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.
MADISON - Nathaniel "Nat" Bradley, 49, of 4214 Bilow Road died Wednesday at a local hospital. The funeral will be Sunday at 1 p.m. at New Hope C.P. Church with the Rev. Terry Ragland officiating.
Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery with Royal Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors include one son, Dave Sales of Huntsville; his parents, Christine Bradley and Jimmie Bradley, both of Madison; two sisters, Glenda Bradley-Miller of Madison and Vera Bradley-Smith of Decatur; one brother, Jimmy Bradley Jr. of Decatur; his grandfather, Tom Rainey of Mooresville; and two grandchildren.
The body will be at the church one hour before the funeral.
Hazel E. Patterson
PISGAH - Hazel E. ''Bobo Patterson, 75, died Thursday at her home. The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Kerby Funeral Home with the Rev. Tommy Turner and the Rev. Alan Crawford officiating.
Survivors include her husband, T.L. Patterson; three daughters, Linda Beavers, Rebecca Scogin and Donna Martin, all of Pisgah; two sisters, Dean Gant of Pisgah and Elora Cross of High Springs, Fla.; seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be today from 11 a.m. until 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Eugene Phillips Sr.
SCOTTSBORO - Eugene C. Phillips Sr., 76, died Thursday at a Huntsville hospital. The funeral will be today at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Scottsboro.
Burial will be in Pinehaven Memorial Gardens in Hollywood with Rudder Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Phillips was a deacon at Scottsboro First Baptist Church. He was a Mason, a Cahaba Shriner and a member of the Lions Club and Gideons International.
Survivors include his wife, Geraldine Phillips; one daughter, Mary Ann McAllister of Huntsville; one son, Eugene C. Phillips Jr. of Huntsville; and five grandchildren.
Nancy A. Robinson
HARVEST - Nancy Ann Freeman Robinson, 47, of 201 Bumble Bee Drive died Wednesday at her home. The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Pentecostal House of Prayer in Decatur with Bishop A.C. Strong officiating.
Burial will be in Calvary Memorial Gardens with Sharpley Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. Robinson was a member of Pentecostal House of Prayer in Decatur and the Pentecostal Lighthouse Church in Harvest.
Survivors include three daughters, Rosetta White and Gloria Freeman, both of Huntsville, and Jenatta Freeman of Memphis; two sons, Jeremiah Bailey of Huntsville and James Freeman of St. Clair County; five sisters, Annie Ruth Freeman and Sally Fuqua, both of Huntsville, Perline Boykins and Elizabeth Pickett, both of Decatur, and Mildred Jean Crutcher of Courtland; three brothers, Willie Freeman of Huntsville, Sam Freeman of Hillsboro and John Henry Freeman of Courtland; and seven grandchildren.
Samuel L. Stevenson
BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Samuel L. "Steve" Stevenson, 79, formerly of Huntsville, died Sunday at a Bentonville nursing home. The funeral was Wednesday at the Callison-Lough Funeral Home.
Mr. Stevenson lived in Huntsville until he joined the Navy, where he served in the Pacific in World War II. Mr. Stevenson retired from Wal-Mart in 1994 and was a member of the Church of Christ in Bentonville.
Survivors include his wife, Eddie Bob Stevenson of Bentonville; a granddaughter, Tracy Bigby of Tulsa; a great-grandson; and a cousin, Raymond R. Wilson of Huntsville.
James Ray Tuck
WOODSTOCK, Ga. - James Ray Tuck, 55, of 101 Aspen Court died Thursday at a Huntsville hospital. The funeral will be in Marietta, Ga., Monday at 2 p.m. at Medford-Peden Funeral Home.
Mr. Tuck was a mechanic.
Survivors include two sons, Charles Tuck and James Ray Tuck Jr.; his mother, Maggie Tuck, all of Georgia; four sisters, Lynn Maradito of Wisconsin, Katie Shelton of Georgia, Diane Sheppard of Birmingham and Mary Thompson of Grant; one brother, Thomas Tuck of Georgia; and three grandchildren.
Harold Wesson
Harold Wesson, 65, of Huntsville died Wednesday in a Birmingham hospital. The funeral will be Monday at 3 p.m. at First Missionary Baptist Church with Dr. Homer L. McCall officiating.
Burial will be in Valhalla Memory Gardens with Nelms Memorial Funeral Home in charge.
After serving in the Air Force, Mr. Wesson worked for the Postal Service in Chicago and was a teacher there. After moving to Huntsville, he was a counselor at the local mental health center, a psychometrist for the city school board and was a counselor at Huntsville Middle School and Lee High School.
Survivors include his wife, Mary Spears Wesson; one son, Army Staff Sgt. Harold Wesson of Anniston; one daughter, Ida L. Thompson of Huntsville; his mother, Ida Evans of Birmingham; three brothers, Roy Wesson of Chicago and John McMillan and Leon Evans, both of Birmingham; three sisters, Dionetta Lee of Huntsville, Stella Johnson of Montgomery and Marilyn Williams of Birmingham; his grandmother, Annie Harrell of Chicago; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be Sunday from 6 to 7 p.m. at Nelms.
The body will be at the church an hour before the funeral.
Brian K. Williams
Brian K. Williams, 25, of 3205 Hollins St. died Thursday at his home. The funeral will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at St. Bartley P.B. Church with Dr. William T. Gladys officiating.
Burial will be in Valhalla Memory Gardens with Royal Funeral Home in charge.
Survivors include his mother, Bernice G. Williams of Huntsville; and his grandmother, Eliza Gardner of Fairfield.
The body will be at the church an hour before the funeral.
Agnes Lawson Woody
NEW HOPE - Agnes Lawson Woody, 75, of 5354 Main Drive died Thursday at a Huntsville hospital. The funeral will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at New Hope United Methodist Church with the Rev. Jerry Reeder officiating.
Mrs. Woody was a native of Michigan. She was a member of New Hope United Methodist Church for 18 years where she taught Sunday school and was in the choir. She was preceded in death by a son, Thomas Flannery, and her husband, Wilburn W. Woody.
Survivors include two sons, Maurice ''Joe Flannery and Robert W. Woody, both of New Hope; three daughters, Kittie Lawson Graf of White Bear Lake, Minn., Ann Dunn of Greenville, R.I. and Joan Woody Foote of Fort Benning, Ga.; 11 grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
Visitation will be today between 5 and 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
The body will be at the church an hour before the service.
