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Ridouts Brown Service Funeral Home
Ridouts Brown Service Funeral Home
711 Memorial Drive Southwest
Decatur, AL 35601
Phone: (256) 353-1511
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Mon, Jun 25, 2012
But there would be no more black judges until 1995, when Myra Scott McNary was appointed as a Pinellas County Court judge.
Judge White was born in Decatur, Ala., the eldest of seven children. At age 10, his mother, the principal of a black elementary school, took him to a courtroom to watch a famous trial. Nine black youths known as the "Scottsboro boys" had been accused of raping two white girls. Despite the outcome, decried as an example of racial injustice, a young Frank White was enthralled by the cross-examination of an alleged victim by defense attorney Samuel Leibowitz.
"It was a masterpiece," Judge White recalled years later. "He showed that her story wasn't, and could not have been, true."
His family moved to Winter Haven when Judge White was a teenager. He attended Bethune-Cookman College, was drafted into the Army for two years, then finished his undergraduate studies at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He then married Clearwater native Elaine Carson.
In retirement, he continued a lifelong pursuit of reading and cared for his wife, who by then suffered health problems. Elaine White, his wife of 60 years, died in April.
Judge White also had multiple health problems, including a stroke.
His family is now going through folders containing his notes and some writings, much of which center on racial discrimination.
"He wrote a lot about that," his brother said. "He wanted to challenge some of the longstanding rules and laws that existed that excluded African-Americans from being real citizens."
Andrew Meacham can be reached at ameacham@tampabay.com or (727) 892-2248.
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
DECATUR, Ga. (AP) — A corporate engineer who fawned over a female subordinate was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday of shooting the woman's husband to death in an ambush outside a suburban Atlanta preschool.
After a judge sentenced Hemy Neuman to life in prison without parole for killing Russell Sneiderman, prosecutors shifted their attention to Sneiderman's wife. During the trial, they sugge...
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
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By GREG BLUESTEIN
The Associated Press
DECATUR, Ga. — A corporate engineer who fawned over a female subordinate was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday of shooting the woman's husband to death in an ambush outside a suburban Atlanta preschool.
Hemy Neuman, center, prepares to leave the courtroom as Chief Assistant DA Don Geary talks to Neuman after the reading of the verdict at the DeKalb County Courthouse Thursday, March 15, 201...
Sun, Jan 29, 2012
Francie and Eliza Frazier. A memorial service was held on Wednesday, Jan. 25, at St. Philips Cathedral. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts can be made to Camp Sunshine, 1850 Clairmont Road, Decatur, GA 30033 or to a charity of your choice. (Chattanooga Press)
Sat, Jan 7, 2012
Gary and Kathy Holloway of Odessa, Kenneth and Sharon Laden of Oklahoma City, Okla., Candye and Bill Spears of Dallas, George Alan and Misty O’Neal of Bulverde, Kay and Jerry Allen of Decatur, and Barbara Ann Laden of Plano; a sister and brother-in-law, Dr. George and Elna O’Neal of Mount Pleasant; and numerous other relatives.She was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. John Dunn; her parents; a brother and sister-in-law, A.K. “Buddy” and Elizabeth Laden; and a sister and brother-in-law, Lewis and Bert Marie Holloway.Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, January 6, 2012 at Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral Home.
A memorial guestbook may be signed at www.batescoopersloanfuneralhome.com
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Mon, Nov 28, 2011
Newton, Ill. —
February 23, 1912 – November 23, 2011Mrs. Shirley Hazel (Raper) Huddlestun, 99, of Decatur, IL formerly of Newton, IL and Gila, IL passed away at 3:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at her home. Funeral services celebrating Shirley's life will be held at 11:00 AM - Monday, November 28 at the Blake-Buchanan Funeral Home, Newton, IL with the Reverend C.Q. McMillion officiating. Visitation will be one hour before services. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery, Newton, IL. Me...
Sun, Nov 6, 2011
James "Jim" Howard Orten, 88, of Red Bank, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011.Born in Decatur, Ala., to the late William and Clara McAbee Webb Orten. He served our country during World War II in the U.S. Army serving in the Philippines. Jim was a former employee with DuPont, a life insurance agent with Metropolitan Life and retired from Lincoln National Life. He was a member of Red Bank Baptist Church. Jim was a member of the Red Bank Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star Dorcus Chapt... (Chattanooga Press)
Sun, Nov 6, 2011
James "Jim" Howard Orten, 88, of Red Bank, went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Nov. 4, 2011.Born in Decatur, Ala., to the late William and Clara McAbee Webb Orten. He served our country during World War II in the U.S. Army serving in the Philippines. Jim was a former employee with DuPont, a life insurance agent with Metropolitan Life and retired from Lincoln National Life. He was a member of Red Bank Baptist Church. Jim was a member of the Red Bank Masonic Lodge and the Eastern Star Dorcus Chapt... (Chattanooga Press)
Thu, Oct 13, 2011
That is an appropriate honor and the best local site for remembering Pennington’s life and death,” said Jones. “He lies buried in a graveyard near the railroad tracks in Decatur, Alabama, where he died on the way to Virginia.”—————Want to “Soundoff” on this story? Email: soundoff@corsicanadailysun.com
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Sat, Oct 8, 2011
THOMSON, Ga. - Funeral service for Mrs. Sarah Lee Johnson Collins, 74, of Decatur, will be held on Saturday, October 8, 2011, at 3:00 p.m. at Springfield Baptist Church, Thomson, Pastor, Rev. F. D. Favors, with Rev. Glennie Olive, Eulogist, and Rev. David Walker, Presiding. Interment: Westview Cemetery, Thomson. Thomson Funeral System, 505 Gordon Street, NE. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com/obits
The Augusta Chronicle-October 7, 2011
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