THE DOTHAN EAGLE Tuesday, August 3, 1999 South Alabama The Associated Press MOBILE A marine police officer said requiring life jackets for all passengers in boats would save lives, but a spokesman for a national boating association contends that could be an overly ambitious move. "You have to do a step process," said Bill Engfer, president of the National Association of Boating Law Administrators. In Alabama, children younger than 8 must wear jackets, and everyone in a boat must put one on if the vessel is within 800 feet of the bottom of a lock or dam. In addition, life jackets are required for any one on personal watercraft. At least 16 people have drowned in Alabama since the beginning of 1998 after having fallen over board, and 11 oth- residents ers have been injured, said Cherie Lawrence of the Alabama Marine Police.
Overall, 46 people have died from boat-related accidents since the end of 1997. Maj. Larry Kelley, the chief of operations for the Marine Police, said state officials have discussed requiring life jackets for anyone in boats under 16 feet long, but not in recent years. He said legislators did not appear to support such a rule. Kelley said many bass-fishing clubs and tournaments require anglers to put their vests on while they travel between fishing spots.
"That would indicate to us that those people out on the water most often realize that if they don't have it on, it's not going to do any good for them," he said. Still, he and others involved Obituaries recipient of numerous dance trophies and awards. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and was active in numerous other activities. J.B. was predeceased by a sister, Liiv Beasley.
Survivors include her father, Hilton Lanier Beasley, Petrey, her mother, Cheryl Burgoon, Dothan; her step-father, Joey Burgoon, Dothan; four sisters, Jayme Burgoon, Jacqui Burgoon, Jo Beth Burgoon, Jillian Burgoon, all of Dothan; a half-sister, Lee Zue Beasley, Mobile; her grandmother, Frances Beasley, Luverne; several cousins, aunts and uncles also survive. Serving as active pallbearers will be Joey Burgoon, Chad Turner, Ronny Turner, Jason Kirkland, Danny Efurd and David Stout. Carver Middle School. She Kent-Thornton Funeral Home was active in dance for the Dothan, 793-1117 past 10 years and was the Tracie Jean Hawlett Tracie Jean Hawlett, 17, of Dothan, died Sunday in Ozark, Ala. Funeral services will be held 2 p.m.
Wednesday at Heritage Baptist Church in Dothan. Officiating will be Dr. Sid Nicholas and Dr. J.W. Lee.
Visitation will be held Hawlett tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. at Kent-Thornton Funer- al Home. Interment will be held at Memory Hill Cemetery. Ms. Hawlett was born March 3, 1982, in Dothan, Ala.
She was an active member in Heritage Baptist Church in Dothan, where she was involved with the Youth Department and taught Vacation Bible School. Tracie would have been a senior this year at Northview High School in Dothan. She was a Majorette at Northview High School and also worked at J.C. Penny's in the men's department. Ms.
Hawlett also spent time as an avid babysitter throughout the community. She is preceded in death by her father, Robert Hawlett. She is survived by her parents, Mike and Carol Roberts, Dothan, two brothers, Benjamin and Christopher Roberts, Dothan, maternal grandmother, Lois Fountain, Edison, paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Vernon St.
Cin, Gideon, grandmother, Lillian Miley, Selma, several aunts and uncles, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Fountain, Edison, Mr. and Mrs. Jon Marc Roberts, Clanton, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Roberts, Selma, Mr. and Mrs. Rickey Roberts, Plantersville, Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Downing, Gideon, Mrs. Redgie Graham, Gideon, special aunt, Charlotte Paschal, Lawrenceville, several cousins; and a special friend, Mindy Clements, Dothan, Ala. Honorary pallbearers will be the Class of 2000 at Northview High School and the Youth Group at Heritage Baptist Church in Dothan. Byrd Funeral Home Dothan, 793-3003 J.B. Hilton Green Beasley J.B.
Hilton Green Beasley, 17, of 205 Woodleigh Drive, died Sunday, August 1, 1999 in Dale County. Funeral services will be held 4 p.m. Friday at First United Methodist Church with Dr. Lawson Bryan and Rev. Patrick Gallagher officiating.
Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m. Thursday evening. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, Family Assistance Fund, 1380 West Main Street, Dothan, 36303, in honor of Alan Livingston and family. J.B.
was born July 31, 1982 in Troy, Ala. She moved to Dothan in 1984 and was enter-: ing her senior year at Northview High School. J.B. was an All American Cheerleader in the 8th grade at in favor of life in marine law enforcement question requiring every boater to wear a jacket. "It would have saved lives for sure," Kelley said.
"But to get people to comply with i it would have been very hard. It would take quite a bit of education, and require a lot of citations to be written." Scott Lee, a Marine Police officer in south Alabama, said passengers on large boats and those be low deck generally do not need to wear jackets, as long as the vests are readily available. Engfer said requiring jackets for all boaters would be overly ambitious. The association supports a jacket-requirement for children under 12. Cover extended time, the to rules certain then groups could of adult boaters that are also at higher risk of drowning, he said.
incomplete but will be announced later by Levite Funeral Home of Dothan. Rhoton Funeral Home Carrollton, Texas, (972) 242-5261 Tallie Ernest Power Tallie Ernest Power, 79, of Carrollton, Texas, passed away July 31, 1999. Services will be held on Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Southside Baptist Church in Ozark. Burial will follow at Ft.
Mitchell National Cemetery. Tallie is survived by his sister, Lena P. Enfinger, Ozark, nephew, Stanley Enfinger, Ozark, nieces, Miram Jane Todd, Warrior, Margo Shults, Gardendale, brother, Harry Power, Jackson, Ala. Varner Memorial Funeral Home Dothan, 671-1455 Robert Earl Holloway Robert Earl Holloway, 50, of 344 Webb Road, died Sunday, August 1, 1999 at the Southeast Alabama Medical Center after an extended illness. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later with a complete list of survivors by Varner Memorial Funeral Home.
Lemley Funeral Chapel Oneonta, (205) 274-2323 June Murphree Tidwell June Murphree Tidwell, 67, of Oneonta, died August 1, 1999 in Oneonta. Funeral services will be today at 11 a.m. at Antioch Methodist Church in St. Mountain, with Rev. Alvin Turner and Rev.
Danny Skillman officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Tidwell born in Winston County, to Ira Arch Murphree and Rosa Lee Gibson. She was a homemaker.
She was a member of Antioch United Methodist Church on St. Mountain. Survivors include her husband, Jack V. Tidwell, Oneonta, five daughters, Barbara Lynn Tidwell, Birmingham, Rosanne Tidwell, Montgomery, Donna Hicks (Jimmy), Oneonta, Jan Timmerman (Jay), Dothan, Tracy Beauchamp (Dale), Forest, one son, Bruce Tidwell, Oneonta, eight grandchildren; one sister, Marjorie Wilcox, Oneonta, Ala. Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home New Orleans, (504) 486-6331 Mae G.
Pusateri Mae G. Pusateri died on Sunday, August 1, 1999. Beloved wife of the late Philip Pusateri, mother of William, Jack and Philip Pusateri, mother-in-law of Colleen and Karen Pusateri; grandmother of Kathy, Michael, Billy, Taryn and Bryan Pusater; daughter of the late C.O. Green and Emma E. McClendon Green; also survived by cousins, nephews, nieces and many friends.
A native of Dothan, and a resident of New Orleans and Metairie for many years. At Mrs. Pusateri's request there will be no wake or other memorial services. A scattering will take place in Dothan, Ala. Pittman Funeral Home Geneva, 684-2600 Charlie M.
Hallford, Jr. Mr. Charlie M. Hallford, age 76, of 306 N. Merritt jacket law "If you try to bite' off too much, you're not going to get any thing," Engfer said.
The Boat Owners Association of the United States is open to new rules, although members overwhelmingly opposed the mandatory requirement, spokeswoman Becky Squires said. A new survey found that south Alabama residents greatly support making life jackets mandatory for boaters. The poll, conducted by the Mobile Register and the University of South Alabama, found 67 percent of respondents in Mobile and Baldwin counties favored making everyone wear the floatation device at all times. Following opposition from boaters, the U.S. Coast Guard backed off a proposal that would require all recreational boaters to wear the jackets.
Geneva, died Saturday, July 31, 1999 in Wiregrass Medical Center following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. today from the Chapel of Pittman Funeral Home in Geneva with Dr. John Simmons and Dr. Mike Shirah officiating.
Burial will be in the Sunset Memorial Gardens with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva directing. The family will accept flowers or donations could be made to the Maple Ave. Baptist Church General Fund, 1009 W. Maple Geneva, AL. 36340.
Mr. Hallford was born April 9, 1923 in Geneva County, Alabama, the son of the late Mae and C.M. Hallford, Sr. Mr. Hallford served in World War II in the U.S.
Army 2nd Infantry Division. He received, four Battle Stars, the Combat Infantryman's Badge and the Bronze Star from the Battle of the Bulge. Mr. Hallford worked as an automobile mechanic for Geneva County Motor Company and retired as service manager of Jones-Baird Chevrolet of Geneva. Mr.
Hallford is survived by his wife, Mrs. Vera Gary Hallford of Geneva, one daughter and son-in-law, Peggy and George Heneveld of Enterprise, two sons and daughters-in-law, Kenneth and Judy Hallford of Montgomery, Don and Jackie Hallford of Dothan, one sister and brother-inlaw, Montez and Damon Shields of Rt. 1 Hartford, one brother and sister-in-law, Johnnie and Jacqueline Hallford of Rt. 1 Hartford, five grandchildren, Paige Cappola, March Mansell, Jason, Jaime and Billy Hallford; four great-grandchildren, Sarah and Andrew Cappola, Harrison Mansell and Ashley Hallford. Willie Frank Clemmons Mr.
Willie Frank Clemmons, age 70, of 710 S. Morris Geneva, died Sunday, Aug. 1, 1999 in his home following an extended illness. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. today from the Chapel Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva with the Rev.
Coy Haney and the Rev. Bill Young officiating. Burial will be in the Beula Anna Cemetery with Pittman Funeral Home of Geneva directing. The family will accept flowers or donations could be made to the American Cancer Society, 2246 Montgomery Dothan, AL 36301, or to the American Kidney Foundation, 6110 Executive Rockville, MD 20852. Mr.
Clemmons was born Jan. 29, 1929 in Holmes County, Florida. He was the son of the I ate Lela Mae and Joshua Clemmons. Mr. Clemmons was owner of the Branding Iron Restaurant of Geneva and the Branding Iron II in Opp, The Chicken Box, Southern Charcoal Steak House and the Citgo Food Store, all of Geneva, Ala.
He was preceded in death by one son, Douglas F. Clemmons in 1967, and one brother, James C. Clemmons in 1985. He is survived by one son, Ronald E. Clemmons of New Orleans, and Ronald's mother, Ouida Clemmons Pitts of DeFuniak Springs, one brother, Travis Clemmons of Westville, one niece, Sharron Clemmons Strickland; and three nephews, Jimmy, Joey and Josh Clemmons.
Suspect charged in slaying of gay man rejects plea bargain BY JAY REEVES Associated Press Writer ROCKFORD A construction worker accused of killing a man over an alleged hom*osexual advance refused to plead the guilty Monday in exchange for a life-without-parole sentence at start of a trial that could end in the death penalty. Circuit Judge John Rochester said prosecutors offered to recommend a sentence of life without parole in exchange for Charles M. Butler pleading guilty to the capital murder charge. Butler is one of two Sylacauga men charged in the Feb. 19 slaying of Billy Jack Gaither, 39, a hom*osexual man who was beaten with an ax handle and burned atop kerosene soaked tires.
The judge told Butler that his refusal of the offer meant the prosecution would be seeking his execution. "Do you understand that, Mr. Butler?" Rochester asked Butler, 21. The short, red-haired construction worker, wearing khaki pants and an open -collar shirt as he stood before the judge, nodded that he did, indicating he wanted to go ahead with the trial. Trawick Ozark Funeral Home Ozark, 774-8374 James Newton Johnson Mr.
James Newton Johnson, 87, a resident of Newton, passed away Monday, August 2, 1999. Funeral services will be announced later by Trawick Funeral Home of Ozark. Henry Dubose Mr. Henry Dubose, 64, a resident of 207 Meadow Grove Clio, passed away Thursday, July 29, 1999 at his residence. Funeral arrangements will be announced later by Trawick Funeral Home of Allen Funeral Home Dothan, 794-6759 Oscar Z.
(Oz) Roseberry Mr. Oscar Z. "Oz" Roseberry, a native of Dothan, passed July 20, 1999 in the North Brunswick Hospital. Graveside services will be Wednesday at the North Highland Cemetery with Rev. Oliver Allen officiating and Allen Funeral Home of Dothan directing.
Survivors include Mr. Wallace L. Smith of Dothan, Ala. Levite Funeral Home Dothan, 794-5036 Mary Lou Henderson Mary Lou Henderson, 76, formerly of Hartford, and a resident of Extendicare Health Center passed Saturday, July 31, 1999 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m.
at Levite Funeral Home Chapel in 814 Headland Dothan, with Rev. W.R. Virgil officiat- ing. Burial will follow in the Macedonia Cemetery with Levite Funeral Home of Dothan directing. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 Henderson p.m.
today Henderson at the funeral home. Mrs. Henderson was born September 30, 1922 to Will and Lula Dix in Hartford, Ala. She was a retired school teacher with the Geneva County School System. She was a member of Prosperity Missionary Baptist Church of Hartford.
She was preceded in death by her husband, C.L. Henderson; three brothers, Lucious, Thomas Clifton "Shine," and Robert Carey Dix; one sister, Willie L. Kite. Survivors include four sisters, Mosie Rene Holley (Jesse) of Dothan, Juanita Dixon and Florence Crawford, both of Detroit, Dorothy L. Williams of Rivera Beach, one brother, Herbert Dix of Philadelphia, two sister-in-laws, Laura Dix Coleman and Hattie P.
Copeland Dix; several nieces, nephews, and a host of relatives and Joseph Easley Joseph Easley, 53, of Baltimore, formerly of Dothan, passed in Baltimore, Md. Funeral arrangements are Shannon Funeral Home Shelbyville, (502) 633-1266 Ken Murphy Ken Murphy, 60, a former pastor of Heritage Baptist Church in Dothan, currently of 1569 Greenland Park Circle, Shelbyville, died July 31, 1999 at Jewish Hospital Louisville, Louisville, Ky. Funeral services will be 10:30 a.m. today at Shelbyville First Baptist Church. Interment will follow in Grove Hill Cemetery, Shelbyville, Ky.
Expressions of sympathy may be sent to Bagdad Baptist Church Building Fund. Mr. Murphy was a former Southern Baptist Minister and presently Associate Director of Partnership Missions for the Kentucky Baptist Convention. He was a member of Shelbyville First Baptist Church, past vice-president and program director of Shelbyville Rotary Club, past president of Glasgow Rotary Club, past member of Glasgow Chamber of Commerce, Mensa International, past member of Kentucky Baptist Convention Executive Board, past member of Pastoral Advisory Board of Georgetown College, past member of Pastoral Advisory Board to the Religion Department of Cumberland College, past member of Church Relations Council of Campbellsville College. He recently just finished writing "Russian Harvest" about the KentuckyRussian Baptist Partnership.
He is survived his wife, Robbie Andrews, Shelbyville, sons, Pat Murphy and Greg Murphy, both of Shelbyville, grandchildren, Ben Murphy, Neil Murphy, Jill Murphy, Kristen Murphy, and Daniel Murphy, all of Shelbyville, Ky. Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Dothan, 792-4194 Tullia Skinner Bedsole Mrs. Tullia Skinner Bedsole, 90, a resident of Extendicare Health Center, passed away there late Sunday, August 1, 1999 after an extended illness. Funeral services will be held 10 a.m. today at the Ward-Wilson Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverends John W.
Hicks and Ray Preston officiating. Burial will follow in the Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Ward -Wilson Funeral Home directing. The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home from 9 to 10 a.m. today prior to the funeral service. Knowing her love for flowers, flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions can be made to the American Heart Association, 1152 West Main Street, Dothan, 36301.
After the services the family will gather for lunch at the home of Mrs. Myrtle Bedsole, 803 Canterbury Drive, Dothan, Ala. Mrs. Bedsole was born on August 21, 1908 in Geneva County the daughter of the late Cornelius Warren and Sarah Olivia Baulkum Skinner. Mrs.
Bedsole was a lifelong resident of the Fadette area where she was engaged in several businesses including restaurant, dress shop, flower shop and a bait shop. She was preceded in death by her husband, Leamon Walter Bedsole in March 1985; daughter, Mary Nell Bedsole Holloway in October 1973; four brothers, Spurgeon, Carson, Cecil, and Dalton Skinner. Survivors include three grandchildren, James Warren Holloway and Judy, Headland; Delores Holloway Polce and Arne, Napier Field; Denise Holloway Seay and Tommy, Enterprise; eight great-grandchildren, Mary Beth Holloway, Brian Warren Holloway, Grace Anne Holloway, Jonathan Seay, Joshua Seay, Jeremy Seay, Joseph Seay, Jared Seay; sister, Orpie Brown, Columbus, two brothers, Sherman Skinner and Garfield Skinner, both of Columbus, son-in-law, James Floyd Holloway and Jackie, Napier Field; sister-in-law, Myrtle Bedsole, Dothan; special niece, Catherine Bedsole Sasser, Dothan. James and Lipford Funeral Home Claudie B. Caraway Mrs.
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