WILLIAM F. PILGRIM

WILLIAM F. PILGRIM, AGE 87, OF TUSCUMBIA, AL PASSED ON TO BE WITH HIS BELOVED WIFE DIMPLE, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2006. VISITATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 2006 FROM 6 UNTIL 8 P.M. AT MORRISON FUNERAL HOME OF TUSCUMBIA. HIS FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BE THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 2006 AT 2 P.M. IN THE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL. MICHAEL ELDRIDGE WILL OFFICIATE AND BURIAL WILL BE IN COLBERT MEMORIAL GARDENS.

MR. PILGRIM WAS A NATIVE OF COLBERT COUNTY, A WORLD WAR II NAVY VETERAN AND A RETIRED CHEMICAL PLANT FOREMAN. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF TUSCUMBIA, WASHINGTON MASONIC LODGE #36 AND AMERICAN LEGION #31. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE OF 58 YEARS, DIMPLE PILGRIM; SON BILLY PILGRIM; PARENTS, MR. & MRS. FRED PILGRIM AND SISTER, LORINE JACKSON.

HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS GRANDCHILDREN, DWIGHT PILGRIM OF TUSCUMBIA, JOY CLEMENT OF HATTON AND THEIR SPOUSES; SISTER BERNICE JACKSON OF SHELLYVILLE, TN AND DOROTHY CANTU OF ILLINOIS, GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, LAUREN, ABBY, WILL AND BABY HANNAH.

PALLBEARERS WILL BE DENNIS FOUNDREN, DR. JOHN MIMS, RALPH SMALLWOOD, TOMMY SMITH, ROBERT BOSHEERS AND JERRY WAGES.

HONORARY PALLBEARERS WILL BE MEMBERS OF HIS SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS AND MASONIC LODGE WASHINGTON #36.

MORRISON FUNERAL HOME OF TUSCUMBIA DIRECTING.