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Obituaries for Tuesday

07-01-2008

Janie Barker Beard, Talladega
George Caridakis, Ashland
Derrick “Decky” Dreuitt, Anniston
Hilda Jane Hill Duke, Lineville
Nelle M. Ferguson, Cave Spring, Ga.
Jean Gittings Hawkins, Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kimberly Cassandra Milner, Anniston
Mamie Reaves Pitts, Enterprise
Rev. Kenneth Eugene Pollock, Piedmont


BEARD

TALLADEGA — Graveside Rites for Mrs. Janie Barker Beard, 93, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Pine Hill Memorial Park. Visitation from 6-8 tonight at Usrey Funeral Home.

CARIDAKIS

ASHLAND — Funeral services for George Caridakis, 76, will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church. Visitation from 5-8 tonight at Clay County Funeral Home.

DREUITT

ANNISTON — Funeral services for Mr. Derrick "Decky" Dreuitt, 44, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2008, at Rest Haven Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Ray Morgan officiating. Burial will be in the Maple Grove Cemetery. The remains will be at the church one hour prior to the services. The family will receive friends this evening from 6-8 p.m. at Ervin Funeral Chapel of Chimes. Public visitation will commence from 12 today until 8:30 p.m. Mr. Dreuitt passed away Thursday, June 26, 2008 at Regional Medical Center. ERVIN FUNERAL CHAPEL "Where Courtesy Dwells And Service Excels." www.ervinfuneralchapel.net

DUKE

LINEVILLE — Funeral services for Mrs. Hilda Jane Hill Duke, 62, will be at 2 p.m. today at Mt. Prospect Baptist Church with the Revs. David Holcombe and Jerry Bolt officiating. Burial will follow at the Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville one hour prior to the services. She will lie in state from 1-2 p.m. Leave on line condolences at www.benefieldfuneralhome.com Benefield Funeral Home of Lineville is in charge of the arrangements.

FERGUSON

CAVE SPRING, Ga. — Funeral services for Nelle M. Ferguson, 85, will be 1 p.m. today at Lakeview Baptist Church in, Rome, Ga. Perry Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.

HAWKINS

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Jean Gittings Hawkins, 85, died June 29, 2008 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Services by Dey Florin Chapel; Florin Funeral Service, St. Joseph, Michigan.

MILNER

ANNISTON — Funeral service for Kimberly Cassandra Milner, 47, who passed away, June 30, 2008 after a 29 year battle with MS, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the chapel of Miller Funeral Home. the Rev. Charles Wright will officiate and burial will be in Iron City Cemetery. Her family will receive friends tonight from 6-8 p.m. at Miller Funeral Home and Crematory. Mrs. Milner was a native and life long resident of Anniston. She is preceded in death by her mother, Dorothy B. Couch and nephew, Christopher Hicks. She is survived by her daughter, Melissa Wright (Jamie); father, Sam Couch Jr.; brother, Sammy Couch; sisters, Pat Ledbetter and Nancy Couch; granddaughters, Meaghan and Savannah Wright; nieces, Darla Hudson, Nicki Nelson; nephews, Joshua Crawford, Tracy Nelson, and Patrick Smith.

Pallbearers will be Joshua Crawford, Timothy Jones, Mark Gallahar, Lewis Lancaster, Terry Wright, and William Jones. Personal tributes may be sent to www.millerfuneralhomeoxford.com

PITTS

ENTERPRISE — Funeral services for Mamie Reaves Pitts, 94, formerly of Roanoke, will be at 3 p.m. today from Union Baptist Church. Benefield Funeral Home of Wedowee

POLLOCK

PIEDMONT — Funeral services for The Rev. Kenneth Eugene Pollock, 87, will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Piedmont Cumberland Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Rodney McInnis and the Rev. Ken Grubb officiating. Burial will follow at Goshen Cemetery. The family will receive friends two hours prior to services at the church. The Rev. Pollock died Sunday, June 29, 2008 at Jacksonville Medical Center. He is survived by his wife, Olive Louise Pollock; three daughters, Marsha Pollock Barr (Jack) of Jefferson, N.C., Charity Ann Buerhaus, of Piedmont and Faith Annette Grubb (Ken), of Phenix City; two sons, Douglas Kent Pollock (Donna), of Wilmington, Del. and Timothy Eugene Pollock (Vickie), of Charlotte, N.C.; 16 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and one sister, Evelyn Minteer, of East Moline, Ill.

Pallbearers will be Brandon Pollock, Paul Grubb, Mark Buerhaus, Matt Buerhaus, Michael Buerhaus and Benjamin Pollock. Honorary pallbearer will be Andrew Pollock. The Rev. Pollock was born in Iowa and was raised in Illinois. He was a U.S. Navy World War II veteran, was a graduate of Piedmont Bible College in Winston Salem, N.C. and pastored for 55 years in six states. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Janice Louise Chrisco; a sister, Beatrice Asmus; and a son-in-law, The Rev. Chuck Buerhaus.

In lieu of flowers the family request memorial contributions for missions to Piedmont Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 23746 AL Hwy 9, Piedmont, Ala. 36272.

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