C2 COLUMBUS LEDGER- -ENQUIRER WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2001 MURDER I Man was Fort Benning soldier LOCAL AREA DEATHS CALHOUN, Lucinda, 85, 723 12th Court, Phenix City, died Tuesday. Edgar H. Battle Funeral Home, Phenix City. EATON, Margaret Ruth, 87, Columbus, died Tuesday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus.
MITCHELL, Betty Jane, 52, Columbus, died Monday. Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road Chapel, Columbus. MITCHELL, James 82, LaGrange, died Monday. Hunter-Allen-Myhand Funeral Home, LaGrange. MONTELEONE, Janie 81, Montgomery, died Monday.
Leak-Memory Chapel, Montgomery. PASSMORE, Betty, 60, Columbus, died Tuesday. Sconiers, Funeral Home, Columbus. PRESTON, James Earl, 47, Beulah, died Sunday. Jeffcoat-Trant Funeral Home, Opelika, Ala.
WALKER, Hattie Mae, 77, Baltimore, died Sept. 26. Charles E. Huff's International Funeral Home, Columbus. WILLIS, Ida Mae, 66, Talbotton, died Tuesday.
Leonard's Funeral Home, Talbotton. For a list of all death notices from the last week, visit www.ledger-enquirer.com and click on the "Obituaries" link. Leonard Willis December 17, 1936 September 30, 2001 COLUMBUS, GA Mr. Leonard Willis, 65, of 2809 Schaul Street, Columbus, died Sunday, September 30, 2001 at his residence. Graveside services will be held 1 PM Thursday, October 4, 2001 at Evergreen Memory Gardens, with Rev.
Carus Jackson officiating, according to Sconiers Funeral Home, Columbus. Visitation will be today from 12:00 Noon until 7:00 PM at the funeral home. Mr. Willis was born December 17, 1936 in Waverly Hall, GA, the son of Sam and Laura Willis. He was employed for Columbus Consolidated Government.
Survivors include three 1 foster sisters, Ethel Stewart, Bessie Lanier and Lillie King, all of Columbus; two foster brothers, Burton Jackson and Nelson Jackson (Annie), all of Columbus. Hattie Mae Walker October 10, 1923 October 26, 2001 BALTIMORE, MD Mrs. Hattie Mae Walker, 77, of 9106 Pineview Lane, Baltimore, MD, passed on Monday, September 26, 2001. The funeral service will be conducted at 1:00 PM Thursday, October 4, 2001 at the International Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be held in Green Acres Cemetery, according to the Charles E.
Huff's International Funeral Home. Mrs. Walker was born October 10, 1923 in Ellerslie, GA, the daughter of John B. and Mary Fluellen. She leaves to cherish her memories: three sons; five daughters; several grandchildren; great grandchildre; one sister; one brother; four sisters-in-law; several nephews, nieces and a host of other relatives and friends.
Betty Jane Mitchell January 7, 1949 October 1, 2001 COLUMBUS, GA Mrs. Betty Jane Mitchell, 52, of Columbus, died October 1, 2001 at her home. Funeral services will be held 1:00 PM Thursday at Second Pentecostal Church of God, with Reverend Billy Hudson and Reverend Udell Addison officiating, according to Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Macon Road. Interment will follow in Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive friends this evening from 5 to 7 PM at the funeral home.
Mrs. Mitchell was born January 7, 1949 in Phenix City, AL, the daughter of Mrs. Mattie Lee Manley of Columbus and the late John Thomas Jacobs. She was a lifelong area resident and a member of Second Pentecostal Church of God. Mrs.
Mitchell retired as a Carrier with Pony Express. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Ralph Mitchell. Survivors other than her mother include her son and daughter-in-law, James Keith and Timberly Mitchell; two daughters and a son-in-law, Kimberly Diane George Paul Stewart and Peggy Lynn Mitchell; four brothers, John Wayne Jacobs, Kenneth Jacobs, Ricky Jacobs his wife, Linda and Johnny Ray Jacobs; four grandchildren, Laura Elizabeth Stewart, Dustin Paul Stewart, Joseph Allen Stewart and Ashley Diane Stewart. Hanson Marsh October 1, 1915 September 27, 2001 COLUMBUS, GA Deacon Hanson "Doll Baby" Marsh, 85, of 4901 Sentry passed on Thursday September 27, 2001 at the Medical Center. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 P.M.
today at Nazareth Baptist Church. Rev Robert L. Holston, pastor, will officiate. Interment will be held in Evergreen Memory Gardens Cemetery according to the Charles E. Huff's International Funeral Home.
Deacon Marsh was born October 1, 1915 in Harris County, GA to Will and Georgia Leonard Marsh. He was a member of Nazareth Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon. He was a retired textile worker for the Bibb Co. He leaves to cherish his memory his devoted children; two sons, Bobby Marsh and Rev. Hanson Marsh Jr.
both of Columbus, GA; six daughters, Betty Brown, Emma Daisy Marsh, Doris Marsh, Mary Pridgett and Lateefah Muhammad, all of Columbus, and Lugene Murray (Joseph) of Atlanta, GA; three sisters, Frances Cleveland, Nettie Adams of Columbus, GA and Ethelene James of Phenix City, AL; three sistersin-law, Mahalia Marsh of Columbus, GA, Mary Freeman of LaGrange, GA and Dorothy Culpepper of Atlanta, GA; one brother-in-law, Neal Freeman of LaGrange, GA; 22 grandchildren; 21 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives and friends. Emma Dora Reed LaJOLLA, CA Graveside services for Mrs. Emma Dora Reed, 91, of LaJolla, CA, formerly of Columbus will be held 11 AM Thursday, October 4, 2001 at Green Acres Cemetery, with Rev. J.W. Honeysuckle officiating, according to Sconiers Funeral Home, Columbus.
Visitation will be today from 12 Noon until 7 PM at the funeral home. James C. Nickerson August 9, 1928 September 28, 2001 COLUMBUS, GA Mr. James C. Nickerson, 73, of 2313 6th Avenue, Columbus, GA, died Friday, September 28, 2001.
Funeral services will be 12:00 Noon Thursday, at Good Hope Baptist Church, Seale, AL, according to Sumbry. Mortuary. Mr. Nickerson was born August 9, 1928 in Russell County, AL, the son of the late Roberta Nickerson and Aaron Nickerson. He was self-employed in the Produce field and was a member of Good Hope Baptist Church.
Mr. Nickerson was preceded in death by his wife, Bertha Mae Nickerson. Survivors include five sons, Charlie (Mary) Taylor, Columbus, GA, James (Bermina) Nickerson, Suffolk, VA, Michael Nickerson, Columbus, GA, John Nickerson, Seattle, WA, Jeffery (Maria) Nickerson; one daughter, Jan N. (Jacob) Weldon, Columbus, GA; two brothers, W.C. Nickerson, and Issac Nickerson, Cleveland, OH; 22 grandchildren; five great- Alice Mae Alexander January 5, 1923 September 27, 2001 PHENIX CITY, AL Alice Mae Alexander, 78, of 1701 24th Street, Phenix City, AL, died Thursday, September 27, 2001 in Columbus, GA.
Funeral services will be held 12:00 Noon Thursday, October 4, 2001 at Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Phenix City, AL. Burial will follow in Green Acres Cemetery, Columbus, GA, according to Taylor Funeral Home, Phenix City, AL. Visitation will be today from 1:00 until 9:00 PM at the funeral home. Mrs.
Alexander was born January 5, 1923 in Russell County, AL, the daughter of the late Alice S. Grier and Elmer Lewis. She was a retired Food Service employee and a member of Greater Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Phenix City, AL. Mrs.
Alexander was also a Matron and a member of American Legion Post 331. Survivors include a son, William Alexander, of Columbus, GA; a daughter, Cynthia Luke of Columbus, GA; a sister, Helen Richardson of Birmingham, AL; six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Janie P. Monteleone October 1, 2001 MONTGOMERY, AL Janie P. Monteleone, 81, a resident of Montgomery, died Monday, October 1, 2001 in Opelika, AL.
Graveside services will be held 2:00 PM Friday, October 5th from Oakwood Annex Cemetery. Family and friends will assemble at the graveside. Mrs. Monteleone is survived by her husband, Frank T. Monteleone; one daughter and son-in-law, Frances and Steve Carlisle of Phenix City, AL; two grandchildren, Nicholas Carlisle and Rachel Carlisle; two sisters, Mattie Rushing of Montgomery and Flora Stewart of Hurtsboro, AL; numerous nieces and nephews and many devoted friends, including special friends, Marilyn Dick and Sue and Carl Bradley.
Visitation will be held on Thursday, October 4th from 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM at LeakMemory Chapel. Leak-Memory Chapel directing. James Earl Preston December 1, 1953 September 30, 2001 BEULAH, AL James Earl Preston, 47, of Beulah, AL, died Sunday, September 30, 2001 in Tuskegee, AL. Funeral services will be held 11:00 AM CST Friday, October 5, 2001 at JeffcoatTrant Chapel in Opelika, AL, with Chaplain William Morgan officiating. Visitation will be Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the funeral home.
Born December 1, 1953 in New Hampshire, he was in the U.S. Navy from 1971-1975 and AL ARNG 1976-2001, and U.S. Civil Service AL ARNG 1985-2001. He served in Desert Storm from February 1991 to September 1991. Mr.
Preston was a Skydiver-Static Line He was preceded in death by his parents, Doris Bernadette Abbott Preston and Francis Stafford Preston, Sr. Survivors include his wife, Lori Ogden Preston of Beulah; two daughters, Jennifer Preston of Beauregard and Katherine McDonough of Beulah; two sons, James Preston of Beauregard and Colin McDonough of Beulah; two sisters, Gloria Preston Dike of Sacramento, CA and Natalie Preston Dinsmore of Derry, NJ; three brothers, Francis Preston, and Donald Preston, both of Methuen, MA, and Richard Preston of Gillminton IW, New Hampshire; three grandchildren, James Hunter Johnson, Cody Callahan and Casey Callahan. Locally Owned and Operated MEMORIAL CHAPEL Phenix City, AL Columbus, GA www.vancememorialchapel.com (334) 298-0668 (706) 323-8152 From C1 necktie around his waist and an apparent stab wound in his chest. McLenahan, a U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Benning in 1975, was convicted in a court-martial of abducting, sodomizing and assaulting a 17-year-old boy on the military reservation.
That crime occurred 48 days after police found Butterworth's body. Assistant District Attorneys Max Smith and Joe Edwards said evidence appeared to link McLenahan to the Butterworth slaying, but the case couldn't be proved immediately. McLenahan remained a potential suspect even after he served more than two years of a five-year sentence at the federal prison in Fort Leavenworth, they said. During a periodic review of the open case earlier this year, the prosecutors said they asked the FBI to reinterview McLenahan in Indiana. During that interview, he admitted he had picked up Butterworth in his van but said the boy's fatal wound was an accident caused by a sharp piece of metal on a case in the back of his van.
McLenahan said he panicked and put the boy out of the van in Phenix City after he noticed the youth had been injured. Before McLenahan was sentenced, Greene admitted letters from Butterworth's mother and sister detailing the impact of the teen-ager's EDWARD McLENAHAN, a U.S. Army soldier stationed at Fort Benning in 1975, was convicted in a court-martial of abducting, sodomizing and assaulting another teen on the military reservation. murder on their lives. The boy's mother, Catherine M.
Turner, wrote: "The pain I feel today is the same pain that I felt on the day that I learned of his death. If anything, the years have only served to provide me with continual reminders of my "I must live with the horrible mental image of my child lying on the rain-soaked ground beside a swollen creek, bleeding to death and all alone. I must live with the horrible thought that, as my son's life slipped away, I was not there to comfort him." Butterworth's sister, Annette Tarkington of Atlanta, wrote that McLenahan an Army soldier trained to kill fought with her 16-yearold brother, took his life and then went on with his own life as though nothing had happened, remaining silent and behaving "as though the crimes he committed are of no consequence." Both asked the judge to impose the maximum sentence allowed. GAS Collection capped at $500,000 From C1 has cut off their service. United Cities officials cited the large amount of uncollected gas bills in asking for the relief last week, Baker said.
"Basically they pointed a finger at the amount due to the moratorium our agency placed on gas cutoffs from January to April 1," Baker said. "That was their position. But they've had six months since the moratorium was lifted." Ames defended the process. PSC meetings are open, and any citizen could have attended last week's meetings when United Cities presented its request and the commissioner approved it, Ames said. "We are fully regulated by the PSC.
Therefore, we are fully authorized to recover any prudently incurred gas cost. In working with the commission and staff since August on this issue, we have reached an agreement with them that allows us to collect up to 70 percent of the additional gas cost we incurred last winter," Ames said. "The 70 percent is capped at $500,000. There's a great chance we will not collect all of that." The PSC voted to allow United Cities to assess the fee for 11 months to collect what it lost for cost of the gas. The company cannot assess a fee to increase its profit nor to cover its collection costs.
The company will calculate the added fee monthly based on the collection of the debt. Originally, the company asked for a deferred accounting order and would have put the bad debt in a separate account, Baker said. Had their larger relief request been approved, monthly bills would have climbed by $1.53 a month for 11 months. "The next rate case filing, they would have included that amount into the rate base," Baker said. "In an alternate proposal, they would have written off a portion for each of the next four years." Ames said the company can write off the losses.
But because last year was such an exceptional year, the company filed for additional relief and has asked for relief in several states. "What we normally write off pales in comparison with what we expect to lose this year," Ames said. "I can't say what the expected loss is. For the next 12 months, we will continue collecting on it. We will continue to make it a target of our efforts." Phenix rezoning bid on hold Phenix City Council on Council has denied the reTuesday agreed to table a re- quest twice in the past.
zoning request by Phenix City Bowden, owner of Bowden developer Mike Bowden, who Realty, wants the city to rewants to build luxury apart- zone his property from ments and offices on about 90 single-family homes to acres on the U.S. and comBypass. mercial uses. Council, the Planning Com- Also on Tuesday, Mayor mission and Bowden plan to Sonny Coulter and council meet to discuss the develop- appointed Councilwoman ment plan. The Planning Gail Brantley and James WetCommission rejected the re- zel, a barber, to the Planning zoning request last week, cit- Commission.
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