Siran Stacy, daughter released from hospital

Former University of Alabama football star and Newton resident Siran Stacy and his 3-year-old daughter Shelly were both released from local hospitals this weekend, nearly a week after a fatal crash that killed five other members of their family, according to family members.

Stacy, who suffered broken ribs and other injuries in the crash, is currently recovering with his daughter at his mother's home in Geneva.

Former University of Alabama football star and Newton resident Siran Stacy and his 3-year-old daughter Shelly were both released from local hospitals this weekend, nearly a week after a fatal crash that killed five other members of their family, according to family members.

Stacy, who suffered broken ribs and other injuries in the crash, is currently recovering with his daughter at his mother's home in Geneva.

Family and friends report that the Stacy family is doing well, despite the tragic deaths of Stacy's wife Ellen, 36, and four of his children, 3-year-old Ellie, 8-year-old Sidney, 10-year-old Bronson and 18-year-old Lequisa.

Bronson and Lequisa are the children of Siran and Glenda Brown of Enterprise.

The Stacy family is thankful for the great outpouring of support over the past week and asks for continued prayers as funerals are held later this week.

According to friends and family, Stacy was released from Flowers Hospital in Dothan Sunday just one day after Shelly was released from Children's Hospital Birmingham.

According to Alabama State Trooper Dothan Post Public Information Officer Sgt. Tracy Nelson, the fatal wreck involving the Stacy family occurred at 11 p.m. Nov. 19 on Highway 84 at the intersection of Highway 123.

Stacy, driving a 2007 Honda minivan was travelling north on Highway 84 and as he proceeded through the intersection, was struck by a 1999 Ford Pickup driven by Adam W. Wayman, 29, of Dothan. Wayman was traveling westbound in the eastbound lane of Highway 84 at the time of the crash, Nelson said. The reason Wayman was in the wrong lane is still under investigation, he added.

Wayman was also killed in the crash.

Soon after word of the crash got out, one of Stacy's college friends Amy Bunton established a bank account for the family to help pay for costs incurred after the tragic wreck.

Since then, Bunton has received a flood of calls from people interested in donating to the Siran Stacy Fund. Bunton said she does not know how much money has been donated, since the account was set up in Siran and his brother Patrick's names, but she has received phone calls from as far away as Kansas City and Pennsylvania.

"I have been flooded with calls about it," she said. "I know people have expressed a huge amount of interest about it."

Anyone wishing to donate to the Siran Stacy Fund should send money to the Wachovia Bank in Geneva. Checks should be made payable to Siran Stacy and should be sent to The Siran Stacy Fund, P.O. Box 892, Geneva, AL 36340.

Funeral services for Stacy's two oldest children will be 1 p.m. Thursday at Wiregrass Funeral Home in Geneva. Funeral services for Ellen and the couple's two youngest children will be 1 p.m. Friday at First Baptist Church in Geneva.

Stacy, 39, a star running back for the University of Alabama in the late 1980s and early 1990s, was a second round NFL draft pick by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1992. He also played in the Canadian Football League for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and was a running back for an NFL Europe team the Scottish Claymores from 1995 to 1997 and again in 2000.

Ellen Bible Stacy was the co-captain of Alabama's women's volleyball team in 1991 and was a four year letter winner from 1989 to 1992.

She was a native of Lafayette, Ind

In a statement released by the University of Alabama's Athletics Department, UA Director of Athletics Mal Moore expressed sympathy to the family over the tragic deaths.

"Words cannot express the depth of the heartache we share with the Bible and Stacy families at this tragic time," Moore said in a press release. "I am sure I speak for all the members of the Alabama athletics family in expressing our shock and sadness for the tragedy that has befallen these two families. I also want to let both families know that we stand ready to assist them during this time of need and ask all Alabama fans to keep the Bible and Stacy families in their thoughts and prayers."