Obituaries for Nov. 16

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, November 16, 2004

Hubert Dalton Odom

Hubert Dalton Odom, 80, of Selma died Sunday November 14, 2004 at home.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Tuesday November 16, at the Chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home.

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Survivors include his caretaker. Wynonia Odom of Selma, sons, Charles Wayne (Sylvia) Odom of Selma, Timothy Doyle (Cindy) Odom of Dothan; daughter, Patricia Ann (Orbie) DeVane of Dothan; step-children, and Susan Louise (Dan) Yates of Oxford, Miss.; and a number of grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Lionel O. (Whitey) Strout

Lionel O. (Whitey) Strout, 83, died Saturday, November 13, 2004.

Services are at 2 p.m. Wednesday, November 17, at the Chapel of Lawrence Funeral Home.

Mr. Strout is survived by his sister, Eleanor Ridley of Augusta Maine; two sister-in-laws, Lee Daughety of Meridian, Miss., and Ruby Daughety, of Montgomery; three sons, Franklin O. Strout of Arcadia Fla., William J. Strout of San Antonio Texas and J. Lionel Strout of Selma; six grandchildren; Christy Kreither, Johnnie Strout, Belinda Strout, David Strout, Richard Strout and Benjamin Strout; three great grandchildren, Augustus Kreither, Alyssa Nabors, and Caylin Nabors. Mr. Strout is also survived by a multitude of nieces and nephews.

Family visitation will be from 6 – 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 16,

Mr. Strout was the former owner of Strout’s Boarding House. He was retired from the United States Air Force and Merchant Marines.

Margaret Elebash Wilson

Margaret Elebash Wilson, 87, died Monday, November 15, 2004, in Birmingham.

Funeral Services will be held 11a.m. Wednesday, November 17, at Church Street United Methodist Church with Lawrence Funeral Home directing. Burial will follow in Old Live Oak Cemetery.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, Joseph P. and Christine W. Wilson of Birmingham.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 59 years, Benjamin Franklin Wilson and her son, Benjamin Franklin Wilson, Jr.

The family will greet friends from 10:30 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, at the church in the Calhoun Parlor.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Church Street United Methodist Church in Selma, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Selma, or the charity of your choice.

Mrs. Wilson was born in Selma, on February 5, 1917, to the late Dr. Clarence Couch and Belzora Parrish Elebash.