Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Jermaine L. Bush Jr.
Jermaine L. Bush Jr. died Sunday at a local hospital. He was 1 year old.
Survivors include his mother, Shani Lett; his father and stepmother, Jermaine L. Bush Sr. and April Bell Bush; two sisters, Antwanette Johnson and Antwonque Lett; a stepbrother, Tyler Morgon Bell; his grandparents, Pamela Pritchett, Anginetta and Arthur Mauldine; and his great-grandmother, Mary Sutherland.
Visitation will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, with services at noon, at St. James Missionary Baptist Church, 2846 Chambliss St.. Burial will be in Gethsemane Cemetery, with Lovett's Funeral Chapel directing.
[Published date: 11/12/1999]
Lillie M. Carpenter
Lillie Mae Carpenter, a hairdresser for Family Hairstyles, died Wednesday at a local hospital. She was 55.
Mrs. Carpenter was a native of Millry, Ala., and resident of Mobile. She was a member of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, Mark Carpenter of Summerdale; a daughter, Annette Stevens of Saraland; her mother, Esther Maggie Scarbrough; a brother, Robert Lee Scarbrough of Barlow, Ala.; three sisters, Dot Toomey of Tibbie, Ala., Earline Forbus of Mobile and Mearline Hall of Warner Robins, Ga.; and three grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 6 to 9 tonight at Lathan Funeral Home in Chatom, Ala. Services are set for 10 a.m. Saturday at Barlow United Methodist Church, with visitation a half-hour before. Burial will be in the church cemetery in Millry.
[Published date: 11/12/1999]
Charles D. Sumerlin
SHELBYVILLE, Tenn. - Charles D. Sumerlin, a Mobile native and resident of Shelbyville, died Tuesday at a hospital. He was 63.
Sumerlin worked as art director with Jostens Inc. and as a commercial artist. He was a member of First Baptist Church and the Shelbyville Tennis Association.
Survivors include his wife, Carole Sumerlin of Shelbyville; a son, David Sumerlin of Dayton, Tenn.; and daughter, Candi Raney of Shelbyville; two brothers, Basil Sumerlin of Mobile and Stanley Sumerlin of Winter Haven, Fla.; and one grandchild.
Services will be at 1 p.m. today at Feldhaus Memorial Chapel in Shelbyville, with burial in Hillcrest Memorial Gardens.
Memorials may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 4205 Hillsboro Road, Suite 200, Nashville, TN 37215.
[Published date: 11/12/1999]
Michael A. Conniff
Michael Averyt Conniff, a Mobile native and resident, died Friday at a local hospital. He was 78.
Conniff, a 37-year veteran of the Mobile Police Department, had been a captain in the Traffic Department. He was a past master of Mobile 40 F&AM Masonic Lodge, and a part-time radio announcer.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl Allen Conniff; two sons, Michael D. Conniff and Ronald F. Conniff; a daughter, Charlotte Cruthirds; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 4 to 8 this evening at Pine Crest Funeral Home on Dauphin Island Parkway. Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Pine Crest Cemetery.
[Published date: 11/14/1999]
Iris Mae Conry
Iris Mae Conry, a retired administrative assistant for a homeowners association, died Saturday at her Mobile residence. She was 76.
Mrs. Conry was a native of Florida.
She is survived by her husband, Joseph Warren Conry Sr. of Mobile; two sons, Joseph W. Conry Jr. of Saudi Arabia and John Aubrey Conry of Mobile; and a sister, Bonita Snell.
Services are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Gilmer's Funeral Services on Zeigler Boulevard, with burial at Serenity Gardens Cemetery in Mobile.
[Published date: 11/15/1999]
Arthur C. Drago Sr.
Arthur C. Drago Sr., a retired stockbroker who was well-known in Mobile as a promoter of youth sports for many years, died Saturday night at a local health care facility. He was 78.
Born in Mobile in 1921, Drago worked nights as a sportswriter for The Mobile Press Register. He also played semi-pro basketball in the Mobile area until an automobile accident ended his active participation in athletics.
He funded a pair of scholarships at McGill-Toolen for deserving young women to honor the memory of his first wife, Carole Jones Drago.
Drago was a member of St. Ignatius Catholic Church.
He is survived by his wife, Eloise L. Drago of Mobile; a daughter, Mrs. Linda Mangold of Mobile; two sons, Arthur C. "Chip" Drago Jr. and Keith G. Drago, both of Mobile; seven grandchildren and a great-grandson.
Memorials may be made to Mercy Medical or Catholic Charities.
Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Radney Funeral Home on Dauphin Street. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. Ignatius at 11 a.m. Tuesday. Burial will be in Pine Crest Cemetery.
[Published date: 11/15/1999]
Jennie W. Faircloth
Jennie W. Faircloth, a native of Mississippi who resided in Mobile, died Saturday at a Lucedale nursing home. She was 87.
She is survived by her daughter, Emma Jean of Oklahoma; a sister, Mara Parker of Semmes; two grandchildren, and a nephew.
Visitation will be tonight at 6 at Gilmer's Funeral Services on Zeigler Boulevard. Services are set for 3 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home, with burial at Palestine Cemetery in Wilmer.
[Published date: 11/15/1999]
