Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967 - 1814-1935
William Lonnie Fugate
82, retired mining engineer
ATHENS -- Funeral for William Lonnie Fugate, 82, of Athens will be today at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Aaron Johnson officiating.
Burial will be Mount Zion Cemetery in Monrovia with McConnell Funeral Home directing.
Mr. Fugate died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. He was born Aug. 26, 1918, in Knox County, Mo., to James Fugate and Myrtle May Gregory Fugate. He graduated from the University of Texas in El Paso and retired as a mining engineer in Green River, Wyo. He moved to Limestone County in 1993. He was a member of First Baptist Church, AARP and RSVP. He was the father of the late Gregory Fugate.
Survivors include his wife, Margaret Fugate; one daughter, Susan Newsom of Memphis; one brother, Ben Fugate of Montpelier, Ind.; two sisters, Eva McConnell of La Plata, Mo., and Barbara Dean of San Antonio; and four grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Tommy Johnson, Lindsey Burgreen, Mike Hays, Ricky Burgreen, Charles Hopson and Willard Sherrod.
Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church or a favorite charity.
Christeen Hill
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Christeen Hill, 76, of Falkville will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Roundtop Community Church with the Rev. Larry Carter and the Rev. Gary Miller officiating.
Burial will be in Roundtop Cemetery with Peck Funeral Home officiating. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Hill died Friday, Jan. 5, 2001, at her home. She was born Dec. 10, 1924, in Lawrence County to Marvin and Lois Newton. She was a member of Roundtop Community Church and worked in the school cafeteria at Falkville.
Survivors include two sons, Hubert Wayne Hill of Battleground and Jeff Hill of Danville; five daughters, Barbara Burnham and Bonnie Griffith, both of Falkville, Connie Moore of Vinemont, Tammy Bates of Fyffe and Pam Allen of Michigan; one brother, James Newton of Vinemont; one sister, Pauleen Holloway of Tallassee; 14 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Frankie Barnham Jr., Tom Pyeatt, Ray Petty, Chancy Wright, Keith Holloway, Mike Winsette, Jimmy Derrick and Donald Joe Brown.
Carolyn Jane McElroy
58, homemaker
CULLMAN -- Funeral for Carolyn Jane McElroy, 58, of Baileyton will be Sunday at 2:30 p.m. at Cullman Heritage Funeral Home.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. McElroy died Friday, Jan. 5, 2001, at Cullman Regional Medical Center. She was born April 8, 1942, to Edward Perkins and Wynell Oliver Perkins. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include her husband, William Leon McElroy; one son, Sidney McElroy of Baileyton; one daughter, Angela Way of Decatur; four brothers, Edward Jr. Perkins of Baileyton, Bud Perkins and Harry Perkins, both of Cullman, and Dean Perkins of Hulaco; two sisters, SueAnn Fowler of Eva and Lisa Knight of Baileyton; and three grandchildren.
Ruth Crow Roberson
77, retired postal employee
MOULTON -- Funeral for Ruth Crow Roberson, 77, of Moulton will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Elliott Funeral Home with Daryl Woods and Elmer Fowler officiating.
Burial will be in Moulton Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 8 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Roberson died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, in Courtland. She was born April 17, 1923, in Courtland to Elbert Crow and Jetta Martin Crow. She was a member of Moulton Baptist Church, the American Cancer Society and NARFE. She was the assistant postmaster at the Moulton branch of the U.S. Postal Service and the widow of Harvey C. Roberson.
Survivors include two sons, Wayne Roberson of Mobile and Jon Roberson of Los Angeles; three daughters, Sandra Ferguson of Leighton, Linda Stephenson of Southside and Ellen Roberson of Atlanta; three sisters, Lela Hunnicutt of Oak Ridge, Tenn., Hazel Halbrooks of Louisville, Ky., and Mary Ellen Sharrott of Hartselle; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will be Kenny Sharrott, Jimmy Hunnicutt, Dave Roberson, Wesley Stephenson, Jackie Ferguson and Barry Stephenson.
Annie Bell Sullivan
89, homemaker
HUNTSVILLE -- Funeral for Annie Bell Sullivan, 89, of Huntsville will be Sunday at 1:30 p.m. at St. James Primitive Baptist Church with the Rev. Billy Jones officiating.
Burial will be in Meadowlawn Garden of Peace with Royal Funeral Home directing. The body will be at the church one hour before the service.
Ms. Sullivan died Monday, Jan. 1, 2001, at Huntsville Hospital. She was born Aug. 3, 1911, in Madison County. She was a homemaker.
Survivors include two sons, Nathaniel Sullivan and William Barry Sullivan, both of Huntsville; three daughters, Beatrice Morris of Decatur and Rosalyn Archie and Carolyn Sullivan, both of Huntsville; one brother, T.B. Sullivan of Chicago; 29 grandchildren; 68 great-grandchildren; and 35 great-great-grandchildren.
Estella Francis Woodfin
76, homemaker
ATHENS -- Graveside service for Estella Francis Woodfin, 76, of Elkmont will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Hodges Cemetery with Steve Ferguson officiating and Spry Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Woodfin died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2001, at Athens-Limestone Hospital. She was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Limestone County to Jack and Nellie McKinney. She was a homemaker and the widow of Charles Thomas Woodfin.
Survivors include two sons, Ronnie Woodfin of Athens and Jeffery Woodfin of Pulaski, Tenn.; four daughters, Peggy Holt, Charleen Turner and Angie Robinson, all of Elkmont, and Linda Faulk of Athens; two sisters, Gladys Harpold and Eula Perry, both of Osceola, Ind.; 14 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.
Grandsons will be pallbearers.
Lavern 'Polly' Higdon
83, nurse
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Lavern "Polly" Higdon, 83, of Decatur will be Monday at 2 p.m. at Roundtop Community Church with the Rev. John D. Bain officiating.
Burial will be in Roundtop Cemetery with Peck Funeral Home directing. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Higdon died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at Decatur General Hospital. She was born April 21, 1917, in Morgan County. She was a nurse at Falkville Nursing Home and a member of Powell's Chapel Church of God.
Survivors include one son, Ed "Sonny" Higdon of Decatur; two brothers, Howard Woods of Vinemont and Gene Woods of Vista, Calif.; one sister, Alta Woods of Cullman; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Nephews will be pallbearers.
Memorials may be made to Gideons International.
John F. Mitchell Jr.
Graveside service for John F. Mitchell Jr., 34, of Decatur will be today at 2:30 p.m. at Roselawn Cemetery with the Rev. Brady McCullough officiating and Ridout's Brown-Service Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends today from 1 to 2 p.m. at the funeral home.
Mr. Mitchell died Friday, Jan. 5, 2001, at Parkway Medical Center. He was born Oct. 19, 1966, in Decatur to John F. Mitchell Sr. and Donna Church. He was the brother of the late Chris Mitchell.
Survivors include his father of Decatur; and his grandmother, Mary Lee Mitchell of Hartselle.
Edna Odell Rogers
80, homemaker
ATHENS -- Funeral for Edna Odell Rogers, 80, of Athens will be today at 2 p.m. at Spry Funeral Home with Wendell Wiser officiating.
Burial will be in Limestone Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Rogers died Friday, Jan. 5, 2001, at her daughter's home. She was born May 29, 1920, in Lauderdale County. She was a homemaker and a member of the Church of Christ.
Survivors include one daughter, Ive Nell Adcock of Athens; one sister, Lela Kyle of Athens; one grandchild; and one great-grandchild.
Jerry Tidwell
HARTSELLE -- Funeral for Jerry Tidwell, 48, of Somerville will be Monday at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home with the Rev. Herbert Smith and the Rev. Melvin Meares officiating.
Burial will be in Center Springs Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Tidwell died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at Sunbridge Health Care Center in Ardmore, Tenn. He was born Aug. 3, 1952, in Morgan County.
Survivors include one daughter, Connie Tidwell; and three sisters, Gloria Norris of Hartselle and Mary Goodwin and Mary Tidwell, both of Somerville.
Pallbearers will be Paul Goodwin, Mike Coral, Andy Tidwell, Larry Eubanks, Pee Wee Beck and Robert Suggs.
Peggy Tucker
HARTSELLE -- Graveside service for Peggy Tucker, 62, of Hartselle will be Monday at 6:30 a.m. in Hartselle Memory Gardens with Peck Funeral Home directing.
The family will receive friends tonight from 7 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mrs. Tucker died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at her home. She was born March 25, 1938, in Cullman County. She was the widow of C.V. Tucker.
Survivors include two daughters, Katerina Tucker Selby and Susan Stanford, both of Hartselle; two sisters, Margaret Infield and Mildred Milligan, both of Bremen; and two grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of the Valley.
Willard "Cricket" Carpenter
60, retired auto body repairman
MOULTON -- Funeral for Willard "Cricket" Carpenter, 60, of Town Creek, will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Lawrence Funeral Home with the Rev. Tony Preston officiating.
Burial will be in Providence Cemetery. The family will receive friends tonight from 6 to 9 at the funeral home.
Mr. Carpenter died Saturday, Jan. 6, 2001, at Lawrence Baptist Medical Center. He was born Sept. 1, 1940, in Lawrence County to the late Harvey Hill Carpenter and Myrtle Beck Carpenter. He was a retired auto body repairman and a member of Providence Baptist Church. He was the brother of the late Hillard Carpenter.
Survivors include his wife, Priscilla Carpenter; one daughter, Kelley Carpenter of Town Creek; one brother, Clayton Carpenter of Town Creek; two sisters, Frances Thompson of Birmingham and Brenda Preston of Kansas City, Mo.
Pallbearers will be Chris Aycock, Don Cameron, Billy Jo Canup, Dwight Jeffreys, Ricky Johnson, Luther Masterson, Gordon Parker and Thomas Smith.
