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.
Roy S. Anderson
Roy Shingler Anderson, 75, of Huntsville died Wednesday at a local nursing home. The funeral will be Friday at 2:30 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Richard Anderson officiating.
Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Anderson was a native of Donelsonville, Ga., and had lived in Madison County 54 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in Co. A of the 2nd Division, 32nd Infantry Regiment.
Survivors include two sisters, Ann White of Huntsville and Aurelia Lewis of Murfreesboro, Tenn.; two brothers, Richard Anderson of Owens Cross Roads and A.B. Anderson Jr. of Gurley; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation is today from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
James F. Boyles
BAILEYTON - James F. Boyles, 92, died Tuesday. The funeral will be today at 2 p.m. at Gober Funeral Home of Arab.
Burial will be in the Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
Survivors include one sister, Irene Maze of Hopewell, and four grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.
Annie Carroll
Annie D. Garrett Carroll, 69, of Huntsville died Monday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Twickenham Funeral Home South with the Rev. Bob Waites officiating.
Burial will be in Twickenham Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Carroll was a member of Friends of the Huntsville/Madison County Public Library, the North Alabama Railroad Museum, the Huntsville/Madison County Botanical Gardens, the Cahaba R.V. and the Marshall Shrine Club.
Survivors include her husband, Reuben Carroll of Huntsville; two sons, Barry Lynn Carroll of Vinemont and Robert Neil Carroll of Huntsville; one daughter, Rhonda Ritter of Huntsville; one brother, C.E. Poodle Garrett of Albertville; two sisters, Sheila Brown of Guntersville and Evelyn Green hill of Albertville; and four grandchildren, three step-grandchild, one great-grandchild and one step-great-grandchild.
Visitation is today from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to Cahaba Hospital Fund.
Rebecca H. French
Rebecca H. French, 74, of Huntsville died Tuesday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Friday at 10 a.m. at Valhalla Funeral Home chapel with Pastor Wallace Green officiating.
Burial will be in Faith Memorial Park.
Mrs. French was a member of Westlawn Baptist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Lance E. French of Huntsville; one daughter, Candace French of Huntsville; two sons, Eldon French of Huntsville and Barry French of Memphis; one sister, Christine Stanford of Camden, Tenn.; and several nieces and nephews.
Visitation is today from 7 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Anthony J. Jattuso Sr.
Anthony John "Tony" Jattuso Sr., 68, of Huntsville died Tuesday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Friday at 1:30 p.m. at Laughlin Service Funeral Home chapel with Bro. J.B. Whitaker officiating.
Burial will be in Maple Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Jattuso was a member of American Legion, the Alabama Association of EMTs and Paramedics and the Central Volunteer Fire Department. He was given the first volunteer advanced life support unit award in the state. He was also a U.S. Navy veteran of the Korean War.
Survivors include his wife, Jane Giles Jattuso of Maysville; two sons, Anthony John Jattuso Jr. of Huntsville and Victor Joseph Jattuso of Atlanta; one daughter, Anita Buford of Maysville; one brother, Dominick Jattuso of Greenville, S.C.; two sisters, Mary Jattuso Olson and Madalena Jattuso Downing, both of Groveland, Fla.; and six grandchildren.
Visitation is today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to The Ark or a favorite charity.
Myrtle M. Jones
Myrtle Madalyn Jones, 84, of Huntsville died Wednesday at a Fayetteville, Tenn., nursing home. The funeral will be Friday at 12:30 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Otis Graves officiating.
Burial will be in Fords Chapel Cemetery.
Mrs. Jones was a lifelong resident of Madison County and a member of Clarksdale Baptist Church of Harvest.
Survivors include six daughters, Debbie Brewer and Marie Brewer, both of Huntsville, Mamie Butler of Gurley, Mary Jane Jones of Fayetteville and Margaret Hawkins of Hazel Green ; four sons, Lloyd C. Jones of Huntsville and Eulas Floyd Jones, James L. Jones and Mark Jones, all of Harvest; one stepson, Bill Jones of Huntsville; and 35 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren.
Visitation is today from 5 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Jasper O. Lambert
ATTALLA - Jasper Owen Lambert, 94, of the Attalla Healthcare Center, died Tuesday at his home. The funeral was to be today at 1 p.m. at Adams Funeral Home of Albertville.
Burial was to be in the Douglas Cemetery.
Survivors include two sons, Jimmy Lambert of Douglasville, Ga., and Willis Lambert of Albertville; three daughters, Clara Mae Hammett of Albertville, Robbie Lambert of Boaz and Alice Reid of Stockbridge, Ga.; one brother, Floyd Lambert of Blountsville; and 17 grandchildren and 25 great-grandchildren.
Linda Moone
ALBERTVILLE - Linda Ann Galloway Moone, 57, of 103 Richmond Ave. died Tuesday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Adams Funeral Home of Albertville.
Burial will be in the New Harmony Cemetery.
Survivors include three sons, Barry Moone, Allen Moone and Tony Moone, all of Albertville; one daughter, Shelly Moone of Albertville; her mother, Ann Galloway of Albertville; one brother, Bob Galloway of Albertville; and nine grandchildren.
Pauline B. Rorex
BRIDGEPORT - Pauline Brooks Rorex, 75, died Wednesday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson.
Burial will be in Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Survivors include three daughters, Shirley Blevins of Hollywood and Brenda Moody and Judy Thomas, both of Bridgeport; two sons, James E. Rorex and Gary Rorex, both of Bridgeport; her mother, Mattie Brooks of Bridgeport; one brother, Herbert H. Brooks of Michigan; and seven grandsons, one granddaughter and two great-grandchildren.
Opal Sanders
FYFFE - Opal Sanders, 66, died Tuesday at a Fort Payne hospital. The funeral was to be today at 3 p.m. at Rainsville Funeral Home with the Rev. Larry McKinney officiating.
Burial was to be in Mountain View Memory Gardens.
Mrs. Sanders was preceded in death by a daughter, Carolyn Stallings.
Survivors include three sons, Larry Downer and Raymond Downer, both of Henagar, and Gerald Downer of Fyffe; her mother, Eva Sanders of Rainsville; one sister, Lillian Parrish of Dalton, Ga.; three brothers, Joe Edward Sanders of Geraldine, David Sanders of Sylvania and Ray Sanders of Rainsville; eight grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, five step grandchildren and six step great-grandchildren.
Jewel E. Taylor
Jewel Edith Taylor, 88, of Huntsville died Tuesday at a Lynchburg, Tenn., nursing home. Burial will be in Carlsbad, N.M.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Homer H. Taylor, and one son, Vernon M. Taylor.
Survivors include one son, Albien L. Taylor of Huntsville, and five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Mary Woodall
STEVENSON - Mary ''Bonnie Woodall, 57, died Tuesday at her home. The funeral will be Friday at 11 a.m. at New Hope Baptist Church with the Rev. J.T. Williams officiating.
Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery with Rudder Funeral Home in Stevenson in charge.
Survivors include her husband, Eldon ''Red Woodall; one daughter, Mary Dixson of Henagar; two sons, Jessie Colburn of Flat Rock and Billy R. Colburn of Pisgah; two stepsons, Terry Woodall and Robert Woodall, both of Brunswick, Ga.; two sisters, Virginia Precise of Skyline and Dorothy Arnold of Hazel Green ; six grandchildren, one great-grandchild and one step granddaughter.
Nelle Wyatt
Nelle Wyatt, 76, of Huntsville died Tuesday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Hooper and Huddleston Funeral Home chapel in Cookeville, Tenn., with the Rev. Dorothy Ann Webster officiating.
Mrs. Wyatt was a member of Saint Paul United Methodist Church.
Survivors include her husband, Jerald Wyatt of Huntsville; one son, James Allan Wyatt of Lebanon, Tenn.; two daughters, Pryntha Akin and Deborah Lynn Callins, both of Huntsville; two sisters, Willene Fitzpatrick of Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Betty Jean Fletcher of Mt. Juliet, Tenn.; one brother, Jerry T. Huddleston of Mt. Juliet; and six grandsons.
Memorial donations may be made to St. Paul United Methodist Church, 3250 Dunn Drive West, Huntsville 35805 or to the National Childrens Advocacy Center, 200 West Side Square Suite 700, Huntsville 35801.
