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5:44 pm Sunday, October 21, 2007

Hazel L. Trapp

By Staff
October 18, 2007
Hazel L. Trapp, 84, of Huntsville died Oct. 18. She was a native of Phil Campbell and a member of Mountain View Baptist Church.
Graveside services will be held at the Mountain View Cemetery on Sunday, Oct. 21 at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Sammy Taylor officiating.
Survivors include her son, Jerry Trapp and wife Norma, of Tuscumbia; daughter, Toni Duggar and husband Joe of Huntsville; brother, Haston Oliver; granddaughters, Nikki Tutich and husband Mike of Russellville, Any Jones and husband Coleman of Huntsville; four great-grandsons, Nicholas and Zachary Tutich and Adam and Paul Jones and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, AJ (Corky) Trapp and brother, Bernard Oliver.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made to Mountain View Baptist Church in Phil Campbell.
Richard Lamar "Ricky" Ozbirn
October 14, 2007
Richard Lamar "Ricky" Ozbirn, 57, of Vina, passed away Oct. 14 at Red Bay Hospital.
He was born January 18, 1950 in Florence to Herbert and Margaret Covington Ozbirn. He was an employee of NTN-Bower for 34 years. He was preceded in death by a son, Shane Ozbirn.
Funeral services were held Oct. 16 at Deaton Funeral Home with burial following in Pilot Hill Cemetery with Bro. Loyd Ray Griffus officiating.
He is survived by two sons, Ricky Lee (Pam) Ozbirn and Shannon Ozbirn, all of Vina; parents, Herbert and Margaret Ozbirn, of Vina; brothers, Bill (Barbara) Ozbirn of Colbert Heights, Johnny (Janet) Ozbirn, Timmy (Diane) Ozbirn, all of Vina; grandsons, Taylor and Tate Ozbirn, both of Vina and a host of nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers will be Johnathan Ozbirn, JT Miller, Cody Wooten, Randy Ozbirn, Lowell Ozbirn and Carl Taylor.
Marie Hicks Williams
October 17, 2007
Marie Hicks Williams, 75, of Hodges, passed away Oct. 17 at Russellville Hospital. She was born March 29, 1932 in Alabama to Daniel and Delia McCarley Hicks. She was a factory worker and a homemaker. She was a member of Hodges Church of Christ.
Funeral services were held Oct. 19 at Hodges Church of Christ with Steve Gober officiating. Burial followed at Old Line Cemetery in Hodges.
She is survived by her daughters, Linda Williams, of Hodges; sister, Lola Mae Brand, of Guin and a host of nieces and nephews.

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