OBITUARIES

Mar 29, 2020

Cynthia Gayle Callaway Marshall, 63, of Gainestown, passed away Sunday, March 29, 2020 at her residence surrounded by family. She was born on September 16, 1956 to Elba Callaway and Josie M. Stephens Callaway in Fulton. A member of Jones Chapel Methodist Protestant Church in Gainestown, she had been employed as a technical operator at Boise Cascade. She had previously...

Mar 28, 2020

Mary Frances Butts, 70, of Millry, passed away March 28, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born August 22, 1949 to Mack and Frances Tate Koen. Mary will always be remembered for being a wonderful wife, mother, and grandmother. She loved being able to stay home and care for her family especially cooking. She loved the outdoors and the spending...

Mar 28, 2020

Ruby James Jones, 90, of Coffeeville, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2020 at Jackson Health Care Facility. She was born January 15, 1930 to Levingston Eugene “Genie” James and Mellie Lillian Roberts James in Clarke County. She was a member of Jones Chapel Church of Christ and had been employed Thomasville Adult Adjustment Center. She enjoyed quilting, sewing, cooking, crocheting...

Mar 23, 2020

Kathy Virginia Bryan Gartman, 62, of Camden and formerly of Leroy, passed away Monday, March 23, 2020 at her residence. She was born March 17, 1958 to Malcom Bryan and Virginia Powell Bryan Sullivan in Jackson. She was employed as a loan officer at Community National Bank in Camden and a proud alumnus of Leroy High School. A devoted wife...

Mar 22, 2020

Willie Kathryn “Patty” Goodwin Gilchrist, 79, of Grove Hill, passed away Sunday, March 22, 2020 at Thomasville Healthcare and Rehabilitation. She was born June 5, 1940 to T.J. and Elsie Kelley Goodwin. An active member of Union Baptist Church in Grove Hill, she had taught Sunday School and sang in the church choir. She enjoyed sewing, quilting and spending time...

Mar 21, 2020

Jean Carpenter Roark, 87, of Jackson, reunited with her husband Vaughn A. Roark on Saturday, March 21, 2020 at her residence. She was born February 25, 1933 to Willie and Dovie Duncan Carpenter. She was an active member of the First Baptist Church of Jackson and was a retired employee of Alabama Power Company. After retirement, she relocated to Hope...

Mar 18, 2020

Memorial Service will be held Saturday, March 27, 2021 at 1:00 pm at Lathan Funeral Home, Grove Hill.

Patricia Glenn Jones, 60, of Grove Hill, passed away Wednesday, March 18, 2020 at her residence. She was born May 13, 1959 in Montgomery to Billy Morris Glenn, Sr. and Wanda Faye Waldrop Glenn. A veteran educator...

Mar 10, 2020

Ruth Ann Keeth Smelley, 85, of Whatley, passed away Tuesday, March 10, 2020 at Crowne Health Nursing Home in Mobile. She was born in Fayette County on May 20, 1934 to Wiley B. Keeth and Modie Jane Sanford Keeth. A homemaker, she was also an active member of Amity Baptist Church in Whatley where she was a Sunday School teacher...

Mar 7, 2020

Betty Eileen Turnbow, 82, of Grove Hill, passed away Saturday, March 7, 2020 at Grove Hill Memorial Hospital. She was born May 22, 1937 in Illinois to Henry Walter Shain and Arvilla Wickiser Shain. She has been employed as an operator in several factories. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, crochet, watching westerns and wrestling on TV and spending time with her...

Mar 4, 2020

Wilda Gray Johnson, 87, of Jackson, passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center. She was born in Jackson on February 8, 1933 to Lasander Frank Rice and Elsie Gray Hendrix Rice. A member of Rockville Baptist Church and a retired employee of Vanity Fair, she enjoyed cooking, hunting, fishing and spending time with her family. She also...

Feb 28, 2020

Gerald Overstreet, Sr., 71, of Gainestown, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center surrounded by family. He was born July 4, 1948 to Condy Overstreet and Willie Jeanette Jones Overstreet. A lifelong member of Perry’s Chapel United Methodist Church in Gainestown, he was also a devoted father, grandfather and great-grandfather. He enjoyed fishing, hunting and gardening and...

Feb 28, 2020

James “Mac” Leiland McDonald, 79, of Jackson, passed away Friday, February 28, 2020 at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. He was born November 22, 1940 to Carlos McDonald and Onzie Pugh McDonald, both of whom preceded him in death. A retired employee at Clarke Washington EMC, he had previously been employed as “The Milkman” for 25 years. He enjoyed hunting, feeding...

Feb 26, 2020

Merry Sims Sturdivant, 76, of Mobile, passed away Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Mobile Infirmary. She was born December 20, 1943 in Mobile to John W. Sims and Louise Ryals Sims. A real estate bookkeeper, she was a devoted mother who enjoyed painting watercolors and playing cards. She was preceded in death by her parents and children, Judson Lambard, Jr....

Feb 22, 2020

John Joseph Miller, III, 71, of Grove Hill, passed away Saturday, February 22, 2020. He was born July 27, 1948 to John Joseph Miller, Jr. and Mamie Palmer Brumfield in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. A proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, he served two tours in Vietnam prior to returning home and earning an engineering degree at LSU. He was...

Feb 20, 2020

Joseph Williams "Billy" Cleiland, age 87, passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika, Alabama. He was born July 21, 1932 to Maebelle and James Maybanks Cleiland, Sr. in Jackson, Alabama. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1950, joined the US Air Force, and graduated from Auburn University. He made his career in education,...

Feb 14, 2020

James Harold White, Sr., 83, of Jackson, passed away Friday, February 14, 2020 in Jackson. He was born October 28, 1936 in Salitpa to Reginald Young White and Barbara Deas White. An active member of River Hill Baptist Church in the Salitpa community, he was also a veteran of the U.S. Army. He had retired with 27 years of service...

Feb 12, 2020

Davis M. Henson, Jr., 90, of Chatom, passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2020 at his residence. He was born December 17, 1929 to Davis M. Henson, Sr. and Stella Dorothy Schell Henson in Chatom. An active member of Chatom Baptist Church, he was a deacon and Sunday School teacher for 58 years. After earning his civil engineering degree at Auburn...

Feb 7, 2020

Walter Grey Brooks, 89, of Jackson, passed away Friday, February 7, 2020 at his residence. He was born May 12, 1930 to James Jackson Brooks and Willie Mae Champion Brooks in Coffeeville. An industrial salesman, he was also a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a charter member of Forest Avenue Baptist Church in Jackson. His favorite activities included singing,...

Feb 1, 2020

Vivian C. Goldman, 85, of Millry, passed away Saturday, February 1, 2020 at Washington County Nursing Home. She was born March 21, 1934 to Norman Carpenter and Ella Carney Dixon. A self-employed beautician, she was also an active member of Spring Hill Baptist Church. A caretaker by nature, she enjoyed spending time with friends and family. Her other interests included...

Jan 31, 2020

Harry-O Hamilton, 79, of Jackson, passed away Friday, January 31, 2020 at Jackson Medical Center. He was born October 13, 1940 to Floyd Monroe Hamilton and Mattie Rester Hamilton in Grand Bay. He was employed for 38 years as a millwright with Boise Cascade and served in the U.S. National Guard. A member of Forest Avenue Baptist Church in Jackson,...