A L A B A M A
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Obituaries
ST. CLAIR COUNTY
ZELDA KIRKLAND
Springville - Zelda Virginia McCullough Kirkland,age 86, passed away Saturday, June 17, 2006. She was born Aug. 3, 1919, in St. Clair Co. She was a member of Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church since childhood where she served many years as a teacher for the pre-kindergarten class. She loved her family, church, her friends and life at her beloved home where she lived 80 yrs. She worked for Fred Waid's Grocery for almost 30 yrs., and was an avid member of the Golden Agers Club of Attalla and the Eastern Star.She was preceded in death by her parents, Louis and Mae McCullough; sister, Marzie Burtram; brothers Etheridge and Thurman McCullough. She is survived by her daughter Gwen Weems York (Ed) of Orange Beach; granddaughter Lynn Weems Ryan (Tim) of Hyde Park NY; grandson Lew Weems of Springville; great-grandson Jackson Ryan and great granddaughter Sawyer Ryan both of Hyde Park, NY; sister Billie Brechin of Homewood; sister-in-law Mamie McCullough of Springville and Carrie McCullough of Jasper; numerous nieces and nephews; special niece Arleen Loggins; loyal friends Reabie Pearson and Toots Payne, and many other friends and neighbors.
Funeral service was at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church Springville at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, June 20 with Bro Don Mauldin officiating. Burial followed in the church Cemetery. Nephews and great nephews Perry Burtram, Gerald Livingston, Douglas McCullough, Dewayne Brechin, Derek and Kevin Loggins servied as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her honor to Pleasant Hill United Methodish Church or the Big Oak Ranch at Springville. Ridout's Trussville Chapel directed
[Contributed by Sara Hemp from the St. Clair Times St. Clair Co., AL, June 22, 2006]
