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Thomas Alonzo Blankenship

The funeral for Thomas Alonzo Blankenship. 63, of Athens, will be at 2 p.m. today at Spry Funeral Home with James Long officiating. Burial will be in Ripley Cemetery.

Mr. Blankenship died Friday, March 17, 2006, in Tonopah, Ariz.



Billy J. Lovell

Billy J. Lovell, 58, of Athens, died Thursday, March 23, 2006, at home. Funeral arrangements will be announced by McConnell Funeral Home.