Madison County, Alabama Obituary Collection 1998-1999 (From Various Funeral Homes)
Covering the towns of Big Cove, Brownsboro, Gurley, Hampton Cove, Harvest, Hazel Green,
Huntsville, Madison, Meridianville, New Hope, New Market, Normal, Owens Cross Roads,
Ryland, Toney, and Triana. Also many obits from nearby Athens (Limestone County).
Some of the funeral homes represented: Royal Funeral Home, Spry Funeral Home,
Valhalla Funeral Home, Laughlin Service Funeral Home, and Twickenham Funeral Home.
Note: These obituaries are NOT primary source. They are intended only to provide clues in
researching your family tree. Use the date at the top of each group of obituaries to determine
the date of death since this collection does not include specific dates, only the day of the week
that the death occurred. Use the handy 1998 or 1999 calendars to determine dates.
Shirley A. Coffman
BRIDGEPORT - Shirley Ann Coffman, 62, died Tuesday at her home. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson with the Rev. Jim Bernard officiating.
Burial will be in Rocky Springs Cemetery.
Survivors include her husband, Billy Coffman; one daughter, Brenda Lawhorne of Bridgeport; two sons, Tim Coffman and Corkey Coffman, both of Bridgeport; her mother, Virginia Nowlin of Bridgeport; one sister, Barbara Brock of Hixson, Tenn.; one brother, Jimmy Nowlin of Mount Juliette, Tenn.; and six grandchildren.
Visitation was to be today until 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Linda M. Crews
ATHENS - Linda Mae Crews, 47, of Mooresville Road died Monday at a local hospital. The funeral will be today at 3 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home in Athens with Dwight Raburn and M.E. Hodges officiating.
Burial will be in Bottom Cemetery.
Mrs. Crews was a native of Limestone County, a member of New Life Assembly of God and a homemaker.
Survivors include one daughter, Theressa Dawn Crews of Athens; one sister, Eloise Kelley of Athens; two brothers, J.W. Kimbrough and Donald Gene Kimbrough, both of Athens; and several nieces, nephews, aunts and uncles.
Robert L. Curtis
STEVENSON - Robert L. ''Bob Curtis, 50, died Monday at a Chattanooga hospital. The funeral will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson with the Rev. John Gamble and the Rev. James Tisdale officiating.
Burial will be in Pinehaven Memorial Gardens in Hollywood.
Mr. Curtis was a retired Navy veteran who served in the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars. He had been awarded the Purple Heart, the Navy Achievement Medal, the Marine Achievement Medal and the National Defense Medal.
Mr. Curtis was employed by Vinson Eye Center in South Pittsburg, Tenn., and the U.S. Post Office in Stevenson.
Survivors include his wife, Rachel Jean Curtis; one daughter, Kelli Rebecca Curtis of Stevenson; one son, Kevin Eugene Curtis of Las Vegas, Nev.; six sisters, Hazel Smith of Chattanooga, Marie Diehl of Spring City, Tenn., Mary Morrow of Pisgah, Ala., and Louise Curtis, Shirley Dodson and Helen Mabe, all of Stevenson; and two brothers, Dan Curtis of Fackler and Tommy Curtis of Stevenson.
James G. Freyder
James G. Freyder, 65, of Huntsville died Tuesday at a local hospital. Laughlin Service Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements.
Mr. Freyder was a member of South Huntsville Kiwanis Club, Latham United Methodist Church, Huntsville Genealogy Computing Society and Coachmen Caravan Chapter No. 393. He was a retired lieutenant colonel with the Army and was also retired form USBI.
Survivors include his wife, Carol Freyder of Huntsville; three daughters, Elizabeth J. Bolger of Ambler, Pa., Suzanne V. Freyder-Jordan of Montevallo and Catherine P.F. McClurkin of Evans, Ga.; one sister, Joan M. Freyder of Chicago; and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Lovie S. Green
ARAB - Lovie Satterfield Green, 94, died Tuesday at a Huntsville nursing home. The funeral was today at 11 a.m. at Gober Funeral Home in Arab.
Burial was in Brookwood Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, N.C. Satterfield of Arab and Sanford Satterfield of Decatur; three stepdaughters, Agnes Waldrop of Arab, Jean Tant of Texas and Peggy Maziarz of Rhode Island; and one sister, Buna Smith of Texas.
Gilbert A. Green haw
ATHENS - Gilbert Archie Green haw, 67, of 15168 Dawson Dupree Road died Tuesday at a Huntsville hospital. The funeral will be Thursday at 2 p.m. at McConnell Funeral Home.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m., at the funeral home.
Patricia M. Holt
Patricia M. Holt, 57, of Huntsville died Tuesday at a local hospital. New Hope Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements.
Glen L. Leaver Sr.
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. - Glen L. Leaver Sr., 73, of 42 Ardmore Highway died Tuesday at his home. The funeral was today at 10 a.m. at Higgins Funeral Home with the Rev. Clark Beiler officiating.
Burial will be in Locust Grove Cemetery in New Jersey.
Mr. Leaver was a native of Pittstown, N.J., an Air Force veteran and a retired manufacturing engineer manager with Amana. He served on the city planning board and the equalization board and was a member of Quakertown Methodist Church and Victory Chapel Church. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Leaver.
Survivors include his wife, Louise Russell Leaver of Fayetteville; one son, Glen Leaver Jr. of Fayetteville; one stepson, Wesley Russell of Fayetteville; one stepdaughter, Samantha Warren of Fayetteville; one sister, Joyce Carraway of Fanwood, N.J.; two half brothers, Arthur Runyon of St. Petersburg, Fla., and Howard Runyon of Annanda, N.J.; and one granddaughter, three great-grandchildren, five step-grandchildren and one step-great-grandchild.
Memorial donations may be made to the Victory Chapel Church building fund.
Julie S. Masters
MANASSAS, Va. - Julie Sandra Masters, 34, died Sunday at a Maryland hospital. The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Price Funeral Home in Manassas with the Rev. Guy Hamilton officiating.
Burial will be in Stonewall Memory Gardens in Manassas.
Survivors include one son, Joshua A. Shourds of Manassas; her mother, Irene Masters of Manassas; her father and stepmother, Merlyn M. and Ann F. Masters of Huntsville; two brothers, Stephen B. Masters and Christopher D. Masters, both of Manassas; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George A. Lord of Cleveys, England; paternal grandfather, Gordon Masters of Eagan, Minn.; and her fiance, John Shourds of Manassas; and one aunt and two uncles.
Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Sean P. OLeary
ATLANTA - Sean Patrick OLeary, 34, died Sunday in Chapel Hill, N.C. The funeral will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Culleys MeadowWood Funeral Home in Tallahassee, Fla.
Mr. OLeary, formerly of Huntsville, was a 1982 Grissom High School graduate.
Survivors include his parents, Francis E. and Rhondda G. OLeary; one sister, Maura OLeary, of Janesville, Wis.; one niece, Tiffany C. Burns of Janesville.
Visitation will be Thursday from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Jeremy R. Payton
Jeremy Ray Payton, 21, of Huntsville died Monday in Birmingham. The funeral will be Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Mike Maze officiating.
Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Survivors include his father, Ronnie R. Payton of Huntsville; his mother, Donna M. Payton of Birmingham; one brother, Jason Ray Payton of Huntsville; grandmothers, Elanor Carr of Birmingham and Dorothy K. Wimberly; andstep-grandfather, Travis Wimberly of Huntsville.
Visitation will be today from 5 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Anthony J. Pearce
GUNTERSVILLE - Anthony Joe Pearce, 44, of 5527 Butler Lane Road died Monday in Etowah County. The funeral was to be today at 3 p.m. at Carr Funeral Home in Guntersville.
Burial was to be in Guntersville City Cemetery.
Mr. Pearce was employed by the Marshall County Gas District.
Survivors include his wife, Olivia Pearce; one son, Corey Pearce of Guntersville; three sisters, Betty Kelley of Guntersville, Bonnie Hettinger of Huntsville and Tana Bonds of Albertville; and three brothers, Ben Pearce and Jeff Pearce, both of Huntsville, and Steve Pearce of Guntersville.
Frank W. Stone Jr.
OCALA, Fla. - Frank W. Stone Jr., 72, formerly of Huntsville died Sept. 29 at his daughters home in Plymouth, Ind. The memorial service will be Saturday at the Liberty Chapel of Hollywood Memorial Garden Cemetery in Hollywood, Fla., with the Rev. Scott Paulding officiating.
Johnson-Danielson Funeral Home in Plymouth is in charge of arrangements.
Mr. Stone was a native of Huntsville, where he went to public schools as a child.
Survivors include his daughter, Linda G. Baker of Plymouth; two sons, Larry W. Stone of Ocala and Randall C. Stone of Huntsville; six brothers, William U. "Duke" Stone of St. Thomas, Pa., Ray J. Stone of Jacksonville, Fla., David Stone of Kissimee-St. Cloud, Fla., William "Bill" Stone of Fulton, Ga., and Richard Stone and Charles Stone, both of Hollywood, Fla.; and seven grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Memorial donations may be made to Marshall County Hospice, 112 South Center St. Suite C, Plymouth, Ind., 46563.
Annie J. White
Annie J. White, 86, of Huntsville died Saturday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Mt. Carmel M.B. Church in Jupiter, Fla., with the Rev. Reuben Jackson officiating.
Burial will be in Mt. Carmel Memorial Cemetery with Nelms Memorial Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors include three sons, the Rev. Alfred Pleasure and Alonzo Buggs Jr., both of Huntsville, and James W. McDonald of Albany, N.Y.; one daughter-in-law, Mary Pleasure of Huntsville; and seven grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the funeral home.
