Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
Charles Harris Eyster Jr.
80, developer
Funeral for Charles Harris Eyster Jr., 80, of Decatur will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church with the Rev. Richmond Webster officiating.
Burial will be in Decatur City Cemetery with Roselawn Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 7 at the Eyster residence.
Mr. Eyster died Friday, March 3, 2000, at home. He was born Nov. 23, 1919, in Decatur to Charles Harris and Kitty Bibb Eyster. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in 1941 at The University of Alabama and a bachelor of laws degree in 1948, and was admitted to the Alabama Bar. He served with the Fifth Air Force during World War II in the Far East, the Philippines, Okinawa and Korea. He was a judge advocate during the Korean War, a charter member of the Guam Bar and a graduate of the Air Force Command and Staff School. He developed residential properties on Trinity Mountain, property in Decatur and industrial properties in Flint. He was an active member of St. John's Episcopal Church for more than 79 years.
He is survived by his wife, Anne Rountree Eyster; one daughter, Margaret Eyster Fite of Decatur; one brother, John C. Eyster of Decatur; and three grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be William B. Eyster Jr., John C. Eyster Jr., Edward J. Davies, Robert King, John Key, Julian Bibb III, Ed Thomas and Robert Tweedy III.
Memorials may be made to the St. John's Episcopal Church Building Fund.
William Buren Guthrie Sr.
90, retired carpenter
ATHENS -- Funeral for William Buren Guthrie Sr., 90, of Elkmont will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Limestone Chapel Funeral Home with Steve Ferguson and Byron Davis officiating.
Burial will be in Reunion Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Guthrie died Friday, March 3, 2000, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. He was born Sept. 7, 1909, in Limestone County to George H. and Martha Pitts Guthrie. He was a retired farmer and retired as a carpenter with the Tennessee Valley Authority. He was a member and former elder of Elkmont Church of Christ. He was the father of the late Janice Gooch and Hollis Guthrie and the brother of the late Marvin Guthrie and the late Hubert Guthrie.
He is survived by his wife, Eunice Guthrie; four sons, William B. Guthrie Jr., Lloyd Wayne Guthrie, Lavern Guthrie and Daryl Keith Guthrie, all of Elkmont; six daughters, Carolyn Guthrie McGlocklin of Tanner, Sharon Guthrie Usery of Elkmont, Barbara Guthrie Hemphill of Ardmore, Sheila Guthrie McKnight and Susan Guthrie Holt, both of Athens, and Phyllis Guthrie Spencer of Lester; four sisters, Leona Thompson and Sue Bruce, both of Cleburne, Texas, Louise Leonard of Ada, Okla., and Pauline Marshall of Blum, Texas; 25 grandchildren; and 18 great-grandchidren.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Mary L. Holland
96, homemaker
Graveside service for Mary L. Holland, 96, of Decatur will be Sunday at 3 p.m. at Enon Cemetery with the Rev. Wayne Penn officiating and Roselawn Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends today from 2 to 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mrs. Holland died Friday, March 3, 2000, at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation Center. She was born Jan. 23, 1904, in Morgan County to James Marion and Amanda Oden Rutledge. She was a homemaker. She was a member of Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, where she taught a Ladies Sunday school class for many years. She was the widow of Chester Holland.
She is survived by two sons, James Holland of Decatur and Leland Holland of Lansing, Mich.; one daughter, Paula Holland Phillips of Decatur; five grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and 13 great-great-grandchildren.
Lucille L. McLemore
Funeral arrangements for Lucille L. McLemore, 82, of Decatur, who died Friday, March 3, 2000, at SunBridge Care and Rehabilitation Center, will be announced by Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home.
Wynell Myers 'Nell' Reed
52, homemaker
MOULTON -- Funeral for Wynell Myers "Nell" Reed, 52, of Hillsboro will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Masterson Missionary Baptist Church with the Rev. Amos Hood and the Rev. Leonard Nolan officiating.
Burial will be in Owens Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church beginning tonight at 6 and lasting until time for services.
Mrs. Reed died Thursday, March 2, 2000, at home. She was born March 21, 1947, in Morgan County to James David and Mattie Mae White Myers. She was a homemaker. She was the sister of the late Billy Myers.
She is survived by her husband, Cecil Reed; three sons, Steven Reed of Hillsboro, Ricky Reed of Saginaw, Mich., and Bobby Myers of Moulton; two daughters, Angela Sawyer of Hillsboro and Lisa Osborn of Moulton; three brothers, Charles Myers and Kenneth Myers, both of Double Springs, and Wayne Myers of Moulton; four sisters, Elsie May Farley of Town Creek, Wynita Steele and Betty Fay McCullough, both of Double Springs, and Gail Jordan of Bessemer; 13 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Brian Reed, Miles Reed, Randy Strickland, Devin Jetton, Shannon Osborn and Ted Jetton.
Esther Shields
90, retired store owner
ATHENS -- Funeral for Esther Shields, 90, of Athens will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at McConnell Funeral Home with Mike Davis and Eugene Britnell officiating.
Burial will be in Roselawn Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Shields died Friday, March 3, 2000, at Athens Convalescent Center. She was born Feb. 12, 1910, in Lauderdale County and was a lifelong resident of Limestone County. She was a member of Hays Mill Church of Christ. She and her late husband, Pat Shields, owned and operated Pat Shields Grocery at Hays Mill. She later worked at Gray & Holt Dry Good Store for more than 30 years.
She is survived by one son, Buddy Shields of Athens; one daughter, Joyce Cage of Nashville; one brother, Ottis Kennemer of Athens; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Charles Page, Jimmy Powers, David Aycock, Mike Blakely, Bill Dunnavant, Don Kennemer, Billy Gene Griffin and Stanley McNatt.
Memorials may be made to the Birdie Thornton Center, P.O. Box 1444, Athens, AL 35612.
Sherman Victor Stephenson
36, Army veteran
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Sherman Victor Stephenson, 36, of Hartselle will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. Kendal Hawkins officiating.
There will be a military graveside service at Mount Tabor Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mr. Stephenson died Thursday, March 2, 2000, at home. He was born May 12, 1963, in Hartselle.
He was a member of the Church of Christ and served in the Army from 1980-86.
He is survived by his father, Sherman Douglas Stephenson, and his mother, Martha Ann Howard Stephenson, both of Hartselle; one brother, Timothy Paul Stephenson of Somerville; one sister, Vickie Sue Stephenson Bearden of Pensacola, Fla.; and his grandmothers, Opal Howard and Opal Stephenson, both of Hartselle.
Nora Mae Blaxton
68, homemaker
TRINITY -- Funeral for Nora Mae Blaxton, 68, of Moulton will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Parkway Funeral Home with James Long officiating.
Burial will be in Morris Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Blaxton died Saturday, March 11, 2000, at Lawrence Baptist Medical Center. She was born Nov. 29, 1931, in Lawrence County to Raymond and Ethel Cottingham Nix. She was a homemaker. She was the widow of Elkin Blaxton and the mother of the late Stanley Blaxton and the late Jackie Wayne Blaxton.
She is survived by one son, Robert Lee Blaxton of Trinity; three daughters, Leona Davis of Florence, Sharon Whitlock of Town Creek and Debra Box of Courtland; two brothers, Junior Nix of Moulton and Harvin Nix of Rogersville; one sister, Kathleen Byars of Hatton; nine grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Donnie Cottingham, Harold Hall, Carold Hall, Kenny Bradford, Mikey Mitchell and Daryll Burney. Her grandsons and nephews will be honorary pallbearers.
Cora Mae Brackins
Funeral arrangements for Cora Mae Brackins, 86, of Moulton, who died Sunday, March 12, 2000, in Huntsville, will be announced by Reynolds Funeral Home.
Hassie Airena Brown
103, homemaker
RUSSELLVILLE -- Funeral for Hassie Airena Brown, 103, of Muscle Shoals will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Phil Campbell with Shane Swinney and Sammy Wallace officiating.
Burial will be in Phil Campbell City Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 5 to 9 at Spry Funeral Home. The body will be at the church one hour prior to the funeral.
Mrs. Brown died Sunday, March 12, 2000, at Shoals Hospital. She was born Jan. 9, 1897, in Marshall County. She was a homemaker and a charter member of First Baptist Church of Phil Campbell. She was the grandmother of Mary Bateman and Jody Peterson, both of Decatur. She was the widow of Ezra Brown and the mother of the late Allardyce Godsey and the late Gorman Brown.
She is survived by one son, Oswyn Brown of Muscle Shoals; one daughter, Mary B. Melvin of Muscle Shoals; 15 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Great-grandsons and great-nephews will be pallbearers.
Julian C. Carter Jr.
45, windshield technician
Funeral for Julian C. Carter Jr., 45, of Decatur will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Shoal Creek Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Carter died Saturday, March 11, 2000, at Maury Regional Hospital in Columbia, Tenn. He was born Oct. 16, 1954, in Nashville, to Julian C. Carter and Gracie Lemley Carter. He was a windshield technician.
He is survived by one son, Glenn Carter of Decatur; one daughter, Shanna Lee Carter of Decatur; his mother of Decatur; one sister, Janis Belcher of Columbia; and one grandson.
Pallbearers will be Timothy Belcher and Chris Parker.
Verona Terrell Daly
94, retired bookkeeper
ATHENS -- Graveside service for Verona Terrell Daly, 94, of Athens will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Cedar Hill Cemetery in Scottsboro with Clayton Tuggel officiating and McConnell Funeral Home directing.
Mrs. Daly died Saturday, March 11, 2000, at Athens Convalescent Center. She was born Nov. 19, 1905, in Sheffield to John Wilson and Susan Daniels Stewart. She was a retired bookkeeper and a member of Central Church of Christ. She was the widow of Earnest Terrell and George T. Daly and the sister of the late Will Stewart Sr.
She is survived by nieces and nephews.
Memorials may be made to Central Church of Christ Building Fund, 320 Highway 31 North, Athens, AL 35613.
Ama Faye Hargitt Davis
Graveside service for Ama Faye Hargitt Davis, 83, of Decatur will be Tuesday at 11 a.m. in Roselawn Cemetery with the Rev. Tim Barnes officiating and Roselawn Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Davis died Saturday, March 11, 2000, at Lawrence Baptist Medical Center. She was born June 15, 1916, in Morgan County, to Arthur Hansell Hargitt and Olive Lois Ward Hargitt. She was a homemaker and a member of Ninth Street United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women.
The widow of Merle L. Davis, she is survived by two sons, E. Russell Davis of Decatur and James A. Davis of Hartselle; one daughter, Susan Merle Nix of Indianapolis; two sisters, Margaret Veal and Frances Dutton, both of Decatur; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to United Methodist Women at Ninth Street United Methodist Church, 1227 Sixth Ave. S.E., Decatur, AL 35601.
