Rebecca Smallwood

Flood Watch issued September 20 at 1:07PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.
* WHERE...Portions of Indiana, including the following counties, Dearborn, Fayette, Franklin, Ripley, Union and Wayne and Ohio, including the following counties, Adams, Auglaize, Brown, Butler, Champaign, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Darke, Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Greene, Hamilton, Hardin, Highland, Hocking, Licking, Logan, Madison, Mercer, Miami, Montgomery, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Shelby, Union and Warren.
* WHEN...From 7 PM EDT this evening through Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - Showers and thunderstorms producing heavy rain will impact the area overnight. Rainfall totals of 1 to 3 inches are expected with locally higher amounts. The heavy rain combined with saturated ground will lead to potential flash flooding.

Flood Warning issued September 20 at 1:05PM EDT until September 21 at 8:00AM EDT by NWS Wilmington OH (details ...)

...Forecast flooding changed to Minor severity and increased in duration for the following rivers...
St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.
* WHERE...St. Marys River at Rockford.
* WHEN...Until Monday morning.
* IMPACTS...At 13.0 feet, State Route 117 near Route 118 north of Rockford is water-covered and closed.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS... - At 12:40 PM EDT Sunday the stage was 13.0 feet. - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 13.0 feet this afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage just after midnight tonight. - Flood stage is 13.0 feet.

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Rebecca Smallwood

Rebecca Smallwood, 98, formerly of 450 Parker St., St. Marys, died at 12:30 p.m. April 6, 2008, at Joint Township District Memorial Hospital, St. Marys.

She was born April 15, 1909, near Weeksbury, Ky., to Isaac and Mary Jane Johnson Caudill. On Sept. 5, 1931, she married McKinley Smallwood, who died Nov. 17, 1972.

Surviving are a son, Alvie (Charlene), Bevinsville, Ky.; a daughter, Anna Rose (Richard) Dicke, Mena, Ark.; a brother Junior (Shirley) Caudill, Cartersville, Va.; and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.

Deceased are three sons, James and Edward Hensley and Ivan Smallwood; a daughter, Betty Jurosic; a brother Lafie Caudill; and three sisters, Ivadel Sullivan, Annie Mullins and Opal Williams.

She was a homemaker and a member of the Samaria Missionary Baptist Church, St. Marys.

Services are 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Miller Funeral Home, St. Marys, the Rev. Jack Burns officiating. Burial is Thursday at the Smallwood Family Cemetery near Bevinsville.

Calling is 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.

Condolences can be left at www.millerfuneralhomes.net.

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