Obituaries

Robert "Big R" Holliman

Robert "Big R" Holliman

May 31, 2011

Mr. Robert “Big R” Holliman, age 68 of Belk, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 2nd at 3:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel Funeral Home in Fayette, AL with Bro. James Moss, Bro. Tommy Hughes and Bro. Ralph Smith officiating. Burial will follow in the Caines Ridge Cemetery. The family will receive...

Howard Parker

Howard Parker

May 31, 2011

Mr. Howard Parker, age 87 of Fayette, died Tuesday, May 31, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 2nd at 1:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel. Burial will be in the Oak Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends two hours prior to the service from 11:00 until 1:00 p.m. Norwood Chapel of Fayette directing.

Rodney Bailey

Rodney Bailey

May 29, 2011

Mr. Rodney Bailey, age 45 of Chilhowie, VA died Sunday, May 29, 2011 at the Smyth Co. Community Hospital in Marion, VA. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 2nd at 11:00 a.m at Flatwoods Baptist Church. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 10-11 a.m Mr. Bailey is...

Mary Lee Whitehead

Mary Lee Whitehead

May 28, 2011

Mrs. Mary Lee Whitehead age 90 of Fayette passed away Saturday May 28, 2011 at her residence. Funeral Service for Mrs. Whitehead will be Monday May 30, 2011 at 11:00am at the Berea Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Norwood Chapel Funeral Home in Fayette directing. The visitation will be at the Berea Church of...

Carolyn Rushing

Carolyn Rushing

May 25, 2011

Carolyn Rushing age 67 of Brilliant, AL died Wednesday, May 25, 2011 at her residence. Born in Marion County, AL she is the daughter of the late Harry and Estelle Spradlin Moseley and the Wife of the late David Rushing. She had lived in Brilliant since 1980 and was a member of the Bethel Free Will Baptist Church. She had...

Nebiyou Menker "Jim" Girma

Nebiyou Menker "Jim" Girma

May 23, 2011

Nebiyou Menker “JIM” Girma, age 46, of Gainesville, Georgia, passed away on Monday, May 23, 2011, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center. Jim was born on November 14, 1964, in Ethiopia to Mulumbet Yelma of Ethiopia and the late Menker Girma. He was the former owner of N & M Convenience Stores and also ABC Foods in Cornelia, Georgia. He was...

Patricia Dison

Patricia Dison

May 22, 2011

Mrs. Patricia Ann Dison, age 61 of Millport, died Sunday, May 22, 2011 at her residence. A graveside service will be held Tuesday, May 24th at 2:00 p.m. at the Meadow Branch Cemetery with Bro. Chester Shaw officiating. Mrs. Dison was born August 21, 1949 in Vernon, the daughter of the late Grady B. and Zora Fowler Strickland. She was...

Jessie B. Smith

Jessie B. Smith

May 21, 2011

Jessie B. Smith age 83 of Guin, AL died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at her residence. Born in Guin, AL she is the daughter of the late Grover and Rosa Beasley Smith. She had lived in Guin and Pea Ridge Community all of her life and was a member of the Liberty Free Will Baptist Church. She is survived by...

Kathleen Ann Stafford

Kathleen Ann Stafford

May 21, 2011

Kathleen Ann Stafford age 58 of Vernon, AL died Saturday, May 21, 2011 at her residence. She was born in Kalamazoo Michigan to the late Mark Boyd and Lena May Hodges Farrow. She was a Sunday school teacher and was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church in the Hightogy Community near Vernon, AL. Kathleen and her Husband J.B....

David Parmatier

David Parmatier

May 19, 2011

Mr. David Michael Parmatier, age 52 of Northport, died Thursday, May 19, 2011 at his residence. Funeral services will be held Monday, May 23rd at 3:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel Funeral Home in Fayette. Burial will be in the Sand Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00-3:00 P.M. prior to the service. David was born March 3, 1959...

Reba Jo Crowe

Reba Jo Crowe

May 19, 2011

Mrs. Reba Jo Robertson Crowe, age 76 of Fayette, died Thursday, May 19, 2011 at Fayette Long Term Care Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m.Monday, May 23, 2011 at Norwood Chapel with Rev. Scott Davis and Kevin Beard officiating. Burial will be in the Pinhook Cemetery in Lamar County. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from...

Rhonda Markham Meador

Rhonda Markham Meador

May 12, 2011

Rhonda Markham Meador age 53 of Guin, AL died Thursday, May 12, 2011 at her residence. Born in Marion County, AL she is the Daughter of the late Bobby Ray and Autress Cantrell Markham. She had lived in the Guin area all of her life and was a member of the Guin First Baptist Church and was actively involved in...

Wayne Vaughn

Wayne Vaughn

May 9, 2011

Wayne Vaughn age 63 of Guin, AL died Monday, May 9, 2011 at his residence. Born in Lamar County, he is the Son of the late Paul Earnest and Kate Bozeman Vaughn, and the Husband of Lavonne Jeffreys Vaughn. He had lived in Guin all of his life, was a member of the Guin First Baptist Church, and was a...

Anna Gordon

Anna Gordon

May 9, 2011

Mrs. Anna Gordon age 23 of Tuscaloosa the daughter of Chris and Pam Gordon passed away Monday at the UAB Medical Center in Birmingham. Funeral Service for Anna will be Thursday at 11:00AM at the Tuscaloosa Memorial Funeral with burial to follow in the Tuscaloosa Memorial Park. The visitation will be Wednesday evening from 6:00pm until 8:00pm at the funeral...

Millie Barnes

Millie Barnes

May 7, 2011

Millie Gray Barnes age 86 of Guin, AL died Saturday, May 7, 2011 in the Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, AL. Born in Lamar County, AL she is the Daughter of the late George Jefferson and Idella Sorralls Brown and the Wife of the late James Paul Barnes. She had lived in Guin most of her life and had worked...

Ralph Watkins

Ralph Watkins

Apr 30, 2011

Mr. Ralph Watkins age 70 of Millport formerely of Belk passed away Saturday at his residence. Arrangements will be announced by Dowdle Funeral Home in Millport.

Leon & Sylvia Spruell

Leon & Sylvia Spruell

Apr 27, 2011

Mr. Leon Spruell, age 76 and his wife Sylvia Spruell, age 69 of the Boley Springs community were fatally injured in the tornado that struck the Boley Springs community on Wednesday April 27th . Joint funeral services for Mr. and Mrs. Spruell will be held Monday evening at 7:00 p.m.at Norwood Chapel. The visitation will be one hour prior to...

Margaret Espy

Margaret Espy

Apr 26, 2011

Mrs. Margaret Espy, age 84 of Bankston, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Hospice of West Alabama. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced later by Norwood Chapel.

Louise Rowland

Louise Rowland

Apr 26, 2011

Mrs. Louise Rowland, age 90 of Fayette, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011 at Fayette Long Term Care Center. Funeral services will be Friday morning, April 29th at 11:00 a.m. at the Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church with Rev. Oneal Watkins officiating. The body will lie in state at the church from 10:30-11:00 a.m. Burial will follow in the Mt. Vernon...

Patricia G. Parker

Patricia G. Parker

Apr 16, 2011

Mrs. Patricia G. Parker, age 68 of Plantersville, AL died Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Warren Manor Health Center. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 20th at the Harmony Holiness Church in Duncanville, AL with Bro. Ralph Lowery and Bro. David Beard officiating. Burial will follow in the Kinard-Mathis Cemetery. Mrs. Parker was born April 9,...