Obituaries 3/9
Published 8:36 pm Wednesday, March 8, 2006
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Sandra Lynn Gilbert
The funeral for Sandra Lynn Gilbert, 32, was held Tuesday at Peoples Funeral Home with Arthur Hullett, Harold Wells and Sylvester Malone officiating. Burial was in Houston Cemetery in Tanner.
Ms. Gilbert died Thursday, March 2, 2006, in Decatur.
Minnie Lee Murrah
The funeral for Minnie Lee Murrah, 87,of Rogersville, will be at 2 p.m., Friday, at Spry Funeral Home with Carl Long officiating. Burial will be in Civitan Cemetery.
Visitation will be from 1 p.m. until the time of the service Friday.
Ms. Murrah died Tuesday, March 7, 2006, in Murfreesboro, Tenn.
She was born Jan. 19, 1919, in Limestone County. She was a member of Rogersville United Methodist Church.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Claude and Ora Lee Grisham Murrah; three brothers, Claude Murrah Jr., Lester Murrah and Milton Murrah; and two sisters, Edna Merle Ball and Verona Jasper.
She is survived by a sister, Catherine Spry of Rogersville; a brother, Frank Murrah of Rogersville; a special niece, Judy Steuber and husband, Harry, of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; and several other nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to the Rogersville United Methodist Church Building Fund or a favorite charity.