H.W. Dement

H.W. Dement, 80, of Montgomery, Ala., formerly of Enterprise, Ala., and Holcomb, Mo., died Monday, Sept. 6, 2004, at the Jackson Hospital in Montgomery, Ala.

Born April 5, 1924, in Missouri, son the late Haskell and Cora Dement, he was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in WWII and Korea. He served three terms as constable in Coffee County, was a member of the Greenhill Presbyterian Church and the Optimus Club.

Survivors include his wife, Emily Dement, of the home; one son, Gary Dement and wife, Kay, of Elmore, Ala.; one brother, Robert "Bob" Dement, of Malden, Mo.; two sisters, Betty Demay, of Collierville, Tenn. and Violet Moore, of Malden; three grandchildren, Michael, Travis and Nicole Dement and three great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two brothers, Clay and Willard Dement and one sister, Naomi Fuller.

Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 10, at the Patterson-Sorrells Funeral Home Chapel in Enterprise with the Rev. Todd Baucum officiating.

Burial with full military honors was in the Enterprise City Cemetery.