Obituary of Katherine Johnson Messer

OBITUARY Funeral services for Mrs. Katherine Johnson Messer, of Roanoke, age 75, wll be held Saturday, May 15, 2010, at 2:00 pm, at East Napoleon Church of Christ with Bro. Junior Bowen officiating. Mrs. Messer will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial to follow in adjoining church cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:00 to 8:00 pm on Friday, May 14, 2010. Mrs. Messer died Thursday, May 13, 2010 at East Alabama Medical Center. Survivors include three daughters, Kathy Williams of Roanoke, Tammie Wood of Roanoke, Linda Butts of Springfield, MO; three sons, Wayne Messer of Roanoke, Timothy Messer of Woodland, Thomas Messer of Wedowee; thirteen grandchildren; thirteen great grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Wendell Williams, Donald Thompson, Johnny Anglin, Jeffery Mitchell, Mike Kirby, Linvel Williamson. Honorary pallbearers will be Gary Butts, Tony Thompson, Johnny Screws and Jimmy Pollard. Mrs. Messer was born August 31, 1934, the daughter of William T. and Gathel E. Haggard Johnson. Mrs. Messer was a member of East Napoleon Church of Christ and had been a textile inspector for Lamar Manufacturing Company. She was preceded in death by her husband, Curtis Messer; her parents; two sisters; three brothers.