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.
Virgil C. Mitchell
TONEY - Virgil C. Mitchell, 73, died Saturday in Lincoln County, Tenn. A graveside service will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Madison Cross Roads Cemetery with the Rev. Wheeler Kidd officiating.
Laughlin Service Funeral Home will be in charge of burial.
Mr. Mitchell was member of Toney United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Jane "Peggy" Mitchell of Toney; two sons, Michael Mitchell and Donald Mitchell, both of Huntsville; one brother, Herman O. Mitchell of Huntsville; one sister, Wilma Smith of Huntsville; and two grandchildren, several nieces and nephews.
Visitation is today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to your favorite charity.
Carrie C. Moore
COLUMBIA, S.C. - Carrie Christine Moore, 67, died Sunday at her home. Laughlin Service Funeral Home will announce funeral arrangements.
Mary S. Rackley
MADISON - Mary Sue Rackley, 70, of 125 Woodlawn Drive died Friday at her home.
Madison Chapel Funeral Home will be in charge of burial.
Survivors include one daughter, Mary Ray of Madison; two brothers, Rudolph Swindall of Byrom, Ga., and Mack Swindall of Prattville; and two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Mary G. H. Rollings
NEW HOPE - Mary Grace Hargrove Rollings, 64, of 142 Lee Drive died Sunday at a Huntsville hopsital. The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of New Hope with the Rev. Richard Anderson officiating.
Burial will be in Walker Cemetery in Grant.
Mrs. Rollings was a member of First Baptist Church of New Hope where she was Sunday school teacher. She had retired from Redstone Arsenal.
Survivors include her husband, James O. Rollings of New Hope; and three daughters, Lynn Rollings Evans of Montgomery, Liz Potter of Huntsville and Debie Renfroe of Gurley.
Visitation is today from 5:30 to 9 p.m. at New Hope Funeral Home.
The body will be at the church an hour before the funeral.
William R. Schueler
FALKVILLE - William Randall "Randy" Schueler, 38, died Saturday at a Birmingham hospital. The funeral was to be today at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Danny Pitts officiating.
Burial will be Jones Cemetery south of Falkville.
Mr. Schueler was a welder in the U.S. Navy.
He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Earl Sides and Jakob and Katie Schueler.
Survivors include his wife, Judie Schueler of Falkville; one son, William Ryan Schueler of Madison; one stepdaughter, Lori Bryan of Falkville; his parents, William and Nelli Schueler of Athens; one sister, Terri Lindsay of Madison; and his grandmother, Rosa M. Sides of Athens.
Clyde D. Smith
NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. - Clyde Dalton Smith, 81, of 3831 Lynhurst Way, died Wednesday in a Sacramento hospital. The funeral was to be today at 1 p.m. at Carr Funeral Home Guntersville.
Burial was to be in Brasheb Chapel Cemetery.
Mr. Smith was formerly of Albertville, a retired civil service employee and a veteran of World War II.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Smith; one daughter, Martha Johnson of California; four sons, Clyde Smith Jr. of Tennessee and Gary Smith, Terry Smith and Anthony Smith of California; and six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Leila M. Spray
MADISON - Leila M. Spray, 90, died Saturday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Laughlin Service Funeral Home chapel with the Revs. Paul Lumbard, David McMichael and John Hogan officiating.
Burial will be in Webb Cemetery in Spring Hill, Iowa.
Mrs. Spray was born in Spring Hill and lived in Madison since April 1998.
Survivors include two sons, Stephen Spray of Huntsville and Gregory Spray of Hamilton, Mont.; one stepdaughter, Stephanie Anne Spray of Huntsville; and one grandchild.
Visitation is today from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorial donations may be made to The Habitat for Humanity.
Vergie M. E. Terrell
FYFFE - Vergie Mae Edmondson Terrell, 68, died Saturday. The funeral was to be today at 2 p.m. at W.T. Wilson Funeral Home chapel with the Revs. Johnny Taylor and Don Self officiating.
Burial was to be in Mount Pleasent Cemetery.
Mrs. Terrell was a native of Dekalb County and a member of Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by a brother, Vergil Edmondson.
Survivors include two daughters, Lewanna Preston of Marietta, Ga., and Doilene Fraiser of Dawson; one son, Terry Terrell of Oak Grove; three sisters, Olene Oliver of Chattanooga, Ima Ruth Terrell of Ider and Avis Ann Gildert of Fyffe; three brothers, Jay Edmondson of Jasper, Tenn., Acie Edmondson of Oak Grove and Bobby Williams of Chatanooga; and four grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Roy C. Wallace
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. - Roy Clarence Wallace of Ardmore Highway died Sunday at a Huntsville Hospital. The funeral will be Thursday at 10 a.m. at Gallant Funeral Home chapel.
Burial will be in Riverview Memorial Gardens Cemetery.
Mr. Wallace was a native of Lincoln County and a retired farmer. He was also a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Fredna Hammonds Wallace, and his parents, Lee Roy and Nora Moyers Wallace.
Survivors include one sister, Pauline Monks of Fayetteville.
Visitation will be Wednesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
Ruby L. Wallace
HAZEL GREEN - Ruby Lee Wallace, 83, of Butter & Egg Road died Sunday at her home. The funeral will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Tylor-Ardmore Funeral Home chapel with Dr. Joel Carwile officiating.
Burial will be in Charity Cemetery.
Survivors include one son, Jerry Wallace of Huntsville; one brother, Leonard Hughes of Park City, Tenn.; one sister, Alla Mae Carter of Hazel Green ; and seven grandchildren.
Visitation is today from 6 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Ozline H. Williams
Ozline H. Williams, 81, of Huntsville died Saturday at a local nursing home. The funeral was to be today at 1:30 p.m. at Laughlin Service Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Scott Gossett officiating.
Burial was to be in Huntsville Memory Gardens Cemetery.
Survivors include three daughters, Juanita Hudson of Huntsville, Nell Connally of Prattville and Paula Shaw of Madison; two sons, Al Williams of Muscle Shoals and Tommy Williams of Colorado Springs, Colo.; two brothers, Willie Henderson and James Henderson; and nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Elmer Zumbro
Elmer ''Bo Zumbro, 79, of Newson Road died Saturday at his home. A graveside service was to be today at noon at Charity Cemetery with Gallant Funeral home in charge.
Mr. Zumbro was a native of Madison County and a retired housekeeper for Huntsville Hospita.
Survivors include two daughters, Connie Berryhill and Mary Berryhill, both of Huntsville; two sisters, Jewel Koonce of Fayetteville, Tenn., and Ader Fields of Mobile; and six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
