OBIT STORIES
LRHS Classes of '45, '46, '47 '48, '49, '50, '51 & '52

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     A list of obits from various sources pertaining about your former classmates in case you want to read about them.



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Class of 1949

||Alice Moran Kerr| Sue Layton Walton| Earl A. Keck, Jr.| Ralph A. Pyle| Pattie Ann Hobbs Spurlin| Betty Janiece (Grooms) Gassaway| Dr. Edward Stewert Allen| Carolyn Scott Rosenfield| Jim Pattillo| Barbara Hesson (Williams| Tommy Dunaway| Hank Fitzgibbon||


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Alice Moran Kerr

EDITOR'S NOTE--=You can thank Joanne Riddick for providing this link of Alice Moran Kerr who died April 30, 2008. You must click Obituaries & her name in order to read obituary

http://www.boydfuneralhome.neT


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Sue Layton Walton

EDITOR'S NOTE--Thanks to Paul D. Snodgrass '48 you are able to read the link here about Sue Layton Walton who died May 29, 2007.

http://ruebelfuneralhome.com/obituaryindividual.php?id=249


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Earl A. Keck, Jr.

KECK - On Wednesday, February 14, 2007, Earl A. Keck, husband of Catherine (Shemansky) Keck of West Ninth St., Pottstown, Pa. Age 76. A funeral Mass will be offered at 10:30 a.m. Monday in St. Gabriel’s RC Church, 127 E. Howard St., Stowe, PA. Interment in Highland Memo rial Park. Friends may call Monday 9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. at the church. Contributions may be made in his memory to St. Gabriel’s Memorial Fund, 127 E. Howard St., Stowe, PA 19464. (Warker-Troutman)


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Ralph A. Pyle

EDITOR'S NOTE -- Thanks to Joanne Riddick you able to read Ralph Pyle here!

http://obit.wcfish.com/obit_display.cgi?id=361558&listing=Current


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Pattie Ann Hobbs Spurlin

EDITOR'S NOTE -- Joanne Riddick gave Griffin Leggett as the Funeral Home that had the body of Pattie Ann Hobbs Spurlin and went there for the following obit. You can thank Joanne for reading the OBIT here!

griffinleggett.createatribute.com/registryMain.php?PHPSESSID=a05658961f6602278dc949d9d81f5826&i_memorialid=1161976362>


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Betty Janiece (Grooms) Gassaway

EDITOR'S NOTE -- Wilbur G. Gaddy reported the death of Betty Janiece (Grooms) Gassaway and Roller Funeral Home that had her body. You can thank Wilbur Gaddy for reading here this obit.

http://www.rollerfuneralhomes.com/services.asp?page=odetail&id=7483&locid=32


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Dr. Edward Stewert Allen

Editor's Note -- We have Wilbur G. Giddy to thank for tipping us off about seeing the Obituary of Dr. Edward Stewert Allen in the Arkansas Gazette-Democrat. Went to Rubel Funeral Home to get this link below!

http://www.ruebelfuneralhome.com/obituaryindividual.php?id=98

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Carolyn Scott Rosenfield

EDITOR'S NOTE -- We have Paul D. Snodgrass '48 to thank for sending the obit of Carolyn Scott Rosenfield. She was in Class '49.

Carolyn Scott Rosenfield On Tuesday, February 28, 2006 at 8:23 AM, age 74 years. Beloved wife of Julius M. Rosenfield. Mother of William Lawrence Willis, Lynne W. Rivas, Sterling Scott Willis, Jeffrey W. Willis, Regina Rosenflum and Robert Rosenfield.

Daughter of the late Marie Hopson Scott and Laurence Edward Scott. Sister of Marie S. Taylor and Jane S. Ward. Also survived by 12 grandchildren. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the Memorial Service at All Saints Episcopal Church, 100 Rex Drive, River Ridge, LA on Saturday, March 4, 2006 at 3:00 PM. Friends may gather on Saturday from 2:00 PM until 3:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to All Saints Episcopal Church. To view and sign the family guests book, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com.

Published in The Times-Picayune from 3/3/2006 - 3/4/2006.

Jim Pattillo

James A. (Jim) Pattillo, 74 of Dallas, a husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather who truly loved the Lord, passed away on December 13, 2005. He lived in Dallas since 1969.

Mr. Pattillo, son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Pattillo, Sr., now deceased, was a native of Little Rock, Arkansas and retired public relations executive with Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. He spent his career in human communications.

He was a graduate of the University of Arkansas-Little Rock and had a Masters from Southern Methodist University, where he taught as an adjunct professor in the 1970's. He also served in the U. S. Navy in the Korean War. Mr. Pattillo was an active leader in the Hillcrest Church, and a Mature Adults Sunday school teacher.

He was a member of the Dallas Razorback Club, and an officer of the Friends of the Audelia Road Public Library, an organization he helped create.

Mr. Pattillo's faith and love in our Lord Jesus Christ was the cornerstone of his life, and he attempted to be a faithful evangelist of the Lord in his retirement years. He previously served as an elder in Presbyterian Churchs in Little Rock, St. Louis and Dallas.

In recent years Mr. Pattillo's greatest satisfaction was in leading bible studies and worship services for inmates at the Jesse R. Dawson State Jail in downtown Dallas. He participated in various prison mission trips with the Bill Glass Prison Ministry team. He had also been active in the work of Promise Keepers.

He is survived by his wife, Georgia Greutter Pattillo, two daughters, Susan Nichols and Janet Rash and son-in-law Robert Rash all of Dallas, and a son James (Jim) A. Pattillo III of Jacksonville, FL. He had six grandchildren, Rachel, Anna, Julia, Breck Nichols, Matthew and Allison Rash and one great grandson Gilbert. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Duane Brothers of Tulsa and Mrs. Gene V. Spradling of St. Louis, Missouri.

A memorial service will be held Thursday, December 15, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Hillcrest Church, 12123 Hillcrest Road, Dallas, Texas.


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Barbara Jean Hesson (Williams)

EDITOR's NOTE --Thanks to Joanne Hamilton (Riddick) you can read the OBIT of Barbara Jean Hesson (Williams) who died January 14, 2005. She was a member of Class 49. Remember, you can always get back to the LRHS Website by clicking BACK on your computer browser!

Drummond Funeral Home!


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David (Tommy) Dunaway

     David (Tommy) Dunaway, age 74, of Warren, Arkansas, died Saturday, February 14, 2004. He was the former Chief of Police for the Warren Police Department where he served as Chief for thirty years. Tommy was a member of the Warren First Baptist Church. He was a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Warren Masonic Lodge #33. Tommy is survived by his wife, Mary Bumpas Dunaway of Warren; one son, Dr. Joe Dunaway of Clarksville; one daughter, Mary Ann Mobley of Warren; one brother, Freddy Dunaway of Little Rock; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two nephews, and many cousins.

     Visitation with the family will be from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday, February 16, 2004, at Westbrook Funeral Home in Beebe, with graveside service at 2:00 p.m. Monday at Beebe Cemetery.

     To sign the online guest book, please visit www.westbrookfuneralhome.com


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Henry D. Fitzgibbon

     Henry Dee "Hank" Fitzgibbon, 70, passed away Thursday, July 11, 2002, at ECM Hospital after a sudden illness.

     Hank was born and raised in Little Rock, Ark. He was an All-American athlete both in high school and college.

     Hank graduated from Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, and he proudly served his country in the United States Marine Corps in the Korean Theatre.

     Hank worked as a contract administrator with the defense industry. He celebrated life with his family and was an avid golfer.

     The memorial service was Sunday, July 14, at 1:30 p.m. at Elkins Funeral Home chapel.

     Hank is survived by his loving wife and companion of 49 years, Barbara Fitzgibbon, Florence; daughters, Karen Gardner and husband, David, Florence, Linda Bryant and husband, David, Huntsville, Patricia Locker and husband, John, Florence, and Jane Guarin and husband, Jimmy, Huntsville; sons, Henry Fitzgibbon and Michael Fitzgibbon, both of Huntsville; grandchildren, Laura Delfino, Sarah Guarin, Kevin Jones, Megan Gardner, Christian Guarin, Elizabeth Locker, Janie Locker, Mary Locker and Cole Bryant; brothers, D.W. Fitzgibbon III, Grand Prairie, Texas, and Thomas Fitzgibbon, Irving, Texas.

     In lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy may be made in the form of a contribution to Children's Museum of the Shoals, 2810 Darby Drive, Florence, AL 35630, or the Florence-Lauderdale Public Library, 218 N. Wood Ave., Florence, AL 35630.

     The family would like to acknowledge and thank the emergency room staff and the EMS Department at Helen Keller Hospital, Drs. Yoder and Tinsley, and the surgery team at ECM Hospital.


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