Charles Pettis

Charles Pettis, 76, of Browns, died Thursday, February 10, 2005.

Services will be held at 12 noon Friday, February 18, at the Chapel of Miller Funeral Home with the Rev. Edward Moore officiating. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Cemetery with Miller Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include six daughters, Malinda Rogers, Alice Cypress, Shirley Thomas, Wilma Pettis, Edwena Williams and Melinda Rivers; eight grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; three sons-in-law; two brothers-in-law; five sisters-in-law; one nephew; and four nieces.

He was preceded in death by one sister, Wilma Gilford.

Active pallbearers are friends of the family.

John Moorer Sr.

John Moorer Sr., 73, of Selma, died Wednesday, February 2, 2005, at a local nursing home.

Services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, February 12, at Summer Grove M.B. Church with Elder Ceasar Calhoun officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery with Miller Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include one son, John Moorer Jr.; five brothers, Willie (Florence), Charles (Velma) of Selma, Jim (Eula) of Pittsfield, Mass., Robert (Helen) of Birmingham and Moses of Camden; sisters, Wilma Jean (Willie) Perryman of Birmingham, Willie James Hrabowski of Arlington, Texas, Lynn (James) Eaton of Selma and JoAnn (Ted) Fenn of Hamden, Conn.; sister-in-law, Julia Mae Green; one grandchild; one great-child; two brothers-in-law; four sisters-in-law; and numerous nieces, nephews; two special friends, Gregory Green of Selma and Dorothy Brown.

Mr. Moorer was preceded in death by two brothers, Lee Andrew Green and Hugh Moorer.

Active pallbearers were nephews.

Rosanna Norfleet

Rosanna “Gulley” Norfleet, 75, of Newbern, died Saturday, February 5, 2005, at a nursing home in Birmingham.

Services were held at 1 p.m. Saturday, February 12, at Reynolds Chapel AME in Newbern with the Rev. H. McGhee officiating. Burial followed in Norfleet Cemetery in Newbern, with Miller Funeral Home directing.

Survivors include two sons, Benny Joe Norfleet of Birmingham and Andrew Norfleet of Newbern; eight daughters, Lucy (Lafayette) Billingsley, Sarah (Phillip) Andrews of Alexandria, Va., Willie (Adolph) Shepard of Cleveland, Ohio, Nancy Miller, Elizabetb Crumb, Ethel Smith, Odell (Jessie) Parrish and Mary Speigner of Birmingham; one brother, Fred Ward of Bessemer; 33 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and three sons-in-law.

Active pallbearers were grandsons.