Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Mrs. Mary Lucille Thompson, 90, of Ozark, died Sunday, Jan. 14, 2001, in Oakview Manor Nursing Facility following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m.. Wednesday Jan. 17, 2001, from Mt. Vernon Memorial Gardens in Mt. Vernon, Illinois, with the Rev. Dr. Alan Rhein officiating. Interment will follow, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark in charge of local arrangements. Visitation will be in the parlors of Newell Funeral Home in Mt. Vernon, Ill. from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. and 6 until 8 p.m. this evening.
Thompson was a native of Mt. Vernon, Ill. having retired from hospital food services and moved to Ozark in 1993 and making her home here. She attended Campground Baptist Church, The Lydia Sunday School class, and the Senior Royal Club. She was married to the father of her children, Ben L. Fredricks, who died in 1945. In 1950 she married Leonard Lee Thompson, who died Oct. 8, 1983.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law; Idella Ruth and Ralph Lipscomb, Ozark, one son and daughter-in-law; John Roy and Joan Fredricks, Paris, Tenn., seven grandchildren Allen Wesolowski, Mill Creek, Ind.; Calvin Wesolowski, Wicksburg; Thomas Wesolowski, Columbus, Ohio; Cathleen Marek, Chebanse, Ill.; Linda Gregerson, Rockford, Ill.; Patricia Ford, Hamilton, Ind.; and Debra Los, Mantero, Ill.; 11 great grandchildren.
Mrs. Vontcile Golden Davis, 85, of the Asbury Community, died Saturday night, Jan. 13, 2001. in Oakview Nursing Facility following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with Rev. Ken Spivey officiating.
Burial will be in Asbury Methodist Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be: from 6 p.m. Tuesday until service time. Family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Mrs. Davis retired from Betheda Hospital, Boynton Beach, Fla., in 1980. She moved to Ozark in 1998.
Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her husband, Ellie Davis, and two grandchildren, Mark Ostrom and Mark Alarcon.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Mollie Jane and C.A. Tubby Ostrom, Ozark, Vonnell and Mack Alarcon, St. Augustine, Fla.; three sons and a daughter-in-law, Tommy and Bev Davis, Van Isien, Calif., Vance Davis, Singer Island, Fla., and Ronald Davis, Ozark; one sister, Lois Todd, Orlando, Fla.; one brother, A.C. Spooner, West Palm Beach, Fla.; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Mr. Floyd Goff, 87, of Ozark, died Thursday morning, Jan. 11, 2001, at his home following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be 2:00 p.m.. Saturday, Jan. 13, 2001, at Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church with the Rev. Glenn Pippens and the Rev. Frank Arledge officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors from 3:00 p.m. today until one hour prior to service time on Saturday when it will be in the Church. The family will receive friends in the funeral home parlors from 6 until 8 p.m. this evening. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Pleasant Hill United Methodist Church or The Church Men's Club, C./O Shirley Chancey, East Andrews Avenue, Ozark, 36360.
Mr. Goff was a native and life-long resident of Dale County where he was in furniture sales until his retirement in 1992. He was preceded in death by his wife of 45 years, Mae Fitzgerald Goff, and one brother, Fred Goff.
Survivors include his daughter and son-in-law, Sue and Clay Crowder, Ozark, one sister, Mattie Goff, Ozark, three grandchildren, James Crowder, Columbus, Ga., Michael Crowder, Holly Springs, N.C., and Tina Peterson, Millbrook; two great-grandchildren, Dylan Peterson and Carter Peterson.
The family would like to extend a special word of thanks to their Church family and Southern Care Hospice.
Mrs. Pennie M. McNealy, 85, a resident of Ozark, died Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2001 at the Dale Medical Center in Ozark.
Funeral services will be Saturday Jan. 13, 2001 at 11 a.m. in the Union Hill Free Will Baptist Church in Headland with the Rev. Lovett officiating. Burial will be in the Garden of Memory Cemetery on Highway 431 N. of Dothan with Trawick Funeral Home directing.
Mr. J. I. Smith, age 72, of Ozark, died Sunday evening, Jan. 7, 2001 in Dale Medical Center.
Funeral services will be Wednesday at 11 a.m. from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home, with the Rev. W.L. Sheffield officiating. Burial will. be in Westview Memorial Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. today until service time Wednesday. Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m. tonight. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Southern Care Hospice, 2623 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, 36301.
Smith was a veteran of the U.S. Army serving during the Korean War. He was a native and life long resident of Ozark. He was chief accountant for Hayes Aircraft and Page Aircraft for many years.
He served as city clerk court clerk and magistrate of Ozark.
At the time of his death, he was a funeral director with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark.
He is survived by four sisters, Matha Robinson, Black; Eva Smith, Ozark; Myrtice Patrick, Ozark; Mildred Dell, Dothan; one brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Ann M. Smith, Montgomery; his beloved friend, Mary Clark, Ozark; several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Mary Helen Andrews, age 69, of Route 6, Ozark, Alabama died at her home Sunday afternoon, January 7, 2001 following an extended illness.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time and will be announced by Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark.
She is survived by her husband of 51 years, Jessie Milton Andrews of Ozark; two daughters, Mary Carolyn Sanders of Ozark and Dr. Claire Andrews of Columbus, North Carolina; two sons, Carl Andrews of Ozark and Mark Andrews of Panama City Fla.; one brother, Dr. Walter C. Andrews of Birmingham. Five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren also survive.
Mr. William T. Kelly, 71, of Ozark, died Saturday Jan. 6, 2001, in Dale Medical Center following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 12:00 p.m. (C.S.T) Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2001 in Fort Mitchell National Cemetery with Full Military Honors. Interment will follow, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home parlors from 4 until 5 p.m. this evening.
Mr. Kelly was a native of New York state having served in the United States Army during World War II and Korea. He was retired a Sergeant First Class in 1967 after 20 years service. He moved to Ozark in 1995 from Abbeville. He was a good hushand, father, and grandfather.
He is survived by his wife, Fay M. Kelly Ozark; one daughter, Cheyenne Staley, Abbeville; three sons, William J. Kelly, Jr., Rowlett, Texas Hartman Joel Kelly, Roanoke, Va., Cloyd A. Kelly, Abbeville; five grandchildren, Aaron Kelly and William Kelly Rowlett, Texas; Zackray Kelly, Abbeville, Kenneth Mitchell, Wheeling, Wa., and Jamie Gillenwater, Pinceton, W.Va.
Mrs. Alma Maureen Kendrick, 89, of Ozark, died Friday, January 5, 2001 at Ozark Nursing Facility following an extended illness. Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directed.
Mrs. Kendrick is survived by two daughters, Claudia [Franklin] Minton of Ozark, Loretta [Danny] Wright of Ozark; three grandchildren, Lisa Pick, Alan Cotton, Shelia Woodcock; five great grandchildren.
Memorial contributions are to be made to Wiregrass Hospice, 980 East Andrews, Suite D, Ozark, Alabama 36360.
Ms. Susan Nash Turner, 59, of Montgomery, formerly of Skipperville, died Friday January 5, 2001 in Montgomery following an extended battle with Lou Gehrigs Disease.
Funeral services were 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 7, 2001, at Holman Funeral Home Chapel with Adrian Holman officiating. Interment followed in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing.
Ms. Turner was a native of the Bronx in New York, moving to Dothan at age 11. She lived in Skipperville for 24 years, then in Ozark until 1980 when she moved to Syracuse, New York and to Montgomery in 1990. She worked with Regions Mortgage in Montgomery until becoming disabled.
Ms. Turner was preceded in, death by her mother, Helen Nash Miche; her father, Carlton E. Nash, Sr.; her step-father, Victor Leon Miche; one brother, Carlton E. Nash, Jr.; one sister, Myrna Morris who died in 1990 to Lou Gehrigs Disease; her former son-in-law, Donald Kelley; and a nephew, Freddie Gachet.
Survivors include one daughter and son-in-law, Tina and Mike Carter, Montgomery; one son and daughter-in-law, Victor and Donna Turner, Ozark; her children's father, W.R. "Buck" Turner Skipperville; step-mother, Lillian Nash, Bertha; two grandsons, Tristan and Mason Turner, Ozark; one brother, Charles Nash, Yakima, Washington; several special nieces and nephews in the Dothan area, including Trudie Gachet Mowery, Skipperville; and her namesake, Susan Nash Malone, Mobile; and special Turner in-laws.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, 980-D East Andrews Avenue, Ozark, Alabama 36360.
Mrs. Anne Lucile Whitener of Westview Drive, Ozark, died at her residence Friday afternoon, Jan. 5, 2001 following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be Monday at 2 p.m. from Ridgecrest Baptist Church with the Rev. Jim Hill officiating. Burial will be in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be today from 2 until 4 p.m. Family will receive friends during these hours. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Ridgecrest Baptist Church Building Fund or to Wiregrass Hospice.
Whitener was born in Georgetown, Ky. until she met and married Mr. John Whitener, Jr. They were married June 9, 1950 in Ft. Knox, Ky. She traveled extensively with her husband as a military wife and mother of three children until they settled in Ozark in 1965. She remained active in her church as a Sunday School teacher and choir member until the summer of 1999 when at that time her health began to fail. Although she has arrived in her eternal heavenly home, she will always be cherished and remembered by her loving husband, John Whitener, Jr. and her children. Special thank you to Wiregrass Hospice for all your "tender loving care" for Miss Anne over the past year. We will forever be indebted to your many kindnesses.
She is preceded in death by her mother, Liz McCombs and a daughter, Coleen Robinette. Survivors include her husband of '50 years, John Whitener, Jr., Ozark; one daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer and Kenneth Kirkland, Dothan; one son and daughter-in-law, John III and Judy Whitener Guadalajara, Mexico; two sisters, Sue L. Oaken, Alice O'Mera, both of Louisville, Ky.; three grandchildren, Abigail Burns, Ozark; Jason Burgess, Enterprise; Beth Kirkland, Dothan; two great-grandchildren, Hayden Burns, Hannah Burns, both of Ozark.
Mr. James (Junior) Spivey, age 66, died Thursday afternoon, Jan. 4, 2001, in Dale Medical Center following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be today at 2 p.m. from Peniel Baptist Church with the Rev. W.A. Baker and the Rev. John Helton officiating. Burial will follow in Peniel Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. Saturday until one hour before service time. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to Peniel Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 374, Ariton, 36311.
Spivey was a member of Peniel Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. He was a member of Skipperville Masonic Lodge 287. He retired from the Alabama Army National Guard, 1st BN. 131 Street Armor, Ozark. He retired at the rank of master sergeant after 34 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his parents, James Henry and Susie B. Spivey; and one sister, Maggie Belley Spivey.
Survivors include his wife, Jerry V. Spivey Skipperville; two sons and daughter-in-law, Tony R. and LaDonna Spivey, Ozark; Terry L. Spivey, Skipperville; one grandchild, Katlin Spivey; two step-grandchildren Jeane Stewart and Jarrod Stewart.
Pallbearers will be Thomas Parker, George Ward George Medley, Joseph Whitman, Jessie Bowman, and Daniel Hughes.
Walter Scott (Scotty) McGarvey, age 54 of Ozark, died Wednesday Jan. 3, 2001 in the Southeast Alabama Medical Center.
Memorial services will be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday, January 7, 2001 at the Ozark United Methodist Church with the Rev. Billy Gaither officiating and Southern Heritage Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the church for one hour prior to service time .
In lieu flowers, memorial,contributions may be made to the 'First United Methodist Church, 207 E. Broad Street, Ozark, 36360 or to the Baptist Health Foundation, P.O. Box 830605, Birmingham, 35283-0605
Scotty was born October 8, 1946 in Terre Haute, Ind. He was a graduate of Carroll High School and Auburn University where he received a bachelor degree. For many years he served as a senior duality assurance engineer in the nuclear energy business.
Survivors include two sons, Bradley Scott McGarvey U.S. Army, Bosnia and Ryan Christopher McGarvey, Ozark; his, parents, H.G. (Mac) and Kay McGarvey, Ozark; a brother and sister-in-law, Mark and Lynn McGarvey Birmingham; a sister, Kay,Lynn McGarvey Ozark; twin grandchildren, Lauren and Kayla McGarvey; several nieces and nephews, Katie and Birke Higham and Todd and Suzanne McGarvey.
Thora Idell Garretson Thomas, 61, of 203 Holly Street, Ozark, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2001 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan.
Graveside services will be held at 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001 at Sunset Memorial Park with the Rev. Lionell Green officiating and Byrd Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Thomas was born April 2, 1939 in Table Grove, Ill. and lived there until 1972 when she moved to Fort Pierce, Fla. She later moved to Ozark in 1992 where she lived the remainder of her life. Mrs. Thomas was a homemaker and was of the Baptist faith.
Survivors include a son, Brian Dodd, Fort Pierce, Fla.; five daughters, Sue Cross, Skipperville, Crystal Danner, Robin
Richards, Tammy Thomas and Jerri Dodd, all of Ozark; twenty grandchildren; three great grandchildren; brothers and sisters, Wanda Danner, Ozark, Betty Bucher, Astoria, Ill., Irene Smith, Bushnell, Ill.; Maxine Conner, Davenport, Iowa, John Garrettson, Chucky Term.
Mrs. Thomas was predeceased by a son, Bobby Danner, a great-grandchild, a brother George William Garrettson, a sister, Ila Hadrin and her parents, Floyd Jasper and Trella Pennell Garrettson.
Mr. Charles Harry Dees Sr., 70, of Ozark, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2001, in a Dothan hospital following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at Ebenezer Baptist Church with the Rev. Johnnie B. Spurlin, the Rev. Joe Underwood, and the Rev. Fred Hollis officiating. Interment will follow in the Church Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors from 3:00 p.m. today, until one hour prior to service time on Saturday when it will be in the church. The family will receive friends in the funeral home parlors from 6 until 8 p.m. tonight.
Mr. Dees was a native of Moultrie, Ga., having moved to Ozark area in 1959. He worked with heavy equipment construction with Buddy Williams and Dan Pittman Construction before becoming self-employed.
Mr. Dees was preceded in death by his parents, Charles Clayton and Ola Land Dees, and two brothers, Robert Franklin Dees and John Sumner Dees.
Survivors include his wife of 50 years, Margie L. Dees, Ozark, one daughter, Linda K. Dees, Ozark, one son and daughter-in-law, Charles H. (Buddy) Jr. and Rachel Dees, Eufaula.
Mr. Arwester Beaty, 80, a resident of Ozark, died Monday, Jan. 1, 2001 at his residence.
Funeral services will be Saturday Jan. 6, 2001 at 1 p.m. from the First Missionary Baptist Church on East Andrews Avenue in Ozark with the pastor Dr. S.C. Jackson officiating. Burial will be in the Travelers Rest Cemetery with Trawick Funeral Home directing.
Sgt. Maj. retired Harold Ayers, 76, of Ozark, died Sunday, March 31, 2002 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 4 p.m. Thursday April 4, 2002, at the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with Rev. Randy Hayes officiating. Burial will follow with full military honors in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 3, 2002 at the funeral home.
SGM Ayers served with distinction with over 37 years with the United States Army and was awarded the World War II Victory Medal, the Bronze Star, Vietnam Service Ribbon w/Gw/P, Meritorious Service Medal and the Army Commendation Medal. He served one tour in Germany, two tours in Korea and three tours in Vietnam. SGM Ayers was preceded in death by his wife of 53 years, Gladys Juanita Ayers and a son, Michael Edward Ayers Sr.
He is survived by three sons, Harold F. Ayers Jr. and wife, Brenda Davis Ayers, Christopher Alan Ayers and wife Susan Still Ayers, and Scott David Ayers and wife Sherry Dawn Ayers; seven grandchildren, Michael E. Ayers Jr., Amanda L. Ayers, Melissa Ayers, Brent E. Ayers, Tyler A. Ayers, Harley A. Ayers, and Taylor B. Ayers; two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Mr. William (Bill) Thrasher Sr.,90, of Ozark, died Sunday March 31, 2002.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. Wednesday from the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. Steve Montgomery officiating. Interment will be in Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home 6-8 tonight.
Mr. Thrasher was born in Talladega County but lived most of his life in Dale County. e was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church and a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Mr. Thrasher retired from Fort Rucker after 27 years of service as an aircraft mechanic. He was preceded in death by his wife, Carolyn Celesta Thrasher in November 2001; his parents, Sumpter M. and Clara Gertrude Tomlin Thrasher; two brothers, Gordon Thrasher and Leonard Thrasher; and one sister, Mildred Smith.
Survivors include: five sons and their wives, William R. (Jilda) Thrasher Jr., Ozark, Horace (Kaye) Thrasher, Ozark; Richard L. (Janet) Thrasher, Ozark; Jack O. Thrasher, Eufaula; and Gregory S. (Linda) Thrasher Tacoma, Wash.; two sisters, Elsie Thrasher, Americus, Ga., and Alma Street, Lapeer, Mich.; one brother, George Thrasher, Ellaville, Ga.; 12 grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; two sisters-in-law, Gladys Thrasher, Pell City; and Lila B. Fielder, Eufaula; a close family friend, Linda Bowman, Montgomery
Frances Ann Carroll, 71, of Houston, Texas and formerly of Ozark, died Sunday, March 31, 2002, in a Houston, Texas, hospital.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Thursday at Holman Funeral Home Chapel with the Reverend Dr. Billy Gaither officiating. Interment will be in Westview Memorial Cemetery with Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be in the funeral home parlors 2-5 P.m. today and until service time on Thursday.
Frances Ann Carroll was a native of Ozark. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles A. Carroll Sr. and Mary Whatley Carroll, and her brother, Charles A. Carroll Jr.
She is survived by her sister, Dale Carroll Fuller, Ozark; cousins, Frances Parker Kingsley, and James Y. Carroll, Ozark, Jean Carroll Sessions and Yancey C. Parker, Enterprise, Minnie Woods Carroll Pridgen, Atlanta Ga., and Aubrey D. Martin Jr., Houston, Texas; special friends, Carol Marshall, Houston, Texas, and Florence Carroll Matthews, Ozark.
Mrs. Mildred Cook Owens, 76, of South Union Ave., Ozark died at her home Saturday evening, March 30, 2002.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday April 2, 2002, in the chapel of Holman Funeral Home with the Rev. Floyd Ingram Rev. Al Loper, and Rev. Ralph Flowers officiating. Internment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be at the funeral home beginning at 3
p.m. today, with the family receiving friends from 6 until 8 tonight.
Mrs. Owens was a native of Dale County having lived most of her life in Ozark. She was retired as an inspector from Judy Bond Manufacturing Company in Ozark. She was a member of the Stonebridge Church of God and the ladies auxiliary.
She is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Glenda and Ed Sanders, Ozark; two sisters, Mrs. Imogene Bass, Georgiannna, Ala. and Mrs. Martha Jones, Webb; two grandchildren, Jimmy and his wife, Karen Sanders, and Angel and her husband, Laith Fontenot, Ozark; two great-grandchildren, Zane and Ivy Sanders, Ozark.
Mrs. Annette Portwood Laney 65, of Ariton, died Saturday, March 30, 2002 at her home following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2002, at Bethel Assembly of God Church with Rev. Randy Adams and Rev. Rocky Ferguson officiating. Burial will follow in the Ariton Cemetery, Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today April 1, 2002, at the funeral
home. Mrs. Laney's body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services on Tuesday, April 2, 2002.
Mrs. Laney was a native and lifelong resident of Dale County. She was a member of Bethel Assembly of God Church.
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Brenda Laney Harris; her father, Foy Portwood, and a brother, Johnny Portwood.
Survivors include her husband of 50 years, Obie Ray Laney, Ariton; daughter and son-in-law, Rhonda Laney and Aubrey Peters, Ariton; two sons and daughters-in-law, Randy and Maxine Laney and Steve and Jaine Laney, all of Ariton; son-in-law, Eddie Harris, Ariton; her mother, Mrs. Annie Lou Portwood, Ariton; eight grandchildren, Kristie Harris, Brett Laney Mindy Peters, Jason Peters, Kelse Laney, Madison Laney, Raegan Laney and John Thomas "JT" Laney; a niece, Karin Portwood Hughes, Ariton, and a nephew, Jeff Portwood, Ariton.
Pallbearers will be Joey Hornsby, Roger Hornsby, Dale Sutton, William Carroll, Derek Portwood and Donnie Portwood.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Wiregrass Hospice, 980-D Andrews Ave., Ozark, 36360.
Leila Durr, 68 formerly of the Johntown Community died Saturday, March 30, 2002 in the nursing facility in Luverne.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2002 at 11 a.m. in the Union Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Ozark with pastor Rev. Walter Pouge and Dr. S.C. Jackson officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Trawick Funeral Home officiating.
