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Audrey Mae Abernathy

Funeral arrangements for Audrey Mae Abernathy, 74, of Athens will be announced by Spry Funeral Home.

Mrs. Abernathy died Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2007, at Athens-Limestone Hospital.

Shelby Jean Dunaway

The funeral for Shelby Jean Dunaway, 46, of Athens will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home with Bill Irby officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery.

Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at the funeral home.

Mrs. Dunaway died Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007, at home.

Walter Thomas Hargrove

The funeral for Walter Thomas Hargrove, 87, of Minor Hill, Tenn., will be at 2 p.m. today at Carr & Erwin Funeral Home. Burial will be in New Salem Cemetery.

Mr. Hargrove died Monday, Oct. 15, 2007, at National Health Care in Pulaski, Tenn.