Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Irma Boone
Irma Boone, a native and resident of Mobile, died Monday at a local hospital. She was 52.
Known as "Bootsie" to family and friends, Miss Boone is survived by her mother, Leah Boone of Mobile; one brother, W.R. Boone of Pensacola; and one sister, Elsie Holley of Mobile.
Services will be announced by Radney Funeral Home.
[Published date: 12/14/1999]
Gennie Fowler
OKOLONA, Miss. - Gennie M. Baker Fowler, a former longtime Mobile resident, died Saturday at a Mobile hospital. She was 86.
Mrs. Fowler, a homemaker, had lived in Mobile most of her life and resided in Okolona for the past 15 years.
She was a affiliated with the Church of Christ.
Survivors include her husband, Herman Lee Fowler of Okolona; four daughters, Willie Causey of Vernona, Miss., Linda Chapa and Carolyn Parden, both of Saraland, and Brenda Joyce Kirksey of Citronelle; a stepdaughter, Marilyn Justice of Tuscaloosa; two stepsons, Roger Fowler of Okolona and Don Fowler of Brandon, Miss.; a sister, Lera Stanford of Okolona; 11 grandchildren; six step-grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; seven step-great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Services are set for 11 a.m. today at Tisdale-Lann Memorial Funeral Home in Nettleton, Miss., with visitation at 8:30 a.m. Burial will be in Jones Cemetery.
[Published date: 12/14/1999]
Chris J. Gulas
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Chris J. Gulas, a former Mobile resident, died Sunday at his home in Chattanooga. He was 79.
Gulas, a native of Birmingham, retired from Shoney's South as a district manager.
He had been a member of Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, where he served on the board and as a member of the parish council.
He was an Army veteran of World War II, having served in the Pacific.
Survivors include his wife, Anastasia L. Gulas; three daughters, Carol Caldwell of Ringgold, Ga., Lea McIntyre of Chattanooga and Mary Malichis of Knoxville, Tenn.; two sisters, Georgia Sarris and Elizabeth Constantine, both of Birmingham; a brother, Pete John Gulas of Mobile; and six granddaughters.
Visitation will be today from 2 to 4 p.m. and from 6 to 9 p.m. at the East Chapel of Chattanooga Funeral Home, with a Trisagion service at 7 p.m. The funeral is set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Chattanooga, with burial in the National Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, 722 Glenwood Drive, Chattanooga, TN 37404; or the Siskin Foundation, One Siskin Plaza, Chattanooga, TN 37403.
[Published date: 12/14/1999]
Robert E. Bell
DAVIS, Calif. - Robert E. Bell, an author and former resident of Fairhope and Mobile, died Nov. 19 at a hospital in Davis. He was 73.
His first novel, "The Butterfly Tree, " was published in 1959 and reissued in 1991 by the University of Alabama. His other works included "A Bibliography of Mobile" in 1956, "Dictionary of Classical Mythology" in 1983, "Place Names in Classical Mythology" in 1989 and Women in Classical Mythology" in 1991.
Bell, a native of Tarrant, Ala., received a bachelor's degree in English from Birmingham Southern College in 1950. He received a scholarship to Harvard University and earned a master's degree in English in 1952.
Bell had worked as reference librarian and later as assistant director of the Mobile Public Library before becoming assistant director at the public library in Fort Worth, Texas. While in Texas, he attended the University of Texas, Columbia University and Louisiana State University.
In 1959, he took a position as executive director of the Book Club of California in San Francisco.
He returned to the South, opening The Banquette Book Shop in the French Quarter in New Orleans. He earned his master's degree in library science from LSU in 1967.
He received his Ph.D. in 1974 from the School of Librarianship at the University of California in Berkeley. In 1976, Bell became head of the humanities and social sciences department at the university and served in various capacities with the university library until retiring in 1991.
He was a member of Phi Kappa Phi.
Among his survivors is his brother, Billy Bell of Mobile.
Arrangements were handled by the Neptune Society in San Francisco.
[Published date: 12/14/1999]
Aurelia King
PENSACOLA - Aurelia "Irene" King, a homemaker who had resided in Atmore, Ala., most of her life, died Thursday at a Pensacola nursing facility. She was 88.
Mrs. King, a native of Camden, was a graduate of Wilcox County schools. She was a member of Greater Mount Triumph Baptist Church, where she sang in the senior choir.
Survivors include five daughters, Margaret Tims of New York City, Mary Mitchell of Bronx, N.Y., Annette McMillan of Jamaica, N.Y., Gloria Parker of Inkster, Mich., and Minnie Kate Pruitt of Atmore; four sons, Henry Freeman of Hempstead, N.Y., Charles King, L.K. King Jr. and Jerry King, all of Atmore; 19 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Viewing will be today from 1 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Turner Funeral Chapel in Atmore. Services are set for 1 p.m. Thursday at Greater Mount Triumph Baptist Church in Atmore, with viewing one hour prior to services. Burial will be at Fairview Cemetery.
[Published date: 12/15/1999]
Guy A. Zoghby
NICEVILLE, Fla. - Guy A. Zoghby, a native Mobilian and a retired executive with PPG Industries, died Friday at a hospital in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., after a battle with cancer. He was 65.
After retiring as senior vice president and general counsel of PPG Industries in 1997, Zoghby opened an independent practice in medication and arbitration in Niceville.
He previously worked for more than 21 years as an attorney with IBM Corp. He had practiced law in Alabama, Ohio, California and Pennsylvania.
The former Pittsburgh-area resident had served as director and past president of the Association for Retarded Citizens' Allegheny Foundation. He also was a board member of the Civic Light Opera in Pittsburgh.
Zoghby was a founding director of the American Corporate Counsel Association and a past president of the American Judicature Society. Other affiliations included the American Arbitration Association, National Center for State Courts, Center for Public Resources, the American Law Institute and the University of Cincinnati College of Law's Board of Visitors.
He had been an officer in the U.S. Army, serving with the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1955 to 1965.
Survivors include his wife, Judy-Ann Zoghby of Niceville; a daughter, Madelyn A. Zoghby of Silver Spring, Md.; two sons, Guy A. Zoghby II of St. Louis, Mo., and Dr. Gregory M. Zoghby of Richmond, Va.; two sisters, Mary Z. Haffner of Kennesaw, Ga., and Louise Z. Buckley of Metairie, La.; three brothers, Herbert M. Zoghby II and the Rev. James F. Zoghby of Mobile, and John H. Zoghby of Crosby, Texas; and six grandchildren.
A funeral Mass took place Monday at Corpus Christi Catholic Church.
[Published date: 12/15/1999]
