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Area Obituaries Audrey Buford Beech Audrey Buford Beech, a Hobson native and resident, died at the age of 86 on Oct. 19, 2007. After graduating from Washington County High School he enlisted in the army and served during WWII on Tienian Island and Japan. He met his future wife, Ethel Bernice Pope, in Oxford, Miss. while sending a telegram to his family to inform them of his whereabouts. After discharge they returned to Hobson where they raised their family in the home that he had built. Beech retired from Liberty National Life Insurance Company after more than 30 years as an agent. He lived his life in service to his community, church and family. Afaithful member of Pine Level Baptist Church, he served as song leader, deacon and Sunday School teacher. He was also instrumental in securing a water system for the community and served as chairman of the Hobson Water Board. In addition he was a member of the St. Stephens Masonic Lodge. He was preceded in death by his wife; parents, Laura and Buford Beech; two sisters, Mary Ethel and Lillian Beech Spencer; and brother, Elsworth who died in early childhood. Survivors include two daughters, Donna Sue (Peter) Palmer and Margo (Bill) Hospodar; three sons, Philip (Debra) Beech, Mark (Brenda) Beech and Lyle (Tammy) Beech; a sister, Melvin (Bill) Bloomer; five brothers, Bill (Jean) Beech, Vern Beech, Thurman (Frances) Beech, Fletcher Beech and Buddy (Joy) Beech; grandchildren, Summer (Ryan) Kalong, Andy (Jisun) Hospodar, Adam (Lesley) Hospodar, Katherine Palmer, Anne Palmer, Allison Hospodar, John Hospodar, Drew Beech, Shae Beech, Rusty Beech, Zach Beech and Laura Beech; and great-great-granddaughter, Lily Hospodar. Funeral services were Oct. 24 at Pine Level Baptist Church of Hobson, with interment in the Jones Beech Cemetery in Hobson. Active pallbearers were Roger Beech, Chris Beech, Barry Beech, Lamar Beech, Frank Dickey and Gordon Sloat. Honorary pallbearers were Johnny Beech, Irwin Cooper, Nelson Beech, Kenneth Howard and David Pierson. Arrangements were directed by Lathan Funeral Home of Chatom. James H. Brewer Jr. James H. Brewer Jr., 61, a native of Jackson, died at his residence in Wagarville Oct. 20, 2007. He was a retired truck driver with Wayne McCoy Trucking and a member of Rivers Baptist Church in Sims Chapel. Survivors include daughters, Charlotte Keith of Wagarville and Patsy Reed of Jackson; brother, Freddie Dick of Wagarville; nine grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Funeral services were Oct. 22 at Rivers Baptist Church and interment was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Frank Keith, Leon Hubbart, Hayward Parnell, Al Parnell and James Cupit. Arrangements were directed by Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson Hubert Marvin Jones Hubert Marvin Jones, died Oct. 16, 2007 in a Mobile hospital at the age of 80. He was a native of Alma and resident of Saraland. A member of Jones Chapel United Methodist Church in Alma, Jones worked in apartment maintenance with MBI Management. He is survived by his wife, Sadie M. Jones of Saraland; a son, Troy Jones of Saraland; three daughters, Gloria Jones and Janet Pickering, both of Saraland and Deborah Edmonds of Chunchula; three brothers, Jimmy Jones and Arnold Jones, both of Alma and Charles Jones of Saraland; two sisters, Hazel Langley of Saraland and Vada Stokeley of Foley; nine grandchildren and five greatgrandchildren. Funeral services were Oct. 19 at Stave Creek Baptist Church with the Revs. Mike Maloy and Tom Dees officiating. Pallbearers were Jeff McDonald, Wayne Edmonds, Clint Edmonds, Matthew Edmonds, Darryl Presnall and Johnny Presnall. Arrangements were directed by Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson. Margaret Presnall Deese Margaret Presnall Deese, 88, affectionately known as "Coco", a resident of Grove Hill, died Oct. 18, 2007 at the Mobile Infirmary Hospital. She was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints. Survivors include two daughters, Irma Martin of Gautier, Miss. and Mary M. Cox of Grove Hill; seven sisters, Mary (Willie) Sayles and Inez Hill, both of Detroit, Mich., Delois Robinson and Eunice Matthews, both of Grove Hill, Corain McCall of Springfield, Mass., Annie R. Edgar and Ann Hampton, both of Flint, Mich.; one brother, James (Henrietta) Presnall of Flint; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Public viewing will be Friday, Oct. 26 from 12 noon until 5:30 p.m. at the chapel of Jackson Memorial Funeral Home. A second viewing will be Saturday, Oct. 27 from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour at 2 p.m. at the Orange Hill Baptist Church in Grove Hill. Interment will follow in the church cemetery with Jackson Memorial Funeral Home directing. Tomzie Tucker Calhoun Tomzie Tucker Calhoun, 91, a native of Marengo County and a resident of Hampstead, N.C., died Oct. 21, 2007 at Corinthians Place Assisted Living Facility in Leland, N.C. She was a former resident of Jackson where she retired as a domestic. Survivors include four daughters, Rosia Smith of Homewood, Peggy Poellnitz of Raleigh, N.C., Laura Poellnitz-Ferguson (Thaddeus) of Hampstead and Mary Poellnitz of Birmingham; seven sons, Eardie Poellnitz of Birmingham, Tommy (Mamie) Poellnitz of Eight Mile, Roy (Josephine) Poellnitz of Grovetown, Ga., Johnny (Brenda) Poellnitz of Grove Hill, Matthew (Merian) Poellnitz of Huntingdon Station, N.Y., Billy Poellnitz of Wilmington, N.C. and Rich Hamilton of Mobile; 50 grandchildren, 95 great-grandchildren and 25 great-great-grandchildren.
Services will be Friday, Oct. 26, 2 p.m. at Andrews Funeral Home chapel. Viewing will be today, Oct. 25, 6-8 p.m. at Andrews Funeral Home. Burial will be in Bethlehem Cemetery in Linden.
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