Martha Elizabeth Lackey
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Martha Elizabeth Lackey
McKay, age 93, a resident of
Selma, passed away Dec. 10,
She was preceded in death
by her husbands, Henry Lackey
and Clemmie (Red) McKay;
daughter, Bernice Crampton;
brother, James Smith and sister,
Inez Hilton.
Graveside services will be 2
p.m., Thursday, Dec. 13, 2007,
at New Live Oak Cemetery
with the Rev. George K. Jones,
Sr. officiating and Selma Funeral
Home directing. Visitation
will be 5 to 7 p.m.,Wednesday,
Dec. 12, 2007, at the funeral
She is survived by her
daughters, Betty (George) Ellis,
Barbara (Frank) Rosser
and Betty Jo (Brent) Scott;
sons, Jimmy (Ellie) McKay
and Wayne McKay; grandchildren,
Sandra (Jeff) Deramus,
Sheryl (Timothy) Richburg,
Wayne (Kathy) Warden, Alan
(Sharon) Warden, Melissa
(David) Smallwood, Beth (Jimmy)
Champion, Angie (Frank)
Dessauer and Derek McKay;
ten great-grandchildren and
five great-great-grandchildren.
The family would like to
thank the staff of Park Place
Nursing Home, Dr. Daniel
Clower and Dr. Park Chittom
for the kindness and compassion
shown to Mrs. McKay
during her stay at Park Place.
Please visit http://www.selmafuneralhome.
com/ to
make on line condolences to
the family.
Mrs. Mary Weir Duran
Mrs. Mary Weir Duren gently
passed away at the age of
103 on Nov. 24, 2007.
Mrs. Duren was born on Feb.
27, 1904, in Gastonburg. In her
early adult years, she was a
caring teacher in Gastonburg
and in the late 1920s moved to
Montgomery, where she became
employed in 1930 with
the state of Alabama. She
worked for the Weights and
Measures Division for the Department
of Agriculture for 41
years and retired on Dec. 13,
Mrs. Duren was a member of
the First Methodist Church
since 1951. She was married to
the late Jesse Duren. She had a
wonderful caregiver, Patricia
Law, for the last 13 years.
She leaves two nephews,
Clyd Weir of Elberta and Dr.
James Weir of Gastonburg
and LaJolla, Calif. She also
leaves two great nieces, Andi
Weir Franklin of Ono Island
and Elizabeth Weir Factor of
Charleston, S.C.
Services will be a private
graveside ceremony in Gastonburg.
Ms. Mary Eslie Clinton
MARION &045; Ms. Mary Eslie
Clinton Tubbs, 95, of Helena,
formerly of Heiberger, died
Dec. 10, 2007, at Shelby Baptist
Medical Center, Alabaster.
Services will be 11 a.m.
Thursday at Bethelhem
Methodist Church with the
Rev. Joe Prickett and the Rev.
Jimmy Boone officiating. Burial
will follow in the church
cemetery.
Visitation will be 6 to 8 p.m.,
Wednesday, at Kirk Funeral
Home Marion chapel.
Mrs. Julia Mae Lewis
Mrs. Julia Mae Lewis, 78, of
Selma died Monday, Dec. 10,
2007 at Vaughan Regional
Medical Center.
Arrangements are incomplete
and will be announced
by Miller Funeral Service.
Mrs. Willie Mae Parker
Mrs. Willie Mae Parker, 79,
of Selma died Sunday, Dec. 9,
2007 at Jackson Hospital.
Arrangements are incomplete
and will be announced
by Miller Funeral Service.
Roscoe Hinson Godwin
Roscoe Hinson Godwin died
Monday, Dec. 10, 2007, at a
Shelby County hospital.
Funeral services will be 1
p.m., Friday at the Chapel of
Lawrence Funeral Home with
Minister Dennis Turner officiating.
Visitation will be prior to
the service from 11 a.m. to 1
Mr. Godwin is survived by
his son, Don Godwin (Lisa) of
Pelham; sisters, Lois Travis of
Ohio, Ina Crowder of Montgomery
and Kathryn Rena
Pearson of Calera; grandchildren,
Julia, Diana and Grant
Godwin. He is also survived by
a special niece, Cheryl Bailey,
who took care of him. He was
preceded in death by his wife,
Delane Godwin.
Pallbearers will be Marty
Roney, Mitt Pearson, Eric
Richburg and Russell Sheldt.
The family would like to give
many special thanks to
Amedisys Hospice and to
Maplewood Ridge Assisted
Living, where he lived; many
thanks to the staff and residents.