Rev. Richard Harold Deuel

The Rev. Richard Harold Deuel of Dothan died Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2007, in the Wesley Retirement Center in Dothan. He was 79. Graveside services will be today in Union Springs Baptist Cemetery near Newville at 4 p.m. with the Rev. Larry Adams officiating. The family will receive friends following the graveside services. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, Inc., P.O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, AL 36302. Rev. Deuel was a native of Marion, N.Y. He was an ordained minister of the Pentecostal Church of God. Rev. Deuel was a member of the New Freedom Fellowship Church in Webb. Surviving relatives include his wife Willow Dean Jones Deuel of Dothan, a native of Newville; four sons, Randy Deuel, Mark Deuel, Paul Deuel, all of Des Moines, Iowa, Craig Deuel of Peoria, Ill.; a step-daughter, Cathe McCoy of Brunswick, Ga.; a brother, Rodney Deuel of Phoenix, Ariz.; four grandchildren, Tessie Deuel, Randy Deuel, Craig Richard Deuel and Cassie Hilderbrand; five great-grandchildren. Holman-Headland Mortuary, (334) 693-3371, is in charge of arrangements.