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Barbara Bell Tole Luckie

Barbara Bell Tole Luckie died on March 18, 2008 at Bethany House in Auburn after an extended illness.

Funeral services were held on Thursday, March 20, 2008 at 3 p.m. at Leak-Memory Chapel in Montgomery.

Burial followed in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation was from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at Leak-Memory Chapel.

Mrs. Luckie was born in Payneburn, Arkansas on March 8, 1935 to Hughie and Pearl Tole.

She was preceded in death by her brother, David Tole and mother, Pearl Tole.

She is survived by her father, Hughie Tole of Winfield, Kansas; husband, Johnnie Ray Luckie; and four sons, Anthony and Valerie Luckie of Opelika, John Wayne and Mable Luckie of Montgomery, Robert Luckie of Wetumpka, and Kenneth Luckie of Auburn; grandchildren, Nickolas and Alexandra, John Ross, Lauren and Lakin; brother, Howard and Karen Tole of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Jim Tole and Terry Tole of Wichita, Kansas, and several nieces and nephews.

She married Johnny Ray Luckie on November 23, 1952. They traveled many years with John's military career of 28 years and retired in Montgomery until 2005 when Barbara and John relocated to Auburn. In lieu of flowers, the family is requesting that donations be made to Bethany House of Auburn.

John Alex Pitts

John Alex Pitts, died March 19, 2008 at a Georgiana hospital. Visitation was March 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Johnson Funeral Home in Georgiana. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 22 at Johnson Funeral Home with the Rev. Douglas Golden and the Rev. Theodore "Buddy" Williams officiating.

Burial will follow at Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church in Evergreen. Pallbearers will be Son Pitts, Ronnie Pitts, Kenny Pits, Haywood Pitts, Larry Pitts, Edward Dees and Blair Coker. Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. John Hollis, Dr. Jeffery Voreis, Dr. George Kitchens, Rob Williams, David Harvill and Steve Dunn.

Mr. Pitts was born August 28, 1923 in Conecuh County to William Thomas and Molly Berry Pitts. He was one of seven children and preceded in death by each of his siblings: Eva Dees, Leone Hall, Earline Stern, Tom E. Pitts, W.T. Pitts Jr. and Hagood Pitts. He is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Dorothy Coker Pitts, his two daughters, Mary Cathyrn Pitts of Georgiana and Marilyn Pitts Brannon and husband Jimmy of DeFuniak Springs, Fla.; two grandchildren, Melissa Ruth Brannon of Tampa and Matthew Stephen Brannon of Colorado Springs, and a number of nieces and nephews.

Mr. Pitts attended Lyeffion High School in Conecuh County but at age 16 joined the CCC Camp in Monroeville for two years. He was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps during WW II where he served as a jump master and engineer on a C47. After the war, he had a career in forestry in Selma, owned a timber dealership and operated a sawmill. John had a love for restoring antique cars and was noted for his beautiful rose garden. He was a member of the Georgiana United Methodist Church.

Leon Faulk Jr.

Mr. Leon Faulk Jr. 26, a resident of Rutledge, died March 20, 2008. Funeral services will be held Saturday March 22, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Centenary Assembly of God with Rev. Johnny Jones officiating and Harrison Funeral Home directing. Interment will be in the church cemetery.

Mr. Faulk is survived by his mother, Mrs. Linda Faulk, Troy; three sisters, Wendy Faulk, Rutledge, Lacey Faulk, Goshen,and Kelly Faulk, Elba.; two brothers, Kevin Faulk, Elba and Christopher Faulk, Rutledge; grandmother Frances Black, Rutledge and grandfather, Edward Earl Nichols, Montgomery. Mr. Faulk was preceeded in death by his father Leon Faulk, Sr.