Charles Ameal Perkins

Charles Ameal Perkins, 72, of Montgomery, died Thursday, August 26, 2004.

Services are at 3 p.m. Sunday, August 29, at the Chapel of Brooks-Cargile Funeral Home with the Rev. John Ed Mathison and the Rev. Earl Andrews officiating. Burial will follow in Greenwood Cemetery with Brooks-Cargile Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include his wife, Joann Perkins of Montgomery; children, Angie (Ray) Tucker snf Sivi (Brian) Hutchison of all Montgomery and Scott (Jennifer) Perkins of Atlanta, Ga.; grandchildren, Kindall Tucker, Andrew and Tyler Hutchison; and mother-in-law, Mary Barberee of Elba.

Mr. Perkins will be greatly missed by family and friends.

Shanique M. Lawson

Infant Shanique M. Lawson, of Demopolis, died Sunday, August 22, 2004, at a Demopolis hospital.

Graveside services were held at 11 a.m., Friday, August 27, at Allenville Cemetery in Faunsdale with the Rev. Ralph Hunter officiating and Larkin and Scott Funeral Home directing.

Lucille Coleman

Lucille Coleman, 96, of Demopolis, died Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at a Tuscaloosa hospital.

Services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, August 28, at Hopewell Baptist Church in Demopolis, with the Rev. Harry Gaitor and the Rev. Marvin Johnson officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Larkin and Scott Funeral Home directing.

Willie I. Johnson

Willie I. Johnson, 86, of Demopolis, died Tuesday, August 24, 2004, at a Tuscaloosa hospital.

Services were held at 12 noon Saturday, August 28, at Hopewell Baptist Church, Demopolis, with the Rev. Harry Gaitor and the Rev. Marvin officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Larkin and Scott Funeral Home directing.

Bertha Hall Lee Reynolds

A memorial service for Bertha Hall Lee Reynolds, 90, who died Monday, Aug. 23, was held Aug. 26 in Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church. The Revs. Polk Van Zandt and Joseph Knight officiated.

Mrs. Reynolds was the oldest child of the late A.L. and Eugenia Shepperd Lee of McGregor, Texas.

She graduated from the University of Texas and taught in Texas prior to moving to Selma in 1944, when she married Bernard Adams Reynolds Sr.

She taught in the Selma Public Schools for more than 20 years and for the U.S. Air Force at Craig Field.

Along with her husband, a former Dallas County Probate Judge, Mrs. Reynolds was a fervent ambassador for the county, traveling extensively on behalf of the Alabama and National Association of Counties organizations.

She worked tirelessly for the Mother’s March of Dimes and Delta Kappa Gamma for a number of years.

Miss Bee, as she was affectionately known, was a former Sunday School teacher and president of the Episcopal Church Women at Saint Paul’s. Selma’s Tale-Tellin’ Festival originated from ideas first formulated around her kitchen table.

Mrs. Reynolds was predeceased by her husband

and a son, Bernard A. Reynolds Jr. She is survived by her two daughters, Lee (Randy) Reynolds Sewell of Atlanta and St. George Island, Florida, and Nancy Reynolds Bennett of Selma; four grandchildren, Stephen (Laura) Locke Reynolds of Carrollton, Texas, William Jenkins Reynolds III of Flower Mound, Texas, Amy Alison Bennett and Leslie (Brian) Bennett King, both of Selma; three great-grandchildren, Madison Elizabeth and Locke Adam Reynolds and Baker Adams King.

She is also survived by her sister, Eugenia Simons of Houston, Texas, her brother, A.L. “Bert” (Dorothy) Lee of McGregor, her daughter-in-law, Jerry Reynolds Schall, her sister-in-law Annie Reynolds Day of Selma, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Memorials may be made to Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 1306, Selma, AL 36702, or Alabama Tale-Tellin’ Festival, P.O. Box 1031, Selma, AL 36702.