This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Searcy, Saloom, Farris, Strickland, Singleton, Crawford Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/GeV.2ACEB/2139 Message Board Post: Dothan Eagle Dothan, AL January 6, 2006 Saloom, Mary Elizabeth Farris "Mel" Mary Elizabeth "Mel" Farris Saloom of Enterprise died Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2006, at her home in Enterprise. She was 78. Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany with Father Andrew Moore of St. Michael's Orthodox Mission officiating. Burial will follow in Enterprise City Cemetery. Mrs. Saloom will be taken to the church one hour before service time. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8 tonight at Searcy Funeral Home. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Michael's Orthodox Mission, 218 Hodgesville Road, Dothan, AL 36301. Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Manera Saloom and Chris Searcy of Selma, and Debra Saloom and Wayne Strickland of Dothan; a son and daughter-in-law, Joe and Ruth Saloom of Montgomery; eight grandchildren, Lin Singleton, Manera Elizabeth Saloom, Michael Joseph Saloom, Mary Kathryn Searcy, Chris Jackson Searcy Jr., Houston Farris Searcy, Steve and Wendy Strickland; two great-grandchildren, Hilary Crawford and Hayden Crawford. Searcy Funeral Home in Enterprise, (334) 347-2517, is in charge of arrangements.