Red Springs Assembly of God Church Building Fund, Care of the Rev. Jerry Turner, 1862 Needham Road, Needham, AL 36915.
    Retired
    Graveside services for Virgie Faulkner Smith will be held Monday at 3 p.m. at Central Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Roy Dabbs officiating. James F. Webb Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Mrs. Smith, 76, of Meridian, died Friday, June 6, 2003, at Riley Nursing Center. She was a member of Central United Methodist Church and a retired seamstress for Troy Laundry and Rush Foundation Hospital.
    Survivors include two daughters, Janie Stewart and her husband, Tom, of McCall, Idaho, and Donna Carmichael and her husband, Videt, of Meridian; a brother, Teddy Faulkner and his wife, Lynn, of Meridian; a sister, Cleo Williamson and her husband, Johnny, of Indianola; grandchildren, Christopher Stewart and his wife, Tammy, Jon Stewart, Sean Stewart, Kaycee Crane and her husband, Charles, Fredie Carmichael and his wife, Sara, and Brandy Draughon and her fianc, Todd D'Antonio; and great-grandchildren, Landon Gibson and Jodee Crane.
    She was preceded in death by a daughter and son-in-law, Shirley and Richard Draughon; three brothers, Henry Owen Faulkner, Charles Faulkner and Billy Faulkner; and her parents, Charles Owen Faulkner and Retha Irene Webb Faulkner.
    Visitation will be today from 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
    Retired principal and school teacher
    Graveside services for Emma Dora Anderson will be held Tuesday at 9 a.m. at Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Richard Parker officiating. Clark's Memorial Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Mrs. Anderson, 102, of Chicago, died Monday, June 2, 2003, at Little Company of Mary Hospital in Evergreen Park, Ill.
    Survivors include her son, Allen A. Anderson III and his wife, Thelma E., of Chicago; and two grandsons.
    She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Nellie Watts; seven brothers and two sisters.
    Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-6 p.m. at the funeral home.
    MONTEVALLO, Ala. Services for Annie Grace Moore will be held Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at Bible Baptist Church in Wilton with the Rev. Tom Hammett officiating.
    Graveside services and burial will be Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Meridian Memorial Park Cemetery. Rockco Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Mrs. Moore, 87, of Montevallo, died Sunday, June 8, 2003, in Montevallo.
    Survivors include her daughter, Brenda J. Lemond and her husband, Carlton, of Montevallo; a son, Robert Lee "Bobby" Moore and his wife, Barbara, of Auburn; a sister, Clydine Brown of Meridian; grandchildren, Deborah A. Myers, Karen L. Phillips, Elaine Bradley, Suzanne Talley and Joy L. Prewitt; and three great-grandchildren.
    She was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Bernard Moore; a son, Gerald Everette Moore; her parent; and a brother, Everette Lee Greer.
    Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
    Retired laborer
    QUITMAN Services for George Cecil Rowell will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Wright's Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Bill Bolton and Donnie Parker officiating. Burial will be in Goodwater Cemetery in Clarke County.
    Mr. Rowell, 91, of Laurel, died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at South Central Regional Hospital in Laurel.
    Survivors include three sons, Ken Rowell of Heidelberg, G.C. Rowell and Danny Rowell, both of Sandersville; daughters, Barbara Thatch of Heidelberg and Hazel Calvert of Hattiesburg; 15 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
    He was preceded in death by his parents, George Rowell and Emma Snelgrove.
    Graveside services for Narlee Harrison Brooks will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Forest Lawn Memory Garden with the Rev. Thomas Wood officiating. Barham Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
    Mrs. Brooks, 79, of Meridian, died Sunday, June 8, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
    Visitation will be Tuesday one hour prior to the service at the funeral home.
    Homemaker
    UNION Services for Myra Cooksey Hudnell will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Milling Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Steve Moore officiating. Burial will be in Hopewell Cemetery in Kemper County.
    Ms. Hudnell, 85, of Decatur, died Sunday, June 8, 2003, at Oakahatta Personal Care Center in Decatur. She was a member of Conehatta Baptist Church.
    Survivors include her sister, Juddie Hedrick of Conehatta; a sister-in-law, Hazel Hudnell of Collinsville; nieces and nephews, Linda McDonald, Rex Cooksey, Barkley Cooksey, Delbert Cooksey, Amanda Horne, Diane Shepherd, Shannon Hedrick, Florita McKee, Debbie Ford, Willie Sue Winstead, Hester Hudnell, Willie James Hudnell, Raymond Hudnell and Shirley Jean Williams; special friends, Dot and Dan Rayborn; and several other relatives and friends.
    Pallbearers will be her nephews, Rex Cooksey, Barkley Cooksey, Delbert Cooksey, Shannon Hedrick, Hester Hudnell, Willie James Hudnell and Raymond Hudnell.
    Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.

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