Walter Lee "Mickey" Ables Services for Walter "Mickey" Ables will be held Wednesday, March 23, 2011 at 1:00p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home, with Reverends Michael Sims and Davey Wilkinson officiating. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery with Robert Barham Family Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Mr. Ables, age 65, of Meridian died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at his residence. He retired from the Lauderdale County Sheriff Department after 20 years. Mr. Ables was a Shriner and a Mason at St. John #507. He served in the Air National Guard with the 186th, and was part owner of Southern Automatic Transmission. Survivors include his wife, Betty Ann Ables, of Meridian, two daughters, Rebecca Ann Sims and her husband Michael, of Meridian, and Patricia Ann Chaney and fiancé JoJo Harrison, of Meridian, his sister, Shirley Jewel Harris, of Cookesville, Tennessee, his brother, Willard Buddy Ables, of Saraland, Alabama, three grandchildren, Kayla Nicole Kirkpatrick and her husband Bobby, of Meridian, Parker Gray Chaney, of Meridian, Gavin Lee Chaney, of Meridian, one great grandchild, Kaleb Gauge Kirkpatrick, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, Buck and Louise Ables, two sisters, Bobbie Jo Glisson and Frances Durant, and his mother in-law and father in-law, Bill and Daisy Felks. Pallbearers will be Sheriff Billy Sollie, Ward Calhoun, Byron Brown, Paul Tadlock, Steve Spears, and Joe White. Visitation will be held Tuesday, March 22, 2011, from 5:00 until 7:00p.m. at Robert Barham Family Funeral Home. Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at robertbarhamffh.com.
