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Christina Waddill

Christina Waddill

Apr 10, 2022

Christina Caroline Waddill, 94, of Jackson passed away April 10, 2022 at Jackson Medical Center. She was born December 30, 1927 in Farrell, Pennsylvania to parents Frank and Rose Puzzutti Catalano. Mrs. Waddill loved to sew and enjoyed helping teach her craft at Walker Springs Road Baptist Church. Cristina had a green thumb, and it showed, she loved tending to...

Robby Gates

Robby Gates

Apr 10, 2022

Robby Clyde Gates, 75, of Grove Hill, passed away Sunday, April 10, 2022, at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born in Grove Hill on Sunday, February 4, 1947. Although never married, he was a much beloved citizen of the town and served its citizens as well as many who came to Grove Hill for him to work on their...

John Schell

John Schell

Apr 8, 2022

John Clarence Schell, II, 85, of Chatom, passed away Saturday, April 9, 2022, at University Health Hospital (formerly USA) in Mobile. He was born in Chatom on August 4, 1936. A devoted educator, he had taught biology, chemistry and physics classes for the Washington Board of Education and Patrick Henry State Junior College (now Coastal). He had earned degrees at...

Edward Catrett

Edward Catrett

Apr 5, 2022

Edward Douglas "Ed" Catrett, 74, of Camden, passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at his residence. He was born on Friday, January 30, 1948, in Stockton. An avid outdoorsman, he loved his home on the Alabama River where he enjoyed hunting and fishing. He loved to participate in bass tournaments and won the Mobile Bass Association City Tournament in 1981...

Sammy Loper

Sammy Loper

Apr 2, 2022

Sammy Joe Loper, 72, of Fruitdale, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2022, at his residence. He was born on Monday, May 23, 1949, in Fruitdale. A self-employed auto mechanic, he enjoyed restoring automobiles, drag racing and NASCAR. He was also an avid fisherman, casino gambling, playing cards and spending time with his beloved family. He was preceded in death by...

Shirley Busby

Shirley Busby

Apr 2, 2022

Shirley Ann Small Busby, 80, of Chatom, passed away Saturday, April 2, 2022, at a family residence. She was born on Tuesday, May 27, 1941, in Middleborough, Massachusetts. She had been employed as a registered nurse at Mobile Infirmary and was a member of Laton Hill Baptist Church in Chatom where she taught a children's Sunday School class. An avid...

Eva Kelley

Eva Kelley

Mar 31, 2022

Eva Kathleen Boroughs Kelley, 71, of Frankville, passed away Thursday, March 31, 2022, surrounded by family. She was born in Birmingham on Thursday, June 29, 1950. She enjoyed sewing, cross stitch and making quilts for family and friends and was an avid fan of the Atlanta Braves baseball team and the University of Alabama football team. She was devoted to...

Kenneth Henson

Kenneth Henson

Mar 30, 2022

Kenneth Leon Henson, 93, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at the Washington County Nursing Home in Chatom. He was born May 26, 1928, in Wagarville, to Daniel Jelks and Frances Estelle (Furr) Henson. The family moved to Hawthorn soon after he was born. Kenneth was the second of five children and grew up attending the historic Washington Baptist Church...

Houston Johnson

Houston Johnson

Mar 29, 2022

Houston L. "Lee" Johnson, 78, of Grove Hill, passed away Monday, March 29, 2022, at the William F. Green State Veterans Home in Bay Minette, AL of complications following surgery for a broken hip. Family members were with him. He was born in Excel, AL on May 9, 1943, to Wallace Houston and Daisy Marie Davis Johnson. Lee considered one...

Timothy Forehand

Timothy Forehand

Mar 28, 2022

Timothy Wayne Forehand met his Savior Monday, March 28, 2022, in Grove Hill. He was born July 24, 1966. Tim graduated from Ensley High School and Samford University. He served in various churches in the Birmingham area. He was currently the beloved pastor of Bassett Creek Baptist Church in Grove Hill, Alabama. Tim loved Jesus and loved his family fully....

Fred Motes

Fred Motes

Mar 22, 2022

Fred Allen Motes, 85, of Coffeeville, passed away Tuesday, March 22, 2022, at Washington County Nursing Home. He was born in Salitpa on Wednesday, July 29, 1936. He was a member of River Hill Baptist Church and a self-employed painter. A veteran of the U.S. Army, he enjoyed hunting, fishing and spending time with his family. He was preceded in...

Sandra Pritchett

Sandra Pritchett

Mar 19, 2022

Sandra Pezent Pritchett, 72, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, March 19, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Mobile on September 5, 1949. She was a member of the Jackson Church of Christ and worked for Merchants bank for more than 30 years. Sandra loved spending time with her family and friends. She enjoyed visiting the Jackson Public Library...

Hester Blankenship

Hester Blankenship

Mar 18, 2022

On March 18, 2022, Hester Parnell Blankenship, loving sister, wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and aunt, passed away at the age of 82. Hester was born on September 21, 1939, in Sunflower, Alabama to the late Monroe and Nora Howard Parnell. Hester was the baby of a family of 11 siblings, her being the last of the family to pass. She...

Dianna Harrison

Dianna Harrison

Mar 14, 2022

Dianna Hutto Harrison, 58, of Grove Hill, passed away March 14, 2022, at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. She was born on Sunday, August 25, 1963, in Grove Hill. She had previously been employed as a dental hygienist and ER technician, but she had opened her own business, Di's Doggie Day Care, in more recent years. She enjoyed monogramming and gave...

Anna Wooten

Anna Wooten

Mar 11, 2022

Anna Belle Harrington Wooten, 93, of Jackson, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022, at Robertsdale Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. She was born on Wednesday, September 5, 1928, in Fargo, GA to Wallace Harrington and Mineola Leviton Harrington. In 1952, she married Roy Frederick Wooten, a U.S. Marine Corp sergeant, and in 1964 the couple moved from Camilla, GA to...

Barbara Newton

Barbara Newton

Mar 11, 2022

Barbara Ann "Nana" Newton, 71, of Hobson, passed away Friday, March 11, 2022, at her residence. She was born in Mobile on Wednesday, July 5, 1950. She enjoyed giving golf cart rides to her grandchildren, crocheting blankets, watching hummingbirds and tending her flower beds. She worked her entire life and thoroughly enjoyed waitressing for all of her coffee drinkers. She...

Charles Wheat

Charles Wheat

Mar 9, 2022

Charles T. Wheat, 74, of Tibbie, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at his residence. He was born in Jackson on Sunday, October 19, 1947. He was a member of Bethel United Church in Tibbie and had retired as a heavy equipment operator. He enjoyed fishing, camping, woodworking and spending time with his family. He had a big heart and...

Francis West

Francis West

Mar 8, 2022

Francis "Franny" West, 66, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, March 8, 2022, at Jackson Health Care Facility. He was born in Wilmington, DE on Tuesday, November 29, 1955. He had been a resident at Jackson Health Care Facility for twelve years and loved socializing with the other residents and especially the staff whom he loved as if they were his...

Eddie Mae Anderson

Eddie Mae Anderson

Mar 7, 2022

Eddie Mae "Betty" Anderson, 92, of Hobson, passed away Monday, March 7, 2022, at her residence. She was born on January 8, 1930. An active member of Hobson Assembly of God Church, she had served as a Sunday School teacher and bookkeeper for many years. She enjoyed reading, crossword puzzles, and spending time with her family who unanimously agreed that...

William Brown

William Brown

Mar 5, 2022

William "Bill" Brown, 71, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2022, at Jackson Medical Center. He was born in Grove Hill on April 21, 1950. He was a devoted, active member of Antioch Baptist Church where he served as a deacon and music director. He retired from Olin Chemical after 43 years of service, ten of those years as...

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