BETTY F. (RUSSELL) AGEE - 75, Florence, Ala., died Saturday, Feb. 7, 2009. Visitation will be noon-2 p.m. today at Colbert Memorial Chapel. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. in the chapel, with burial to follow at Colbert Memorial Gardens. Officiating is Brother Donnie McDaniel. She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard L. Agee Sr.; sons, Timothy Bratcher and Thurman Agee; parents, Charles and Ali Mae Russell; six brothers; and one sister. Survivors include sons, Richard Lee Agee Jr., of Tallapoosa, Ga., and Rick and Cindy Agee, of Florence; daughters, Donna and Billy Aycock, of Muscle Shoals, Cathy and Kenneth Thompson, of Tuscumbia, Joni and Billy Dobbs, Angie Murphy, Jan and Paul Parrish, Deb and Steve Rhodes, all of Florence, Donna and Lewis Lopez, of Fairfield, Calif.; brothers, Hiram and Homer D. Russell, of Muscle Shoals; sisters, Catherine Llewellyn, Barbara Jean Jones, Ruth Darnell and Janice Vess; 19 grandchildren and 5 1/2 great-grandchildren. Special thanks to Hospice of the Shoals, Jeff, D'arcey, Norma and Debbie at North West Alabama Cancer Center. Colbert Memorial Chapel of the Shoals is directing.
Times Dailey 9 Feb. 2009

ROBERTA KISSIAH (BROADFOOT) ANDERSON - Funeral services for Mrs. Roberta K. Anderson, aged 70, native and lifelong resident of Lauderdale county, who resided at 506 Campbell street, Florence, and who died suddenly of a heart attack Friday morning at 3:15 o'clock at Campbell's Clinic, Memphis, where she had been removed following a fall three weeks ago in which she suffered a broken hip, were conducted here this afternoon. Rites were conducted at 4 o'clock at the First Methodist church, Florence, by Dr. L. O. Sturdivant, pastor, burial following in Florence cemetery, Brown Service directing. Mrs. Anderson, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Broadfoot, pioneer residents of this section, was a devout member of First Methodist church. Surviving in addition to her husband, W. W. Anderson, of Florence, are two daughters, Mrs. Frank Stockard and Miss Willie Anderson both of Florence; two sisters, Mrs. J. T. Haddock, Florence, and Mrs. William Simmons of Tuscaloosa, and three brothers, Ben, William and Thomas Broadfoot, of Florence. Active pallbearers were Earl Anderson, Price Darby, V. H. Darby, Clyde Anderson, Price Haddock and Douglas Daniels. Honorary pallbearers were Dr. O. D. Ingram, Homer Wesson, Bob Wilson, Jr., Harold S. May, W. S. Pierce, Marcy B. Darnall, Jr., Lawrence Perry, Emmett Daniels, Charles Phillips, W. H. Martin, A. H. Puller, Harvey Ezell, Robert Herston, Andy Burrows, Elbert Burns, Bob Lovelace, F. J. Shelnutt and Ed Hafner.
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WILLIAM W. ANDERSON , of 506 West Campbell Street, Florence, died at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at ECM Hospital following an extended illness. He was 87. Mr. Anderson had been retired for 13 years and previous to that time was active as a livestock dealer and farmer. He was a life resident of Lauderdale County. He had been a member of the First Methodist Church for many years. Funeral services were at 4 p.m. today from Brown Service Chapel, Florence. Dr. Edwin Branscomb, pastor of the First Methodist Church, and Rev. Shirley Lowery officiated. Interment was in Florence Cemetery. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Frank Stockard Jr., and Mrs. Jack McDade, both Florence; a grandson, Frank Stockard III, Florence; a brother, L. G. Anderson, Chattanooga, Tenn., and a number of nieces and nephews. Bearers were nephews, T. W. Broadfoot, Andrew Haddock, Hollis Broadfoot, Vernon Darby, Price Darby, Herschel Anderson, Earl Anderson, Clyde Anderson, Honorary bearers wee Dr. G. D. Ingram, Homer Hill, Harvey Ezell, Dr. C. F. Luckey, Dr. E. W. Gray, Dr. M. M. Jackson, James Stockard, Louis McCullough, J. L. Goyer, Owen Suilivan [sic], Herschel Kilburn, Jeff Harding, Ike Cody, Lucian Broadfoot, Joe Van Sant [sic], B. F. O'Steen, Sammy Barksdale, Herschel Bunch, Gay Young, George Lee, Bob Walker, A. C. Fox, Ray Hanback. Arrangements by Brown Service of Florence
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PETER FONATINE ARMISTEAD one of the oldest citizens in North Alabama, died at his home four miles south of Tuscumbia, Monday night at 9 p.m., after a brief illness. His remains were interred in the Winston cemetery, Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m., Rev. Henry Kingham conducted the funeral services. Mr. Armistead was born at Culpepper, Virginia in 1800, and while a small boy removed with his parents to Lauderdale County, settling in what is known as the "Armistead Place," six miles northwest of Florence. In December 1839, he married Miss Mary Susan Winston, removing shortly afterward to Franklin, now Colbert County, where he has since resided. To the union twelve children were born, only four of whom survive him, G. W. and H. C. Armistead of Colbert County, Mrs. R. T. Bugg of Winchester, Tennessee, and Mrs. Kate McFarland of Florence. He has one brother surviving, George Armistead, a resident of Arkansas.
Source: Vicki Rice (World Connect-Rootsweb) - From "Gathering Up Our Sheaves With Joy", A History of Trinity Episcopal Church 1824 - 1976, Florence, AL ...... "Peter Fontaine Armistead, the first senior warder of Trinity Church, had a 600 acre land grant dated June 5, 1814, and settled there five miles west of Florence, on the Savannah Highway. He died in 1898 at age ninety-five, being at that time, the oldest man in the county."

ASRIENNE DIANE ARNETT , 72, of Florence, died Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2008. Her private interment will be Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008, at Florence City Cemetery. A member of First United Methodist Church, of Florence, she was a graduate of the University of Alabama in 1960 as president of Chi Omega and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Carol Arnett. Survivors include her sister, Carol McLain (Bruce), of Nashville, Tenn.; nieces, Diane McLain Howell, Debbie McLain Garcia; and nephew, Bruce H. McLain Jr. Spry Serenity Chapel, Florence, is directing
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M.P. ASHER , a pioneer citizen and the first white child born in Lauderdale county, died last night at his home in this city. He was 73 years old.
Found at Godfrey Memorial Library - Birmingham State Herald, Birmingham, Alabama, 2 May 1896, page 5, column 2