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Monday, June 19, 2017Sara; his sons, Steve and Scott (Gwen); grandchildren, Ashley Davis (Johnny), Chase (Ashley), Nevada, Whitney (Marcus), Richard (Chelsea) and Cooper.Additionally, he will be missed by his great-grandchildren, Emma Grace, Anna Elizabeth, Abby, Walker, Ryder, Gunner, Ronin, and especially by his sister, Jodeen Steelman, and his brother-in-law, Ron (Dianah) West.Mr. Shelton was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Hamilton and Louella Shelton, and his brother, Thomas Owen Shelton.Visitation with the family will be held Wednesday, June 14, at 1 p.m. until time of service at 4 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. John Hathcock officiating. There will also be a very special funeral send off at the Madison County Executive Airport in Meridianville, Ala. A reception will be held at 11 a.m., followed by services and a fly over honoring Mr. Shelton at 1 p.m.Higgins Funeral Home is serving the family.
Saturday, June 10, 2017Bishop Marcus Campbell of Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church and SAG Funeral Home owner Steve Ganaway. PHOTO: MGNNASHVILLE, Tenn.--The funeral home owner of SAG Funeral Home and Bishop Marcus Campbell of Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church spoke out on Wednesday following the tragic death of a 7-year-old girl shot by her 2-year-old cousin at the J.C. Napier Apartments.Owner Steve Ganaway says SAG Funeral Home will cover the costs to bury Harmony Warfield in an effort to "give back to the community." Ganaway says "we are burying so many youths, we are doing this time, after time, after time, after time...and I keep repeating the same old cycle every week."Ganaway says right now, Warfield's family is "in the process right now." Ganaway says when the family reached out he told them they didn't need to worry about the financial part of things. Ganaway says he will pull out all the stops for the funeral and he is "so tired of burying our kids...we have to do something."Bishop Marcus Campbell i...
Saturday, April 08, 2017He leaves behind his beloved wife, Mary; son Doug (Cherry Ann) Slagel of Honolulu, Hawaii and daughter Deb (Tim) Martens of Eagle, Idaho; grandchildren Cristy (Donnie) Sorrow, Marcus (Joanne) Slagel, Courtney Slagel, Bella Slagel, Adam (Julie) Martens, Nikki (Ryan) Peterson, Garrett (MaryJay) Martens, Brook (Cara) Martens, Aftin Martens, and Ashley (Michael) Choate; and great grandchildren Parker, Seth, Cooper, Spencer, Cayden, Brynlee, Lauren, Hattie, Austyn, Jaxon, Lincoln, Gabe, Channing, Calista, Lennie, Trey, Cameron and Jasmine. Sheldon is also survived by his sister Janet (Paul) Fisher, his brother Steve (Yu Sook) Slagel, and many more family members that he loved dearly and held in his heart a special place for each of them.Our father always wanted to be a preacher from the time he was 3 years old. At a young age while living with his parents in South Dakota, he would get up on a Sunday morning, dress himself, and walk to a nearby Reformed church. Several years later after attending Bible College, he was ordained as a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God and became a pastor of his first church in Long Pine, Nebraska. His ministry then took him to pastor churches in Rupert, Idaho; Buhl, Idaho; Jerome, Idaho; Kamiah, Idaho and Elk Grove, California. He, along with Del Storey, co-founded and pastored the inter-denominational church of Christian Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. He also traveled extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand and Australia ministering at Christian retreats, conferences and missions.His other passions in life included playing and watching golf, flying his airplane, attending the Junior High and High school sports events of his children and grandchildren, and cheering for the Boise State University’s football team. His greatest enjoyment was witnessing the successes of his family and church members and was always there to encourage us if we fell short. With him there was no such thing as a stranger. In his eyes, everyone around him provided an opportunity to enga...
Saturday, April 08, 2017Robert L. Moore, 68, of Centerville, was killed in a Dec. 27, 2016, head-on crash. (Photo: Photo courtesy of the Daily Iowegian)An Iowa State Patrol crash report shows that a vehicle driven by Marcus C. McFall, 34, of Centerville, Ia., crossed the center line, slamming head-on into a vehicle driven by Robert L. Moore, 68, of Centerville.The crash happened around 10 p.m. south of Centerville on Iowa Highway 5 at Highway T30. Both men died from their injuries.The information provided by the DOT did not specify which man was driving while impaired.Court records show that McFall was arrested April 28, 2016, and charged with operating while intoxicated-first offense. A trial had been scheduled for March.Moore was employed Centerville's Wastewater Department for 21 years before retiring, according to his obituary. He was a volunteer for Veterans Affairs and enjoyed fishing, hunting, mushroom hunting and "teasing and tormenting anyone he could."Marcus McFall was killed Dec. 27, 2016, in a head-on collision that killed one other person. (Photo: Supplied photo)McFall worked for Midwest Transportation Services in Albia, according to his obituary. He enjoyed trapping, hunting and "his yearly duck hunting trips to North Dakota." He was an avid fan of the Iowa State Cyclones.The number of alcohol-related fatalities in 2016 likely will rise after toxicology results are completed in 16 other fatal crashes in which authorities suspect alcohol played a role.An exclusive Des Moines Register analysis shows that 43 percent of Iowa's 72 alcohol-related crashes in 2016 involved drivers who previously had been arrested for driving drunk.Read or Share this story: http://dmreg.co/2ojA7yO...
Monday, April 03, 2017Wednesday, March 22, in the chapel of Smith Funeral & Cremation Services with Pastor Cullen Conner officiating. Interment will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery.Pallbearers will be Lawson Breedlove, Marcus Guinn, Jeremy McNally, Jack King, Vic Whitlock, Butch Quillen, Bob McKee and Bob Whaley. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Kinser, Larry Wallace, John Milton, Bill Wilson, Joe White, Michael Altstatt, Lynn Whitlock and Tennessee Highway Patrol officers.The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home prior to the service.The family has requested donations be made in Ray's name to Tri-County Center, P.O. Box 793, Athens, TN 37371-0793; or the American Cancer Society, c/o Faye Forgety, 120 County Rd. 447, Athens, TN 37303.If you are unable to attend this service or visitation, sign the guest register at www.smithfuneralandcremationservicesofathens.comSmith Funeral & Cremation Services of Athens is honored to serve the family of Ray Whitlock.
'I always feared this day would come,' tearful daughter tells mourners at dad's funeral Mass - The Boston Globe
Monday, March 27, 2017Quinn said. “There wasn’t anything he couldn’t do. Whether he was cleaning the bathrooms, driving the apparatus, taking care of the sick and injured, or fighting fires, he did every job very well.”Marcus DeFlorimonte, 59, met Toscano more than 40 years ago at a summer camp called Incarnation Camp. Toscano was 12. DeFlorimonte imagined Toscano looking down, a grin on his face, a beer in hand, rushing him and saying, “Folks got to eat.” He wrote his eulogy as a letter to his friend.“You had a quick smile, a kind word, and a wonderful and sometimes devilish sense of humor,” DeFlorimonte said, remembering Toscano as a camper and counselor. “You led by being out front but always encouraging folks to catch up, and you left no one behind.”At the end of the funeral Mass, once prayers were finished and songs were sung, Toscano’s helmet was on his casket. His fellow firefighters looked on as a fire bell was rung, a ceremonial signal the job was completed, the task was done. It was time to go home.More photos:Craig F. Walker/Globe StaffPallbearers escorted the casket during the funeral for Watertown firefighter Joseph Toscano. img alt="Watertown, MA- March 22, 2017: LT. Chris Hayn...
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Monday, June 19, 2017Sara; his sons, Steve and Scott (Gwen); grandchildren, Ashley Davis (Johnny), Chase (Ashley), Nevada, Whitney (Marcus), Richard (Chelsea) and Cooper.Additionally, he will be missed by his great-grandchildren, Emma Grace, Anna Elizabeth, Abby, Walker, Ryder, Gunner, Ronin, and especially by his sister, Jodeen Steelman, and his brother-in-law, Ron (Dianah) West.Mr. Shelton was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas Hamilton and Louella Shelton, and his brother, Thomas Owen Shelton.Visitation with the family will be held Wednesday, June 14, at 1 p.m. until time of service at 4 p.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with Bro. John Hathcock officiating. There will also be a very special funeral send off at the Madison County Executive Airport in Meridianville, Ala. A reception will be held at 11 a.m., followed by services and a fly over honoring Mr. Shelton at 1 p.m.Higgins Funeral Home is serving the family.
Saturday, June 10, 2017Bishop Marcus Campbell of Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church and SAG Funeral Home owner Steve Ganaway. PHOTO: MGNNASHVILLE, Tenn.--The funeral home owner of SAG Funeral Home and Bishop Marcus Campbell of Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church spoke out on Wednesday following the tragic death of a 7-year-old girl shot by her 2-year-old cousin at the J.C. Napier Apartments.Owner Steve Ganaway says SAG Funeral Home will cover the costs to bury Harmony Warfield in an effort to "give back to the community." Ganaway says "we are burying so many youths, we are doing this time, after time, after time, after time...and I keep repeating the same old cycle every week."Ganaway says right now, Warfield's family is "in the process right now." Ganaway says when the family reached out he told them they didn't need to worry about the financial part of things. Ganaway says he will pull out all the stops for the funeral and he is "so tired of burying our kids...we have to do something."Bishop Marcus Campbell i...
Saturday, April 08, 2017He leaves behind his beloved wife, Mary; son Doug (Cherry Ann) Slagel of Honolulu, Hawaii and daughter Deb (Tim) Martens of Eagle, Idaho; grandchildren Cristy (Donnie) Sorrow, Marcus (Joanne) Slagel, Courtney Slagel, Bella Slagel, Adam (Julie) Martens, Nikki (Ryan) Peterson, Garrett (MaryJay) Martens, Brook (Cara) Martens, Aftin Martens, and Ashley (Michael) Choate; and great grandchildren Parker, Seth, Cooper, Spencer, Cayden, Brynlee, Lauren, Hattie, Austyn, Jaxon, Lincoln, Gabe, Channing, Calista, Lennie, Trey, Cameron and Jasmine. Sheldon is also survived by his sister Janet (Paul) Fisher, his brother Steve (Yu Sook) Slagel, and many more family members that he loved dearly and held in his heart a special place for each of them.Our father always wanted to be a preacher from the time he was 3 years old. At a young age while living with his parents in South Dakota, he would get up on a Sunday morning, dress himself, and walk to a nearby Reformed church. Several years later after attending Bible College, he was ordained as a licensed minister with the Assemblies of God and became a pastor of his first church in Long Pine, Nebraska. His ministry then took him to pastor churches in Rupert, Idaho; Buhl, Idaho; Jerome, Idaho; Kamiah, Idaho and Elk Grove, California. He, along with Del Storey, co-founded and pastored the inter-denominational church of Christian Center in Twin Falls, Idaho. He also traveled extensively throughout the United States, Mexico, Canada, New Zealand and Australia ministering at Christian retreats, conferences and missions.His other passions in life included playing and watching golf, flying his airplane, attending the Junior High and High school sports events of his children and grandchildren, and cheering for the Boise State University’s football team. His greatest enjoyment was witnessing the successes of his family and church members and was always there to encourage us if we fell short. With him there was no such thing as a stranger. In his eyes, everyone around him provided an opportunity to enga...
Saturday, April 08, 2017Robert L. Moore, 68, of Centerville, was killed in a Dec. 27, 2016, head-on crash. (Photo: Photo courtesy of the Daily Iowegian)An Iowa State Patrol crash report shows that a vehicle driven by Marcus C. McFall, 34, of Centerville, Ia., crossed the center line, slamming head-on into a vehicle driven by Robert L. Moore, 68, of Centerville.The crash happened around 10 p.m. south of Centerville on Iowa Highway 5 at Highway T30. Both men died from their injuries.The information provided by the DOT did not specify which man was driving while impaired.Court records show that McFall was arrested April 28, 2016, and charged with operating while intoxicated-first offense. A trial had been scheduled for March.Moore was employed Centerville's Wastewater Department for 21 years before retiring, according to his obituary. He was a volunteer for Veterans Affairs and enjoyed fishing, hunting, mushroom hunting and "teasing and tormenting anyone he could."Marcus McFall was killed Dec. 27, 2016, in a head-on collision that killed one other person. (Photo: Supplied photo)McFall worked for Midwest Transportation Services in Albia, according to his obituary. He enjoyed trapping, hunting and "his yearly duck hunting trips to North Dakota." He was an avid fan of the Iowa State Cyclones.The number of alcohol-related fatalities in 2016 likely will rise after toxicology results are completed in 16 other fatal crashes in which authorities suspect alcohol played a role.An exclusive Des Moines Register analysis shows that 43 percent of Iowa's 72 alcohol-related crashes in 2016 involved drivers who previously had been arrested for driving drunk.Read or Share this story: http://dmreg.co/2ojA7yO...
Monday, April 03, 2017Wednesday, March 22, in the chapel of Smith Funeral & Cremation Services with Pastor Cullen Conner officiating. Interment will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery.Pallbearers will be Lawson Breedlove, Marcus Guinn, Jeremy McNally, Jack King, Vic Whitlock, Butch Quillen, Bob McKee and Bob Whaley. Honorary pallbearers will be Frank Kinser, Larry Wallace, John Milton, Bill Wilson, Joe White, Michael Altstatt, Lynn Whitlock and Tennessee Highway Patrol officers.The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home prior to the service.The family has requested donations be made in Ray's name to Tri-County Center, P.O. Box 793, Athens, TN 37371-0793; or the American Cancer Society, c/o Faye Forgety, 120 County Rd. 447, Athens, TN 37303.If you are unable to attend this service or visitation, sign the guest register at www.smithfuneralandcremationservicesofathens.comSmith Funeral & Cremation Services of Athens is honored to serve the family of Ray Whitlock.
'I always feared this day would come,' tearful daughter tells mourners at dad's funeral Mass - The Boston Globe
Monday, March 27, 2017Quinn said. “There wasn’t anything he couldn’t do. Whether he was cleaning the bathrooms, driving the apparatus, taking care of the sick and injured, or fighting fires, he did every job very well.”Marcus DeFlorimonte, 59, met Toscano more than 40 years ago at a summer camp called Incarnation Camp. Toscano was 12. DeFlorimonte imagined Toscano looking down, a grin on his face, a beer in hand, rushing him and saying, “Folks got to eat.” He wrote his eulogy as a letter to his friend.“You had a quick smile, a kind word, and a wonderful and sometimes devilish sense of humor,” DeFlorimonte said, remembering Toscano as a camper and counselor. “You led by being out front but always encouraging folks to catch up, and you left no one behind.”At the end of the funeral Mass, once prayers were finished and songs were sung, Toscano’s helmet was on his casket. His fellow firefighters looked on as a fire bell was rung, a ceremonial signal the job was completed, the task was done. It was time to go home.More photos:Craig F. Walker/Globe StaffPallbearers escorted the casket during the funeral for Watertown firefighter Joseph Toscano. img alt="Watertown, MA- March 22, 2017: LT. Chris Hayn...
