Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
ROBERSHAW
09-11-2003
Graveside services for Brenda P. Robershaw, 57, were at 2 p.m. Aug. 6 at Green lawn Memorial Gardens with Allen Webster officiating and K. L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center in charge.
Mrs. Robershaw died Aug. 4 at Jacksonville Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Stacy and Tim Ellett of Jacksonville; a sister and brother-in-law, Janice and Stephen McLendon of Jacksonville; a grandchild, Jameson Ellett; four nieces and a nephew.
Mrs. Robershaw worked at Bostrom. She was preceded in death by her husband James F. Robershaw; her parents, Hubert and Inez Phillips, and a brother, Jimmy Phillips.
ROMINE
09-11-2003
Services for Donald Wayne Romine, 58, were at 2 p.m. Sept. 7 at Profile Baptist Church with Rev. Chuck Cummings officiating. Burial was in Hillcrest Cemetery with K. L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center in charge.
Mr. Romine died Sept. 5 at Riverview Regional Medical Center in Gadsden.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann Romine of Piedmont; two daughters, Yvonne Romine of Ohatchee and Christy Pool of Hokes Bluff; two sons, Stoney Romine of Jacksonville and Eddie Romine of Piedmont; three sisters, Patsy Kimber of Houston, Texas, Janice Broughton of Jacksonville and April Abernathy of Piedmont; three brothers, Ricky Romine of Piedmont and Tim Romine and Scott Romine, both of Jacksonville; his best friend, Betty Sue Smith; 11 grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Dwain Broughton, Bryan Abernathy, Mike Broughton, Donnie Broughton, Todd Frost, Bristol Romine, Charlie Anderson and Toby Romine.
Mr. Romine was Baptist. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald B. Romine; his mother, Estelle “Brownie” Romine; and a brother, James E. Romine.
SMITH
09-11-2003
Services for Alice Frances Gray Smith, 93, were at 11 a.m. Sept. 4 at K. L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center chapel with Rev. Bert Breland officiating. Graveside services were at Buchanan (Ga.) City Cemetery.
Mrs. Smith died Aug. 1 at Jacksonville Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Martha and C. W. Hayes of Jacksonville; two grandchildren, DeWayne Hayes and his wife, Kim, and Troy Hayes and his wife, Ivye; and three great-grandchildren, Ashley Hayes, Cody Hayes and Madelyne Hayes; and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Smith was born in Jefferson County and spent most of her life in Atlanta. She worked in a defense plant in Birmingham during World War II. A beautician, she owned her own salon in Birmingham and was a sales manager for Tupperware. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
Contributions may be made to the First Baptist Church Building Fund, P. O. Box 400, Jacksonville 36265.
WILLIAMS
09-11-2003
Services for Paul Alexander Williams, 81., were at 11 a.m. Aug. 6 at First Baptist Church with Rev. Fred Taylor officiating. Burial was in Jacksonville City Cemetery with K. L. Brown Funeral Home and Cremation Center in charge.
Mr. Williams died Aug. 4 at his home.
Survivors include two sisters and brothers-in-law, Sophena W. and Albert Anderson of Jacksonville and Sarah W. and Bill Martin of Opelika; a sister-in-law, Ruth Williams of Anniston; four nieces, Nancy Elizabeth Martin, Susan Martin Stokley and her husband, Larry, Anne Martin Thornton and her husband, Bill, and Susie Williams Boyko and her husband, Robert; five nephews, Peyton Williams and his wife, Barbara, David Williams and his wife, Cathy, Shad Williams and his wife, Lisa, Jason Williams and his wife, Dawn, and John Williams and his wife, Susan; and 13 great-nieces and nephews.
Mr. Williams, a Calhoun County native, was an honor graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute. He was an assistant county agent in Cullman and returned to Jacksonville to manage the family farm. He was preceded in death by his wife, Delia Garrett Williams, his parents, Shade A. Williams and Bessie Alexander Williams; four brothers, Shade Williams, Francis Williams, Cliff Williams and Eugene Williams; and a sister, Nancy Sue Dahlstrom.
YOUNG
09-11-2003
Services for Jewell Ford Young were at 10 a.m. Sept. 8 at Oakwood Cemetery in Brownsville, Tenn., with Rev. Bob Connerley officiating.
Mrs. Young died Sept. 4 at Jacksonville Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Survivors include a sister and brother-in-law, Theddie and George Murray of Anniston; six nieces, Pattye Filiatreau, Georgia Putzer, Cathy Friar, Freeda Feuerborn, Mary Tucker and Michele Bowden, and a nephew, Philip Ford.
Mrs. Young, a Brownsville, Tenn., native, lived in Clarksville, Tenn., before moving to Jacksonville. She was a graduate of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville. She was a member of Clarksville Baptist Church, a 50 year member of Clarksville Chapter No. 202, Order of the Eastern Star, and a retired federal employee. She was preceded in death by her husband, James Young; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ford, and a brother, Freeman Ford.
Former News reporter dies in tragic accident
09-11-2003
Catherine ‘Cathi’ Elizabeth Word Downing
1953-2003
“A loss like this is just so hard to understand,” according to Jacksonville News editor and general manager Julia M. Brock on the tragic death of former News reporter Catherine “Cathi” Elizabeth Word Downing.
Mrs. Downing was killed in a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of McClellan Boulevard and Museum Drive minutes before noon Sept. 4 as she was leaving The Anniston Star complex, where she was employed as features editor.
The wife of Calhoun County Commissioner Robert Downing, Mrs. Downing, driving a 1991 Honda Accord station wagon, collided with a 2003 Chevrolet Silverado truck that was northbound on McClellan Boulevard. Attempting to cross Alabama 21, she was hit on the driver’s-side door and died on impact of multiple blunt-force trauma to the chest and head.
A 17-year employee of The Star, Mrs. Downing was known for her weekly column which usually featured stories about her family and recipes.
Phillip Sanguinetti, publisher of the News, remembers when Mrs. Downing started her career with the News in 1976.
“She was young, pretty, single and talented,” he said. “Among other things, she wrote a popular column and contributed much to the News and the community. She went on to her career and, after working with a large advertising agency in Birmingham, she joined The Anniston Star and became an editor.”
Sanguinetti said that he joins the many in grieving the death of “this fantastic lady.”
Mrs. Downing came to work for the News after receiving her bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Alabama. She left to work for U. S. Senate candidate Donald Stewart, returning in 1978.
The News featured her weekly column, A Word On. It was while working at the News that she met her husband, who at that time co-owned a business, Mountain Graphics, with Gerald Jenkins in Jacksonville.
“Cathi was a very special person who touched so many lives,” said Mrs. Brock. “The twinkle in her eye and her ‘girlish’ grin are just two of the many characteristics for which she will be remembered. She had such talent. Her column just drew you in because her words related to everyone’s life.”
Mrs. Brock says that she and her husband, Dewey, had known Mrs. Downing since kindergarten and all through school. Their paths crossed again in 1978 when Mrs. Downing returned to the News.
“She was such an up, fun-loving person,” said Mrs. Brock. “There needs to be more Cathi in all of us. My heart goes out to her husband and children, along with her newspaper family who will miss her deeply.”
Funeral services for Mrs. Downing, 50, were at 2 p.m. Sept. 7 at First Presbyterian Church in Anniston, with Revs. David Rice and Samuel Downing officiating.
Also speaking were H. Brandt Ayers, chairman and publisher of The Anniston Star; Laura Tutor, features writer for The Anniston Star; and Robert Downing, Mrs. Downing’s husband.
Burial was in Highland Cemetery in Anniston with Brown and Kughn Memory Chapel in charge.
Survivors include her husband, Robert William Downing; a daughter, Hannah Catherine Downing of Anniston; two sons, Robert William Word Downing and Lewis Napoleon Downing, both of Anniston; her mother, Mildred Baskin Martin of Jacksonville; her parents-in-law, Thomas S. and Lois C. Downing of Anniston; a brother, Richard Baskin Word of Sante Fe, N.M.; a sister-in-law, Barbara Downing Hartman; and two brothers-in-law, Thomas Sydney Downing Jr., and Samuel Lewis Downing.
Pallbearers were Glenn Andrews Jr., Phillip “Tubby” Bass, Harold D. Grant, Tom McNaron, Tommy Pope, Steve Simpson, Robert Lee Stewart, Samuel L. Stewart Jr., Charles C. Turner, and Coke Williams Jr. Honorary pallbearers were the staff of The Anniston Star.
Mrs. Downing, an Atlanta native, was a 1971 graduate of Jacksonville High School. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church in Anniston.
She was active in various charitable and civic groups in Calhoun County, including Habitat for Humanity and The Anniston Soup Bowl. She was preceded in death by her father, Richard C. “Dick” Word; and her grandparents, Paulene Viva Baskin and John Pierce Baskin.
Contributions may be made to the Catherine Word Downing Memorial Endowed Scholarship, University of Alabama, Alumni Hall, P. O. Box 861928, Tuscaloosa 35486.
