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About John Wesley Hand:
Ira L. Hand Birth: Dec. 11, 1913 Death: Apr. 24, 2013
Ira L. Hand, age 99, of Bessemer,
AL, passed away with his loving daughters at his bedside, Wednesday, April 24, 2013. Mr. Hand retired
from U.S. Steel. He was a veteran of WWII, and a sixty year member of 7th Street Baptist Church where
he served as a deacon. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Wesley and Ethel Hand; three brothers
and four sisters. He is survived by his wife of 72 years, three daughters, eight grandchildren, five
great-grandchildren, anda sister.
Funeral service will be held at Bessemer Brown Service Funeral
Home on Friday, April 26, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens in Hoover. Visitation
will be Friday, April 26, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the funeral home. -- Excerpt from
obituary published April 25, 2013 in the Birmingham News Burial:, Jefferson Memorial Gardens South,
Hoover, Jefferson County, Alabama, USA Created by: Essex, Record added: Jun 11, 2013, Find A Grave
Memorial# 112154800
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