Obituaries for Sunday, Nov. 30, 2003
By Staff
BUTLER, Ala. Graveside services for Algie Littlepage will be held today at 2 p.m. at Mt. Sterling Cemetery with the Rev. Bob Gosey officiating. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Littlepage, 88, of Butler, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include his wife, Hazen Bruister Littlepage, his son, Algie Littlepage Jr., and his daughter, Patricia Littlepage, all of Butler; brothers, Connie Littlepage, J.K. Littlepage, Fonde Littlepage and Epp Littlepage, all of Mt. Sterling; and sisters, Ethel Cooper of Marion; and Sadie Mae Martin of Sheffield.
BUTLER, Ala. Services for Mary Eunice Martin will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Bumpers Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Jimmy Powell and Russell Wray officiating. Burial will be in Martin cemetery.
Mrs. Martin, 83, of Toxey, died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at her home.
Survivors include her sons, Jimmy Lee Martin of Lisman; and Larry Wayne Martin and William Oliver Martin, both of Toxey; her daughter, Margaret Roberta Thompson of Toxey; her brother, Tom Huckabee of Yantley; her sister, Betty Bonner of Pennington; and seven grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Jimmy Martin, and her grandson, Larry Thompson.
Visitation will be today from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Services for Virgil Evans Smith will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Suqualena United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jimmie Gunn officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Barham Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Smith, 75, of Meridian, died Thursday, Nov. 27, 2003, at Heartfelt Hospice. Formerly of Newport News, Va., Mr. Smith retired and moved to the Suqualena community where he was born. He lived there at his original home place for the past 11 years.
Mr. Smith was an active and devoted member of the Suqualena Methodist Church and the Suqualena community. He loved his many friends in the community and in turn was loved and admired for his simple and helpful lifestyle. His quiet lifestyle in retirement was in contrast to those who knew him during his earlier military service.
During that period of Mr. Smith's life, he had a great level of enthusiasm for his career and enjoyed the so called "spit and polish" of the military. An example of this occurred while he was stationed at Fort Eustis near Washington, D.C. During that time, among other honors, his ceremonial drill team received written praise from the news media for their performance during ceremonies honoring President Dwight Eisenhower.
Survivors include his two sons, Virgil Joseph Smith and Steven Smith, both of Woodbridge, Va.; his brother, Robert Durwood Smith of Quito, Ecaudor; and two sisters, Christine Smith Trawick of the Ponta community; and Sarah Smith Snowden of Wichita, Kansas.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Andrew Wilson Smith.
Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Enterprise Funeral Home for Evola Mae Brown, 64, of Stonewall, who died Friday, Nov. 28, 2003, at Riley Hospital.
Arrangements were incomplete at Enterprise Funeral Home for Ora M. Hunter of Enterprise, who died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Gary Williamson, 70, of Collinsville, who died Saturday, Nov. 29, 2003, at Jeff Anderson Regional Medical Center.
