Obituaries published in the Friday, March 1, 2002, edition of The Messenger.

Published 12:00 am Friday, March 1, 2002

Earnest Colley Allen

Services for Earnest Colley Allen, 64, of Troy, who died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2002 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center in Dothan will be at 2 p.m. Friday, March 1 at Dillard Funeral Home Chapel in Troy with the Rev. Keith Price officiating.

Burial will be at Center Ridge under the direction of Dillard Funeral Home of Troy.

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Visitation will be Thursday, Feb. 28 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. at Dillard Funeral Home Chapel in Troy.

Survivors are a wife, Jean Norris Allen of Troy; 3 sons and their wives, Lesley and Kathy Allen, Lex Harvey and Melinda Allen and Marty and Angie Moore all of Troy; 2 daughters and their husbands, Virginia and Ronnie Money and Vickie and Jody Davis of Troy; sister, Helen Martin of Troy; and 10 grandchildren.

Nell Lindsey Roling

Services for Nell Lindsey Roling, 91, of Frederick , Maryland and Troy

who died February 26, 2002 at Glade Valley Nursing

and Rehabilitation Center will

be private and at

the convenience of

the family under the direction of Skeen Funeral Home of Troy

Mrs. Roling

was born February 13,

1911. She was the daughter of

the late John Thomas Lindsey and Ella Motes Lindsey.

She was preceded in death by 2 husbands, William Andrew Jones and

John Hubbard Roling; 2

brothers,

Thomas Lindsey and Theodore Lindsey of Montgomery.

Survivors include a daughter, Sylvia Jones Danford of Frederick, Maryland; 2 nieces,

Dorothy L. McGuire and Beverly L. Smith of Montgomery;

and dear friend and neighbor Judy Kothe of Troy.

The family

requests in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the American Cancer Society.

Ferrel Sims

Services for Ferrel Sims, 83, of Brundidge, who died Thursday, Feb. 28, 2002, at Baptist Medical Center in Montgomery, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Dillard Funeral Home Chapel in Brundidge with the Revs. E.T. Horton, Chuck Blair and John Emfinger officiating.

Burial will be in the Lakeview Cemetery under the direction of the funeral home.

Visitation is from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas Sims of Brundidge; a daughter and son-in-law, Gloria and Shelby Ingram of Montgomery; a granddaughter, her husband and their children, Melissa and Keith Cousins of Montgomery, Isabella Victoria and Emily Alexandria Cousins of Montgomery; a grandson, his wife and their children, Shelby Paul and Jennie Ingram of Montgomery and Kristin Nicole Ingram of Montgomery; and a brother and his wife, J.C. and Maybelle Davis of Opp.  

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