Archives
 By  Staff Reports Published 
5:46 pm Monday, August 9, 2004

Obituaries for Monday, August 9, 2004

By Staff
Services for Walter Douglas "Fuzzy" Boyd will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Paul Earley and Tommy Jones officiating. Burial will be in Hebron Baptist Church Cemetery.
Mr. Boyd, 74, of Meridian, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, in his home. He was a member of Hebron Baptist Church. He served in the Korean Conflict as a member of the 7th Infantry Division.
Survivors include his wife, Patricia "Pat" Harwell Boyd of Meridian; a son, Walter Douglas Boyd II of Meridian; a daughter, Donna Lynn McHan of Augusta, Ga.; grandchildren, Connie McHan and McKie Smith, both of Augusta; brothers, Creed Boyd of Houston, Texas and Travis Boyd of Meridian; and several nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his daughter, Alice Marie Bielefeld and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beriah M. Boyd.
Memorials may be made to Harper Hospice.
Pallbearers will be Keith Boyd, Chip Harwell, Steve Dennis, Shelby Smith, Keith Albanese and Larry Hensley.
Honorary pallbearers will be members of the Davis Sunday school class.
Visitation will be today 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
BUTLER, Ala. Graveside services for Nancy Ann M. Shoemaker will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at Butler City Cemetery. Bumpers Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Shoemaker, 66, of Butler, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.
Survivors include her husband, John Henry Shoemaker of Butler; daughters, Robin Jordan of Livingston, Gayle Turner of Wetumpka and Polly S. Thompson of Butler; and a sister, Dorothy Launius of Chicago and seven grandchildren.
Visitation will be today 6 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Services for George Joel Bunyard will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Barham Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Mr. Bunyard, 65, of Meridian, died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, in Shreveport, La.
Visitation will be Tuesday 5 p.m.-8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Arrangements were incomplete at Barham Funeral Home for Robert S. Brown, 72, of Meridian, who died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004, at Rush Foundation Hospital.

Also on Franklin County Times
Cameras give law enforcement a leg up
Main, News, Russellville, ...
Kevin Taylor For the FCT 
March 25, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE – Police Chief Chris Hargett was at a conference in 2020 and while passing by some of the vendors there, he noticed one promoting a camer...
Defense project has public, vets ‘excited’
Main, News, Z - News Main
By Brady Petree and Addi Broadfoot 
March 25, 2026
BARTON— The queue of people clamoring to get into the Hadrian facility on Friday was lined down the sidewalk as members of the public and military vet...
Flanagan enjoys romance book cover modeling
Main, News, Phil Campbell, ...
María Camp maria.camp@franklincountytimes.com 
March 25, 2026
PHIL CAMPBELL — What started as a few comedy videos on TikTok has grown into a career that has taken Andrew Flanagan from a welding job to romance nov...
Still waiting for rural ambulance answers
Columnists, Opinion
March 25, 2026
Rural Alabama has been waiting decades for access to affordable health services — and despite the empty promises of a bill funneling millions of dolla...
GFWC focuses on Alzheimer’s
Columnists, Opinion
HERE AND NOW
March 25, 2026
The GFWC Book Lovers Study Club focused on Alzheimer’s awareness during its March meeting at Russellville First Baptist Church. Alzheimer’s disease gr...
Pitching is key focus for Patriots
College Sports, Sports
By Brady Petree For the FCT 
March 25, 2026
The 2024-25 collegiate baseball season was a solid one for the Northwest Shoals Community College Patriots and head coach David Langston knows what it...
Patriots build on strengths for fourth season
College Sports, Sports
By Addi Broadfoot For the FCT 
March 25, 2026
The softball program at Northwest-Shoals Community College continues to grow as it enters its fourth season since being relaunched. Head coach Angel B...
RHS boys soccer aiming for state run
B: Spring Sports, High School Sports, Russellville Golden Tigers, ...
By Addi Broadfoot For the FCT 
March 25, 2026
RUSSELLVILLE — The boys soccer team is off to a strong start this season and is aiming for a deep playoff run. Coach Larsen Plyler said the team has t...

Leave a Reply

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