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Mary Davis

Mary Davis

Dec 21, 2020

Mary Narvis Reeves Davis, 89, a resident of Jackson, passed away Monday, December 21, 2020. She was born September 29, 1931 to William Lawrence and Mattie Mae Beverly Reeves. On November 27, 1952, she married the love of her life, James E. Davis Sr. She had worked as a telephone operator with South Central Bell as well as a teacher’s...

Kelvin Coker

Kelvin Coker

Dec 19, 2020

Nicholas “Nic” Coker, 32, of St. Stephens, passed away Saturday, December 19, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Jackson on June 13, 1988 to Kelvin James Coker and Debra Tarver Coker. He had been employed as a pipefitter in the construction industry and had attended church at Victory Grove Holiness Church. His passions included fishing and raising gamecocks....

Kelvin Coker

Kelvin Coker

Dec 19, 2020

Kelvin James Coker, 60, of St. Stephens, passed away on Saturday, December 19, 2020. He was born on October 19, 1960 to William Earl Coker and Joyce Verline Sullivan Coker. Prior to becoming disabled, he had been employed as a heavy equipment operator in the road construction industry. He enjoyed hunting and was a devoted grandfather who enjoyed spending time...

Virgie Beck

Virgie Beck

Dec 19, 2020

Virgie Skipworth Beck, 98, of Jackson passed away at her home with her family by her side on December 19, 2020. She was born April 16, 1922 in Grove Hill to John and Della McDonald Skipworth. Vergie took great pride in caring for her family and friends, tending to her flower gardens, and going fishing every chance she had. Preceded...

Wilene Quimby

Wilene Quimby

Dec 14, 2020

Wilene Payne Quimby, 92, of Chatom changed her street address to 1 Heaven Lane on December 14, 2020. Reba Wilene Payne was born November 30, 1928 to Joe and Florence Payne of Skipperville, AL. She married Burl Quimby in July 1950. They celebrated a grand milestone of their 70th anniversary this past summer. She was an elementary school teacher for...

Mary Coleman

Mary Coleman

Dec 10, 2020

Miss Sue Coleman, as she was known to her hundreds of former students, Sue Sue to family members, lived a remarkable life in service to the children of Clarke County. She hoped aloud on several occasions that she could live to be the oldest woman in Grove Hill. Mary Susan Haskew Coleman died at age 104 years old in the...

Albert Baugh

Albert Baugh

Dec 10, 2020

Albert Russell Baugh, 75, of Grove Hill passed away at Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, FL. on December 10, 2020. He was born March 28, 1945 in the Greenwood Community of Clarke County to Albert Sidney and Lonnie Mae West Baugh. He worked for the Alabama Department of Transportation for 32 years. After retiring he enjoyed tending to his garden and...

Fanny Mitchem

Fanny Mitchem

Dec 9, 2020

Fanny Johnson Mitchem, 87, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, December 9, 2020 at her residence. She was born in Myrtlewood on June 14, 1933 to George W. Johnson and Archie Belle Palmer Johnson. A homemaker, she was a member of the Jackson Church of Christ and the Red Hat Club. She enjoyed visiting with her many friends at Jackson Health...

Willie Williams

Willie Williams

Dec 8, 2020

Willie Shade “Sonny” Williams, Jr., 86, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at his residence. He was born in Jackson on April 9, 1934 to Willie Shade Williams, Sr. and Ida Bell Barnett Williams. An avid golfer, he was also a huge fan of the University of Alabama football team and enjoyed spending quality time with his family....

Jesse Bolen

Jesse Bolen

Dec 8, 2020

Jesse Stewart Bolen, 68, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Brownwood, TX on December 10, 1952 to Jesse L. Bolen and Pauline Gresham Bolen. He had worked in the oil fields for Belden Blake, but more recently, had provided private guitar lessons for numerous budding musicians. He frequently played guitar with...

Jacquelyn Overton

Jacquelyn Overton

Dec 8, 2020

Jacquelyn Overton, 61, of Fulton passed away at Mobile Infirmary December 8, 2020. She was born February 9, 1959 to Jack and Mae Wilkerson Parker. Her career was always helping people either as a CNA, caring for patients or working at the deli making sure everyone is being served. Jacquelyn loved her family and friends dearly. Preceded in death by...

Thomas Leonard

Thomas Leonard

Dec 6, 2020

Thomas Allen Leonard, 88, of Grove Hill, passed away December 6, 2020 at his daughter’s home. He was born on August 17, 1932 to Evie Curtis and Fannie Mae Nelson Leonard. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was professional truck driver delivering supplies and products all over the south east. He was preceded in death by his wife; Barbara...

Robert Garrick

Robert Garrick

Dec 6, 2020

Robert Edward Garrick 86 of Whatley Alabama passed away Sunday, December 6, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Whatley on May 1, 1934 to Daniel Willard and Sarah Blackstock Garrick. Known to most as Robert Edward, he owned and operated Garrick’s Cash Sore for 60 years. He contributed so much to the community and was loved by everyone....

Kathleen Garrick

Kathleen Garrick

Dec 4, 2020

Kathleen Garrick, 82, a lifelong resident of Jackson, Alabama died on December 4, 2020 in Gulf Port, MS. Mrs. Garrick was born June 19, 1938 to the late David and Dorothy Grey Walker. She loved participating in the children’s ministry at her church, planting and taking care of her garden and flowers, being creative with her arts and crafts, and...

Frances Lathan

Frances Lathan

Dec 4, 2020

Frances Carol Sullivan Lathan, 74, of Chatom, died December 4, 2020. Frances was born November 9, 1946 to the Jack and Annie Ruth Sullivan. She was a devoted mother, grandmother and great-grandmother who enjoyed nothing more than spending time with her children and grandchildren.Frances is survived by her husband, Stan Lathan; children, Tonia Lathan, Tracy Lathan, Neil Counselman, Tammy Lathan...

Lamar Reeves

Lamar Reeves

Dec 1, 2020

Edward Lamar Reeves, a resident of Spanish Fort, AL, passed away on December 1, 2020. Lamar was 56 years old. He was a loving husband, father, son, brother, and friend to many. He is survived by his loving wife, Betsy, and daughter, Racheal. He is also survived by his father, Edward “Buster” Reeves of Leroy, AL; sister, Allison Hughston (Mike)...

Lloyd Gilchrist

Lloyd Gilchrist

Nov 23, 2020

Lloyd Gilchrist, 73, of Dickinson, passed away November 23, 2020 at his home with his loving family by his side. Born December 22, 1946 to Edward Dennie Gilchrist and Lovella Jane Kinman Gilchrist. Lloyd worked for Scotch Lumber as a Game Warden for 32 years, his hobbies were hunting and fishing the land and waterways around Grove Hill. He especially...

Mary Brunson

Mary Brunson

Nov 20, 2020

Mary Jean Howell Brunson, 80, of Jackson, passed away Friday, November 20, 2020 at Jackson Health Care Facility. She was born in Coffeeville on April 18, 1940 to David and Esther McCloskey Howell. She was a member of Stave Creek Baptist Church in Jackson. She had been a minister’s wife for most of her adult life, but she had also...

Richard Postma

Richard Postma

Nov 12, 2020

Richard “Dick” Dwight Postma, 77, of Grove Hill, passed away Thursday, November 12, 2020 at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. He was born in Tracy, MN on January 20, 1943 to Lawrence and Madeline Ykema Postma, both of whom preceded him in death. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, he was an armorer aboard the USS Independence during the Bay of...

Glan Rawls

Glan Rawls

Nov 11, 2020

Glan Rawls, 85, of Leroy, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Red Level on September 30, 1935 to Calvin and Merlie Gorum Rawls. A member of The First Baptist Church of Leroy, he was also a veteran of the U.S. Army and served during the Korean Conflict. He was a devoted family man...

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