Lucille Kearse, 77, of Leesburg died Thursday, July 1, 2009 at her residence following an illness. The funeral service will be 3 PM Sunday, graveside at Leesburg City Cemetery. Rev, Billy Hannah, Rev. Bobby Harrell and Rev. Wayne Hammond will officiate. The family will receive friends 6 PM to 8 PM, Friday, June 3, 2009 at Kimbrell-Stern Funeral Directors. A life-long residence of Leesburg, Mrs. Kearse retired as a secretary of First Baptist Church of Leesburg. She was a memb...

Afton Poe Hurley, age 90, of 112 West St. in Franklinville died Friday, June 26, 2009 at Universal Health Care Of Ramseur. Mr. Hurley was born April 1, 1919 the son of Stephen Dayton and Sarah Frances McLeod Hurley. Mr. Hurley was a native of Montgomery County, was a graduate of Troy High School and a U.S. Army Veteran of WWII. Afton was a member of Sunset Avenue Church of God, attended Flint Hill Church of God, where he was the caretaker of the cemetery and taught Sunday School for ...

Mr. Gut Pierce Odum, Jr., formerly died June 11, 2009 in Cottage Grove, OR. His funeral service will be Saturday 10 AM at Oakview Cemetery. Mr. Kenneth Potts officiating. The family will receive friends Friday 6 to 8 PM at Kimbrell-Stern. Born August 1, 1948 in Atlanta, Mr. Odum was an Iron Worker. Survivors include his daughter Jamie Nell Forehand, Ino, AL; sons, Guy “Bubba” Odum, III, Sylvester, Michael “Hotdog” Odum, Greenville, SC, Cash Odum, Albany; grandchildren, ...