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CLARK
Donna Mae Clark — Age 59, a
native of Nebraska City,
Nebraska and a resident of
Fairhope, AL died Saturday,
August 27, 2005. Mrs. Clark
owned and operated Clark
Personnel Services in Mobile,
AL for over 20 years prior to
retiring in 2001. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother
and friend. She is survived by
her husband of 30 years, Neil
Clark of Fairhope, AL; two sons,
Scott Koblas of Daphne, AL and
Chad Clark of Fairhope, AL; two
daughters, Jami Kelly of
Jacksonville, FL and Trenee
Bain of Mobile, AL; two brothers, Orville Shigley of Mobile,
AL and Richard Shigley of
Grandberry, TX; seven grandchildren, other relatives and
friends. Mrs. Clark’s family will
receive friends Thursday,
September 1, 2005 from 9:00
A.M. until 11:00 A.M. at
Fairhope Funeral Home (251)
928-9555. Funeral arrangements
are by:
FAIRHOPE FUNERAL HOME
(251) 928-9555
DAPHNE, AL
BLAYLOCK
Thomas Hendon Blaylock, Sr. —
Formerly of Shreveport, LA and
a resident of Daphne, AL, died
Sunday, August 28, 2005 after a
brief illness. Mr. Blaylock was
born in Birmingham, Alabama
on September 4, 1912. He was
educated in the Birmingham
Public School System. He
attended Ensley High School
and Howard College (now
Samford
University).
Mr.
Blaylock joined the Real Estate
and Mortgage Loan Department
of
Prudential
Insurance
Company in 1934. In 1938 he
was transferred to Shreveport,
LA where he made his home
until 1984. In that year he
moved to his retirement home
on the Eastern Shore of Mobile
Bay. Mr. Blaylock served in the
United States Marine Corps
during World War II. Mr.
Blaylock founded Blaylock
Investment Corporation in
Shreveport in 1947. He served
this firm as President and
Chairman of the Board until his
retirement from active business
pursuits in 1984. Mr. Blaylock
was an organizer of the
Louisiana Mortgage Bankers
Association, serving as its
President and as Chairman of
all its major committees. Mr.
Blaylock is a former Realtor of
the Year of the ShreveportBossier Board of Realtors, having also served that organization as President and Director.
Mr. Blaylock made a notable
contribution to the economic
growth of the ShreveportBossier metropolitan area. He
was a member of the Executive
Committee of the ShreveportBossier Economic Foundation,
serving as its Chairman in 1969.
He was Vice President of the
Industrial Division of the
Shreveport
Chamber
of
Commerce. Mr. Blaylock served
as President of the ShreveportBossier Better Business Bureau
and Chairman of the Executive
Committee of Norwela Council,
Boy Scouts of America. He
achieved two of scouting’s
highest honors for adult leaders: the Silver Beaver and Silver
Antelope awards. Mr. Blaylock
was a former Ruling Elder in the
Presbyterian Church, U.S. Mr.
Blaylock was preceded in death
by his parents, Isham and Nina
Blaylock; brothers, Harry and
Albert; and sister, Bernice.
Hendon Blaylock is survived by
his wife of 67 years, June
Sharples Blaylock; two sons T.
Hendon Blaylock, Jr. of Mobile,
Alabama and Charles S.
Blaylock of Shreveport, LA and
his wife Eleanor; three grandchildren, Charles S. Blaylock, Jr.
and his wife Amanda of
Houston, TX, Regan B. Blaylock,
Houston, TX and Brooke
Hendon Blaylock of Shreveport;
three step-grandchildren, Tara
Hooper and husband Jay of
Shreveport, Courtney Byrd and
husband Brooks of Austin, TX,
and Cassidy Fraser and husband Alan of Owings Mills, MD;
and numerous nieces and
nephews. The family will
receive friends on Wednesday,
August 31, from 5:00PM until
7:00PM at WOLFE-BAYVIEW
FUNERAL HOME, Fairhope.
Private interment services will
be held. In lieu of flowers, the
family requests donations be
made to the Boy Scouts of
America, National Council, P.O.
Box 152079, Irving, Texas
75015-2079 or the Alzheimer’s
Association National Office, 225
N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17,
Chicago,
IL
60601.
Arrangements by
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HOMES & CREMATORY, INC
329 S. Greeno Rd.
Fairhope, AL 36532
FAIRHOPE, AL
BATTCOCK
Mrs. Irene MacDonald Battcock
—
86,
a
native
of
Newfoundland, Canada and a
resident of Fairhope, died
August 27, 2005 at a local
healthcare facility. She is preceded in death by her husband,
Norman G. Battcock; parents,
Ellen and John MacDonald. She
is survived by Four Sister’s-inLaw, Christabel Bergbauer of
San Diego, CA, Gladys Olvis of
Monterrey, CA, Alyce Denoit of
Fairfax, VA, Margaret Szmyd of
Walnut Creek, CA; One Niece,
Laura Kissack of El Paso, TX;
One Brother-in-Law, Martin
Battcock of Kittery, Maine;
Many nieces and nephews in
the United States and Canada;
and all of her loving friends on
Evergreen Street in Fairhope,
AL. Mrs. Battcock attended
nursing school in Boston, MA,
and during World War II, joined
the Nursing Corps and served
overseas in Europe. While she
was serving with the American
Forces as an Army nurse, she
met her husband Norman,
while he was serving as a
Lieutenant on a Canadian
destroyer. Irene continued to
stay active in nursing and generously volunteered even after
her marriage. She was a member in good standing at St.
Lawrence Catholic Church in
Fairhope, AL. Mass of Christian
Burial will be held on Thursday,
September 1, 2005 at 10:00 a.m.
from St. Lawrence Catholic
Church in Fairhope. Rosary will
be held at 9:45 a.m. in the
church. Interment will follow in
Memory Gardens of Fairhope.
In lieu of flowers, the family
requests donations be made to
their favorite charity or the St.
Lawrence Catholic Church
Building Fund, 370 South
Section Street, Fairhope, AL
36532. Arrangements by
Top prison officials get free housing
Associated Press
BIRMINGHAM — Alabama
Corrections
Commissioner
Donal Campbell and several
other top prison administrators get free housing from the
state and a $250 utility allowance each month, a benefit provided to many of their
predecessors.
Campbell lives near Tutwiler
Prison for Women at Wetumpka. His neighbor is Associate
Commissioner Ruth Naglich,
who also occupies a stateowned home free of charge,
The Birmingham News reported Tuesday.
The department’s second-incommand, Deputy Commissioner Greg Lovelace, lived for
several years rent-free on Kilby
prison property until he moved
recently for personal reasons,
By RHODA A. PICKETT
The plaque was still there, sticking up
in the ground where Derek Presley’s front
door once stood.
“My grandmother died 10 years ago
and gave me that plaque,” Presley said
Tuesday. “It says that ‘the family that
prays together, stays together.’ It’s all
that’s left of my house. I left with the shirt
on my back and the shoes on my feet. I’m
actually homeless.”
Hurricane Katrina destroyed the Bay
Road house Presley had called home for
nine years. He said he could not get anyone to sell him renter’s insurance.
Presley said the only reason he didn’t
stay at the house was because his family
convinced him not to.
“I stayed during Cindy, Isadore and
Dennis,” he said of the previous tropical
storms and hurricanes.
“I almost stayed, but one reason I
didn’t stay was because my family talked
me out of it,” Presley said. “I thought it
(Katrina) was going to New Orleans. I just
didn’t expect this.
“I guess that the one thing that’s lucky
about this is that I’m still alive,” he said.
His next door neighbors, Teresa Raby
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POLLARA
Ms. Jeanne Pollara — Died
August 21st after a lifelong illness.
Jeanne
passed
at
Piedmont Hospital, Atlanta, GA.
She was born November 26,
1967 in NJ and moved to Mobile
in 1976. She was very athletic
playing baseball in the Babe
Ruth League as well as varsity
softball at Murphy High School,
graduating in 1984. At the time
of her death, Jeanne was pursuing an education in the medical
field. She possessed a natural
ability to love unconditionally.
She was a loving aunt of three
nephews and three nieces. She
reminded family members to
‘‘hug your children and always
love them’’. Jeanne is survived
by her father, Francis (Janice)
Pollara;
mother,
Valerie
(Michael)
Howard;
sister,
Dianne (Bryan) Mabery; brother, Frank (Deanne) Pollara; six
nieces and nephews. Her family
will sorely miss her. A memorial
will be held September 7th at
Our Saviors Church, Cody Rd.
at 6:30 p.m. followed by a gathering of family and friends at
the Parish Hall. Any donations
may be given to your church or
favorite charity in the memory
of Jeanne Pollara.
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for the prison commissioner.
That home is currently occupied by institutional coordinator Roy Hightower.
Corbett said many former
commissioners, including Joe
Hopper, Freddie Smith, Morris
Thigpen and Ron Jones, have
lived in state housing under
the longstanding benefit.
The state pays Campbell
$95,000 a year. Deputy commissioners make more than
$75,000 a year, and associate
commissioners’ starting salary
is $62,400, according to state
personnel records.
The Birmingham News conducted a survey of neighboring
states and found free housing
for anyone other than wardens
is rare. In Georgia and Mississippi, the only free housing is
for wardens. Louisiana opens
up housing to some maintenance and security staff, but
and Steve Douglas, still have their home,
but Katrina left an inch of mud inside, ruined the furniture and destroyed their
deck.
“It was massive,” Raby said, of the
deck, her voice quivering slightly. “It ran
from one end of the house to the other,
and each of the bedrooms opened out to
it. We lived on this deck.”
The deck remains attacked to the
house, but in shambles: Several boards
were washed under the south Mobile
house. Other planks snapped and caved
in, forming a chevron pointing to the
ground.
Steve Douglas, who lives there with
Raby, went to the house Monday and
strapped the deck down to keep it from
hammering the pilings of the three-bedroom, two-bath house as Katrina’s storm
surge pushed onshore.
“If he hadn’t, the house would be destroyed,” Raby said.
In a hit-or-miss fashion, Katrina seemed to pick which houses it wanted to destroy — saving Raby’s and Douglas’ —
destroying Presley’s. The two-story home
next to Presley’s was left intact. But the
house on the other side of Raby and Douglas was gutted. The empty interior could
be seen through the huge holes Katrina
Staff Reporter
LANE
Since 1893
prison
system
spokesman
Brian Corbett said.
The state originally built
homes at or near prisons so
wardens could be close in case
of emergencies. Also, wardens
are often transferred to other
prisons, and that makes buying
and selling private homes onerous, Corbett said.
In recent years, some wardens have chosen to live in private residences, which has
opened up homes for other
prison officials.
Campbell and Naglich live in
the former warden and deputy
warden residences close to
Tutwiler Prison for Women.
Campbell moved in about a
month ago. For his first two
years in Montgomery, Campbell chose not to live in stateowned housing, although the
state has a home designated
not top administrators.
Tennessee allows any employee, based on a selection
process, to live in state housing. Everyone other than wardens pays rent and utilities.
Rent runs about $200 to $400 a
month, based on the size of the
house.
Campbell served as corrections commissioner in Tennessee before moving to Alabama
in 2003. He paid $600 a month
in rent to live in a state-owned
house,
Tennessee
prisons
spokeswoman Amanda Sluss
said.
In Florida, wardens and other high-ranking prison officers
such as captains live in homes
on prison grounds. Staff are allowed to place mobile homes
in nearby lots for $10 a month
rent, said Florida prisons
spokeswoman Debbie Buchanan.
Bay Road residents cope with aftermath
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329 S. Greeno Rd.
Fairhope, AL 36532
Terry Dixon Lane — 62, passed
away Saturday, August 27, 2005.
Funeral services will be held
Thursday, September 1, 2005 at
11am in Southern Memorial’s
Chapel with Joe Lisenby, Chuck
Conner and Jack Cates officiating. Burial will follow in Little
Sandy Ridge Cemetery in Ft.
Deposit, AL. Visitation will be
Wednesday, August 31st from 57pm also at Southern Memorial.
The family will also receive
friends prior to service. Mr.
Lane was a long time state
employee and Motor Vehicle
Division Director of the
Alabama
Department
of
Revenue. Survivors include his
wife, Sarah J. Lane; two sons,
Jay Preston Lane and James
Walter Buyck (Kay) Lane; and
sister-in-law, Shelia Mulcahy.
Pallbearers will be Huston
Waters, Bob McCain, Johnny
Newman, Richard Batchelor,
Charles Batchelor, Gerald
Stringer, Troy Ritchie, and
Russell Stark. Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Stevens,
Robert Huffaker, Tom Dart,
Tony Wilkerson, Sam McQueen,
Billy Smith, Tommy Smith and
Dr. William Cumbie. The family
requests that in lieu of flowers,
donations be made to the
Birmingham Leukemia and
Lymphoma Society, 100 Chase
Park
South,
Suite
220,
Birmingham, AL 35244 (250-9890098) or the charity of your
choice.
Arrangements
by
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Montgomery, AL 36107.
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poked into the exterior walls.
“We have some of his stuff here. All
that wood you see up there in the front?
That’s Derek’s house,” Raby said pointing
to a pile of debris 50 feet west of the spot,
where a house once stood.
There was a sleeping bag, old photos,
wood, ancient bricks, kitchen items, fallen
trees, old sea timbers, a broken ceiling fan
— mixed in with the mud and leaves
strewn about, no longer belonging to anyone in particular.
“I think we’re pretty lucky,” Douglas
said. “I count myself as lucky because
we’re young. People who are up in age.
This would be rough on them.”
John Roombus, another Bay Road resident, spent the daylight hours Tuesday
clearing thousands of magnolia leaves that
had carpeted his driveway leading from
the road to his 1930-era home that once
sat nearly 50 feet from Mobile Bay.
Fallen trees leaned against one another, their roots exposed and drying in the
sun. And the bay is 30 feet closer than it
was Sunday night.
“Those were standing Sunday,” Roombus said of the trees. “It’s amazing what it
did. It’s probably going to take 500 yards
of dirt to fill this in. It took nearly 200
yards after Ivan.”
Exploreum springs a leak
By THOMAS B. HARRISON
Arts Editor
Tim Pula and his wife sought
refuge from Hurricane Katrina
in one of downtown Mobile’s
sturdiest buildings, the Gulf
Coast Exploreum Science Center.
“It’s like a home away from
home,” he said Tuesday. “We
feel very comfortable there.”
Pula is the Exploreum’s man
of science, but it didn’t take an
advanced degree to know that
a flood-tide was rising at midmorning Monday. The couple
had settled in to ride out the
storm in the second-floor
Minds On Hall, which houses
the Ciba Lab and the Virtual
Journeys Digital Theater.
Sometime after 10 a.m. Pula
noticed that the storm surge,
which would inundate Water
Street, crawled up Government
Street toward Royal and was
lapping at the front door of the
downtown science museum.
“The water kept rising, but
we knew it would,” he said.
“We expected that.”
The water stopped several
feet shy of the top step that
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Marvin Gaines Tanner, a retired farmer, died Monday
afternoon at his daughter’s
home. He was 94.
Tanner, a native of Mississippi, was a resident of Theodore
for nearly 75 years.
He was a member of First
Baptist Church of Theodore.
He formerly served as a Sunday
school teacher at First Baptist
Church of Fowl River.
Survivors include two children, Marvina Tanner Janes
and Marvin Ray Tanner, both
of Theodore; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
Arrangements will be announced later by Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home
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“An estimated 5 feet of water
came into the building through
the front doors that face Government Street,” said Shannon
Lipscomb, marketing and public relations director for the Exploreum.
The museum’s original exhibit gallery, Hands On Hall,
was flooded with about an inch
of water that seeped through
the doors facing the courtyard
on Royal Street. Hands On Hall
is under renovation and the
carpet was to be replaced anyway, Lipscomb said.
The Exploreum lost power
about 4 p.m. Monday, and
building crews continued to assess the impact that the flooding had on the building,
according to Lipscomb.
No reopening date has been
set, but the water damage likely will not affect the grand
opening of the Junior League of
Mobile’s “Wharf of Wonder” exhibit for preschoolers at the
Exploreum.
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leads into the museum lobby,
but another part of the museum did get wet.
John Williams
John Jackson Williams, a native of Louisville, Ky., and resident of Coffeeville, died Friday
at his residence. He was 75.
Williams was a veteran of the
U.S. Army and a member of
Union Baptist Church of Coffeeville.
Survivors include two sons,
Gregory Williams and Van Doran Williams, both of Roseland,
La.; one daughter, Ethelyn Denise Williams of Montgomery;
and three sisters, Bessie Williams and Bernice Fluker, both
of Mobile, and Minnie Johnson
of Coffeeville.
Visitation will be Thursday
from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral at Union Baptist Church.
Burial will follow in the Williams family cemetery. Reese
Funeral Home in Thomasville is
handling arrangements.
MONROE COUNTY
Myrtle Birringer
Myrtle Birringer, a native of
Monroe County, died Tuesday
at a hospital in Monroeville.
She was 93.
Mrs. Birringer was a resident
of Frisco City for the past several years.
Survivors include several
nieces and nephews.
Visitation will be today from
10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service
at Johnson Funeral Home in
Monroeville. Burial will be in
Springhill Cemetery in Franklin,
Ala.