OBITUARIES

Aug 25, 2020

Elisabeth Chapman “Buff” McDonald passed away peacefully at the Jackson Health Care Center on August 25, 2020 at the age of 94. She was born in Tuscumbia AL to Dr. Leiland W. Chapman and Marie Earle Shaffer Chapman on August 14, 1926. She worked for Vanity Fair as a secretary for 43 years. She was a member of the D.A.R....

Aug 24, 2020

Shelby Jean Gates, 79, of Fulton, passed away Monday, August 24, 2020 at Thomasville Regional Medical Center. She was born in Laurel, MS on January 9, 1941 to William Leon Smith and Mary Doris Joiner Smith Clemmons. A homemaker, she was an excellent mother and grandmother who enjoyed spending time with her family. Her hobbies included fishing, cooking and yard...

Aug 23, 2020

Ernest E. “Bill” Cotton, 82, of Hobson, passed away August 23, 2020 at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born in Washington County on June 7, 1938 to Ernest Leon and Mary Beech Cotton. Bill graduated from University of Montevallo with a degree in accounting he worked for a few local paper companies, later joining Gardner Mirror in North Carolina...

Aug 22, 2020

Earl D. Marshall, 91, of Whatley, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Marshallville, KY on January 25, 1929 to Arthur Marshall and Pearlie Howard Marshall. He had been employed as a coal miner and enjoyed hunting and gun collecting. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Joyce Kidd Marshall and daughter,...

Aug 22, 2020

Hitower Hammac, 87, of Deer Park, passed away Saturday, August 22, 2020 at his residence. He was born on December 28, 1932 to Jessie Manuel Hammac and Vennie Madden Hammac. A veteran of the U.S. Marine Corp who served during the Korean Conflict, he had been employed as a teacher and ATF Agent. He was a member of Community of...

Aug 21, 2020

Martha Roe Finney, 74, of Grove Hill, passed away Friday, August 21, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Grove Hill August 1, 1946 to George O. “Jim” Roe and Flossie Smith Roe. A faithful member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Walker Springs, she was a retired school bus driver with the Clarke County Board of Education and...

Aug 21, 2020

Virginia Marie Sheffield, 84, a native of Houston, MS and long time resident of Jackson, AL, passed away peacefully Friday, August 21, 2020. She was born October 21, 1935 to the late Leon Curtis and Ida Davis Neal. Ms. Sheffield was a member of Visitation Catholic Church and the Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW. She enjoyed reading poetry, watching Jeopardy...

Aug 15, 2020

Robert Eugene “Bobby” Reid, 86, of Grove Hill, passed away Saturday, August 15, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Campbell on February 5, 1934 to Robert A. Reid and Anna Wimberly Reid. Bobby graduated from Thomasville High School in 1952 and was an alumnus of Auburn University class of 1957 where he was a proud member of the...

Aug 13, 2020

Mrs. Margaret Coleman Tompkins, a resident of Jackson, passed away Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020 in Jackson. Born July 16, 1927 in Quincy, Fla., she was the daughter of Mary Bivin Coleman and William Riley Coleman. She was 93 years of age.

Margaret loved the Scriptures and was a long-time member of the Jackson First Baptist Church. When...

Aug 9, 2020

Brian R. Leathers, 60, of Grove Hill, passed away Sunday, August 9, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Kenitra, Morocco in Africa on February 4, 1960 to Pedro Phillip Leathers and Joanne G. Hightower Leathers. His Christian faith was of utmost importance to him and guided his actions. His love for God, his family, and his church was...

Aug 7, 2020

Seredra (Shorty) Blackmon Harris Wiggins went to her Heavenly home on Friday August 7, 2020. She was born October 16, 1939 to the late Clifford and Maggie Blackmon.

She is survived by her daughters, Delilah Ann (Jim) Harris and Angelia Harris (Eric) Sullivan, brother, Ollie Blackmon, grandchildren, Brandon (Emily) Morgan, Maggie Sullivan, Christopher (Carrie) Harris,...

Aug 5, 2020

Roderick Lee “Rocky” Wolfe, 81, of Grove Hill, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center. He was born in Daphne on January 10, 1939 to Benjamin H. Wolfe and Katherine Nelson Wolfe. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was also a retired training manager with Olin Chemical and a member of Antioch Baptist Church in Grove...

Aug 5, 2020

Harold E. Everhart, Jr., 70, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, August 5, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Grove Hill on December 28, 1949, to Harold E. Everhart, Sr. and Katie Walker Everhart. He had been employed at Boise Cascade (now PCA), for 25 years, where he was a Fire Systems Specialist and oversaw the safety program as...

Aug 4, 2020

Brenda Diane Downey, 65, of Deer Park, passed away Tuesday, August 4, 2020 at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile. She was born in Danville, Virginia on July 16, 1955. A faithful member of Citronelle United Methodist Church, she was devoted to her daughter, Elizabeth. Her “green thumb” was evident in the beautiful flowers she raised inside and outside...

Aug 3, 2020

Rev. Ronald Kenneth Rivers was born September 5, 1948 to the late Floyd and Iris Rivers in Mobile. Ronald attended schools in Mobile County and graduated from Murphy High School. He started serving God at the young age of thirteen. He was a licensed minister with United Pentecostal Church International for over 50 years. He received a Bachelor of...

Jul 31, 2020

William Louis Bumpers, 74, of Oxford, passed away July 31, 2020 at his residence. He was born on December 6, 1945 to Clyde F. Bumpers and Sallie Motes Bumpers. A veteran of the U.S. Marines in the Echo Raider unit and 1st Battalion 26th Division and 5th Division, he received a Presidential Acknowledgement for an assignment that required him to...

Jul 29, 2020

Shandra C. Hill, 59, of Grove Hill, passed away Wednesday, July 29, 2020 at her home with her loving family by her side. She was born November 26, 1960 to Emmitt and Carolyn Hutto Criswell. Shan worked at several medical offices in the area but she enjoyed the time spent working for the local ambulance services the most. The time...

Jul 28, 2020

Leila H. Powell, 58, of Walker Springs, passed away Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born June 20, 1962 in Thomasville to Alvin and Alice Marie Hepstall. She was employed as the office manager and vet technician at Clarke County Animal Hospital and attended Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. An avid reader, she was deeply devoted to animals...

Jul 24, 2020

Marion Marvis Mason, 83, of Leroy, passed away peacefully Friday, July 24, 2020 at his residence surrounded by family. He was born September 19, 1936 in Lucedale, MS to Claude and Evelyn Mason. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he had been employed as a funeral director for 46 years, 28 of those at Lathan Funeral Home in Jackson....

Jul 21, 2020

Jack Gene Chancey, 80, of Grove Hill, passed away Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at Jackson Health Care Facility. He was born in Grove Hill on January 12, 1940 to Jack and Annie Walker Chancey. He had been employed as a fork-lift operator with Scotch Lumber Company prior to retirement and was a member of Mt. Gilead Baptist Church. He enjoyed...