Viola Myhand Rumph, 70, of Brundidge entered into peaceful sleep on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001 at Edge Regional Medical Center in Troy.

Services were at 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 13 at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Troy with the Rev. Julius Kennedy, pastor, officiating. Burial was at the church cemetery with George F. Grubbs Funeral Home directing.

Mrs. Rumph attended Pike County public schools. At an early age, she joined the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church family, where she remained a faithful member until death.

The late Mrs. Viola "Mrs. Tot" Myhand Rumph was born March 2, 1931 to the late Sylvester "Buster" Hobdy and Mahalia Hobdy. Siblings who preceded her in death were: Bill Hobdy, Sylvester Hobdy, L.C. Hobdy, Jessie Bell Lee and Essie B. Foster.

She was joined in Holy Matrimony to Mr. Willie C. Rumph, who preceded her in death.

She leaves to cherish her memories: 12 children: Claudia (Sylvester) Burney, Bennie (Nellie) Myhand, Henry (Bobbie) Redmon, Wilbert (Jennifer) Myhand, all of Troy; Brenda (Charlie L.) Boyd, Elaine (Billy) Flowers, Charles (Charlene) Johns of Brundidge; Sherman (Angela) Johns of Montgomery; Effie (Minister L.V.) Johnson of Elba; Thomas (Tracy) Johns of Brundidge; Scotty Johns of Troy and Mae Lena Johns of Elba; one step daughter, Annette (Henry) Haynes of Troy; 44 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren; one sister, Houdie (Bennie) Flournoy of Pittsburgh, Pa.; two sisters-in-law, Annie Jewel Hobdy and Frances Hobdy, both of Pittsburgh; a devoted niece, Eunice Pearson of Troy; eight godchildren, Terosha Pugh of Atlanta, Ga., Teresa Hall, Veronica Smith Foster, Mary Denise Barrow Smith, Terry Mency, LaWan Carter and Nikki Lucas, all of Brundidge; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, special friends, Venora Myhand and Patricia Barrow Smith and other relatives and friends.

Corrie Jackson Gibson

Corrie Jackson Gibson, 95, of Troy died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001 at Edge Regional Medical Center.

Services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 at the First Baptist Church of Troy with Dr. Ed Walter officiating. Burial will be held at Providence Cemetery in Glenwood with Dillard Funeral Home of Troy directing.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Sylvia Gibson of Glenwood, Andrew Mack and Mary Gibson of Troy; grandchildren, Natalie Gail and Terry Studstill of Acworth, Ga., Melanie Mary and David Geary of Birmingham, Andrew Mack Gibson Jr. of Mobile; two great-grandchildren, Brittnee Kayla Studstill and Natalie Gibson Studstill, both of Acworth; brother and sister-in-law, Daniel Forrest and Eula Pearl Jackson of Glenwood; several nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Gibson was preceded in death by her husband I.D. Gibson.

Pallbearers will be Andrew Mack Gibson Jr., Terry Jackson Studstill, Charles David Geary, Dr. Danie Forest Jackson III, Dr. Andrew Carmichael Jackson, Dr. Ivan Douglas Jackson and Dr. Timothy Michael Jackson. Honorary pallbearers will be the J.O. Colley Sunday School Class of the First Baptist Church of Troy.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the First Baptist Church of Troy.

Visitation will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Troy.

William Fred Dykes

William Fred Dykes, 86, of Troy died Friday, Oct. 12, 2001 at Edge Regional Medical Center.

Services will be held at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 15 at Southside Baptist Church. Burial will be held at Green Hills Memorial Park in Troy with Dillard Funeral Home of Troy directing.

Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, William Fred Jr. and Sylvia Dykes of Dothan, daughters and sons-in-law, Brenda and Conrad DiMichelle of Scuba, Miss., Becky and Alan Williams of Panama City Beach, Fla., Joan and Paul Word of Troy; 10 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; sisters, Exa Puncey of Troy, Frances Ingram of Brundidge, Eloise Dykes of Brundidge; brothers, Frank Dykes of Brundidge and Ernest Dykes of Brundidge.

Mr. Dykes was preced in death by his wife Audie Bullard Dykes.

Visitation will be held from 6-8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 14 at Dillard Funeral Home of Troy.