Obituaries
Ollie Ruth Ballard Stricklin
Oct 1, 2012
Ollie Ruth Ballard Stricklin age 99 of Guin, AL died Monday, October 1, 2012 in the Golden Living Center in Winfield, AL. Born in Fayette County, AL she is the Daughter of the late James William and Eliza Sultana Owens Ballard and the Wife of the late Jessie Stricklin. She had lived in Guin the past 35 years, was a...
Floyd Thacker
Sep 5, 2012
Mr. Floyd Thacker, age 85 of Fayette, died Wed. September 5, 2012 at Fayette Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Sept. 8, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel. Burial will follow in the Bevan Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel.
Craig Studdard
Sep 4, 2012
Mr. Craig Edward Studdard, age 48 of Berry, died Tuesday, September 04, 2012 at Trinity Hospital in Birmingham. A Memorial service will be held Wednesday, September 5th at 6:00 p.m. at the Bevan Chapel Baptist Church. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 5:00-6:00 p.m. Mr. Studdard was born July 6, 1964 in Fayette County....
Jay "little Bud" Rowe
Sep 1, 2012
Mr. Jay "Little Bud" Rowe age 72 of Fayette passed away Saturday, September 1, 2012 at the Hospice of West Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Funeral Service will be Wednesday September 5, 2012 at 2:00pm at Norwood Chapel with Rev. Victor Bonner officiating. Burial will follow at the Flatwoods Cemetery. The visitation will be Tuesday from 7:00pm until 9:00pm at Norwood Chapel....
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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...