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A.C. Bailey

The funeral for A.C. Bailey, 83, of Athens will be 2 p.m. Monday at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home with the Rev. Sammy Brister and Dr. Jimmy Bassham officiating. Burial will be in Gatlin Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home.

Mr. Bailey died Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007.

He held dual memberships in the Florence Masonic Lodge No. 14 and Athens Lodge No. 16 and served as past master of the Athens Lodge. He was a member of Eastern Star Athens Chapter 214 and a member of the Florence York Rite and Cahaba Shrine Temple. He was a member of First United Methodist Church of Athens and the Athens-Limestone Hospital Auxiliary. He was preceded in death by his parents, Crutcher and Mamie Bailey, and one son, James Crutcher Bailey.

He is survived by his wife, Robbie S. Bailey of Athens; one daughter, Gail Spurgeon and husband Waylon of Athens; two grandchildren, Dana Carroll and husband Doug of Tuscaloosa, and Leigh Peters and husband Herby of Antlers, Okla.; three great-grandchildren, Emily Carroll, Asher Peters and Cloie Peters; one sister, Betty Frahn and husband Bob of Jackson, Tenn.; an aunt, Mabel Hodges of Decatur; and several nieces and one nephew.

Masonic Lodge members will be pallbearers and honorary pallbearers.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Limestone County, P.O. Box 626, Athens, Ala. 35612.

Lois Lang

A memorial service for Lois Imogene “Jean” Robison Lang, 77, of Lakeland, Fla., will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Tanner Church of Christ.

Mrs. Lang died Thursday, Oct. 11, 2007, at her home. Central Florida Funeral Chapel of Lakeland was in charge of local arrangements.

Mrs. Lang was a former resident of Tanner and graduated from Tanner High School in 1948. She pursued a career in accounting and moved to Florida. She retired in 1995 and moved back to Tanner with her husband, Ken, but returned to Florida in April 2007 because of her health. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ken Lang, and her father, Leroy Robison.