Obituaries - January 25, 2008

Darrel Lee Bice

Services for Mr. Bice will be 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 25, at Sellars Funeral Home with Pastor Greg Pellett officiating. Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Thursday and 4 p.m. until service time Friday at the funeral home.

Mr. Bice, 60, of Lebanon, died Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008. He was in the U.S. Marine Corps and served in Vietnam from 1968-1970. He also worked for American Insurance Agency and Lebanon and helped his son with his landscaping business, the Lawn Ranger. Mr. Bice was also a baseball coach for numerous city league teams over the years.

He was preceded in death by parents Norman and Elsie Colvin Bice; brother, Dennis Bice; and father-in-law Charles Fortmeyer.

Survivors include: wife, Cathy Fortmeyer Bice of Lebanon; son, Dylan Bice of Lebanon; sister, Donna (Richard) Myers of Ventura, Calif.; mother-in-law Connie (Al) Bensor of Lebanon; sisters-in-law Carol Sellinger of Lebanon and Delene (Chris) Huggins of Portland; nephews Ryan (Kim) Bradshaw of Lebanon, Richie Myers, Shane Myers, Kevin Mease and Eric Neal; nieces Canaan Neal and Maggie Huggins; great-niece Dani Bradshaw; and great-nephews Tyler Myers, Cody Myers, Kai Myers and Nikko Heath.

Memorial donations to American Heart Association or Veterans Affairs.

Mary T. Hodge

Services for Mrs. Hodge will be 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 26 at Fall Creek Baptist Church with Bro. Greg Bell officiating. Interment will be in Fairview Cemetery. Visitation will be 5-8 p.m. Friday at Partlow Funeral Chapel and Mrs. Hodge will lie in state one hour prior to the service Satrday at the church.

Mrs. Hodge, 73, of Norene, died Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008 at her residence. She was retired from AT&T and a member of Fall Creek Baptist Church.

She was preceded in death by parents, O.T. and Elsie Duke; husband, Bobby Hodge; brother, Johnny Duke; and brother-in-law, Gary Simmons. Survivors include: son, Bobby