Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Debra Stewart
PENSACOLA - Debra Marcene Flowers Stewart, a homemaker, died Saturday at a hospital in Pensacola. She was 40.
Mrs. Stewart, a native of Mobile, had formerly lived in Theodore and most recently resided in a nursing facility in Pensacola.
Survivors include her children, Brandi Nicole Stewart, Leon Dewayne Stewart and Patricia Ann Stewart, all of Theodore; her siblings, Theda Renee Burkhalter of Coden, and Pamela Joyce Huggins and Gary Eugene Flowers, both of Chickasaw; and her fiance, Thomas Glen Riley of Theodore.
Services are set for noon today at Radney Funeral Home in Saraland with graveside services at 2 p.m. in Bay Minette Cemetery.
[Published date: 12/17/1999]
Vance S. Allen
Vance Sparks Allen, a retired teacher and principal in Mobile, died Wednesday at a local hospital. She was 64.
Mrs. Allen, a native of Jasper, Ala., was a resident of Mobile for the past 43 years. During her career with the Mobile County Public School System, she had served as a reading resource teacher for south Mobile County, and a teacher at Orchard Elementary School. She had served as principal at Orchard and at Scarborough Middle School.
Survivors include her husband of 44 years, James J. Allen Sr.; and four children, James J. Allen Jr., Denise A. Clark, Charles B. Allen and Virginia V. Allen, all of Mobile; two sisters, Linda Walker of Birmingham and Leigh Price of Biloxi; and seven grandchildren.
Services are set for 10 a.m. today at Pine Crest Funeral Home on Dauphin Island Parkway, with burial in Pine Crest Cemetery.
[Published date: 12/18/1999]
Mildred T. Buerger
Mildred T. Buerger, who formerly owned and operated a seed and gardening supply company, died Friday at a Baldwin County hospital. She was 91.
Mrs. Buerger was a native and longtime resident of Mobile and a member First Baptist Church of Mobile.
Survivors include two daughters, Marilyn B. DeLage of Gulf Breeze, Fla., and Annette B. Davis of Silverhill; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Radney Funeral Home on Dauphin Street, where services are set for 2 p.m. Monday. Burial will be in Pine Crest Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the general fund of First Baptist Church of Mobile, 806 Government St., Mobile, AL 36602.
[Published date: 12/18/1999]
Peter S. Fairconatue
Peter Simon Fairconatue, who had been self-employed in the furniture and moving business, died Tuesday at a local hospital. He was 79.
Fairconatue, a native of Mobile, formerly lived in Illinois before returning to Mobile in 1994.
He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served in Germany.
He was a member the New Community Church of God in Christ.
Survivors include two daughters, Marian Fairconatue of Wisconsin and Blanche Anderson of Illinois; a stepdaughter, Lillie Gaston of Wisconsin; two sons, Cornelius Cummings and Shelby Gaston, both of Minnesota; a sister, Marian F. Williams of Ohio; 14 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild.
Services are set for 2 p.m. today at the New Community Church of God in Christ, 132 W. Turner Road in Prichard, with viewing one hour prior to services. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery.
Arrangements are by Memorial Funeral Home of Prichard.
[Published date: 12/18/1999]
Thomas I. Hackman
Thomas Ira Hackman, a former teacher with the Mobile County Public School System, died Thursday. He was 74.
Hackman, a native of Aberdeen, Miss., was a resident of Mobile since 1993. He formerly lived in Cleveland, Ohio, and had retired from the public school system there.
The U.S. Army veteran graduated from Dillard University and New York University.
Survivors include a sister, Alice Rankin of Mobile; and two brothers, Sylvester Hackman and Gene Hackman of Abilene, Texas.
Viewing will be from noon to 5 p.m. Sunday at Christian Benevolent Funeral Home. Viewing will also be after 9 a.m. Saturday at St. Paul AME Church, 1255 Montrose St., with visitation from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. services. Burial will be in Gethsemane Cemetery.
[Published date: 12/18/1999]
Alton P. Bryars
WALNUT HILL, Fla. - Alton Parker Bryars, a native of McCullough, Ala., and a resident of Walnut Hill, died Thursday at the age of 95.
Bryars, a retired carpenter, was the oldest tribal member of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians.
Among his survivors are his son, Hubert Bryars of Walnut Hill; five grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Johnson-Quimby Funeral Home in Atmore, Ala., where services are scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday. Burial will be in Pine Barren Cemetery.
[Published date: 12/18/1999]
Frank "Feb" Bolling Jr.
Past USA baseball standout 'Feb' Bolling dies at 40; massive heart attack suspected
Frank "Feb" Bolling Jr., a former outstanding baseball player at the University of South Alabama and son of former Major League All-Star second-baseman Francis E. Bolling Sr. of Mobile, died Thursday in Fairhope. He was 40.
"It's a tough thing to lose your son, " said his father Friday night. "Everything was at the peak of life."
The cause of death was unclear. Bolling, a resident of Gautier, Miss., had been out to dinner in Fairhope and may have suffered a massive heart attack, his father said, adding that an autopsy was being done.
He said he was unaware of any existing medical problems with his son. "He was in great health, loved the outdoors, loved to fish, didn't smoke, and visited his doctor regularly."
A native of Mobile, Bolling, who was born in the month of February and whose initials are F.E.B., was known by the nickname "Feb" because the family didn't want to call him "Junior, " his father said.
Feb Bolling attended St. Pius X School and McGill-Toolen High School where he showed great promise as a shortstop. He received a baseball grant from the University of South Alabama, where he played ball for four years and was Most Valuable Player his senior year, according to his father
After graduating, however, Bolling decided to go into business rather than to pursue a professional baseball career like his father, who had played for teams in Detroit, Milwaukee and Atlanta, and his uncle, Milton Bolling, who had played for Boston and Detroit. Both were inducted into the Mobile Sports Hall of Fame.
"He would have played if someone had offered him a big opportunity, " his father said. He said that his son evaluated himself and, while he knew he was a good college player, he was unsure how he would fare in professional baseball. "I didn't want to push him."
The decision was a good one, his father said. After graduating, Feb Bolling worked in Mobile doing leases in the petroleum business before taking a position as a manager at a retail petroleum company in Mississippi. He became vice president of the Mississippi operation of Midstream Fuel Co. in Pascagoula and had been in that business for 12 or 13 years, his father said.
"He was real happy over there, " said his father. "He was a wonderful son and a good buddy. I never thought I'd outlive a child. People have been so nice. It helps during a time like this."
The Most Rev. Oscar Lipscomb, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Mobile and a family friend, will officiate at Bolling's services, his father said.
Bolling is also survived by his wife, Patricia Bugg Bolling; and three children, Heather Bolling, 16, Frank E. "Trey" Bolling III, 12, and Emily Bolling, 4, all of Gautier; his mother, Suanne Bolling; two sisters, Victoria Bolling Yarbrough and Melissa Bolling Hannahan; and a brother, Chris Bolling, all of Mobile.
Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Monday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Gautier, with Mass at 11 a.m. Graveside services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Monday in Mobile Memorial Gardens.
Jackson County Funeral Services in Escatawpa, Miss., is handling arrangements.
[Published date: 12/18/1999]
