Birmingham Post-Herald, Friday, April 21, 1995 E5 METRO STATE Sollie jury to deliberate te today in ethics case Ex-Moody mayor charged with using office for personal gain By Bob Johnson when Post-Herald Reporter day PELL CITY It will be up to a St. Court Clair County jury today to decide if should former Moody Mayor James Sollie noon. used his office for personal gain. Former Both the defense and prosecution McFarling orested their cases yesterday in the Sollie trial of Sollie, who is charged with 10 mentation counts of violating the state ethics $1,500 law. over nine Sollie resigned in August 1991, af- But ter serving seven years as mayor of defense Moody, a St.
Clair County town lo- Johnson, cated near the intersection of U.S. prove 411 and Interstate 20 about 20 miles for all east of Birmingham. times The 10 charges against Sollie in- month. clude that he illegally claimed reimbursement for mileage driven on Gibson his personal car and that he charged mingham, the city more than $500 for a per- tioned sonal trip to Atlanta in 1991. to Atlanta.
Defense attorneys and prosecutors "I told will make their closing arguments that Anderson, John, Sr. Anderson, Livy Poag Bennette, John H. Berry, Edward B. Brantley, Willie Alfred Browder, Fannie Rosco Chinn, Robert W. Crawford, Ora Lee Malone Crayton, Sam, Jr.
Cunnington, Louise R. Essex, Rosemary Thomas Fitzherbert, Kenneth Edward Foster, Luellen C. Glenn, Claude L. Gray, Lucious Griffin, Curtis D. Gulledge, Grady Adam, Sr.
Hall, Donald L. Harris, Nettie Lee Hogan, Elizabeth G. Brown Jacks, Wayne Douglas Jackson, Wornzie L. Johnsey, Gracie L. Jones, James Lowry Levine, Alma Jean G.
Lightsey, Oscar Lyles, Eashmon McClendon, Ova Dell McCluskey, Virginia Smothers was a conductor at Seaboard Railroad; member of Woodlawn United Methodist Church; a mason and a shriner. Graveside service will be McElroy, Elsie Tarpley Meadows, Rev. William H. Merrill, Hallie H. Nixon, Robert Lee Owens, Lydia B.
Pearson, Jimmie Lee Peek, James Huron Perkins, John Edmond Pruitt, Johnny Wesley Rakestraw, Daisy Mae Reid, Myrtle I. Sampson, Jesse Self, Dwight Allison Simmons, Hezekiah, Sr. Singleton, Edith Levern Smith, Cora Ella Snow, Kathryn V. Taylor, Loyd A. Thompson, Bruce E.
Tucker, Jerry Freeman Tyson, Grace Doss Underwood, James Leon Williams, Larry G. Williams, William Blackwell Williams, Sadie Belle Williams, Marjorie Louise Wills, Luther Robert Wyatt, Richarda ANDERSON, JOHN, SR. of McDonald Chapel, died April 14, 1995. He was a retired coal miner. He retired from U.
S. Steel with 30 years of service. He was a member of First Baptist Church, Park Hill where he was a member of the deacon board. Funeral service will be Saturday, April 22, 1995, 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church, McDonald Chapel with burial in George Washington Carver.
Rev. Earl Dixon will officiate. The body will lie in state at Shortridge Funeral Home from 12:00 noon until 8:30 p.m. today. Survivors: wife, Mrs.
Marie A. Anderson of Birmingham; five daughters, Mrs. Sandra A. Jones, Mrs. Wanda Pugh (Henry), Mrs.
Cheryl McNealey (Albert), Ms. Melissa Pugh, Miss Monice Anderson, all of Birmingham; seven sons, Mr. Emmitt Anderson (JoAnn) of Pensacola, Mr. James Anderson (Rhonda) of Salt Lake City, Utah, Mr. Johnny Hubbard, Mr.
Eddie Kim (Jessie), Mr. Lee Anderson (Barbara), Mr. Michael Anderson (Marchelle), Mr. Milous Anderson (Cara), all of Birmingham; mother, Catherine Anderson; father Rueben Anderson; one sister, Lucy Williams of Uniontown, 36 grandchildren and 42 great grandchildren. Shortridge Funeral Home directing.
BENNETTE, MR. JOHN H. age 79, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. Funeral service will be Saturday, April 22, 1995, 11 a.m. at Southside CME with burial in Highland Memorial Cemetery.
Survivors: daughter, Alfleta D. Bennette of Birmingham; sons, John H. BenInette, Jr. of Cleveland, Ohio, Malcolm L. Bennette of Birmingham and Ralph C.
Bennette Sr. of Los Angeles, CA. Bushelon Funeral Home directing. ANDERSON, MR. LIVY POAG age 93, of Birmingham died Thursday, April 20, 1995.
He Card bill for McFarling said. a legitimate me who you let me talk couldn't remember." the trial resumes at 9 a.m. to- Defense before St. Clair County Circuit in Atlanta to Judge Bill Hereford. Jurors property at the begin deliberations before and U.S.
411 restaurant is Moody Councilman Ronnie Sollie's wife testified yesterday that they spent the never submitted any docu- let stores, with to the council for about agers about the worth of mileage he claimed stores in Moody. months in 1990 and 1991. Defense under cross-examination from Trussell have attorney David Cromwell prosecution. McFarling said he could not with Sollie was not on city business councilman of the miles claimed, at to New Hampshire as much as 1,000 miles a while out of town McFarling McFarling, who is the principal of trips to go skiing Elementary School in Bir- ferences for testified that he ques- and Boston. Sollie at length about the trip "There was the days I went James that the one thing and West troubled me was that Master- schedule off-days Saturday, April 22, at 2:00 P.M.
at Jefferson Memorial Gardens East. Rev. Larry Horne officiating. Visitation will be 5 until 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.
He was preceded in death by wife, Ruth P. Anderson. Survivors: sister, Mrs. Ellawain Crawford of South Carolina; a number of nephews and nieces. Roebuck Chapel directing.
BERRY, EDWARD age 90 of Birmingham Sunday, April 16, 1995. Graveside service will be held Saturday, April 22, 1995 at AM from Brighton Cemetery. Survivors: three sisters, Rosa Packer of BirImingham, Adlacy Roane, land Fannie Medlock of New York City, NY. Bushelon Funeral Home directing BRANTLEY, MR. WILLIE ALFRED Homecoming 7 Celebration for Mr.
Brantley will be Noon Saturday from New Bethlehem Baptist, 1730 11th Avenue- Bessemer, Pastor W.H. Walker, officiating. Military Rites and Interment will follow in Highland Memorial. He was a I retired cable operator from General Electric and a World War Veteran. His memory will be cherished by his children, Ruth Grizzard and Verdine Langham; sister, Ruth Croom; and a brother, Alex L.
Brantley. Calling hours at Johnson Memorial, Bessemer, Friday Noon until 9:00 Johnson Memorial Funeral Directors, Inc Since 1967 Personal Service in The Nicest BROWDER, MRS. FANNIE RASCO Born in Selma, Alabama, Fannie was a longtime member of New Zion Baptist. She was the widow of Mr. James Browder and the proud mother of five: Annie Davis, Dorothy Bentley, Dalphine Carter, Elizabeth land Johnny Browder.
Rite of Christian Burial is Saturday Morning at 11:00 from New Zion Baptist, 1026 24th Street, Bessemer. Pastor Michael Reese, Officiating. Inhumation will follow in Highland Memorial. The family will receive friends Friday from 7:00 until 8:00 P.M. at Johnson Memorial, Bessemer, where calling hours are Friday Noon until 9:00.
Johnson Memorial Funeral Directors, Inc. Since 1967 Personal Service in The Nicest CHINN, ROBERT W. age 52, of Bessemer, died Thursday, April 13, 1995. Funeral service will be Saturday, April 22, 1995, 11:00 a.m. at Jerusalem Baptist Church, Shades Valley with burial in Jerusalem Cemetery.
Survivors: one sister, Thelma Abrams of Chicago, one brother, Lodist Ryans of Bessemer; four sisters, Omega Hasberry, Ora Lee King, Minnie Lee Byrd, all of Bessemer, Hattie Byrd of Youngstown, Ohio; two uncles, Alpha Byrd of Bessemer, Anderson Byrd of Youngstown, Ohio. R. L. Lumzy Funeral Service directing. CRAWFORD, ORA LEE MALONE age 73, of Birmingham, died Sunday, April 16, 1995.
Funeral service will be Saturday, April 22, 1995, 12 noon at Bushelon Chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Survivors: daughter, Bettie Shade; (son, Charles Crawford; sister, Dorothy Malone; brother, Leon Malone; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren. Bushelon Funeral Home directing. CRAYTON, SAM, JR. age 48, of Birmingham died April 15, 1995.
Funeral service will be Saturday, April 22, at 12 noon at Poole Funeral Chapel with burial in Grace Hill Cemetery. Survivors: mother, Mrs. Estelle Crayton; sisters, Su- the trip to Atlanta," "He said that it was trip. And I said just tell were meeting with and to them. He said he attorneys claim Sollie was pursue development of intersection of I-20 where a Cracker Barrel now located.
Sherry testified that weekend going to out- to Sollie talking to manpossibility of opening attorneys Johnson and Bill also claimed selective Johnson pursued that McFarling, asking the about skiing trips he took and West Virginia on city business. admitted taking day while attending conthe city in Washington nothing scheduled on to New Hampshire Virginia. Usually they at these confer- ences," McFarling said. He said he used his own money to pay expenses for the skiing trips. The key witness for prosecutors District Attorney Van Davis and Assistant District Attorney Lamar Williamson was former water works supervisor Isaac Howard, who testified concerning more than half of the charges against Sollie.
On Wednesday, Howard testified that Sollie used city postage stamps to send out wedding invitations and thank you notes when his daughter got married in 1990. But yesterday Mrs. Sollie testified that she handled sending out the invi- Sunday A.M. Delivery Nortons Florist: Birmingham's Leading Florist 324-1631-24 Hours Toll Free 1-800-239-5603 USA Member FT DEATHS Carrie Chandler, Annie Burpo, EsRoberta Reliford, and Linda Tom Carr and Michael Crayton. Chapel directing.
sie Russell, telle Shamburger, Smith; brothers, Poole Funeral Homewood, died April 19, 1995. Funeral will be held Saturday, 1 p.m. from the Bethel A.M.E. Church of Homewood with burial in the New Grace Hill Cemetery. Survivors: daughter, Mrs.
Arita (Jimmie) White of Birmingham; son, Mr. Harold (Shelia) Cunningham of Birmingham; seven grandchildren; five great-grandchildren. Davenport-Harris Funeral Home directing. CUNNINGHAM, MRS. LOUISE R.
age 77, of ESSEX, ROSEMARY THOMAS, age 44, of Bir- mingham, died Thursday, April 13, 1995. She was a member of AKA and Tau Bet Sigma Sororities. Funeral service will be held Saturday 12:00 at Sardis Baptist Church with burial in Carver Me Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from P.M. Family Hour from vors: husband, Dan Essex, lia Danita; mother, Mrs.
Jessica Moncrief, Henrietta Drayton; brothers, Henry tin Thomas; many other including members of the Jackson-Olin High School. pel is directing. P.M. daughter, AureRuby Hand; sisters, Davis, and Rosalind Thomas, Jr. and Quinrelatives and friends, Class of 1968 of Roberts Ensley Cha- FITZHERBERT, MR.
KENNETH EDWARD: age 81, of Birmingham died Thursday, April 20, 1995. He was a retired purchasing agent at Western Sling and Cable Company; member of Parkway Church of Christ; veteran of WWII. Funeral service will be Saturday, April 22, at 2:00 P.M. from Roebuck Chapel with burial in Forest Hill Cemetery. Dr.
Jerry Jenkins officiating. Visitation will be 5:00 until 8:00 p.m., Friday, at the funeral home. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Opal Irene Fitzherbert of Birmingham; sisters, Mrs. Barbara Jackson of York, Maine and Mrs.
Agnes Whitney of Brooklyn, NY; brother, Thurlow Fitzherbert of Bangor, Maine. Roebuck Chapel directing. FOSTER, MRS. LUELLEN age biana, died Wednesday, April 19, 1995. She was a Homemaker in her own home.
Funeral service at Bolton Chapel will be held Saturday, April 22,1995 11:00 A.M. with Rev. John C. Spain officiating. Burial is in Columbiana City Cemetery.
Survivors: daughters, Margaret Whitner and Dorothy Jean Ray both of Columbiana; sons, James F. Howell of Montevallo, Jadie Howell of Wilsonville, and Samuel Burt Foster of Columbiana; brothers, Cleade Patterson of Leeds, Ed Patterson, and Harding Patterson both of Sylacauga; 14 grandchildren; 35 great grandchildren. Bolton-Brown Service, Columbiana is directing. GLENN, CLAUDE age 74, of Pell City, died Wednesday, April 19, at First United Methodist Friday, April 21st, at Home is directing. GRAY, LUCIOUS, age 1995.
Memorial Service Church will be held 10:00. Kilgroe Funeral 86 of New Castle, Ala- bama died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. He was a retired Steel Worker from U.S. Steel and a member of Eastern Star Baptist, New Castle. Funeral servlice will be held Saturday, April 22, 1995 at 1:30 PM from Eastern Star Baptist Church, New Castle, AL.
with burial in Grace Rev. Berry Hunter officiating. ters, Ms. Ola L. Gray of Mildred Gray-Hill of Birmingham; Gray, Charles J.
Gray, Luther G. mingham, and Lucious Gray, Jr. S.C. Grey Memorial directing biana, died Thursday, April 20, 1995. He was retired from the U.
S. Air Force. Funeral service at Bolton Chapel will be held Friday, April 21, 1995 2:00 P.M. with Rev. Terry Linholm officiating.
Burial is in Summer Hill Cemetery, Columbiana, Ala. Survivors; wife, Mrs. Julia Griffin of Columbiana; daughters, Mrs. Faye Danette Rasky of Tallahassee, Mrs. Christina Collette Hogue of Columbiana, and Mrs.
Kimberly Kay Edwards of Columbiana; sons, Mr. Curtis Wayne Griffin of Brent, Mr. Franklin Owen Griffin of Columbiana, and Mr. Robert S. Jerome Griffin of Columbiana; brothers, Jerry Wayne Griffin of GRIFFIN, MR.
CURTIS age 59, of tations and personally bought the stamps. Sollie was not called to testify. The former mayor's troubles are not over when this week's trial is completed. He faces trial this summer in federal court in Birmingham on a federal corruption charge in connection with a garbage contract awarded while he was mayor. ADJUSTAMAGIC PEDIC "We have the lowest SPRING AIR prices in Birmingham" PAYMENTS AS LOW Remote 20 Year Warranty AS $45 PER MONTH Soothes Your Body DELIVERY sizes Xtra Long EXPRESS SET UP Benefits BEDZ EXPRESS: VISA Where dreams begin 5 3081 HOOVER 979-7274 Lorna Rd.
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GULLEDGE, GRADY ADAM, SR. age 67, of Wilsonville died Wednesday, April 19, 1995. He was retired Fire Chief of the Cahaba Valley Fire Department; member of Oak Grove Baptist Church. Funeral service will be Friday, April 21, at 2:00 P.M. at Oak Grove Baptist Church with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Visitation will be Thursday, April 20, at Southern Heritage from 6 until 9 p.m. Survivors: wife, Mrs. Betty Gulledge of Wilsonville; son, Butch Gulledge of Wilsonville; sisters, Mrs. Mable Fincher of Birmingham, Mrs. Lavada Wideman of Georgia, Mrs.
Vachelle Speegle of Dunnavant, and Mrs. Liz Snyder of Memphis, brothers, Troy Gulledge of Talladega, Howard Gulledge of Denver, Bobby Gulledge and Johnny Gulledge, both of Dunnavant; grandchildren, Chace, Angie, Amanda, Amber and Aimee Gulledge. Ridout's Southern Heritage directing (205) 988-3511. HALL, MR. DONALD L.
age 58, of died Wednesday, April 19, 1995. Funeral service will be Friday, April 21, at 11:00 a.m. at Southern Heritage Chapel with burial in Johnson Cemetery in Columbiana. Visitation will be Thursday, April 20, from 6 until 8 p.m. at Southern Heritage.
Survivors: wife, Mrs. Linda H. Hall; sons, Shawn L. Hall and William Brett Hall, all of Birmingham; daughters, Kasey Michelle Hall of Birmingham, Rhonda Kopsell of Tampa, Sonya Phillips of Atlanta, Pam Hall of Atlanta, mother, Mrs. Katie Moon of Brewton; brother, Larry Wayne of Atlanta, Ga.
Ridout's Southern Heritage directing, (205) 988-3511. HARRIS, NETTIE LEE Church with Rev. age 70, of Birmingham, April 13, 1995. She was retired from Hanover House Nursing Home. She was a member of Mt.
Hebron Church, Bir(mingham and Bethlehem Star Society. Funeral service will be Saturday, April 22, 1995, 12 noon lat Mt. Hebron Baptist Ocie L. Burton officiating. Burial in Zion Memorial Gardens.
Survivors: daughters, Charlie M. and Barbara A. Goodman (James) of Birmingham; sisters, Beulah B. Hamn, Ethel Stenson and Sadie Williams of Birmingham; grandchildren, La'Shonda, Danielle, Mickelle and James Jr. of Birmingham; sisters-in-law, Mary and Eleanor Harris.
Grey Memorial Funeral Home directing. HOGAN, MRS. ELIZABETH G. BROWN, age 57, of Birmingham, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. She was a Surgical Nurse at BMC Princeton.
Funeral service at Sixth Avenue Baptist Church will be held Saturday, April 22, 1995 P.M. with burial in ElmJwood Mausoleum. Survivors: daughter, Cleopatra Hogan Conaway; sons, Marion D. Hogan, IlI, Eugene Hogan, Carl E. Hogan, Melvin D.
Hogan, and Rev. Larry D. Coleman; sister, Carolyn Hutchins Miller; brothers, Joseph C. Meadows, Nathaniel Malone, Oliver L. Malone, and Henry L.
Malone; 21 grandchildren; two great grandchildren. Bushelon Funeral Home, is directing. JACKS, WAYNE DOUGLAS, age 56, of Crop- well, died Thursday, April 20, 1995. He was a Security Inspector for Caraway Hospital, member of Woodlawn Masonic Lodge, York Rites, Zamora Temple. Funeral service at Mt.
Pisgah Baptist Church will be held Saturday, April 22, 1995 2:00 P.M. with Chaplain Norman Stapp officiating. Burial is in Valley Hill Memorial Gardens (Masonic Graveside). Survivors: wife, Betty Jacks of Cropwell; sons, Tim, Mark, and Randy Jacks of Cropwell; mother, Ruth Jacks of Cropwell; five grandchildren. Pallbearers: Bob Sandord, Elbert Dodd, Harold Riley, John Ennis, C.
H. "Stretch" Bailey, and Larry Clemments. Kilgroe-Pell City, is directing. JACKSON, MR. WORNZIE L.
of Birmingham died Tuesday, April 18, 1995. He was a graduate of Parker High School and Wenonah Trade School in Electronics. He received an honorable discharge from the United States Army and retired from Connors Steel after over 30 years of employment. Graveside services will be at 1:30 p.m., Friday, April 21, 1995 at Zion Memorial Gardens with Rev. Leon S.
Craig officiating. Mr. Jackson is survived by his wife, Hattie W. Jackson; son, Curtis G. Jackson; daughter, Jamelle J.
Jackson; father, Mr. Billy J. Jackson; grandson, Curtis G. Jackson, Jr. of Chicago, Mrs.
Viola Carbin; aunt, Mrs. Lucinda Patton of Mobile, Alabama; and several other relatives and friends. Smith and Gaston South Side is directing. JOHNSEY, MRS. GRACIE L.
age 91, of Huey- town died Wednesday, April 19, 1995. She was originally from Jasper, Ala. Funeral service will be Friday, April 21, at 12:30 p.m. at Roebuck Chapel with burial in Forest Crest Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 6:00 until 9:00 p.m.
at the funeral home. Survivors: daughters, Mrs. Faye Robinson of Irondale, Mrs. Lola Sandford of Hueytown, Mrs. Ruth Dalton of Birmingham; son, Mr.
Benny C. Johnsey of Concord; several grandchildren and great grandchildren. Roebuck Chapel directing. a JONES, JAMES LOWRY, age 62 of Vestavia died Wednesday, April 19, 1995. He retired from Jim Walter, Inc.
where he was in sales. Mr. Jones is the son of the late Ada Hill Jones and Ed Jones of Prarie, Miss. Mr. Jones is the brother of the late Trible D.
Jones, Edith Chesnut, Marcus M. Jones, Josphine Jones, Ruby Jones, Edward Jones, Charles M. Jones, and Ada A. Jones. Funeral services will be Friday, April 21, 1995 at 1:00 PM from Valley Chapel, Homewood.
Burial in Pine Level Cemetery, Pine Level United Methodist Church, Deatsville, Al. Rev. Gary Heathcock officiating. Survivors: wife, Nancy N. Jones; daughter, Nancy Leigh Jones, Birmingham; sons, Dr.
Edward Lowry Jones, Birmingham; sisters, Dovie Prestage of Amory, Dorothy Cain of Fulton, Missy Johnson of Houston, brother, Carl Edward Jones of Bruce, grandson, Taylor Lowry Jones. Visitation at the funeral home Thursday from PM. Ridout's Valley Chapel directing LEVINE, ALMA JEAN G. age 51, of Richmond, Virginia, died April 18, 1995. Mrs.
Levine was employed by EDS for Signet Bank. She is survived by her husband, Kenneth M. Levine; parents, L. L. and Minnie Goddard of Birmingham, Alabama; sister, Vivian Nicholas of Knoxville, brother, Bernard M.
Coleman, Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama; also nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was a graduate of University of Alabama, a member of Alpha XI Delta Sorority and member of the Million Dollar Marching Band. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 22, at 11:00 a.m. at Elmwood Chapel with interment at Elmwood Cemetery.
Visitation will be Friday from 5:30 until 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or your favorite charity. Elmwood Chapel directing. Hill Cemetery.
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