Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Curney R. Jones
Curney R. Jones, a native of Hobson, Ala., and resident of Mobile, died Friday in a local hospital. He was 77.
Jones was a member of Azalea City Church of Christ. He retired from the civil service at Brookley Air Force Base after 21 years of service. Jones also served the Mobile Association for Retarded Citizens for 20 years. He was a member of the James G. Rast Lodge No. 893 A&M; and a veteran of the U.S. Navy, having served during World War II.
He is survived by his wife, Helen N. Jones; four sons, James Donald Jones Sr., Tom Neal, Jim Neal and Dan Neal; four daughters, Mary Ann Friedlander, Shirly Blair, Debbie Johnson and Joanna Schell; 13 grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and other relatives.
Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, with interment in Mobile Memorial Gardens.
The family requests that memorials be made to Azalea City Church of Christ, 3550 Schillinger Rd. N., Semmes, Ala. 36575 or the Mobile Association for Retarded Citizens, 2424 Gordon Smith Drive, Mobile, Ala. 36617.
[Published date: 06/21/1999]
Emma Russell Lucas
BIRMINGHAM - Emma Russell Lucas, a native of Mississippi and resident of Birmingham, died Friday at a Birmingham hospital. She was 79.
A homemaker, she was a member State Line United Methodist Church and State Line Coffee Club.
She is survived by two children, W. Lynch Lucas of Birmingham and Thomas J. Lucas of Fayetteville, Ark.; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation was held Sunday. Services will be at 10 a.m. today at Freeman Funeral Home in Waynesboro, Miss., with burial in the State Line Cemetery.
[Published date: 06/21/1999]
Mamie L. Brown
Mamie Lewis Brown, a member of Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church No. 2, died Saturday at a local hospital. She was 83.
Mrs. Brown, who resided in Mobile, was a native of Marengo County.
Survivors include her daughter, Beatrice McCants of Mobile; six siblings, Pearl Bradley, Sadie Cooley and J.C. Hawkins, all of Chicago, Robert Lewis and Ed Lewis, both of Mobile, and Bessie Peterson of Birmingham; seven grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and four great-great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be Saturday at Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church No. 2 from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. services begin. Burial will be at Gethsemane Cemetery.
[Published date: 06/24/1999]
David K. Davis
David Kermit Davis, a former brick mason, died Monday at a local hospital. He was 84.
A native of Old Red Rock, Fla., Davis resided in Semmes. He was a member of Bowen Lodge in Eight Mile and a past master of Springhill Lodge No. 896.
Survivors include his wife, Pauline L. Davis of Semmes; two sons, David H. Davis of Centreville, Va., and Julius M. Davis of Semmes; two daughters, Carolyn Doan and Elaine Faggard, both of Theodore; six stepchildren; four sisters, Verni Lee Hoffman of Holt, Fla., Francis Till of Montgomery, Florence Davis of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Jean Schofield of Greenville, Ala.; 29 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren.
Services are set for noon today at Mobile Memorial Gardens Funeral Home, followed by Masonic graveside services at Mobile Memorial Gardens.
[Published date: 06/24/1999]
Mary Jane Lockett
Mary Jane Lockett, mother of former city attorney and newly appointed Mobile Circuit Judge John Lockett, died Tuesday. She was 69.
A native of Pittsburgh, Mrs. Lockett was a longtime resident of Mobile.
She had worked as a sales consultant at Parisian, retiring in 1993.
Besides her son, she is survived by her other children - Karen Stacy of Hueytown, Ala., Murphy Elliott of Mobile, Pat Lesnick of Tucson, Ariz., Mike Lockett and Lisa Lockett, both of Birmingham, and Kevin Lockett of Lake in the Hills, Ill. - and 11 grandchildren.
Visitation will be this evening from 5 to 8 at Radney-Belmany Funeral Home on Grelot Road. A Mass of Christian burial is set for 11:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, with graveside services at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham.
[Published date: 06/24/1999]
John W. McLendon
John William McLendon, a member of the Aaronic Priesthood of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, died Wednesday at a local hospital.
McLendon, 46, was a native of Selma and a longtime resident of Saraland. He was a former member of Toastmasters and the Boy Scouts.
Survivors include his wife, Michelle B. McLendon of Saraland; two children, Elizabeth Wright of Saraland and Cassandra Hudson of Satsuma; a stepdaughter, Renee Deakle of Theodore; his parents, Winnie and William R. McLendon of Saraland; and four grandchildren.
Visitation will be this evening from 5 to 8 at Radney Funeral Home in Saraland. Services are set for 3 p.m. Friday at the funeral home, with burial at Mobile Memorial Gardens.
[Published date: 06/24/1999]
Elmore Pate Jr.
Elmore Pate Jr., owner of Pate's Electric Service, died Monday of injuries sustained in a traffic accident. He was 36.
Pate, a lifelong Mobilian, was a member of St. Paul Baptist Church. He also attended Good Will Church Ministry.
A 1980 graduate of Vigor High School, Pate attended Southwest Technical College in Mobile and Moss Point Junior College in Moss Point, Miss.
He was a member of St. John's No. 2 Masonic Lodge and served as a Little League football coach at Trinity Gardens Park.
Survivors include his wife, Sharon Pate; four children, Jarvis Grayson, Shanette Gunn, Tonique Gunn and Tony Gunn, all of Mobile; his parents, Carol and the Rev. Elmore Pate Sr.; his grandmother, Rebecca Johnson; two sisters, Tyna Harris and Shelia Dubose, all of Mobile; and a brother, Sheldon Jordan of Dallas.
Viewing will be Friday from noon to 5 p.m. at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home. Visitation will be at Mount Sinai Baptist Church, 707 Mount Sinai Avenue in Whistler, on Saturday from noon until the 2 p.m. services begin. Burial will be at Gethsemane Cemetery.
[Published date: 06/24/1999]
