C2 COLUMBUS LEDGER- ENQUIRER WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 2001 LOCAL AREA DEATHS CHAPMAN, Gloria, 48, Buena Vista, died Monday. Tante Funeral Home, Buena Vista. COOK, Louisa Minerva, 90, Phenix City, died Tuesday. Colonial Funeral Home, Phenix City. COPELAND, George, 60, 3329 Doyle Columbus, died Tuesday.
People's Funeral Service of Columbus. CURRINGTON, Ouida 76, Buena Vista, died Monday. Tante Funeral Home, Buena Vista. HOOD, Cecil L. "Nap," 54, Detroit, formerly of Columbus, died June 6.
James H. Cole Funeral Home, Detroit. KEY, Mary Hazel, 85, Smiths, died Monday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange, Ga. MORWAY, Ralph 82, Wetumpka, died Monday.
Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City. RAY, Sherman 50, Manchester, died Monday. Smith-Steele-Meadows Funeral Home, Manchester. THOMPSON, Julia Pearl, 91, Hamilton, died June 5. Hamilton Funeral Home, Hamilton.
WALTON, McKinley 45, 1022 Third St. South, Phenix City, died Sunday. Sumbry Mortuary, Phenix City. For a list of all death notices from the last week visit com and click on the "Obituaries" link. DEATHS ELSEWHERE Daniel L.
Bratton JAMESTOWN, N.Y. Daniel L. Bratton, the man credited with putting the Chautauqua Institution back into the international spotlight, died Sunday of cancer. He was 68. Bratton served as president of the religious and cultural center from 1984 to 2000, the third longest president in its 127-year history.
He helped organize five conferences between representatives of the U.S. and former Soviet Union before its collapse. Daniel Callahan NASHVILLE, Tenn. Gen. Daniel Callahan, a former NASA administrator and director of logistics for the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Cuban missile crisis, died Sunday.
He was 91. Callahan served with the Joint Chiefs of Staff for two years, overseeing the positioning of personnel and equipment during the crisis. He retired from the Air Force in 1963. Malcolm Cooper LONDON Malcolm Coo- per, the only man to successfully defend an Olympic small bore shooting title, died Saturday of cancer. He was 54.
Cooper won the gold medal in the small bore division at Los Angeles in 1984 and at Seoul in 1988. Leila Pahlavi LONDON Leila Pahlavi, daughter of the late Shah of Iran, was found dead in a London hotel, police said Tuesday. The 31-year-old was discovered by staff at the Leonard Hotel Sunday. Her mother, the former empress Farah Pahlavi, issued a statement in Paris on Monday saying the princess died in her sleep and that she had been "very depressed." A post-mortem examination failed to reveal the cause of death, but there were no suspicious circ*mstances, Scotland Yard police said. Joan Vohs Stephens LOS ANGELES Joan Vohs Stephens, a film and television actress during the 1950s and 1960s, has died of heart failure.
She was 73. Stephens, a Radio City Rockette and model who made her way to Hollywood, died June 4 in suburban Tarzana. On television she appeared in "Bachelor Father," "Family Affair," "Maverick," "My Three Sons," "Perry Mason" and "The Rebel," among other shows. From wire reports Earline Kinney Lyons April 27, 1925 June 11, 2001 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. Earline Kinney Lyons, 76, of Oak Ridge, died Monday, June 11, 2001, at the University of Tennessee Medical Center.
She was born April 27, 1925, in Phenix City, the daughter of Alvin and Laura Virginia West Kinney. Mrs. Lyons was a homemaker, a member of Temple Baptist Church of Powell and an avid bingo player. Her family said she served as the driver for many of her friends at Callaghan Towers for local errands and shopping. From the age of 12 to about the age of 45, Mrs.
Lyon sang professionally in the gospel group the "Kinney Trio" of Phenix City. She is survived by two daughters, Carolyn (William) Luzader of Oak Ridge, Kathryn (Randal) Boggs of Knoxville; one brother, Jack (Agatha) Kinney of Phenix City; two sisters, her twin sister Katherline (Gordon) Moye of Columbus and Ruth (Ralph) Holloway of Phenix City; five grandchildren, John Michael (Cheri) Kemp of Strawberry Plains, Robert Alan Kemp and Jason Thomas Kemp, both of Oak Ridge, and Angela Whitley and Heather (Shawn) Carroll, both of Knoxville; four step-grandchildren, Bill Luzader III and Becky Luzader, both of Oak Ridge, Angela Boggs of Johnson City, and Melissa (James) Bull of Norfolk, four great-grandchildren, Megan Ashley Kemp, Lauren Moody, Logan Moody and Braden Carroll; and many nieces, nephews and other relatives. Funeral services are Thursday, June 14, 2001, at 11 a.m. at Weatherford Mortuary, with the Rev. Clarence Sexton officiating.
Burial will follow in Oak Ridge Memorial Park. The family will receive friends Wednesday, June 13, 2001, from 6-8 p.m. at Weatherford Mortuary in Oak Ridge. Julia Pearl Thompson June 18, 1909 June 5, 2001 HAMILTON, Ga. Julia Pearl Thompson, 91, of Hamilton, died Tuesday, June 5, 2001, in Fayetteville, N.C.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2001, at Friendship Baptist Church, Hamilton. Burial will follow in the church cemetery, according to Hamilton Funeral Home. Visitation will be today at the funeral home from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Mrs. Thompson was born June 18, 1909, in Cataula, the daughter of the late Lenora D. Green and Major Green. She was a member of Friendship Baptist Church and it many auxiliary and was loyal friend in the community and a Sunday school teacher. Mrs.
Thompson retired with 32 years teaching in Harris County; she earned her degree from Fort Valley State College in Fort Valley, Ga. Survivors include a daughter-in-law, Minnie B. Williams of Fayetteville; a brother, Terry Green of Columbus, a sister, Lenora G. Crawford of Columbus; six grandchildren; and three great OBITUARIES Henry Joseph Ralph L. Nagem Jr.
Morway November 19, 1953 June 11, 2001 PHENIX CITY, Ala. Mr. "Hank" Henry Joseph Nagem 47, died June 11, 2001, in an automobile accident in Butler, Ga. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, June 14, 2001, at Trinity Episcopal Lyons Lyons April 28, 1919 June 11, 2001 WETUMPKA, Ala.
Ralph L. Morway, 82, of Wetumpka, died Monday, June 11, 2001, at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala. Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 13, 2001, at Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery in Ft.
Mitchell, with full military honors, according to Vance Memorial Chapel in Phenix City, Ala. The family will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 6-8 p.m. EDT. Mr. Morway was born April 28, 1919, in Milton, N.D., the son of the late Wilfred Morway and Madeline Houghby Morway.
He was retired from the U.S. Army with 20 years of service, serving during the Korean Conflict and World War II. Mr. Morway was also retired from Civil Service at Fort Benning, with 15 years service. He served in the 501st Parachute Battalion and was recipient of the American Defense Service Ribbon with the Bronze Star, the Asiatic Pacific Theater Ribbon with the Bronze Star and the Good Conduct Medal with three Loops.
Mr. Morway is survived by his wife, ImoJean Parrott Morway of Wetumpka; two daughters, Catherine Redding and Theresa Rebidue, both of Columbus, two sons, Patrick Morway of Columbus and Bobby Morway of Alpharetta, three sisters, Edith Christenson of Webb, Iowa, Mary Tennison of Fort Bragg, N.C., and Elizabeth Wright of Brookings, three brothers, Robert Morway of Red Bluff, David Morway of North Pole, Alaska, and Pete Morway of Tehama, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Church, with Father Tom Jones, Father Tom Weise and the Rev. Ruth Cummings officiating, with interment to follow at Lakeview Nagem Nagem Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends Wednesday, June 13, 2001, from 6-8 p.m., with the Rosary being said at 7 p.m.
at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary Phenix City Chapel. All are welcome to attend. Serving as active pallbearers will be Nathan Rustin, Dr. James Johnson, David Humphreys, Jeff Carpenter, Cutt Sinkule, Steven Cullinan, Ray Sultenfuss and Jim Ozley. Honorary pallbearers will be Bill Roberts and Hugh Wilson.
Hank was born Nov. 19, 1953, in Columbus, the son of Joan Gullatt Nagem of Opelika, and the late Henry Joseph (Bruce) Nagem Sr. He graduated from Pacelli High School in Columbus in 1971 and from Columbus College, after playing football for Samford University in Birmingham, Ala. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church, where he was bandleader at Praise and Worship. The voice of the Pacelli Vikings football team for 22 years, Hank also served as a referee for Alabama area football and was a camping enthusiast and a very active Auburn football supporter.
He was a senior pharmaceutical representative for Aventis Pharmaceutical Company for the last 11 years. Hank was an excellent son, husband, father and friend, and all who knew Hank knew him as the finest of men. Hank is survived by his mother; his wife, Marcie Karon Nagem of Phenix City; his daughter, Tiffany Nagem of Breckenridge, his son, Henry Joseph (Joee) Nagem III of Auburn, and his step-son, Jacob Mannering of Panama City, Fla. Hank had three sisters Lynne Nagem Harper of Lawrenceville, Cynthia Nagem McWilliams of Opelika and Allyson Nagem of Chattanooga, Tenn. Other survivors include three aunts, one uncle, one great-aunt, nieces, nephews and a host of friends.
Hank's family welcomes flowers or donations to the Pacelli Catholic High School Athletic Department. Send donations to Pacelli High School, Athletic Department, 3556 Trinity Drive, Columbus, GA 31907. Roscoe Cook December 11, 1948 June 10, 2001 COLUMBUS, Ga. Roscoe Cook, 52, of 307-I Peabody Apartments, Columbus, died Sunday, June 10, 2001, at St. Francis Hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, 2001, at 24th Street Baptist Church. Burial will follow in East Porterdale Cemetery, according to Battle-Davidson Funeral Home, Phenix City, Ala. Mr. Cook was born December 11, 1948, in Muscogee County, the son of the late Alice Taylor and Sam Cook.
He was a lifetime resident of Columbus and a member of the 24th Street Baptist Church. Survivors include a sister, Mary Williams of Columbus; and an uncle, Ernest Cook of Columbus. Hazel's Flowers Gifts 2615 Buena Vista Road 706-327-7661 "A Full Service Florist" Hazel Rogers Thomas, Proprietor McMullen Funeral Home, Inc. Two locations McMullen Columbus Chapel Home Phenix City Chapel Funeral Colonial Funeral Home 3874 Gentian Blvd. 613 14th Street Columbus, GA Phenix City, AL 706-569-8015 334-298-8728 Mary Hazel Key July 18, 1915 June 11, 2001 PHENIX CITY, Ala.
Mrs. Mary Hazel Key, 85, of Smiths, and a former resident of Louise Street in LaGrange, died Monday, June 11, 2001, at Phenix Regional Hospital. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 14, 2001, at Dunson Baptist Church in LaGrange, with the Rev. Billy Bryant and the Rev.
Andrew J. Hall officiating, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange. Burial will follow in Shadowlawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6-8 p.m. this evening.
Mrs. Key was born July 18, 1915, in Meriwether County, the daughter of the late Charlie Golden Grant and Joicy Lee Phillips Grant. She lived in LaGrange most of her life before moving to Smiths three years ago. Mrs. Key was a member of Dunson Baptist Church and had retired from Dunson Mills after more than 38 years of service.
She was the widow of Hayde P. Key. Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Richard and Linda Key of Smiths, and Curtis and Carol Key of San Antonio, Texas; her sister, Martha Brinkman of Fort Wayne, 10 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. Flowers will be accepted or those desiring may contribute to Dunson Baptist Church in memory of Mrs. Key.
Cecil L. Hood April 13, 1947 June 6, 2001 DETROIT, Mich. Cecil L. (Nap) Hood, 54, formerly of Columbus, died June 6, 2001, in Detroit, Mich. Memorial service will be held at 11 a.m.
Saturday, June 16, 2001, at Rose Hill Memorial Baptist Church in Columbus, Ga. James H. Cole Funeral Home in Detroit is in charge of the arrangements. Mr. Hood was born April 13, 1947, in Columbus, the son of the late Bertha Hood and Charlie L.
Hood. He retired from General Motors in Detroit and served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1970-74. Mr. Hood was a 1967 graduate of Carver High School.
Survivors include his wife, Brenda Hood of Detroit; a son, Cecil L. Hood Jr. of Detroit; four daughters, Keiya Hood of Columbus, and Rita, Shirlita and Marie Hood, all of Detroit; two brothers, Robert Hood of Winston Salem, N.C., and Curtis L. Hood of Detroit; a sister, Bertha Hood Brown of Fort Lauderdale, grandchildren, Maurice Marteze and Melanie Chapman of Detroit, and Jessica Hood of Columbus; and other relatives and friends. Ouida P.
Currington August 23, 1924 June 11, 2001 BUENA VISTA, Ga. Ouida P. Currington, 76, of Buena Vista, died Monday, June 11, 2001, at The Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 14, 2001, at Moores Chapel Baptist Church Cemetery.
The Rev. Keith Ethridge and the Rev. David Chapman will officiate, according to Tante Funeral Home, Buena Vista. Pallbearers are Jason Smith, Truitt Smith, Larry Ogan, Adam Currington, Nick Currington and Keith Wooldridge. The family will receive friends at the funeral home this evening from 7-8 p.m.
Mrs. Currington was born August 23, 1924, in Taylor County, the daughter of Drew and Lula McGinty Averett. She lived in this area most of her life and was a member of Mauk Baptist Church and a former member of Moores Chapel Baptist Church. Survivors include three sons, Flem (Judy) Smith of Buena Vista, Jerry (Cathy) Smith of Smithville, and Danny (Regina) Currington of Buena Vista; a daughter, Drucilla (David) Roberts of Marietta, a sister, Mary Lou (Bob) Tweedell of Jenson Beach, nine grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Louisa Minerva Cook July 14, 1910 June 12, 2001 PHENIX CITY, Ala.
Louisa Minerva Cook, 90, of Phenix City, died Tuesday, June 12, 2001, in Phenix City. Funeral services will be be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 14, 2001, at Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Thomas Ray officiating. Interment to follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens.
Grandsons will serve as pallbearers. Visitation will be this evening from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Cook was born July 14, 1910, in Phenix City, the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth Galloway and Benjamin Franklin Galloway.
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