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SAN DIEGO — Henry Alcus Britt “Al,” born on a farm in rural Lincoln County, Mississippi on August 13, 1921, passed away on September 14, 2013, following a brief illness. Al was raised on the family farm where he supplemented his family diet by hunting squirrels and subsequently became an expert marksman. Following completion of […]

Harry said goodbye [May 25, 2013] to his daughter Deana Rose, and her husband Thom Windsor DDS, after impatiently waiting five years to begin his journey to reunite with his late wife Stella.

Lanford Brackett, 94, of 105 Sumter Street, died Thursday, April 18, 2013 at Agape, Rock Hill, SC. Funeral service will be 3:00 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Tommy Wilkes and Rev. Drew Martin officiating. Interment will be in Woodside Cemetery with Military Rites. The family will […]

Franklin Wells Butterfield was born at Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Fairbanks on Feb. 4, 1927, and passed away on April 9, 2013. He was 86. He was a husband, a father and a soldier who faithfully served his country. At the age 14, he left home and joined the U.S. Marine Corps, where he served […]

Walter W. L. “Bill” Brownson, 89, of Howard Divide, died Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Lock Haven Hospital. Born Jan. 22, 1914, in Sterling, Ohio, he was a son of the late John and Ruth Gray Brownson. On Sept. 20, 1948, he married Helen M. Heaton, who died July 10, 2006. Bill worked in the […]

Dan L. Bedford “Jack”, age 87, of Appleton, passed on Wednesday, February 20, 2013 at Cherry Meadows Hospice after a brief battle with cancer. Jack was born in Yale, OK on March 5, 1925 to the late Frank and Ethel (Clemons) Bedford. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II in […]

Shreveport, LA – Mr. Boatright was born on January 30, 1922, and passed away on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Visitation will be held from 9:30 until 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 15, at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Officiating will be Father Philip F. […]

George P. Biehl went to be with his Lord on October 14, 2012. He was born Oct. 7, 1918, in Oak Park, Ill. He was the third child of six and the last surviving member of that family. As a child growing up in the Depression, George worked long hours for low pay. He set […]

Col. Roy Joseph Batterton, Jr., a highly decorated Marine officer and former principal of the Clarke County High School, died Sunday, October 14, 2012, at the age of 94 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. Col. Batterton graduated from the University of Kentucky and received his commission in the Marine Corps in 1940. He fought in […]

Lyle D. Brandt, passed away peacefully at age 90 1/2 years old on Sept. 14, 2012 surrounded by loving family. He was born March 23, 1922 at Gate, Wash., to C.E. (Dave) Brandt and Mae Church Brandt. Lyle enlisted in U.S. Marines in 1942, serving in various campaigns in the Pacific as a Marine Raider. […]