Obituaries for July 22

Published 12:00 am Monday, July 22, 2002

Daa’iya Ama Salaam Gola

Daa’iya Ama Salaam Gola, died Monday, July 21, 2003 at her home.

Services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at the Atlanta Masjid in Atlanta, Ga., Burial services will be held at the 14th St. Masjid Cemetery.

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Survivors include a loving husband, Michael Gola (Huntsville); two daughters, Adara and Anissa (Selma); mother and father, State Representative Yusuf Abdus Salaam and Khayriyyah Salaam (Selma); three sisters, Fatima (Muhammad, Woodbridge, Va.), Rasheeda (Selma) and Safiyyah (Ayman, Birmingham); and one brother, Yusuf Jibreel (Lachelle, Great Lakes, Ill.); grandmothers, Willie Mae Griffin (Columbus, Ga.) and Esther Lofton (Atlanta, Ga.); three uncles, James (Karen, Indianapolis, Ind.), Michael (Los Angeles, Calif.) Robert (Atlanta, Ga.); five aunts, Ruby Sales (Washington, DC) Rhonda Sales (Samuel, Hardeeville, S.C., Kathryn King (Charles, Atlanta, Ga.), Jacqueline Howard (John, Atlanta, Ga.), and Bridgette Brown (Maurice, Atlanta, Ga.); mother-in-law Jeanie Gola (Millbrook); two nieces, Amirah Witten (Woodbridge, Va.) and Aminah Witten (Woodbridge, Va.); and a host of other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her grandfathers, Joe Sales and Cornelius Lofton.

Daa’iya was born on October 23, 1977. She was a 1995 graduate of Selma High School and attended Auburn University.

Fannie Nunn Moore

Fannie Nunn Moore, 98, of Selma, died Sunday, July 20, 2003 at an assisted living facility.

Graveside services are at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 22, at New Live Oak Cemetery with the Rev. John Corey, the Rev. Art Hartley and Dr. Glenn Langner officiating and Lawrence Funeral Home directing.

Survivors includes a son, Tyler G. (Mary Louise) Moore of Selma; daughters, Marion M. (Marvin) Sumerlin of Jones and Jane M. (Paul) Klinner of Prattville; 13 grandchildren; 2 step-grandchildren; 22 great-grand children; 12 great-great-grandchildren; and numerous other relatives.

Active pallbearers are grandsons.

Mrs. Moore was preceded in death by her husband, John Tyler Moore and two sons, Charney McKay Moore and Franklin R. Moore.

Family visitation will be from 8:30-930 a.m. on Tuesday prior to the service.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Shady Grove Baptist Church Building Fund, 234 Co. Rd. 83, Selma, AL 36703.

Mrs. Moore was a long tie employee of Cohen’s Department Store.

Mary Catherine MeKeil

Mary Catherine McKeill age 83, formerly of Birmingham, died Thursday, July 10, 2003 at healthcare facility in Snellville.

Graveside services are at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 26, at Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, with McCommons Funeral Home, 109 W. Broad St., Greensboro, Ga., directing.

Survivors include cousins, Don Wilson and wife Donna of McDonough, Ga., Carolyn Crouse and husband John of Greensboro, Ga., Joe Scott Mead of Birmingham, George Mead of Sarasota, Fla., Tracy Leberte and husband Larry of Birmingham;

and an aunt, LaVonia Mead of Birmingham.

Mrs. McKeil, was born on June 19, 1920 in Selma, to the late John William McKeil and Elaine Furness Mead McKeil. She graduated from high school in Birmingham and was active in the USO during WW II. She had worked as a secretary for Marlowe Construction Company, Strauss Construction Company and retired in 1988 from Stringfellow Lumber Company in Birmingham. For the past 30 years she had lived in Homewood, and recently moved to Georgia to be close to her family.

Lawrence G. Lolley

Lawrence G. Lolley, 87, of Selma, died Sunday, July 20, 2003 at his home.

Services are at 11 a.m. Tuesday, July 22, at the Chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home with the Rev. Glen Smith and Dr. Tom Leggett officiating. Burial will follow in Pineview Memory Gardens with Lawrence Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include his wife, Nelle Guyse Lolley; son, Lawrence (Pennie) Lolley Jr. of Rocksboro, N.C.; daughter, Linda (Donald) Hand of Clanton; sister, Hazel Ware of Selma; four grandchildren; and two-great-grandchildren.

Active pallbearers are Larry English, David Boozer, Richard Ware, Jimmy Ellison, James Strickland III and Donald Hand Jr.

Audrey Hyatt Bond

Audrey Hyatt Bond, 77, of Greensboro, died Monday, July 21, 2003 at her home.

Graveside services are at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 23, in Greensboro Cemetery with Garland bond and the Rev. William E. Calhoun officiating and Kirk Funeral Homes of Greensboro Chapel directing.

Survivors include two daughters, Brenda C. Bond of Troy and Monica M. and husband, Paul D. Barnes of Rapid City, S.D.

Mrs. Bond was preceded in death by her parents, James and Claudia Atchison Hyatt and husband, Ira Fred Bond.

Active pallbearers are Blake Smith, Chester Singleton, M.D., William C. Seale, Charles McKinney, Alvin McCrory and Michael Harrow.

Family visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday, at Kirk Funeral Home Greensboro Chapel.

Mrs. Bond retired from Civil Service in 1985 and then worked for Turpin Vise Insurance Agency for 13 years.

Mildred Finch-Quinney

Mildred Finch-Quinney, 63, of Forkland, died Wednesday, July 16, 2003 at a Tuscaloosa hospital.

Services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday, July 23, at Old Greene Oak Baptist Church, Forkland, with the Rev. James Reed and the Rev. Lynn Finch officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Boligee, with Larkin and Scott Funeral Home of Demopolis dirercting.