Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Irene R. Matthews
Irene Randy Matthews, a homemaker and Mobile resident, died Tuesday. She was a native of Mississippi.
Survivors include her longtime companion, Willie Matthews of Mobile; one son, Willie Perryman of Mobile; five grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be at St. Peter Baptist Church, 650 S. Bayou St., on Monday from noon until the 1 p.m. service. Burial will be in Rising Sun Cemetery. Lovett's Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
[Published date: 03/07/1999]
Elton A. Byrd
CITRONELLE - Elton Allen Byrd, a native of Citronelle, died Sunday at his Citronelle residence. He was 73.
Byrd, a former warehouseman, attended Fellowship Baptist Church in Chunchula. The World War II-era veteran served in the U.S. Army from Feb. 1, 1944 to Dec. 16, 1946.
He is survived by his wife, Wanda B. Byrd of Citronelle; a son, Clinton A. Byrd of Citronelle; a daughter, Cindy Toomey of Millry; three brothers, Homer Byrd of Tibbie, Curtis Byrd and Lonnie Byrd, both of Citronelle; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be tonight from 6 to 9 at Freeman Funeral Home in Citronelle. Services are set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Fellowship Baptist Church, with burial in Fellowship Cemetery.
[Published date: 03/08/1999]
Robert Cooper
Robert Cooper, a resident of Mount Vernon, died Sunday at a local hospital. He was 80.
Cooper was a member of Joe Southhall Lodge 905 F&AM.;
Survivors include his wife, Helen L. Cooper of Mount Vernon; three sons, Toney Cooper of Calvert, Billy Joe Cooper and Hulen Cooper, both of Mount Vernon; three daughters, Lois Joiner of Gulf Shores, Jean Bowden and Sylvia Winkle, both of Mobile; two brothers, Curtis Cooper of Mobile and Bert Cooper of Ararat; three sisters, Linda Odom of Silas, Louise Tressler of Birmingham and Lois Dubrock of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; 19 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
Visitation will be tonight from 6:30 to 9:30 at Lockler Memorial Baptist Church in Mount Vernon. Services are set for 1 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with burial at Calvert Cemetery in Calvert.
Freeman Funeral Home in Citronelle is in charge of arrangements.
[Published date: 03/08/1999]
Edrenda M. Jones
Edrenda M. Jones, who retired from Gayfer's department stores after 38 years, died Thursday at a local hospital. She was 88.
Mrs. Jones, a native of Wayne County, Miss., was a longtime resident of Mobile. She was a member of Crawford Baptist Church.
Survivors include her children, Elizabeth L. "Betty" Crawford of Fairfax, Va., Barbara A. Crane of Dauphin Island and Shirley I. Dixon of Mobile; 11 grandchildren; and 17 great-grandchildren.
Services are set for 10 a.m. today at Radney Funeral Home on Dauphin Street, with burial at Mobile Memorial Gardens.
[Published date: 03/08/1999]
Tossie Anderson
Tossie Anderson, a former seamstress for Vanity Fair Mills, died Monday at a local hospital. She was 91.
Mrs. Anderson, who resided in Mobile, was a native of Coffeeville, Ala. She was a member of New Prospect Baptist Church.
Survivors include her son, Charles D. "Lefty" Anderson of Mobile; two brothers, Tom Deas of Jackson, Ala., and Gilmer Deas of Coffeeville; two sisters, Vercie Montgomery of Coffeeville and Iola Robinson of Thomasville, Ala.; a grandchild; and two great-grandchildren.
Graveside services are set for 2 p.m. today at New Prospect Baptist Cemetery, with visitation at New Prospect Baptist Church one hour prior to services.
Lathan Funeral Home of Jackson is in charge of arrangements.
[Published date: 03/10/1999]
Eunice Helms
Eunice McRaney Helms, who resided in Mobile most of her life, died Monday. She was 81.
More recently a resident of Fairhope, Ms. Helms was a native of Forrest County.
She is survived by two close friends, Mary K. and J. D. Landis of Mobile.
Graveside services are set for 1 p.m. today at Mobile National Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Eastern Shore Health Care; 108 S. Church Street; Fairhope, AL 36532.
Radney Funeral Home in Mobile is handling arrangements.
[Published date: 03/10/1999]
Rosie Mae Seales
Rosie Mae Seales, a Mobile resident who was a native of Philadelphia, Miss., died Thursday.
She is survived by her son, Christopher Seales, and her brother, Larry Seales.
Visitation will be at Memorial Funeral Home in Prichard today from 9 a.m. until the 11 a.m. services begin. Burial will be at Whispering Pines Cemetery.
[Published date: 03/10/1999]
