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1 6B Wednesday, March 10, 2004 The Anniston Star Robert Pastorelli, actor, dead at 49 BY LYNN ELBER Associated Press LOS ANGELES Robert Pastorelli, who played the screwball housepainter Eldin on Murphy Brown, was found dead in his Hollywood Hills home in what the coroner's office said may have been a drug overdose. He was 49. Coroner's office Lt. Ed Winter said Pastorelli's body was found by, his assistant Monday in a bathroom. An autopsy was planned.

"It's a possible accidental death," Winter said, adding, was drug paraphernalia found." On CBS' Murphy Brown, he played Eldin Bernecky, an oddball housepainter for TV newswoman Murphy Brown, played by Candice Bergen. 'Eldin's work never seems to get down, in part because of his high artistic standards. He spends much of his time meddling in Murphy's life, often dispensing sage advice. Pastorelli finished work with John Travolta last month on the movie Be Cool, the sequel to the comedy Get Shorty. He played a hit man.

"I am still unable to grasp this tragic news," said Be Cool director F. Gary Gray. "Robert was a true professional and a total delight to work with. My heart goes out to his family, and he will Associated Press Actor Robert Pastorelli, is shown in a scene from the 2000 film Rodgers Hammersteins South Pacific, which was filmed in Australia. Ric Press Members of the Rover Systems team work on their entry in the robotic vehicle race Monday in Fontana, Calif.

The vehicle was one of 20 involved in qualifying tests for the Grand Challenge. Unmanned SPAGAT Press They're a mottinkerers, off-road students, physiwho hope their jalopies usher military combat any of these unmanned across the Mojave Defense Advanced the Pentaresearch and award $1 million robotic vehicle course from in less so-called Grand hit efforts to ground vehicles be controlled navigate all by geeks and the husband, Charles ond husband. two sons, Ronald Thomas Bramlett. The family ers. or contributions to First United of Weaver Parsonage Robot vehicles struggled in Pentagon trials greaseballs," said Sal Fish, a longtime desert off-road race promoter and the lead designer of the course.

"If they go even two miles, I'll be in awe." Five teams dropped out of the competition even before qualifying runs began Mon-. day, leaving 20 entrants. Two hours before the race begins, DARPA will give competitors a CD-ROM with Global Positioning System coordinates that chart the eastward course. A DARPA vehicle will be assigned to each robot contestant, with a judge ready to hit a kill switch if it goes astray. Helicopters will also monitor the action: DARPA officials are considering several possible routes along dirt roads and rough trails, ranging from 150 to 210 miles.

Even the shortest course would require the robots to average 15 mph, a feat that has Sheid; her Peter Bramlett: Sheid will receive may be Methodist Church Fund. Brewster PIEDMONT Graveside services for Jesse Buchanan Brewster. 86. of Piedmont will be today at 2 p.m. at Mount Vernon Cemetery with Perry Funeral Home of Centre in charge.

Mr. Brewster died Tuesday at Jacksonville Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Jimmie Sue Payne Brewster: a son and his wife, Charles and Doris Brewster of Piedmont; two grandchildren. 10 great and several nieces and nephews. Mr.

Brewster, a DeKalb native, was Baptist. He retired from Avon Cosmetics. Dixon PIEDMONT Services for Ralph Dixon, 43, of Piedmont will be announced by Thompson Funeral Home. Mr. Dixon died Tuesday at' Riverview Regional Medical Center in Gadsden.

TALLADEGA Services for Joyce Janice Elders, 72, of Talladega will be announced by Usrey Funeral Home. Mrs. Elders died Tuesday at her home. Kulp LINEVILLE Services for Russell T. Kulp.

84, of Lineville will be today at 11 a.m. at St. Marks Catholic Church in Ashland with Father Bruce Krause officiating. Burial will be at 3 p.m. in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham.

The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville today until 10:30 a.m. Mr. Kulp died Monday at Lineville Health Rehabilitation Center. Survivors include his wife, Lula Almedia Kulp; three daughters, Cynthia Graham and her husband, Larry, of Carrollton, automobiles eluded major defense companies. Several of the robots are capable of 65 mph but obstacles along the way will require them to go much slower as they rely on combinations of orientation devices ranging from GPS satellite positioning to digital compasses, ultrasonic scanners and gyroscopes.

If no one finishes on time a likely outcome, many participants say DARPA will host another contest, probably in 2006. All eight teams that took part in Monday's trials failed in their first try at finishing a flat obstacle course a little longer than a mile that was strewn with bricks, gravel patches and metal rods. Only two teams from the California Institute of Technology and Palos Verdes High School in a wealthy suburb of Los Angeles made it very far past the starting line on their first attempt. The other six had immediate mechanical problems and were making modifications before trying again. The other 12 teams were making their first runs Tuesday and it was expected that the field would be winnowed.

OBITUARIES sec- Sandra Black and her husband, and Joel, of Wedowee, and Khristie and Walton of Phoenix, a son and his wife, Russell P. and Linna Kulp of Woodinville, a sister and her husband, Katherine and Robert McGraw of Birmingham; a brother and his wife, Frank and Juanita Kulp of Birmingham; seven grandchildren, Shannon Thomas, Joshua Black, Dawn Means, Kref Johnson, Jordan Black, Michael Black and Amanda Walton; and seven great-grandchildren. Mr. Kulp, a Birmingham native, was a founding member of St. Mark's Catholic Church nAshland.

A World War I1 Air Force veteran, he built hyperbolic cooling towers throughout the United States. After retiring he continued engineering for Alabama Power Company on the R.L. Harris Dam. He served on the Lineville Industrial Board for several In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Mark's Catholic Church, 460 Country Club Road, Ashland, AL 36251.

Ledbetter PIEDMONT Services for Gary W. Ledbetter, 65, of Piedmont will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Thompson Funeral Home with Revs. Tommy Ledbetter and Jimmy Ford officiating. Burial will be in Gnatville Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home 6-8 tonight. Mr. Ledbetter died Tuesday at Gadsden Regional Medical Center. Survivors include his wife, Johnnie Ledbetter; two daughters and their husbands, Becky and Brent Parris, and Holly and Richey Johnson, all of Spring Garden; a son and his wife, John Gary and Melissa Ledbetter of Spring Garden; his mother, Ruby Ledbetter of a sister and her husband, Hilda and Jerry Poole of Spring Garden; two brothers and their wives, Y.G. and Wanda Ledbetter, and Hylier and Janda Ledbetter, all of Piedmont; and nine grandchildren, Ashley Johnson, Britney Parris, Bridget Parris, Raven Johnson, Skyler Parris, Reece Johnson, Dustin Ledbetter, Lauren Ledbetter and Zoie Ledbetter.

Pallbearers will be Billy West- be sorely missed." Pastorelli, born in New Brunswick, N.J., was an aspiring boxer in his youth. But a near-fatal car crash on his 19th birthday ended his dreams of a pro sports career. He had roles in such movies as Outrageous Fortune (1987), Beverly Hills Cop Il (1987), and Dances With Wolves (1990). Pastorelli stayed with Murphy Brown from 1988 to 1994, dropping out when the sitcom's creator. Diane English, left.

BY ELLIOT Associated FONTANA, Calif.ley bunch of garage enthusiasts, high-school cists and programmers microprocessor-jammed in the next generation of vehicles. The question is, can meticulously engineered, autos actually make it Desert on their own? On Saturday, the Research Projects Agency, gon's few development arm, will to the first team whose can cover a rugged desert Barstow, to Primm, than 10 hours. The vehicles in the Challenge, part of Pentagon have one-third of all unmanned by 2015. cannot remotely. They've got to themselves.

"It's a marriage of the WEDOWEE Services for Marie Alvis, 64. of will be Thursday at 11 CST at Ava United Methodist with Revs. Mike Samuels Danny Wilson officiating. will be in the adjoining The family will receive at Benefield Funeral Home Wedowee 5-8 CST tonight. Alvis died Tuesday at her Survivors include her husband, L.

Alvis; three sons and their Mike and Kimberly Alvisof Kent and Stacy Wedowee, and Chad and Alvis of Newnan, her Ethel Uhde of Mount Vera brother, Jerry Uhde of four grandchildren. Alvis, Rachel Alvis and Lauand Dustin Alvis: and nieces and nephews. Pallbearers will be John Dunn, Uhde, Larry Montgomery. Alvis, Kent Alvis and Chad Honorary pallbearers will Wedowee Women's ChristAssociation. Alvis had lived in the past six and a half She was a member of Ava Methodist Church and the Women's Christian She was preceded in her father, Ralph Uhde.

Ballard ASHLAND Services for Alvis Judith Wedowee a.m. Church and Burial cemetery. friends in Mrs. home. Frank wives, Sharpsburg, Alvis of Lissette mother, non, Cadiz, Abby ren Alvis several Jerry Mike Alvis.

be the ian Mrs. Wedowee years. United Wedowee Association. death by Willie Mae Ballard. 84, of Ashland will be announced by Rest In Peach Funeral Service in Lineville.

Ms. Ballard died Tuesday at her home. 'Bramlett Memorial services for Yvonne Kilgore Sheid Bramlett of Anniston will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Weaver with Revs. Don Barnett and Jesse Shaddix officiating with Gray Brown-Service Mortuary Crematory in charge.

Mrs. Bramlett died Monday. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Weaver. She retired from Classic Ribbon and worked in the office at Westminister Apartments. She was preceded in death by her first Marshall Frady, author and reporter, dies at 64 ASSOCIATED PRESS Marshall Frady, a civil rights reporter and award-winning television journalist who wrote a controversial biography of George Wallace, died Tuesday.

He was 64. Frady, who had been diagnosed with cancer, died at his home in Greenville, S.C., according to his wife, Barbara Gandolfo-Frady. A native of Augusta, Frady wrote for Newsweek, the Saturday Evening Post and Life Magazine during the 1960s and 1970s, frequently interviewing the Rev. Martin Luther King. and other civil rights leaders.

brook, Tom Arnett, Gene Plant. He was preceded in death by Williams, Vernon Vanderford, his wife, Janice Lewis Tippins; his Bobby Whorton, Sonny Pope and father, James Tippins; and his Bobby Porter. father-in-law, Charlie Lewis. Mr. Ledbetter, a lifelong Cherokee County resident, was a member of Dailey Street Baptist Church.

He retired from Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Gadsden. The family will accept flowers, or contributions may be made to the Spring Garden Girls' Basketball team, Spring Garden School, P.O. Box 31, Spring Garden, AL 36275. Madden PELL CITY Services for Annie Madden, 76, of Pell City will be announced by Sims Funeral Service in Talladega. Mrs.

Madden died Monday at Odyssey Health Care in Cook Springs. Tippins Services for James Howard Tippins, 56, of Anniston will be Thursday at p.m. at 16th Noble Church of Christ with Bro. Marvin Jones officiating. Burial will be in Jennifer Cemetery with Ervin Funeral Chapel in charge.

The body will be at the church an hour prior to services. Mr. Tippins died Wednesday at his home. Survivors include two sons, Ja' von Tippins and his wife, Venita, and James Howard Tippins all of Saginaw, a daughter, Bridgette Sharp and her husband, Lee, of Birmingham; his mother, Mary Tippins of Anniston; five brothers, William Tippins and Derek Tippins, both of Anniston, Anthony Tippins of Raleigh, N.C., Randy Tippins of Saginaw, and Travis Foster of Columbus, Ohio; five sisters, Mary Whatley, Janice Tippins, Linda Ingram and Ladricka Foster, all of Anniston, and Judy Tippins of Montgomery; and five grandchildren, Britney Sharp, Lee Sharp Z'miece Gaines, Mercedez Gaines and Kenisha Gaines. Pallbearers will be members of the Class of 1966 and friends.

Mr. Tippins, an Air Force veteran, was a member of 16th and Noble Church of Christ. He retired from the Delphi Saginaw Steering The Rev. Jesse Jackson, a close friend, will preside over a memorial service Friday at the Rowland Funeral Home in North Augusta, S.C. "He had a keen and distinctive mind and had a tremendous capacity to paint a picture with words," Jackson told The Associated Press.

"We were both from the South and had this experience growing up in a segregated culture. So we both made inquiries into each other's side of town, and we came to know each other quite well." Besides his wife, he is survived by three children. Turner TALLADEGA Services for Lizsie Turner, 92, of Talladega will be announced by Terry's Metropolitan Mortuary. Ms. Turner died Monday at Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega.

Woodlee ROANOKE Services for Eunice Mae Woodlee, 88, of Roanoke will be today at 2:30 p.m. at Rock Mills Church of the Nazarene with Revs. Frank Foster and Charles Fetner and Bro. Rusty Guzar officiating. Burial will be in Rock Mills Cemetery with Quattlebaum Funeral Home of Roanoke in charge.

Mrs. Woodlee died Monday at Roanoke Healthcare. Survivors include three daughters, Ruth Earl of Roanoke, Sylvia PAID OBIT Inez Louise DeLoach Teel Inez Louise DeLoach Teel, 90, wife of the late Lawrence E. Teel went home to be with the Lord, March 1, 2004 in Cape Coral, FL. Inez will be missed by her children, Lawrence E.

Teel, of Friendswood, TX; Gary L. Teel of Omaha, NE; and her daughter, Patricia A. Duncan, of Wilmington, MA. She was the proud grandmother of ten grandchildren and 9 greatgrandchildren. She will also be remembered by her beloved niece, Barbara Haynes, her sister-in-law, Mary Katherine DeLoach, and many loving nieces and nephews.

Inez was born in Anniston, AL on April 4th, 1913, the oldest daughter of Delia and Jessie DeLoach. Her brother, Jessie, and sisters, Mildred Farrell and Daisy Pearl Jenkins, were all long-time residents of Anniston. Inez will be laid to rest with her husband in the Forest Lawn Cemetery on March 12th, 2004 at 1:00 pm. Her nephew, Michael Farrell, will officiate at the service. 115092 Covington of Douglasville, and Mae Humphries of Pell City; three sons, Victor Woodlee of Hiram, and Joe Woodlee and John Woodlee, both of Roanoke; 17 grandchildren, and a host of great-grandchildren and greatgreat-grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Jeff Covington, Len Covington, Allen Overton, Lee Covington, Willard Earl Jr. and Christopher Lancaster. Mrs. Woodlee, a Shelby County native, was a member of Rock Mills Church of the Nazarene. She had been employed with Wehadkee Yarn Mills.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Rev. Lee Woodlee. Paid Obit Services for Ronald (Robert) G. McDonald, 55 of Anniston will be Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Anniston Memorial Gardens.

The family will receive friends Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Surviors include his companion, Kay Thompson of Anniston; one step-daughter, Tanya Thompson of Anniston; one step-son, Coe Thompson of Anniston; two brothers and their wives, Gary and Margie McDonald and David and Callie McDonald of Anniston; two nieces, Christine Norris and Hana Paradies; two nephews, Christopher McDonald and Randall McDonald and one great-nephew, Connor Norris. He was preceded in death by his parents, Eugene and Naomi McDonald.

Pallbearers will be Paul Price, Donald Price, Ken Bagley, Cliff Collins, Earl Underwood and David Deloney. Mr. McDonald was a local attorney and operated a computer consulting firm..