Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Kathleen Kennedy Haney
Funeral for Kathleen Kennedy Haney of Decatur will be Thursday at 11 a.m. at Central United Methodist Church with the Rev. Hal Noble officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery with Roselawn Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home. The body will be at the church one hour before the service.
Mrs. Haney died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at her home. She was born in Limestone County to John and Ida Mae Vaughn Rowe. She was retired from Security Mutual Finance Co. and a member of Central United Methodist Church and the Good Fellowship Sunday school class. She was the widow of Charles Bates Haney.
She is survived by two sons, Lynn Haney of Decatur and John Haney of Marietta, Ga.; one daughter, Pat Smithson of Decatur; one brother, Charles Hoffman Rowe of Montgomery; and six grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Witty Allen, Jimmy Bentley, Jimmy Haney, Tommy Haney, Greg Rowe and Gene Teal.
Harold Eugene Harris
59, retired engineer
Funeral for Harold Eugene Harris, 58, of Decatur will be Thursday at 1:10 p.m. at King's Memorial United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Wylheme Ragland officiating.
Burial will be in Sterrs Cemetery with Reynolds Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the church one hour before the service.
Mr. Harris died Sunday, Feb. 20, 2000, at Parkway Medical Center. He was born July 7, 1940, in Morgan County to Leroy and Clotile Dawson Harris. He was an engineer with the U.S. Army Missile Intelligence Agency at Redstone Arsenal and a U.S. Army veteran, who served in Korea during the Vietnam War. He was a graduate of Tuskegee Institute and a member of the Huntsville-Decatur Chapter of Tuskegee National Alumni Association. He was a member of King's Memorial United Methodist Church, where he served as chairman of the administrative board, on the trustee's board and with the United Methodist Men and Council on Ministries. He also was on the board of directors for Boys and Girls Club of America.
He is survived by his wife, Mable Harris; two daughters, Yolanda Beth Harris and Amanda Harris Goodson, both of Decatur; his mother of Decatur; and two grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be James Birgan, Theodore Dixie, Robert Franklin, Alex Gilmore, Floyd Jones, Earl Matthews, John Rainey and Walter Sutherlin.
Memorials may be made to American Heart Association or American Kidney Foundation.
Doris 'Neline' Lansdell
70, retired manager
MOULTON -- Funeral for Doris "Neline" Lansdell, 70, of Town Creek will be Thursday at 1 p.m. at Town Creek First Baptist Church with Scott Moore officiating.
Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery with Elliott Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Lansdell died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital. She was born Sept. 1, 1929, in Lawrence County to Harvey F. and Virgie Brannon Carpenter. She was a retired lunchroom manager and a member of First Baptist Church. She was the widow of Carzie Lansdell and the sister of the late Billy G. Carpenter.
She is survived by three daughters, Diane L. Waldrep of Leighton and Barbara L. Graves and Debra L. Ridgeway, both of Town Creek; four grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be L.W. "Bud" Johnson, Joe Hardin, Chip Henley, Samual M. Lansdell, Regzey Carpenter and Norman Ligon.
Patricia Jackson Weathers
65, retired teacher
TRINITY-- Memorial service for Patricia Jackson Weathers, 65, of Trinity will be Friday at 2 p.m. at St. Paul's Lutheran Church with the Rev. Duane N. Maas officiating.
The family will receive friends at the church after the service.
Mrs. Weathers died today, Feb. 23, 2000, at her home. She was born Oct. 9, 1934, in Scott, Miss., to Harold and Dorothy Taylor Jackson. She was an alumna of Mississippi State College for Women, now Mississippi University for Women, in Columbus, Miss. For years, she taught English, Latin and mythology at Austin High School. She also was employed as a teacher by Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at Dhahran. She was the recent president of Trinity Area Senior Citizens organization.
She is survived by her husband, Hoyt Melton Weathers; three daughters, Lea Ann Vogt of Hartselle, Susan Lynn Weston of Niceville, Fla., and Jan Louise Thatcher of Decatur; one brother, retired Col. Harold Lee Jackson Jr. of Pensacola, Fla.; and six grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Valley, P.O. Box 2745, Decatur, AL 35602.
Frances Beatrice Balladares
MOULTON -- Funeral for Frances Beatrice Balladares, 58, of Moulton will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Ridge Holy Church of Christ with Jimmy Fuller officiating.
Burial will be in Union Hill Cemetery with Elliott Funeral Home directing.
Ms. Balladares died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Huntsville Hospital.
Other information will be announced by the funeral home.
Guy Braxton Blackwell II
80, engineer
Graveside service for Guy Braxton Blackwell II, 80, of Palm Coast, Fla., will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with the Rev. Richmond Webster officiating and Roselawn Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Blackwell died Jan. 23, 2000, at Flagler Memorial Hospital. He was born in Decatur. After serving as a first lieutenant senior grade in the Navy Seabees in World War II, he spent 10 years in Radnor, Pa., and then moved to Floram Park, N.J., where he lived for 28 years. His family has lived in Palm Coast since 1996.
He was an engineering graduate of Auburn University, where he was president of Kappa Sigma Fraternity for two years and later a Golden Eagle in the Auburn Alumni Association. He retired from Harris Structural Steel Co., where he was vice president of sales and contracts. He was a professional engineer and a life member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. He was a member of the Retired Officers Association and St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Palm Coast.
He is survived by his wife, Marilyn Bennett Blackwell; one son, Guy Braxton Blackwell III of Morris Plains, N.J.; one daughter, Lisa Bennett Blackwell of Palm Coast; one brother, Sidney L. Blackwell of Texas; and one grandchild.
Memorials may be made to the St. Thomas Episcopal Church Building Fund, 5400 Belle Terre Parkway, Palm Coast, FL 32135-0606.
Elsie K. Brown
69, homemaker
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Elsie K. Brown, 69, of Danville will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Andrews Chapel Baptist Church with the Rev. John Gallion officiating.
Burial will be in Andrews Chapel Cemetery with Peck Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Brown died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Hartselle Medical Center. She was born Nov. 25, 1930, in Lawrence County to Oscar and Lula Haynes Smith. She was a homemaker and member of Andrews Chapel Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband, Buel Brown; four brothers, William Smith and Edward C. Smith, both of Danville, John Paul Smith of Cullman and Roy T. Smith of Vermillion, Ohio; and two sisters, Louise Smith of Danville and Irene Cutchens of Falkville.
Nephews will be pallbearers.
Tracy Allen Cowan
TUSCUMBIA -- Graveside service for Tracy Allen Cowan, 32, of Leighton was to be today at 1 p.m. at Courtland City Cemetery with the Rev. Thomas Davis Jr. officiating and Thompson and Son Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Cowan died Friday, Feb. 18, 2000, at Helen Keller Hospital in Sheffield. He was born Oct. 15, 1967, in Lawrence County. He was a former member of the Courtland High School band and was a member of Jackson Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church.
He is survived by his wife, Monica Cowan; two brothers, Emmitt Jones of Tuscumbia and Albert Thorne of North Courtland; three sisters, Sallie Thorne of North Courtland, Nora Thorne of Courtland and Tricia Jones of Decatur; and eight stepbrothers, Curtis Cowan, Joseph Cowan, Lee Cowan, Frederick Cowan and Jackie Cowan, all of Decatur, Troy Cowan of North Courtland, Dave Orr of Tuscumbia and Cleophus Woods of Town Creek.
Louis Dutton
Funeral arrangements for Louis Dutton, 68, of Town Creek, who died today, Feb. 24, 2000, at Decatur General Hospital, will be announced by Lawrence Funeral Home.
Azalee 'Mama Dobbs' Ellis
92, homemaker
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Azalee "Mama Dobbs" Ellis, 92, of Somerville will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. Whitt Wray and the Rev. Tommy Smothers officiating.
Burial will be in Moulton City Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Ellis died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Heritage Manor Health Care Center. She was born Jan. 21, 1908, in Morgan County to John Enoch and Mary Thomas Crow Matthews. She was a homemaker and a member of Forest Hill Baptist Church. She was the widow of Butler Ellis and the mother of the late Virgil W. Dobbs Sr.
She is survived by one son, Bobby W. Dobbs of Athens; one daughter, Josephine Berry of Somerville; one adopted daughter, Mary Brzecyz of Joliet, Ill., one stepdaughter, Marie Dodd of Moulton; and one brother, J.E. Matthews Jr. of Vacaville, Calif.
Pallbearers will be Donnie Barber, Randy Berry, Rodney Berry, Ronnie Dobbs, Mark Hatfield, Mike Montgomery, Kenneth Sams and Robert Taylor.
Memorials may be made to Alabama Baptist Children's Home or Gideons International.
Sandra Garrison Harris
47, insurance agent
Funeral for Sandra Garrison Harris, 47, of Decatur will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home with the Rev. Melvin Hunter officiating.
Burial will be in Montgomery Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Harris died Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2000, at Decatur General Hospital. She was born Feb. 24, 1952, in Morgan County to Roy and Hazel Bates Garrison. She was an insurance agent for American General Life and Accident Insurance Co. She was the sister of the late Glenda Harris.
She is survived by her husband, Michael D. Harris; four daughters, Marcia Harris of Huntsville, Karen Plymel of Somerville, Amanda Harris and Shannon Harris, both of Decatur; two brothers, Johnny Garrison and Roy Garrison, both of Decatur; two sisters, Nancy Casteel of Decatur and Lydia Weems of Midway; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Nathaniel Casteel, Shane Casteel, Joe Harris, Larry Harris, Phillip Harris, Andy Weems, Max Scott and Sammy Hunter.
Ruben Morris Knox
80, maintenance mechanic
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Ruben Morris Knox, 80, of Hartselle will be Friday at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. Tony Smith officiating.
Burial will be in Mount Tabor Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Knox died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at Hartselle Medical Center. He was born Feb. 10, 1920, in Morgan County to Sam and Odie Duncan Knox. He was a member of Bethlehem Baptist Church and a retired maintenance mechanic for Terry Construction Co. He was the brother of the late Bill Knox, Namon Knox, Truman Knox and Talmadge Knox.
He is survived by his wife, Pearline Royer Knox; one daughter, Betty Ann Knox Wright of Falkville; three brothers, Oscar Knox, Walter Knox and Odis Knox, all of Hartselle; and one sister, Laverne Knox Henry of Hartselle.
Pallbearers will be Rodney Johnson, Stephen Johnson, Chad Henry, Warren Mason, Sherman E. Powell III and Keith Winchester.
Willis Jack Randall
71, businessman
HOMEWOOD -- Funeral for Willis Jack Randall, 71, of Hoover will be Friday at 11 a.m. at Ridout's Valley Chapel with the Rev. George Slater officiating.
Burial will be in Herring Cemetery at 3.p.m. with Rev. Ron Wilson directing. The family will receive friends tonight from 5:30 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Randall died Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2000, at his home. He was born April 8, 1928, in Virginia to Walter and Florence Randall. A former Decatur resident, he attended McElwain Baptist Church and served in the 117th Airwing of the Alabama National Guard. He attended St. Bernard College in Cullman and graduated from McGill Institute in Mobile. He was a businessman in Germany and Leesville, La.
He is survived by his wife, Marie Minter Randall, formerly of Falkville; two sons, Jesse Randall and Willis Jay Randall Jr., both of Hoover; one daughter, Monique Von Lintel of Hoover; one sister, Jessie Ebsen of Lewisville, Texas; and six grandchildren.
