Archives
 By  Staff Reports Published 
3:03 pm Sunday, June 29, 2003

Obituaries for Sunday, June 29, 2003

By Staff
Retired telephone operator
Graveside services for Brenda Kay Williams Westbrook will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Sunset Memorial Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Johnson officiating. Berry &Gardner Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Westbrook, 51, of Meridian, died Friday, June 27, 2003, at her home. She was a retired telephone operator for BellSouth.
Survivors include a son, Nicholas Westbrook; and her mother, Katie Williams, both of Meridian; a brother, Teddy Williams and his wife, Anita, of Hattiesburg; and two nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband; and her father.
Visitation will be Monday from 3 p.m.-5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Retired truck driver
Services for Leroy Jones will be held Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Jones, 64, of Meridian, died Friday, June 27, 2003, at Riley Hospital. He was a retired truck driver for Roadway.
Survivors include his wife, Dorothy Rackley Jones of Meridian; three daughters, Sandra Faye Jennings of San Jose, Calif., and Serita Holton and Sherry Jones, both of Meridian; five sons, LeWayne Jones, Brian K. Jones and David Jones, all of San Jose, and Kenneth Jones and Jeffrey Jones, both of Meridian; two sisters, Charlie Mae Jones and Ethel Lemons, both of Champaign, Ill.; three brothers, Frank Jones of Chicago, Johnny Jones of Arizona and Raleigh Jones of Meridian; 23 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 6 p.m.-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Berry &Gardner Funeral Home for Susie L. Burton, 66, of Meridian, who died Saturday, June 28, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.

Also on Franklin County Times
Oliver wants 5% pay hike for his staff
Main, News, Russellville
Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
August 12, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE – Franklin County Sheriff Shannon Oliver hasn’t seen much turnover within his department lately and he wants to keep it that way. Oliver ...
Flock council policy faces vote Monday
Main, News, Red Bay, ...
María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
August 12, 2026
RED BAY —A second Flock Safety automated license plate reader has been installed as the city prepares for a special meeting Monday on a proposed polic...
Local water systems have security measures in place
Main, News, Russellville, ...
By Brady Petree For the FCT 
August 12, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — As cyberattacks on U.S. water systems climb nationwide, local officials say a combination of rigorous safety protocols and old-fashione...
Alabama must champion spirit of civics education
Columnists, News, Opinion
August 12, 2026
Alabama has earned some well-deserved credit for taking steps to combat civic amnesia. State law mandates that students pass a 100-question citizenshi...
AERA holds annual district meeting
Columnists, Opinion
HERE AND NOW
August 12, 2026
Retired educators may have left the classroom, but they certainly have not stopped serving their communities. That was evident at the Alabama Educatio...
Forever Wild to acquire 120 acres in Colbert
News
By Addi Broadfoot For the FCT 
August 12, 2026
CHEROKEE — The Forever Wild Land Trust is moving forward with plans to acquire additional property in Colbert County that would expand public hunting ...
30 years of caring for Little Tigers
News, Russellville
María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
August 12, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — When Rhonda Miller opened Little Tigers Daycare in 1996, about 15 children attended during the first two weeks. Thirty years later, the...

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *