Extracted from The Tuscaloosa News (Tuscaloosa, AL)
Tuesday, December 19, 1961

Hadie Creel

Centreville -- Funeral services for Hadie Creel, 69, of Brent Rt. 1, will be held Wednesday at 3 p.m. at the Little Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. Gilbert Walker and the Rev. Carver Deason officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with the Jack Lee Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Creel died Monday in the Bibb County Hospital.

Survivors include five sons, Clifton Creel of Bessemer, B. W. Creel of Centreville, Elbert Creel of Brent, Hester Creel of Greenpond and Jewel Creel of Brent; five Daus, Mrs. Retha Deason and Mrs. Ressie Deason, both of Birmingham; Mrs. Maude Peterson of Ames, Iowa, Mrs. Margie Simmons and Mrs. Ruby White, both of Centreville; a sister, Mrs. Rettie Johnson of Brent; two brothers, Homer Creel and Parker Creel, both of Brent; 31 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.