Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Mrs. Nydia V Faulk, 91; of Marley Mill Community, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2002, at Dale Medical Center following a lengthy illness.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Bill Hart and Isom Hill officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends 6-8 tonight at the funeral home. Mrs. Faulk's body will be placed in the church one hour prior to services on Saturday at the church.
Mrs. Faulk was a native of Dale County and a lifelong resident of the Marley Mill Community. She was a member of
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
She was a preceded in death by her husband, George W. Faulk; and two sons, Charles Earl and Bobby Joe Faulk.
Survivors include her daughter, Mrs. Marjorie Ann Barnes, Ozark; son and daughter-in-law Joseph W. and Martha Faulk, Ozark; granddaughter, Teresa Vernon and husband, Tim, Ozark; two great-granddaughters, Holly and Kristin Vernon, Ozark; several nieces and nephews.
Mr. Paul Brown, age 89, of Browns Crossroads died at his residence Wednesday Feb. 20, 2002.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, Feb. 23 2002 at 11 a.m. from Bethel United Methodist Church with Rev.
Jerry Hall and Rev. G.L. Wynn officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining church cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The body will lie in state at the church one hour prior to service time. Visitation will be Friday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home.
Mr. Brown was in the timber business for some years before he founded Brown Manufacturing Corporation in 1944 doing general repair work and later making wooden ice boxes, mule drawn log carts, portable saw mills and edgers. A pioneer innovator of equipment in the timber industry and agriculture, he was the first to develop, build and sell several products that became industry standards. Today, Brown Manufacturing is a multi-million dollar manufacturing firm marketing products worldwide. After his retirement from active management of the company in 1977, Mr. Brown
devoted his time to his wife, Sara, traveling and fishing.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Brown; and his wife of 61 years, Sara Pierson Brown.
He was an active member of Maranatha Baptist Church, Dothan. Donations may be made to the Bethel United Methodist Church Perpetual Care Cemetery Fund, c/o Mildred Roe, Route 1, Box 153, Ozark, Ala., 36360; Shepherd's Staff, PO. Box 37, Brundidge, Ala., 36010; or Wiregrass Hospice, P.O. Drawer 2127, Dothan, Ala., 36302.
Survivors include: four sons and daughters-in-laws Ronald P. and Jane Brown of Ozark, Larry Thomas and Becky Brown of Panama City Beach, Fla., William P Brown of Ozark, Richard C. and Erika Brown of Ozark; seven grandchildren, Paula L. Galloway Chris Brown, Neil Brown; Andrea Givens, Summer Brown, Paige Brown and Xan Brown; two great grandchildren, Nathan Brown and Andrew Galloway; six very special friends, Thelma Baldwin,
Dot Curry Nixon, Angie Garner, Debbie Screws, Ina Beverette and Bobbie Whitehead.
Mr. Jessie Warren Clark, age 95, of Ariton, died Tuesday Feb. 19, 2002, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center following an. extended illness.
Funeral services will be noon Friday at the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. Bruce Cooper officiating. Burial will follow with full Masonic and military honors in the Ariton Cemetery and Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Clark was a native of Barbour County and served on the Ariton City Council for about 40 years. He worked at
the Dale Medical Center several years and the lumber industry for several years. He was retired from civil service at Fort Rucker having worked with W.O.C. for 18 years. He served on the Dale County Democratic Executive Committee for 25 years and was a life member of Masonic Lodge #908 (Claybank Lodge). He received several honorary degrees from various colleges over the years.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Bernice Clark, Ariton; daughter Mrs. Jessie Miller Ariton; son, Chester Clark, Ariton;
sisters, LouVella Tyler and Ola Houston, both of Ozark; brother, Oscar Williams, Ariton; five grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; five step grandchildren also survive.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American Kidney Foundation.
Mr. Wyatt Tarter, 69, died at his home in Midland City, Monday evening, Feb. 18, 2002, following a long illness.
The funeral will be 3 p.m. today from the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. Isom Hill and Dr. Charles Gann officiating. Burial will follow with military honors in Westview Cemetery, Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. Memorials may be made to Community Care Hospice, 307 Painter Avenue, Ozark, AL 36360.
Mr. Tarter was native of Dale County and graduated from Pharmacy School at Auburn University. He was employed with Squibb Pharmaceutical Company and taught Nuclear Medicine at Emory University. He was the first board member of Wiregrass Mental Health and helped found the Vivian B. Adams School in which he donated the land. He was owner and operator of Tarter's Drugs in Ozark and Daleville. He was a member of Ozark Baptist Church and received the Wicker Hutto Award. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army.
He was preceded in death by his parents: Russell and Mildred Cotton Tarter, son, Stuart Tarter and brother, Bill Tarter.
Survivors include: his wife, Shirley Tarter, Midland City; daughter, Susan Tarter, Ozark; son, Jason and Cindy Tarter,
Dothan; two grandchildren, Tristan and Joey Rice; step-daughter, Lisa Dixon, Tallahassee, Fla.; stepson, Doug Jacobs,
Dothan; two step grandchildren, Christina and Christopher Dixson and Jessica Haydt.
Mr. James M. Baker, 78, Ozark, died Monday, Feb. 18, 2002, at the family home following an extended illness.
The funeral will be 10 a.m. today at the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. Joey Pettis officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Freewill Baptist Church Cemetery, Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Baker was a native of Dale County and was a member and Past Master of Claybank Lodge #908 and was a member of 32nd degree Scottish Rite in Dothan. He was an Honorary Lifetime member of several area lodges. He was a veteran of World War II having served in the U.S. Army and was the manager of the Post Service Station at Fort Rucker for several years. He attended Evergreen Freewill Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Mrs. Cloie Baker.
Survivors include: his daughter and son-in-law, Gloria and Kenneth Sasser, Ozark; two Sisters, Grace Klocke, Ozark, and Bobbie Fain, Dothan; three grandchildren, Paul Peters, and wife, Bridgette; Mary Ann Shipes and husband Scott, and Herby Peters and wife, Leigh; three great-grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and eight step-great-grandchildren also survive.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: Wiregrass Hospice 980 D E. Andrews Avenue, Ozark, AL 36360.
John B. Bates, 60, of Ozark, died Friday February 15, 2002, at his home following an extended illness.
Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. today in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home of Ozark with the Reverend Dr. Billy
Gaither officiating. The family will receive friends in the funeral home parlors from 4 p.m. Saturday until service time at 5 p.m.
Survivors include his wife, Becky Irwin Bates, Ozark, one step-son, Ben Irwin, Ozark.
Louise Payne Childers, 76, of Skipperville, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Thursday Feb. 14, 2002, at UAB Hospital Birmingham.
The funeral will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Magnolia United Methodist Church with the Rev. Gaines Owens, the Rev Michael Ramsey and the Rev Junior Helton officiating. Burial will be in the adjoining cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be at the funeral home 5-7 p.m. today.
Mrs. Childers was a native and lifelong resident of Dale County and a member of Magnolia United Methodist Church.
She is preceded in death by her parents Joe and Florence Payne; husband, Sidney W. Childers Sr.; one son, Sidney W Childers Jr. and one brother Lanier Payne.
Survivors: three daughters and sons-in-law Janice and Aubrey Graves, Chipley, Fla., Retha and Warren Murphy, Tuscaloosa, Ramona and Wayne Phillips Skipperville; two sons and three daughters-in-law, Lance E and Kim Childers, Skipperville, Lee Allen and Angie Childers, Skipperville, Pam Childers, Ozark; seven grandchildren Jennifer (and Scott) Jordan, Marty (and Meredith) Graves, Adrian Childers, Matt Phillips, Amanda Phillips, Clay Childers, and Jordan Childers; one great-grandchildren, Dakotah Jordan; one sister and brother-in-law, Wilene and Burl Quimby, Chatom; one brother and sister-in-law, Wendell and Mary Payne, Skipperville; sisters-m-law and brother-in-law, Robert and Jewlene Campbell, Glenda Childers; several aunts, nieces, nephews and friends.
Mrs. Sandra Boykin North, 55, of Ozark, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2002 at Flowers Hospital following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, 2002 at First Missionary Baptist Church with Rev. S.C. Jackson officiating. Interment will follow in Woodlawn Memory Gardens with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. Visitation will be today from 12 until 7 p.m. at Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home.
Sandra Boykin North was born Sept. 30, 1946 to the late Samuel and Bertha Rhymes Boykin. She confessed Christ
at an early age and was a loyal, faithful and dedicated member of First Missionary Baptist Church. She participated in Sunday School and numerous other church activities. She was an active, enthusiastic person who inspired many others
through her positive and wholesome outlook on life. She touched the lives of many people with her soft-spoken, modest, kind, gentle and gracious demeanor. Her strong character and loving nature was one to be cherished.
Sandra married Wayne L. North, and to this union three children were born: Terri North-Byrts (teacher - Tuscaloosa, Ala.); Wayne L. (Rudi) North, I11. (student at Tuskegee University) and Chase Alexander North (student at Alabama A&M University.) Sandra truly loved her family. Her motto was, "God first, family second and career third." She will always be remembered as a strong, proud, independent woman, who set high goals and faithfully worked to attain them, not only for herself, but for members of her family and friends as well. The family will always be grateful for her endless faith in God, strong leadership ability and steadfast determination to accomplish her goals. She stood on the Word: "I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me." Phillipians 4:13.
Sandra received a B.A. degree from Talladega College and completed further study at Troy State University and Bethany Bible College. She retired from the Ozark School System where she taught for many years. Sandra was the owner/director of North-Wind Learning Center, Ozark. She was also a proud and dedicated sales director of "Sandi's Soaring Eagles" for Mary Kay Cosmetics.
The Lord called her home on Feb. 12, 2002. The Gate of Heaven opened up and extended a welcoming hand unto this child. She will be sadly missed and fondly remembered by her many relatives, friends and loved ones. To cherish her memory, she leaves her greatest treasures: Wayne L. North; one brother, Amos Van Boykin, Ozark; two sisters, Annette Long, Ft. Pierce, Fla.; and Delores Jean Burks, Buffalo, N.Y.; one daughter, Terri N. Byrts (Danny) Tuscaloosa, Ala.; two sons, Wayne L. (Rudi) North, II, Tuskegee, and Chase A. North, Huntsville; one aunt, Catherine Boykin; "Sandi's Soaring Eagles" and a host of relatives and friends.
James Paul Eckels, 86, a resident of Ozark, died early Monday morning, February 11, 2002, at Southeast Alabama Medical Center.
Memorial services will be held 2v30 p.m. Friday, February 15, 2002, at the Lee Street Baptist Church in Enterprise
Alabama with Rev. Larry Doster officiating. Byrd Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Eckels was born February 12, 1915. He resided in Columbus, Ohio before moving to Ozark in 1966. He was
a veteran of World War II having served in the U. S. Navy. He was employed with civil service at Fort Rucker as
a computer system analyst for over thirty years. Mr. Eckels later contracted with the State of Alabama to manage
state parks.
Mr. Eckels was preceded in death by his wife, Florence Jean Eckels.
Survivors include three svns and daughters-in-law Gary D. and Kathy Moore, Nashville, Tennessee, William J. and Rae Moore, Enterprise, Alabama, Robert J. and Susan Moore, Overland Park, Kansas; nine grandchildren; a sister, Sherry Eckels, Atlanta, Georgia.
Mrs. Ida Mae Saliba, 80, of Eufaula Street died at her residence Saturday morning, Feb. 9, 2002.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at the First United Methodist Church, Ozark, with Dr. Billy Gaither officiating. Burial will be in Morning View Cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark, directing. Visitation will be held form 2 p.m. Sunday until one hour before service time when her body will be placed at the church. Family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2 until 5 p.m. Sunday. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions are requested to be given to the First United Church Building Fund.
Mrs. Saliba was born Aug. 2, 1927 in Meridan, Miss., the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Jo George. She was
a graduate of Charity Nursing School, New Orleans, La. After the death of her husband, Abraham Saliba in 1988,
she continued to operate Saliba Grocery in Ozark. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church.
She is survived by one son and daughter-in-law, Dr. Samuel J. Saliba and Paula, of Montgomery; two grandchildren, Daniel and Jennifer Saliba, of Montgomery; one brother, Phillip George, of Mobile; two sisters, Lillie George, of Ozark; and Mary McMullan of Baton Rouge, La.; one brother-in-law Charley Saliba, Ozark.
Mr. Hoyt Griggs, 87, of Ozark, died Saturday Feb. 9, 2002 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Monday Feb. 11, 2002 at Beersheba Cemetery with Fuqua Bankston Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. Sunday Feb. 10, 2002, at the funeral home.
Mr. Griggs was a native and life-long resident of Dale County. He was a member of Morgan Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents: John Marshall and Sarah Delilah Griggs; seven sisters and five brothers.
Survivors include his son and daughter-in-law, James H. and Carolyn Griggs, Montgomery; numerous nieces and
nephews also survive.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Morgan Baptist Church Building Fund.
John Charles Peidl,. 62, of 1001 Harris Road, Apt. 10, Ozark, died Thursday morning, February 7, 2002 at Dale Medical Center in Ozark following an extended illness.
Graveside services with full military honors will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 9, 2002, at Gardens of Memory Cemetery with Byrd Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 until 8 p.m. on Friday.
Mr. Peidl was born June 23, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and resided the early years' of his life in Runnemead, New Jersey. He was a veteran of the U. S. Army having served in Vietnam retiring in 1981 after 21 years of service. Mr. Peidl was later employed with Motorola in Data Communication for fifteen years. He resided in Rehobeth prior to moving to Ozark in 1998.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon Peidl, Ozark; two sons, Kirby Peidl and Gary Peidl; two daughters, Sarah Peidl
and Robin Bowden; his mother, Loretta Peidl; three grandchildren; two brothers, Chas Peidl and Jim Peidl; a sister,
Patricia Carey; several nieces and nephews also survive.
Mrs. Bernice Seay Lewis, 90, of Route 6, Ozark, Marley Mill Community, and formerly of Moultrie, Georgia, died early Thursday, February 7, 2002, at her Daughter's home following an extended illness.
Graveside services will be held Saturday February 9, 2002, at 2:00 P. M. (Eastern Standard Time) at Hopewell Baptist Church Cemetery in Moultrie, Georgia,, with the Reverend Saunders Pinckard officiating. Cobb Funeral Home of Moultrie, Georgia directing. Holman Funeral Home in charge of local arrangements.
Mrs. Lewis was born September 3, 1911, to John and Alma Seay of Slocomb, Alabama. She was a retired homemaker and enjoyed gardening and sewing. Mrs. Lewis was an active member of the Evelyn United Methodist Church in Moultrie, Georgia.
Her Husband Homer L. Lewis, a Daughter Rosalyn Faye Lewis and a granddaughter Melissa Ann Connell Griffin preceded her in death.
She is survived by two daughters: Margie L. Dees, Ozark and Raye Jean Connell, Moultrie Georgia. Three grandchildren; Linda K. Dees and Charles H. Dees, Ozark; James Al Connell, Moultrie, Georgia.
Mr. David Ladair Woodham, 61, Ozark, died Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2002, at Flowers Hospital.
The funeral will be 2 p.m. today at Chalkhead Baptist Church with the Rev. Tommy West and the Rev. Phil Stephens officiating. Burial will be in the church Cemetery, Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Chalkhead Baptist Church, Route 3, Box 281, Ozark, Ala., 36360. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to: Chalkhead Baptist Church, Route 3, Box 281, Ozark, Ala. 36360.
Mr. Woodham was a native and lifelong resident of Dale County. He was employed with Pemco World Air Services for the past 14 years as a structural sheet mechanic. He was also engaged in farming and was a dedicated and loving husband and father. He was a member of Chalkhead Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents: Joseph Molton and Gladys Tharpe Woodham; sister Annie Myrle Williams and brother-in-law James Ed Williams.
Survivors include his wife of 40 years, Shirley Bright Woodham, Ozark; one daughter and son-in-law, Kimberly Denise and David Goodson, Ozark; two sons and daughters-in-law, Michael David and Melanie Woodham, Knoxville, Tenn., and Mitchell Ladair and Teri Woodham, Ozark; two brothers and sisters-in-law, Daniel and Elaine Woodham and Donald and Mignonette Woodham, all of Ozark; four grandchildren, Hayley Goodson; Caitlin and Riley Woodham and Chloe Woodham; nephews, Joseph Edward Williams, Christopher Donald Woodham and Paul Woodham; niece Chellie
Phillips.
Pallbearers will be: Danny Hicks, Walter Dyson, Olen Grantham, Tommy Baldwin, Randy Outlaw, and Reynolds Ward. Honorary pallbearers will be co-workers of Pemco World Air Services.
Dr. Norman Willard Holman Sr., age 92, of 7400 Wymart Road, Pensacola, Fla., formerly of 432 East Broad Street, Ozark, died Tuesday morning, January 29, 2002, in Baptist Hospital in Pensacola.
Graveside services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday February 2, 2002, in the Claybank Cemetery in Ozark, with Dr.
Billy D. Gaither officiating and Holman-Headland Mortuary directing. The family will receive friends from 5-6:30 p.m.
Friday at Holman Funeral Home in Ozark. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the First United Methodist Church of Ozark, 201 East Broad Street, Ozark, AL, 36360-1598 or to the Boy Scouts of America, 6801 West Main Street, Dothan, AL, 36305, or to the Auburn University Foundation, 317 South College Street, Auburn University AL, 36849.
Dr. Holman Sr. was born October 6, 1909, in Ozark, the son of the late Dr. Henderson Looney Holman Sr. and Mary Edmonia Inge Holman. He was a graduate of Dale County High School on College Street in Ozark, where he served as class President his senior year in 1928 and was a member of the National Honor Society Dr. Holman Sr. attended Auburn University for one year and also attended Emory University undergraduate school in Atlanta from 1929-1931. He attended the Emory University School of Medicine from 1931-1935 and received both his B.S. and M.D. degrees from Emory in June of 1935. He was a member of the Sigma Nu Fraternity at Auburn and Emory, and was an avid supporter of the Auburn University football team.
Dr. Holman served his internship and residency in Pediatrics and Medicine at the Grady Hospital in Atlanta from 1935-1937. He returned to Ozark in 1938, and began his practice of medicine with his father until he was called to
active duty in the U. S. Army Medical Corps and served for two years and ten months, and was discharged with the rank
of Captain. He practiced at Camp Gordon, Ga. in a 2000 bed hospital while in the military Following his military service, Dr. Holman Sr. returned to Ozark to continue the practice of his late father and remained in family practice until September 1, 1992. Upon his retirement, the Dale Medical Center staff dedicated a continuing medical education program on his behalf and honored him with a retirement dinner. His retirement ended 137 consecutive years of medical service in Ozark and Dale County rendered by the Holman family begining with his grandfather, Dr. John C. Holman in 1855. Dr. Holman had been a resident of Pensacola for the past six years. Dr. Holman, Sr. was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Ozark and was a past president of the Ozark Kiwanis Club. In earlier years, he received the Silver Beaver award for outstanding service to the Boy Scouts of America. He had served as Vice-President of the Emory University School of Medicine Alumni Association.
In 1935 Dr. Holman, Sr. bought plans for five dollars for a travel trailer from the Airstream Trailer Company From these plans he built a trailer that was declared by Airstream in their publication "Caravaner" in the spring of 1984 as the oldest known Airstream trailer in the world. Wally Byam, the founder of the Airstream Co., formed a travel club called Wally Byam Caravan Club International (WBCCI). Dr. Holman, Sr., was a member of the club and attended his first rally in 1947.
He attended the international, regional, state and local rallies when he could. The WBCCI developed a sub-club known as the Vintage Airstream Club (VAC). In October, 1955, the WBCCI and VAC presented two plaques to Dr. Holman, Sr., The Oldest Existing Airstream Trailer, and Honorary membership to the VAC for life. Dr. Holman Sr. and his Airstream 1935 Torpedo were honored five times in five years by winning the first place Concours D'Elegance Award at International Rallies of the WBCCI and VAC competing with up to 2000 trailers and each win was in a different category The awards were as follows: 1. 1997 (Huntsville, Al.) Best of Show 2. 1998 (Boise, Id) Oldest One Owner and Bright Ideas-Most Innovative 3. 1999 (Dayton, Oh), No win 4. 2000 (Bismarck, ND) Oldest Original Owner and 5. 2001 (Sioux Falls, SD) Best in Class-1930's Decade. The most interesting of these awards was the 1998 win for "Bright Ideas-Most Innovative". He combined an electrically powered marine bilge pump with a pressure operated pin valve used in agricultural water systems in 1937 to perfect the first practical "water on demand" water system for his trailer powered by an automobile battery This innovation preceded the industry by 23 years. It was adopted as a standard by Airstream in 1960 and, subsequently, by industry as a whole for the recreational vehicle market, boating market and others. He regretted the fact that he failed to patent his system.
Dr. Holman, Sr., became a celebrity in his last years. He was filmed in Ozark in 1994 by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) for a program in a series named "Perpetual Motion'. He has been interviewed and filmed dozens of
times at international, regional, and state rallies for prime time TV news broadcasts. In 1999, he and his trailer were filmed at Dayton, Ohio by the Discovery Channel. This program was aired on the Travel Channel (Discovery Channel Affiliate) in February, 2000.
Dr. Holman, Sr. was preceded in death by his wife, Thelma Herndon Holman; two sisters, Imogen Holman Morgan and Edmonia Holman Williams; four brothers, Richard Inge Holinan, H.L. Holman, Jr., A. Kenneth Holman and Wilton
R. Holman, Sr.; and his step-mother, Floride A. Holman.
Surviving relatives include two sons, Dr. Norman W. Holman, Jr., Pensacola, Fla.; Harry Herndon Holman, Ozark; two grandchildren, Shane Holman, Dothan; Lance Holman, Ozark; a half brother, Charles C. Holman, Niceville, Fla.; and several nieces and nephews.
His wish to you would be to remember: "Keep new horizons and you will never grow old".
