Obituaries

John Allen Stokes

John Allen Stokes

Aug 29, 2012

Mr. John Allen Stokes, age 87 of Kennedy, died Wednesday, August 29, 2012 at Generations of Vernon. Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 1st at 2:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel. Rev. Ken Holliman, Sister Amy Lowery, Rev. Dax Lancaster and Rev. Jack Taylor officiating. Burial will be in the Caines Ridge cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening...

Olene Whitley

Olene Whitley

Aug 21, 2012

Mrs. Olene Whitley, age 89 of Fayette, died Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Sand Springs Baptist Church with Rev. Regan Rye, Rev. C.W. Box and Chaplain Lenard Rigsby officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:00...

Margaret Belk

Margaret Belk

Aug 21, 2012

Mrs. Margaret Belk, age 83 of Belk, died Thursday, August 21, 2012 at DCH Regional Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 23rd at 2:00 p.m. at Belk Free Will Baptist Church with Rev. Lamar Cox and Rev. Ed Nabors officiating. Burial will follow in the Antioch cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m....

Etta Jackson

Etta Jackson

Aug 16, 2012

Mrs. Etta Mae Jackson, age 60 of Fayette, died Thursday, August 16, 2012 at Fayette Long Term Care Center. Graveside services will be held Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at Bankhead Cemetery with Pastor Major Charleston officiating. Mrs. Jackson is survived by her daughter, Pamela (Donald) Graham; two sons, JaMarious Jackson and Zachary Jackson; one granddaughter, Shamela Wallace;...

Cullen Pendley

Cullen Pendley

Aug 11, 2012

Mr. Cullen Pendley age 69 of Berry passed away Saturday August 11, 2012 at the Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M.,Monday, August 13th at Norwood Chapel with Bro. Raymond Fowler and Bro. Gerald Rice officiating. Burial will follow in the Painter cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m....

Thurston Ruell Hindman

Thurston Ruell Hindman

Aug 9, 2012

Mr. Thurston Ruell Hindman age 86 of Belk, passed away Thursday at the Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Funeral services will be held Saturday, August 11, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel with Bro. Tommy Roberts officiating. Burial will follow in the Antioch cemetery. The family will receive friends from 12:30 – 2:00 p.m. prior to the service....

Kaden Richard Birmingham

Kaden Richard Birmingham

Aug 5, 2012

Kaden Richard Birmingham, nine day old son of Orland and Ronnie Norris Birmingham of Belk, died August 5, 2012 at Children’s of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham. Funeral services will be held Thursday, August 9th at 7:00 P.M. at Norwood Chapel. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 6:00-7:00. Kaden was born July 27, 2012 at...

Ruby Dean Atkinson

Ruby Dean Atkinson

Aug 2, 2012

Mrs. Ruby Dean Atkinson, age 86 of Wayside, died Thursday, August 2, 2012 at her residence. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Aug. 4th at 2:00 P.M. at Piney Grove Freewill Baptist Church. Burial will be in the Gu-Win Memorial Gardens cemetery. The body will lie in state at the church from 1:00-2:00 P.M. The family will receive friends Friday...

Jessie Wooldridge

Jessie Wooldridge

Jul 27, 2012

Jessie Wooldridge age 57 of Columbus, MS died Friday in the University Medical Center in Jackson, MS. Born in Columbus, MS, he is the Son of the late George Wayne and Velma Moore Wooldridge. He had lived in the Columbus area most of his life and was a member of the Full Gospel Worship Center in Vernon, AL. He enjoyed...

Paul Lewis

Paul Lewis

Jul 21, 2012

Mr. James Paul Lewis, age 57 of Northport, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 at his residence. Funeral services for Mr.Lewis, will be held Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel with Bro. Kerry Richardson officiating. Burial will follow in the Chapel Hill cemetery.The family will receive friends Thursday one hour prior to the service from 2:00-3:00 p.m....

Ella Jean Bourland

Ella Jean Bourland

Jul 20, 2012

Ella Jean Bourland, age 65 passed away peacefully on Friday, July 20, 2012 in her home in Fayette, Alabama. Jean as most knew her was born in Eldorado, IL on January 28, 1947 to the late Doyle and Loretta Jane (Gibson) Perkins. On July 3, 1971 she married Allan Bourland who survives. Jean was a homemaker, she loved to sew,...

Roger Dale Whatley, Sr.

Roger Dale Whatley, Sr.

Jul 9, 2012

Mr. Roger Dale Whatley, Sr. age 61 of Fayette, died Monday, July 9, 2012 at his residence. Graveside services will be held Thursday, July 19th at 11:00 a.m. at Cedar Hill cemetery in Bessemer. Norwood Chapel of Fayette directing.

Ina F. Gilpin

Ina F. Gilpin

Jul 5, 2012

Mrs. Ina F. Gilpin, age 86 of Fayette, died Thursday, July 5, 2012 at Fayette Long Term Care Center. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 8th at 2:00 p.m. at the Macedonia-Gumbud Baptist Church with Dr. Dale Mitchell officiating. Burial followed in the Fayette Memorial Gardens cemetery. Mrs. Gilpin was born September 17, 1925 in Bankston. She was a resident...

Etta Dodson Grimsley

Etta Dodson Grimsley

Jun 28, 2012

Mrs. Etta D. Grimsley, age 96 of Fayette, died Thursday, June 28, 2012 at Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa, AL. Funeral services will be held Sunday, July 1st at 3:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel with Rev. Scott Davis officiating. Burial will follow in the Fayette City cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 -3:00 p.m. prior to the...

James Alan Jackson

James Alan Jackson

Jun 23, 2012

James Alan Jackson age 59 of Guin, AL died Saturday, June 23, 2012 at his residence. Born in Wetumpka, AL he is the Son of Auta V. “Jack” Jackson and the late Sarah Elizabeth Thornton Jackson. He had lived in Guin most of his life and was a Veteran of the Vietnam War having served in the US Airforce. He...

Harold "Big Time" Jones

Harold "Big Time" Jones

Jun 23, 2012

Mr. Leslie Harold "Big Time" Jones, age 63 of Kennedy, died Saturday, June 23, 2012 at Hospice of West Alabama. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Belk Free Will Baptist Church. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to services from 1:00-2:00 p.m. Burial will follow in...

Dorothy Bowles Baker

Dorothy Bowles Baker

Jun 23, 2012

Mrs. Dorothy Bowles Baker, age 82 of Fayette, died Saturday, June 23, 2012 at the Golden Living Center in Winfield. Funeral services will be held Tuesday, June 26th at 10:00 a.m. at Norwood Chapel with Rev. Scotty Stovall officiating. Burial will follow in the Cedar Grove cemetery. The visitation will be Monday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel. Mrs....

Joe Lee Ellis

Joe Lee Ellis

Jun 17, 2012

Mr. Joe Lee Ellis, age 51 of Montgomery, formerly of Fayette, died Sunday, June 17 in Montgomery. Graveside services will be held Friday, June 22, 2012 at the Cleveland Church of Christ cemetery, with Bro. Phillip Harkness officiating. Norwood Chapel of Fayette directing.

Dan Earl Stines

Dan Earl Stines

Jun 14, 2012

Mr. Dan Earl Stines age 77 of Fayette passed away Thursday June 14, 2012 at the Fayette Medical Center. Funeral service for Mr. Stines will be Saturday June 16, 2012 at 2:00pm at Norwood Chapel with Jeffery Stines officiating. Burial will follow at the Boone Cemetery. SURVIVORS 2 daughters, Angie (Katie) Stines and Diane Huhm 2 sisters, Cherry Bigham, and...

Freida Young

Freida Young

Jun 3, 2012

Mrs. Freida Young age 73 of the Concord Community passed away Sunday at the Fayette Medical Center. Graveside services will be held Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at El Bethel Buncomb cemetery with Bro. Terry Oswalt officiating. The visitation will be held Tuesday evening from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel. Survivors include her daughter, Betsy Young of Fayette;...