Bernard 'Jay' Jones Jr.
Feb 11, 2021
Bernard Ray Jones Jr. It is with deepest sorrow that we announce that Bernard, affectionately known as “Jay”, has completed his work assignment here on earth on February 11, 2021. Jay was born December 5, 1977. He received a call from his Lord and Savior, an offer that he could not refuse, for an appointment from which he will not...
Marian Altham
Feb 11, 2021
Marian Smith Altham, 78, of Walker Springs, transitioned from this life on February 11, 2021 at her home with family. She was born to Edward and Pat Smith in Manchester, England on May 4, 1942. She loved traveling and bird watching with the love of her life, best friend and partner of 57 years, Keith. She enjoyed spending time...
Stuart Dubose
Feb 8, 2021
Stuart Craig DuBose, 63, of Jackson, passed away Monday, February 8, 2021 at Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, FL. He was born in Jackson on March 20, 1957 to Melton DuBose and Patricia Ryser DuBose. He earned an undergraduate degree from Auburn University and then earned his Juris Doctorate at The University of Alabama. He was an active member at...
Allen Tarleton
Feb 5, 2021
Allen Leo Tarleton, 74, of Grove Hill, transitioned from this life on February 5, 2021 at his home. He was born to Leo Brown Tarleton and Clara Belle Tarleton on Septmeber 20, 1946. He was a member of Grove Hill Baptist Church and Macon Lodge #7 in Grove Hill. He served his Lord as a deacon, Sunday School teacher and...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,...
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