Dovealeen Wasdin, a native of Rabun and resident of Bay Minette, died Wednesday at a nursing home. She was 82.

Mrs. Wasdin was a retired seamstress from Mannor Slacks.

She is survived by her husband Hector K. Wasdin of Bay Minette; one daughter, Glenda Kay Milam of Electic; three sons, George J. Wasdin of Luling, La., Glenn F. Wasdin of Bay Minette and Ronald C. Wasdin of Mobile; two sisters, Miriam Allen and Annie Godwin, both of Bay Minette; 13 grandchildren; 26 grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Norris Funeral Home with the Rev. Byron Dekle officiating. Burial will follow at Bay Minette Cemetery. Arrangements are by Norris Funeral Home in Bay Minette.
 

Frances B. Fisher 
Frances B. Fisher, a native of Honeygrove, Texas, and a resident of Mobile, died Saturday at her residence. She was 87. 

Mrs. Fisher was a member of Kingswood United Methodist Church and a retired civil servant in the U.S. Air Force. 

She is survived by one son, Jerry L. Carl Sr. of Mobile; 4 grandchildren, 10 great-grandchildren and 3 great-great-grandchildren. 

A funeral service is planned for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, with visitation two hours before. Interment will be in Mobile Memorial Gardens. 

Thomas C. Huckabee 
Col. Thomas Clark Huckabee, a native of Uniontown and a resident of Mobile, died Saturday at a local health care facility. 

Huckabee was a member and deacon at Spring Hill Presbyterian Church. He was a teacher and coach at Murphy High School, Pensacola High School and Gulf Coast Military Academy in Gulfport, Miss. He served as a coach, teacher, administrator and superintendent for 29 years at University Military School. 

He is survived by his wife, Betty Chambers Huckabee of Mobile; one daughter, Martha Anne Huckabee Foster of Franklin, La., and Daphne; one son, Thomas Cooper Huckabee of Los Angeles; and two sisters, Nann Huckabee Williams of Mobile and Martha Carolyn Huckabee of Uniontown, Ala. 

The family will receive friends from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the fellowship hall of Spring Hill Presbyterian Church. A memorial service will follow in the church sanctuary at 11 a.m. A private interment will be held in Magnolia Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the UMS-Wright Building Fund, Spring Hill Presbyterian Church or a favorite charity. Radney Funeral Home is handling arrangements. 

Dolores Fell Kercher 
Dolores Fell Kercher, a native and lifelong resident of Mobile, died Saturday at a local hospital. She was 76. 

Mrs. Kercher was a retired from federal civil service with 40 years total service in personnel. She served 19 years in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. She was also a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church. 

Survivors include her husband, Charles F. Kercher of Mobile; one daughter, Diane K. McInnis of Mobile; one sister, Annie Laurie Bamford of Fairhope; and four grandchildren. 

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Pine Crest Funeral Home. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday at St. Lukes's Episcopal Church. Arrangements by Pine Crest Funeral Home. 

Mack McKinley Rivers 
Mack McKinley Rivers, a native of Mobile County and resident of Citronelle, died Saturday at a local hospital. 

He was a member of St. Theresa Catholic Church and worked as a logger in the timber industry. 

His survivors include five sons, George C. Farmer, Ensley J. Farmer, Michael Lavon River, Jeremy Lathan Farmer, all of Citronelle, and Wallace McKinley Rivers of Semmes; seven daughters, Betty Byrd, Lillie Bell Sullivan, Ellen Dianne McDaniel, all of Citronelle, Hazel Weaver, Shirley Farmer and Judy Farmer, all of Mount Vernon, and Maeola Allen of Lucedale, Miss.; four brothers, Sancer Rivers, Clifford Rivers, Ed Rivers and Joe Rivers, all of Mount Vernon; six sisters, Esther Byrd and Annie Smith of Citronelle, and Cranie Lofton, Ola Sullivan, Maggie James and Mary Alice Byrd, all of Mount Vernon; 31 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. 

Visitation will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. today at St. Theresa Catholic Church in Mount Vernon. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church. Interment will take place in Byrd Cemetery in Mount Vernon. Arrangements by Freeman Funeral Home in Citronelle. 
 

L. W. Register 
L. W. Register, a native of Bratt, Fla., and resident of Fort Morgan, died Saturday. He was 69. 

He was a retiree of International Paper Company, a Master Mason and member of the Greeno Masonic Lodge No. 598. 

His survivors include his wife, Bettie Whisenhant Register of Ft. Morgan; five daughters, Patricia Register Goode and Vickie Register Hughes, both of Melbourne, Fla., Vicki Hays Stanley of Daphne, Shari Register Norman of Birmingham and Michelle Register Scott of Mobile; three sisters, Syble Register Suermann, Jackie Register Cooper, and Shelby Register Carrigan, all of Huntsville; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. 

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Pine Crest Funeral Home. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Pine Crest Cemetery. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to The American Cancer Society, 917 Western America Circle, Mobile, Ala., 36603 or Infirmary Hospice, 28260 U.S. Hwy. , 98 Daphne, Ala., 36606. Arrangements by Pine Crest Funeral Home. 
 

Robert Lee Parnell 
Robert Lee Parnell, a native of Seaboard and resident of Tibbie, died at his residence on Sunday. He was 67. 

He was a veteran on the Korean Conflict and retired from Brown and Root at the Ciba Geigy Plant in McIntosh. He was a member of the Masonic Lodge. 

His survivors include one son, Garry Parnell of Tibbie; three daughters, Jacqueline Parnell, Robin Weaver and Marikim Carpenter, all of Tibbie; three brothers, Bruce Parnell of Tibbie, Wilbert Parnell of Mobile and Tillman Parnell of Millry; six sisters, Willie Mae Howard of Tibbie, Annie Bell Richardson of Seaboard, Leona Long of Jackson, Sue Odom of Deer Park, Ann Howard of Semmes and Cecilia Wilson of New Orleans, La.; one half brother, Albert W. Parnell of Tibbie; and five grandchildren. 

Visitation will be held at 6 p.m. today at the Parnell home in Tibbie. Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the same location. Burial will take place in the Robert Lee Parnell Memorial Cemetery in Tibbie. Arrangements by Lathan Funeral Home in Chatom. 
 

ANNIE LOUISE VAN LIEROP 

BLOUNTSTOWN, Fla. - Annie Louise Van Lierop, a native of Pineville, La., and a resident of Blountstown, Fla., died Friday, Aug. 7, 1998, at her residence. 

She was 68 years old. 

Mrs. Van Lierop was a member of the Lake Mystic Baptist Church in Bristol, Fla., and served as church treasurer. She sang in the choir and was in the Campus Crusade for Christ. She was also active in the Gideons Society and the Prison Ministry. 

Mrs. Van Lierop is survived by her husband, Carlton Van Lierop of Blountstown; two sons, Ronnie Van Lierop and Dwight Van Lierop of Blountstown; a daughter, Carla Hand of Blountstown; a brother, Walter Smith of Summerdale; two sisters, Jeanette Mize of Bossier City, La., and Evelyn Hess of Deatsville, Ala.; and 10 grandchildren. 

Funeral services were held Monday at Lake Mystic Baptist Church. She was buried in Pine Memorial Cemetery in Blountstown. 

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the Gideons Society. 

Funeral arrangements were by Adams Funeral Home, Blountstown, Fla. 

JAMES 'J.I' COOPER 

SILVERHILL - James "J.I" Cooper, a native of McGhee, Miss., and a resident of Silverhill, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1998. He was 78. 

Cooper is survived by his wife, Estelle Cooper of Silverhill; a daughter, Peggy Harrell of Prattville; a son, James "Jimmy" Cooper of Silverhill; five sisters, Lois Styron of Brandon, Miss., Betty Andre of Banner Elk, N.C., Laverne Garner of Bay Minette, and Louise McWilliams and Katie Summerlin, both of Jackson, Miss.; four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. 

Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Mack Funeral Home in Robertsdale. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Wednesday at the funeral home with the Rev. Rick Barnhart officiating. Burial will be in the Silverhill Cemetery. 

Arrangements are by Mack Funeral Home. 

HELEN KRAMPE 

FOLEY - Helen Krampe, a resident of Foley, died Saturday, Aug. 8, 1998, at Mercy Medical Center. 

She is survived by her niece, Mary Eicher of Foley. 

Funeral services will be held in Cincinnati at a later date. 

Arrangements are by Bayview Funeral Home, Foley. 

CLYDE JOSEPH THOMPSON 

FAIRHOPE - Clyde Joseph Thompson died Saturday, Aug. 8, 1998, at Mercy Medical in Daphne. Thompson, 83, was a resident of Fairhope. He was a retired merchant seaman with the Merchant Marines and was also a veteran of World War II, having served with the U.S. Coast Guard. 

Survivors include his wife, Evelyn Pope Thompson of Fairhope; a son, Joseph Michael Thompson of Fairhope; two brothers, Fred A. Thompson of Foley and Phillip Thompson of New Orleans, La.; and his grandson, Joseph Michael Thompson Jr. of Fairhope. 

Graveside services were held Monday at Pine Level Primitive Baptist Cemetery in Atmore. The Rev. Burl Phillips officiated. Funeral arrangements were by Norris Funeral Home in Bay Minette. 
 

GLADYS INEZ SMITH 

BAY MINETTE - Gladys Inez Smith died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1998, at Oakwood nursing home. Mrs. Smith, 86, was a resident of Bay Minette. 

She is survived by her husband, Joel Myles Smith of Bay Minette; two sons, Otis Smith of Spanish Fort and Larry Smith of Halls Fork; four daughters, Nellree Phillips of Pensacola, Shelba Lauritzen and Betty Roberson, both of Deer Park, Texas, and Patsy Robertson of Bay Minette; her sister, Pauline Hathcock of Mobile; 14 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. 

The funeral will be today at 10 a.m. at Norris Funeral Home in Bay Minette. The Rev. George Sedberry and Victor White will officiate and burial follows at Perdido Baptist Cemetery. Funeral arrangements are by Norris Funeral Home in Bay Minette.
 

Samuel L. Irby 

MOUNT VERNON - Samuel Lee "Sam" Irby, a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, died Sunday in an accident near Mount Vernon. He was 52.

A native of Calvert, Ala., Irby resided in Mount Vernon, where he was a member of Williams Chapel Missionary Baptist Church. He was a 1964 graduate of Rosa A. Lott High School in Citronelle.

Survivors include his wife, Grace Irby of Mount Vernon; one son, Samuel Irby Chapman of Mount Vernon; two stepdaughters, Jandolin Chapman and Samika Chapman, both of Mount Vernon; his mother, Gladys Irby of Mount Vernon; and seven siblings, Theodore Irby of Los Angeles, Taylor Irby of Inglewood, Calif., Doretha Osborne of Mount Vernon, Geraldine Irby of Mobile, Alvin Irby of St. Paul, Minn., Fredgenia Hill of Dallas, and Isaac Irby Jr. of Brandon, Miss.

Viewing will be from noon to 5 p.m. today at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home. Viewing will also be after 9 a.m. Thursday at Williams Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, U.S. 43 in Mount Vernon, with visitation from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. services. Interment will be in Roper Cemetery. 

Albert Lankster Jr. 

Albert C. Lankster Jr. , a former welder with Ingalls Shipbuilding, died Sunday in Mobile. He was 46.

Lankster, a lifelong Mobilian, was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran.

Survivors include three sisters, Sayinka Jackson of Mobile, Lashandal Pettway of Knoxville, Tenn., and Michelle Lankster of Gaston, Texas; and two brothers, Curtis Lankster and Richard Lankster, both of Mobile.

Visitation will be from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at Reese Funeral Home in Prichard, with graveside services at 12:30 p.m. at Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi. 

Mary M. Wittner 

Mary Margaret Wittner, a member of Power of God Worship Center, died Monday in a local hospital.

Mrs. Wittner, a native of Silas, Ala., was a longtime resident of Mobile.

Survivors include three daughters, Betty Reeves and Mildred Ferrouillat, both of Mobile, and Margaret Cargill of Atlanta; three sons, Luther Lane, Carl Wittner and Mike Wittner, all of Mobile; her brothers and sisters; 18 grandchildren and 26 great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Radney Funeral Home on Dauphin Street, where services are set for 10 a.m. Friday. Interment will be in Spring Hill Memorial Gardens. 
 

Shelby J. Atkins 

OLD SALEM - Shelby Jean Atkins, a licensed practical nurse, died Tuesday in an area hospital. She was 59.

Mrs. Atkins, a lifelong Monroe County resident, lived in Old Salem, where she was a member of Old Salem Baptist Church.

Survivors include her mother, Clara McLaurin of Monroeville, Ala.; her husband, Charles Atkins of Old Salem; one son, Ray Atkins of Old Salem; three brothers, Franklin McLaurin of Monroeville, Paul McLaurin of Excel, Ala., and Levoy McLaurin of Salem, Ala.; two sisters, Maxine Gilmore of Ashford, Ala., and Linda Greene of Repton, Ala.; and two grandchildren.

Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Monroe Chapel Funeral Home in Monroeville, with interment in Old Salem Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to the Alabama Baptist Children's Home and Family Ministries, P.O. Box 361767, Birmingham, Ala., 35236-9860. 
 

Hattie M. Rivers 

McINTOSH - Hattie Mildred Rivers, a homemaker who attended Rivers Baptist Church of McIntosh, died Monday in a Mobile hospital. She was 63.

Ms. Rivers, a native of Sims Chapel, Ala., resided in McIntosh.

Survivors include two sons, Tommy Rivers and Terry Rivers, both of McIntosh; six daughters, Marilyn Reed, Willa Mae Bass, Janice Snow and Evelyn Weaver, all of McIntosh, Catherine Shewmake of Jackson, Ala., and Pauline Rivers Pennartz of Lake Charles, La.; three brothers, Percy Rivers of McIntosh, Gene Rivers of Eight Mile and Willie Rivers of Citronelle; one sister, Lutisha Reed of McIntosh; 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Visitation will be from 6 to 10 p.m. today at Freeman Funeral Home in Citronelle. Services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Rivers Baptist Church, with interment in Rivers Cemetery in McIntosh. 

Charlotte Ann Allen 

FAIRHOPE - Memorial services for Charlotte Ann Allen will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the chapel of Wolfe Funeral Home in Fairhope. Mrs. Allen, 57, died Sunday, Aug. 9, 1998.

Visitation will be held Thursday from 6 p.m. until the funeral hour.

Mrs. Allen is survived by her husband, James M. Allen of Fairhope, and one son, Darryl W. Allen of Marietta, Ga.

Arrangements are by Wolfe Funeral Home, 329 S. Greeno Road in Fairhope.

Lillie B. Bryan 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Lillie Bell Bryan, a former dormitory supervisor at the Alabama School for the Deaf, died Friday in a Memphis hospital at the age of 99.

Mrs. Bryan, a native of Oglethorpe, Ga., and resident of Memphis, formerly lived in Satsuma.

Survivors include her stepdaughter, Paula Wyatt of Shelby, N.C.; two grandchildren, five great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

Services are set for 2 p.m. today at Radney Funeral Home in Saraland, with visitation from noon until the services. Interment will be in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens.

Milner W. Dent 

FAIRHOPE - Milner W. Dent, a native and resident of Fairhope, died Monday, Aug. 10, 1998, at his residence. He was 76 years old.

Dent was a member of St. James Episcopal Church, American Legion Post 199, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5660, Elks Club and the Fairhope Yacht Club.

He is survived by a daughter, Mickey Pike of Woodland Hills, Calif.; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Bayview Funeral Home in Fairhope. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday from Memory Gardens of Fairhope.

The family suggests that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society.

Funeral arrangements are by Bayview Funeral Home, Fairhope.