Obituaries
Mrs. Jean Ricks
Jul 3, 2011
Mrs. Ricks died Sunday July 3, 2011 at the Fayette Long Term Care Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, July 9th at 11:00 A.M. at the Fayette First United Methodist Church. Burial will follow in the Fayette Memorial Gardens cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from from 10:00-11:00 A.M. Mrs. Ricks was the...
Mr. Philip Morgan
Jul 2, 2011
Mr. Philip Morgan age 53 of Fayette passed away Saturday July 2, 2011 at his residence. Funeral Service will be Wednesday July 6, at 2:00 PM at Norwood Chapel with burial to follow at the Mt. Vernon Cemetery. The visitation will be Wednesday one hour prior to the service. Norwood Chapel Funeral Home in Fayette, directing. Mr. Morgan was born...
Bobby Benton
Jun 29, 2011
Bobby Benton age 64 of Fayette, AL formerly of Guin, AL died Wednesday, June 29, 2011 in the Fayette Medical Center in Fayette, AL. Born in Fayette County, AL he is the Son of the late Clovis and Edna Holcomb Benton and the Husband of Shirley Crews Benton. He had lived in Guin and Fayette most of his life, was...
Nelda Jean Noe Ford
Jun 22, 2011
Nelda Jean Noe Ford age 82 of Sulligent, AL died Wednesday, June 22, 2011 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS. She was born in Lamar County to the late B.M. and Gladys Young Noe and the wife of the late J.D. Ford. Nelda was a member of the Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church and a life long...
James Lipsey
Jun 17, 2011
James Lipsey age 54 of Beaverton, AL died Friday, June 17, 2011 at his residence. Born in Lamar County, AL he is the Son of the late Printess and Agustia Metcalf Lipsey. He married Terrie Madison Lipsey on December 30, 1977 and in their union they had 3 Sons. He served in the US Army and retired form the Nation...
Butch Frye
Jun 16, 2011
Butch Frye age 65 of Guin, AL died Friday, June 17, 2011 at his residence. Born in Jasper, AL he is the son of James Frye and the late Dorothy Hunt Frye. and the Husband of the late Jeanette Foster Frye. He had lived in Guin the past 38 years. He retired from Northwest Alabama Gas Company, owner of F...
Eval Jean Howton
Jun 15, 2011
Mrs. Eval Jean Howton, age 69 of Berry, died Wednesday, June 15, 2011 at Fayette Medical Center. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 18th at 2:00 p.m. at Bevan Chapel Baptist Church with Rev. Randall Trimm and Rev. Larry Woods officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday evening from 5:00-8:00 p.m. at...
Nellie Spears
Jun 9, 2011
Mrs. Nellie Irene Spears, age 83 of Fayette, died Thursday, June 9, 2011 at her residence. Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, June 12, 2011 at Norwood Chapel with the Reverend Kathy Griffith officiating. Burial will follow in the Fayette Memorial Gardens cemetery. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service from 1:00-2:00. Mrs. Spears was...
Herb Lowe
Jun 8, 2011
Herbert Charles Lowe January 8, 1930 - June 8, 2011 Mr. Herbert Charles Lowe was born January 8, 1930 in Little Rock, Arkansas. He was a graduate of Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, AR and Michigan State University in Lansing, Michigan. Always and forever a United States Marine, “Daddy Herb” as he is affectionately named, served in...
Beatrice "Bidy" McCormick
Jun 6, 2011
Mrs. Beatrice “Bidy” McCormick, age 86 of Fayette, died Monday, June 6, 2011 at her residence. A Memorial Service will be held Thursday, June 9th at 11:00 a.m. at Norwood Chapel with Bro. Don Elledge and Bro. Paul Busby officiating. Mrs. McCormick was born January 20, 1925 in the Zion Community in Pickens County. She is the daughter of the...
Ralph Arnold Pendley
Jun 3, 2011
Mr. Ralph Arnold Pendley, age 65 of Fayette, died Friday, June 3, 2011 at Fayette Long Term Care Center. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Norwood Chapel.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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....


