I at 2 the the by p.m. sons. ser- and his of of Obituaries Skyline Memorial Chapel. Burial will follow vice. He is survived wife, Ruby Stephens Skyline: three daughters, Kay Barnett of Springville and Debbie Traywick Lyn Gilbert.
both of Birmingham; two Michael L. Stephens Andalusia and Horace Stephens Jr. of Skyline: three sisters. Gladys Rankin of Winchester. Shirley Sanders of Hytop and Shelby Clark of Skyline; and seven brothers, Clyde Ongel Stephens of Winchester, Vernon G.
Stephens of Scottsboro, C.T. Stephens, BILLY R. "BILL" BROWN HENAGAR Billy R. "Bill" Brown, 56. of Henagar died Sunday, March 4, 2001.
Funeral services will be held Thursday at 1 p.m. at Kerby Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Fuller Cemetery in Ider. Visitation will be held today after 1 p.m. until 9 p.m.
HORACE L. STEPHENS SKYLINE Horace L. Stephens, 82. of Skyline died Monday, March 5, 2001 at Huntsville Hospital. Funeral services will be Varnell Stephens and Irene Stephens, all of Skyline, and Dathard Stephens and Orvel Stephens, both of Florida.
Mr. Stephens was preceded in death by his parents. Lenis Keller Stephens and 1.J. Stephens: one brother, Alton Stephens; and one sister, Burndeen Merideth. DWIGHT WOOTEN RAINSVILLE Dwight Wooten, 56, of Rainsville died Monday, March 5, 2001 in BMC DeKalb Hospital.
Funeral services will be held today at 2 p.m. at W.T. Wilson Chapel. Burial will follow at Town Creek Cemetery. Recent rains will not replenish AUBURN--If you think heavy rainfall this winter has replenished Alabama's water table, think again.
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In some cases, water is pumped out of the aquifers faster than it can be replenished from rainfall, a factor complicated by last summer's drought. often think there is a never-ending supply of groundwater," Hairston said. "However. if you're drilling more wells to provide this water to municipal drinking water and irrigation systems, you've got to think about the long-term effects especially if it appears the groundwater isn't being recharged fast enough to replace what's being taken out." he said In some cases, distance from the water recharge area, from the ground) and the aquifer is as far as 50, and even 100. miles.
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