OBITUARIES

Carlyon Carpenter

Carlyon Carpenter

Jun 29, 2022

Carlyon Sue Parnell Carpenter, 75, of Chatom, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Leakesville, MS on Monday, October 14, 1946. She had been employed as safety inspector at Brown & Root and was a member of Millry Baptist Church. She enjoyed sewing, painting pictures, floral design at the Chatom Florist and also raised...

Brian Crouch

Brian Crouch

Jun 28, 2022

Brian Edward Crouch, 32, of Chatom, passed away Tuesday, June 28, 2022, at a family residence. He was born in Mobile on Monday, April 16, 1990, to Kenneth William Crouch and Rita Ann Massey Crouch. He was an active member of the Chatom Masonic Lodge #740 and attended church at Spring Hill Baptist Church. He was also a member of...

Bentley Clark

Bentley Clark

Jun 26, 2022

Bentley Rayn Clark, seventeen months, passed away Sunday, June 26, 2022, at the family residence in Coffeeville. He was born November 30, 2020, in Grove Hill, AL. He was described by his family as a happy, bubbly baby who was a "night owl." He had a sweet disposition and was calm and relaxed most of the time. He is...

Barbara Whitehead

Barbara Whitehead

Jun 24, 2022

Barbara M. Whitehead, 72, of Jackson, passed away Friday, June 24, 2022, at Ascension Providence Hospital in Mobile. She was born in Pewee Valley, KY to Robert Walker Maddox, Jr. and Mary Francis Burnett Maddox, both of whom preceded her in death. A longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Jackson and the Wesley Bible Class, she enjoyed...

Albert Dykeman

Albert Dykeman

Jun 22, 2022

The Rev. Albert George Dykeman, 90, of Jackson died June 22, 2022. He was born the youngest of four boys on Feb. 14, 1932, to the late George Raymond and Flossie (Ellis) Dykeman in Poughkeepsie, NY. While serving as a radar instructor at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss., during the Korean War, he chose to leave the...

Lois Oates

Lois Oates

Jun 22, 2022

Lois Carpenter Oates, 84, of Millry, passed away Wednesday, June 22, 2022, at her residence surrounded by family. She was born on Thursday, July 1, 1937, in Washington County. A member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Millry, she had been employed at Vanity Fair Mills as a seamstress prior to retirement. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening, cutting grass and...

Janet Poole

Janet Poole

Jun 20, 2022

Janet Catherine Blount Poole, 58, of Jackson, passed away Monday, June 20, 2022, at Mobile Infirmary. She was born in Jackson on Saturday, April 18, 1964. A woman of God, she collected crosses and enjoyed watching the birds as she sat on her porch and watched the birds in her yard. She was a devoted homemaker who loved spending time...

Margie Grayson

Margie Grayson

Jun 19, 2022

Marjorie Jane Stewart Grayson, 82, of Memphis, TN, passed away peacefully in her home on Sunday, June 19, 2022. She was born on Sunday, April 21, 1940, in Meridian, MS. Margie was an avid reader who also enjoyed gardening and needlework, but her biggest passion was spending time with her family. While living in Spanish Fort, AL, she was a...

Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Jun 18, 2022

Richard Alan Johnson, Jr., 79, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, June 18, 2022, at his residence. He was born in St. Louis, MO on Thursday, April 8, 1943, to Richard Johnson Sr. and Jenny Fowler Johnson, both of whom preceded him in death. He had been employed as a security guard as the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham prior to...

Freddie Pezent

Freddie Pezent

Jun 16, 2022

Freddie Nell Woods Pezent, 88, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022, at Mobile Infirmary with her daughter, Becky, by her side. She was born in Atmore on Friday, May 25, 1934, to George W. Woods and Ollie Mae Payne Woods. In 1950, she married Gaines Ray Pezent of Jackson, a union that would last 71 years. A member...

Monette Morrison

Monette Morrison

Jun 12, 2022

Monette Reynolds Morrison, 64, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, June 12, 2022, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. She was born in Jackson on Friday, October 11, 1957. A faithful member of The First Baptist Church of Jackson, she had been active in a number of roles, but the one she loved the most was preparing food for large gatherings at...

Randall Carpenter

Randall Carpenter

Jun 9, 2022

Randall Earl Carpenter, 65, of Millry, Alabama passed away June 9, 2022, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. Randy was born on January 24, 1957, in Jackson, Alabama to Jerry Coy and Mildred Grimes Carpenter Sr. He was a graduate of Washington County High School, class of 1976. Randy was a carpenter by trade, he enjoyed all Alabama sports,...

Della Granade

Della Granade

Jun 8, 2022

Della Lucille Williams Granade, age 96, died June 8, 2022, at her home in Chatom, Alabama. She was born May 12, 1926, in Bartow, Polk County, Florida to Thomas Edward Williams, Sr. and Della Kee Whitten Williams. The third of four children, she had an older brother, Thomas E. Williams, Jr. ("Pete"), an older sister, Frances Elizabeth Williams Tyndall ("Sister"),...

Larry Sheffield

Larry Sheffield

Jun 8, 2022

Larry Gene Sheffield, 73, of Grove Hill passed away Wednesday, June, 8, 2022, at Mobile Infirmary. He was born on October 16, 1948, to Willie and Sadie Skipworth Sheffield. After graduating from Clarke County High School, he enrolled in the Police Academy. He began his career in law enforcement with the Clarke County Sheriff's department working in his community for...

Clara Morgan

Clara Morgan

Jun 6, 2022

Clara W. Morgan, 88, died June 6, 2022. She was born November 12, 1933 to the late Rufus and Martha Turner Willoughby. A resident of Whatley, she was a member of First Baptist Church in Fulton and had worked as a clerk at Dollar General. Clara enjoyed spending time in her yard, she loved birds, she kept her feeders full...

Terri Slayton

Terri Slayton

Jun 3, 2022

Terri Jones Slayton "Gamma", 62, of Jackson, AL, was born on April 1, 1960, to Howard and Dot Jones, and passed away on June 3, 2022. Terri has been a member of this community for almost her entire life. She graduated from Jackson Academy in 1978 as Valedictorian and served as 1977 Clarke County Jr. Miss. She graduated with an...

Martha Hayes

Martha Hayes

Jun 3, 2022

Martha Jo Bumpers Hayes, 73, of Winn, Alabama, passed away on June 3, 2022. She was born on January 11, 1949, to A.M. "Jiggs" and Juanita Hicks Bumpers. Mrs. Hayes graduated from Jackson High School, class of '67, Martha loved her community. She was a member of the Kiwanis Club, Jackson Women's Club, past board member of CCARC, and past...

Maxine Taylor

Maxine Taylor

Jun 3, 2022

Maxine James Taylor, 89, of Mobile, passed away Friday, June 3, 2022, at Springhill Medical Center in Mobile. She was born in Tibbie on Tuesday, May 2, 1933. She had been employed as a home economics teacher in her younger years but opted to begin a career in retail sales at Gayfer's Department Store in Mobile, where she became the...

Julia Faust

Julia Faust

Jun 2, 2022

Julia G. Faust, 90, of Jackson, died Thursday, June 2, 2022, at her residence. She was born to William Gordy and Dora Beech Gordy on October 9, 1931. She was a member of the Jackson Golf Association and the Bridge Club. She enjoyed cooking and was devoted fan of the Atlanta Braves. She is survived by her sons, James R....

Richard Mcmullen

Richard Mcmullen

Jun 1, 2022

Richard P. McMullen Sr., 83, of Jackson, passed away on June 1, 2022, peacefully at his home. Born January 2, 1939, to parents P.R. and Eula Milstead McMullen in Jackson, Alabama. Mr. McMullen worked at Ciba Geigy as a Maintenance Forman, he was a volunteer with the Jackson Fire Department for 26 years and retired as Chief Warrant Officer from...

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