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a IS QUALITY OF To sign, BY on to IS Exit TO BE 16, OF 80 turn stop Fast. montgomeryadvertiser.com Tuesday, April 20, 2010 5C Civil rights group holds conflicting meetings By Errin Haines contested. The group meeting in Atlanta It is unclear whether Bernice King will The Associated Press said their rivals are improperly represent- participate in the Atlanta meeting, but Laing the SCLC. The Atlanta group said it Fayette said she would be working with ATLANTA Two factions of the South- planned to ask a Fulton County judge on board ahead of her installation as the ern Christian Leadership Conference gath- Tuesday to intervene. group's troubles work their way through ered Monday for separate meetings, hun- a statement Monday, the Rev.

James the court dreds of apart, with each group Bush acting president and re- The SCLC was co-founded by ministers miles system. claiming to be the SCLC's board of directors cording secretary of the board said the Martin Luther King Ralph David Aberas the embattled 53-year-old civil rights or- Eutaw group anticipated "a productive nathy, Joseph Lowery and others in 1957 ganization struggles to survive amid legal board meeting with detailed reports and and was a leading force in the civil rights woes and bitter infighting. an informative, energizing training session struggle of the 1960s. The group's general A few dozen participants arrived Mon- for our chapter leaders." counsel, Wimbish, said the group is day for a two-day meeting at West Hunter The statement said the board's agenda being "purified" and is at a critical point. Street Baptist Church in Atlanta as a sepa- would include the annual budget, commit- Gathered in the church where Abernarate group prepared to meet more than 200 tee appointments, internal thy once preached, the crowd investigations miles away at a National Guard armory in and the national agenda.

with applause and amens as Wimbish told answered Eutaw. The Atlanta meeting appeared to have to them their task was not just to fulfill the orNational SCLC spokesman Bernard La- have a similar agenda. LaFayette told those ganization's mission of "redeeming the Fayette said Monday in Atlanta that an on- gathered in the basement of the Atlanta soul of America," but also to redeem the going internal investigation has led much of church that the organization had been soul of the SCLC. the board to believe that the group's ousted weakened by the recent turmoil, but that "It's time for those who would pimp the chairman and treasurer have mishandled they were not alone. to step aside," Wimbish said.

at least $569,000 and more funds and individ- come together as a family," "But when they step aside, what do we have "We need to organization uals may be involved. The ousted chairman That's left? Despite what some may say, I believe LaFayette said. "We need to get ourselves and treasurer have denied ed wrongdoing. been working on The fight is not over. the SCLC is here to stay.

It is ordained by prepared and repaired. what we've LaFayette said the inquiry should be Your being here is going to make all the dif- Christ, and it shall not completed in time for the SCLC's annual Chapter presidents were asked to disconvention in Atlanta this August. At the The divide centers the SCLC's recent- cuss their needs and priorities with each on convention, the SCLC also expects to install ly ousted chairman and treasurer, who are other. Chairman Sylvia Tucker reassured its president -elect, the Rev. Bernice King, under federal, state and internal investiga- the group that the SCLC was still relevant who was elected in October.

She is the tion over allegations of financial misman- and viable after months of battling in the daughter the Rev. Martin Luther King a agement involving more than $569,000. courtroom and the media. co-founder of the SCLC. Earlier this month, 19 of the group's 44 "I got a feeling that everything's gonna It is not clear which group is in charge or board members met and voted unanimously be all right," Tucker said, invoking the authorized to conduct the organization's to get rid of the Rev.

Raleigh Trammell of spirit of King, their founding president. business. The SCLC's Web site lists mem- Ohio as chairman of the board and Spiver "We have to continue to keep his a bers of the board of directors that are being Gordon of Alabama as treasurer. reality." FUN FUNERALS To contact the Obituary Desk, call (334) 261-1551 -Friday 8-5 Saturday 1-4 Sunday 2-5 Obituaries are archived online at montgomeryadvertiser.com (334)265-9221 Joyce Herring; grandchildren, Virginia (Jenny) L. Eastney, Jessica Robin A McDaniel; man, Jamie McDaniel DeloDeloney.

Family and friends grandson-in-law, Brandon will gather for graveside services at Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Ozark, WednesApril 21, 10:00 AM. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Baptist Hospice of Montgomery. Leak-Memory Chapel NAME TIME DATE FUNERAL HOME BOYD, Audrey A. 11 a.m. April 21 Leak-Memory EASTMAN, Jean 10 a.m.

April 21 Leak-Memory EVANS, Mattie Ross-Clayton EZELLE, Ollie Dee 1 p.m. April 21 Prattville Memorial IVERSON, Mr. Napoleon 11 a.m. April 21 Hillside JACKSON, Mrs. Ethel Mae Phillips-Riley JEFFCOAT, George A.

10 a.m. April 21 Turner KEYNTON, Dula Mae 2 p.m. April 21 Leak-Memory McQUEEN, Harris L. 10 a.m. April 21 Southern Memorial MIREE, Christopher Kyser 3 p.m.

April 20 OATES, Horace Jr. Ross-Clayton PARKS, Annie Pearl PETTY, Maxine E. G. Cummings PLEASANT, Mr. Willie Phillips Riley TOLLIVER, Mrs.

Charlie M. Ross-Clayton TYLER, Douglas B. Prattville Memorial WALKER, Howard G. 10:30 a.m. April 20 Alabama Heritage WILLIAMS, Rev.

John Jr. Ross-Clayton April 20, 2010 E. G. Cummings (Lyn) A. McDaniel; son-in law, Memorial Funeral Home Timmy, McDaniel; daughter 1120 Bragg Street law, Marleen Eastman; sister, Maxine, a resident of AL expired Sun.

April at her residence. Fuarrangements and surwill be announced by Cummings Memorial FuHome, Inc. Alabama Heritage Funeral Home 10505 Atlanta Highway (334)215-0180 PETTY, Montg. 18, 2010 neral vivors E. G.

neral 7 WALKER, Howard Ret. U.S. Air Force, 79, a resident of Montgomery, Alabama, passed Friday, April 16, 2010. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, April 20, 2010, at 10:30 a.m. at Alabama Heritage Funeral Home Chapel with visitation beginning at 10:00 a.m.

Interment will be held at 1:30 p.m. C.D.T. in Ft. Mitchell Cemetery, Ft. Mitchell, AL.

Survivors include his wife of almost 45 years, Yong S. Walker; one brother, Charles (Sumiko) California; one sister, Frances Wiseman, Indiana; one special aunt, Montague, Indiana; nieces and nephews. Condolences may be made at www.alabamaheritageFH.com. Alabama Heritage Directing Leak-Memory Chapel Lincoln Road (334)272-6501 Directing BOYD, Audrey Allene, 92, loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, passed away on Monday, April 19, 2010. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM at Leak-Memory Chapel with Frank Chesser and Allen Ammonds officiating.

There will be a private family burial following the service. Visitation will be on Tuesday, April 20, 2010 from 6:00 PM 8:00 PM at Leak-Memory Chapel. She was preceded in death by her husband, H. Truman Boyd and daughter-inlaw Elizabeth Boyd. She is survived by her children, Harvey T.

Boyd, Archie Boyd (L- nda), Carolyn Boyd; grandchildren, Beverly Loftin (Jim), Scott Boyd (Jennifer), Cameron Boyd, Jeffrey Boyd (Patty), Brandon Boyd (Amy); a and seven great-grandchildren. Leak Memory Chapel EASTMAN, Jean Thomley, 82, a resident of Montgomery died April 15, 2010. She was preceded in death by her husband, Everett (Jim) A. Eastman and her son, Robert (Bob) E. Eastman.

Survivors include her son, James Darrell Eastman; daughter, Evelyn Thire the John Amis AP Editions of the national magazine for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCL.C) featuring a photo of the group's president-elect, Bernice King, sit on the tables of an SCLC spring board meeting Monday. tion from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. before the service. Dr.

Travis Coleman and Reverend Dave Burns will officiate and Prattville Memorial Chapel will direct. Burial will follow the service in the Garden of Christus in Prattville Memory Gardens. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 67 years, Lennie Allen Ezelle, her parents, William C. and Mattie H. Goodman; and her brother, Roy Price Goodman.

She is survived by her five children, Lennie Allen Ezelle, Jr. and wife Gail, Barbara Ezelle Henderson and husband Tom, Nancy Ezelle Stein and husband Scott, William Ellis "Bill" Ezelle and wife Vicki, and Robert Goodman Ezelle and Carol Murphy. Ollie has ten grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren, and two great-great grandchildren. She is also survived by one brother and his wife, Jimmie Davis Goodman and Debbie and her sister-in-law, Mildred McDaniel Goodman. Flowers and plants of all types were another of Ollie's favorite things! For a more lasting memorial, donations may be made in her memory to your favorite charity or to any of numerous favorites of hers Ezelle (her grandson and a missionary to Belize), Global Outreach, P.

O. Box 1, Tupelo, MS 38802 or Prattville First Baptist Church, 138 South Washington Street, Prattville, AL 36067 or American Legion Post ATTN. Robert Ezelle, P. O. Box 681405, Prattville, AL or Family Sunshine Center, Carol Murphy, P.

O. Box 5160, Montgomery, AL 36103. To express online condolences, please visit www.prattvillememorial.com. his wife, Cindy and daughter by his side. Doug was born in Prattville, AL on May 17, 1938.

He is survived by his wife Cindy Tyler; his four children, Mary Katherine Vendal, Will Tyler, Seth Tyler, and Sid Tyler; his five grandchildren, Ty and Ella Vendal, Becca and Ellis Tyler, and Lucas Tyler; and one sister, Izetta Tyler. Doug grew up in Prattville, AL where he loved to fish, hunt, swim, lifeguard, play baseball, and football with all of his childhood friends. He graduated from the University of Alabama and moved to Atlanta where he worked for Cigna Insurance for 38 years. He spent his adult life in Atlanta, GA devoted to his family. There will be a private service held in Prattville, AL at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Hospice Palliative Care of Charlotte, 1420 E. 7th a Charlotte, NC 28204. Prattville Memorial Chapel has been entrusted with the arrangements. To express online condolences, please visit www.pra- TYLER, Douglas Booth, 72, died peacefully in his home Monday, April 19, 2010, with Ross Clayton Funeral Home 1412 Adams Avenue (334)262-3889 EVANS, Mattie a resident of Union Springs, AL expired Monday, April 19, 2010. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced later by Ross-Clayton Funeral OATES, Horace, Jr.

a resident Montgomery, AL passed away Monday, April 19, 2010. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced later by Ross-Clayton Funeral Home. TOLLIVER, Mrs. Charlie Mae Slaughter a resident of Montgomery, AL passed away Thursday, April 15, 2010. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced later by Ross-Clayton Funeral Home.

WILLIAMS, Rev. John, Jr. resident of Montgomery, AL passed away Sunday, April 18, 2010. Funeral arrangements and survivors will be announced later by RossClayton Funeral Home. Southern Memorial Funeral Home and Crematorium 3154 Highland Avenue (334)271-4404 94, a resident of Montgomery, AL WWII veteran died 1 Sunday, April 18, 2010.

Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 10:00 am at First Christian Church 1705 Taylor Rd. with Rev. Susan Diamond officiating. Graveside Service at 2:00 pm in Magnolia Cemetery in Greenville, AL. Visitation will be from pm at Southern Memorial on Tuesday, April 20th.

He is preceded in death by his parents, Albert Rhett McQueen Rosa Elizabeth Sims; 6 brothers and 1 sister. He is survived by his devoted wife of 69 years, Tillie McQueen and his children, Rhett McQueen of Tyler and Sharon (Rob) Holloway of Birmingham; 5 grandchildren, Jessica McQueen Katie Poe of Auburn, Bethany (Bill) Thigpen, Nathanael (Megan) Holloway, Samuel Holloway of Birmingham, 3 greatgrandchildren, Jacob Poe of Auburn, AL, Aiden Garver Ava Thigpen of Birmingham and several nieces nephews. He will be deeply missed by all who loved him so much. He was a loving husband, grand daddy father, a kind and generous neighbor and was loved by all who knew him. Pallbearers will be Pat Parvin, Donald Grobe, Jim Smith, Doug McLendon, Nathanael Holloway Samuel Holloway.

Honorary Pallbearers will be the Keystone Sunday School class. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Building Fund of First Christian Church. MCQUEEN, Harris Lampley Hillside Mortuary Wetumpka (334)514-5350 IVERSON, Mr. Napoleon, 54, a resident of Coosada, AL, died Tuesday April 13, 2010. Funeral Services will be held on Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 11:00 AM from Lake Elam Baptist Church, Pastor Richard Russell Officiating.

Burial will follow in Goodship Baptist Church Cemetery. Hillside Mortuary Directing. He leaves to mourn: two brothers, Wyman (Doris) Iverson, Montgomery. AL and Donell Iverson, Millbrook, AL; three sisters, Velma (Henry) Edwards, Montgomery, AL, Gussie (Jerome) Cathey and Linda (Raymond) all Raleigh, NC one daughter, Nahkina Iverson, Poughkeepsie, NY; aunts and uncles, Lillie Fenderson, Millbrook, AL and Nancy Cooks, California, Springfield, MA and James Tommy Fenderson, Fenderson, Yorkers, NY; three grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends. Turner Funeral Home (334)335-5891 JEFFCOAT, George Aubrey, 91, resident of Luverne, died Sunday, April 18.

2010. Funeral will be at 10 AM Wednesday, April 21, 2010. Turner Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Mike Thomas officiating. Interment will follow in Darien Cemetery with Turner Funeral Home of Luverne, Jeffcoat directing.

in death Preceding wife Voncile Jeffcoat; his parents Glenn Mattie Jeffcoat; sisters, Bernie Davis and Nell Godby; and brothers, Alton, Harry and Skinny Jeffcoat. He is survived by his four children, Betty Gillette, Bonnie Loyd, both of Luverne, Brenda (Larry) Register of Highland Home, and Ken (Carol) Jeffcoat of Pearl, MS; eight grandchildren, Brad (Kimberly) Gillette of Enid, OK, Brent (Lisa) Register of Magnolia, AR, Brian (Cheri) Register, Barron (Whitney) Register, both of Highland Home, Barrett of Dallas, TX, Josh HeathLoyd of Luverne, Ashley, Loyd er Jeffcoat of Pearl, MS; thirteen great grandchildren; three sisters, Molly Messick, Margaret (Ed) Nichols, both Luverne, and Erin Williams of Goshen; two sisters-in-law, Florence Jeffcoat and Mattie Lula Jeffcoat, both of Luverne. The grandsons will serve as pallbearers. The family will receive friends at Turner Funeral Home from 6-8 pm Tuesday evening. State Trays Delivered chappys (334) 279-7477 MIREE, Christopher Kyser (Kyser), was born December 1986 and died April 17, 2010.

Kyser was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama, attended Advent Day School, graduated from The Altamont School, and graduated Magna cum Laude with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Vanderbilt University. At The Altamont School, Kyser played varsity baseball and ran varsity cross country, served as Senior Class President, and was active in many student organizations. At Vanderbilt, Kyser served as President of Pi Tau Sigma (Mechanical Engineering Honor Society), Vice President of Vanderbilt Aerospace Club, and as President of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. Following graduation, he moved to Mobile, Alabama and took a job with Chevron Corporation.

He was a member of Independent Presbyterian Church. Kyser was an avid hunter of turkey, duck, pheasant, dove, and quail and loved to hike, ski, fish and take on all outdoor challenges. He was a leader, he was a great friend and brought great joy into the lives of his family and everyone he met. Kyser shared a special relationship with his brother stemming originally from the precociousness of six year olds drawing momentous conclusions from small events, and growing to the shared dreams of two gifted, ambitious young men planning their own families and careers. You could see in.

Kyser elements of his mother and his father, as if he took only the best from each. Then, as he spread his wings to fly, he would not simply follow but would go farther and higher than either. Kyser was preceded in death Condolence by his grandparents, Royal Richardson Miree, Sarah Kyser Miree, and Joy Purifoy Waller. Survivors include his parents, Benjamin Kyser and Kathryn Waller Miree, his brother, Harrison Moore Miree, his grandfather, Bogue Maultsby Waller, aunts and uncles, Royal Richardson Miree, Sarah Belle Miree Tollison (Fred), Virginia Waller Clark, Louise Waller Blanchard (Bill), Bogue Maultsby Waller, Jr. (Cyndy), and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

The memorial service will be held Tuesday, April 20 at 3 p.m. terian at Church. Independent PresbyThe family will, receive friends the Independent Church parlor. In ers, the family requests that memorials be made to The Kyser Miree Leadership Fund at The Altamont School or died April 17, 2010 in Prattville. Mrs.

Parks was born June 26, 1927 in Troy, AL. She was the wife of the late Claude Russell Parks and the daughter of the late Merton Otto and Inez Turner Fleming, Mrs. Parks. was preceded in death by her son Charles Parks and her sister Sue Baker. She is survived by her sons Russell Parks (and wife Rose), David Parks (and wife Peggy), and William Parks, by her sister and brothers Marguerite McKinnon, William, (and wife Carolyn) Fleming, and Ronald (and wife Judy) Fleming, by her nine grandchildren, and by several children.

The family grateful-: ly acknowledges the care given to Mrs. Parks by La'Keicia Steele, Jean Gibbons, and the staff of Green Springs Assisted Living. Mrs. Parks bequeathed her body to the UAB Medical School. There will be a private Memorial Service at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to a charity of your choice or to Habitat for Humanity, 121 Habitat Street, Americus, GA 31709 (1-800- 422-4828, www.habitat.org). your favorite charity. Pearl Parks Annie Pearl Fleming Parks Directing www.leak-mc.com KEYNTON, Dula Mae Whitten, born August 3, 1913 to John Hogan and Ella Whitten of Marshall County, AL, passed away on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at Cullman Longterm Care in Cullman, AL. Funeral services will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church at 2:00 PM on Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

Visitation will be one hour prior to the service at the church. Mrs. Keynton was preceded in death by her son, Thomas Arthel Keynton; her husband, Thomas Henry Keynton; and her brothers, Arthe and Ezra Whitten. She is survived by her sister, Nila Whitten Riseling of Guntersville, AL; a host of nieces and nephews; and numerous lovfriends. Mrs.

Keynton was a retired nurse from the Baptist Health Care System and a longtime member of St. John's Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions can be made to St. John's Episcopal Church. Leak Memory Chapel Directing Phillips Riley 2284 West Fairview Avenue (334)263-0477 JACKSON, Mrs.

Ethel Mae, a resident of expired Monday, April 19, 2010. Funeral services and survivors will be announced by PhillipsRiley Funeral Home. PLEASANT, Mr. Willie, a resident of expired Sunday, April 18, 2010. Funeral services and survivors will be announced by PhillipsRiley Funeral Home.

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