OBITUARIES

Michael Reid

Michael Reid

May 14, 2020

Michael Darren Reid, 50, of Jackson, passed away Thursday, May 14, 2020 in Grove Hill. He was born in Jackson on October 6, 1969 to Lamar and Ann Brown Reid. A truck driver with Billy Barnes trucking for almost 18 years, he enjoyed restoring older vehicles and Alabama football. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of...

Barbara Hicks

Barbara Hicks

May 10, 2020

Barbara Ann Odom Hicks, 65, of Semmes, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born June 12, 1954 in Thomasville to Willie Odom and Annie Pearl Harvell Odom. A homemaker, she was a gifted musician who could play several instruments and sing. She often wrote songs and poetry and also enjoyed sewing, especially clothing for her...

Betty Silcox

Betty Silcox

May 9, 2020

Betty Joyce Todd Silcox, 65, of Citronelle, passed away Saturday, May 9, 2020 at SAAD Hospice in Mobile. She was born November 21, 1954 in Washington County to Benjamin Rex Todd and Fannie Mae Wallace Todd. She had been employed as a nurse assistant at the Washington County Nursing Home and Home Health and worked at the Citronelle Nutrition...

Jay Miller

Jay Miller

May 5, 2020

Jay Miller, 75, of Grove Hill, AL died on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 in his home. He was born May 17, 1944 in Anderson, Indiana to the late William G. and Catherine J. (Hodson) Miller. Jay spent his formative years in Lapel, Indiana where he excelled in sports, namely basketball and baseball. He served his country in the U.S. Army,...

Irvin Quinn

Irvin Quinn

May 1, 2020

Irvin T. “Buddy” Quinn, III, 62, of Grove Hill, passed away Friday, May 1, 2020 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS. He was born in Arkansas on August 16, 1957 to Irvin T. Quinn, Jr. and Mary Coleman Quinn. A brilliant man who taught himself numerous languages, he enjoyed music of all types, crossword puzzles and drawing. He...

Susan Jones

Susan Jones

Apr 30, 2020

Susan Gordon Jones died peacefully in her home surrounded by family members on April 30, 2020, after a long struggle with cancer. Susan was born to William E. (Dooley) and Vivian H. Gordon on November 21, 1953, in Grove Hill, Alabama. She grew up there, playing with her siblings and numerous life-long friends. In 1972, she graduated from Clarke County...

Charlotte Harrison

Charlotte Harrison

Apr 30, 2020

Charlotte Mauldin Harrison, 76, of Grove Hill, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born in Thomasville on February 10, 1944 to Woodrow Mauldin and Nell Rea Cassidy Mauldin, both of whom preceded her in death. A retired teacher’s aide at Wilson Hall Middle School in Grove Hill, she was a member of Pine View Baptist...

Lucie Lightsey

Lucie Lightsey

Apr 27, 2020

Lucie Downey Lightsey, 39, of Jackson, passed away Monday, April 27, 2020 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born in Waynesboro, MS on August 19, 1980 to Jerry Downey and Deborah Fay Brown. She had been employed in the medical records department at Jackson Medical Center. Her many hobbies included party planning, movies, art, music, DIY projects...

Donald Gibson

Donald Gibson

Apr 24, 2020

Donald Ray Gibson, 63, of Jackson, passed away Friday, April 24, 2020. He was born March 23, 1957 to Windle R. “Bob” Gibson and Frankie M. McGilberry Gibson in Mobile. An avid hunter and fisherman, he enjoyed sharing those activities with his sons and was also a fan of The University of Alabama football program. His children attended Jackson...

Helen Skipper

Helen Skipper

Apr 22, 2020

Helen O’Melia Skipper was born September 27, 1947 to the late Thomas Harrison O’Melia Sr and Virginia Harrigan O’Melia in Chicago, Illinois. Grove Hill, AL was her childhood home. She finished high school at Georgetown Visitation then attended the University of Alabama. Helen spent the first half of her adult life rearing her four boys, attending countless baseball and...

Mack Sellers

Mack Sellers

Apr 20, 2020

Mack Lofton Sellers, 77, of Satsuma and previously of Coffeeville, passed away Monday, April 20, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. He was born in Wilmer on September 4, 1942 to Jessie Lofton Sellers and Margaret Agnes Davis Sellers. After moving to Satsuma, he attended Creola First Baptist Church, but he had been a lifelong member of Ulcanush Baptist Church in...

Oveta Pierce

Oveta Pierce

Apr 14, 2020

Oveta Marie Pierce, 57, of Daphne, passed away Tuesday, April 14, 2020 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born March 19, 1963 in Jackson. A member of 3 Circle Church in Daphne, she had previously been employed as a licensed practical nurse at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. She enjoyed all types of crafts, especially furniture restoration and...

Pauline Johnson

Pauline Johnson

Apr 13, 2020

Pauline “Polly” Johnson, 87, of Grove Hill, passed away Monday, April 13, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center. She was born in Jackson on October 12, 1932 to Glover Wade Horton, Sr. and Gwendolyn Finch Horton. A member of Grove Hill United Methodist Church, she had been employed with the Alabama Department of Transportation. She enjoyed reading, Facebook and was...

Curtis Howell

Curtis Howell

Apr 11, 2020

Curtis Allen Howell, 74, of Jackson, passed away Saturday, April 11, 2020 at SAAD Healthcare in Mobile. He was born June 12, 1945 in Coffeeville. A member of Clearwater Assembly of God Church in Wagarville, he had retired from the payroll department at Boise Cascade. He enjoyed spending time with his beloved wife and family, eating out, yard work...

Robert Mckee

Robert Mckee

Apr 9, 2020

Robert Allen “Bob” McKee, 88, of Jackson, passed away April 9, 2020 at Rush Foundation Hospital in Meridian, MS. He was born March 21, 1932 to Howard and Alma Robbins McKee in Lineville. He was an entrepreneur that started The Medical Store in Jackson and other locations around the state and operated them for 41 years. He was much...

Harvey Pierce

Harvey Pierce

Apr 9, 2020

Harvey Anthony “Tony” Pierce, 81, of Daphne and formerly of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, April 9, 2020 at his residence. He was born May 2, 1938 to Grady Anthony Pierce and Edith Marie Young Pierce in Fulton, MS. He retired from Boise Cascade as a power house operator and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. A former member...

Eddie Gallagher

Eddie Gallagher

Apr 7, 2020

Eddie Lynn Gallagher, 71, of Thomasville, passed away Tuesday, April 7, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center. She was born April 14, 1948 to Katherine and E.S. Lisenbe. She was a kind soul that loved The Lord and enjoyed knitting and jigsaw puzzles. She truly enjoyed the simple things in live. She exemplified 1 Corinthians 13:13 in that she loved...

John Haag

John Haag

Apr 4, 2020

John Francis Haag, 83, of Chatom, passed away April 4, 2020, at his residence. He was born September 19, 1936 in Mobile to Roy Ernest Haag and Lula Coaker Haag, both of whom preceded him in death. He grew up in Fruitdale and helped his parents run the Fruitdale Café and General Store which was a center of the community,...

Andrea Etheredge

Andrea Etheredge

Mar 31, 2020

Andrea Suzanne “Susie” Harris Etheredge, 57, of Jackson, passed away Tuesday, March 31, 2020 at her residence. She was born April 7, 1962 in Jackson to Woodrow Wilson Harris, Sr. and Margaret Anne Harris. She had attended Stave Creek Baptist Church in Jackson and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren, arts and crafts, raising flowers, interior decorating, fishing and...

Katherine Bradford

Katherine Bradford

Mar 30, 2020

Katherine Bradford, 77, of Dickinson, passed away Monday, March 30, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born May 2, 1942 in Gainestown to Dewey Syphrit and Vivian Kittrell Syphrit. She was a retired postal worker at the Jackson office and was an active member of Fulton Baptist Church where she was a member of the choir. She enjoyed cooking, crocheting,...