Obituaries

By Staff Reports Published

3:30 pm Friday, November 30, 2012

Landon Alexander DeFoor

November 28, 2012

Infant son Landon Alexander DeFoor, of Russellville, passed away Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012, at Helen Keller Hospital.

Funeral services will be Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at 3 p.m. at Tharptown Baptist Church with Bro. Josh Miller and Bro. Billy Thorn officiating. Burial will be in Tharptown Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 2 p.m. until 3 p.m.

Landon is survived by his parents, Benjamin and Keslie Kirby DeFoor; grandparents, Ricky and Charlotte Tharp, Oscar and Sheila DeFoor, and Kevin Kirby; great-grandparents, Ruth and Odell Kimbrough, Pete and Betty Isbell, Clara Ward, Shelby Puleo, Larry and Diane Kirby; great-great-grandpa, Buddy Isbell and several aunts, uncles cousins and friends.

He was preceded in death by great-great grandmother, Lorene James.

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