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12:38 am Sunday, January 25, 2009

Addie Mae Morgan

By Staff
January 22, 2009
Addie Mae Morgan, 81, of Phil Campbell, Ala., passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Congregational Methodist Church.
The visitation was Friday, Jan. 23 at Akins Funeral Home in Russellville and the funeral service was Saturday, Jan. 24 at Pleasant Hill Congregational Methodist Church with Bro. Danny Hammett, Bro. Dewayne Woodall and Bro. Coy Morgan officiating. Interment was in East Franklin Cemetery.
Pallbearers were Brad Morgan, Eric Weeks, Corey McCarley, Ryan Weeks, Craig Thomas, Gary Cummings Jr., Peyton Thomas and Tyler Weeks.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph Morgan; parents, Pink and Mattie Woodall; special parents, Joe and Ida Woodall; sisters, Louvinia Johnson, Mary Lou Durham, Grace Madden and Mary Jane Stanford; and brothers, Omer Woodall, William "Bill" Woodall, Oscar Woodall and Edgar Woodall.
She is survived by her children, Danny Ray Morgan and wife Kathy, Karen McCarley and husband Larry and Latrina Weeks and husband Norris; grandchildren, Amy Thomas and husband Craig, Mandy Cummings and husband Gary, Brad Morgan, Eric Weeks and wife Jill, Corey McCarley and Ryan Weeks and fianc/e Heather Carden; great-grandchildren, Peyton Thomas, Katie Thomas, Addie Cummings, Avery Cummings, Carly Weeks and Tyler Weeks.
The family extends special thanks to the Burns Nursing Home staff for all their unconditional love and care that they gave to our mother and grandmother, Bluewater Hospice, Dr. Keith Morrow, Jean Hester and Charley, Dottie and Kim from Bluewater Hospice.
Judith C. Swinney
January 22, 2009
Judith Kay Crowe Swinney, 55, of Phil Campbell, Ala., passed away Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009, at Huntsville Hospital. She lived most of her life in Franklin County.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 25 at Pinkard Funeral Home Chapel in Russellville with Shane Swinney officiating. Burial will follow in Liberty Hill Cemetery in Phil Campbell.
She is survived by her husband, Paul Swinney of Phil Campbell; daughters, Christi Lorch of Madison and Candra Clay and husband Candi of Hackleburg; mother, Dorothy Winstead of Hackleburg; grandchildren, Whitney Winsted, Parker Lorch and Alex Lorch, all of Madison, Hunter Clay of Hackleburg and Brittney Gayle of Madison; sister, Rebecca Tomko of Colorado; brothers, Harold Stephens of Hackleburg and Tony Stephens of Sheffield; several nieces and nephews; and many friends.
She was preceded in death by father, Haford Stephens; stepfather, Bill Winstead; and the father of her children, Joseph Bobby Crowe.
Theresa Belue
January 21, 2009
Theresa Belue, 68, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009, at Fairfield Nursing and Rehab in Bessemer, Ala.
She was born Sept. 8, 1940, in Mississippi to Obra and Floy McBee Carr. She was a homemaker and was preceded in death by her husband, Charles Belue, and her parents.
Funeral services were Saturday, Jan. 24, at Mynot Baptist Church in Cherokee with Bro. A.G. Stepp officiating. Burial was in Mynot Cemetery. Deaton Funeral Home in Red Bay was in charge of arrangements.
She is survived by her sister, Barbara Debbs and husband Boyd of Bessemer; brother, James Carr of Florence; and nieces and nephews.
Tony Lee Jenkins
January 18, 2009
Tony Lee Jenkins, 46, passed away Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, at Harrisburg Medical Center in Illinois.
He was born July 4, 1962, in Red Bay, Ala., to Bobby and Barbara Bradford Jenkins. He was a minister and affiliated with Main Street Church of God in Carrier Mills, Ill.
Funeral services were Wednesday, Jan. 21 at Deaton Funeral Home Chapel in Red Bay with Rev. J.E. Jackson officiating. Burial was in Belmont City Cemetery in Belmont, Miss.
He was preceded in death by his father, Bobby Jenkins.
He is survived by his wife, Kathy Jenkins of Mt. Vernon, Ill.; daughters, Jessica LeAnn Middendorf and husband Terry and Heather Dawn Bourland and husband Scott, all of McLeansboro, Ill.; son, Anthony Bradford Jenkins of Harrisburg, Ill.; mother, Barbara Nichols and husband Wesley of Hamilton; brothers, Paul Jenkins and wife Tania of Golden, Miss., and Brian Jenkins and wife Shelly of Ripley, Miss.; good friend, Terri Austin and her children, Jake and Hollis; and grandchildren, Ashton, Braydon, Micah, Savana, Mackenzie and Kali.

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