OBITUARIES

Shirley Burge

Shirley Burge

Aug 23, 2015

Shirley Ann Whatley Burge, 90, of Grove Hill, passed away August 23, 2015 at her residence. She was born March 26, 1925. She was employed with the Clarke County Board of Education at CCHS as a teacher's aide and secretary. An avid football fan, she loved all the teams from high school, college and professional ranks. She was a...

Thomas Gates

Thomas Gates

Aug 17, 2015

Thomas Bedford Gates, 72, of Whatley, passed away August 17, 2015 at his residence. He was born March 4, 1943. A former bridge tender for Norfolk Southern Railroad, he loved to work with his animals and enjoyed gardening, woodworking and being outdoors. He loved his family, especially children, and always made people laugh. He is preceded in death by...

Thomas Gilchrist

Thomas Gilchrist

Aug 17, 2015

Arrangements under the direction of Lathan Funeral Home, Grove Hill, AL.

Robert Jackowski

Robert Jackowski

Aug 4, 2015

Robert Joseph Jackowski, 64, of Vinegar Bend, passed away August 4, 2015 at Providence Hospital in Mobile. He was born July 24, 1951. An electrician with Morris Industrial, he was a loving husband, father and grandfather. He also loved hunting and fishing and was a member of the Fruitdale Volunteer Fire Department. He had been a member of the...

David Keller

David Keller

Aug 1, 2015

David Lee Keller, 85, a native of Morgan City, Louisiana, and a long-time resident of Greenwood, and later Grove Hill, Alabama, died peacefully at his home, August 1, 2015. He was born December 18, 1929, in Bayou Louis, Louisiana. He was the sixth child of ten children. He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church and a member...

Annie Gates

Annie Gates

Jul 19, 2015

Annie Clarice Gates, 92, of Grove Hill, died Sunday, July 19, 2015 at her home. She was a native of Clarke County, the daughter o Thomas Goodwin and Mattie Kinman Goodwin. She held many jobs in her lifetime, but her most treasured time was spend as a homemaker, loving wife, mother and grandmother. She enjoyed sewing, quilting, gardening and...

Robert Smith

Robert Smith

Jul 13, 2015

Rev. Robert "Bobby" Henri Smith, 85, of Chatom, passed away July 13, 2015 at Washington County Hospital. He was born April 28, 1930. A Southern Baptist minister for 63 years, he served as a chaplain for the Chatom Police Department and the Washington County Commission, served for 16 years as the Washington County Coroner, owned Smith Ambulance Service and...

Glen Douglas

Glen Douglas

Jul 12, 2015

Glen Arliss Douglas, age 77, was born September 11, 1937 to Mr. Collie Douglas and Mrs. Edith Palmer Douglas. Mr. Douglas died at his home in Millry, AL on July 12, 2015. He had worked in the construction industry and was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Millry, AL. Mr. Douglas is predeceased by his parents and two...

Lisa Dungan

Lisa Dungan

Jul 9, 2015

Lisa Mechelle Waite Dungan, 35, passed away July 9, 2015. She was born August 4, 1979. A loving daughter, mother and wife, she was a homemaker. She is survived by her husband, David Henson, Jr.; parents, Lisa Miller and Darwin Waite; grandparents, Isiah (Voncille) Tarver and James Lee (Sylvia) Waite; children, Jacob Dungan and Tessah Waite; step children, Daniel...

Thomas Marshall

Thomas Marshall

Jul 8, 2015

Thomas Marion Marshall, age 70, born November 7, 1944, Birmingham, AL, died July 8, 2015 in Mobile, AL. Mr. Marshall had worked as Senior Customer Service Representative at Delta Airlines for 32 years prior to retirement. Mr. Marshall had served in the United States Navy aboard the USS Yorktown and was a veteran of the Vietnam War. Mr. Marshall...

Billy Coaker

Billy Coaker

Jun 29, 2015

Billy Joe Coaker, 74, a resident of Chatom, AL passed away on Monday, June 29, 2015 at Mobile Infirmary. Mr. Coaker was born on February 24, 1941 to Newt Moore Coaker and Alma Marie Hartley Coaker. He worked as a bus shop foreman with the Washington County Board of Education for 13 years. Mr. Coaker was a member of...

Claudia Dearmon

Claudia Dearmon

Jun 16, 2015

Claudia Mable Dearmon, a native of Millry, AL, was born March 5, 1939 in Jay, FL. A retired seamstress from Cam Corp in Chatom, AL, she passed away on the evening of June 16, 2015 at the age of 76. She is survived by two daughters and sons-in-law, Ginnie and Gary Johnson of Millry, AL and Ruby and Glenn...

Ruth Williamson

Ruth Williamson

Jun 12, 2015

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Friends of Clarke County Animal Shelter. Checks should be made payable to the CCDF and "shelter" noted on the memo/for line. Donations should be mailed to the Friends of Clarke County Animal Shelter, 1631 Sugar Creek Drive, Thomasville, Alabama 36784.

Doris Parnell

Doris Parnell

Jun 11, 2015

Doris Wayne Parnell, 75, of Chatom, died June 11, 2015 at Washington County Hospital. She was born July 10, 1939. She was a lifelong member of Fairhope Baptist Church of Tibbie and a homemaker. She was preceded in death by her parents, Amon Howard and Alma Howard Beech; three children, Sherry Lynn Parnell, Charles W. Parnell, Jr., an infant...

Timothy Williamson

Timothy Williamson

Jun 1, 2015

Timothy Wayne Williamson, 70, of Gosport, died June 1, 2015 at Mobile Infirmary Medical Center. He was born September 15, 1944. An avid hunter and fisherman, he was a member of Gosport Hilton Hunting Club. He was a material engineer with the Alabama Department of Transportation for 38 years and was a retired member of the Alabama National Guard....

Robert Henderson

Robert Henderson

May 23, 2015

Robert Lee Henderson, age 71, of Grove Hill, AL passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2015 at his home. Mr. Henderson worked at McMillan Bloedel for 31 years and then became the Director of Security at Alabama Southern in Monroeville, AL. In addition, he served in the U.S. Army and Army National Guard. He was preceded in death by...

Jeffery Latham

Jeffery Latham

Apr 29, 2015

Jeffrey Stancell Latham, 32, of Grove Hill, AL died April 29, 2015 in Fulton. He was born September 14, 1982. He was employed as a substitute teacher at Jackson Academy. He had earned a bachelor's degree in history from Auburn University and was working toward his master's degree. He is survived by his parents, Howard Stancell Latham and Alice...

Marjorie Mccoy

Marjorie Mccoy

Apr 28, 2015

Marjorie Faile McCoy, age 95, of Grove Hill, AL passed away on Tuesday, April 28, 2015. She was born in Prichard, AL on January 8, 1920 to the late Roy Cleveland Faile and Cora Lee Beverly. Mrs. McCoy was a retired postal worker. Her heartbeat was to reach people through various missions in her church. She is survived by...

Lucille Dixon

Lucille Dixon

Apr 26, 2015

Lucille Lenora Dixon, 91, a resident of Millry, AL passed away on April 26, 2015 at Mobile Infirmary. Mrs. Dixon was a homemaker who loved her family, cooking, singing and sewing. She wanted everyone around her to be happy or she was not happy. Mrs. Dixon was a member of New Beginnings Church in Millry. She was preceded in...

Willie Sheffeld

Willie Sheffeld

Apr 19, 2015

Willie Elisha Sheffield, age 80, born February 22, 1935, died April 19, 2015. Mr. Sheffield was a resident of Grove Hill, AL where he was a member of Magnolia Assembly of God. Mr. Sheffield was a well known figure in downtown Grove Hill for many years as the owner and barber of Kinman Barbershop. A very family oriented man,...

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