Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Thelma M. (Mims) Barefield, 88 of Hollidaysburg, Pa., formerly of Echo, died Sept. 8, 2003, at Bon Secours Hospital in Altoona, Pa., after an extended illness.
Memorial services will be 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 21, at Liebegott-Brown Funeral Home Inc. with Father Gardner officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to services Sunday a the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Echo United Methodist Church of Echo.
Born May 1, 1915 in Echo, Ala., the daughter of the late John Arthur "Taint" and Lauther (Riley) Mims, Thelma married James P. "Tine" Barefield July 8, 1933 in Echo. She was a member of Echo United Methodist Church. She enjoyed quilting and gardening.
She was preceded in death by her husband Feb. 12 1999; son, Jimmy, who was killed in action during Vietnam serving as a warrant officer in the Army; one daughter, Ann in 1946; one sister, Olba Griggs of Echo; two brothers, Lloyd of Echo and Hollie of Ormond Beach, Fla.
She is survived by two daughters, Ann Dale Culp of Hollidaysburg, Pa., and Janice A. Metz of Ozark; one brother, Horace of Columbus, Ga.; seven grandchildren MSGT (U.S. Air Force retired) Chuck Metz of Bossier City, La., Melanie Squire of Atlanta Ga., Lt. Col. Dean Metz, U.S. Air Force, of Tampa, Fla., Angie and Matthew Barefield, both of Adams Mill, Gina Adams of Browns Cross Roads, and Rebecca Culp of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; five great-grandchildren, Mollie Kate Squire of' Atlanta, Ga., John Wylie Metz of Bossier City, La., Reagan and Wallis Metz of Tampa, Fla., and Cole Adams of Brown's Cross Roads.
Mrs. Thyra Hughes Stokes, 83 of Birmingham, formerly, of Ozark, died. Thursday morning, Sept. 11, 2003.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13, at Westview Memorial Cemetery in Ozark with the Rev. Harry Circle officiating. Interment will follow. The family will receive friends at the cemetery after the service.
Mrs. Stokes was a native of Ozark where she worked with Civil Service Signal Control at Fort Rucker until her retirement.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Daisy B. Allen Hughes and Ollie Bartow Hughes; her husband, Pat Stokes; two sisters, Hortense Hughes and Ann Carmichael; three brothers, Ben Hughes, Bill Hughes and Mack Hughes.
Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Ron and Virginia Stokes of Birmingham, Terry and Gail Stokes of Montgomery; three grandchildren, Sharon Calvert of Birmingham, Ron Stokes, Jr. of Birmingham, and Terry Stokes Jr. of Montgomery; one great grandchild, Ben Calvert of Birmingham.
Miss Vernell Reynolds, 74 of Ozark, died Tuesday morning, Sept. 9, 2003, after an extended illness.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11, at Holman Funeral Home Chapel in Ozark. Interment will follow at Lee Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Flowers will be accepted or memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Resource Center, P.O. Box 1170, Dothan, Ala. 36302 or Wiregrass Hospice, 1970 E. Andrews Ave., Ozark, Ala. 36360.
Miss Reynolds was a native of Newton and a member of Newton Baptist Church. She retired from the Army and Airforce Exchange Service at Fort Rucker after 45 years of service. She was a member of the American Business Women's Association, Ozark Chapter.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Hilda Reynolds, Katie Belle Marsh, and Mary Morris; and six brothers, Pat Reynolds, Hubert Reynolds, Shelby Reynolds, L.F. "Mike" Reynolds, James Reynolds and Paul Reynolds.
Survivors include one sister and brother-in-law, Merrell and Joe Roberson of Ozark; four nieces, Janis Hardy of Dothan, June Layton of Ashford, Dixie Reynolds of Ozark and Diane Stanford of Ozark; five nephews, Kenneth Reynolds of Huntsville, Stanley Reynolds of Dothan, Randy Reynolds of Fort Bragg, N.C. Joey Reynolds of Dothan, and James Marsh of Tampa, Fla.
Mr. Thomas Edward Snell, 63 of Skipperville, died Sunday September 7, 2003, in a Dothan hospital following a lingering illness.
Funeral services will be 11 a.m. today, September 10, 2003, in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home in Ozark. Interment will follow in Hutto Cemetery. Visitation will be at Holman Funeral Home, 995 South Union Avenue, Ozark, from 10 a.m. Tuesday until service time at 11 a.m., with the family receiving friends during this hour.
Mr. Snell was a native of Dale County, lived most of his adult life in Henry County, and worked in the logging industry.
Survivors include two daughters, Tina Turner, Skipperville, and Penny Snell, Mobile; two sons and one daughter-in-law, Eddie D. Snell and his fiancée, Cynthia Odom, Cedar Springs, Georgia, and Shane and LeeAnn Snell, Abbeville; his stepmother, Mae Tom Snell, Chancellor, Ala.; four grandchildren; two brothers, James Snell, New Brockton, and Dan Snell, Ozark; two half sisters and three half brothers.
Hattie Pearl Brantley Keel, 71 and a resident of County Road 46, Midland City died Monday afternoon, September 1, 2003, in a Dothan hospital.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 3, 2003, in the Holman-Headland Mortuary Chapel with Reverend Thomas Kirkland officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Cemetery near Echo. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. Wednesday at the mortuary in Headland.
Mrs. Keel was born and reared in the Echo community of Dale County daughter of the late General Emmett Brantley and Pearlie Irell Ammons Brantley. She lived in the Echo community most of her lifetime until 1997 when she moved to Headland. Mrs. Keel then returned to the New Hope community near Echo in October, 2002. She was a member of the Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church. Mrs. Keel was formerly employed by Jeffcoat Equipment in Dothan as a bookkeeper and also Walter Hand Motor Company in Ozark as office manager. In earlier years, Mrs. Keel attended Riley Business College and also Troy State University both in Dothan.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Roy Lee Keel and also a brother, General Lamar Brantley.
Surviving relatives include her sister, Thyra Mallory and her husband, Rev. Paul Mallory, Headland; three nieces and one nephew; and also a sister-in-law, Evie Keel, Headland.
Serving as active pallbearers will be Billy Ammons, Jack Ammons, Jerry Ammons, Roger Ammons, Rocky Windham and Sean Windham.
Mr. Earnest A. Moore, 61 of Ozark, died early Saturday morning, Aug. 30, 2003, at his residence.
The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, September 3, 2003 in the chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with the Rev. Paul Turner officiating. Burial will follow at Newton City Cemetery, with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday from 6 to 8 p.m.
Mr. Moore was born February 24, 1942 in Dougherty County, Ga. He has been a Dale County resident for the past 30 years and has been a loving husband, father and grandfather.
Left to cherish his memory are his wife Mrs. Jean Moore; and four daughters and sons-in-law, Patti O'Sullivan and Randy Reddick of Clarksville Tenn.; Vickie O' Sullivan and Michael Welch of Knoxville, Tenn.; Emily and Dennis Skaggs, of Daleville; Karen and Gary Welch, of Ozark; two sons and their wives, Bud and Michelle Moore, of Ozark; Kirby and Sandra Moore, of Auburndale, Fla.; his stepmother, Pauline Moore, of Bainbridge, Ga.; three sisters, Carolyn Stewart
of Mobile; Joyce McElroy, of Bainbridge, Ga.; and Louise Maxwell, of Bainbridge, Ga.; two brothers, Terry and Brenda Pinkerton, of Ozark; and John and Thresa Moore, of Newton, Ga.; and I6 grandchildren, John, Allison, Michael Jr., Ashley, Candice, Garret, Jennifer, Jimmy, Kallie, Brandon, Katie, Kayla, Hunter, Samantha, Casey and Whitney, and special friend in Christ, Paul Turner.
Mr. Michael Anthony Monk, 40, died Saturday August 30, 2003 in Dale Medical Center following an apparent heart attack.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday from Mabson United Methodist Church with Dr. Walter Reeder officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home of Ozark directing. Visitation will be held Monday from 6 until 8 p.m. Family will receive friends at the funeral home chapel during these hours. His body will be placed in the church one hour before service time.
Mr. Monk was a member of Mabson United Methodist Church and was employed with Copter Pest Control Company.
His mother, Mary Jeanette Monk, Sister, Ede Jeanette Graves, and Nephew Roam Clay Monk preceded him in death.
He is survived by brother and sister-in-law; Mark and Marie Monk of Ozark, Al; grandmother; Lydia Bottoms of Ozark, Al.; uncle; Jerome Graves of Ozark, Al.; niece and nephew; Breanna Marie Monk and John Alex Monk also survive.
Mr. Patrick McBrewer, 41 of Earl Avenue, Ozark, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2003 at his residence.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2003 at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church in Ozark with the Rev. J.H. Fitchared officiating.
Burial will follow in Little Zion Cemetery, Ozark, with Lewis & Lewis Funeral Home directing.
Precious memories remain with those who loved him. Six sisters: Renae (Otis) Smith, Shirley (Douglas) Bolden, Gwendolyn, Kelly Vanessa Kimberly and Katrina, all of Ozark; two brothers, Mike and Scottie McBrewer, of Ozark and a host of uncles, aunts, nephews, nieces, cousins and a very special friend Mary Smith.
Family hour is from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday. Sept. 1, 2003.
Bunk Jerkins Jr., 67 of Ozark, formerly of Daleville, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2003, at Dale Medical Center in Ozark.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug 28, at Searcy Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev Robert Beasley officiating. Burial will follow at Providence Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Mr. Jerkins was preceded in death by his parents, Bunk and Alice Jerkins; and a brother, Jimmy Jerkins.
Surviving are two sisters, Katherine Fulford of Smiths Station, Betty Hall of Dothan; five brothers, the Rev. Kenneth Jerkins of Enterprise, the Rev. John Henry Jerkins of Enterprise, Willie Jeff Jerkins of Enterprise Willie Ray Jerkins of Enterprise, James Jerkins of Chancellor and several nieces, nephews and other relatives.
Mrs. Marilyn Fern Lambert, 69 of Newville, Alabama, died Sunday morning, August 24, 2003, at her residence.
Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. today from the Chapel of Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home with Rev. Larry Adams officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home this morning from 9:30 a.m. until service time.
Mrs. Lambert was born in Missouri on October 5, 1933, the daughter of the late Clarence Larkin Quevreaux and Gladys Celia Marsh.
Fuqua-Bankston Funeral Home, 334-774-4551, is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Edward J. Siegfried, 60 of Ozark, died Saturday morning, August 23, 2003, in Dale Medical Center following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 2:00 P. M. Tuesday, August 26, 2003 from the Ozark First United Methodist Church with the Reverends Joe Reames, Marty Hamilton and Dr. Billy D. Gaither officiating. Visitation will be at the Funeral Home Parlors from 3:00 P M. today with the family receiving friends from 6:00 until 8:00 P.M.
Mr. Siegfried was a native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and a graduate of Rider University in New jersey. He worked for 30 years with Phillips Van Heusen Corporation, retiring as the Senior Vice President of Manufacturing in Ozark. He was a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Club, and a member of the First United Methodist Church of Ozark.
Survivors include his wife, Barbara Siegfried, Ozark, two sons and daughters-in-law, Edward J. and Stacy L. Siegfried, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Greg and Landra Siegfried, Ozark, his Mother, Mrs. Olga Siegfried, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one sister, Leanore Eckert, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, one brother and sister-in-law, Paul and Theresa Siegfried, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, three grandchildren, Jessica A. Lennon, William O'Neal Siegfried, and Matthew Gregory Siegfried.
Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 206 West Troy Street, Dothan, Alabama 36307.
Mrs. Sallie Kathryn Thompson, 59 of Ozark, died late Saturday evening on August 23, 2003 at Southeast Alabama Medical Center of Dothan.
Funeral arrangements are incomplete at this time, but will be announced later by Fuqua-Bankston funeral home of Ozark.
Mr. James H. Woodard, 57 of Ariton died early Saturday morning, Aug. 23, 2003, at his home in Ariton following a brief illness.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Grace Baptist Church with Pastor Douglas Crosby officiating. Interment will follow in Ariton Cemetery Visitation will be at Holman Funeral Home in Ozark from 3 until 5 p.m. today with the family receiving friends during that time. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time Monday.
Mr. Woodard was born and raised in Dale County and retired from civil service at Fort Rucker. He was an avid golfer and a loving father, son, grandfather, arid uncle. He was a charter member of the Grace Baptist Church and was serving as Church Secretary-Treasurer and as a Trustee of the Church. He was a member of the National Association of Retired Federal Employees.
He was preceded in death by his father, Homer Oscar Woodard.
Survivors include one son and daughter-in-law Michael and Marla Kay Woodard; Hartford; his mother, Brunise Woodard, Ariton; two sisters, Charlene Vance and Kathy Harris, Ariton; brother-in-law, Danny Harris, Ozark; two grandchildren, Roger Parker and Zachary Woodard, Hartford; three nieces and four nephews; five great nieces and six great nephews; and special friends, Pat Whitehead, Gene Brannon, and Wayne Barefield. Flowers will be accepted or memorials may be made to Grace Baptist Church, PO. Box 609, Ozark, Ala. 36360.
Chaplain Col. Ervin L. Shirey Sr. (retired), 88 of Ozark, died Friday morning, Aug. 22, 2003, at Ozark Health and Rehabilitation Center.
Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Bridlewood Chapel with Chaplain Col. Lou Shirey Jr. (retired), the Rev. David Stephens, and Chaplain Col. Freeman Mashburn (retired) officiating. Interment will follow in Ariton Cemetery with full military honors. Visitation will be 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Holman Funeral Home. The body will be placed in the church one hour prior to service time Monday
Ervin L. Shirey, Sr. was born in rural Baldwin County Ala. in 1914. Vigorous farm work, rambunctious play with three older brothers, fishing and fun -- these activities made up his early years. At age 17, Shirey became a Christian and began preaching immediately in small outdoor worship settings. For the next 71 years he continued to pastor and preach. In 1933 he moved to Greenville, S.C. to attend Holmes Bible College. After completion of this program he accepted a pastor position with the Anniston, Ala. Pentecostal Holiness Church. He attended and graduated from Jacksonville State University as he was pastoring this church. During this time he also met and married the bride of his life. Millie Ruth Armstrong of Ariton, Ala. has been a marvelous complement and companion to Mr. Shirey for more than 61 years.
Soldiers from Fort McClellan attended the Anniston church, and these young people sparked Shirey's interest in becoming a military chaplain which he did in 1943. His place of ministry during WW II was mainly on Army Transport Corps ships. Throughout his life Chaplain Shirey made 69 crossings of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. He often stated that he made these trips by ship, by plane and by rail (seasick!).
Following the end of hostilities of WW II he returned to the same church in Anniston but at the onset of the Korean Conflict in 1950 he again volunteered for chaplain service. His unit was involved in some of the deadliest fighting. Shirey continued on active duty and served with distinctiort in Germany, Korea and various posts in the United States. His final assignment, Post Chaplain of Fort Rucker Alabama, was from 1963 to 1968.
In the 35 years of his "retirement" Chaplain Shirey held positions of leadership for the Pentecostal Holiness Church in the state of Alabama, military chaplain endorser for his denomination, and pastor of Bridlewood Chapel, Ozark. Since 1963 "Colonel" and "Miss Millie" lived in Ariton. The last year of his life he preached twice a month at a small church near Ariton. The number of weddings, funerals, counseling, and worship services conducted by this mari add into the hundreds.
His family and multitude of friends remember his zest for life, his wisdom,. his great humor his love for fishing and gardening, and his consuming love for God and people.
Survivors include his wife, Millie Armstrong Shirey of Ozark; one daughter, Wanza Shirey of Ozark; one son and daughter-in-law Chaplain Col. Lou and Becky Shirey, Jr., (retired) of Macon, Ga.; grandchildren, Randall and Josie Stanton of Montgomery, Stephanie and Eric Clark of Montgomery, Hope Shirey and Trey Jones of Macon, Ga., Jonathan A. Shirey of Macon, Ga, and Amy L. Shirey of Washington D. C.; and five great grandchildren.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Emmanuel College, C/O Bridlewood Chapel, P O. Box 501, Ozark, Alabama 36361.
