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Area Obituaries
William O. Edge, 86, a native of Fulton and resident of Grove Hill, died Oct. 3, 2006 at a local hospital. He was a member of Tompkins Baptist Church where he served as deacon. A retired salesman for Alabama Institutional Foods, he was a veteran of World War II where he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corp. He was a Master Mason and a member of the Grove Hill Volunteer Fire Department. He is survived by his wife, Trula "Trudy" V. Edge of Grove Hill; son, Ward (Esther) Edge of Grove Hill; daughter, Brenda (David) Coleman of Jackson; brother, Larson Edge of Mobile; sister, Thelma Pugh of Grove Hill; four grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Visitation will be Thursday, Oct. 5 (today), 9:30 a.m. until time of service at 11 in the Tompkins Baptist Church in Grove Hill with the Revs. Don Newton and Johnnie Gillis officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery with Lathan Funeral Home of Grove Hill directing. Pallbearers are Larry Edge, Billy Edge, Raymond Pugh, Terry Pugh, Rodger Pugh and John Jones.
She is survived by a devoted god-daughter, Bernice (William) Spencer of Eight Mile; three devoted nieces, Emma (J.C.) Simon of Leroy, Dixie Taylor of St. Stephens and Nancy Howell of Jackson; devoted friend, Victoria Walker of Jackson and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. The funeral service was Saturday, Sept. 30 at St. Union Baptist Church in Leroy with the Rev. Richmond Chaney, pastor, officiating. Viewing was on Friday at Andrews Funeral Home from 2-6 p.m. A second viewing was one hour prior to the funeral service. Burial will be in Good Hope Cemetery in St. Stephens. Thelma Johnson Pullom, born Sept. 3, 1913 in the Ebenezer community, died Sept. 26, 2006 at Jackson Medical Center at the age of 93. She was preceded in death by her parents Annanias Johnson and Elmira Carriesanda Brown Johnson. A resident of Jackson, she united with the Ebenezer Baptist Church as a child and later with St. Union Baptist Church under watch care. At St. Union, she sang in the Senior Choir and was a member of the Missionary Circle No. 3. She was a retired cook. Survivors include a son, Robert (Susie) Lewis Malone of Jackson; brother, Agee Johnson of Jackson; three grandchildren, Detrick, Avis and Phillip and many nieces, nephews and friends.
The funeral service was Oct. 2 at St. Union Missionary Baptist Church in Jackson with the Rev. James M. Howard, pastor and eulogist. Burial was in the Ebenezer Cemetery in Jackson with Andrews Funeral Home in Jackson directing.
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