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Leon McCool Obituary

KENNEDY Leon McCool, age 81, of Kennedy, died Dec. 16, 2009, at Fayette Medical Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Saturday at Nelson Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Ralph Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery with Nelson Funeral Home of Fayette directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethelyn Terry McCool; parents, Belton and Ovella Davis McCool; and sister, Edna Ruth McCool.

Survivors include his sisters, Mary Nell Rainey of Fayette, Louise Wicker of Northport, Laverne Freeman of Fayette, and Diane Beard of Fayette; and a host of nieces and nephews.

Pallbearers will be Adolph Wheat, Wayne Alexander, Wade Alexander, and Rusty Henry.

Honorary pallbearers are Dr. Jon Sanford and staff, Fayette Medical Center staff for their tender loving care, and Oak Ridge community for years of kindness and support.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by Tuscaloosa News on Dec. 18, 2009.

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