OBITUARIES

Merline Loper

Merline Loper

Feb 4, 2021

Merline Davidson Loper, 93, of Deer Park, passed away Thursday, February 4, 2021 at Wayne General Hospital in Waynesboro, MS. She was born on June 17, 1927 to Webb Davidson and Irma Beech Davidson. A member of Escatawpa Baptist Church, she was a homemaker who enjoyed crossword puzzles, crochet, sewing, cooking and gatherings with her family. She was preceded in...

Maude Taylor

Maude Taylor

Feb 3, 2021

Maude Evelyn Taylor, 87, of Tibbie, passed away February 3, 2021 at her home with her loving family by her side. Mrs. Taylor was born on July 27, 1933 in Yellow Pine to parents Iron and Irma Gilley Patrick. Maude was a member of Chalker Memorial UMC, she loved her community. Many remember her from when she helped at her...

Mittie Roberts

Mittie Roberts

Jan 31, 2021

Mittie S. Roberts, 91, of Wagarville died January 31, 2021. She was born November 27, 1929 to Walter Lee Sr and Laura Sullivan. Mittie was a lifelong resident of Wagarville where she was a member of Wagarville Baptist Church. She enjoyed playing softball well into her 40s and was an avid bowler until the age of 84. Mittie was a...

Christeen Chastain

Christeen Chastain

Jan 31, 2021

Christeen Andrews Chastain, 85, of Jackson, passed away Sunday, January 31, 2021 at Jackson Health Care Facility. She was born on May 28, 1935 to William Henry Andrews and Ora Virginia Edge Andrews. She was a member of First United Methodist Church of Jackson and had been employed as a nurse. She enjoyed watching movies, cooking, sewing, crochet and cross...

Dorothy Wiggins

Dorothy Wiggins

Jan 30, 2021

Dorothy Hoven Wiggins, 61, of Grove Hill, passed away Saturday, January 30, 2021 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. She was born in Jackson on June 29, 1959 to Angus M. Hoven and Mable Hoven. She was a very active member at Stave Creek Baptist Church in Jackson where she served on numerous committees and was employed at PCA (formerly...

Ralph Powell

Ralph Powell

Jan 27, 2021

Ralph Powell, 83, of Grove Hill, passed away on Wednesday, January 27, 2021 at Jackson Health Care Facility. He was born in Grove Hill on August 27, 1937 to Lonnis D. Powell and Etta Mae Gates Powell. He had been employed in the construction industry as a heavy equipment operator and was a member of Liberty Baptist Church in Thomasville....

Maureen Nichols

Maureen Nichols

Jan 26, 2021

Maureen O’Connor Nichols, age 69, of Grove Hill, went peacefully to be with her Redeemer Tuesday, January 26, 2021. She was born on December 6, 1951 in Mobile Alabama to James and Louise O’Connor, née VanLandingham. Maureen attended B.C. Rain High school in Mobile, Alabama. She then attended the University of Alabama, where she played clarinet in the Million Dollar...

Voncile Allen

Voncile Allen

Jan 25, 2021

Voncile Williams Allen, 89, of Chatom, passed away Monday, January 25, 2021 at the Washington County Nursing Home. She was born in Laton Hill on October 6, 1931 to John Franklin Laton, Sr. and Susie Etta Scarbrough Laton. She had been employed in several capacities in the Washington County Courthouse, including voter registration and the sheriff’s office. She was a...

Charnic Strong

Charnic Strong

Jan 21, 2021

Charnic Lane Strong, 89, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, January 21, 2021. He was born in Sandflat on January 1, 1932 to Sebra Lemuel Strong and Annie Mae Friddle Strong. He grew up at Lock One on the Tombigbee River and graduated in the 1950 class at Jackson High School. He served four years in the U.S. Air Force, participating...

Voncille Savage

Voncille Savage

Jan 19, 2021

Voncille Hayes Savage, 73, of Hobson, passed away Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at SAAD Hospice in Mobile surrounded by family. She was born in Bigbee on July 24, 1947 to Robert Clarence Hayes and Francis Inez Mosley Hayes. She had previously been self-employed as a caregiver for the elderly and was a member of Chatom Church of God where she...

Juanita Shamburger

Juanita Shamburger

Jan 18, 2021

Juanita Vivian Thompson Shamburger, 80, of Chatom, passed away Monday, January 18, 2021 at her residence. She was born October 2, 1940 in Alabama to Leroy Thompson and Nancy Sullivan Thompson. She had retired as a supervisor in the coding/editing department with the Internal Revenue Service. She enjoyed knitting and ceramics and was an excellent marksman. She was preceded in...

James Campbell

James Campbell

Jan 16, 2021

James “Lou” Lanier Campbell, 80, died January 16, 2021. Mr. Campbell was born July 11, 1940 to James Enoch and Jimmie Bernice Campbell. A lifelong resident of Grove Hill, he was a member of First Baptist Church of Fulton where he served as a deacon and Sunday School teacher. He had attended Livingston University on a football scholarship. He...

Harold Harwell

Harold Harwell

Jan 15, 2021

Harold B. Harwell, 76, of Jackson, died January 15, 2021 after leading a full life, despite being a cerebral palsy patient. He was a longtime member of First Baptist Church of Leroy and a huge fan of the University of Alabama and Leroy High School athletics. He lived for 35 years at the Jackson Health Care Facility where he was...

Cheryl Brown

Cheryl Brown

Jan 15, 2021

Cheryl Ann Kelly Brown, 67, of Spanish Fort, passed away Friday, January 15, 2021. She grew up in Wagarville where she attended Wagarville Elementary School and Leroy High School. She was a proud graduate of the Auburn University School of Pharmacy and worked 41 years as a pharmacist, many of those years at the Rite-Aid Drugstore in Spanish Fort....

Nell Dunn Smith

Nell Dunn Smith

Jan 14, 2021

Nell Dunn Smith, 88, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, January 14, 2021 at Jackson Health Care Facility. She was born in Grove Hill on January 19, 1932 to Willie S. Sheffield and Sadie Skipworth Sheffield. She was a member of The First Baptist Church of Jackson and had co-owned Lou Nell’s Fashions, a retail clothing store in Chatom for many...

Nancy Tillman

Nancy Tillman

Jan 13, 2021

Nancy Ann Blackman Tillman, 76, of Leroy, passed away on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born in Dothan on October 7, 1944 to Albert and Fannie Lou Blackman. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Erwin Eugene Tillman, Jr.; daughter, Kimberly Ann Thompson and brother, Charles “Buddy” Blackman. She is survived by her sons,...

Michael Gregory

Michael Gregory

Jan 6, 2021

Michael Floyd “Smack” Gregory, 62, of Grove Hill, passed away Wednesday, January 6, 2021 at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. He was born in Selma on March 15, 1958 to Frank Audie Gregory and Gladys Marie Garrick Gregory, both of whom preceded him in death. He was employed with Louisiana Pacific as heavy equipment operator and was a member of Horeb...

Ella Henson

Ella Henson

Jan 5, 2021

Ella Jo Ann Henson, 83, of Satsuma, passed away Tuesday, January 5, 2021 at Springhill Medical Center in Mobile. She was born in Hobson on April 21, 1937 to James William Beech and Ina Olene Howell Beech. A gifted pianist and organist, she had been a Sunday School teacher in the churches where her husband, the Rev. Dr. William Wade...

Dollie Jackson

Dollie Jackson

Jan 3, 2021

Dollie D. Jackson, 74, of Coffeeville, passed away Sunday, January 3, 2021 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born in Washington County on August 14, 1946 to Raybon Odell Miller and Velma Kirkland Miller. She was a member of Grace Chapel Church in Coffeeville and had been employed as a seamstress at Vanity Fair. She enjoyed spending time with her family...

Ferrell Mills

Ferrell Mills

Jan 3, 2021

Rev. Ferrell Blondell Mills, 88, of Chatom, Alabama passed away at his home January 3, 2021. Born April 29, 1932 to parents, William Robert and Frances Lorena (Curenton) Mills. Rev. Mills started at the young age of 17 sharing the gospel and following the path towards the Lord. Graduating from Immanuel Bible College in Sharpsburg, Ga. with his Doctorate Degree....

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