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Margaret Huckabee Pettey, 69, of Athens, died Wednesday, December 4, 2019, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. Memorial service will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Spry Funeral Home. Eric Pugh officiating. Visitation 1 p.m. until service Sunday at Spry.

Jul 2, 1938 - Dec 3, 2019 Phyllis Ennis Horn, 81, of Athens, Alabama, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at her residence. Mrs. Horn was born on July 2, 1938, in Limestone County to Red and Marylou Ennis. She retired from H.D. Lee Company. She was preceded in death by her parents, Red and…

Mr. Steve Thompson, 68, of Athens, Alabama, died Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019, at Huntsville Hospital. He was born Dec. 20, 1950, in Limestone County, Alabama, to John Robert Thompson and Ruth Broadway Thompson. Steve was retired from Wiregrass Construction Co. Funeral will be 2 p.m. Saturday at Sp…

The funeral for Billy Dwight Allen, 65, will be noon Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, at Round Island Creek Mission Center, Athens. The body will be in the church one hour before the service. Burial in Thatch-Mann Cemetery.