Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
WILSON
03-09-2006
Services for Josephine Idell Hudgins Wilson, 85, will be at 2 p.m. March 8 in the chapel of K. L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center with Rev Albert Freeman officiating. K.L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center will direct. Burial will be in the city cemetery.
Mrs. Wilson died March 4 at Jacksonville Medical Center.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Thomas E. and Sue Wilson of Jacksonville; two grandchildren, Gary Wilson and Wendy Wilson Minks; five great-grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.
Her husband, Henry B. Wilson; a son, James H. Wilson; and four brothers and three sisters preceded her in death.
Pallbearers will be Anthony Bennett, Brandon Willis, Clarence Hudgins, Barry Hudgins, James Hollis, Jeff Landers, Melvin Hudgins and Terry Wayne Hudgins.
Mrs. Wilson was a Blount County native and had resided in Calhoun County most of her life. She was retired from housekeeping at Jacksonville State University.
Robert “Bob” Porch Jordan
04-27-2006
One of Jacksonville’s first emergency medical technicians died at his home April 15. Graveside services were at 11 a.m. April 20 at Alexander City Cemetery.
Robert “Bob” Porch Jordan, 65, had battled heart problems for years. He had survived four heart attacks and received a number of stents. According to his fraternal twin, John “Ed” Jordan III, Bob lived longer than doctors expected.
“He had been in poor health for years,” said Ed. “When he died his heart only had 10 percent of its efficiency.”
Bob moved to Jacksonville from Alexander City in 1962, following Ed who had come in 1961. The brothers opened and managed a popular eating establishment, Dari Delite, which is now Cecil’s, while attending Jacksonville State University. Bob earned a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice from JSU. For 20 years, Bob was a respiratory therapist at Jacksonville Hospital. A lot of his time was spent, however, working with the city as a fireman and paramedic.
He retired as a 1st lieutenant with the fire department. Later, he was a greeter at the Village Inn.
He enjoyed flying and antique cars. According to Ed, Bob fancied a 1956 Packard he owned.
“He was my younger brother,” joked Ed. “I’m 15 minutes older than him. He had such a big heart. He helped a lot of people and never made a big deal out of it. People who knew him knew they could call on him and he would help them. I’m going to miss him very, very much.”
In addition to Ed, Bob is survived by Ed’s wife and daughter, Jeanne Jordan and Holly A. Jordan; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Nancy and Ralph Chabot and Martha Scott; a niece, Katie Scott Jones and her husband, Adam; three nephews and their wives, Robert and Bonnie Chabot, R. Michael and Tracy Chabot and Jordan R. Scott; three great-nephews and one great-niece.
His parents, John Edward Jordan Jr., and Miriam Porch Jordan, and a brother-in-law, Charles Scott, preceded him in death.
Pallbearers were Jordan Scott, Ralph Chabot, Adam Jones, Mayor Johnny Smith, Police Chief Tommy Thompson and Fire Chief Mike Daugherty. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Jacksonville Fire Department.
Memorial donations can be made to the American Heart Association, P. O. Box 409410, Atlanta 30384-9410, the Jacksonville Fireman’s Association, 506 Chinabee Ave., Jacksonville 36265, or to a favorite charity.
BOOZER
04-27-2006
Services for Joseph “Buddy” Henry Boozer, 78, were at 2 p.m. April 21 in the chapel of K. L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center with Rev. Dr. Deryl Wood officiating. Burial was in Green lawn Memorial Gardens.
Mr. Boozer died April 19 at Jacksonville Medical Center.
Survivors include his wife of 52 years, Lena Ruth Traylor Boozer; a daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Keith Bryant of Jacksonville; a son and daughter-in-law, James Henry and Brenda Boozer of McDonough, Ga.; two sisters, Betty Brand of Tarrant and Ophelia Pitts of Anniston; a brother, Jack Boozer of Ormond Beach, Fla.; two grandsons, Sean Boozer and his fiancé, Lindsay McBride, and David Bryant; three nieces and four nephews.
Pallbearers were Sean Boozer, David Bryant, Johnny Bryant, Wayne Glass, Jack Hildebrant, George Findley, Jimmy Cruse and Royce Johnson. Honorary pallbearers were members of the John Page Sunday School Class.
Mr. Boozer played basketball at Jacksonville High School until he graduated. He spent 20 years in the U. S. Air Force. After he retired in 1969, he worked at Fort McClellan and spent 17 years at Anniston Army Depot before retiring.
He enjoyed fishing, traveling, working in his yard and having a garden. He was a deacon and member of the John Page Sunday School Class at Post Oak Springs Baptist Church. He had volunteered at Jacksonville Christian Outreach Center since 1995. He was a member of the Alexandria Masonic Lodge No. 208 F&AM, the Col. Williamson Chapter 500 Order of the Eastern Star and the Scottish Rite Bodies. He was a veteran of World “War II and the Korean War.
BORDEN
04-27-2006
Services for John Cole Borden, 73, of Anniston were at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23, at Brown & Kughn Memory Chapel with the Rev. Sonny Champion officiating and Kenneth Phillips officiating at graveside services. Burial was at Forestlawn Gardens.
Mr. Borden died Thursday, April 20, at his home.
He is survived by his wife, Jane Borden; a brother, Dennis Borden, of Nances Creek; a daughter, Beverly Flint and a son-in-law, Roger Flint; a daughter, Becky Huddleston and a son-in-law, Robert Huddleston; a son, Jonathan Borden and three grandchildren, Hayley Daglis, Nicholas Daglis, and Cole Huddleston.
Mr. Borden was a native of Nances Creek. He retired as General Manager and Chief Engineer of the Anniston Water Department.
Pallbearers were Steve Davis, Gene Hughes, Leroy Fitzpatrick, Luther Erwin, Jim Brooks and Lee Krecl. Honorary pallbearers are Bob Jones, Jerre Webb, Eugene Holley, Harlan Dothard and Jesse Bonds
Mr. Borden was preceded in death by his sister, JoAnn Thornburg, his mother, Annie Cole Borden and his father, Joel Penny Borden.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mark United Methodist Church or New Beacon Hospice.
MURRAY
04-27-2006
Graveside services for Sara Lee Murray, 61, were at 2 p.m. April 20 in the family lot of New Oak Grove Cemetery. Rev Chuck Cummings officiated. Folsom Funeral Home directed.
Mrs. Murray died April 17 at Jacksonville Medical Center.
Survivors include two daughters, Tina Murray of Jacksonville and Tonya Murray of Piedmont; two sons, Curtis Murray and David Murray of Jacksonville; her father, John Wilburn “Jack” Bunt of Ohatchee; a sister, Wilma Cruise of Ohatchee; and four grandchildren, Jessica Murray, Brandy Murray, Nancy Overstreet and Calvin Bennett; and three great-grandchildren, David Overstreet, Justin Bennett and Kyle Bennett.
Her mother, Anner Mae Christopher Bunt; a grandson, Milton Dewayne Murray; her first husband, Dan Curtis Murray Sr., and her second husband, Ted Murray, preceded her in death.
Pallbearers were Clay Smith, Tony Jones, Glenn Cruise, Steven Cross, David Waldren and Phillip Murray.
Mrs. Murray was a native of Calhoun County. She was born June 12, 1944 and was a member of New Oak Grove Baptist Church.
