(GREENVILLE, Ga.) Tommy Douglas Royster, 51, of Greenville, Ga., died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, at his home.The funeral service was at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Sept. 24, in the Chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville, Ga. The Revs. Cecil Halsey and Ed Halsey officiated and interment was in Mt. Zion…

(COLLEGE PARK, Ga.) Homegoing services for Dexter Merrill Kelley of College Park, Ga., were Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at 11 a.m. at St. Paul Missionary Baptist Church, East Point, Ga., with the Rev. Clayton Taylor, pastor, as eulogist. Interment was at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, Wadley. Willie A. Watkins Funeral Home, Atlanta.    

(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Penny Croom Sheppard, 60, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Todd Owens officiating. Mrs. Sheppard died Saturday, Sept. 22, at Wedowee Hospital. An Atlanta native, Mrs. Sheppard was born April 17, 1952, daughter of James and Sarah Southerland Croom. Survivors include…

(FIVE POINTS) Carrie Scott Oliver, 102, of Five Points died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, at Roanoke Healthcare. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Sept. 26, at 1 p.m. CDT at Canaan Baptist Church in the Welch community with the Rev. Mario McDaniel, pastor, and Rev. Rodney K. Turner Officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery.…

(VALLEY) Lonida Aikens Brooks, 86, of Valley died Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at George H. Lanier Nursing Home. The funeral will be Wednesday, Sept 26, at 1 p.m. CDT at Jeff Jones Funeral Home in LaFayette with the Rev. Floyd Aikens and Rev. Don Downs officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Stand Christian Church Cemetery,…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Loy Hatfield Morris, 82, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at her home. Funeral services will be at 7 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, Sept. 26, in the Chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary. A private burial will be in Main Post Cemetery, Ft. Benning, Ga. Mrs. Morris was born April 14, 1930, in…

(UPPER SANDUSKY, OHIO) James L. Blair, 57, a resident of Fairhaven Health Care Community and formerly of Mansfield, Ohio, died Saturday, Sept. 22, 2012, at Wyandot Memorial Hospital. He was born March 27, 1955, in Oak Hill, Ohio, to the late Frank W. and Maxine Strong Blair. He graduated in 1973 from Mohawk High School.…

(ANNISTON) Funeral services for Josephine Jane Martin Hinds, 97, of Anniston and Sugar Valley, will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 24, 2012, at Gray Brown-Service Chapel. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Mrs. Hinds died Friday, Sept. 21, in Wadley. Mrs. Hinds was a native of Sugar Valley in Calhoun County. She was a…

(VALLEY) Doris Marie Cox Penn, 86, of Valley died Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, at George H. Lanier Nursing Home in Valley. Graveside services will be Monday, Sept. 24, at 10 a.m. EDT at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Lanett, with the Rev. Howard Merchant officiating. Born in Abanda on Oct. 10, 1925, she was a member of…

(WADE, N.C.) Jimmy Sheppard Jr., 73, of Wade, N.C., died Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012, in Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. A graveside service will be Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 2 p.m. at Sandhills State Veterans Cemetery in Spring Lake, N.C., with full military honors. Mr. Sheppard was born Sept. 27, 1938, in…

(WADLEY) Bessie F. Smith, 78, of Wadley, died on Wednesday, Sept. 19, 2012, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. Mrs. Smith is survived by her children, Charlotte (Jesse) Abner of Jacksonville, Fla., Cathy Whittington of Walnut, Calif., Priscilla (Alford) Hudson and Michael Smith of Milltown, Charles (Sheryl) Smith of Auburn, Regina Smith and John Smith of…

(WADLEY) Services for Leita Carlton Jones, 82, of Wadley will be Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Wadley Methodist Church with the Rev. Marty Schwartz officiating. Mrs. Jones will lie in state for one hour prior to services. Burial will follow at Wadley Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on…

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(BOWDON, Ga.) Kenneth Donald “Shag” Harper of Bowdon, Ga., died Sept. 19, 2012, at his residence, surrounded by his family, after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 73. The funeral will be Friday, Sept. 21, at 2 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church. The Rev. Tony McManus will officiate and Tony Grizzard will offer a…

(HEFLIN) Funeral services for Cassie Lee Lipham Brown, 43, of Heflin will be Friday, Sept. 21, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Pinetucky Baptist Church with the Rev. Chris Bain officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to services. Mrs. Brown died Wednesday,…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mary Beatrice “Beacie” Towler, 84, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Sept. 19, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Franklin Foster Sr. and Franklin Foster Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Miss Towler died Tuesday, Sept. 18, at Wedowee Hospital. A lifelong Rock Mills…

(FIVE POINTS) John L. Monroe, 86, of Five Points died Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at Clay County Nursing Home. The funeral will be Friday, Sept. 21, at 2 p.m. at Curtis and Son North Chapel in Sylacauga with pastor Sidne Martin officiating. He served in the U.S. Army from 1944-46 and received the Asiatic Campaign…

(LaFAYETTE) Bobby Chappell, 74, of LaFayette died at Dadeville Health Care on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Services will be Thursday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m. at Jeff Jones Funeral Home in LaFayette with the Rev. Paul Howard officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Lanett. Born in Randolph County on March 22, 1938, Mr.…

(ROANOKE) Jannie A. Bailey, 61, of Roanoke died Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital in Valley. The funeral will be Thursday, Sept. 20, at 2 p.m. CDT at Hopewell Baptist Church, Abanda, with the Rev. Calvin Trammell, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow at Bailey Cemetery in Wadley. Mrs. Bailey is survived…