OBITUARIES

Jerry Roy Sellers

Jan 8, 2025

Jerry Roy Sellers, 76 of Jackson, passed away January 8, 2025. Jerry was born May 27, 1948 to Honree and Flora May Sellers and was member of Ulcanush Baptist Church. Jerry enjoyed the outdoors and liked hunting. He worked on the river for 46 years, the majority of that time as Towboat Captain, before retiring from the U.S. Army Corps...

David Jack Robinson

Jan 7, 2025

David Jack Robinson, 77 of Whatley, passed away January 7, 2025. Jack was born September 13, 1947 to Willie Percy and Era Louise "Buzz" Robinson. He was a member of Tompkins Baptist Church where he served as Deacon for many years. He also proudly served in the United States Navy where he received a Vietnam Service Medal with One Bronze...

Rev. David E. Guy Sr.

Jan 7, 2025

Rev. David Earl Guy Sr., 72, of Jackson, passed on January 7, 2025, surrounded by his loving family. David was born on July 11, 1952, in Stateline, MS, to parents James Guy and Francis Allday Bradley. He worked and retired from Brown & Root Construction with close to 30 years of employment with them, with his career it gave him...

Judith Deas

Jan 5, 2025

Judith Elaine Deas, 79, of Coffeeville, passed away on January 5, 2025, at her home. Judy was born on July 22, 1945, to parents George 'Buster' and Onie White Coate in Coffeeville. Judy enjoyed the community Coffeeville and had many lifelong friendships. She enjoyed her Alabama football, spending time with family, especially her grandchildren.

Preceded in death by her...

Alfred "Al" Sibley

Jan 5, 2025

Alfred "Al" Messina Sibley left this world on January 5, 2025, at the age of 84. Al was born on October 13, 1940, to parents, John Wallace and Annie Vivian Crowder Sibley. A current resident of Jackson, AL, former resident of Perryville, AR and native of Vicksburg, MS, he began his work career at a very young age. He worked...

Susan Waddill

Jan 3, 2025

Gloria Susan May Waddill of Jackson passed away on January 3, 2025 at her home. She was born May 22, 1951 to Ivy and Lottie Dolbear May. Susan was a 1970 graduate of Jackson High School. She married the love of her life, John N. Waddill, III, in 1971. They were married 50 years until his passing in 2021. Susan...

James "Jack" Toomey

Jan 2, 2025

James "Jack" Edward Toomey passed away peacefully on January 2, 2025, surrounded by family.

Jack was born on May 20, 1930, in Aquilla, Alabama to parents, James Thomas and Esther Cunningham Toomey. He was an Army veteran and was stationed in Korea during his service. Jack worked as a crane operator for Terminal Railroad at the state docks. After retirement,...

Ollie Blackmon

Dec 30, 2024

Ollie Blackmon, 92, of Jackson, passed away on December 30, 2024, at his home. He was born on January 10, 1932, to parents Clifford and Maggie Blackmon.

Ollie retired from Boise Paper after 45 years, he found peace and enjoyed cutting his lawn on his riding mower. He served his county honorably in the United States Navy during the Korean...

David Gahlinger

Dec 26, 2024

David Gahlinger, age 84, passed away peacefully on December 26, 2024. Born on March 23, 1940 in Shively, Kentucky to Clarence and Lavada Gahlinger, David lived a life marked by devotion to family, faith, and education. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indiana Institute of Technology, which laid the foundation for his long and successful...

Walter Benjamin Jones

Dec 25, 2024

Walter Benjamin Jones was born July 28, 1940 in Lucedale, Mississippi to Lou Hurst and Rev Mack Jones.

Ben graduated from Auburn High School and Livingston University with a B.A. in history. He grew up in Chatom, Alabama. In 1963, he married Mary Binion Turner. They had three children; Benjamin Edward (Tina), Elizabeth Mitchell (Kenny), and Binion Turner...

Lori Canterbury

Dec 23, 2024

Lori Jeanette Canerbury, 51, of Tibbie, Passed away on December 23, 2024, she was born on November 28, 1973.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. on Friday,December 27, 2024, at Fairhope Baptist Church in Tibbie with a visitation one hour prior to services.

Maurice Elizabeth Fleming

Dec 21, 2024

Maruice Elizabeth Dunlavy Fleming of Whatley passed away December 21, 2024. Maurice was born on August 18, 1937 to Martin Owen Dunlavy Jr. and Ina Mae Moss Dunlavy Cruitt. Maurice leaves behind memories cherished by her family and friends whose lives she deeply touched. She loved her children deeply and found the most joy in life through her beloved grandchildren;...

Claire Williams

Dec 20, 2024

Claire Lee Dickinson Williams, 91, of Fruitdale, passed away on December 20, 2024, at the Washington County Nursing Home with her loving family by her side. She was born in Deer Park, Alabama on February 16, 1933, to parents Montree Lee and Lillian Dickinson.

Claire attended Deer Park School and graduated from Fruitdale High School. She was a stay-at-home mom...

Dorothy Jernigan

Dec 16, 2024

Dorothy Jean Pritchett Jernigan, 89, of Robertsdale, formerly of Grove Hill, passed away on December 16, 2024. She was born on August 16, 1935, to parents Franklin Cleveland and Ruth Daisy Rush Pritchett. Dorothy worked at Vanity Fair and eventually owned and operated an upholstery shop in Fairhope, AL. She enjoyed the outdoors, working in her garden, planting flowers, and...

Judy Sullivan

Dec 15, 2024

Judy Kay Sullivan, 70, of Millry, passed away on December 15, 2024, with her loving family by her side. She was born on July 21, 1954, to parents Thomas Edward and Mamie Ruth Hoven Sullivan. Judy worked for Vanity Fair and Teledyne, after retiring she enjoyed spending time at her home reading, crocheting, spending time with her grandchildren, all the...

Paula Reid

Dec 11, 2024

Paula Jones Reid went to be with the Lord on December 11, 2024. Paula is survived by her daughter Shawna Reid Weekley (Chris) and her grandchildren MaiLin, AnnaLi, and Adrian Weekley. She was preceded in death by her father, Paul Stevenson Jones, mother, Maude Foscue Jones, and sister Merilyn Jones.

Paula was born on October 20, 1940. After graduating from...

Sidney Hoven

Dec 11, 2024

Sidney S. Hoven, age 95, of Salitpa passed away December 11, 2024 at his home surrounded by loved ones. Sidney was born September 29, 1929 to Grady H. and Noma B. Hoven. Sidney proudly served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He found his passion as a tugboat captain and later went on to work for the...

Fernando Montes

Dec 8, 2024

Fernando Montez (Montez), of Indianapolis, IN, formerly of Ohio and California, Passed away December 8, 2024. He was born in Yurecuaro, Michoacan, Mexico on February 14, 1977. His friends are trying to locate any family, please call 251-246-2363.

Daniel Coxwell

Dec 8, 2024

Daniel Heath Coxwell, 37, of Chatom, Passed away on December 8, 2024. In Huntsville after a courageous fight with his illness. Heath was born on September 5, 1987, to parents Randall Keith and Bonnie Faye Carpenter Coxwell in Waynesboro Mississippi. He enjoyed gaming and worked as an EMT in Mobile and Baldwin counties.

Preceded in death by his parents...

Ernest Parden

Dec 6, 2024

Ernest Quitman Parden, age 89, of Petal, Mississippi died December 6, 2024, at the Hospice of West Alabama facility in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He was born August 5, 1935, in Coffeeville, Alabama to Henry Savage and Ruthie Lillian Parden. He was a US Army Sergent Veteran that served during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of Crestview Baptist Church in...